Other football

[fowler9]

Well, Xavi is 33, Puyol is 35, Valdez is leaving, Alves is not what he used to be, Villa is not what he used to be before the injurie, and Alba is no Abidal.

 

Alba is miles better than Abidal imo

 

Can't believe the difference in Villa since the injury in the times I've seen him, doesn't look half the player

[Gym Beglin]

Does anyone else have a suspicion about the physical capacity of the German teams?

 

Ribery was turbo-charged last night, extraordinary turn of pace even in the dying minutes. Same with Robben, just non-stop sprints for 90 minutes. Same with the Dortmund players, just lung-busting sprints for 90 minutes.

 

I'm dubious. Consider the opposition and their own physical sharpness, these are elite players with immense fitness levels, and yet Dortmund and Munich breezed past them, over two legs, at the end of a long season.

 

I cant shake the feeling that we have been seeing some 'enhanced' performances, be it legal or illegal substances or methods, but I've just never seen physical fitness levels like that out of those players either at club or international level, perhaps with the occasional Robben performance.

 

But Ribery, Muller, Schweinsteiger, Mandzukic, Martinez, it has been a massive surge in performance levels in my view. I'm just not convinced that it's all down to 'training', it makes no sense, they've added too much fitness on top of what should already be peak fitness.

 

This dude is the fitness coach, and has been for some 5 years. So, explain the sudden improvement?

FC Bayern München AG

 

Heynckes is a rent-a-manager towards the end of his career, he's not the sort who's brought anything amazing to the table in terms of fitness, have a look at his history, he's consistently underperformed until he rejoined Bayern in 2011, when his win percentage went through the roof to 75%.

 

Or, his side is now brilliant due to the signings of Mandzukic and Martinez (bought last Summer)?

[halewood pete]

Torres looks a right knob in that mask,looked like he was about to burst into tears there in the tunnel,the miserable bastard

[PaulMcC]

Dirk getting beat 1-0 by Benfica. Gaitan with a good goal.

[Captain]

Intense start to the Chelsea game. Lampard has already hit the post.

[FrenchEyeGlass]

Dirk getting beat 1-0 by Benfica. Gaitan with a good goal.

 

Great player.

[Redder Lurtz]

Fuck Chelsea. Bradford City v Burton playoff 1st leg on SS1. Bradford just scored from the spot to start a comeback from 2-0 down.

[PaulMcC]

Dirk is on ITV. He just equalised from a penalty.

[Redder Lurtz]

Ahh cock. 3-1 Burton. Some proper blood and thunder football though. No way Burton should have 11 men on the pitch.

[Redder Lurtz]

Jake the Peg.

 

Diddle-iddle-iddle-um.

[BCM]

Infostrada Sports ‏@InfostradaLive 6m

 

Dirk Kuyt scores 5th AWAY goal in European competitions this season (incl. qualifying). Only Cristiano Ronaldo (8) has scored more

[FrenchEyeGlass]

DIRKALDINHO!!!

[Hand Shandy]

Come on Basel...

[Captain]

Basel scores just before half time. Sets it up nicely for the second half!

[Redder Lurtz]

Jake the Peg.

 

Diddle-iddle-iddle-um.

 

Ah bollocks. Wrong thread.

[halewood pete]

Fuck off zorro

[Captain]

Torres equalizes.

[esoteric]

The Phantom of the flopera

[BCM]

What a goal that is by Luiz

[halewood pete]

What a goal that is by Luiz

 

Fantastic hit

[DooooodekNo5]

Does anyone else have a suspicion about the physical capacity of the German teams?

 

Ribery was turbo-charged last night, extraordinary turn of pace even in the dying minutes. Same with Robben, just non-stop sprints for 90 minutes. Same with the Dortmund players, just lung-busting sprints for 90 minutes.

 

I'm dubious. Consider the opposition and their own physical sharpness, these are elite players with immense fitness levels, and yet Dortmund and Munich breezed past them, over two legs, at the end of a long season.

 

I cant shake the feeling that we have been seeing some 'enhanced' performances, be it legal or illegal substances or methods, but I've just never seen physical fitness levels like that out of those players either at club or international level, perhaps with the occasional Robben performance.

 

But Ribery, Muller, Schweinsteiger, Mandzukic, Martinez, it has been a massive surge in performance levels in my view. I'm just not convinced that it's all down to 'training', it makes no sense, they've added too much fitness on top of what should already be peak fitness.

 

This dude is the fitness coach, and has been for some 5 years. So, explain the sudden improvement?

FC Bayern München AG

 

Heynckes is a rent-a-manager towards the end of his career, he's not the sort who's brought anything amazing to the table in terms of fitness, have a look at his history, he's consistently underperformed until he rejoined Bayern in 2011, when his win percentage went through the roof to 75%.

 

Or, his side is now brilliant due to the signings of Mandzukic and Martinez (bought last Summer)?

 

 

Much like your post no-one wants to know (about drugs in football), it all gets brushed under the carpet.

 

I agree with your suspicions and personally think PEDs are rampant and always have been rampant in football and other sports, you just have to look at the Fuentes trial in Spain just finished and the cover up going on over there, Fuentes is even quoted as saying if he we to tell all 'Spain would lose the World Cup/Euros'.

 

Guardiola has been busted for PEDs during his playing career, got a 4 month ban for steriods in 2001, EPO used to be rampant in Series A, theres shitloads of evidence of past and present PED abuse and we still dont know the half of it because the powers that be dont want to know, no-one wants to rock the boat in a similar way the UCI turned a blind eye to Armstrong and co.

 

35 year old Deco tested positive this week for a masking agent, muppet for getting caught and does anyone really believe that this would of been the first time hes ever dabbled in PEDs? like fuck.

[Nightcat]

Rafa - Aimar. What a re-union.

 

Sweet reunion Jamaica and Spain, Amsterdam we meet again...

 

What a bohemian couple. If there were two people I'd love to watch football in a balcony with a view of the twilight zone and a fresh summer breeze, that would be Aimar and Rafa. We could talk for hours about everything, about Nature, Life, poetry, football, love, nostalgia.

[ngogswilly]

Does anyone else have a suspicion about the physical capacity of the German teams?

 

Ribery was turbo-charged last night, extraordinary turn of pace even in the dying minutes. Same with Robben, just non-stop sprints for 90 minutes. Same with the Dortmund players, just lung-busting sprints for 90 minutes.

 

I'm dubious. Consider the opposition and their own physical sharpness, these are elite players with immense fitness levels, and yet Dortmund and Munich breezed past them, over two legs, at the end of a long season.

 

I cant shake the feeling that we have been seeing some 'enhanced' performances, be it legal or illegal substances or methods, but I've just never seen physical fitness levels like that out of those players either at club or international level, perhaps with the occasional Robben performance.

 

But Ribery, Muller, Schweinsteiger, Mandzukic, Martinez, it has been a massive surge in performance levels in my view. I'm just not convinced that it's all down to 'training', it makes no sense, they've added too much fitness on top of what should already be peak fitness.

 

This dude is the fitness coach, and has been for some 5 years. So, explain the sudden improvement?

FC Bayern München AG

 

Heynckes is a rent-a-manager towards the end of his career, he's not the sort who's brought anything amazing to the table in terms of fitness, have a look at his history, he's consistently underperformed until he rejoined Bayern in 2011, when his win percentage went through the roof to 75%.

 

Or, his side is now brilliant due to the signings of Mandzukic and Martinez (bought last Summer)?

 

I have to admit the same thought crossed my mind last night. They looked super human. Pace and strength wise they looked head and shoulders above most teams.

 

In saying that though I've only seen them sporadically this year so I'm no expert. Maybe Barca just made them look so powerful and quick.

 

It's also possible maybe they've all just knuckled down and worked their asses off and sacrificed a lot.

[FrenchEyeGlass]

Rafa - Aimar. What a re-union.

 

Sweet reunion Jamaica and Spain, Amsterdam we meet again...

 

What a bohemian couple. If there were two people I'd love to watch football in a balcony with a view of the twilight zone and a fresh summer breeze, that would be Aimar and Rafa. We could talk for hours about everything, about Nature, Life, poetry, football, love, nostalgia.

 

Riiiiiiigggghhht...

[Guest San Don]

Does anyone else have a suspicion about the physical capacity of the German teams?

 

Ribery was turbo-charged last night, extraordinary turn of pace even in the dying minutes. Same with Robben, just non-stop sprints for 90 minutes. Same with the Dortmund players, just lung-busting sprints for 90 minutes.

 

I'm dubious. Consider the opposition and their own physical sharpness, these are elite players with immense fitness levels, and yet Dortmund and Munich breezed past them, over two legs, at the end of a long season.

 

I cant shake the feeling that we have been seeing some 'enhanced' performances, be it legal or illegal substances or methods, but I've just never seen physical fitness levels like that out of those players either at club or international level, perhaps with the occasional Robben performance.

 

But Ribery, Muller, Schweinsteiger, Mandzukic, Martinez, it has been a massive surge in performance levels in my view. I'm just not convinced that it's all down to 'training', it makes no sense, they've added too much fitness on top of what should already be peak fitness.

 

This dude is the fitness coach, and has been for some 5 years. So, explain the sudden improvement?

FC Bayern München AG

 

Heynckes is a rent-a-manager towards the end of his career, he's not the sort who's brought anything amazing to the table in terms of fitness, have a look at his history, he's consistently underperformed until he rejoined Bayern in 2011, when his win percentage went through the roof to 75%.

 

Or, his side is now brilliant due to the signings of Mandzukic and Martinez (bought last Summer)?

 

Ah, a bit like what capello once said about us after we'd just beaten Roma, you mean?