It Could Get A Bit Messi In Here - The Football Thread.

wokeupnew said:
Zach Steffen is soooooo shit
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Hopefully Gavin Bazunu gets a chance at the No. 2 soon then. He looks really good internationally and he could do with a step up from the League 1 loans. That said maybe playing regularly in the championship next year would be better for his development.
 
Joe Mac said:
Hopefully Gavin Bazunu gets a chance at the No. 2 soon then. He looks really good internationally and he could do with a step up from the League 1 loans. That said maybe playing regularly in the championship next year would be better for his development.
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He shouldn’t be anywhere near the USMNT #1 that’s for sure. Even though I’m an apathetic supporter of the US team.
 
wokeupnew said:
He shouldn’t be anywhere near the USMNT #1 that’s for sure. Even though I’m an apathetic supporter of the US team.
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Looking at your goalkeepers in the last squad it isn’t a deep pool. Forest’s reserve and an uncapped player from the MLS looked to be the other two!
 
Joe Mac said:
Looking at your goalkeepers in the last squad it isn’t a deep pool. Forest’s reserve and an uncapped player from the MLS looked to be the other two!
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Matt Turner, soon to be Arsenal, has been decent in the summer comps the USMNT has played. Won golden glove at the CONCACAF Gold Cup. I think he deserves it. A far better shot stopper than Steffen.
 
wokeupnew said:
Matt Turner, soon to be Arsenal, has been decent in the summer comps the USMNT has played. Won golden glove at the CONCACAF Gold Cup. I think he deserves it. A far better shot stopper than Steffen.
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Yeah I’m not going to pretend I know much about American keepers but it’s not looking like a there’s a Keller, Friedel or Howard quality player knocking around there at the moment! The reason I mentioned Bazunu is because he’s currently vying with Liverpool’s reserve, Kelleher, to be the Irish keeper lol!
 
Joe Mac said:
United arsenal next Saturday lunchtime is going to be funny. Who wants to throw the game away the most…

Also fucking city, I was hoping for extra time and penos with us playing Liverpool on Tuesday because that has the potential to be embarrassing!
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Going to Anfield is going to be scary. We're going to get embarrassed there. Im really dreading it.

The worst part about it though, even up until last season when United used to go through a drubbing they would usually come out and play well the following game. These days its going to be a hammering at Anfield and then a piss poor performance against Arsenal after that as well.
 
uvwxVinyl said:
Going to Anfield is going to be scary. We're going to get embarrassed there. Im really dreading it.

The worst part about it though, even up until last season when United used to go through a drubbing they would usually come out and play well the following game. These days its going to be a hammering at Anfield and then a piss poor performance against Arsenal after that as well.
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This season is a write off and just needs to be over. It effectively ended when Ole was sacked and we’ve been saddled with a Director of Football attempting to be an interim manager which has given him no authority to do a job that he wouldn’t be up to regardless.
 
tvham said:
I woke up to watch the match at 7:30am just to watch Spurs shit the bed. Funny that the announcers were blaming the slightly warmish weather for their sluggish play - is this really a thing? Legitimately curious.
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I’m guessing the commentators were pro spurs and clutching at imaginary straws. Football is a winter sport in Europe for a reason and the type of high intensity game played in northern Europe isn’t easy to do in the summertime, which is why European teams often wilt in the hotter world cups, but to blame that for an anaemic performance on a pleasantly mild spring day is comical beyond belief.
 
Joe Mac said:
I’m guessing the commentators were pro spurs and clutching at imaginary straws. Football is a winter sport in Europe for a reason and the type of high intensity game played in northern Europe isn’t easy to do in the summertime, which is why European teams often wilt in the hotter world cups, but to blame that for an anaemic performance on a pleasantly mild spring day is comical beyond belief.
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Yeah, it was fairly early in the match so not sure they were really excusing them but I just thought it funny that they mentioned that. I could understand if it was like 100 degrees but 65? Lol.
 
tvham said:
Yeah, it was fairly early in the match so not sure they were really excusing them but I just thought it funny that they mentioned that. I could understand if it was like 100 degrees but 65? Lol.
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Once you get over about 20 C, not sure what that is in F but it’s not as high as 100, the type of football that involves high pressure tends to become less effective and possession games favoured in warmer climates become better. It was at most 15 this morning though lol.

Honestly it’s much more likely that the early kick off was to blame. I get that it’s there for the Far East market on tv but fans and players hate it, it’s just not when you should be playing football. The players in particular abhor having to have huge plates of chicken and pasta at 8 or 9 am to take on the necessary protein and carbs for a match. Fans hate it because you’ve to be at the ground a midday, that’s shit at home because it takes away the experience of meeting your mates for pints first and the whole fun, away it’s a nightmare, especially if you’re playing the other side of the country.
 
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Joe Mac said:
Once you get over about 20 C, not sure what that is in F but it’s not as high as 100 though, the type of football that involves high pressure tends to become less effective and possession games favoured in warmer climates become better. It was at most 15 this morning though lol.

Honestly it’s much more likely that the early kick off was to blame. I get that it’s there for the Far East market on tv but fans and players hate it, it’s just not when you should be playing football. The players in particular abhor having to have huge plates of chicken and pasta at 8 or 9 am to take on the necessary protein and carbs for a match. Fans hate it because you’ve to be at the ground a midday, that’s shit at home because it takes away the experience of meeting your mates for pints first and the whole fun, away it’s a nightmare, especially if you’re playing the other side of the country.
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Thanks, this explains a lot. Kind of like when a west coast NFL team has to travel to the east coast for an early (1pm) kickoff.
 
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