Football Focus

[Jah Lush]

West Ham to win 2-1. Just hope they don't take it easy when they come to play Leicester City in the league.

[Otta]

Getting your excuses in early mate? ;-)

[maxxi]

We have an off night and those fokkers have their best game all year. Kind of fitting for this last night game to be tinged with disappointment though.

[Alan Medic]

Those fokkers have a couple of potentially great players. Great goal by Rashers and wasn't Mata the mascot?

[Jah Lush]

At least I got the correct result, just picked the wrong team.

[red devil]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Those fokkers have a couple of potentially great

> players.

Indeed, especially Tim F-M. I don't think there's any coincidence that our best performance is when we play 4-3-3 for the first time this season. The same formation that we used last season when comfortably beating Spurs, Liverpool and City on the bounce. For some reason LvG totally abandoned it. Muppet...

[Jah Lush]

Good grief! 25 years ago to the day since Gazza did this to the Wanderers.

 

[titch juicy]

Almost exactly 6 years to the day that Danny Rose did this to them. On his premier league debut no less.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8616181.stm

[titch juicy]

How do you embed youtube vids?

[red devil]

Click on the 'share' tab, then click on the 'embed' tab, copy address and paste into EDF message box...

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Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Good grief! 25 years ago to the day since Gazza

> did this to the Wanderers.

>

>

Makes me feel so old as I was listening on the radio on the way up to Villa Park for our semi-final vs Forest (another FA Cup heartbreak :( )

[maxxi]

red devil Wrote:

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I don't think there's

> any coincidence that our best performance is when

> we play 4-3-3 for the first time this season... For some reason LvG totally abandoned

> it. Muppet...

Never mind, this result may be the turning point.......

That sees him* offered a new contract!? :)

*LVG

[red devil]

I think I would prefer that than letting him see out the final year, which would mean another season of the players not being particularly arsed amid constant speculation as to who the next manager will be...

[red devil]

Not quite 25 years, but 17 years since this happened is scary...

 

[red devil]

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...

[titch juicy]

Awwww come on- there's some wit there.

Look up P?hler.

My money says that's Dortmund fans too.

[red devil]

I assumed it meant pool.

From Google...Poehler Name Meaning. German (Westphalian) (also P?hler): topographic name for someone who lived by a muddy pool, from an agent noun derived from Middle Low German pol '(muddy) pool'.

[Otta]

Get in!!!!!!!

[maxxi]

Otta Wrote:

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> Get in!!!!!!!

Didn't anyone tell the Dortmunders that if it's one thing Liverpool do in Europe* it's comebacks.

*Yes, yes alright in fecking FA fecking Cup fecking finals too.

[titch juicy]

What a game!

I wonder if Origi fancies joining his Belgian pals in the Champions league at Tottenham next season. Poch's kind of player

[red devil]

I didn't see the match but it sounded an amazing game.

One thing that has impressed me about Klopp is that he has been working with Rodgers' squad, and hasn't once used it as an excuse when results have gone against him. It's going to be a really important summer transfer window for him and a few other managers...

[Jah Lush]

titch juicy Wrote:

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> I wonder if Origi fancies joining his Belgian pals

> in the Champions league at Tottenham next season.

> Poch's kind of player.

They've still got Danny Ings to come back as well. Either of those two would do me to play alongside Harry Kane.

While I'm here this is a very good article on the dearth of defenders being nominated for Player of the Year awards. Toby Alderweireld is definitely my Player of the Year, not just at Tottenham either.

http://www.football365.com/news/toby-alderweireld-the-other-player-of-the-year

[titch juicy]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> titch juicy Wrote:

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>

> > I wonder if Origi fancies joining his Belgian

> pals

> > in the Champions league at Tottenham next

> season.

> > Poch's kind of player.

>

> They've still got Danny Ings to come back as well.

> Either of those two would do me to play alongside

> Harry Kane.

>

> While I'm here this is a very good article on the

> dearth of defenders being nominated for Player of

> the Year awards. Toby Alderweireld is definitely

> my Player of the Year, not just at Tottenham

> either.

>

> http://www.football365.com/news/toby-alderweireld-

> the-other-player-of-the-year

I don't think it's a co-incidence that we've gone from having one of the worst goals conceded records in the top half of the top flight (consistently year after year) to having the best (by a distance) this year. Last season we conceded 53 goals in 38 games, so far this year we've conceded 25.

Alderweireld and to a degree Eric Dier & Lloris have easily been as important as Kane and Alli.

[red devil]

When Spurs had Bale it was all very much about him and how he performed. Spurs now defend and attack as a team, it's less about individuals...

[red devil]

City v Real

Athleti v Bayern

Viva Ronaldo! :)...