English Football Thread 2012/2013

[Dr. Pepper]

Snodgrass doesn't look too shabby, does he?

Technically very good but doesn't exactly have a Premier League physique. Doesn't have much pace for a winger.

I think Spurs made a huge mistake in missing out on Moutinho. Don't know the full details but it seems as though Levy tried to haggle a good a deal as possible They needed that controlling type midfielder to somewhat fill the hole Modric left.

 

[puddleduck]

Yeah I was thinking we looked ok with Moutinho filling the void, but without that player we look very direct and lacking in intelligent creativity. Sandro will be awesome as a holding midfielder, Parker is good enough for the Prem when fit, but there's no one who sits in between the two phases of defence and attack and makes their own 3rd private phase where they seem to be playing a different game to everyone else.

 

[thedon5]

I think the trouble with Moutinho was more on Porto's end, and problems to do with Moutinho's partial third-party ownership.

Spurs will come to regret missing out on him, but a move in January would be a good idea.

 

[thedon5]

Arsenal's Bacary Sagna surprised by sale of Alex Song - ESPNFC

This is starting to get comical, clearly another guy wants to leave, same response as RVP last season.

 

[Bevab]

He'll be 30 when the season ends, and I doubt whether his injury record would help him to thrive in his latter stages.

 

[Skater]

Technically very good but doesn't exactly have a Premier League physique. Doesn't have much pace for a winger.

He does lack pace but he's starting to show what he can do. He's very skillful, can pick out a pass and hits a decent free kick. When I got to see him properly against QPR he was extremely good at cutting inside. He's a good signing.

 

[shravi]

Very enjoyable interview.

The real football aficionados in particular will enjoy the 2nd clip where he talks about 4-3-3 vs 4-2-3-1.

 

[Mad Snake]

Yeah, It was a brilliant interview.

"Death by football" haha.

Love how animated he is when talking about tactics.

 

[shravi]

Nice bit from Kenny's autobiography:

When Marina and I drove into Anfield on the morning of Wednesday, April 19, we found the staff and the families enraged by a piece in The Sun.

Its infamous front-page headline, ?THE TRUTH?, caused hurt and outrage by accusing fans of pick-pocketing the dying and urinating on the bodies.

Unbelievable. Liverpool punters went ballistic, some of them burning the paper on news-stands, others coming to Anfield to talk about their anger. The following day, the paper?s editor Kelvin MacKenzie rang the club.

?Kenny, we have a bit of a problem,? he said.

?Aye.?

?How can we resolve it??

?See that headline you put in, ?THE TRUTH?? Just have another one, as big: ?WE LIED. SORRY.??

?Kenny, we can?t do that.?

?I can?t help you then.? I put down the phone.

Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/hillsborough-documents-released-kenny-dalglish-1318734

 

[War]

The real football aficionados in particular will enjoy the 2nd clip where he talks about 4-3-3 vs 4-2-3-1.

Ye very nice. Liverpool should stick with him.

 

[War]

Azpilicueta, the right back Chelsea needed - ESPNFC

Looking forward to see this kid play for sure.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

listening to the stuff rodgers has already had to deal with I can't understand why anyone would go near liverpool these days. they're a reasonably big club, but they've got a long way to go to puncture the top 4 and they still come with loads of baggage and expectancy.

there's a couple of manager that will be interesting to follow in regard to rodgers, laudrup at swansea and lambert at villa. I think laudrup might end up being an inspired choice and rodgers cred will go down if he does equally well with swansea, and if lambert takes villa above liverpool in the league then I think the reds fans will have to be asking themselves how committed to looking pretty they are when it comes at the expense of league position and possibly european football when lambert would have been equally easy to get (and I think is a more result orientated manager)

 

[Bevab]

Lambert is quite an under-rated manager. I don't expect an easy start for him at Villa, but if Lerner gives him time, he'll surely be a wise pick.

 

[Skater]

Lambert is quite an under-rated manager. I don't expect an easy start for him at Villa, but if Lerner gives him time, he'll surely be a wise pick.

He was given legend status here for taking us from League One to the Premier League, and then staying there. His image was slightly tarnished by the manner he left us, though, something he's getting a reputation for. Had he gone to Liverpool or Tottenham I might have felt better about it but to go to a club like Villa, who are hardly better than us, left a sour taste.

A tactical genius though, and can get average players into world beaters.

 

[Bevab]

Hillsborough latest: Sir Alex Ferguson wants end to vile chants | Mail Online


^Lambert was hardly on Liverpool's radar I believe. They were after Martinez, Rodgers and AVB from what I know.