Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Thu May 08, 2014 8:35 pm  

I'm enjoying the irony of a Mourinho worshipper calling another coach a 'boring t***'......

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Thu May 08, 2014 9:04 pm  

FlexWheeler wrote:

A title is a title is a title.

That's BS for a start. A league title for Rodgers and Liverpool would have been clearly more meaningful and significant than a league title for Pellegrini's Man City.

For all city's money they still rely quite alot on the trio of kompany aguero and toure. They are their power players, but they have only started together 6 times this season. When they have started together, city have destroyed teams. Had they started more games together, city would probably have won the title with abit more to spare.

They spent 100m quid last summer and brought in 15m in sales. Great work that is.

Your argument about other clubs doing city's job for them is f*cking ridiculous.

Man City went to Anfield and screwed it up. Went 2-0 down, then managed to get back into the game and equalise. Then they screwed it up again.

Chelsea and Crystal Palace delivered the title to Manchester City, not the dullard Pellegrini.

Chelsea beat both their title rivals home and away and they will probably finish 3rd. How are stupid are they? They couldn't beat 2 teams battling relegation in the run in, when they had the ability to beat their rivals......Chelsea are probably as guilty of throwing it away as liverpool. For beating your rivals, you don't get a title. You get one for accumulating more points and city have done that, as well as amassing a superior goal difference. When the pressure has been city have been able to negotiate the banana skins that chelsea and liverpool haven't.

I agree. Mourinho screwed things up even worse than Pellegrini did. But he did it while actually competing in Europe and he did it with 3 strikers worse than Citeh's first 3 options.

I think Mourinho messed up massively this season and failed to take a title he should have brought back to Stamford Bridge. So if I can criticise Mourinho for his under performance I'm not going to pretend that Pellegrini hasn't messed up too.

The pressure has been on pellegrini all season. They've been favourites from day one, the fans and owners didn't hope for a title, they expected and demanded one. All rodgers and mourinho have done all season is cop out and claim they won't win it, or they aren't aiming to win. Rodgers has talked solely of getting CL, even when liverpool were 3 games away and mourinho has talked only of development. Wenger was probably half right, fear to fail. So they've talked themselves into a situation where they can't fail.

I agree that Mourinho was talking nonsense over Chelsea not being ready for a title challenge. Rodgers was just talking sense for the most part, Liverpool really shouldn't have been involved to the extent they have.

Rodgers failure was probably the fact that he did believe the title was on the way and he forgot that he needed to actually get the results.

Pellegrini under pressure? Utter BS. He's been free to work without any media intrusion because all the press was focused on OT and SB. Club pressure? Man City would insist he hasn't been under any. But he's probably still been under less than either Moyes or Mourinho were.

Well done city.

They haven't actually won it yet, you know? Knowing that Man City have managed to screw up against Wigan twice, knowing how difficult a job they made of beating 10 man QPR. It really is a little early to be handing them the title right now.

I want them to manage it because I really do dislike Liverpool that much, but you only need to get down on your knees to rim them if you're into that kind of thing. I'm not. So they can have the title on Sunday but IMO they've got a long way to go before they actually prove themselves as a team. They can have the rimming from you if they want it, but they'd probably turn it down anyway because they don't know where your tongue has been.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Thu May 08, 2014 9:06 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

I'm enjoying the irony of a Mourinho worshipper calling another coach a 'boring t***'......

You might not like Mourinho, but only a complete and utter div would say that Mourinho was boring compared to a guy who sounds as interesting as reading telephone numbers.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Fri May 09, 2014 11:37 am  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

You might not like Mourinho, but only a complete and utter div would say that Mourinho was boring compared to a guy who sounds as interesting as reading telephone numbers.

Maureeno is just a bellend.

Whilst Pellegrini may be considered boring in personality, the way he's got City playing this year is a joy to watch, far far better than under Mancini. 100+ goals and could set a record this Sunday. It's been an honour going to the Etihad this season to watch City.

Maureeno on the other hand gets his team to time waste on throw ins, goal kicks, corners and generally slow the tempo of the game most weeks bar the odd game and has the cheek to moan at other managers when they do it to him (like West Ham).

Thankfully justice has preserved and his team are going to finish with nothing this year.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Fri May 09, 2014 3:58 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

You might not like Mourinho, but only a complete and utter div would say that Mourinho was boring compared to a guy who sounds as interesting as reading telephone numbers.

So because Pellegrini doesn't play to the gallery on a constant basis, it makes him boring?

Personally, I find Mourinho's constant whinging (and that's what it has become) very, very tedious - He is what is commonly known in these parts as a 'big girl's blouse', and that is just as boring as Pellegrini's supposedly downbeat nature.

As for the football, well with similar amounts of talent on the pitch (transfer fee-wise), the only one who can be described as a bore is almost certainly Mourinho.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Sat May 10, 2014 12:26 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

That's BS for a start. A league title for Rodgers and Liverpool would have been clearly more meaningful and significant than a league title for Pellegrini's Man City.

They spent 100m quid last summer and brought in 15m in sales. Great work that is.

Man City went to Anfield and screwed it up. Went 2-0 down, then managed to get back into the game and equalise. Then they screwed it up again.

Chelsea and Crystal Palace delivered the title to Manchester City, not the dullard Pellegrini.

I agree. Mourinho screwed things up even worse than Pellegrini did. But he did it while actually competing in Europe and he did it with 3 strikers worse than Citeh's first 3 options.

I think Mourinho messed up massively this season and failed to take a title he should have brought back to Stamford Bridge. So if I can criticise Mourinho for his under performance I'm not going to pretend that Pellegrini hasn't messed up too.

I agree that Mourinho was talking nonsense over Chelsea not being ready for a title challenge. Rodgers was just talking sense for the most part, Liverpool really shouldn't have been involved to the extent they have.

Rodgers failure was probably the fact that he did believe the title was on the way and he forgot that he needed to actually get the results.

Pellegrini under pressure? Utter BS. He's been free to work without any media intrusion because all the press was focused on OT and SB. Club pressure? Man City would insist he hasn't been under any. But he's probably still been under less than either Moyes or Mourinho were.

They haven't actually won it yet, you know? Knowing that Man City have managed to screw up against Wigan twice, knowing how difficult a job they made of beating 10 man QPR. It really is a little early to be handing them the title right now.

I want them to manage it because I really do dislike Liverpool that much, but you only need to get down on your knees to rim them if you're into that kind of thing. I'm not. So they can have the title on Sunday but IMO they've got a long way to go before they actually prove themselves as a team. They can have the rimming from you if they want it, but they'd probably turn it down anyway because they don't know where your tongue has been.

ah f*ck not a quote off.

did not read.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Sun May 11, 2014 5:16 pm  

Well done to city.

Fitting really that a team that plays football in the right way has won it, a team that can defend as well as a attack and a team that doesn't throw a hissy fit at other teams tactics when they themselves are guilty of the very same tactics ''to get the required result''

Very well deserved.

Chelsea trophyless, also deserved.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Sun May 11, 2014 5:19 pm  

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Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Sun May 11, 2014 6:34 pm  

Just simply brilliant to see Liverpool somehow mess it all up, when they'd come so, so close. This was an amazing chance for a non-huge club to win it. United not even starting the race, Chelsea an utter shambles throughout, completely lacking firepower, City trying their best to be meaningful in Europe and again being completely and utterly reliant on Kompany and Toure. Spurs were a mess and destroyed their opportunity early, Everton were never going to have the squad to challenge. Liverpool came up the rails superbly and collapsed spectacularly when it actually mattered.

The man responsible for the collapse? Stevie Gerrard. The man that optimises the club more than any other in this era. Oops. I can imagine the Premier League Gold season review rehashes being played on Sky year after year now.

Watching Liverpool today and there was even more evidence that Gerrard simply cannot play this deep role he's been given, at least not without a superb defensive midfielder with him. Too slow, not quite getting there in defensive positions several times. He provides such a weak screen for the back four that it's no surprise they are exposed so often. The big test for Liverpool now is how Rodgers tweaks his tactics to provide more defensive security. Can he do it without sacrificing the attacking fluidity? Or does he just throw another £100m at a proper back four and keeper and do it that way?

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Sun May 11, 2014 7:36 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Just simply brilliant to see Liverpool somehow mess it all up, when they'd come so, so close. This was an amazing chance for a non-huge club to win it. United not even starting the race, Chelsea an utter shambles throughout, completely lacking firepower, City trying their best to be meaningful in Europe and again being completely and utterly reliant on Kompany and Toure. Spurs were a mess and destroyed their opportunity early, Everton were never going to have the squad to challenge. Liverpool came up the rails superbly and collapsed spectacularly when it actually mattered.

The man responsible for the collapse? Stevie Gerrard. The man that optimises the club more than any other in this era. Oops. I can imagine the Premier League Gold season review rehashes being played on Sky year after year now.

Watching Liverpool today and there was even more evidence that Gerrard simply cannot play this deep role he's been given, at least not without a superb defensive midfielder with him. Too slow, not quite getting there in defensive positions several times. He provides such a weak screen for the back four that it's no surprise they are exposed so often. The big test for Liverpool now is how Rodgers tweaks his tactics to provide more defensive security. Can he do it without sacrificing the attacking fluidity? Or does he just throw another £100m at a proper back four and keeper and do it that way?