Football (Soccer) Thread

[katmai]

Well 4-2 loss is better than the 7-0 in '09

[Josephus]

Just came back from watching Toronto tie Liverpool 1-1.

[katmai]

Wow Liverpool must be bad if can only tie Toronto.

[FunkMonk]

Only watched the first half when Liverpool played their youth squad. Still, decent result for Toronto. 

[Josephus]

Only watched the first half when Liverpool played their youth squad. Still, decent result for Toronto. 

Toronto played their academy side in the second half. Liverpool's" first half youths" included: Alberto Aquilani, Jose Enrique, Charlie Adam and Jamie Carragher. They also had Skrtl and Cole

Just saying.

[Sheilbh]

Wow Liverpool must be bad if can only tie Toronto.

We can only hope

[Viking]

Please do remember that pre-season games don't really matter when it comes to outcomes since. Managers are often tweaking teams trying out tactics and playing with players who often have varying levels of fitness.

But, most importantly, what the icelandic national team and scandinavian club sides have found out in the last 20 years. A well drilled, well organized team of motivated players of reasonable quality can hold their own against much better teams. Liverpool, Chelsea and ManU are not built to win games, they are built to win seasons.

[Josquius]

Have to agree that pre-season friendlies tend not to matter.
If you watch the games you can see the players are clearly just treating it as more of a dress rehersal, a special training session, than a proper game.
That being said the way some of Sunderland's young players performed in our game against Gronginen bodes well for the future. I hope.

[Maladict]

That being said the way some of Sunderland's young players performed in our game against Gronginen bodes well for the future. I hope.

Haven't seen it but Groningen have been awfully weak for over a year now.

[Josephus]

Have to agree that pre-season friendlies tend not to matter.
If you watch the games you can see the players are clearly just treating it as more of a dress rehersal, a special training session, than a proper game.
That being said the way some of Sunderland's young players performed in our game against Gronginen bodes well for the future. I hope.

So tell me this liverpool player was indifferent to his goal against Toronto. No one's arguing that it's not the Champions Cup final, but to say the players  are indifferent to the game is nonsense. Most of  these players are vying for a spot on the first team.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHTBTPPofbQ

[Ed Anger]

Watched the Liverpool-Tottenham game from Baltimore. Total snoozefest.

Needed Andy Carroll doing a Ray Lewis dance. OR SOMETHING.

[FunkMonk]

Watched the Liverpool-Tottenham game from Baltimore. Total snoozefest.

Needed Andy Carroll doing a Ray Lewis dance. OR SOMETHING.

Preseason games lololol

[Ed Anger]

Watched the Liverpool-Tottenham game from Baltimore. Total snoozefest.

Needed Andy Carroll doing a Ray Lewis dance. OR SOMETHING.

Preseason games lololol

Also, that fuckhead on ESPN2 doing the Maryland capital joke repeatedly didn't help.

[FunkMonk]

The Mighty Red Bulls of "NY" are playing The Tottenham "Tots" Hotspur on ESPN2.

Tim Cahill's first game for NYRB. Interesting.

[Viking]

The Mighty Red Bulls of "NY" are playing The Tottenham "Tots" Hotspur on ESPN2.

Tim Cahill's first game for NYRB. Interesting.

How is local hero Jan Gunnar Solli doing at NYRB? He's probably playing center midfielder or right winger.