Football (Soccer) Thread

[katmai]

Looking forward to Real-ManU match.

[FunkMonk]

Looking forward to Gus Johnson.

[katmai]

What's your verdict so far Funky?

[FunkMonk]

He's not terrible but you can tell he's not really all that knowledgeable. All he can do is spout statistics the network gives him and scream loudly when something vaguely interesting happens. No real insight about the game or the players. It doesn't help that his co-commentator doesn't give much either.

He's gotta start somewhere. Hopefully he improves a lot for 2018. I think he needs a really great color commentator for now. I wish they'd just use the Sky feed; it's got Tyler and Neville from what I read.

[Liep]

The meat they show in American restaurant commercials doesn't look delicious as one would expect commercial meat to look like. It doesn't even look like meat.

Why is the FOX Soccer the only one with a Barca-Milan link up on firstrow?

[katmai]

Sorry we don't serve horse.

[Liep]

Ah, the Fleischskandal. Nothing wrong with horse meat though.

[Liep]

Successful strategy from Milan there. The 8-2-0 tactic most be tried in Football Manager.

[Viking]

Successful strategy from Milan there. The 8-2-0 tactic most be tried in Football Manager.

FM2006 had defensive AI teams play 3-3-2-1-1

needs wingbacks though...

[FunkMonk]

Successful strategy from Milan there. The 8-2-0 tactic most be tried in Football Manager.

Barca have been found out again. Playing against 10 defenders in La Liga (minus RM) is different than playing against 10 defenders in the Champions League. This Milan may not live up to previous incarnations but they're still a good side with very good players.

I'm certainly not counting Barca out but they'll need to play like they want to win rather than going through the motions and expecting to win because LOLZ WERE BARCELONA!!!!!!

[Liep]

"Laudrup tiene los requisitos para entrenar al Real Madrid" - Rangel.

It'd be fun to watch a Real Madrid team coached by Laudrup, it'll certainly boost RM jersey sales in Denmark.

[Admiral Yi]

The meat they show in American restaurant commercials doesn't look delicious as one would expect commercial meat to look like. It doesn't even look like meat.

The chains that advertise on television don't serve very good meat.  The places that have good beef advertise more in print and the internet.  Here's an example:

http://www.ruthschris.com/

[Liep]

Swansea - Bradford tonight. Have the real teams given up on the League Cup?

[FunkMonk]

If any of you have an iPad, there is an app called Live Score Addicts that displays live statistics, shows video of goals, has lineups and live tables, and gives notifications for just about every league in the world and international matches. The video is really nice IMO. 

Not sure if it works with any other apple device.

[Liep]

Just checked it out for iPhone, looks great, thanks!