stickyfngrdboy posted:

trem_two posted:

Dynamo Moscow - Zenit had to be abandoned today when the Dynamo keeper was tear gassed from the crowd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNNR0WwbY9k

Loving Africa Chaps posted:

The Mash posted:

If I had a lot of money the first thing I'd do is find out who does Beckham's wardrobe because drat

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Fans enjoyed a brilliant day on Sunday as former greats and current heroes returned to Meadow Lane for Legends Day.

They were able to meet players such as Jackie Sewell, Tommy Johnson, Ian McParland, Michael Johnson, Brian Stubbs and Phil Turner, whilst the First Team squad were also in attendance posing for pictures and signing autographs.

The match was kicked off by former England international Sewell and finished 3-1 with goals from Tommy Johnson (2) and Dean Thomas, whilst Mark Stallard scored at the other end and Playwright and Notts fan Billy Ivory blazed a penalty over!

Arguably the funniest highlight of the game was when legendary commentator Colin Slater popped up at the back-post to interview goalkeeper Darren Ward during the game!

After the final whistle, a giant inflatable screen was constructed on the pitch as supporters stayed behind to watch a feature-length production named 'Notts County The Movie'.

The club would like to thank all the supporters for coming, all the legends and current players for taking time out to attend and a big thank you to record goalscorer Les Bradd for organising.

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On November 17, the fans of the St. Petersburg club started to use pyrotechnics during the game. They threw firecrackers on the field. One of them exploded near the goalkeeper of the Moscow team, Anton Shunin.

Law-enforcement officials said that it was female fans who threw the firecrackers on the football field. Moreover, the women managed to bring the firecrackers to the stadium inside their bodies. In one of the women's restrooms of the stadium, there were about 20 condoms found, in which, according to law enforcement officials, the women carried the firecrackers.

Earlier it was reported that all Zenit fans, who were arrested after the incident, were released. They all have already returned to St. Petersburg. Three female fans have been released as well. Surveillance cameras have not captured the moment when firecrackers were thrown, and police officers could not identify the perpetrator.

The injured goalkeeper, Anton Shunina, was taken to hospital, where the football player was diagnosed with a chemical burn of the cornea, eyelids and conjunctivas of both eyes. The man also suffered post-traumatic otitis of the right ear with hearing loss. Doctors advised goalkeeper should refrain from training for 10 days.

Soup and a Sandwich posted:

stoke upgrading from rugby to american football:

Fat Guy Sexting posted:

(One of) the Secret Footballer's talked about this before, and how in any given week in training they might get a dossier on their opposite number + the substitute, with things like how often they like to go to the byline versus cut inside, or which foot they favour, or if they can be pressured to play a square ball across the pitch or whatever. The point of it being that football might look anarchic, but there is tonnes of work done in the background in smaller tactical decisions.

Fat Guy Sexting posted:

(One of) the Secret Footballer's talked about this before, and how in any given week in training they might get a dossier on their opposite number + the substitute, with things like how often they like to go to the byline versus cut inside, or which foot they favour, or if they can be pressured to play a square ball across the pitch or whatever. The point of it being that football might look anarchic, but there is tonnes of work done in the background in smaller tactical decisions.

EvilHawk posted:

Yeah that's something I bring up when people say "oh footballers only train half a day then they go home" or whatever. Yeah, they might only be on the training pitch in the morning, but around that they're studying tactics and the opposition etc. It's also why they can't all be dumb as poo poo.

luvd posted:

They don't really need to think for themselves though, which does suggest that they can be thick as poo poo.

TheGoatFeeder posted:

This was just posted on the official Edin Dzeko facebook page, the wonderful work of art is entitled 'Edin & David'

EvilHawk posted:

I'd argue that once they're on the pitch they need the intelligence to adapt those plans to the situation. Kind of similar (but really not) to people in the military etc, you can rote learn plans but you need to be able to think on your feet when things happen to affect them.

luvd posted:

If the ball is here, and my player is there I should be *there*.

This player likes to do *this* so I'll do *this*.

peanut- posted:

I think this is something that it's really hard to properly appreciate as a spectator. A huge amount of the things you see a top team doing are incredibly mechanical moves that get drilled into them. I remember reading a column (the Secret Footballer maybe?) saying that when a player gets jeered for passing to the middle of nowhere, often enough the fault actually lies with another player on his team not being where he should be to receive the ball.

It's why people like Assou-Ekotto complain that being a top level footballer is often pretty boring.

luvd posted:

100%. It's why the mental aspect of the game is frequently overlooked. Players need to be able to have superb focus.

Rooney posted:

"I think, I suppose," says Rooney, when asked about his precocious genius, "when you are younger, you're always …you're a bit more advanced than the kids your age, so there are times on the pitch where you can see different things, but they can't obviously see it. So then it's like you get annoyed, but they are not obviously …It's like you said before. They can't calculate. I suppose it's like when you play snooker, you're always thinking three or four shots down the line. I suppose with football, it's like that. You've got to think three or four passes where the ball is going to come to down the line. And I think the very best footballers, they're able to see that before ... Much quicker than a lot of other footballers. So ..."

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"What people don't realize is that it's obviously a physical game, but after the game, mentally, you're tired as well," he says. "Your mind has been through so much. There's so many decisions you have to make through your head. And then you're trying to calculate other people's decisions as well. It's probably more mentally tiring than physically, to be honest."

TyChan posted:

Have you ever discovered that people who you thought were your friends weren't really your friends?

Weaponized Cum posted:

So you can run into Ronaldo (the real Ronaldo, gently caress off) on Chatroulette, pretty gnarly!

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/bizarre-a-group-of-irish-lads-meet-the-real-ronaldo-on-chatroulette-com/

Weaponized Cum posted:

So you can run into Ronaldo (the real Ronaldo, gently caress off) on Chatroulette, pretty gnarly!

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/bizarre-a-group-of-irish-lads-meet-the-real-ronaldo-on-chatroulette-com/

Knoddus posted:

This reminds me of the teammates-interview with Glen Johnson when he rips on Enriques intellect and the way he dresses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soF54EXOEQk&t=69s

Pissflaps posted:

Has this



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Aurelio De Laurentiis posted:

With several Napoli players attracting interest from English clubs, the Serie A side risk having their season ruined by high-profile departures next month – a situation which prompted De Laurentiis' remarkable rant.

"If they want to go to England then in the end they're going to go" he said. "But they need to understand this: the English live badly, eat badly and their women do not wash their genitalia. To them, a bidet is a mystery."