Men's Soccer (Football) Thread [ARCHIVED] Soccer • Page 47

Luis Enrique is the perfect manager to lead Spain into the new era. Spain needed someone to introduce a more attacking/direct emphasis as at the World Cup they were just passing it around with no penetration (I don't think that was Hierro's fault, it was what he inherited). Luis Enrique adapted and improved Barcelona's style and I expect him to do the same at Spain. 6-0 against Croatia last night was impressive though!

 

Makes England narrowly missing out on a draw look pretty good. 6-0 between teams who are meant to be of similar capabilities is a serious beating.

 

Richarlison got 2 goals and 1 assist for Brazil. Not going to get too carried away because it was only v El Salvador but the finishes were excellent. Glad he's back for Arsenal because we're running out of bodies.

Robinson assisted the Adams winner for the USMNT.

Onyekuru scored his first Nigeria goal v Liberia which proved to be the winner. It sounds as if Lookman wants to represent Nigeria, too, despite playing (poorly) for England u21s on the same day that was announced.

The future is bright.

 

Did anyone see that George Weah, aged 51, came out of international retirement to play in that Nigeria vs Liberia match? He played 79 minutes as well. And of course he's the current President of Liberia.

 

You just know he'll score the winner against us.

 

Holy shit

 

Have you all been reading David Squires in the Guardian recently? His emo Mourinho is great.

 

Yeah he's on a great run at the moment, I feel like his emo Mourinho is only going to get better.

 

Dele and Hugo out for the Liverpool game Saturday. Winks still not fit enough to start. And I doubt Son starts but you never know.

Might be a thin team.

 

Just gonna pretend Hugo is suspended like he probably should have been

 

Getting all buzzin to welcome the football back on a Friday night...

Draw 0-0 with St Mirren.

We are brutal.

 

Winks starting today is great news

 

Spurs looks so sloppy. Finally took control over the game and then gave up a weak goal.

 

Another sloppy ass goal to give up

 

Danny Rose is terrible

 

Moyes was right regarding Dier.

 

Spurs absolutely did not deserve a point there, but why wasn’t Son rewarded a penalty on his final shot? His left leg was completely taken out as he kicked the ball with his right. It clearly affected his shot and the defender was no where near the ball.

 

This isn’t even the best angle of it and it’s still a clear pen

 

...because they are the unluckiest team in the league according to scientists and shit.

 

They showed a zoomed in angle on TV. Such an obvious penalty. God damnit.

 

Laughable from Pochettino, leaving his CBs isolated 2 or 3v2 the whole game. Would've been an absolute mauling had Liverpool's front three been fully on it.

 

It’s not Poch’s fault his players made horrid passes and gave the ball away in terrible situations all game. And majority of the 3v2 came when we were down 2-0 and were forced to play more upfield.

 

It happened all first half though. You can't push your full backs that far forward and also have no one drop deep to compensate against Liverpool, especially if you leave your quickest defender out. It just left the channels wide as soon as Liverpool won the ball. Very naive.

 

That's the most Liverpool tackle ever.