Pepe completely unmarked there.
Today's Football 2014/15
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tsubaki
Player Valuation: £90m
and they spread disease
Professor Toffee
On and on, over the hill and the craic is good
ok lets make up a disease that they spread,
something appallingly wormy and full of buboes and that makes their players fall over when in close proximity to an opponent
How's this for dive
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jul/24/the-paper-thin-horror-of-a-post-delphian-world
Not 20 minutes into his debut for Manchester City against Real Madrid in Melbourne, Fabian Delph’s hamstring twanged, and 10,548 miles away in north Birmingham, a cockney’s cockles warmed. Tactics Tim had been prodding his Voodoo Delph Doll for days, to little effect. But Tim is nothing if not persistent, and with one last poke, the England international collapsed in a heap on the turf, and a rainbow broke out over the West Midlands. Turns out all that backtracking had taken its toll, after all. Zing!
And so just like poor Tim, Manuel Pellegrini found out what it is like to live in a post-Delphian world, for the remaining 70 minutes of the match at least. And it wasn’t pretty: within two minutes of the 25-year-old’s departure, City were 1-0 down. Five minutes later, it was 2-0. Before half-time, Pepe scored to make it 3-0. You get the picture: no Delph, no dice.
“Unfortunately, it looks like Fabian has a problem with his hamstring – we thought it would be useful for him to play 45 minutes but he got the injury so it’s not the best news,” sighed Manchester City manager Pellegrini after the 4-1 defeat, ignoring the big, neon ‘KARMA’ sign that hacks had hastily erected in the post-match press conference. “We will have a more clear diagnostic from the doctor tomorrow.”
Not that Pellegrini did a great job with the rest of his team selection, mind. Who did the Chilean pick in central defence to face the trident of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale? 20-year-old Jason Denayer, who did an adequate job of helping Queen’s Celtic keep the might of the Scottish Premiership at bay last season, and 16-year-old Cameron Humphreys, who … wait, nobody knows what he did last season, because HE IS 16. SIXTEEN. What were you doing at that age? Plucking up the courage to ask the local weirdo to buy you a WKD? Hoping that your mate’s sister didn’t catch you picking your nose? Playing marbles?
“We knew before the game that it was difficult to play against a team with such good attackers without Mangala, Kompany and Demichelis,” Pellegrini reflected. “I thought an excellent way to zap any confidence out of two young defenders was to leave them up **** creek without a paddle against Ronaldo, Benzema and Bale, with only a pedestrian Aleksander Kolarov and a bald Bacary Sagna for company,” he didn’t add.
Not 20 minutes into his debut for Manchester City against Real Madrid in Melbourne, Fabian Delph’s hamstring twanged, and 10,548 miles away in north Birmingham, a cockney’s cockles warmed. Tactics Tim had been prodding his Voodoo Delph Doll for days, to little effect. But Tim is nothing if not persistent, and with one last poke, the England international collapsed in a heap on the turf, and a rainbow broke out over the West Midlands. Turns out all that backtracking had taken its toll, after all. Zing!
And so just like poor Tim, Manuel Pellegrini found out what it is like to live in a post-Delphian world, for the remaining 70 minutes of the match at least. And it wasn’t pretty: within two minutes of the 25-year-old’s departure, City were 1-0 down. Five minutes later, it was 2-0. Before half-time, Pepe scored to make it 3-0. You get the picture: no Delph, no dice.
“Unfortunately, it looks like Fabian has a problem with his hamstring – we thought it would be useful for him to play 45 minutes but he got the injury so it’s not the best news,” sighed Manchester City manager Pellegrini after the 4-1 defeat, ignoring the big, neon ‘KARMA’ sign that hacks had hastily erected in the post-match press conference. “We will have a more clear diagnostic from the doctor tomorrow.”
Not that Pellegrini did a great job with the rest of his team selection, mind. Who did the Chilean pick in central defence to face the trident of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale? 20-year-old Jason Denayer, who did an adequate job of helping Queen’s Celtic keep the might of the Scottish Premiership at bay last season, and 16-year-old Cameron Humphreys, who … wait, nobody knows what he did last season, because HE IS 16. SIXTEEN. What were you doing at that age? Plucking up the courage to ask the local weirdo to buy you a WKD? Hoping that your mate’s sister didn’t catch you picking your nose? Playing marbles?
“We knew before the game that it was difficult to play against a team with such good attackers without Mangala, Kompany and Demichelis,” Pellegrini reflected. “I thought an excellent way to zap any confidence out of two young defenders was to leave them up **** creek without a paddle against Ronaldo, Benzema and Bale, with only a pedestrian Aleksander Kolarov and a bald Bacary Sagna for company,” he didn’t add.
Albertini78
Player Valuation: £10m
Theres no way i could play the sport professionally, i'd absolutely murder some people..
Alan Whittle
Player Valuation: £70m
Poor work..back on the small ads for you next week. Don't know why the Jedi hates rugby, he tackles like a prop forward.
Minimeister
Player Valuation: £35m
When have we ever worried about West Ham?
I watched the West Ham match last night, my god they were poison. I know their 'big guns' were not playing but they scrapped through against a team from Malta.
Garrick
Awesome, lid.
I was just considering it after the cash infusion and the sweetheart stadium deal, but y'know what you're still right.
HuddersfieldToffee
Player Valuation: £10m
Anyone watching the Ranguh's vs Hibs game?
Yeah mate. Plenty of goals
TheAlmightyFloater
Player Valuation: £30m
Did anyone just see Mexes goal against Inter?
What an outstanding goal...
What an outstanding goal...
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