Official European Football 2012 Regular Season Thread

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Wednesday against United was always going to be the key game

after today's performance i doubt you have much to worry about

joke of a team

[Comedy Quaddafi]

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"Fuck yeah! We didn't lose at home! WE'RE BACK!"

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So great to see Arsenal get annihilated starting with two goals from Comedy's doppleganger.

Liverpool are clearly a team to be reckoned with as long as Suarez and Sturridge stay healthy. There isn't a better 1-2 striker combo right now. Peace to Aguero/Negredo.

Grind it out win against Everton for Spurs. It was a game that could have gone either way, and I wasn't thrilled to see the 4-5-1 formation again. Still, that was a good win against a good team. A struggling Newcastle team next, Spurs really should beat them.

United are hurting badly right now, and that's with Rooney, Van Persie, and Mata all on the field. Fulham look much improved with all their additions.

Pretty thrilled that Januzaj is looking like he's going to play for England at some point.

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Is there anyone out there that actually doubts that the Premier League is the best in the world?

[VideoKilledThe]

Kolo Toure???!?!?! ddddeeerrrrr

that Stevie G pass tho

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What the hell got into Spurs?

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another HARD EARNED POINT for those scrappy mid-tablers.

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LOL

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LOLO TOURE

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The Sun have the BALLS to call it like it is

[VideoKilledThe]

Great win, to snatch 3 points on the road at the end like that.

fulham played so goddamn narrow it made the game difficult.

less Toure more Agger please.

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<3 Bentaleb

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Yet another classic example of why Arsenal are pretenders. So you get completely annihilated by a Top 4 club earlier in the week which serves as a test of how good you are. Hey, shit happens. Just gotta bounce back, right? You come home to play a team struggling all year, one that beat you already earlier this season, and instead of coming out with your asses on fire, you almost gift them a goal in the first 60 seconds and proceed to play the rest of the game out like a training session. There's 5 minutes to go in the game and they're backpassing between central mid and central defense while the rest of the team just stands around watching. Like what in the fuck is running through their heads? God they're so fucking boring and soft. I fucking hate myself for sitting through their matches. Oh, and Flamini has been 10x the signing Ozil has been. And fuck Arteta already, goddamn I hate that dude.

Newcastle should be relegated just based on principle.

Hate Liverpool but they clearly have championship mettle.

[Y@k Bollocks]

I fucking hate myself for sitting through their matches.

That Nacer Chadli goal! Nice.

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Yet another classic example of why Arsenal are pretenders. So you get completely annihilated by a Top 4 club earlier in the week which serves as a test of how good you are. Hey, shit happens. Just gotta bounce back, right? You come home to play a team struggling all year, one that beat you already earlier this season, and instead of coming out with your asses on fire, you almost gift them a goal in the first 60 seconds and proceed to play the rest of the game out like a training session. There's 5 minutes to go in the game and they're backpassing between central mid and central defense while the rest of the team just stands around watching. Like what in the fuck is running through their heads? God they're so fucking boring and soft. I fucking hate myself for sitting through their matches. Oh, and Flamini has been 10x the signing Ozil has been. And fuck Arteta already, goddamn I hate that dude.

Newcastle should be relegated just based on principle.

Hate Liverpool but they clearly have championship mettle.

Mods?

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How/why does one "hate" Arteta?

[VideoKilledThe]

first touch, outside of the foot 35 yard pass, fades into the path of Sturridge

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[VideoKilledThe]

Goal of the year.

even better than Suarez vs Norwich

wish Super Mario wasn't wasting away in Serie A. One of the best players in the world.

[RacquetballGangsta]

ozil..what a disaster..weak penalty..he looked terrible even as he took it...kroos balled.

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People need to lay off Özil a bit. Proud of the way we played in the first half but Gooners knew what would happen, more or less, when Ozzie missed the penno.

The compulsory red to Chesney is ridiculous even if its correct. Time to rethink the rules IMO. No need to ruin games because of bureaucratic bullshit rules - and I would say the same if the tables were turned FIY.

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The compulsory red to Chesney is ridiculous even if its correct. Time to rethink the rules IMO. No need to ruin games because of bureaucratic bullshit rules - and I would say the same if the tables were turned FIY.

bollocks, you'd go on about how "rules are rules" and that the referee had 'no other option'

sux when you're mollywhopping a better team in Europe only for the ref to go fuck it up, ay?

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Was a game of "What Ifs." They were sparkling in the first 10 minutes, but after the PK they were never the same.

The red was terrible and it absolutely needs to be rethought. It's definitely a penalty in that situation (even if that bitch Robben made a meal of it like he does with everything). But it's a PK, you're down to 10, and you miss the next match? Not only that but it essentially decided the outcome of not just the game but the whole draw. It's 3 huge punishments + a near-impossible task all from that one incident?? It wasn't violent at all and while I'm not arguing about whether or not it's a penalty, why such a severe punishment? It should be a yellow and PK unless obviously violent. If it occurs outside the box and you can't award a penalty, it should be red or they should consider awarding a PK and giving yellow. It's much too severe a punishment for an expected reflex from a defender.

[RacquetballGangsta]

yup..the triple jeopardy is a bit much...yellow should be sufficient unless its really egregious...i say not just violent, but those shitty professional fouls where a dude is bearing down on goal and its the last man and he just grabs him no attempt to play the ball or something really cynical, that deserves a red imo

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Bale was inspired by Balotelli.

Dunno if people saw these from midweek

[ian e]

Meanwhile Dortmund conceded this goal:

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LOL. joke of a team