Re: The 2017/18 Calcio Thread: Part 2

[Tomwin Lannister]

That was fantastic though


Incubo means nightmare and the tombstones are the CLs lost by Juve

Practically given up on CL tbh

Scudetto is our CL and I've made peace with it anyway

Officially back from retirement now for one more run

Hope you get a Goldberg CL winning send off then we can retire in peace after finishing 3rd in the group stages the following season and losing Dybala - Sandro - Pjanic and Berna.

[Kaladin]

More chance of me making love to Margot Robbie than Juve winning a European title in my lifetime

[Luca]

More chance of me making love to Margot Robbie than Juve winning a European title in my lifetime

Let it out bruv. Were all here for you in this most troubling time

[Warrior]

More chance of me being immortal than Milan ever winning a relevant trophy again.

S have come back, don't know him a lot but i remember he is great poster... now is time for me to give back my seat at the Supreme Jouncil.

If you ever see Dante, please notice him that he owes me 3 days of being my personal Upmilan bot. Doubt we'll ever meet him again tho

[Luca]

What a goal from El Sharaawy

[Kaladin]

Man if there's one thing i hate, its American fans on twitter ( i mean no disrespect here) but boy, do they get on my nerves. They think this shit is like Coach Carter or Blindside, too much Hollywood juice in their brains. Never stop backing up the players or coach, always keep supporting even if the plaayer is atrociously bad. Never give up, never call out players specifically, basic opinions like 'First half was very good in my opinion. Second half was unproductive. Team should focus more on playing their own game than counteracting'. That fraud journo wannabe Grant Wahl, got these fools brainwashed with his optimistic outlook on everything. Case in point, that Mercedes girl that supports 990 clubs p/w (check her bio?). Just such a far western dominated space, i'm forced to listen to James Richardson's podcasts for elite opinions, instead of this regurgitated drivel that doesn't mean anything, just one guy tweets it and they latch on to it like a lifeline, the de facto opinion.

/rant

[Luca]

https://twitter.com/bonucci_leo19/status/807973578255847426

https://streamable.com/fj5pf
https://streamable.com/f6ywl

101 goals in Serie A

[Warrior]

I'm sure Bonucci low key celebrated Juve's win.

[RealGunner]

loooool how is Asamoah walking through Milan's team

[M99]

Man if there's one thing i hate, its American fans on twitter ( i mean no disrespect here) but boy, do they get on my nerves. They think this shit is like Coach Carter or Blindside, too much Hollywood juice in their brains. Never stop backing up the players or coach, always keep supporting even if the plaayer is atrociously bad. Never give up, never call out players specifically, basic opinions like 'First half was very good in my opinion. Second half was unproductive. Team should focus more on playing their own game than counteracting'. That fraud journo wannabe Grant Wahl, got these fools brainwashed with his optimistic outlook on everything. Case in point, that Mercedes girl that supports 990 clubs p/w (check her bio?). Just such a far western dominated space, i'm forced to listen to James Richardson's podcasts for elite opinions, instead of this regurgitated drivel that doesn't mean anything, just one guy tweets it and they latch on to it like a lifeline, the de facto opinion.

/rant

Cut em some slack, they had Bruce Arena as coach.

[Arquitecto]

Man if there's one thing i hate, its American fans on twitter ( i mean no disrespect here) but boy, do they get on my nerves. They  think this shit is like Coach Carter or Blindside, too much Hollywood juice in their brains. Never stop backing up the players or coach, always keep supporting even if the plaayer is atrociously bad. Never give up, never call out players specifically, basic opinions like 'First half was very good in my opinion. Second half was unproductive. Team should focus more on playing their own game than counteracting'. That fraud journo wannabe Grant Wahl, got these fools brainwashed with his optimistic outlook on everything. Case in point, that Mercedes girl that supports 990 clubs p/w (check her bio?). Just such a far western dominated space, i'm forced to listen to James Richardson's podcasts for elite opinions, instead of this regurgitated drivel that doesn't mean anything, just one guy tweets it and they latch on to it like a lifeline, the de facto opinion.

/rant

Hate to say it, but ES hit the nail on the head.

And its late here so excuse what will be a poorly written rant and not an indepth analysis.


Was on the USMT glory train 2-3 years ago when they did show genuine spirit and character in big moments but it really was a flash in the pan and then it all got annoying fast.

Starting with MLS pundits and or a segment of USMT fans who undyingly overrate their players and scorn the far more relevant players who come for retirement in MLS. It stinks of inferiority complex and the intelligence or lack thereof behind it is nauseating. The fanfest over players like Dempsey, Brek Shea, *bleep* Zuzi or Oguichi *bleep* Onyewu. Only truly respectable player they had was Tim Howard and Landon Donavan. Now you have a highly talented Pulisic who will have the brunt of United States hoping on his shoulders, should he fail, the fanaticism will be between putting it all against him since most Americans don't know futbol to save their life, or supporting him no matter how poorly he will hypothetically perform. Onto the undying support of 'Klinsy' since before them they had no one relevant, added to their red herring defence of his worthless coaching career before that. Which leads onto the whole "Yea  gotta work hard! Teamwork! Together and United Gotta believe in yourself station wagon soccer mom bullshit adds to their oblivion which was supported by Zac of Gl in a fantastic post on American Sawker, more so since he is far more qualified than us to speak on this. Added with their journalism which always sounds like:

"The game was fast. (Random Team) just have to run harder. They have to move faster and pressure the other team. I feel that we have to implement our famous counter-attacking style. I think it will work. As long as we score a goal and work hard. We will win" Insert False equivalences and Onus probandi and or Wishful thinking and or X+Y=Z logic. Doesnt just go for MLS or USMT supporting Americans but ones for example who for our own American Milanisti who are such an emotional group of basic dwellers in their tweets, opinions, analysis or websites its a joke. How Grant Wahl gets the praise he does for his journalism is beyond me given he is a grade A cuck.

Bitter? Maybe. Realistic yes because I did put my faith into the American hype train which ended after I saw a closer look into the American football culture, experienced it closer within the United States and supporting their cause only to see it as a short sighted burst of emotion.

Fact is MLS MUST be taken more seriously as the football remains to be garbage but it cannot be ignored how well its growing and the Chinese League is 1/4th of what it is. But the look into the denizens of the most important country in the world, you'd be baffled to see how basic their hivemind rational is when it comes to the game from punditry, coaching, players and overall conceptual thought. Fire Bruce *bleep* Stadia and forward onto dawn. Go USA.

[Arquitecto]

Also, El Shaarawy's goal was a pure dreamboat. His prefers his right foot but when he uses his left his technique is just as good there as coaches in Jardim, Spaletti and Allegri noted this oddity in him. Brilliant birthday goal.

[rincon]

El Shaarawy's goal for those that haven't seen it. Roma does him well.

[RealGunner]

Very nice finish.

Thoughts on today's matches rincon?

[RealGunner]

omfg why are lazio playing so early ffs.

0-1 in 5 minutes ffs

[rincon]

Took Lazio a whole 5 minutes to score vs Benevento and it looks like total domination at this point.

[rincon]

Immobile 2-0

[RealGunner]

Benevento the worst team in seire A history? Will they win a single match all season?

[rincon]

Very nice finish.

Thoughts on today's matches rincon?

I had written some predictions the other day.

Lazio of course will beat Benevento. Napoli as well will surely beat Sassuolo, even Berardi is injured now.

Belotti might have made it back for tonight, and Torino are desperate for an upswing in results. I think they should beat Cagliari but unless they improve drastically, it wont be easy.

Samp-Chievo, Udinese-Atalanta and Crotone-Fiore are the games to watch imo. Both should be fun. Crotone at home will be tough and Fiore is due to drop points after 3 wins in a row.

Samp-Chievo should be really fun. I think Samp will edge it but a draw wouldn't surprise me.

Udinese-Atalanta looks like btts. Udinese will make it hard at home. Atalanta are obviously better but now it looks like Papu won't make it. I could see a 1-1.

SPAL-Genoa will be tense and low scoring imo. Tight relegation game.

[rincon]

Benevento the worst team in seire A history? Will they win a single match all season?

Don't know about history but they are surely the worst Serie A team I've watched in the league. They make SPAL look like Juve.

[RealGunner]

Was thinking about samp-chievo and udinese-atalanta BTTS as well.


Lazio 0-3 up

Best Lazio team I have ever seen tbh.

[rincon]

3-0 Marusic. Another Immobile assist like the first goal.

Now he has 14 goals and 5 assists in like 10 games.

[Robespierre]

Benevento is easily the worst team ever in A. Easily.

[Robespierre]

Was thinking about samp-chievo and udinese-atalanta BTTS as well.


Lazio 0-3 up

Best Lazio team I have ever seen tbh.

Do you follow football since ?
Lazio under Eriksson was unreal, this not even close

[RealGunner]

Didn't follow Serie A properly till few years back. And definitely not during when Eriksson was managing Lazio. I was like 6

[rincon]

Benevento get a goal!

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