The 2015-16 World Fitba Thread!

You should replace Phil Neville as BBC analyst.

 

On that topic actually - Brad Friedel is pretty good at that gig.

 

:bears:

 

Gladbach beating Scheisse 2-0 :bears:

 

I think Gladbach is my favorite German side, all respect to Dortmund

 

Liverpool have all the ball but just can't get any results in the box

 

From what I've read they had an excellent side in the early to mid 70's led by Gunter Netzer. He played on the German team that won the European Championship in 72 which a lot of experts think was a superior side to the one which won the WC only two years later.

They've been really entertaining to watch so far this season. On current form I think they can challenge for a UCL spot.

 

Nice idea by sterling, poor strike

 

Yeah I've seen some of their 70s matches... I like their crest, colors and they have good support and a hard to spell name

 

I think that's their biggest downside and probably doesn't help them attract many foreign fans. ::

 

Sterling should have started IMO.

 

Madrid derby playing on American TV.

 

I love it... It's so German :l2:

 

It should have an exclamation mark at the end. :l3:

 

Ah! So close!

 

4-1 to Gladbach. Chelsea is going to rip Schalke to shreds in CL.

 

Exactly! It's like a threat! I remember when I first was getting hooked on football and trying learn all the history and watch everything I could find, I saw their name as one of the great sides of the 70s in numerous places and was like "how the fuck do you say that?!"

 

:: Maybe a '>:-(' too

 

Schalke has to be one of the biggest underachieving clubs in history... Huge support and they never win anything ever

 

:giggle:

 

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You should get this book, pretty good read. Covers quite a lot of ground without getting muddled into trivialities.

 

:laughing:

 

AM beating Real 1-0 early. :bears:

 

God Liverpool have had all of the ball but just cannot finish today

 

Sounds like a plan! Thanks

 

One of my most hated tactics... The corner flag time waster

 

If only Liverpool had a world class stiker to snatch them goals.

 

Yeah lots of La Liga on that channel.

That British guy gets a little too excited though.

On another note watching from the NBC stream for some reason they were trying to push this idea that Villa was like America's team or something. ::

 

Yeah I've noticed. ::

That's probably the sole reason for him to be there.

 

Pity Coots hit the post, but Liverpool were pretty unimaginative. Rogers is lucky he has that great season behind him, he'll get time to bed these guys in. Wrong choices today in midfield, Can was the man for the job but he started Lallana over Sterling and put in the lightweight if impressive Coots for Can. Not really sure there is too much to be said. Villa offered a limited threat and Liverpool didn't deal with it.