Football (Soccer)

[Peter]

That didn't go all too well.. Better shape up, Real!

[501IH]

Gratified to have found a couple fellow Bayern haters here. Cheers, guys!
I wish them a real "package" tomorrow….(evil grin)...

[Giles]

Last night @Madame Buttonfly and I went to see a real game of football. none of this noncey Champions League crap.  Yes it was Gosport Borough playing Sholing in the final of the Hampshire cup.  It was played at Fratton Park, home to Portsmouth FC.

Look at how crowded it was…

Paula's classy half time tipple…

We won 3:Nil…

"We know who we are,
We know who we are,
Champions of Hampshire,
We know who we are"

Pure class.....

[Dion]

The Champions League can't compete with that and that's for sure :). If anyone's still interested: Juventus won 2:1 against Real Madrid yesterday.

[Finkster]

Nice pics @Giles  … I'm also bored of Champions Leaque, Premier Leaque, etc.
My local Football club plays in the 4. Division ( currently Number 1 ^^ ) ... it's somewhere between amateur- and professional football. A lot more fun and more familiar then all this other crap.

[Giles]

Sounds just like our team.  Some of them get paid, some don't.  They're painters. electricians and waiters in real life….

[louisbosco]

oh wow. the pitch looks like shit. hard to believe they were a top flight club given that pitch condition.

[Giles]

Yes.  We said last night that Gosport's pitch is better than Portsmouth's…..And they are far from a top flight club now.....

[Megatron1505]

Looks like a great night of real football, I'm considering handing in Toon support and moving just over the bridge to support Gateshead until such a time that Newcastle feel like being a football club again….not holding my breath 

[el padre]

Didn't realise you were a geordie mega. I am suffering from that curse as well.

[Megatron1505]

Yup, it's a long term punishment I've endured since childhood. I actually write for The Mag, but I won't link you to my articles as they have the habit of getting me death threats 

[NorthernVictory]

Revenge is a dish best served repeatedly. Bayern will be destroyed.

[Aetas]

Messi, Messi, Neymar 

[Peter]

God fucking damnit, worst football week ever haha..

[Megatron1505]

Messi's second was fantastic.

[Finn666]

so fucking happy right now fuck bayern

[el padre]

@Megatron1505:

Yup, it's a long term punishment I've endured since childhood. I actually write for The Mag, but I won't link you to my articles as they have the habit of getting me death threats 

Yeah, it's hard to shake off the affliction, although they're doing their level best to cure of it this season. Again.

[501IH]

Very satisfactory night, there's no sweeter sight in soccer than to watch Bayern lose.
Many happy returns! 

[Megatron1505]

All hail the dark overlord and his staggering mismanagement of what used to be a football club 

[NorthernVictory]

@Megatron1505:

All hail the dark overlord and his staggering mismanagement of what used to be a football club 

To be honest, I am a fan of Pep. However, his concepts need to change as he is managing a different team with different strengths, weaknesses, and qualities. He cannot impose the style of Barcelona during his tenure on a completely different team.

You can still play a possession-heavy style, but there should be some significant differences than the way Barca played previously.

After all, during Pep's time at Barca, Vicente del Bosque was also the manager of Spain; the interesting thing is Spain and Barcelona, while both possession-obsessed simultaneously, had different methods for obtaining results.