football is the 2nd best sport

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

also for soccer tactics: www.zonalmarking.net

this is great by the way. thanks.

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Originally Posted by Bread Regal

check out this crazy good assist by negredo. kicking it with the outside of his left foot.

this is the kind of remarkable thing you don't see in other sports

the only sport with this kind of long range passing is am. football but you don't see quarterbacks hooking their passes to go around defenders...

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if only that defender was a step faster the whole thing would have been ruined

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Can we also discuss the weirdness of bookies advertising extensively throughout the football league?

That's weird right?

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yeah it's really weird

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maybe everyone's gambling and none of these games are real contests

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that pass is just mind blowing. i assure you, very difficult also.

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our beloved lilywhites go up against United today. Hoping we win by at least two points so we can finally have a non-negative goal difference. Rooney's back in today after an injury so I'm not considering it very likely.

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almost got our wish!

i love how everyone keeps talking about how shit we are, yet we're only 2 points behind Liverpool who are supposedly in THE BEST FORM EVER

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Slim margins at the top.

Spurs are doing a couple stateside friendlies, one of which is against the Sounders FC in Seattle. Might have to travel cross country for that.

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AMERICAN SOCCER IS CRAP

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pretty satisfying hearing of arsenal's epic loss. and they weren't even a man down like tottenham was last week.

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it's amazing that totty is still 6th with a -1 goal differential

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

AMERICAN SOCCER IS CRAP

MLS is not the top of the heap, but it's gaining strength and at least I have a local team to support. When MLS gains more respect I'm gonna tell you i liked it before it was cool

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I will definitely be following a lot more MLS come next season and Orlando is playing in it. Our colors really suck though. Red and purple. I don't want to wear that shit in public.

United 0-1 Fulham right now. Would be fantastic to watch Fulham win today.

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So close.

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i'm hoping david beckham comes up with something gaudy for the team he's founding in miami.

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sky blue and hot pink sequin jerseys

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i need a team in san antonio or austin to care about mls, i hate dallas & houston so goddamn much

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spurs in fif. F I F

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

i need a team in san antonio or austin to care about mls, i hate dallas & houston so goddamn much

san antonio scorpions are apparently candidates for an mls franchise. the league commissioner has been pushing expansion and plans to bring in 2 or 3 more teams i think. nycfc, orlando city sc and beckham's miami team are already coming in 2015 and 2017.

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

hey guys who are more into soccer, have there been any prominent footballers involved in murder investigations or better yet charged with murder because seems like it happens way too much with american football players (but the NBA has all the "thugs")

The tattoos are far more visible in the NBA, so they get the thug rep (because tattoos = thug lyfe, having glasses makes you smart, etc.)

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Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

spurs in fif. F I F

They should create a franchise thereand called them san antonio hotspur.

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Originally Posted by mxzombie

san antonio scorpions are apparently candidates for an mls franchise. the league commissioner has been pushing expansion and plans to bring in 2 or 3 more teams i think. nycfc, orlando city sc and beckham's miami team are already coming in 2015 and 2017.

it makes good sense, SA would like a sport to do in the summer i think but it does get so hot it's like the end of the world

san antonio hotspur GO SPURS

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guys i know i only post spurs stuff in this thread but look at this shit

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AVB benches adebayor, spurs cant score. Sherwood plays him oh shocker they can score. The GD went up a bit today 5 over! GO SPURS

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i think avb reluctantly played adebayor once while someone was injured. in retrospect, that could be the sole reason for sacking him and it'd be legitimate.

i haven't bee following long, but given the path that sherwood took took to managing the spurs (played with them for four seasons, assistant managed for 5 under harry and AVB, and the job was given to him instead of some outsider), it feels like he's going to become a longtime holder of that position.

i don't understand why promoting from within does happen more often at those levels. for instance, moyes is pushing a tactical agenda onto man u that simply is not working. partially because it's not a style of football that they're used to. it's a testament to how much influence a manager has. you can't just have a good roster. it seems to me that if you put a former united player in that position who is familiar with the culture of the team, who is not an outsider and has the respect of the guys on the pitch, you'd have a lot more success.

i just looked up avb's career information and it looks like he never actually played football professionally. that doesn't surprise me in the least.

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though if i were to defend avb's decision to bench andebayor, it's that spurs fans could not stand him, likely due to the fact that he played for arsenal for 4 seasons.

there was also this match which tottenham lost because they played a man down for 71 minutes after a completely unnecessary high tackle by ade henthey were up by 1 goal (the goal he himself put in):

Arsenal VS Tottenham Hotspur 5-2 Highlights.

see 3:40.

But he's more than redeeemed himself in my opinion. I think the fact that he now celebrates goals by saluting towards the supporters section reflect a complete change in attitude. class player, really.

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Originally Posted by Bread Regal

i think avb reluctantly played adebayor once while someone was injured. in retrospect, that could be the sole reason for sacking him and it'd be legitimate.

well they also played questionable tactics and were giving up goals to people when they have lloris, vertonghen, kaboul, and walker

those guys are fucking dope. verts and kaboul and lloris should see deep world cup runs. england is like notre dame they are not half as good as they think they are.

i haven't bee following long, but given the path that sherwood took took to managing the spurs (played with them for four seasons, assistant managed for 5 under harry and AVB, and the job was given to him instead of some outsider), it feels like he's going to become a longtime holder of that position.

it's funny on the game he was always my reserves manager so it was surprising

i don't understand why promoting from within does happen more often at those levels.

lots of successful guys aren't. sir alex wasn't, mourinho, there's a lot of guys in english soccer who like to manage a bottom half or championship side and get them in and then walk away...i think that's success of a sort.

king pep not only worked in the barca system he refined it, and the national team for a rather intomidable stretch these last 10 years. so, like pete carroll winning a super bowl when once college coaches were untouchable by the pro game, i think we'll see a lot more system guys

for instance, moyes is pushing a tactical agenda onto man u that simply is not working.

particluarily annoying because from what i understand sir alex's talent was to be able to realize the best tactics for the squad he had against the competition he's got

partially because it's not a style of football that they're used to. it's a testament to how much influence a manager has. you can't just have a good roster. it seems to me that if you put a former united player in that position who is familiar with the culture of the team, who is not an outsider and has the respect of the guys on the pitch, you'd have a lot more success.

and perhaps that's the direction to go but it seems man u is committed to it because it's hard to judge after a few decades under one guy and i'm all for it, frees up a champs league spot for spurs

i just looked up avb's career information and it looks like he never actually played football professionally. that doesn't surprise me in the least.

that 10/11 porto team was incredibly good though

looking through the roster he had a considerable amount of talent. hulk was smashing puny goalkeepers, he had moutinho in center field, falcao for fucks sake, guarin, varela, and helton in the back.

i would also like to point out: Villas-Boas left the club with the highest percentage of league wins of any manager in the club's Premier League era.