football is the 2nd best sport

[Trotskilicious]

followed along on text so obviously not the best circumstances

verts is a great defender

[Bread Regal]

i'd agree with that, but the red card could have easily gone the wrong way by the looks of this shit.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1d...h-online_sport

2:10

[Bread Regal]

i mean it just looked like his head happened to move into verts while he was being repeatedly shoved by him.

[Trotskilicious]

i'm watching now, too. if he didn't headbutt him, he definitely pushed him down after, then tried to fight the team after being thrown out

this isn't american football

[Trotskilicious]

i'm telling you eriksen is sick

[Trotskilicious]

really is the best imaginable, affordable replacement for bale

[Trotskilicious]

also they should bench soldado, it's sad

where's hardcore

[Bread Regal]

i didn't watch the norwich game either but i know it was pathetic. now is not the time for time to be experimenting with the starting lineup. Soldado has not really been very useful this season and they should just stick with lennon-adebayor-eriksen on the front three. i like the back line well enough too even though dawson is really quite slow for the premier league.

[Bread Regal]

we totally said all the same things.

[Bread Regal]

yeah it looked like it was gonna turn into an MLB type brawl there

[Trotskilicious]

you have to rotate, that's kind of what happens when you play 3 times a week, as the congestion of cup and european torunament ties peters out you should see a very standard lineup containing those three

sandro is a beast, it's good to have him back.

i'm souring on lloris. at the same time spurs should keep him for a while, GKs aren't something you want to swap around. find a major international and stick with him.

[Bread Regal]

they should give the american keeper a chance for europa league because is europa league all that important?

and i agree on the rotation. a schedule like that is exhausting no doubt, but why would you play the worse lineup for the EPL matches? Newcastle are #8 and two wins and a draw from surpassing the spurs and if sherwood doesn't try to go for the top four with the good starters, UEFA might not even be a part of next season.

[Bread Regal]

by the way, i completely fucked up my ankle during play today. turns out standing on the side the side of one's foot is not the best way to support all your weight.

it was like a huge crunch.

[Bread Regal]

when i see missed tackles where spikes --> ankle, i can't imagine how some of them just walk that shit off.

[Trotskilicious]

europa is important in that you don't want to lose to dnepro

also goalies can play every match

[Trotskilicious]

to be perfectly honest, tottenham is probably capable of winning europa and winning a European championship even the second tier one is a trophy

[Trotskilicious]

well they're capable if juve goes down :#

they even play the final at home hahaha jesus

[mxzombie]

with no connection to either team there (spurs or dnipro) that was a pretty shameful flop on the floor. looked like another dnipro player might've tapped him lightly in the back of the head, but come on.

i'm all for calls being final and the sort of "win some, lose some" nature of refereeing in soccer, but it's a shame when it ends up like that.

[Trotskilicious]

really not what i saw at all, i saw someone get hit in the head and they fell down, are you talking about the hesitation? I think that happens, i think when we watch on super slow mo we don't realize how our reactions are delayed and then we second guess.

guy pushed him on the way down, anyway.

[mxzombie]

i mean, he leaned his head in, but i wouldn't call it a head butt. i'd even say it was a less aggressive move than getting muscled out of the way like he was.

anyhow he had the opportunity to find an advantage and he got it, so don't hate the player hate the gain

[Trotskilicious]

Verts was doing the same

[mxzombie]

I think you misunderstood what i wrote. Who cares anyway

[Trotskilicious]

it's entirely possible, apologies

[I'm Hardcore]

if we can't beat Cardiff tonight, then i guess the season is pretty much over

[bignothing]

You guys I spend like 98% of my life not caring about football but World Cup comes and I spend the month sobbing over every match. I will refrain from posting here but I apologize in advance if I do.

[Bread Regal]

that's fine. i barely watched any soccer before this season and i screamed my fuckin head off when donovan put that goal in against algeria in stoppage time.

[Bread Regal]

[Bread Regal]

first time USA left the group stage since 1930. Shit was incredible.

[mxzombie]

the super bowl can suck it. there is nothing like watching the world cup. i watched all of the last cup in a cafe since i didn't have tv at home. watching with others is highly recommended.

next time i hope panama makes it - it would be their first qualification for the world cup. they came so close this time.

[Trotskilicious]

it seems like almost every game of the world cup is as big as the super bowl

and then with the playoffs and the actual world cup final...like you feel like you're watching something you could talk about with people all over the world, no matter who is playing.