The Footie Thread

[Don Barzini]

In one of the best films of all time, Top Gun, the character Goose said the following of Iceman:

“He flies ice-cold, no mistakes. Wears you down. You get bored, frustrated, do something stupid, and he's got you.”

For me, that also sums up Man City under Pep. No doubt they’re amazing. No doubt they’re successful. No doubt there have been countless moments of beautiful football.

But in all honesty, on the occasions I have watched them, there have been many long periods of time where they are playing a million passes around the middle third and edge of the opponents box and I have been craving a recently painted wall to watch instead.

Just my opinion, naturellement.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

I’ll take the way Klopp wanted to play football over the way Pep wants to play football all day

 

[Arthur Wedge]

It’s hard to disagree

 

[Swinglowandslow]

Well, there’s not many people believe a 4-4 draw is boring.

If I had my cynical head on I’d say you’re trolling for a reaction. But then, maybe, you actually believe end to end football with a hatful of goals isn’t exciting.

Of course it is exciting. I watched it and enjoyed it.
Which brings me to an idea, may not be new, but in light of the awful pitta patta crap around the defenders penalty area which we see now, may I ask what chaps think of changing the way the winners of the Premier league, and others ,are decided.

Simply , Forget points. - the side which scores most goals in a season wins the league.
If a tie, then goal difference.

What do you think?

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

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It’s hard to disagree

I don’t disagree with you but the question here is, is it Americans ruining it or is it in conjunction with FIFA trying to fleece fans even more.

I’m finding it a real struggle to even find interest in the next World Cup due to all the shenanigans around expansion, FIFA and the Orange bell end !

 

[Neilds]

Tippy Tappy football is boring, long ball football with long throws, etc is skill free - what exactly do you lot want from your teams?

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Tippy Tappy football is boring, long ball football with long throws, etc is skill free - what exactly do you lot want from your teams?

4-4-2 with the team sheet written on the back of a fag packet and defenders shouting “if in doubt” as they hoof a clearance into row Z, Gaza in a dentist chair, El Tel managing to keep sick note Anderton fit and firing and Nicky Shorey making rampaging runs from left back! Oh wait is that just me

 

[Slime]

So you think the Barca side and the Bayern side under Pep were boring too? Because they played the same way in lesser leagues.

Just curious as they have been noted as two of the greatest sides of all time. Barcelona especially. If you think attacking football, record goal hauls and trophies are boring I'd love to know what you base your judgements on entertaining football on Please don't say a 4-4 draw between two average sides in Utd and Bournemouth

To be fair, you can't ask someone what they base their opinions on and then tell them what not to say.

 

[PaulMdj]

There isn’t one person on here who’d swap City’s recent Trophy haul for their own Club’s record, Yes City have been boring at times while dominating matches, but so have Everton while scraping a draw or Lpool last season in some games whilst dominating the League.

You can’t expect every game to live up to what you want, 2 great games at the weekend, SLand v NCastle and Utd v BMouth, 2 totally different matches, 2 different outcomes, with 4 very different teams in terms of quality.

City may of bored people at times, but that doesn’t mean their football was rubbish.

If it was that easy to be so succesful by being boring, every Club would do it.

 

[irip]

I used to find watching City boring as a neutral a couple of years ago but that was due to the way the opposition would set up against them the majority of the time rather than how City approached the game.

With everyone against them sitting on or around the edge of their own box I’m not really sure City had much choice in how they approached the game other than to keep the ball and wear them down.

The last couple of seasons a few more teams have had a bit more of a go at them and a couple have had success in certain games.

Having said that if all the teams were playing at the same time (apart from the team I support) it is very unlikely I would choose to watch the City game but that’s probably because it will be one sided and I prefer an even game.