The Official 2014/2015 Football/Soccer Thread

[bigev240]

Don't hate on me. You know im right.

Sorry but your wrong.

 

[CeLLaR-DooR]

Liverpool smh

 

[water ur seeds]

oh shit Torres is back!!!
https://vine.co/v/O7jXb3BalHj

FUCK.

That's some world class shit for real. 09 Torres shit

Torres back

oh shit Torres is back!!!
https://vine.co/v/O7jXb3BalHj

FUCK.

That's some world class shit for real. 09 Torres shit

Torres back

This nigga been back more times than LL. Hope its finally time for him though

Dont call it a come back...

 

[Gooner]

Not to say I dont care about the League Cup but fuck it. One less competition which is the league cup is will be good for the squad.

The focus is on the league, CL, and FA Cup.

the only use it has is giving youngsters and ppl like poldoski some playing time...we are way too thin at the back to be in 4 comps tho so good riddance...hopefully we get some easy FA cup draws

 

[CeLLaR-DooR]

Fam what on Earth is goin' on at Anfield

 

[northside7]

First time I've seen this lol

 

[water ur seeds]

Yo what the fizzzuck, just looked a BBC Sports and see Liverpool win 14-13 on penalties!!! I missed a game there lol

 

[DNB1]

I'm mad I didn't watch....

Lol @ 14/13 on penalties

 

[dontdiedontkillanyon]

What a bizarre football competition.

 

[Young_Chitlin]

The Los Angeles Galaxy are considering a shock bid for Juventus midfielder Andrea Pirlo, but a prospective deal is stalling because the Galaxy insist the Italian playmaker move in January, halfway through Juventus' season, according to multiple sources.

 

[1CK1S]

https://twitter.com/Altaqui/status/514507932621619201

 

[1CK1S]

https://twitter.com/Troll__Football/status/514508553844191232

 

[water ur seeds]

Ronaldo scores 4, Bale 1 goal and 1 assist... Them 2 are unstoppable...

 

[water ur seeds]

Sir Alex gave a motivational speech last night for the Europe Ryder Cup team...

 

[DNB1]

Sir Alex gave a motivational speech last night for the Europe Ryder Cup team...

Muthafukka needs to get in our dressing room and deliver a motivational speech, the hairdryer treatment and fling a few football boots at niggaz...ASAP.

 

[northside7]

Sir Alex gave a motivational speech last night for the Europe Ryder Cup team...

Muthafukka needs to get in our dressing room and deliver a motivational speech, the hairdryer treatment and fling a few football boots at niggaz...ASAP.

He ain't walking through those doors. HA!

 

[northside7]

Resistance' to black managers - PFA

Huddersfield boss Chris Powell is the one of only two black managers in English football, along with Keith Curle at Carlisle.

Football has a "hidden resistance" preventing black managers getting jobs, says players' union boss Gordon Taylor.

The Professional Footballers' Association chief executive said the Football League failed to fulfil a "promise" to discuss the 'Rooney Rule' introduced in American football.

The rule has been credited with an increase in black coaches in the NFL.

"You see so many black players on the pitch, yet we have two black managers out of 92," said Taylor.

In a wide-ranging interview with BBC Sport, the players' union chief executive spoke about a lack of black managers in the English game and the difficulties in getting more home-grown players into Premier League teams.

Taylor on the 'Rooney Rule'

Discussions took place last year about introducing an equivalent rule in English football called the Coaching Fair Play scheme. But with Chris Powell at Huddersfield and Carlisle's Keith Curle the only black managers currently employed within the 92 clubs of the Premier League and Football League, Taylor now wants the 'Rooney Rule' to be introduced.

The 'Rooney Rule'

The 'Rooney Rule' was established in 2003 and named after Dan Rooney, the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the chairman of the NFL's diversity committee. It requires NFL teams to interview at least one black or ethnic minority candidate for head coaching and senior football operation opportunities that become available, as part of a transparent and open recruitment process

"There is a hidden resistance," he said.

"We approached the Football League in the first place. Greg Clarke, the chairman, promised to bring the 'Rooney Rule'

up at their annual general meeting and, for one reason or another, the issue was not even raised.

"You see so many black players on the pitch and yet we have two black managers out of 92.

"The whole recruitment process needs to be more professional, more diverse and, equality-wise, fairer. We've struggled to do that."

Paul Ince has been out of work since being sacked by Blackpool last season

Government intervention

"Football's our major sport, it makes a massive contribution to the economy.

"We've looked to the government for help with stadiums when we had problems with hooliganism and safety at grounds, and we've set an example to the rest of the world. We've got state-of-the-art stadiums.

"We need to look to government with regard to greater equality in football at managers and coaches level and also with regard to youth development level."

Facts and figures

The PFA says about 18% of players on their coaching courses are black or from other ethnic minorities

There are 192 Uefa Pro Licence owners in England and 14 of those are black coaches

Around 25% of players in the professional game are non-white

There were five black managers in English professional football last season but, of Chris Hughton, Chris Powell, Paul Ince, Chris Kiwomya and Edgar Davids, only Powell now has a job

 

[northside7]

Lost youth

"Six hundred players a year get taken on at the age of 16 by clubs in the Football League and Premier League. Of those, 500 are out of the game by the time they're 21.

"If we were a university, our youth development programme would be turned down, if not closed down, because the success rate is just not good enough.

"They're hitting a glass ceiling."

Gordon Taylor says money spent on foreign players should instead be used to improve facilities

Lack of home-grown players

"I'm concerned we're becoming a finishing school for other countries.

"Politically and as a nation, we have a duty to encourage the younger generation to aspire to become professionals and see some light at the end of the tunnel.

"There have been moves now for some years to look at home-grown players, irrespective of nationality, who've been with a club from 16 to 21 for at least three years - the definition of a home-grown player - to be in a squad of 25.

"We should be talking about four home-grown players in the starting line-up, and one of those players to be club-grown as well. That would be an incentive for clubs to make sure they are doing all they can to give youngsters a chance.

"But the issue is so serious now that we need to be a lot more direct and positive and clear."

Football's 'trade deficit'

"The fact is for many years now we've seen our young players do well, get to 19, 20, 21, and suddenly disappear from the game.

"We're buying from abroad - in the last transfer window there was some £850m spent.

"There's a trade deficit for football. That's a great deal of money leaving this country which could be used for facilities for the future."

International failure

"In the World Cup England fans didn't have high expectations and unfortunately they were realistic expectations.

"In any sport, the real litmus test is how we do at international level.

"In football we're settling too easily for saying we've got a good league system and it's all about the Champions League.

"We've come to have such low expectations of our national side and yet in Germany there's such a combination between the league and the country for Germany to do well.

"These are key football issues. If we can't get them addressed within the game properly then we'll go to government and see if they can address them at that level."

 

[DNB1]

Fifa 15 improvements

1: You can actually control the bloke who’s receiving a throw in

2: The keeper can wave players forward in preparation for a mighty hoof up the park

3: For players of a certain age, you can replicate the Samuel Eto’o ‘Old Man’ celebration

4: The Borussia Dortmund Yellow Wall is in full effect

5: You’ll Never Walk Alone rings out at Anfield

6: Decent players are much nippier with the ball at their feet

7: The camera shakes a little when you score a cracking goal

8: Goalkeepers are more Tim Howard World Cup ‘14 than Tim Howard Prem 14/15

9: All 20 Premier League stadiums are in the game

10: You can plot out your ideal Ultimate Team with concept squads

11: Improved physics means the ball plays a bit more realistically

12: Goals can be disallowed after your players are wheeling away in celebration

13: The rubbish reliance on scoring from crosses in FIFA 14 has been well and truly sorted

14: It’s so slick you sometimes do believe you’re watching the game on telly

15: The soundtrack is as good as any compilation album you will buy this year

And here’s the bummer...

There’s no magic spray. EA, get your act together

 

[infamous114]

https://vine.co/v/O72amEQHaxQ