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Subject: Nasty goes to The Match

Posted by: nasty_liar
Date: Jan 15 18

This is my new blog about all things sports.

Warning to any North American readers expecting any of your sports to be featured. They will not. I do not watch Baseball, Basketball, Ice Hockey or American Football.

I am a huge sports fan though. The most important being football, or soccer to those in North America, in particular the team I have supported since I was a boy. Huddersfield Town.

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rubytops

Well done Colchester beating Crawley away from home 1:3. Through to quarter finals.
Liverpool play Arsenal tomorrow.

Reply #501. Oct 29 19, 3:41 PM

C30	YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS Crawley 1 Colchester 3 Up the U's!! Reply #502. Oct 29 19, 4:06 PM

nasty_liar

Good luck FC Cincinnati for next season. It was the first year after all!

I'd take Danny Rose in a heartbeat! I think most defenders are being made to look bad against Liverpool over the past year or so.

Well done Colchester!

Reply #503. Oct 29 19, 4:28 PM

terraorca

It was their first year in the MLS, they had previously won the USL, which is a second division soccer league here in the U.S..
The ownership group has promised better players for next season. The team has a tremendous fan base, sold out every game, very enthusiastic, travels well, merchandise sales through the roof.
A lot of disappointed fans, with much higher expectations, perhaps unreal, but still.

Reply #504. Oct 30 19, 9:07 AM

nasty_liar

Sounds great Mark. Speaking as someone who has supported a long time struggling/lower league team I can safely say that any highs are then even better when they do come!

Here in England, should Liverpool win tonight they could draw Colchester in the next round for a Funtrivia grudge match!

Reply #505. Oct 30 19, 12:05 PM

rubytops

Wouldn't be a grudge match for me. I live in Colchester and support them.

Liverpool currently 2:1 down.

Reply #506. Oct 30 19, 1:59 PM

C30	No clash of interests then, an "easy draw"..........away to Manchester United! Oh well maybe Liverpool in Semi Finals. Lol Reply #507. Oct 31 19, 3:26 AM

C30	Just a thought................both Manchester United and Manchester City playing against The U's. We share that nickname with Oxford United and Cambridge United (but we used it first!) Reply #508. Oct 31 19, 3:34 AM

nasty_liar

Could have Manchester and Liverpool derbies in the semi final.

Great draw for you Colchester fans!

Reply #509. Oct 31 19, 3:45 AM

rubytops

Liverpool away in Qatar at another cup game on the date they should be playing Aston Villa in this cup. Fixture madness.

Reply #510. Nov 02 19, 2:54 AM

nasty_liar

South Africa too strong for England this morning. Didn’t watch it, was out running.

Yes Liverpool have a problem there. But surely they can just play it when the semi final 1st leg should play then take an FA cup Midweek replay date for the semi final.

Reply #511. Nov 02 19, 5:23 AM

nasty_liar

I don’t think the players got the memo.... let arsenal win!

Reply #512. Nov 02 19, 5:24 AM

samak

What is it about England and World Cups? Whether it's football or rugby they always seem to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Reply #513. Nov 02 19, 2:16 PM

rubytops

The whole Liverpool thing is a mess. I think it is down to the FA and Premier league and Aston Villas compliance.
Was so pleased at the last minute win today. Colchester won as well.
Big match next Sunday against City.

Reply #514. Nov 02 19, 3:33 PM

rubytops

So Pep picks out Mane for diving on Saturday against Villa in his after match interview.. I don't suppose that any of his players have dived....oops Raheem Sterling did exactly that in Cities tie against Villa in their recent October match. Not first time Sterling has been noted for diving either. Most footballers these days take to the ground in the box at the slightest touch.
I am not in agreement with the practise but here we have a case of pot calling kettle black.

Reply #515. Nov 04 19, 11:00 AM

nasty_liar

He’s doing it deliberately prior to the game at the weekend. He’s done this before, what do we used to call it when Fergie did it? Mind games? Pep is calculated like that. Just like his team is calculated, I remember watching them play at the John Smith stadium during our first season in the premier league. We took a surprise lead before half time, they battered us in the second half with wave after wave of attacks as they equalised and then got the winner. Fair play, they deserved it. But during their incessant assault on our defence we broke out of defence on three or four occasions and looked like the pitch was about to open up for a counter attack. Fouled. Every time, fouled to put a stop to the break. It was too clinical to be by accident. I know he denies it, but it’s part of the City philosophy because they leave themselves so open at the back somebody has to stop the break by fair or unfair means. It looks rash, but it’s calculated.

Reply #516. Nov 04 19, 11:28 AM

rubytops

Oh yes Pep is indeed a master of the footballing dark arts. They are very dirty players and I think I even remember the game you mentioned but it could have been one of the many others were they applied these tactics.
We play Genk at home tonight. At least not having to travel abroad.

Reply #517. Nov 05 19, 1:02 AM

C30	"Stop the man at all costs"...........a feature of modern game, seen week in and week out from Premiership to grass roots amateurs. Reply #518. Nov 05 19, 2:52 AM

rubytops

Pep now trying to retract what he said about Mane saying he was misunderstood!!!!
Hard fought win last night for Liverpool but a win is a win. Apparently Liverpool will play both the games in December which are within a day of each other against A.Vila (scheduled Dec17th) and the second in Qatar (scheduled 18th Dec)Club World Cup by Fielding two different teams. Just as well we have a reasonably large squad.

Reply #519. Nov 06 19, 1:47 AM

nasty_liar

The funniest example I saw recently was Arsenals Guendouzi rugby tackling Wilfred Zaha at the weekend.

I know what you say Ray, this is certainly not exclusive to Pep and Manchester City, I just think it's extra frustrating with his team because they apply such intense pressure and keep the ball for so long that it drives you mad that they finally lose the ball and what they do is foul the man as quickly as possible in order to give them time to reset to defensive positions.

But yes, it's up and down all levels of the game and has been a feature going way back too not just the modern game. I think it also stands out more in the modern game because there are so many fewer tackles made in the Premier league today when compared to years gone by. Those kind of stat started being measured around 2003 I think. Certainly in the past ten years I've seen a comparison before where they showed the number of tackles per game was something like 10 fewer on average in the 2017/18 season compared to ten years earlier. So then when teams are tactically fouling when they don't actually tackle as often it looks even more glaring.

Reply #520. Nov 06 19, 1:52 AM

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