Tippy Tappy Bellend-o-rama !

[themn]

[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=44491.msg1297589#msg1297589 date=1299657982]
for all of barca's pretty football if bendtner had a decent first touch, they (barca) would be out.

for all of barca's pretty triangles and one twos all it would have taken to boot them out of europe would be one corner and one cock up near their own penalty box.
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For all your words, Barca won.

 

[the_khl]

I think I've fallen in love with Messi's first goal.

What a beauty.

 

[Fabio]

it is classy. the deftness of it all

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

 

[Cerberus]

Jaysus.

 

[gene hughes]

Wouldn't it be great of the ball actually left those blue and red lines on the pitch, the commentator could be like 'wwwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhoooooooaaaaaaaaa, look at all those blue lines!"

 

[spider-Neil]

[quote author=themn link=topic=44491.msg1297606#msg1297606 date=1299660727]
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=44491.msg1297589#msg1297589 date=1299657982]
for all of barca's pretty football if bendtner had a decent first touch, they (barca) would be out.

for all of barca's pretty triangles and one twos all it would have taken to boot them out of europe would be one corner and one cock up near their own penalty box.
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For all your words, Barca won.
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true. was just saying they almost paid the price for all of their profligacy in front of goal and a more clinical team would have made them pay (as Inter did last season).

 

[gene hughes]

Inter

 

[spider-Neil]

[quote author=gene hughes link=topic=44491.msg1297773#msg1297773 date=1299681597]
Inter
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inter.

 

[Mamma Mia]

innit

 

[themn]

The Little Sheik (2007 vintage) + Unaccounted -for-blue felt tip + Subbuteo board + 2 minutes =

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[Avmenon]

[quote author=Farkmaster link=topic=44491.msg1297569#msg1297569 date=1299637057]
Is there a team that plays pretty football that doesn't roll around every three seconds and make the referee an important figure in the game each and every time?
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this

 

[themn]

[quote author=Avvy link=topic=44491.msg1297846#msg1297846 date=1299692521]
[quote author=Farkmaster link=topic=44491.msg1297569#msg1297569 date=1299637057]
Is there a team that plays pretty football that doesn't roll around every three seconds and make the referee an important figure in the game each and every time?
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this
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Dunno.

I'll ask Nigel de Jong and Mark van Bommel their thoughts on the matter.

 

[Judge Jules]

[quote author=robinhood link=topic=44491.msg1297568#msg1297568 date=1299635373]
[quote author=Sunny link=topic=44491.msg1297348#msg1297348 date=1299615384]
Every time Barcelona play a team Ian they come out and slag off said team. Theyv'e done it with us loads. That and their tapping up of players demonstrates they're one of the most disrespectful teams out there. Can't stand Wenger like but I'd like to see the gappy toothed smile wiped off Mascherano the stunted little gobshite.
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They slagged us off for playing anti-football.

And by and large they were right.
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They were also beaten.

 

[Woland]

Oh The Masch.

“Barca always wins thanks to the referee, never because of its play, not for having taken 19 shots on goal, not for having won 74 percent of the possession or completing 900 passes,†Mascherano said Wednesday. “Let’s not be hypocrites. We didn’t let them breathe and that was the key. We played Barca’s way and that’s why we advanced.â€

 

[robinhood]

[quote author=Judge Jules link=topic=44491.msg1297887#msg1297887 date=1299698616]
[quote author=robinhood link=topic=44491.msg1297568#msg1297568 date=1299635373]
[quote author=Sunny link=topic=44491.msg1297348#msg1297348 date=1299615384]
Every time Barcelona play a team Ian they come out and slag off said team. Theyv'e done it with us loads. That and their tapping up of players demonstrates they're one of the most disrespectful teams out there. Can't stand Wenger like but I'd like to see the gappy toothed smile wiped off Mascherano the stunted little gobshite.
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They slagged us off for playing anti-football.

And by and large they were right.
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They were also beaten.
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Fair enough, but if we'd stayed with anti-football forever I'd probably have moved to Catalonia.

I'll be happier when we beat them with a Dalglish side.

 

[Judge Jules]

You're more of a purist than I am then, but fair comment all the same.

 

[robinhood]

I am decidedly *pro* the physical side of the game, but I believe the essence of the game is getting the ball on the deck and out-passing the opposition.

 

[The Slugmonster]

[quote author=robinhood link=topic=44491.msg1297905#msg1297905 date=1299699919]
I am decidedly *pro* the physical side of the game, but I believe the essence of the game is getting the ball on the deck and out-passing the opposition.
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Yeah but i'd be humble about it. The way the tippy tappy pricks go on you'd swear they invented the game. After the world cup I was wishing Van Bommel and De Jong HAD done a job on the spanish that led to the dutch winning!

 

[Woland]

 

[robinhood]

I wasn't. It was a win for football.

 

[themn]

Robin Van Persie's dad is a sculptor.

So true, funny how it seems.