Official World Football Thread

[O Fenomeno]

[O Fenomeno]

First people who broke Pep to Bayern

Are saying Lewandowski to join Bayern in the summer

[Adotbiz]

What about Gomez he's a beast. Try 1 up top dont they?

[O Fenomeno]

Looks like Cristiano Ronaldo is going to extend his contract, a further 3 years 14m/season through the end of 2016/17 season.

[O Fenomeno]

Elia/Arnautovic banned by Bremen for the rest of this season

Schaaf is on borrowed time

[O Fenomeno]

Cuenca wants another year at Ajax

It would help his development and would easily beast Erevidise IMO

[O Fenomeno]

Zanetti's career could be over (hope not what a sad way for him to go out)

[The Somalian]

Does christian eriksen contract end at the end of next season?

 

A summer move must be happening then?

[O Fenomeno]

2014

Ajax will sell him the summer because he isn't interested in extending his contract

Hopefully Fischer gets moved inside from the wing

[Michel Kane]

The chip a couple of weeks back from Fischer >>>

[Agony]

RANT BY EDI TUBAU, HOCKEY PLAYER AND BARÇA FAN

"Cesc, you're not proud of the shirt"

05/02/2013

Edi Tubau, the Spanish international grass hockey player and Barcelona fan, has managed to cause a stir amongst the Barça ranks after his live tweets during his team's overwhelming defeat.

Tubau launched a tirade at Cesc Fàbregas on Twitter, accusing him of not working his socks off for his team. "Cesc, I'll only ask one thing of you, to run your arse of in the second half. I ask you as a Barça fan," he wrote first, in a message in Catalan directly addressed to the player's account, @cesc4official.

He was even more critical later on. "Seriously, it's the 65th minute and you're still not running? You're not proud of the shirt. You should be ashamed of coming to Barça with that attitude," he said. "We need to make signings, and good ones - not just for the media, but for our actual needs. And we need to be brave and sell the ones who think they don't have to work hard here," he assured.

"Everyone criticises Alexis, but at least he pours his heart out in every game. Others don't even break a sweat… right, Cesc?! That was quite a swindle you managed to end up here," he said. "We need to sign a winger who can break, a centre forward and a good German style centre back, who's big and imposing. And the stars, or those who think they are, can go."

He also asked the press to get on the case of "the freeloaders who were on the pitch

http://www.marca.com/2013/05/02/en/football/barcelona/1367524130.html

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http://www.barcaforum.com/showthread.php/10067-4-Cesc-Fabregas/page122

The honeymoon is over for Cesc. Barca fans are fuming.

[The Somalian]

100%

 

[O Fenomeno]

When I said he deads the team

I wasn't lying

[The Somalian]

it's like the national team man is playing in a postion where he should not be. Barca like to press a team for the ball. for cesc for the roll he is playing he should not be trying to run everywhere trying to get the ball come back to arsenal son we play you properly  

[Agony]

Looool

[O Fenomeno]

Ibra for the top award

Digne for young player

Galtier for manager of the year

IMO

[O Fenomeno]

Cocu>PSV>4 year deal

[O Fenomeno]

Villar Mir: "I won't be presenting myself as a candidate for elections. But I would win if I did.

 

d*ck head 

[O Fenomeno]

Vilavona wants this starting 11

-------------------Ter Stegen

D. Alves-----Hummels-----Mascherano-----Mathieu

------------Busquets-----Song

------------------Iniesta

Alexis------------Messi---------------Neymar

[The Infamous]

he dont rate alba nah?

 

for mathieu yeah 

[Agony]

I rate Alba but him and Alves both going forward at the same time has hurt Barca a few times this season

With Pep's team Abidal would either stay back or tuck in next to Pique and Puyol to make a temporary back 3 so they didn't get exposed on the counter as much as they have this season

Alba @ Valencia could bomb forward as much as he liked cause Mathieu could always switch from LW to LB and cover him

Tito reuniting the Alba/Mathieu partnership on the left flank would be a good look

[O Fenomeno]

Pos

Mathieu adds height and versatility because he has been playing CB for Valencia in recent weeks

[Young £]

The last round of this season is to be played this saturday.

 

Focus is on the battle for the spots granting starting spots in europe, and of course relegation.

 

On the bottom end of the table, Hoffenheim are two points behind their rivals from Düsseldorf and Augsburg, and will need an away win at BVB. Augsburg, who play at home against already relegated Fürth, and Düsseldorf who visit Hannover, arguably have easier jobs, especially as BVB is expected to play their strongest eleven (as Bayern will do in their last game at parting coach Heynckes' home town Mönchengladbach).

Both CL finalists want to keep up momentum for their first 11.

 

The most interesting tie is definitely the "final for the CL" between Freiburg and Schalke, the winner will end the season on the fourth spot and be allowed to enter the CL qualification stage - big money time.

 

All games: saturday 3:30pm local - 1:30 uk time.

 

Borussia Dortmund - 1899 Hoffenheim 

Borussia M'gladbach - Bayern München 

VfB Stuttgart - 1. FSV Mainz 05 

Hannover 96 - Fortuna Düsseldorf 

1. FC Nürnberg - Werder Bremen 

SC Freiburg - FC Schalke 04 

FC Augsburg - SpVgg Greuther Fürth 

Hamburger SV - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 

Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Wolfsburg