Mark Antony Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 2 minutes ago, Sept Sev said: Go and have a look at Joel Matip's header for Shakhtar's second, Liverpool fans. Horrific. He'll fit right in Henderson has been so damn average since coming back from injury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mme Erzulie Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Another deadly corner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mme Erzulie Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Fuck this shit. Have no faith in us keeping a clean sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Poor Augsburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Yeah thought for sure an Augsburg equalizer was coming, just would have been so typical. Liverpool were not as good in the second half but still plenty of chances, really needed to do better in the final third. Hopeful that after getting a decent run of games together that the Coutinho/Firmino/Sturridge front will be really dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Just now, Mark Antony said: Yeah thought for sure an Augsburg equalizer was coming, just would have been so typical. Liverpool were not as good in the second half but still plenty of chances, really needed to do better in the final third. Hopeful that after getting a decent run of games together that the Coutinho/Firmino/Sturridge front will be really dangerous. You assume they will all stay healthy for that run? Even Sturridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 5 minutes ago, Notone said: You assume they will all stay healthy for that run? Even Sturridge? I don't assume anything, obviously I hope they stay healthy but anything can happen injury wise. Uniteds back four tonight is interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 So is Marcus Rashford up front. This is getting fucking ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterOJ Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Do they redraw for round of 16, or are the opponents already predetermined? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 59 minutes ago, Mme Erzulie said: Maybe we should get Augsburg's keeper. Sturridge and Coutinho look lively, if a bit rusty (understandable). Can has been pretty good, apart from a potentially dangerous giveaway. Clyne is turning into a bit of an unsung hero for me. He's got incredible legs, very rarely makes mistakes and keeps it simple. Milner is his usual mix of hard-working, reliable and frustrating (it's important having someone who puts away penalties, though). Lucas hasn't had much to do, but that one backpass in the first half... Our corners are as ineffective as ever. Also drives me insane when people don't realise Coutinho and Firmino (NO H!) are different names and should be pronounced differently. 1-0 very, very uncomfortable lead. You want to burn cash on a Bundesliga Keeper? I would rather open the cheque book to sign Leno from Leverkusen. That would be the top shelf for Bundesliga (beside Neuer obviously). Also it looks like Zieler will be available for very little money at the end of this season. Rumour is, he has a relegation release clause for around 3 mil. Euro. And at the moment it looks like they will go down, unless some miracle happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 2 minutes ago, MisterOJ said: Do they redraw for round of 16, or are the opponents already predetermined? There will be a draw tomorrow for the next round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 6 minutes ago, Notone said: You want to burn cash on a Bundesliga Keeper? I would rather open the cheque book to sign Leno from Leverkusen. That would be the top shelf for Bundesliga (beside Neuer obviously). Also it looks like Zieler will be available for very little money at the end of this season. Rumour is, he has a relegation release clause for around 3 mil. Euro. And at the moment it looks like they will go down, unless some miracle happens. Zieler is one of the few Bundesliga first choice keepers who I would say isn't an upgrade on Mignolet. It can be hard to tell how he would do in a competent team because Hannover are so poor, but I cannot comprehend how he still gets called up for the Germany team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Because he is a good and reliable netminder, who does not entertain delusions that he could oust Neuer. So he does not create any frictions in the locker room, and silently accepts his fate as back up. Anyway, there are a few Bundesliga Goalies who are not an upgrade on Mignolet. Wiedwald, Tyton, Hradecky, Adler, Mathenia, Özcan or Jarstein come to mind. Hitz is playing an excellent season, but I am not sure I would rate him higher than Zieler in terms goalkeeping quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 1 hour ago, polishgenius said: So is Marcus Rashford up front. This is getting fucking ridiculous. Well, he was able to put it into the back of the net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Wait, a striker who can strike!?!?!?!?! Where have you been hiding, mister Rashford? Have to say, him and Memphis will get the notes but Varela has been excellent tonight, as exemplified by the assist. One more goal for the safety would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Notone said: Because he is a good and reliable netminder, who does not entertain delusions that he could oust Neuer. So he does not create any frictions in the locker room, and silently accepts his fate as back up. Anyway, there are a few Bundesliga Goalies who are not an upgrade on Mignolet. Wiedwald, Tyton, Hradecky, Adler, Mathenia, Özcan or Jarstein come to mind. Hitz is playing an excellent season, but I am not sure I would rate him higher than Zieler in terms goalkeeping quality. You would think there are better reliable keepers who are happy to sit on the bench than Zieler. Ralf Fährmann for instance - he was even happy to be back up to Timo Hildebrand. I would rather have Jarstein and Adler over Mignolet but agree on the rest, so that leaves 6 of the 18. Okay, saying only a few are better is a slight exaggeration, but that is still quite a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I am not a huge Fährmann fan. He had been journeyman/back up goalie for a big part of his career for a reason. He had developed nicely during the last few at Schalke. Still, I don't rate him that highly. And he probably won't get call up during his career for a simple reason. The undisputed goalkeeper number 1 is Neuer. Zieler is part of the squad for quite some time now, so Löw has no reason to punish his reliable number three goalie and drop him - Löw is loyal to a fault to his players. And the number two will probably be the heir apparent to Neuer, who will bide his time till Neuer retires. The frontrunners to succeed Neuer at some point are at this point ter Stegen and Leno. Ter Stegen has produced a few howlers this season at Barcelona, but the coaching staff rates him highly, because of his (for a goalkeeper) excellent footballing ability. Horn is a bit of the darkhorse in this battle for the German goal. All three are 22 to 23 years old. Paris St. Germain's Trapp is a longshot, and I don't see him as Germany's future goalkeeper. Maybe he will get the nod for the Euros, if Löw does not want to commit on who is the heir apparent. And he is with 25 also younger than Fährmann. Löw will in the foreseable future not call up both Leno and ter Stegen at the same time. Here comes the reason. They are both at the same age, and there's quite some rivalry going on between them. As both Leno and ter Stegen had claims to represent Germany on the junior level. Thus far ter Stegen has bested Leno on all junior teams. During the last tournament Leno was properly pissed, because he felt he was more deserving. Being the undisputed goalkeeper of Bayer Leverkusen and having more experience on the European level. While ter Stegen is/was more or less just the back up at Barca. So calling up both has the potential to really posion the locker room. So I would not be too surprised if ter Stegen tries get on the transfer list after this season. Because on the long run the Barcelona bench is really harming his chances to succeed Neuer. So that might be another candidate for the Liverpool goal. If you really want to replace Mignolet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Pool, Spurs and United may save the PL's 4th CL spot from the grasping Italians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 The 'grasping Italians'? Did I wander onto the Daily Mail website by mistake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 8 hours ago, Iskaral Pust said: Pool, Spurs and United may save the PL's 4th CL spot from the grasping Italians. Roma and Juve will probably lose their CL ties too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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