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Re: 2013 

Post#41 » by kdawg32086 » Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:24 pm

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kdawg32086 wrote:These guys really only finished 10 points behind the almighty Galatasaray? Did they lose a few world class players this summer or something?


Do the names

Gaziantepspor, Genclerbirligi or Akhisar Belediyespor ring a bell to you? That's who they play week after week.


Lol are those the names of club teams or STD's?
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Re: 2013 

Post#42 » by MaliBrah » Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:47 pm

Fenerbahce shouldn't even show up to London for 2nd leg lol
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Re: 2013 

Post#43 » by Foye » Wed Aug 21, 2013 10:32 pm

This Schalke team is so pathetic. Come.on Jens Keller step down. Its.about time if this team wants to have a good season.
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Re: 2013 

Post#44 » by Javanar » Thu Aug 22, 2013 3:01 am

kdawg32086 wrote:These guys really only finished 10 points behind the almighty Galatasaray? Did they lose a few world class players this summer or something?


Most of their central midfielders(Emre B.,Meireles, Mehmet Topal, Christian Baroni, Selcuk Sahin) are aged and out of form. Midfield is Arsenal's strongest aspect. Ramsey, Cazorla and Rosicky easily passed and dribbled in midfield. Moreover Fenerbahce's wing defense has been weak since last season. Walcott and Gibbs exploited those wings, Gibbs scored a goal, Walcott made 2 assists.

What makes things worse; their new coach(Ersun Yenal) is an incompetent tactician. He has 3 young midfielders(Alper Potuk, Samuel Holmen, Salih Ucan) but he does not play them most of the time.

What made them Euro Cup semi-finalist last season was a very strict defensive approach based on counter attacks. New coach does not want to play a defensive game, but most of the players in squad are around their 30's. They are not energetic enough to play an offensive uptempo game... They barely watch when a young player like Aaron Ramsey dribbles around them...
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Re: 2013 

Post#45 » by Javanar » Thu Aug 22, 2013 3:10 am

Foye wrote:This Schalke team is so pathetic. Come.on Jens Keller step down. Its.about time if this team wants to have a good season.


As a football player, the only thing Miroslav Stoch can do at a good level is.. dribbling along the left flank using his left foot, then taking the ball to his right foot and sending the ball to the corner of the net. Even a child in Turkey knows this fact but it looks like Schalke coaches and defenders do not...
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Re: 2013 

Post#46 » by IronChef » Thu Aug 22, 2013 5:32 am

Just watched the game, and a much better performance. Still need to get better, especially in the final third. Ramsey was man of the match today, great performance.

Raul Meireles looks like he should be stealing people's gasoline in some post-apocalyptic hellscape.
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Re: 2013 

Post#47 » by Foye » Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:07 am

Javanar wrote:
Foye wrote:This Schalke team is so pathetic. Come.on Jens Keller step down. Its.about time if this team wants to have a good season.


As a football player, the only thing Miroslav Stoch can do at a good level is.. dribbling along the left flank using his left foot, then taking the ball to his right foot and sending the ball to the corner of the net. Even a child in Turkey knows this fact but it looks like Schalke coaches and defenders do not...


Haha. Schalke.went.through a little crisis last season and then they randomly decided to.fire Huub Stevens, the best coach in their history. Now they are stuck with a clown that doesnt know what he is doing.
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Re: 2013 

Post#48 » by Point forward » Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:58 am

As a Lautern fan, I wish we could have played vs Schalke in the relegation instead of vs Hoffenheim. That Schalke team makes Peer Steinbrück look confident.
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Post#49 » by Ong_dynasty » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:04 am

IronChef wrote:Just watched the game, and a much better performance. Still need to get better, especially in the final third. Ramsey was man of the match today, great performance.

Raul Meireles looks like he should be stealing people's gasoline in some post-apocalyptic hellscape.


I thought it was such an experienced away C.L performance in a hostile environment. Yes we could have scored more in the first half, but we dominated the midfield. I always look at the chances conceded, and I dont think we gave that many away, that was encouraging.
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Re: 2013 

Post#50 » by Foye » Tue Aug 27, 2013 5:32 pm

Only one more hour left until another embarrassing Schalke performance. Yay. Hopefully, they learn from it and fire Keller.
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Re: 2013 

Post#51 » by Baphomet » Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:03 pm

If you international/US guys get Andy Townsend on your feed, I'm so sorry. That guy is just the worst.
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Re: 2013 

Post#52 » by MaliBrah » Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:14 pm

Rambo is on a roll , what was he eating all summer ?
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Re: 2013 

Post#53 » by Baphomet » Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:21 pm

nmabdi28 wrote:Rambo is on a roll , what was he eating all summer ?


I'd be more worried about what Frimpong's been eating.

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Re: 2013 

Post#54 » by Foye » Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:31 pm

Former Mainz 05 :clap: player Szalai with the goal for Schalke after a terrible first half. :lol:

If that's the winner he paid back his transfer fee of 8 mil. € in only one game.
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Re: 2013 

Post#55 » by MaliBrah » Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:57 pm

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nmabdi28 wrote:Rambo is on a roll , what was he eating all summer ?


I'd be more worried about what Frimpong's been eating.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwZ2XcT0DdI[/youtube]

Ahahah getting tired of frimpongs antics , he needs to stop saying dench and take life serious lol


Podolski stretchered off , lmao wenger as a week to sign minimum 4 players , preferably 5
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Re: 2013 

Post#56 » by Foye » Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:58 pm

And there's the equalizer. Schalke wouldn't be Schalke if they couldn't f*ck this up.
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Re: 2013 

Post#57 » by 5DOM » Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:04 pm

Jermaine Jones strikes!
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Re: 2013 

Post#58 » by Foye » Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:04 pm

Jermaine Jones red...LMAO.
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Re: 2013 

Post#59 » by 5DOM » Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:07 pm

But Schalke score and are pretty much through
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Re: 2013 

Post#60 » by Foye » Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:08 pm

Draxler with the go ahead goal. Nice assist from Max Meyer.

Schalke's defense is still looking like sh*t, though.

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