Official Football/Soccer/Futbol Thread 2014/2015...errr 2015/2016...I mean 2016/2017

[SupahBlah 424]

Brazilian footballer Robinho has been sentenced to nine years in prison for taking part in the gang rape of a woman in Milan in 2013.

 

An Italian court ruled the 33-year-old and five other Brazilians assaulted the Albanian woman, who was 22, after plying her with alcohol in a nightclub.

 

The forward, who left AC Milan in 2015 after five years, was not in court but pleaded not guilty via his lawyer.

 

The sentence will be put on hold until the appeals process is completed.

[kelley 771]

Robinho will never go to jail for it.  Brazil doesn't have an extradite agreement with Italy.

[SupahBlah 424]

Brazil actually doesn't extradite natural born citizens full stop.

[Cappa 180]

Stuck on an 8 hour flight and unable to watch the superior la liga instead I'm stuck watching united struggling against a championship level team nice! 

[Izzy 388]

Mignolet...   

[SupahBlah 424]

Fucking Mignolet.

[Worm_Buffet 560]

Carrick has been injured with a broken heart, ever since United signed Matić.

 

Is this why Fergie didn't sign a reasonable CM after 2007? To not hurt his feelings?

[SupahBlah 424]

Entirely possible.

[SupahBlah 424]

[Izzy 388]

[SupahBlah 424]

Pogba's challenge was bad.

[Izzy 388]

Funny you should mention that, I thought it was completely unintentional, basically Ballerin made a reckless challenge and got in the way. Hopefully, the red will be rescinded, but I'm not holding my breath.

 

 

 

In other news, Allardicci is working his magic at Everton, and for the first time in a decade, I'm looking forward to a Merseyside derby...

[SupahBlah 424]

Everton basically conceded possession and fouled all game.

 

I wouldn't say magic, he's gone in the summer no matter how much he talks about himself.

[Izzy 388]

You have to adapt tactics to suit the team at your disposal, and Everton's squad is rubbish.

[Worm_Buffet 560]

I always knew Moyes was a coaching genius. 

 

1-0 up at halftime against the legendary all-conquering Pep City side. He'll be talking about this for years.

[Worm_Buffet 560]

2 hours ago, Izzy said:

Funny you should mention that, I thought it was completely unintentional, basically Ballerin made a reckless challenge and got in the way. Hopefully, the red will be rescinded, but I'm not holding my breath.

 

Agreed. Blatant entrapment from Bellerín.

[SupahBlah 424]

United are our only hope to stop City.

[Izzy 388]

To stand chance against teams like City, you have got to have midfielders capable of fast transition from defence to attack, and we only have Pogba (who's not playing). Not saying it's impossible, but is not very likely.

 

 

I have to say one thing, though - teams are not exploiting City's weakness, namely the lack of proper midfielders and a large number of physically weak players.

[SupahBlah 424]

I thought United would target Delph or just their full backs in general.

[godhand 153]

United vs City will be even, in fact, United might win. Mourinho knows how to play against Pep, and he has the advantage that City has yet to play a squad that knows how to park the bus this season. It will be a repeat of Inter vs Barcelona in 2010. 

[Worm_Buffet 560]

So what you're saying is, all United need is for an Icelandic volcano to erupt and make the City bus ride ~12 hours?

 

That 2010 CL semi aside, has Mourinho actually got the better of Pep? One Copa del Rey final?

[SupahBlah 424]

I think Mourinho has only won like 3 games.

[Gamblor 8]

Fuck me you lot are still around here 

[SupahBlah 424]

Of course.

[Izzy 388]

Some traitors left, but the nucleus is still here.

 

 

 

So, how about that CL draw?