A safe landing guaranteed : The Other Teams' Thread.[R]

Que gusto verlos arrinconados.

 

Damn, it woulda been poetic justice if Silva scored on that chance. Alves the fuukin puuto was grassrolling.

 

Goddamn I wish Valencia could score in the last minute.

 

Victor Valdes was very good today, he saved Barca's collective a** a number of times...



I can't believe I wrote that but credit where credit is due

 

Yes, Victor had a surprisingly good game. Good results for us though, Sevilla losing and Barcelona tying.

 

Pablo Hernandez and Mata can go f*ck themselves off a bridge. useless midgets.

 

I wouldn't mind snatching up Banega. He has been really impressive this season and is a much better player than Gago imo.

 

Well Gago isn't really a starter and will quickly go all the way down in the pecking order once Diarra gets going so we really don't need Banega.

 

Not one Italian player on the Ballon d'Or shortlist:

Full list: Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Diego (Juventus), Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Edin Dzeko (Wolfsburg), Samuel Eto'o (Inter Milan), Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), Fernando Torres (Liverpool), Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Ryan Giggs (Manchester United), Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux), Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Barcelona), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Kaka (Real Madrid), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Maicon (Inter Milan), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Luis Fabiano (Seville), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), John Terry (Chelsea), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United), David Villa (Valencia), Xavi (Barcelona), Yaya Toure (Barcelona).

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=686639&sec=europe&cc=5901

 

Arshavin, Benzema and Diego don't deserve to be on the list, they're excellent players, but did not exactly have stellar years. Grafite I thought was worth a mention, Lassana Diarra too.

 

Agreed. Neither does Cesc Fabregas either. After he came back from injury last season he was so-so for the Gunners.

 

The shortlists for the Ballon d' Or and WPOTY, after the top five players or so, usually have little to do with who is "deserving"

 

Atletico doing well.

 

Indeed

 

Milan is horrible.

 

LOL at Athletico
LOL at Milan

 

lol :d

 

Who's this Athletico you speak of?

 

sorry pathetico

 

I'm not following.

 

So mean

 

athletico madrid getting bashed 3-0 before half time

sorry ATLETICO - dont know why i put athletico

 

Milan gets a dodgy PK call....

Ronaldinho equalizes...