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Football at the Olympics
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Poor Wales, let down by England.
At least we can get back to some proper football now, what with the Amsterdam tournament and Emirates cup about to begin.
Keown talks bollocks
If David Beckham was there he'd have scored that penalty.
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At least Cleverley is (A) playing very well and (B) apparently uninjured!
Yes he does.
Yes it hurts
Park screwed up my perfect prediction.
Team GB meet The Curse. England players learn from the Welsh. Sturbridge a classic case of the Chelseas.
Still have Japan winning it.
You want to miss watching them play football matches so you can watch them play football matches later on?
Also its good for Toms development as game time is precious and gets Giggs fitness up. Never get this kind of comment from some people, bizarre. Agree, great penalties. I said they were fired up and boy were they.
Right, feck this I'm gonna watch Ennis get her medal.
S Korea deserved it anyway. Had the better chances throughout.
Yep, AlexBTW, the US player there is Alex Morgan:
Cal, not the canter you predicted for Brasil, eh?
No one blaming Ramsey's miss to make it 2-1?
Thankfully, Justin Beiber with his Barcelona shirt never made it to Old Trafford.Yep, Alex
Cal, not the canter you predicted for Brasil, eh?
Of course not. It's Sturridge that should die apparently.
Denise Lewis crying as well.
Sorry wrong forum.
Sorry wrong forum.
Joe Allen for 15mil doesnt look like a great deal to me. A decent player but its seems at least around 5mil too much.
Almost every time someone tries that stop-start run up on a pressure peno it ends that way.
Unfair to judge on a disjointed GB side. He is a tidy little player. It's a big fee but I think he will prove to be a good signing for them.
It doesn't help Sturridge's cause that throughout the whole tournament he never produced, and today he was giving the ball away for fun.
I'm not sure why Sordell didn't come on at some point in this game, he did pretty well when he was given the chance.
Sturridge should die for his flashcunt pen attempt and only having one leg.
Sturridge was undoubtably unfit and shit. With hindsight he should not have been in the squad. The options Pearce choose upfront were cack.
Who else was there? unless he went with an overage player?
I think I've only once seen it result in a goal.
Where did you get that from? I don't care about international football - much less "team GB" - so I'm not really going to "miss" watching Cleverley and Giggs play there.You want to miss watching them play football matches so you can watch them play football matches later on?
I'd much rather have Cleverley and Giggs training with us instead of some random team that they put together for one tournament. I don't really think games like this does anything special for Cleverley's development. I never understood that argument. I'm sure it's a nice experience for the players and all, but I don't think it raises their level more than it could be raised by playing at their club. Giggs only came on late in the second half anyway, so your argument about him getting his fitness up doesn't make much sense.
Sordell did well when he played, not sure why he got subbed at half time and didnt feature again.
I was really hoping to see Sturridge flourish upfront (as he may have to do it for Chelsea this year) but his touch and movement just seemed poor.
The Barca kit photo is obviously just for show. Her smile in the United kit is more genuine, she's actually wearing it, and she's just in her house, not at a football ground. *sticks fingers in ears* shutupnotlisteningtoanythingelseshutupshutupYep, Alex
Cal, not the canter you predicted for Brasil, eh?
Very true, should have used an overage player on one. Richards was alright but the others back there could have done the job he did fine.
One of Crouch, Zamora or Holt would have done a good job.
I think I've seen a few but it means you hit the ball with less power and you address the ball in a more obvious way as you're moving more slowly. I've always thought looking cool was overrated. Just hit it with power to a corner, preferably in the top third of the goal. You'll score far more than you miss.
I have seen a few times for Swansea. He will be better than the likes of Henderson and Adam no doubt. But I dont see him taken them forward by much.
I thought Cleverley was going to miss with his run up but he just got enough on it to get it in. Close though.
I've never understood why top players can't just run up and hit it high up the goal on either side nearish to the corner. It never fails. That said, top players often struggle to hit corners into the box, so what do I know?
I've never understood why top players can't just run up and hit it high up the goal on either side nearish to the corner. It never fails. That said, top players often struggle to hit corners into the box, so what do I know?
I was really annoyed by this whole, penalties again thing. It's not England! It's team GB, effectively two different things.
Close? He belted it FFS.
WTF? Top corner, no problem.
Keeper got a hand to it, if you watch the replay.
I am happy that the most boring team is out. There was so little to cheer for. You'd think that a side managed by Stuart Pearce would at least show some of his own qualities. If they lack tactics, fine, get stuck in and play it the British way. Wherever the South Koreans lacked in quality, they more than made up for it through teamwork and sheer determination. They weren't just fighting for victory, they were fighting for national pride.
Bellamy was a good bring, but he never played a full 90. Giggs did well his first two games, didn't appear in the third, and was their worst player in the 40 minutes he got (including extra time). Hindsight is a b*tch, but maybe bringing Giggs to a game every three days tournament was a bit much.
Richardson is still such a bizarre pick. He played well, but defense wasn't the problem. Scoring was. Maybe someone like Agbonlahor or even Crouch would have offered more in attack alongside Bellamy.
Beckham would have made his penalty
When did he sign for Liverpool?
They were also fighting for freedom. If they get an olympic medal of any kind, they gain exemption from 2 years of the mandatory military service that all Korean men must serve. This is crucial for a footballer who has short primes to make money. Our Park Ji Sung was exempt from their 2002 World Cup run, but for these U23 players, that incentive is in the millions of dollars and career goals.