Is it the worst game of football ever?
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Is it the worst game of football ever?
rubbish game, 2 rubbish teams playing in a rubbish league!!!
Not watching it JC but surely the clue is in your title - Man City v Watford FFS.
Even Premiership lover Ken Early is on Newstalk saying that this game is abysmal. Personally i'm surprised anyone would think it might be good. No one at it either apparently.
KOH
Sure it's the Premiership it must be great - it's better than that FAI crap anyway - who'd want to go and see 2 teams hoof the ball from one end of the pitch to the other :eek:
Even Sky seem to be struggling to hype it up!
80% of Premiership games are sh!te. 15% are watchable. 5% are enjoyable.
Well if the Premiership is rubbish then every other league is rubbish as well since all the average English teams are doing well in the UEFA Cup:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by george
I watched this farce of a game. Basically its the way Watford play the game. A throw back to the Wimbleton days of the 80s. Ball had snow on it for the most part of game. Dunne played well. No sign of Ireland, Pearse seems to have disgarded all the young lads he consistently played last year, (Jordan, Ireland, Flood, Wright-Phillips jnr,) and resorted to playing journeymen like Reyna, Hamann ect. This guy Mahon, not sure if he qualifies for us, certainly puts himself about. He buried Joey Barton twice during the game, so he has some good qualities.
Jordan's been replaced by Thatcher, and his form since the suspension merits a placeQuote:
Originally Posted by drummerboy
Ireland's a strange one, he has played well when called on, but still can't get in ahead of Reyna. I guess with Barton getting forward, Pearce needs Reyna to play the holding role.
Flood and Wright-Phillips were sold to Cardiff and Southampton.
Yes, I'm aware of Pearse selling Flood, W-P, Croft and a few other young lads who seemed to be making a breakthrough at City. My point was that Pearce seems to have little faith in young players with the exception of Richards.
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Originally Posted by OwlsFan
i still have nightmares about Middlesbrough V Charlton last year in the FA cup
shown live on BBc, not once but twice
take out the top 5 in the premeir and the rest are god damn awful
you might not have noticed this but football, in general, is sh ite nowadays
Obviously, you were out during Switzerland-Ukraine this summer. Worst game I've seen, sorry sat through, in at least 10 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by JC_GUFC
Plus it went the full distance, extra time, penalties the lot. Jesus I remember it well. Still have nightmares about it!Quote:
Originally Posted by mypost
I wasn't watching thegame, but I have seen UCD play Pat's before.
Worst game of football I ever saw: Ireland 0 Iceland 0 which supports my theory there should be no points awarded for 0-0 games.
Greece 0 Ireland 0 - Don Given's only game in charge. Richard Dunne won MOTM at left full!
Notable for Glen Crowe's debut, and Richie Partridge being an unused sub despite being in the form of his life at the time.
Sweden-Turkey - in Euro 2000. Good Christ almighty, that was utterly utterly tedious. Two side who quite simply could not pass the ball straight. Think both were ravaged by injuries for the tournament, but even still...
Milan derby in the CL semi-final a couple of years ago (2003) was a 0-0 and in the top 10 games I've ever seen.
You find that with the Serie A though, there's a lot of low scoring games that are still quality matches. I remember Inter beating Juve 1-0 in what was seen as a title decider about 7 years ago (Inter still managed to blow the league despite winning) and it being the game of the season as far as I was concernedQuote:
Originally Posted by endabob1
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Originally Posted by endabob1
A match without a goal is like sex without the climax. I remember a Champions League Final a few years back which was 0-0 between two Italian teams and which bored me silly. It's the football snob who says these are exciting when to be honest it's difficult to keep the old eyes open on the couch.
Arsenal vs Porto last night. Sky said there is nothing that can be done about this. Yes there is. 0-0 = a non result and no points for either team. That would focus the minds a lot more. Why should a team get something out of a game if it hasn't scored a goal? Time for this change.
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Originally Posted by OwlsFan
That was Milan - Juve. I was tempted beforehand to stick a tenner on a 0-0 after 90 minutes. Was kicking myself the net morning!
That's just stupid talk. 0-0s aren't inherently more boring than 1-0s, 1-1s or 4-2s. Can't go penalising them all. And you can't go selecting which ones to penalise either.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Stupid talk that those who score goals should be rewarded and those who don't should also be rewarded. I can see where you're coming from :confused:
That makes me a snob so, that was a cracking CL Final. If you can't appreciate a decent nil-nil draw you should be watching Bogball.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
KOH
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Originally Posted by bennocelt
Pretty good going to show a live game twice.
You must have watched too many Sky Sports highlights shows if you think that goals are the only thing that matter in football.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
2 Italian sides in a CL final, led to the predictable 0-0 defensive snooze-fest. Half of the penalties were missed, and even the Milan derby semi-final ended in not one, but 2 draws. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by WeAreRovers
Still not as dire as Switzerland-Ukraine though.
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by WeAreRovers
A decent 0-0 draw is where a goal could've went in and there were teams remotely interested in scoring. That's where that CL final was found wanting. Teams interested in scoring.
Cracking CL final - can you remember any of it, WAR? In fact did anything of any note happen at all in 120 minutes..?:)
Games don't have to be 3-3 to be memorable, but Italian games make most people catch up on their sleep. Similarly, English games with passion and blood and thunder can be as soporific.
Ollie's punishment should include watching eternal reruns of Longford matches, Watford v. A.N. other and the 2003 CL final.
The best CL final in the past few years was Leverkusen v. Madrid and that goal. Right mix of everything.
replay!Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
Oi you, leave Watford alone. :p Don't forget that they were without both first-choice strikers for that game. Even without them, when all's said and done they'd still thrash any side that the eircom League could put out.Quote:
Originally Posted by d f x-
:ball: PP
.....and that's how the flame war started, your honourQuote:
Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy
Watford are a decent, hard working, well organised, Championship side. I'm not saying they wouldn't beat all eL teams, but I reckon Shels, Cork, and Derry would at least give them a run for their money.
I appreciate that not all 0-0 are snooze fests but wouldn't it concentrate the minds of teams to attack even more if they know they get null points if they don't score a goal in a league game. We do want attacking football don't we or would some prefer Italian players playing pretty triangles and keep ball without actually pushing players forward to score?
Nothing can be done about Finals if they end up 0-0 (except turn off the TV).
On the subject of goals = entertainment did anyone else find that United - Arsenal game from last year that ended 4-2 to United a bit boring? Outside of the goals themselves there was little action in the match, its an odd thing to say I know but I just remember not being that entertained by that match at all
Really?? :confused: That's what SuperGretna said before playing Derry in August. He hasn't been back here since. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy
Really enjoyed the Sheff Utd vs Villa game last night. 90 miles an hour stuff but over 25 strikes on goal and a 2-2 draw, with an Irishman scoring. Give me that sort of game any day to that Champions League 0-0 Final a few years back.
Rugby brought in the concept of a bonus point for teams scoring 4 tries or more.. i think thats a much better idea than penalizing teams for not scoring, and would
greatly enhance the attractiveness of matches of chelsea watford ilk knowing that chelsea are going out to score, say, 3 goals. it gives the benefit to the team that plays well rather than the erratic criterion of nil-alls(pity the teams playing shay). it could lead to greater disparity between the best and the rest but i see more advantages than costs. we've seen points for a win jump from 2 to 3 so its not stretching things too far to suggest it might happen. and its not like its unheard of to borrow things from our rugby brethren in this country!
jaysas h christ!Quote:
Originally Posted by kingdom hoop
football is fine the way is is, no need to change anything
if we go by your thinking then, can you imagine how excited the team who gets to play watford at home would be on the final day of the season!
sorry i wasnt the one to start the debate, just trying to contribute.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
Even though I think things are grand the way they are, I've heard worse ideas than yours Kingdom.Quote:
Originally Posted by kingdom hoop
i have no idea what you mean.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
the way it would work is that once you reach the threshold(probably 3 in football) you get an extra point, it wouldnt matter if you score 8 or 9. if things ever get too bad then thats what i'd do, how it would affect the game is anyones guess though.
it would probably work in the US given their notorious love of all out action