GinandTonic
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Seige of Moscow. I dont think Ive ever seen a team savaged 0-0 as badly. Comedy misses from all the offensive players... Still fantastic game to watch.
GinandTonic said:Seige of Moscow. I dont think Ive ever seen a team savaged 0-0 as badly. Comedy misses from all the offensive players... Still fantastic game to watch.
MCdread said:That Lampard goal was just superb!
Lambert Simnel said:I think it was a fluke, to be honest. He's trying to cross it over for a far post nod-in, gets it wrong, but gets lucky with the result. And I'm sure that he'll claim it was intentional...
MCdread said:Besides, this is only because it was Lampard, if it had been Ronaldinho, no one would question the geniality of the goal. :/
Lambert Simnel said:Bleh. Heard that argument a dozen times already, and the fact that so many people who rave about the goal use this as an argument I think shows that they're not convinced in their hearts about it. If Steven Pressley had scored a goal like that - hell, if I had scored a goal like that - would it be a useful argument to say that Ronaldinho might have done the same thing and meant it ? I don't think so.
There are plenty of cross cum shots in this game, just like there are plenty of shots cum passes, but they have ended up in the back of the net eventually. It still takes skill for him to get it into the back of the net regardless of his intentions from that sort of angleLambert Simnel said:I think it was a fluke, to be honest. He's trying to cross it over for a far post nod-in, gets it wrong, but gets lucky with the result. And I'm sure that he'll claim it was intentional...
Disregarding anything ever written by CivGeneral, I think that's one of the most ridiculous posts i have ever seenclassical_hero said:There are plenty of cross cum shots in this game, just like there are plenty of shots cum passes, but they have ended up in the back of the net eventually. It still takes skill for him to get it into the back of the net regardless of his intentions from that sort of angle
Lambert Simnel said:There's quite a difference between (a) not knowing how it's going to end up, but always having control of the ball and doing exactly what you want with it (b) trying to do something, and the end results being very different, but very positive. I don't think the two can be equated at all.
As to whether Lampard meant it, maybe we'll just have to agree to disagree.
Yes, but from a spectator's point of view it comes to the same in this particular case, because it is impossible to prove either view.
Still disagreeing. I think the intention is key here. I was goping to note some great goals which I think would be lessened if they weren't at all what the scorer intended, but, frankly, I doubt if we're going anywhere with this discussion.MCdread said:Yes, but from a spectator's point of view it comes to the same in this particular case, because it is impossible to prove either view.
I don't get this post...Lambert Simnel said:I think it was a fluke, to be honest. He's trying to cross it over for a far post nod-in, gets it wrong, but gets lucky with the result. And I'm sure that he'll claim it was intentional...
Frank Lampard has revealed that his angle-defying goal in Barcelona owed just as much to practice as to inspiration.
Solitary training exercises are a regular part of the Chelsea midfielders daily routine and a common one is to place the ball a couple of yards behind the goal-line, towards the corner flag, and then to curl it towards the net.
Sometimes I do it as a bit of fun, Lampard has told Chelsea TV, but it is a test of your skill and I practice shooting from all angles and with both feet.
Sometimes it is horrible when you are missing the target all the time but on nights like this, you get your reward if you work hard.
Millions of times I have done that and missed the target and then on a night like this it comes good, he smiles.
The first touch let me down so I suppose that is what made the goal because that is what gave me the angle.
When I scored, I didnt really have any other option than to clip it over the goalkeeper. I had to get the right trajectory and it was a great feeling when it dropped in.