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Football Thread 2014/15 |OT2| Wake Me Up, Yaya Sanogo

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They put goaline technology in fifa 15

Jesus wept
 
Salvadora said:
This should be interesting.
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Shanks D Zoro said:
What if a player just says no?
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I am sure it will be like American sports -- the TV contracts are ironclad and they get access to at least 1 player after the game and the player has no choice frankly. I think they could just stand there and not answer, but then they and their club would be fined pretty heavily due to breach of contract. Only a matter of time until they interview one or both coaches when going into HT as well.

LAM09 said:
Man City are now after Falcao. Buying players for the sake of it.
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Just Italian papers bullshit. They are worse than the English press, frankly. Rumor is City would get rid of Jovetic (after turning down repeated offers already) to loan Falcao. Total absurdity given the constraints the team is under and the fact Jovetic was the best player on the team during the past few weeks. No way he leaves and no way Falcao joins.

Hixx said:
He's from the US. "Asian" to the US is pretty much the area we would say are Oriental.

I remember someone getting in a tizz over the word Oriental on GAF before...
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Yeah, Oriental is considered to be a pretty racist term now in the US. Borderline at least.. definitely "offensive.:
 
Coldnoodle said:
I never watched Scholes play in his prime, how good was he?
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I'll get shit for this but...

"No celebrity bullshit, no self promotion - an amazingly gifted player who remained an unaffected human being." [4]
Roy Keane, former Manchester United captain

“He's not the quickest, he doesn't run the most, he never wins a header, he can't tackle but he's the best player”. [5]
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, former Manchester United Forward

"I tell anyone who asks me – Scholes is the best English player." [12]
Laurent Blanc, former teammate of Scholes and captain of France's 1998 World Cup winning squad

"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder. Scholes is undoubtedly the greatest midfielder of his generation." [17]
Zinedine Zidane, World Cup winning France midfielder and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year

"Paul Scholes would have been one of my first choices for putting together a great team – that goes to show how highly I have always rated him. An all-round midfielder who possesses quality and character in abundance." [18]
Marcello Lippi, Italian manager who won five Serie A championships and the Champions League with Juventus, as well as the 2006 World Cup with Italy

"Without any doubt the best player in the Premiership has to be Scholes. He knows how to do everything, and he is one who directs the way his team plays. On top of that, he has indestructible mental strength and he is a genuine competitor." [19]
Thierry Henry, World Cup winning France forward


"I am a big admirer of Paul Scholes, he is one of the best players of his generation and I honestly think [Wesley] Sneijder is the only player in the world capable of replacing him." [22]
Arjen Robben, Holland winger


"There is no doubt for me that Paul Scholes is still in a class of his own. He’s almost untouchable in what he does. I never tire of watching him play. You rarely come across the complete footballer, but Scholes is as close to it as you can get. One of my regrets is that the opportunity to play alongside him never presented itself during my career." [24]
Zinedine Zidane, August 2010

"“Why isn’t he playing for England? It is crazy. Only in England. Scholes is a great, great player. So experienced and still, for me, one of the best in the world in midfield. Manchester United are lucky to have him.” [25]
Jose Mourinho, August 2010

"I’ve still got Paul Scholes’ shirt at home which I swapped with him once. When I was at Liverpool he was one of the players I liked most. Maybe he’s not valued as much as he should be in England because of the style of football there and because he keeps a low profile. Perhaps he would have been more valued in Spain, where midfielders like him form part of the ‘ideal.’ Fans in Spain rate him very highly and I admire him a huge amount." [26]
Xabi Alonso, January 2011

"I’d go for Scholesy as the club’s greatest ever player. I’ve seen him do things that no other player can do. The way he can control the tempo of games, and his range of passing, are both incredible. We’ve seen over the years that players just haven’t been able to get near him. And you can’t forget his goals either." [30]
Ryan Giggs, 2011

"He is one of the top three to five players to have ever played in the Premier League - his passing, movement and technique set examples to everyone, not just younger players." [31]
Alan Hansen, 2010

"Paul Scholes is a role model. For me – and I really mean this – he's the best central midfielder I've seen in the last 15, 20 years. I've spoken to Xabi Alonso about him. He's spectacular, he has it all: the last pass, goals, he's strong, he doesn't lose the ball, vision. If he'd been Spanish he might have been rated more highly. Players love him." [32]
Xavi Hernández, Barcelona midfielder

"“For any football player in the Premiership, Scholes is a player you want to emulate. One player does not make a team but there is no doubt that the presence of some players add extra motivation and confidence. Scholes is a player with character and is capable of transmitting that mental strength to his team-mates." [34]
Cesc Fabregas

“I’m star-struck when I see Paul Scholes because you never see him. On the pitch you can’t catch him. Off the pitch he disappears.” [36]
Luis Figo

“At La Masia (Barcelona’s Academy) his name was mentioned a lot. He’s a teacher.” [37]
Lionel Messi

“If he was playing with me, I would score so many more.” [38]
Pele

“Out of everyone at Manchester United, I would pick out Scholes – he is the best midfielder of his generation. I would have loved to have played alongside him.” [39]
Pep Guardiola

“I want to pass like him. Who taught him how to do that?” [40]
Ronaldinho

“Scholes is the best i’ve played with and he helped me a lot when I was young. He’s amazing.” [41]
Cristiano Ronaldo


“He’s always one of those people others talk about. Even playing at Real Madrid, the players always say to me ‘what’s he like’? They respect him as a footballer and see him as the ultimate.” [46]
David Beckham

“It’s a shame he’s not available to play for England. If he was, he’d be the first name in my squad.” [47]
Fabio Capello

“At Arsenal me and Patrick (Vieira) didn’t want to face Scholes. We would avoid him.” [48]
Emmanuel Petit

“I’m more an admirer of Paul Scholes than I am of Ronaldo. Ronaldo is a fantastic player, but he has 10 other great players around him every week…Scholes is one of the most complete footballers I’ve ever seen. His one-touch play is phenomenal. Whenever I have played against him, I never felt I could get close to him.” [49]
Eiður Guðjohnsen

“Just heard Paul Scholes has retired, best I’ve ever played against by a mile. Most technically gifted player in english history. Legend” [50]
Joey Barton

“Nobody else in the world can play the way Scholes does. The passes he produces all over the field and the way he changes the game is brilliant. Every manager would like him. But luckily he is here and playing with us. Paul practices that all the time. When he has finished training he always goes out and shoots.” [51]
Dimitar Berbatov

"Nobody on this planet had a range of passing like Paul Scholes. Training every day was a pleasure just watching him. Unbelievable career." [53]
Michael Owen

“The only great English midfielder in my career was Paul Scholes. He has elegance in him. Others were pretenders.”
Andrea Pirlo in his autobiography,'I Think, Therefore I Play'

“If you ask footballers to pick out the player they most admire, so many of them will pick Paul Scholes. His passing and shooting is of the highest level and he’s the most consistent and naturally gifted player we’ve had for a long, long time.” [54]
Alan Shearer

"United always had many amazing players, but whenever we faced them we were always, always, always scared of what Paul Scholes could do. Ask anyone from that old Arsenal team, they will tell you the same. If you let him play, he can kill you, and for me he was so underrated. The way he plays: one touch, arriving late into the box, the way he strikes the ball, his vision, his passing. Incredible. I know people used to give him some stick for his tackling, but I liked that. He put his foot in, showed some character, had a go, but I liked that about him too. For me he is one of the best midfielders I have ever seen." [55]
Thierry Henry

"They have two of the world’s best young players in Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, but the player who most impresses me is Paul Scholes. He is United’s most important player, he makes most things happen on the field.” [61]
Andriy Shevchenko

“The player in the Premiership I admire most? Easy – Scholes”[62]
Patrick Viera

“I was too shy to ask him for advice so I watched him carefully and tried to dissect everything he did. Then I would try to emulate his strengths.”[68]
Paul Pogba
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Scholes was the most gifted player I had seen other than Ronaldo and Giggs in a United shirt, i hope the annals of time dont forget it.
 
Freewheelin' said:
I don't understand this :lol. It's like when they say "I think the referee got that offside right" they always get it right, they can never get it wrong!
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They can and do get it wrong in clubs, either that or they dont understand the rule
 
Diablo Rosso said:
It's hilarious how FUT legends is Xbox exclusive when the games sell more on PlayStation. I heard its a pointless mode.
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Well I wouldn't say it's pointless EA makes millions and people love it unfortunately from year to you find yourself spending money to do the same thing you did last year.

Though legends being an exclusive is pointless as you have a 1% chance of pulling one and the best cards are far from affordable.
 
brokenbeans said:
Well I wouldn't say it's pointless EA makes millions and people love it unfortunately from year to you find yourself spending money to do the same thing you did last year.

Though legends being an exclusive is pointless as you have a 1% chance of pulling one and the best cards are far from affordable.
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Like I said, pointless. If can defeats the object if very few get them.
 
The muppetry on Redcafe is providing quite high today, lots of twitter accounts saying terms agreed with Vidal and its Ed holding it up. All bullshit I know.
 
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