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Football•Soccer•Fútbol•Fussball Thread 2010/2011 |OT2|

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MPW

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coentrao: tell marcelo to get used to the bench

perez: lol u so cold!
 

Pctx

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So I've been out of the loop....

Vandy is gone as goal keeper.... who's in?
Berba seems to be done at Old Trafford due to a unspoken tiff with Sir Alex... WTF to that. Any news on it?
Transfers and anything else?

BTW, any good rumor or news sites to check out that get updated frequently with this stuff?
 

elseanio

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Pctx said:
So I've been out of the loop....

Vandy is gone as goal keeper.... who's in?
Berba seems to be done at Old Trafford due to a unspoken tiff with Sir Alex... WTF to that. Any news on it?
Transfers and anything else?

BTW, any good rumor or news sites to check out that get updated frequently with this stuff?

Ha, you didn't know VDS was retiring?

Anyway, you guys got De Gea as a repalcement. Cost around £18m, but likely to rise to above £20m (?). He's only 20, but very highly rated. Mancs have also signed Phil Jones and Ashley Young

As for rumours, I usually have a laugh at BBC gossip section. They just post all the crap from the gutter press, and the likes of goal and caughtoffside.
 

WJD

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Pctx said:
So I've been out of the loop....

Vandy is gone as goal keeper.... who's in?
Berba seems to be done at Old Trafford due to a unspoken tiff with Sir Alex... WTF to that. Any news on it?
Transfers and anything else?

BTW, any good rumor or news sites to check out that get updated frequently with this stuff?

De Gea
BS
Jones, Young, De Gea

You sure you're a fan?

only partly serious
 

dc89

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Kermit The Dog said:
What about it? It's a GPS monitor, and the singlet is the cradle.

I think they track performance etc.

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Lots of footballers wear them. A few of the City players do too. I think Kolo does.
 

omgkitty

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I have seen the trackers before with the single band that goes around the chest, but never that piece of it. TBH it isn't that weird seeing it over their clothes like that, but just the fact that it's Eboue and it's all he is wearing, it just seems weird.
 

Pctx

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WJD said:
De Gea
BS
Jones, Young, De Gea

You sure you're a fan?

only partly serious

Yes, been red since I was 9 but I haven't had time to catch up on all the news in the off season since I've been following the Timbers in the MLS. Thanks for the updates though. :)
 

Blackhead

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Pctx said:
So I've been out of the loop....

Vandy is gone as goal keeper.... who's in?
Berba seems to be done at Old Trafford due to a unspoken tiff with Sir Alex... WTF to that. Any news on it?
Transfers and anything else?

BTW, any good rumor or news sites to check out that get updated frequently with this stuff?
a 'good rumor site' is an oxymoron. (news sites aren't much better regarding transfers and have been getting worse over the years). if you insist on joining the fun then pick an appropriate fanzine/fan blog e.g. red news or red issue for man utd fans
 
Seems like years ago

http://youtu.be/g9vtrTNIpYA

dc89 said:
I think they track performance etc.


Lots of footballers wear them. A few of the City players do too. I think Kolo does.[/quote]

Specifically it records how hard the player is working and the physios can interpret the data to signal when the player is close to an injury. They introduced them last season
 

Carbonox

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Got the new AC Milan home shirt today. God damn it's the most sexiest 2011/2012 (or till whenever) shirt I've seen so far.

It's also the first mainland European football shirt I've obtained since one of Parma's early 2000's shirts.

Can't wait to rep the Rossoneri at training on Thursday.
 

Arnie

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Carbonox_Ratchet said:
Got the new AC Milan home shirt today. God damn it's the most sexiest 2011/2012 (or till whenever) shirt I've seen so far.

It's also the first mainland European football shirt I've obtained since one of Parma's early 2000's shirts.

Can't wait to rep the Rossoneri at training on Thursday.
Yes it's beautiful, much prefer the thinner stripes to the fatter ones.

Never seen that Savic play, or if I have I can't remember him.
 
Jeff Albertson said:
I see Kermits vow to stop being a Diouf didn't last long!

It stopped when you started being a worthless garden gnome. So yeah, about 25 years ago. It's hard to extend the olive branch with so many sore-arses in here.

Savic has been having his medical today. Do we expect him to sign tonight or tomorrow morning?

Delicious. If we can snaffle Nasri and Aguero, we'll be all systems go. I won't pretend to knowing a second thing about Savic, but that's what Youtube's for I guess.
 
Kermit The Dog said:
It stopped when you started being a worthless garden gnome. So yeah, about 25 years ago. It's hard to extend the olive branch with so many sore-arses in here.



Delicious. If we can snaffle Nasri and Aguero, we'll be all systems go. I won't pretend to knowing a second thing about Savic, but that's what Youtube's for I guess.
Juventus look set to sign him.
 
anonnumber6 said:
Juventus look set to sign him.

Apparently Aguero has said he will wait until after Copa America before making a firm choice. No doubt City can put bigger money down on the table, and offer CL football now. Plus I reckon he still fancies a move to Real.
 

Splatt

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Kermit The Dog said:
Delicious. If we can snaffle Nasri and Aguero, we'll be all systems go. I won't pretend to knowing a second thing about Savic, but that's what Youtube's for I guess.

Then you'll be in for a pleasant suprise when you see him play.
 
farhatraza said:
Apparently Aguero has said he will wait until after Copa America before making a firm choice. No doubt City can put bigger money down on the table, and offer CL football now. Plus I reckon he still fancies a move to Real.
It seemed to me that he didn't want to provide any distractions during the tournament, Juventus have money to spend from what I have read so they should be able to offer him a competitive contract.
 
Splatt said:
Then you'll be in for a pleasant suprise when you see him play.

What's he like? Do you rate him?

Anyway, City are pretty sanguine in relation to the Tevez affair:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/14029622.stm

Manchester City are in no rush to meet striker Carlos Tevez's demand to leave Eastlands and are likely to ask in excess of £40m to consider selling.

BBC Sport understands Tevez's latest request to leave City has left chairman Khaldoon Al-Mubarak "sanguine" about developments.

The club believe they are in a position of strength over any potential Tevez transfer and are in no mood to plead with the striker to stay.

Tevez is contracted at City until 2014.

A spokesman said: "Carlos is a contracted player to Manchester City for another three years and we have had no offers for him."

Tevez, 27, asked City for a transfer in December and while it now seems inevitable he will eventually move on, City are relaxed about the latest twist and are determined he will only leave when the time and price is right for them.

City boss Roberto Mancini insisted recently that Tevez would stay after a proposed swap deal with Inter Milan for striker Samuel Eto'o fell through - but there is still no great shock inside Eastlands after Tevez made his desire to leave public once again.

The Argentina international wants to be reunited with his family - with Milan believed to be a favoured destination - but there is unlikely to be a swift resolution with City determined not to be railroaded into a deal by the player and his advisors.

City's stance on Tevez is hardened by the fact that he is on a contract reportedly worth in excess of £200,000-a-week, while there is no pressing need for cash to flow into Eastlands given the vast wealth of the club's Abu Dhabi owners.

The cost of any Tevez transfer will limit the market, with Inter Milan sporting director Marco Branca recently insisting the Serie A club would not make a move because they were unable to afford the wage packet he was receiving at City.

Branca told BBC Sport: "Tevez is a great player, a great character, but absolutely no. His salary means it is out of the question. The market is crazy at the moment and it is hard to compete."
 

Splatt

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Kermit The Dog said:
What's he like? Do you rate him?

I do, he was quite good against Arsenal last year in CL, one of the best players on the pitch. He was also good against England (he's from Montenegro).

I'm not sure how long it will take him to adjust to PL, moving from our shitty league to PL is a big step, but he's young and very talented, and when he does adjust, jeez, he'll be a scary player, perhaps he'll grow to be a new Vidic, as the media already dubbed him.
 
Kermit The Dog said:
It stopped when you started being a worthless garden gnome. So yeah, about 25 years ago. It's hard to extend the olive branch with so many sore-arses in here.

I don't even know what this means. Although I am a foot tall and have a pointy hat and a tiny rod.

All I meant is one day you say you will try and be more civil the next you are back in cuntmode jumping down people's throats for the slightest things.
 

Yurt

il capo silenzioso
It warms the heart to see so many people defending Juventus here

I also always said phone calls with Inter were more frequent than other clubs because they were not very successful at the time. They didn’t get results and complained about the refereeing.
Hahaha what a joke.. It was hilarious seeing them fail after buying Figo, Ronaldo and countless others.

The whole thing is a tragedy..the statute of limitations issue is just a disgrace, we lost our 2006 squad, millions, went down to Serie B.. we should be compensated somehow.

I'm just glad the truth is out

Oh..and can we get Moggi back please :p ??
“Finally we have been able to drag these things out of them, even if there is still time for the kind of victory I am thinking of,” Moggi told Tuttosport.

“Considering what they did to me and to Juventus, it’ll take a lot more than this

As the incidents occurred in 2006, the matter is beyond the statute of limitations, so Inter will not have that Scudetto revoked.

“I can finally enjoy the fact that someone listened to me. It’s only a shame this is coming out now, as I was already saying these things in 2006.

“If I were in Massimo Moratti’s shoes, I would’ve avoided going around telling everyone I was clean and honest for all these years. Now those phrases are even more jarring in light of the recent revelations.

“Besides, if he thinks he’s really all that honest, then let Moratti and Inter forego the statute of limitations! Let them have a trial.

“I think back to the footage of the Inter players who were singing: ‘We win without stealing.’ I expect they’ll have to dream up a new chant, now..

The recent report only emerged because Moggi’s lawyers played the Inter wiretaps during the civil Calciopoli trial in Naples earlier this year.

“They made a big mistake in giving me up for dead,” continued the ex-Juventus director general.

“They thought I’d go to sleep after the 2006 trial, but I’m still wide awake. They wanted Calciopoli? Fine, now have the whole thing. Some will cry, some have explaining to do, but everyone has to be on alert
 
In my opinion, the board need to be held accountable for this pending exodus. They've had more trust in Wenger than anyone else but the fruits of the past 6 years have resulted in a summer where our best players have decided to leave once and for all. Furthermore, the clubs finances are managed on the basis that we remain in the Champions League - failure to do so will have a significant impact on our finances, negating further what little spending power we have. This is in addition to the decreased value of the club in the eyes of commercial sponsors. Players don't make the club, but they do make a big club.

I would like to see this board resign - either them or Wenger, but ultimately we have to start looking for buyers who are willing to rebuild the team. The 'spine' of the team has always been the midfield and Robin van Persie, who coincidentally has only two years left on his contract and will not sign another. That same midfield is breaking up as we speak. We need to rebuild a new team and a new spine.

Goalkeeping situation needs to be addressed. Central defence needs to be addressed. We need two new left backs, competition for Song, a replacement for Nasri, Cesc, Arshavin and a world class frontman.
 

rvy

Banned
Yurt said:
It warms the heart to see so many people defending Juventus here
The way I see it, Juventus got the short end of the stick, but everyone else was just as/more corrupt.
I'm laughing my ass off at Moratti.
 

Kweh

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Meus Renaissance said:
In my opinion, the board need to be held accountable for this pending exodus. They've had more trust in Wenger than anyone else but the fruits of the past 6 years have resulted in a summer where our best players have decided to leave once and for all. Furthermore, the clubs finances are managed on the basis that we remain in the Champions League - failure to do so will have a significant impact on our finances, negating further what little spending power we have. This is in addition to the decreased value of the club in the eyes of commercial sponsors. Players don't make the club, but they do make a big club.

I would like to see this board resign - either them or Wenger, but ultimately we have to start looking for buyers who are willing to rebuild the team. The 'spine' of the team has always been the midfield and Robin van Persie, who coincidentally has only two years left on his contract and will not sign another. That same midfield is breaking up as we speak. We need to rebuild a new team and a new spine.

Goalkeeping situation needs to be addressed. Central defence needs to be addressed. We need two new left backs, competition for Song, a replacement for Nasri, Cesc, Arshavin and a world class frontman.

Rebuild around Wilshere, Ramsey and Van Persie.
 

Yurt

il capo silenzioso
rvy said:
The way I see, Juventus got the short end of the stick, but everyone else was just as/more corrupt.
I'm laughing my ass off at Moratti.

Understatement.

Palazzi also alleged that the following men should have been found guilty of violating Article 6 of the Code of Sporting Justice:

Facchetti (Inter), Meani (Milan), Spinelli (Livorno)

Article 6 violations (the attempt to gain an advantage in the standings through match-fixing or attempted match-fixing) are deemed worthy of immediate relegation. Even in the now-discredited trial of 2006, Juventus were cleared of any Article 6 violations, and were only demoted due to a combination of Article 1 violations (unsportsmanlike conduct, which can be anything from swearing on the pitch to excessively calling Bergamo and Pairetto), misdemeanours that had never before resulted in anything more than fines or, at most, a minor points penalty.
 

Arnie

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Can any Juventus fans (Yurt) give me the low down on how Aquilani did last year?

He's back in training for pre-season now and I really want the guy to stay and succeed. When he made a couple of appearances for us in the 09/10 season he was brilliant, although it was towards the tail end of the season when we'd relinquished any hope of a decent finish so nobody took any notice of us and resultantly him. For example he put in a man of the match performance against Portsmouth and played well against Spurs too.

I want more than anything for him to stay with us next season, remain relatively injury free and prove his critics wrong. I'd love it if at the end of next season we had some people on here rate him.

In that season he played 12 games, scored 2 goals, made 6 assists and got 4 man of the match awards.

Watch this video and at about 30 seconds you'll see what I mean about him. Then keep watching as he makes numerous appearances despite the video supposedly capturing six seasons of matches.
 

dschalter

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because when someone says something bad about inter it is trustworthy, while what people said that was bad about juve is obviously false.
 

omgkitty

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Meus Renaissance said:
In my opinion, the board need to be held accountable for this pending exodus. They've had more trust in Wenger than anyone else but the fruits of the past 6 years have resulted in a summer where our best players have decided to leave once and for all. Furthermore, the clubs finances are managed on the basis that we remain in the Champions League - failure to do so will have a significant impact on our finances, negating further what little spending power we have. This is in addition to the decreased value of the club in the eyes of commercial sponsors. Players don't make the club, but they do make a big club.

I would like to see this board resign - either them or Wenger, but ultimately we have to start looking for buyers who are willing to rebuild the team. The 'spine' of the team has always been the midfield and Robin van Persie, who coincidentally has only two years left on his contract and will not sign another. That same midfield is breaking up as we speak. We need to rebuild a new team and a new spine.

Goalkeeping situation needs to be addressed. Central defence needs to be addressed. We need two new left backs, competition for Song, a replacement for Nasri, Cesc, Arshavin and a world class frontman.

Can you say most cynical post of the day? While I agree that Arsenal have some problems right now, I think you have gone a little overboard. van Persie has a huge amount of faith in Arsenal and Wenger, and I believe he will sign a new contract. I agree with the competition for Song, and a new creative midfielder, but needing 2 new LB's is unnecessary. If anything, a backup at RB is is needed. Gibbs can play, and while I think it won't be this year, in the next two or 3 seasons he will be ready. Scz has proven he is a future world class GK, and Fabianski has proven his worth last season. I do believe we are coming up on an exodus in the next 3 years as far as players, the board and even coaching go, but I think the amount of talent coming up through the youth system is better than ever. With players life Ramsey, Afobe, JET, Lansbury, Frimpong, Aneke and Miquel, you have some future stars in there.
 

GQman2121

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Meus Renaissance said:
In my opinion, the board need to be held accountable for this pending exodus. They've had more trust in Wenger than anyone else but the fruits of the past 6 years have resulted in a summer where our best players have decided to leave once and for all. Furthermore, the clubs finances are managed on the basis that we remain in the Champions League - failure to do so will have a significant impact on our finances, negating further what little spending power we have. This is in addition to the decreased value of the club in the eyes of commercial sponsors. Players don't make the club, but they do make a big club.

I would like to see this board resign - either them or Wenger, but ultimately we have to start looking for buyers who are willing to rebuild the team. The 'spine' of the team has always been the midfield and Robin van Persie, who coincidentally has only two years left on his contract and will not sign another. That same midfield is breaking up as we speak. We need to rebuild a new team and a new spine.

Goalkeeping situation needs to be addressed. Central defence needs to be addressed. We need two new left backs, competition for Song, a replacement for Nasri, Cesc, Arshavin and a world class frontman.
So basically they need a new everything......? That actually makes their fourth place finish last year pretty impressive. You gotta love that stadium they play in though right? Right? I mean you don't think that needs to be replaced too do you? :p
 

dschalter

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Tim the Wiz said:
So, does this mean there's a chance of Milan and Inter getting relegated? Or will the past be put in the past?

statute of limitations. berlusconi knows a lot about those kind of things!
 

Error

Jealous of the Glory that is Johnny Depp
if Nasri goes too, how exactly is wenger going to convince fabregas to stay for another season? with this sudden bail out of players, Fabregas would push even more for a transfer to Barcelona.

Seems to me that Wenger loves buying players for cheap, then selling them for huge money. Looks like that gives him more satisfaction than winning a title.
 

Charles

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Arnie said:
Can any Juventus fans (Yurt) give me the low down on how Aquilani did last year?

He's back in training for pre-season now and I really want the guy to stay and succeed. When he made a couple of appearances for us in the 09/10 season he was brilliant, although it was towards the tail end of the season when we'd relinquished any hope of a decent finish so nobody took any notice of us and resultantly him. For example he put in a man of the match performance against Portsmouth and played well against Spurs too.

I want more than anything for him to stay with us next season, remain relatively injury free and prove his critics wrong. I'd love it if at the end of next season we had some people on here rate him.

In that season he played 12 games, scored 2 goals, made 6 assists and got 4 man of the match awards.

Watch this video and at about 30 seconds you'll see what I mean about him. Then keep watching as he makes numerous appearances despite the video supposedly capturing six seasons of matches.

He started well, but seemed to lose himself as the season went on. Around January it seemed sure that we were going to buy him, but in end he wasn't worth it. To be fair to him, the whole team went down the shitter in the second half of the season and he was being played in a less advanced position than he is used to.
 
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