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football thread 13/14 |ot12| last roll of the dive

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wedward

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Hardly as I read the original in spanish.

But I don't know if "lícito" = licit.

He said Atlético has a different style of playing than Barcelona, but [in contrast to Chelsea and others I guess] it is a valid style of football

Ah, gotcha. I read it as illicit.
 
Hardly as I read the original in spanish.

But I don't know if "lícito" = licit.

He said Atlético has a different style of playing than Barcelona, but [in contrast to Chelsea and others I guess] it is a valid style of football
Licit probs isn't the best word. Makes it sound like a "hey, it's a free world" type comment.

But sounds like he meant, they have their own thing going and good for them.
 

Manager

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No matter how old your Nigerian is he'll never play for City because you'd have bought 12 players in his position by the time he turns 18/40

Probably true but every major team does the same thing and have been for decades, it is just more global now... City isn't much different, they'll introduce someone to the seniors here and there.
 

Hixx

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Hello, ladies.
 

Barzul

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Didn't someone get caught out for that a few months ago?

I can't remember his name.

Some are probably 5-10 years older than Giggs and say they're u18

This doesn’t happen nearly as often as you make it out to seem. I'm Nigerian, so it's disappointing that this is automatically assumed. Like seriously where is the evidence of this happening at any major European clubs i.e in Man City's ilk. It happens not nearly at the frequency you're probably assuming. Everyone makes the Kanu jokes but there's no proof of it. Like seriously if Kanu was as old as was it Moyes suggested, how could he possibly have performed at the top level for so long?
 

Manager

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This doesn’t happen nearly as often as you make it out to seem. I'm Nigerian, so it's disappointing that this is automatically assumed. Like seriously where is the evidence of this happening at any major European clubs. It happens not nearly at the frequency you're probably assuming. Everyone makes the Kanu jokes but there's no proof of it. Like seriously if Kanu was as old as was it Moyes suggested, how could he possibly have performed at the top level for so long?

Read this, it's still going on.
http://m.thenational.ae/sport/football/age-cheaters-are-left-with-the-spoiled

"Six years later, as Nigeria prepared to host the U17 World Cup, they dropped 15 members of their squad following testing. In the aftermath, a former Nigerian international claimed in a newspaper column that Fortune Chukwudi, then the side’s captain, was 25 years old."

One of Taribo West's coaches said he was 40 when claiming 28.

More here, on the phone so I can't quote.
http://m.thenational.ae/sport/fifa-...eria-under-17-crop-must-avoid-the-stereotypes
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/23760844
 

Hixx

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Daily Star (lol I know but) saying Arsenal going in for Draxler after discovering £40m release clause

Gee, that sounds familiar.
 

Salvadora

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Draxler doesn't make sense.

£40m for a 20 year old who is unproven and in a position we're stacked in? That sort of money is mad even for an mickey mouse oil club.
 

Slizz

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Slizz you know Capri Anderson? There was some gif of her floating around on Twitter from this Spider-Man porn spoof.

Yea I knew her in high school and then a couple years after. Then she obviously moved to Cali to pursue her career lol haven't talked to her since her first Bangbus vid came out. She got a ton of shit from so many people in Miami, especially her family.

Ooooh, I know about that spoof. That's with the altered famous kissing scene right? :p

LMAO
 

wedward

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Draxler doesn't make sense.

£40m for a 20 year old who is unproven and in a position we're stacked in?

Potential world class talent who can play on the left/center and potentially up top if you listen to the rumors. If we can't get a striker I say go for it. Signing Draxler doesn't rule out other players.

Our interest is definitely serious. GeoffArsenal claims we bid 40 mil for him over the summer.
 

Linius

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Yea I knew her in high school and then a couple years after. Then she obviously moved to Cali to pursue her career lol haven't talked to her since her first Bangbus vid came out. She got a ton of shit from so many people in Miami, especially her family.



LMAO

You have ways in the porn business huh
 

Slizz

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You have ways in the porn business huh

Lol unfortunately not. It's a funny thing because I can remember hanging out with her a couple days before her video released online and nobody knew about it. Me and my friends were actually discussing taking pictures of her and sending them to Playboy, she was all for it, we were excited lol. Then 2 days later shes all sweaty in the back of a van taking a d.
 

Salvadora

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Potential world class talent who can play on the left/center and potentially up top if you listen to the rumors. If we can't get a striker I say go for it. Signing Draxler doesn't rule out other players.

Our interest is definitely serious. GeoffArsenal claims we bid 40 mil for him over the summer.
It's just mad, it really is.

The day we spend £40m on a player who speculatively can play in the position we need him to is the day Football dies.
 

Linius

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Lol unfortunately not. It's a funny thing because I can remember hanging out with her a couple days before her video released online and nobody knew about it. Me and my friends were actually discussing taking pictures of her and sending them to Playboy, she was all for it, we were excited lol. Then 2 days later shes all sweaty in the back of a van taking a d.

Must be so weird to know a local girl who got famous for taking d's in the back of a van. Most of the time I think it's fake, but in fact there must be a lot of random American college students who did those videos :p
 

Slizz

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Must be so weird to know a local girl who got famous for taking d's in the back of a van. Most of the time I think it's fake, but in fact there must be a lot of random American college students who did those videos :p

Most if not all are fake.

That was her bf at the time that she shot the vid with.


I actually worked in a restaurant with a guy who used to be the driver of the van. He said that shit was wild.
 

Linius

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Most if not all are fake.

That was her bf at the time that she shot the vid with.


I actually worked in a restaurant with a guy who used to be the driver of the van. He said that shit was wild.

You know the girl, you know the driver. Were you the camera man? What are you hiding from us Slizz?
 

wedward

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It doesn't make sense from an economical point of view.

We don't know what the budget is.

It's all speculation anyways. I haven't seen enough of Draxler to say either way.

I'm not going to act like I know better than the people running Arsenal, because I don't.
 

Salvadora

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We don't know what the budget is.

It's all speculation anyways. I haven't seen enough of Draxler to say either way.

I'm not going to act like I know better than the people running Arsenal, because I don't.
Would watching more Draxler or knowing the budget make that much more of a difference in relation to the points I made?
 

wedward

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Would watching more Draxler or knowing the budget make that much more of a difference in relation to the points I made?

Yes.

If he is an upgrade over Podolski than it makes footballing sense.

If our budget is 150 million pounds than economically it is fine.
 

Salvadora

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Yes.

If he is an upgrade over Podolski than it makes footballing sense.

If our budget is 150 million pounds than economically it is fine.
So we sign Draxler and he competes with Podolski, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Miyaichi and whoever else's versatility allows them to play there due to our packed midfield? No, you sign a striker who is the next realistic step to taking this squad to the next level.

You don't have to know our budget to know that it isn't £150m, or anywhere near close to it. Arsenal do not have that financial power according to the accounts.
 
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