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[K1LLER7]

Pls

you can't even beat Swansea now

;_;

Vidal pls.

Juventus v Inter. 4-1. Guarin OG (x4), Osvaldo OG. #SerieA

 

[Yurt]

Arsenal should take Ozil with them while negotiating with players!

edit: Guys let's go after Kovacic. Inter are wasting him giving him nothing but sub appearances.

wait, he's supposed to be good? I know absolutely nothing about him so I just assumed he was shit since he plays for them.

 

[K1LLER7]

Jese vs Januzaj

A lot of players will get time off because of the world cup.

Should be good. Look forward to seeing Bebe shine and Florentino place a record bid shortly after.

 

[KidA Seven]

Arsenal should take Ozil with them while negotiating with players!

wait, he's supposed to be good? I know absolutely nothing about him so I just assumed he was shit since he plays for them.

Yeah. Only 19 years old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TGTWxkNwCw

If we take him, Inter fans will riot.

 

[Gareth Bale]

Why do you want another attacking midfielder?

 

[KidA Seven]

Why do you want another attacking midfielder?

He's not. He plays in a midfield 2, but he's very attacking oriented. Sort of like Thiago. Both can play as attacking midfielders, but both can also play deeper. That's the sort of midfielder United need because Cleverley, Carrick, etc... are all too passive and sit too deep.

 

[Yurt]

Yeah. Only 19 years old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TGTWxkNwCw

If we take him, Inter fans will riot.

you had me at will riot.

YES MOYES

He's not. He plays in a midfield 2, but he's very attacking oriented. Sort of like Thiago. Both can play as attacking midfielders, but both can also play deeper.

his attacking stats are very Cleverley oriented

 

[subtles]

The hype around Kovacic died when he went to Inter.

 

[Gareth Bale]

He's not. He plays in a midfield 2, but he's very attacking oriented. Sort of like Thiago.

He must have changed position then. He played behind the striker when we played them last season.

 

[KidA Seven]

you had me at will riot.

YES MOYES



his attacking stats are very Cleverley oriented

Attacking stats will be underwhelming when you come off the bench more than you start. It lowers the key passes per game stat, gives you less chance to get an assist or goal, etc...

Cleverley doesn't attempt to dribble at players, doesn't attempt to making a through pass, very rarely attempts a shot, and his overall movement is lackluster.

He must have changed position then. He played behind the striker when we played them last season.

I just checked whoscored and he has played behind the striker a couple of times. Looks like he alternates between playing there and playing in a midfield 2. A lot like Thiago where there were questions whether he was disciplined enough to play deeper than behind the striker.

Kovacic still has to develop, but he's a good prospect.

Bungie is right I think

He also gets subbed in for Kuzmanovic.

 

[Yurt]

Bungie is right I think

 

[Salazar]

lol at the constipated Baldwin brother manager

barcastuff ‏@barcastuff 26m
Thiago Silva (PSG): "There's a great atmosphere at BRA. If I have to run for Neymar, I will. If have to die for him, I also will." [lequipe]

wat

Fry, help us with the cultural intricacies

 

[KidA Seven]

lol at the constipated Baldwin brother manager



wat

:lol

I was going to post a gif, but the Fiddle gifs are too big.

 

[sohois]

For Bla:

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...e=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=ManUtd

Zaha pls.

They seem to have a baffling amount of trouble with pronouncing 年 (nian). They're all saying it niar for some reason.

 

[subtles]

 

[tri_willy]

not happy with liverpool's transfer dealings. appear to be flops when it comes to signing players

 

[Fergie]

not happy with liverpool's transfer dealings. appear to be flops when it comes to signing players

Sign dead players and revive them. Seems to work for Liverpool.

Although I think Cleverley may be a too huge of a undertaking. He's beyond help.

 

[Yurt]

lol at the constipated Baldwin brother manager

If I have to run for Neymar, I will. If have to die for him, I also will.

and you know what, I'm sure Neymar would allow it.

 

[subtles]

From this Guardian article:

Moyes admitted that he takes direction from Van Persie regarding when the forward feels in condition to play and for how long.

"I have taken Robin's advice on where he feels he is at, if he is ready to play and how long he feels he is able to play. All the things I am doing I am taking from Robin. He is a player who is so important to us. I need to know exactly where he is at."

Is this really wise? I thought they had specialists manage player fitness. It immediately brings to mind the one time Lucas came on the pitch feeling fine before being hauled off in the opening fifteen minutes.

 

[Jarnet87]

He's not. He plays in a midfield 2, but he's very attacking oriented. Sort of like Thiago. Both can play as attacking midfielders, but both can also play deeper. That's the sort of midfielder United need because Cleverley, Carrick, etc... are all too passive and sit too deep.

I don't think Carrick was ever an extremely attacking minded midfielder, but Fergie definitely bred out what ever ability he had to do it. He kept pushing him deeper the worse our midfield got. I remember him getting forward a lot more when he was first at the club, of course he had Scholes next to him.

 

[Salazar]

Is this really wise? I thought they had specialists manage player fitness.

I doubt it comes entirely down to

"Robin, ye good ?"
"yes boss"

 

[KidA Seven]

Andy Mitten's United We Stand Podcast features Forlan.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/united-stand-podcast-diego-forlan-3099266#.Uuxqc_kVqa9

I can't wait to see Forlan play for Cerezo.

 

[subtles]

I doubt it comes entirely down to

"Robin, ye good ?"
"yes boss"

Look at the bright side:

At least now we know it wasn't Moyes' training regiment that ruined the poor lad.

 

[Yurt]

sal and kida

halp

Is this really wise?.

Of course! We do this too.

and it backfired a few of times with Chiellini because he's always fine.

 

[pulga]

We may get Benzema next summer when Madrid bring in their mega man.

our football coach back in school had just one arm and we called him mega man


we were horrible children

 

[Lightning]

John Cross ‏@johncrossmirror 9h

Arsenal didn't make loan bids for Kalou or Vucinic. I think they made bids to join Arsenal. Neither were considered.

John Cross is a bellend but I think he's right here. Wenger was so dismissive on the whole Vucinic as soon as it was mentioned to him and there's no way in hell we bid for Kalou.

The Cisse one is also bullshit.

 

[brokenbeans]

I'm so glad I didn't stay up any longer.

 

[tri_willy]

From this Guardian article:





Is this really wise? I thought they had specialists manage player fitness. It immediately brings to mind the one time Lucas came on the pitch feeling fine before being hauled off in the opening fifteen minutes.

haha rvp directing how the forwards should play??? if he was smart he would have rooney on the left mata/kagawa behind and mata/valencia on the right

 

[FootballFan]

Puyol!

New Barca baby.

 

[Lightning]

I'm so glad I didn't stay up any longer.

Yeah, I had no expectation so went to bed on time and treated it like a normal day.

I remember for the Ozil signing I stayed awake all night and virtually didn't sleep at all.

 

[Yurt]

John Cross is a bellend but I think he's right here. Wenger was so dismissive on the whole Vucinic as soon as it was mentioned to him and there's no way in hell we bid for Kalou.

The Cisse one is also bullshit.

Mirko and his family rejected Arsenal/London. Or rather their loan offer.

They wanted to stay in Italy which is why he was pushing for Inter.

 

[wedward]

Mirko and his family rejected Arsenal/London. Or rather their loan offer.

They wanted to stay in Italy which is why he was pushing for Inter.

who to believe....

 

[Yurt]

who to believe....

the Italian press.


oh and his agent.

 

[Salazar]

sal and kida

halp

^^^ GOAT reactions.

 

[Zabojnik]

Fry, help us with the cultural intricacies

Marketability's final stage.

who to believe....

I've no doubt that Vuc wanted to stay in Italy. He's been living there for over 10 years, he's basically italian at this point.

 

[Lightning]

Mirko and his family rejected Arsenal/London. Or rather their loan offer.

They wanted to stay in Italy which is why he was pushing for Inter.

All according to Italian sources. Virtually nothing from English press on it unlike the Draxler story.

 

[Yurt]

All according to Italian sources. Virtually nothing from English press on it unlike the Draxler story.

his agent mentioned Arsenal by name, a couple of times.

I'd be worried if you weren't interested in more than ONE target.

 

[brokenbeans]

I remember for the Ozil signing I stayed awake all night and virtually didn't sleep at all.

Yeah I can understand that just pure excitement.

 

[Lightning]

his agent mentioned Arsenal by name, a couple of times.

I'd be worried if you weren't interested in more than ONE target.

Interest is one thing, bid is another thing. No one is denying the interest but it's the bid/agreement that is being denied. Vucinic is a talented player, no shame in being linked to him

As for Kalou and Cisse that was paper shit taking the piss.

 

[Salazar]

Interest is one thing, bid is another thing. No one is denying the interest but it's the bid/agreement that is being denied.

Wenger's denials of scouting ZahALLAH were bullshit too.

 

[Lightning]

Wenger's denials of scouting ZahALLAH were bullshit too.

Everyone lies. Schakle denied any approaches for Draxler too. That was a lie.

How many agents lie? All I'm saying is all the reporters who follow Arsenal reported nothing unlike the Zaha, Draxler, Suarez, Ozil etc pursuits where we were regularly in the papers with links.

 

[Sviatoslav]

We're closing in on Garay. YES GAZPROM, YES.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Sounds like every party involved took far too long to decide where they stood regarding Konoplyanka. Doubt it will make or break our season, but a real shame. Especially just 12 months after a couple of shrewd January signings improved us tenfold.

 

[subtles]

We're closing in on Garay. YES GAZPROM, YES.

Do any of Abramovich's investment subsidiaries own a stake in GAZPROM?

 

[Salazar]

Sounds like every party involved took far too long to decide where they stood regarding Konoplyanka. Doubt it will make or break our season, but a real shame. Especially just 12 months after a couple of shrewd January signings improved us tenfold.

FSG sabotage, bro

 

[The_Hitcher89]

FSG sabotage, bro

Makes me wonder.

16m isn't an insignificant amount, have to assume that the funds were there in the circumstances of panic-buying and simply rating Konoplyanka higher than Salah. Imagine we went for Salah as he was more readily available.

That money has to be added to the summer fund, rather than replacing it. A battleship is nothing without a sufficient warchest


I truly hope that Rodgers has some masterplan in mind to justify the lack of effort to bring a DM in. And hopefully not the type of masterplan he had before the Villa match.

 

[Sviatoslav]

Do any of Abramovich's investment subsidiaries own a stake in GAZPROM?

Abramovich is Gazprom's bitch, not vice versa.

 

[Salazar]

Surprisingly keen on this first lot of games.

Ole might deploy ZahALLAH. Villa are going to make us all proud and nick points off that sack of on-loan wankers. Newcastle are going to lose spectacularly.

Afraid of Hull ?

 

[Scum]

 

[nacimento]

Luis Aragonés has died, seemed such a time since he was with la roja.

http://www.marca.com/2014/02/01/futbol/1391240884.html

rip.