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Football Thread 13/14 |OT13| Top 15 finish for AC Milan: Sogno Possibile
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KidA Seven
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Why are you even replying to that post? You didn't even watch that youth game. Besides, I don't give a shit about that team. I only care about watching two of the players on that team.
At youth level there is no point in caring about how good the team is. Most youth players won't make the squad so it's more important to look for individual standouts.
Ravensmash
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Mr.Marston
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The_Hitcher89
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Yep. Only reason she isn't going is thay that the FA think people will accuse them of sending here to the WC because she's a woman and trying to appear non-sexist. When the fact of the matter is, she's easily* the best linesman in England at the moment.
Then again, the fact that we're sending Webb at all makes it clear that the FA are making these decisions based on common thought and assumption rather than actual merit.
*Probably, you only notice the mistakes except for with Sian, where every decision is focussed on. Either way she's been faultless, so she's either as good as or better than the others
Did Newcastle doom themselves to below midtable when they sold Cabaye?
:lol pls Kyoufu do it.
What about in pictures/sounds?
He got a straight red last week for being an idiot.
British Monsoon
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Nolan, you fucking beauty.
We're twice the team with Carroll on the pitch. COYI!!!
We're twice the team with Carroll on the pitch. COYI!!!
Vivalaraza
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2-0 West Ham.
KidA Seven
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Welcome to Manchester Kroos
There's got to be more players linked to United than that. That jackass tancredi probably mentioned more at one point.
Because Pardew.
Mr.Marston
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Agreed.
Supposedly they're really good friends off the pitch, even lived together when Carroll moved to London.
The_Hitcher89
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Is Carroll looking reasonably fit? Love watching him in full flow, gives defenders the shits even if he doesn't have the technical ability to match the physicality
(He's well capable of sporadic moments of technical loveliness though)
Only the people that ended up in Bayern or stayed there are worth mentioning though.
pulga
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do i need to watch it to comment on how hilarious it is you're bringing up the wind as a factor when best Manchester had to play in the same exact conditions? loosen up
KidA Seven
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#FreeRavel
Yes, because watching that game was hilarious due to the wind.
Jesus, do you live for this back and forth shit slinging?
Yes, because watching that game was hilarious due to the wind.
Jesus, do you live for this back and forth shit slinging?
Vivalaraza
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I didn't watch it either but watching youth football over the years it does matter somewhat because the bigger player already have such a huge advantage that when the conditions are bad they just take over completely.
Don't actually know if that was what happened here as our academy team is quite average this year, but you'd be surprised that it does have an effect.
The_Hitcher89
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That double banger against City was incredible. Absolute piledriver followed by a header like he's been flung from a tornado.
The_Hitcher89
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Dat Tomkins tackle. Meier probably thinks it was a red and penalty 
Bony could do with learning how to use his body to shield the ball ala Suarez when he can't outpace the defender. Same goes for Altidore.
Bony could do with learning how to use his body to shield the ball ala Suarez when he can't outpace the defender. Same goes for Altidore.
Baconsaurus Rex
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Wait that isn't the Sunderland stand is it :lol
pulga
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are your malnourished kids being blown away by strong gusts of winds or something
i mean i do think wind can be a factor, but hardly a legit one to use as an excuse since both teams are playing under the same conditions
pls now ive wasted three posts speaking about wind
lets never bring this up again
how much time left until clank time?
The Sunderland stand is above those Newcastle supporters, Borini still got yellow carded though.
Sunderland bossing this game, Ameobi is awful.
Hold on, when did KidA use it as an excuse? He just mentioned it was hard to get anything going, didn't specify it had an adverse effect just on United.
KidA Seven
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Both teams playing in the same condition doesn't really matter. If it affects both teams' passing game, the result is pointless.
It's like saying Juve had no right to complain about the mud. Both teams played in the same conditions, but it obviously affected the match.
No point in arguing. United's u18 team is garbage save for 2-3 players.
edit: To clarify, City were the better team. I just found the match crap due to the wind.
Clank + Mata in 1 hour.
The_Hitcher89
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Yeah. I really thought we had something special after that game, his performances in the first 6 or so weeks weren't bad, but he didn't have the goals to make us confient of the transfer. Then City rolled up to Anfield, and we, and Carroll especially, played with a ridiculous intensity, that seemed to suit everybody on the pitch.
Then the injuries started, and it became achingly apparent that he struggles badly to get back to full fitness after a setback, and its counterproductive to have him on the pitch when his confidence is down or he isn't fit. Still got the odd great performance out of him, normally when he strung 3 or 4 games together, but it was for the best of both of us that we let him go.
Ah well. In hindsight, we obviously overpaid terribly and got bent over a barrel in the face of it being the last day of the window and Newcastle knowing we had £50m in our pockets. At the time, he was fucking brilliant though. Not the kind of player we wanted after being blessed with the grace of Torres, but a powerhouse who could singlehandedly fuck up entire backlines with his mere presence.
fake edit: Carroll beasting
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