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Football Thread 13/14 |OT14| Juan Flew Into The Slug's Nest
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I think Sirigu is a superb keeper. I don't think Lloris is any better tbh. De Gea perhaps, or Courtois.
British Monsoon
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Pretty annoyed Carroll's red wasn't overturned, but as "England's Greatest Referee" Howard Webb already refused to admit he'd made a mistake after reviewing the footage, I had guessed that the appeal wouldn't work. It's pretty funny, considering photos show that (given the direction Webb was facing) he could have only seen the incident out of his peripheral vision and relied on the linesman's judgement to make the call. The linesman who could only see the incident from directly behind. How conclusive.
Also, when it's so clear that a fucking scumbag like Flores has cheated, it's frankly farcical that no punishment can be applied to him after the fact and does far more to "bring the game into disrepute" than just about anything in the modern game. How is diving, play-acting, simulation, gamesmanship or whatever the fuck you want to call it ever going to go away if there's no fucking penalty for doing it? Swansea fans should be entirely embarrassed they have such a pathetic "professional" footballer under their clubs employ.
I'm just gutted (but entirely unsurprised) that this happened at the worst possible time for us - the next three games would have seemed very winnable on paper with Carroll in the squad, but not so much with the rest of our uncertain strike force. At least we shouldn't lose, but unless Borriello comes good or Carlton starts scoring, I feel a run of bore draws is imminent.
Also, when it's so clear that a fucking scumbag like Flores has cheated, it's frankly farcical that no punishment can be applied to him after the fact and does far more to "bring the game into disrepute" than just about anything in the modern game. How is diving, play-acting, simulation, gamesmanship or whatever the fuck you want to call it ever going to go away if there's no fucking penalty for doing it? Swansea fans should be entirely embarrassed they have such a pathetic "professional" footballer under their clubs employ.
I'm just gutted (but entirely unsurprised) that this happened at the worst possible time for us - the next three games would have seemed very winnable on paper with Carroll in the squad, but not so much with the rest of our uncertain strike force. At least we shouldn't lose, but unless Borriello comes good or Carlton starts scoring, I feel a run of bore draws is imminent.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Has anyone actually watched the recent gameplay videos and thought 'awww yiss this looks awesome'?
Because I've watched them and found myself thinking 'oh they're trying to do Splinter Cell gameplay mechanics except in a really super janky manner'.
I really do think Splinter Cell has left MGS in the dirt in all things apart from story presentation.
What's happened?? What's Konami done now?
The only Splinter Cell game I thought was better than any MGS is Chaos Theory. That was as close to perfect stealth as it gets imo.
In general, I much prefer MGS.
LabouredSubterfuge
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I beg your pardon?
Yep, I'm entirely sure it was just a decision to make sure that Howard Webb doesn't have any marks on his record that he's got the decision wrong, it's not the first time it's happened, and under the current FA board I'm sure it won't be the last.
Chico's dive reminds me of this.
So it's a good thing that GZ has some Chaos Theory in it.
I beg your pardon?
:lol at the rape face Adnan picture.
Kill Your Masters
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He'd be a sub for Young and Valencia.
Plus he's a natural winger, we need more unnatural wingers to play on the wing.
Also just watch Moyes play the same shitty tactic/formation next week. He'll push this crap till it works.
It will never work unless he breaks all transfer records and buys a whole new team
The whole pricing system is fucked right now. I have no issue with them releasing a glorified demo, but at that price they can do one.
This pre E3/pre announcement season is quite dull imo. Couple of a cool games, but nowt that exciting. Wanna get a 3DS instead of borrowing and play the rest of the back catalogue but waiting till a new Advance Wars is announced until to jump on.
Oddly excited for Thief though.
I've got around 20 games on Steam that I have yet to play. I'm good for now =D
If he seriously plays the same way against Fulham im not going to watch, I cant stomach neutering our good players to fit in two wingers who are not good enough to beat relegation candidates, that we have such attacking talent but we refuse to let it flourish is astonishing. It almost feels like sabotage giving Young and Valencia the ball.
Sviatoslav
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RUMBO 2.0
Double post, I'm sorry but..
HOLY SHIT!
he's getting Amauri'd! What a sad end to his story with us
-10 respect for Juve
RUMBO 2.0
Why won't you fucking Russians leave us alone?
Just go. Stop.
Buy Juve players or some shit.
Sviatoslav
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Marotta denied it, but let's see if he's in our squad next week....
Kill Your Masters
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Well considering he never changes anything, I wouldn't expect a sudden turnaround against Fulham either. Got disappointed too often now. Mata just gets the Kagawa treatment it seems. Whats even worse, it's Fulham, so he might even squeeze a win out with those tactics, but it won't do any good in the long run...
Reading some of the reactions in the thread, its easy to figure why they do it. And why Microtransactions will prevail.
What do you mean? I've seen publishers charge 60 bucks for 5 hours games.
Let me see. Uncharted. Heavenly Sword. Gears of War. Kane & Lynch 2. Army of Two: The 40th Day. Mirror's Edge. To name a few.
Maybe you should focus on stopping corruption in your own country then. And I hear the wealth is not really well-distributed over there.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Zlatan Ibrahimović ‏@Ibra_official 5m
Zlatan fears no one. Neither should you (except Zlatan). #DareToZlatan with @nikefootball pic.twitter.com/X7RbMNmWMp
(Except Zlatan)
:lol:lol:lol:lol
Sviatoslav
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What an amazing picture, Kerzhakov looking enviously at a real striker.
Garay is a bad player, you wouldn't want him on your team
RUMBO 2.0
Take Luisão. He's good.
I really don't wanna wait another year to play some open-world stealth.
And publishers have sold dozens and dozens of games that last 5 hours or less for 20 bucks more than GZ will be sold.
I'm sorry, I just don't give a shit about all the whining. The same people who whine about this are the ones that buy day 1 DLC and pre-order the game from their favorite stores to get some dumb in-game item.
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the silhouette of Olive Oyl.
Sviatoslav
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The_Hitcher89
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Cardiff-Swansea relegation battle
Huh
Personally I think that's incredibly short sighted. Toils of Europe and injuries are big factors in such a disappointing season
Unless they have a replacement lined up, poor move imo. Hope they don't regret it and do a Wolves/Wigan/Brum.
Yup, Guardian reporting it.
GARRY MONK
Idiots
Sviatoslav
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Laudrup was absolutely awful in his time at Spartak. Surprised he lasted this long at Swansea to be honest.
The_Hitcher89
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He's leading them to the Championship :s
edit: Stupid though unless Garry Monk has some hidden genius
I dunno the other teams around them are so poor I can't see them going down.
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