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Football Thread 13/14 |OT16| ''I tried to push him away with my head.''
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Broder Salsa
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I don't respect your opinion.
Kevin Phillips is better than Andreas Cornelius
Broder Salsa
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You won't be saying that when Cornelius is banging in goals against you next season... In Europa League.
Drogba's done. Chelsea were right to part ways with him. Ba is good. Torres is Torres. but I'd say Eto'o is basically the same quality stop gap as Drogba, imo. and that's all any of them are, anyways; extremely short term solutions. 15m (or in Drogba's case, 200k/week or whatever his wages would be) is way too much for a short term solution.
up until this year, 15m was the highest transfer fee we had paid for any player. and Arshavin was pretty damn good when he first arrived. fuck Huntelaar.
jtb you think Ba is better than Sturridge it's time for you to quit existence. Pls.
We aren't even gonna be in it so fuck you
We aren't even gonna be in it so fuck you
Mr.Marston
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Diego Costa pls Arsene. Hopefully Chelsea go after Falcao instead.
Broder Salsa
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Remember that match when Huntelaar kept missing huge chances just for Vermalen to score an own goal, to qualify Copenhagen for their first Champions League ever? No you don't, but let me tell you, it was the best match in history. I got it saved on like 4 harddrives and a burnt out dvd so that I will never lose it.
As it's going now, we probably won't either.
As it's going now, we probably won't either.
if it gets to that point, I'd rather just buy another wide player/attacking midfielder and shove Podolski up front. they've got similar strike rates in the Bundesliga anyways. or play Theo up front, who's probably the best finisher on the team right now, as inconsistent as he is.
Kill Your Masters
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So what are the chances Moyes damaging the Utd brand could have negative effects on potential new Kit deals? (As in, why should Nike suddenly pay more when you only get media exposition in domestic competitions)
And if not, how much money will Nike have to pay so we can afford Jagielka?
And if not, how much money will Nike have to pay so we can afford Jagielka?
Ba is a good player. he played very well at West Ham and Newcastle without a lot of support. also has a decent Bundesliga scoring record. he's certainly a better option than Huntelaar.
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Freewheelin'
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huntelaar is very much a donkey like giroud although the latter plays better one-touch football, and is more of a physical presence. huntelaar might score a few more goals, but i don't think he'd be an improvement, if at all.
also, he turns 31 this summer, has been very injury prone these past few seasons, and, more importantly, he's not physically attractive.
also, he turns 31 this summer, has been very injury prone these past few seasons, and, more importantly, he's not physically attractive.
Sviatoslav
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Thank god, Spartak choked and kept us in dat CL spot. Loko can win the league for all I care, at this point.
Also, I believe in the Anzhi miracle.
Also, I believe in the Anzhi miracle.
well, strikers need service in order to score. it's not Ba's fault he's very good at his job
Mr.Marston
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They're missing Kallstrom.Thank god, Spartak choked and kept us in dat CL spot. Loko can win the league for all I care, at this point.
Also, I believe in the Anzhi miracle.
Sviatoslav
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15 goals in 50 games in non-joke leagues. Pls understand.
honestly, if we're choosing between Giroud, Huntelaar and Podolski up front, we should start consider Ozil/Ramsey playing false 9, shoving Mertesacker or Vermaelen up front, or just giving up entirely because these are all fucking horrible options
hm, that's a lot more than i thought. i could've sworn he was out for long periods of time due to a knee injury and other injuries.
still don't think arsenal should go for him, though. every time i see him playing in the dutch squad, he literally looks like a boat.
No, he's only good when the game plan is kick the ball to Demba Ba. As in, hoof the fucking ball to Demba Ba. Newcastle did this. West Ham did this. Kyle Walker did this.
:lol
To be fair you can't blame him for Madrid. 20 games all season and 8 goals, I'd venture a fair few were off the bench.
You're four points off the top and in the semi finals.
you make it sound like he's a Peter Crouch-type who's sole job on the pitch is to be taller than defenders. he's not even that tall and, anyways, he's a poacher; yes, that requires your teammates to pass the ball to you and for you to put the ball in the back of the net, the latter part Ba has proven very capable of. he's not Cisse; Ba can play football. and he's a good striker and a consistent finisher.
Newcastle played some decent football the season they finished 5th. I don't know why succeeding at a club and being a reliable, consistent goalscorer should be held against him.
Burnley
Birmingham
Bradford
Blackburn
Stoke City
Sunderland
Who out of Hull and Sheff United will be the next on the list of embarrassing cup defeats.
That's a point
That's a fucking point
(was hoping they'd make the final for added sting)
Wigan.
the irony of the Birmingham cup final defeat was that it actually wasn't an example of Arsenal's mental fragility but rather their physical fragility. Cesc was injured for it, and the moment Van Persie went off injured and replaced him with Bendtner (or was it Chamakh...), you knew Arsenal were never going to score again because those two players were so good they masked the fact that the rest of the team was complete shit.
Ba did fuck all the second half of that season because he was shoved out on the wing/playing as a support striker to make way for Cisse. was that incredibly stupid? yes. so blame Pardew. if anything, that season proves that he's best suited to playing that lone striker role in a 4-2-3-1/4-5-1/4-3-3/whatever that every team plays in Europe these days.
He's a good player. not a great player, but a good player. certainly a better option than anyone currently at Arsenal. harder to say about Chelsea because Chelsea seems to be a graveyard for the vast majority of strikers, and it takes a very particular type of player to succeed in that system.
he shits all over Huntelaar but that goes without saying.
Ba did fuck all the second half of that season because he was shoved out on the wing/playing as a support striker to make way for Cisse. was that incredibly stupid? yes. so blame Pardew. if anything, that season proves that he's best suited to playing that lone striker role in a 4-2-3-1/4-5-1/4-3-3/whatever that every team plays in Europe these days.
He's a good player. not a great player, but a good player. certainly a better option than anyone currently at Arsenal. harder to say about Chelsea because Chelsea seems to be a graveyard for the vast majority of strikers, and it takes a very particular type of player to succeed in that system.
he shits all over Huntelaar but that goes without saying.
I don't believe that Ba has the skills to be the front man in Arsenal's attack. For all the shit Giroud gets, he's good at linking up with the players behind him. Ba's better peeling off the last man and scoring. Is that what you need? Probably. Is that necessarily how you play? No.
we have Ozil, who's probably the best player of through balls in Europe. if the system means we can't fully utilize Ba and our shiny new expensive signing, then the system is the problem.
He's going on loan to Gladbach. sorry baby
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Thank god, Spartak choked and kept us in dat CL spot. Loko can win the league for all I care, at this point.
Also, I believe in the Anzhi miracle.
Looks like stopping the injection of oil money worked very well for Anzhi. Imagine when it happens to Chelsea, Man City, etc
Mr.Marston
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Ba is good enough to play for Arsenal. I would take him anyway.
Put a bid in for Hernandez.
Sviatoslav
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What would happen to any team if you literally sell 95% of the first team?
Freiburg innit
Freewheelin'
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Agreed. I like him, he's a decent player, but nowhere near the type and quality we need up front.
Was pro-Hernandez a while ago, but now I wouldn't touch him with a barge pole.
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