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Football Thread 13/14 |OT16| ''I tried to push him away with my head.''

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Meier

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Have you watched him?

9 goals in the Austrian Micky Mouse league sounds kinda shitty to be honest. I'd rather see Marvin Ducksch with his 12 goals in the 3rd German league for us.

Well, he scored 5 in the Europa League which is not too shabby. He's been scoring a bit more as of late which is why he got called up for this game (although Jurgen has mostly selected European-based players which helped his chances).
 

Clegg

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I've enjoyed True Detective a lot, but I think the praise it's been given has gone a little ott. There are better shows out there.

Like Hannibal, for instance.
 

dc89

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Sunderland fans clapped the City fans out of the stadium yesterday. Class to be fair.
 
Speaking of TV shows, I must admit I love Shameless. Don't know what's the general opinion on it.

But I got a huge man-crush on Lip and Fiona is wow.
 

Arnie

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I'm thinking of upgrading from my iPhone 4 sometime this year.

What do you think of the fingerprint scanner, gimmicky?
Dead gimmicky.

I just turned it on for the unlock feature and on first try it said 'Try Again'. Fuck that. I'll stick with the standard passcode.

Phone is such an improvement from the 4.
 
Ukrainian ambassador is saying that if Russia doesn't back down, one sanction they will push for is an expulsion from the World Cup.

Svia on suicide watch.

That's cute. I bet you Ukraine national team and their clubs are more likely to be banned by FIFA and UEFA for the Ukraine football federation offices being taken over.
 
God this guy is a clown. Half of the football worlds agent seem completely nuts lol

You may remember John Bico's name from all the Thorgan Hazard drama not just in the summer (captain's armband fiasco) but in the winter transfer window as well when he tried to force through a loan switch to Anderlecht. Or perhaps from a year earlier, from all the Eden Hazard will-he/won't-he transfer drama. Or perhaps you've read about that one time he threatened Franck Ribéry with a baseball bat. Notice a pattern?

Bico, now the ex-agent (FINALLY) not just to Thorgan and Eden but Kylian as well*, continues to stir up trouble however.

* It's unclear who initiated the split with Thorgan. Eden switched agents not long after his Chelsea transfer, while Thorgan seems to maintain an amicable relationship with the man, saying that he's a family friend. Meanwhile, Bico has taken over the running of Belgian second division club Royal White Star Bruxelles (Kylian's current club), which does mean that he cannot serve as an agent to any player as per FIFA rules. Yes, there was an inquiry/controversy about that part, too.

Bico's latest goes back to Thorgan's "failed" loan-switch from Essevee to Anderlecht. The ex-agent claims that of course he did everything by the book and in good faith, and it was in fact Essevee who screwed over everybody (including "Belgian football" as a whole).

"The moral of the story is simple: behave as well as possible, be correct with everyone and you're left with empty hands."

"Zulte Waregem got Thorgan Hazard for zero Euros, it's that simple. No rent for Chelsea, no commissions for Bico."

"During the Olympic Games in London, we negotiated with Patrick Decuyper (Zulte Waregem's previous managing director) for five minutes. After Thorgan gave everyone an outstanding season, he asked the board to leave. I then told him that he could be even better in six months, but now it's there to see what has come."

"Again, he hasn't cost the club a penny. I didn't ask a cent commission. I had hoped that the board of the club would be correct and would say: "We would like to keep Thorgan, but we let you go and wish you good luck!" But they lacked class and respect. Everyone, clubs and agents, knows now the philosophy of Zulte Waregem."

In the original Sport online article, Bico also claims that Thorgan kept saying all along to Zulte Waregem that he wanted to leave, but all of this is just a snippet of a full interview that ran in the print version of Sport/Voetbalmagazine, so perhaps there is further detail that's being missed. Or, given Bico's history, he's just distorting the facts to stir up trouble since apparently he's feeling scorned about receiving no commissions (he stood to gain personally from a switch to Anderlecht, it goes without saying).

Regardless, it's yet another strike against the "advisor" who keeps putting his clients into awkward situations. As the kids say nowadays, SMH.
 
What about England. Is Carnival not a thing? I know Berlin is too hipster for it as well.

Also, I'm still sorry about Micky. But Micky, he is so awesome. Sorry, Arnie.

Micky is old news. Would have been a hindrance to our slow and unstoppable march to the Barclays Premier League 2013/14
 

Arnie

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I'm in two minds regarding Micky, none of which have me actually still sad to have missed out on him:

A) We have the most lethal attack in Europe without him and Dortmund have struggled with him

B) He looked fucking top on YouTube

Nor'arsed that we missed him, ultimately. I like to believe it aided Sterling's development into the league's best young talent.
 

Arnie

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I haven't played Flower but if Journey's anything to go by I'd be better off twiddling my bellend for hours on end.
 

Salvadora

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lol the Scarlett Johansson thread got locked quickly.
"I am so happy right now. I know I could'nt have her, but now I can get pictures of a pregnant scarlett. Shoot me, but pregnant woman are hot and she will be a feminine beauty. Can't wait.
That is really one of the few things I am looking forward to this year. Could not be happier for them."
 
"I am so happy right now. I know I could'nt have her, but now I can get pictures of a pregnant scarlett. Shoot me, but pregnant woman are hot and she will be a feminine beauty. Can't wait.
That is really one of the few things I am looking forward to this year. Could not be happier for them."

…Messi?
 

Elchele

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I love Argentina sometimes

Glad Kenka is still around. Whenever someone goes "missing" for a longer period I always fear for the worst. Frankfurt's match? As soon as they blew the backheel goal I knew they'd fuck it up. Great match though.

yeah, their defending was very bad, specially in the second half. But given the difference in squads I think they did a great job, much better than Schalke or Neverkusen at least.

And now looks like Veh is going to Schalke.
 

Suen

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I've got two hours of free time per evening, fuck spending that pretending I'm a leaf.
You waste weekends on watching 11 bellends playing for Liverpool but can't pretend you are a leaf for two hours?

I wouldn't do it either
 
"I am so happy right now. I know I could'nt have her, but now I can get pictures of a pregnant scarlett. Shoot me, but pregnant woman are hot and she will be a feminine beauty. Can't wait.
That is really one of the few things I am looking forward to this year. Could not be happier for them."
"Can't wait."

ffs :lol
 
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