I can't believe they're taking Palacio, Álvarez and probably even Icardi over him. -_-
Sure, it's good for Juve, but I want all the good players to be in Brazil!
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I can't believe they're taking Palacio, Álvarez and probably even Icardi over him. -_-
Sure, it's good for Juve, but I want all the good players to be in Brazil!
Surely the best buy this season...?
Palacio is a beast, but Tévez should definitely be on the NT.
Not at all. Forgot Matri? lol
pulga
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Probably, yeah. Fernandinho, Thiago, Fellaini all good candidates
A lot of the injuries are Moyes fault too, because of his "RUN DEM LAPS" training methods.
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In Serie A, probably yes!
Forget about his 19 goals and 7 assists, the way he lifts the team up with his electrifying grinta is something we truly missed. The striker version of Vidal.
He is a flop obviously...
It really makes me jealous seeing your squad. Talented and charismatic players, who work their asses off most of the time. You got Pirlo, Gigi, Llorente, Tevez, Vidal (GOAT) and maybe even Pogba...
...meanwhile, we have Robinho.
we used to say the same about Milan too! Football is all about cycles and your time will come again. You won't be stuck in this transition phase forever.
and we'll go back to mid-table when Conte goes to United.
Unpopular opinion, but I feel like Juve's squad is a bit overrated because Serie A in general is a bit weak right now. Just look at their European performances recently... Still a very good squad, though.
^ to be fair, it's amazing how Juve was left out of UCL's round of 16. Galatasaray did it just to troll, I'm sure.
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the sad reality.
Define recently? Because we did well last season with a significantly lesser team. Now we have Tevez, Llorente and an improved version of Pogba. If you look closely at our results, you'll see how unlucky we really were. Gala scored in injury time in both games, Ronaldo diving and sending Chiellini off (missed two games), and...fucking hell. Hell, we still have the most shots per game in the CL, above Bayern.
Llorente only started playing recently unfortunately, we could have used him in Denmark
but we deserved to go out for leaving it late. Lesson learned (hopefully..)
"Very well" is a bit of a stretch IMO. Pretty par for the course. This season was, of course, a bit of a disaster.
I just expect more from them in Europe, especially given how highly everyone talks about all of their players (hell, in FM14, Pogba is
one of 3 -10 players in terms of potential
I said well
I don't know, we were in pot 3, finished top of our group in Conte's debut season and went out to Bayern. We had Matri upfront, please understand. :lol And yeah, it was a disaster, but not for the reasons you listed. BVB went from group crashers to a CL final, remember. We just pulled a Mancini's City, if you will. -_-
OH so this is about Pogba?
we'll see in Spain next season
Frank the Great
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We won a game against a top-six side and kept a clean sheet.
Forza Clarence.
Forza Clarence.
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the sad reality.
Define recently? Because we did well last season with a significantly lesser team. Now we have Tevez, Llorente and an improved version of Pogba. If you look closely at our results, you'll see how unlucky we really were. Gala scored in injury time in both games, Ronaldo diving and sending Chiellini off (missed two games), and...fucking hell. Hell, we still have the most shots per game in the CL, above Bayern.
Llorente only started playing recently unfortunately, we could have used him in Denmark
but we deserved to go out for leaving it late. Lesson learned (hopefully..)
I think you guys can compete with Bayern if you guys continue to improve the team and don't lose anyone. That's what Bayern do. They already had a great team, but continued adding talent. They also had a great rival to elevate their motivation and transfers.
I still can't believe it.
This. He's like 70% of our attacking potential. We lose so much when he isn't playing ...
Talented and charismatic, sure, but we're seriously lacking in the 'pure class & creativity' department, imo. With a Ribery-esque winger or a Zidane-like trequartista this team would reach the next level. Unfortuntely, both roles are kinda incompatible with our current formation. Which is why so many fans are calling for a change.
Yeah that sounds more like it, looking at the stats. The Guardian played up Sunderland quite a bit, but watching the highlights it seems like we played really well in midfield, just didn't score as many goals as usual.
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Which is a better team; This year's Bayern Munich or Barcelona 2012?
PrematureQuiche
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Chelsea 2012.
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lol.
It's been a great week man. A fantastic one even. Quick turnaround.
Valdes' injury is the only bad spot.
From losing to Sociedad and Valladolid. To beating City, Real Madrid(easily and away while they were on fire AND with plug there), and now only a point away from being first.
Might go down to the wire. It is in our hands now since we are 1 point behind Atletico with a game against them left.
I still don't think we'll win it, but it's been great.
you guys better dont fuck it up in the next weeks!
This year's Bayern is the best team of the last decade
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Yep, the only team that is better is Barca 08-11.
If we win the CL again, I agree. If not the title still belongs to Barca 08-11
Based Pep innit
a big part of what made Barca so good during those years was tiki-taka, at the time it made them extremely hard to deal with, that wouldn't be the case any more. Barca 08-11 were fantastic, but not on the same level as Bayern is now.
Yeah from here on out it's on Barca. No depending on Madrid anymore. But knowing how easily Barca concedes sometimes I dunno where we'll end up
That was crazy o_o
You can't say something like Best team this decade this early in the competition. For all you know, Moyes' boys might knock them out.
If they do this I will quit GAF
probably not, no
Absolutely
But that was before dem Barca fans started watching football so they wouldn't know
FootballFan
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The one common factor in both teams. Not a coincidence. Goat.
FootballFan
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Can't believe Valdes' last action for us will be that Save --> Injury.. shitty way to go out.
He's a cunt. But he was our cunt. :'(
Going to miss having him, for all the dumb shit he did every now and then, he was still agreat great best keeper for us.
He's a cunt. But he was our cunt. :'(
Going to miss having him, for all the dumb shit he did every now and then, he was still a
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Coutinho was boss today. Dribbled well, made the right pass pretty much every time, and was probably the only attacker doing a good job of carrying the ball from our half into their's without losing it. Would like to see him at the head of a trident behind SSS again. Its the position that theoretically best suits his, and the forward's, attributes.
Earlier a couple of people were bemoaning Suarez staying on while Sturridge got subbed, evidence of Rodgers pandering to Suarez, but it's pretty obvious why it happened even if Suarez was having an off-game. We were nervous and jittery, and long balls were needed as the defense never looked comfortable playing the ball out (aside from one lovely little triangle between Flanagan, Allen and Coutinho). Sunderland's deep line nullified the threat of a long ball freeing Sturridge for a run at goal, so the forward needed to hold the ball up. Suarez is absolutely boss at just turning situations where the ball is launched in his general direction while isolated with 2 centrebacks and a fullback around him into solid possession, with a nudge or a just standing his ground, either winning the ball or a free kick.
Plus, his chasing down is much better than Sturridge's, and more likely to prevent the opposition from having the time needed to build a real move from the back.
@bjaelke, is this just a way for the big-boys to avoid having to play the likes of San Marino in the qualifiers?
Will double dip on TLoU if you guys plan on jumping back into the MP for a bit, and there's new maps, game modes etc. Hopefully there's a more in-depth Private mode. If so, Body Armour is getting fucking banned. Do one, Hixx.
Earlier a couple of people were bemoaning Suarez staying on while Sturridge got subbed, evidence of Rodgers pandering to Suarez, but it's pretty obvious why it happened even if Suarez was having an off-game. We were nervous and jittery, and long balls were needed as the defense never looked comfortable playing the ball out (aside from one lovely little triangle between Flanagan, Allen and Coutinho). Sunderland's deep line nullified the threat of a long ball freeing Sturridge for a run at goal, so the forward needed to hold the ball up. Suarez is absolutely boss at just turning situations where the ball is launched in his general direction while isolated with 2 centrebacks and a fullback around him into solid possession, with a nudge or a just standing his ground, either winning the ball or a free kick.
Plus, his chasing down is much better than Sturridge's, and more likely to prevent the opposition from having the time needed to build a real move from the back.
@bjaelke, is this just a way for the big-boys to avoid having to play the likes of San Marino in the qualifiers?
Will double dip on TLoU if you guys plan on jumping back into the MP for a bit, and there's new maps, game modes etc. Hopefully there's a more in-depth Private mode. If so, Body Armour is getting fucking banned. Do one, Hixx.
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