Tetchy old Rafa back would cheer Ferguson up.
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Football Thread 2011/12 |OT10| Silverware, promotion, survival, relegation and tears
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Tetchy old Rafa back would cheer Ferguson up.
Yes.I wouldn't know about that, I didn't watch much of Juve this season. But Juve-GAF's appreciation of him seemed positive during the season.
You're swiss, right?
And Lichtsteiner is not really good in the national team. I hoped that Werder Bremen's Affolter blossoming could make him pull his fingers out of his butt while playing for Switzerland but nope.
Gareth Bale
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I don't know much about Remy. Seems like a worse version of Henry though. Good signing?
It begins.
I only care about one game at E3 - this. E3 is next month so I guess that's an extra thing to pass time away given the lack of football until the Euros/Olympics.
sooo good
Broder Salsa
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Shoving that plastic fist up your ass will no doubt me more pleasurable than watching the cut scenes.
You got gold-tie'd.
His agent : "Alberto wants to stay in Milan, but he has two years left on his Liverpool contract and we’ll need to see what they think about it."
HEY he can put his fingers wherever he wants as long as he performs for us
Vinegar Joe
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What a massive turd. The dig at his old team mates is just uncalled for. Why can't footballers just keep their mouths shut when it comes to former clubs?
Heh pretty much, you don't see Arsenal fans having a pop at Clichy or Toure because they joined Man City, it's stuff like those quotes that make us dislike him.
Same with Adebayor really, I was actually fairly pleased with the 25m we got for him, it was his comments afterwards, the way he acted when he scored against us at Man City and joining Spurs that made me really not like him. Then again I was never too fond of him when he was at Arsenal either always seemed pretty lazy, I will always remember that CL Semi Final against United where he just jogged around like it was a friendly.
choodi
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UEFA will only be lenient if Barcelona fall foul of the FFP rules.
I'll probably get pilloried for this, but if ANY English clubs don't adhere to the FFP rules, they WILL be banned. No doubt in my mind.
If any team that is not Barca, Real , United, Chelsea, Juve, Milan Arsenal fall foul of FFP rules. They WILL be banned.
Vinegar Joe
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What happened to City and their self-sponsorship? I'm not stirring, just genuinely interested.
RibbedHero
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Supposed Arsenal away kit:
http://www.footballshirtculture.com...012-2013-nike-away-football-shirt-leaked.html
What an abomination.
http://www.footballshirtculture.com...012-2013-nike-away-football-shirt-leaked.html
What an abomination.
Nasri was a passenger with City.
Kinda like Michael Owen
He was more effective at the end of the season. He played an important role!
Well what can happen?! City are not the only club with sponsors who are owned/part-owned by the owner of the club.
I am shit scared over what they will do to City shirts in a couple of seasons time. I also hate how the GK jersey is like a universal design for pretty much all the teams, bar colour way.
Umbro fo' life!
Mecha_Infantry
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Can any Bayern fans let me know if Muller has been doing well since 2010 world cup? Would really like to see that type of player at united as it looks like we won't get Hazard, but Kagawa and another midfilder..
I last saw him come off the bench against Madrid, I don't know if he's been injured or just had a look in
I last saw him come off the bench against Madrid, I don't know if he's been injured or just had a look in
Supposed Arsenal away kit:
http://www.footballshirtculture.com...012-2013-nike-away-football-shirt-leaked.html
What an abomination.
The United jersey looks like a masterpiece in front of this.
In the last 2 matches against Newcastle and QPR, City scored when Nasri had been subbed off and Yaya had taken his place in the formation. Yaya is much much much better in Nasri's position.
On a permanant basis? I don't know if my friends (who actually played against him in a junior league) are happy or not. BUt they all say he is overrated and won't be as good as Kagawa or Nagatomo. Hell, even Miyaichi is considered better than him.
Fair point. But he has been a useful player this season, more assists this season than his entire time at Arsenal, and he scored some important goals too. Maybe he will be more settled next season and we get a good campaign out of him. Who knows.
If Dalglish leaves Liverpool I'm gonna go with Rodgers or Martinez to replace him. I'm not even on the wind up either.
You mean the 6 months he actually played in their first team when Cesc was injured?
Anyways when City sign Hazard i doubt Nasri will get any playing time.
So that is a good bye to Adam Johnson then.
Supposed Arsenal away kit:
http://www.footballshirtculture.com...012-2013-nike-away-football-shirt-leaked.html
What an abomination.
What happened to this?
If either Nasri and Silva is injured City has literally no cover on the wings atm, besides Adam Johnson who can't play 90 minutes.
With Hazard those three can rotate, City will play a lot of matches next season.
what the fuck is that
Jol would get him playing well I think, Fulham play some good football.
Also that Arsenal shirt is wank and Nasri is a fucking turd
Supposed Arsenal away kit:
http://www.footballshirtculture.com...012-2013-nike-away-football-shirt-leaked.html
What an abomination.
ugh... what the fuck happened here?!
I think it was only on loan, not sure though. But its surprising that people consider him overrated since I heard a lot of praise about him when he joined Bayern. Speaking of Miyaichi, I wonder if he will get more chances in Arsenal next season, but considering Wenger and Oxs playtime, I don't know what to expect.
Broder Salsa
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Now they just need some pink third/europe kit
Vinegar Joe
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I wouldn't operate under the assumption that UEFA will be unable to act because there are too many clubs breaking the same rule. Personally I think City will be OK because they've arranged it in a very clever manner. I was just wondering what had happened since the whole fuss broke out last year - as far as I can tell, nothing.
fadetoblack
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Juve challenging City for Van Persie signature[Italian]
Not going to happen, never, nope, not in a million years.
Edit: Also rumours that Ale may be going to Tottenham, Arsenal
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I don't think he should stay in Europe in the event that Arsenal get tied up with Juve in Champions. That would not be a fun experience at all. Better go to the MLS, Ale. For our sake.
Not going to happen, never, nope, not in a million years.
But imagine if it did!
Edit: Also rumours that Ale may be going to Tottenham, Arsenal
or QPR
I don't think he should stay in Europe in the event that Arsenal get tied up with Juve in Champions. That would not be a fun experience at all. Better go to the MLS, Ale. For our sake.
I think that means he's gone
I even found a model with the traditional Arsenal physique.
Ramsey?
I'm sure Arsenal fans would much rather he went to Juve than City, Madrid or Barca
In that case, I decline to comment on swirling speculation that I am fucking amazing.
Think you're right. Is there any obvious caretaker at Liverpool if they don't have a replacement straight away ?
Also when the Kean video broke I didn't see it on any news sites so sent it to a few Guardian writers on Twitter, and Sid Lowe favourited my tweet. It's like we're together now
It was judged OK by some around Fifa, then suddenly European Court-something started talking about it a couple months ago, that it broke some European law.
They better have a replacement before sacking him. Spending majority of the transfer window without a manager and therefore without any/wrong transfer targets would be a colossal mistake.
Gareth Bale
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That's not technically what he said, but you could make that assumption. Consider though that Marseille finished 10th and they want to sell him to help rebuild their squad. I think Vertonghen wants to join us anyway. but I hope our chairman can agree a deal with Ajax before the CL final just in case!
Miyachi played decently for Bolton before his injury and would suit Arsenal in the sense of cutting inside from the wing ala Robben. Oxs and Walcott are very similiar in terms of platstyle as both of them play as natural winger with crosses and rushing the flanks with speed - As far as I know- I think Miyaichi would give Arsenal another dimension. He is fast and plays similiar to Pinaar and would allow Van Persie to move freely in the box.
I think, if Wenger brings him back, that he would use him a bit more regulerly, but agains he is very young. Also, he could devolop furthure at Bolton.
Or we could take him of you you Arsenal
As for Usami, I think he was brought to give Bayern the same effect that Kagawa had on Dortmund. He did score few goals in Bayern B team, and he could devolop to be something great, but he was rushed too fast into big team and In Japan, he never had the same prospect that Kagawa had when he played for that Osaka team. Lets wait and see he devolop for Hoffenheim, but I can see him being a flop.
Gareth Bale
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Nasri should have been a squad mate in ME2.
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According to Tuttosport, Juventus are betting everything on Cavani. According to Mazzetta, Marotta is Higuain's biggest fan. According to La Stampa, Juventus spoke with Van Persie's agent. So I guess we're buying Leandro Damiao.
Vivalaraza
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Not sure about that. Fergie will have had more than enough time to sit down with Pog.
IMO no. But people close to the process say they are going to be very strict.
Wages won't fall at City for a long long time.
When you think somebody like Nasri is on £170k. Most of the players who City will be signing from now on with probably be similar if not better quality to him...in which case they would ask for at least the same as that. Plus since the top tier of wages at the club is in tat £150k-£250k per week bracket...even if new players who are coming to the club for more than money, they won't accept wages which are £100k/£200k a week less than other players in the squad...that is way too large a spread of wages and it doesn't sound like it could work.
The only way I see City's wages falling is if they begin to sign lots of young and unproven players on less lucrative contracts. I don't see that happening to be perfectly honest, quite high risk.
The only way I see wages fallling
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