I never understood why you guys picked up Delhomme.. I loved in while he was at the Panthers until it was clear he was done and Fox kept him as a starter
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Football Thread 2011/12 |OT10| Silverware, promotion, survival, relegation and tears
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I never understood why you guys picked up Delhomme.. I loved in while he was at the Panthers until it was clear he was done and Fox kept him as a starter
How would Harry know that?
Mr. Luchador
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That whole season was odd.
Cause he's a fackin' wheeler dealer!
Awesome Animals
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Because we were desperate. We thought he could keep the team steady while we gave McCoy more time to learn...we were wrong.
Gareth Bale
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Because he wanted to sign him.
Vivalaraza
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Hazard to City has been nailed on for a month now.
A truly fearsome attack at that club now.
A truly fearsome attack at that club now.
I think you guys are giving up on McCoy a little too soon, I thought he was improving, is not like he had much help last yr
Guys, how have you been? It's been an incredible end to the season in so many leagues this year hasn't it? The way City ended their season has to be the most epic thing ever . I could not believe my eyes; I wonder how great the true City fans must have felt. Especially those in tears watching it live knowing that their team may have very well screwed up in the most spectacular fashion. What. an. ending. Very fitting it was by Aguero too.
Had no idea duckroll knew his football well either!
Haha this is how wonderful it is when you love everyone
So happy for you bro, especially in the way it ended. For once it is the blue side of Manchester that were "the comeback kings". Even if you were to win so many trophies for years to come, you will surely never forget the way you win this one. Insane.
Can't argue there. A far more exciting end than I could have ever bargained for.
And what a season it has been for you Yurt. Both saddening and yet so maddeningly awesome. At the very least, you can console yourself with the fact that Del Piero ended his run with the team when they brought the trophy back without losing a single game. How fitting.
Oh wait! How nice of you ;D Never did like that c-word
Great photo. Can't imagine what it must feel like to snatch a TITLE with your team's last kick of their season.
Agreed on all fronts. Though it VERY surprisingly turned out to be far better than last season. Interesting new players, a trophy against a team we tend to always lose against these days, a recovery from a horrible destructive mid-season with a very welcome change of atmosphere, and a champions league final after going through some really tough teams, many of which were amazing comebacks.
Go and play your part and join the team bro! How far is ManU's base of operations from your home?
I cannot imagine what the fans must have felt like, or the players. Painful! Though United did inflict this kind of torture on Bayern fans in 1999 and Chelsea fans in 2008. It all flows around I guess.
I know bro! I suck at this stuff
Very happy for the guy. I have a feeling he will do well. Nice kit too, better than this seasons' IMO.
Glad you liked it ;D I also knew that City would respond quickly to that Tevez sign-holding issue, when they have a PR practitioner such as yourself, you expect the job to be done right in a timely fashion ;D
I guess you were being sarcastic But in case you weren't, this is their traditional clothing.
Happy bday bro Here's hoping to a better season and a better year overall for you
He's heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere Saw this on TV earlier, they all looked so happy I hope he succeeds at City. He just needs to calm down more, poor guy gets frustrated too quickly :[
Bro, I missed you. Any awesome kits for your bday? I've been lurking in the past few days, though I must say the season was very enjoyable at the end. A lot of crazy highlights!
Very disappointing overall by Roy I must say. Many odd decisions.
Had no idea duckroll knew his football well either!
Haha this is how wonderful it is when you love everyone
So happy for you bro, especially in the way it ended. For once it is the blue side of Manchester that were "the comeback kings". Even if you were to win so many trophies for years to come, you will surely never forget the way you win this one. Insane.
Can't argue there. A far more exciting end than I could have ever bargained for.
And what a season it has been for you Yurt. Both saddening and yet so maddeningly awesome. At the very least, you can console yourself with the fact that Del Piero ended his run with the team when they brought the trophy back without losing a single game. How fitting.
Oh wait! How nice of you ;D Never did like that c-word
Great photo. Can't imagine what it must feel like to snatch a TITLE with your team's last kick of their season.
Agreed on all fronts. Though it VERY surprisingly turned out to be far better than last season. Interesting new players, a trophy against a team we tend to always lose against these days, a recovery from a horrible destructive mid-season with a very welcome change of atmosphere, and a champions league final after going through some really tough teams, many of which were amazing comebacks.
Hey guys! United didn't win any silveware this season, but I did!
Go and play your part and join the team bro! How far is ManU's base of operations from your home
?Dunno if this has been posted.
SO MUCH MILEAGE can be had with that GIF.
I cannot imagine what the fans must have felt like, or the players. Painful! Though United did inflict this kind of torture on Bayern fans in 1999 and Chelsea fans in 2008. It all flows around I guess.
I know bro! I suck at this stuff
Very happy for the guy. I have a feeling he will do well. Nice kit too, better than this seasons' IMO.
Glad you liked it ;D I also knew that City would respond quickly to that Tevez sign-holding issue, when they have a PR practitioner such as yourself, you expect the job to be done right in a timely fashion ;D
I guess you were being sarcastic
But in case you weren't, this is their traditional clothing.
Hey guys, its my birthday. I am 26 as of 8 mins ago. Lets celebrate. please
Happy bday bro
Here's hoping to a better season and a better year overall for you 
Mancini has arrived in Abu Dhabi to meet His Grace and the board for their annual meeting.
He's heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere
Saw this on TV earlier, they all looked so happy I hope he succeeds at City. He just needs to calm down more, poor guy gets frustrated too quickly :[Bro, I missed you. Any awesome kits for your bday? I've been lurking in the past few days, though I must say the season was very enjoyable at the end. A lot of crazy highlights!
Very disappointing overall by Roy I must say. Many odd decisions.
Awesome Animals
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Eh...He made some bad decision, but he did have zero help last year. I don't think he is our QB down the line, but I don't think Weeden is either. I have more faith in Weeden to be an average or above average QB than McCoy. Colt is small and has a weak arm, I think that ultimately hurts him.
I'm glad we picked up Richardson, and our defense is improving, but the injury to Taylor hurt. This season will be interesting, but it doesn't help that we have two of the best six teams in the league in our division. We will see I guess.
EDIT: All things considered, my love for the NFL waned as soon as I started closely following Villa, and the EPL.
Nasri is about as fearsome as my son's stuffed toy, Mr. Snugglebunny.
Phantast2k
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Ugh, the Netherlands won vs. Germany in the U17 Euro final...worst of all? They won it in a penalty shootout........the Dutch won a penalty shootout vs. Germany...
....wtf? Bizarro youth
http://www.uefa.com/under17/season=...n=1/match=2010220/matchcenterlight/index.html
....wtf? Bizarro youth
http://www.uefa.com/under17/season=...n=1/match=2010220/matchcenterlight/index.html
He needs to grow a beard real bad. He looks like one the neighbor ladies who keep on yelling at me to turn down my music.
Feel sad and relieved at the same time. Very strange sensation. Didn't feel we were progressing and I genuinely feared another summer of equally inept spending, but at the same time I think Kenny deserved the whole clubs backing.
If we get a top manager in and make some positive signings I'm sure the sadness will disappear; if we get Martinez that sadness will quickly turn to anger.
If we get a top manager in and make some positive signings I'm sure the sadness will disappear; if we get Martinez that sadness will quickly turn to anger.
Interesting. Agreed on Martinez. he really is the media love of the moment. He just isnt that that good when you look at what he has achieved versus Bruce at Wigan.
And it was a nice PM too! Thanks Yurt, I have a lot of respect for Juve and what they have achieved this season! I hope City and Juve clash in the CL!
Guys, how have you been? It's been an incredible end to the season in so many leagues this year hasn't it? The way City ended their season has to be the most epic thing ever . I could not believe my eyes; I wonder how great the true City fans must have felt. Especially those in tears watching it live knowing that their team may have very well screwed up in the most spectacular fashion. What. an. ending. Very fitting it was by Aguero too.
So happy for you bro, especially in the way it ended. For once it is the blue side of Manchester that were "the comeback kings". Even if you were to win so many trophies for years to come, you will surely never forget the way you win this one. Insane.
I cannot imagine what the fans must have felt like, or the players. Painful! Though United did inflict this kind of torture on Bayern fans in 1999 and Chelsea fans in 2008. It all flows around I guess.
Glad you liked it ;D I also knew that City would respond quickly to that Tevez sign-holding issue, when they have a PR practitioner such as yourself, you expect the job to be done right in a timely fashion ;D
He's heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere
Hey Fady!!! Thanks for the Congrats! It was an immense feeling.
Yeah, Mancini gets really frustrated too easily. I hope he's calmer next season and he cuts out the card waving. But saying that, I think he has already. Not seen that for a few weeks.
Ugh, the Netherlands won vs. Germany in the U17 Euro final...worst of all? They won it in a penalty shootout........the Dutch won a penalty shootout vs. Germany...
....wtf? Bizarro youth
http://www.uefa.com/under17/season=...n=1/match=2010220/matchcenterlight/index.html
No Bayern players = losers.
I think I'm in love:
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I like transfer window speculation etc, but only when it comes to buying! I shit myself when I hear Aguero to Real and Yaya to anywhere stories
City coach Fausto Salsano:
3/4 players. I was expecting 1/2. Must have one hell of a clear out planned. I hear if you buy Adebayor you can get Weiss free and Santa Cruz half price!
Even if it's bull it's still interesting to talk about.
City coach Fausto Salsano:
3/4 players. I was expecting 1/2. Must have one hell of a clear out planned. I hear if you buy Adebayor you can get Weiss free and Santa Cruz half price!
Even if it's bull it's still interesting to talk about.
Just coincidence, but on the day that Martinez is being touted as a possible successor at Liverpool, Zonal Marking has an article on Wigan's mid-season 3-4-3 switch.
http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/05/16/wigan-stay-up-after-a-switch-to-3-4-3/
http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/05/16/wigan-stay-up-after-a-switch-to-3-4-3/
Exactly. Just like Hodgson was before him. Sure, you can argue that Martinez' style is slightly more suited to the aspirations of a more successful club, but I still don't think that's enough. Liverpool can't afford another failed punt. We can't afford another Hodgson. We need a manager who's going to take us through the next decade, not the next season.
And that doesn't mean they have to be young. I've seen that floating around and it's bullshit.
Yeah, that's pretty much how I feel.
Btw, who's soultron?
He's someone who's prominent in OT and the picture thread, surprised you haven't seen him. You both look very similar, which is a good thing. Soultron's a baller.
Vivalaraza
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McCoy...you mean, JD McCoy is real!?!?
Gareth Bale
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JD McDick you mean!
Please don't take my Yaya away
Time to become Arsenal's feeder club.
I sold Weiss to Man U for $40 million in FM 12 Handheld. He was only valued at $16 million but I guess they really wanted him. :lol
Haha! I think he's off on a permanent move in summer. The way he disrespected City and the fans when he was at Rangers was just a silly move on his part. He's a rebel.
A Yahoo! writer said to me that Yaya makes £330,000 per week which works out to about €410,000. Would Bayern be willing to pay that (or more) to a player? I don't really know the typical salary structure for your players but even if he "only" makes in the £200-250,000 range that is usually reported, I figure that must be quite high for Bayern since you guys make such major profits.
If he really wants to leave, either to Barcelona or Bayern I'm pretty sure he knows he has to take a salary cut. And half our XI salaries are around 200-250,000 I believe (not real sure, we only get info of how much they earn per season, not per week).
Vivalaraza
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Goal.com say LFC have approached Martinez.
Oh.
Shit.
Oh.
Shit.
Great signing if true and will show RVP Wenger is buying!
Well this guy claimed that Yaya was making $25 million per year which works out to about £15.5 million/€19.4 million. Again, that's a lot higher than most places are reporting it but who knows. He said his wages are on par with Messi's.
OriginofHysteria
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Oh geez, coupled with Podolski, I would splooge myself
If we get a concrete source of this from say The Times then I'll flip my shit.
Awesome Animals
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lol, pretty much. Colt McCoy played for the University of Texas in college, and is from Texas.
The napoletani are convinced they've totally got this, so if there'll be tears, it will be over Cavani's hattrick. You know this to be true. We are already dead.
I was discussing this with a couple of bianconeri friends over a glass of fine slovenian wine the other day. We ended up agreeing that it will indeed take a special kind of CF to take advantage of our style of playing. An old-school striker like Trezeguet or Toni would be useless for us. What we need is someone that'll be a) willing to participate in the ball retaking phase, a tireless runner, especially when we're playing with 4-3-3, because you can't expect the three midfielders to do all the dirty work b) able to hold and defend the ball up front for more than a couple of seconds, giving our midfielders time to run past him and into the box c) a clinical finisher, someone with an outstanding shots taken / goals scored ratio.
Basically, we need Mourinho's Eto'o.
I agree with you both really.
Lavezzi kinda ruined everything for us, didn't he? Not only did he show Cavani how the fans turned on him in a day, I also don't expect ADL to sell TWO of his stars in one season.
If he chooses to play for Barca/Madrid/Man City he certainly won't be the *main star* of the team, unlike say Juve. A team with, let's face it, no consistent striker.
RVP would be delicious, but I hear he wants 7.5m? Fuck that! Paying a huge sum for a player + low wages > lesser fee + insanely high wages. We'll end up paying way more for RVP and he's older, inexperienced in Serie A, and injury prone!
Let's use our wildcard on Cavani and get this over with!
And yes we're going to lose in the Final
Mother of God!
Dave Whelan said on the BBC that no contact was made, but that was a few hours ago. And of course, he could have told a porky pie!
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