God dammit. We're royally screwed if we don't sign a world class striker or two.
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Football Thread 2011/12 |OT8| Made it to the Championship play-offs
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God dammit. We're royally screwed if we don't sign a world class striker or two.
But isn't he first choice LB for Holland? :lol
Hopefully Zamparini. By the Arabs.
Correct. Shows you how sucky our leftbacks are.
Baconsaurus Rex
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Yes but the selection of defenders has been dire for years now. Our biggest weakness.
LabouredSubterfuge
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I think we're a lopsided team a lot of the time. It'd be nice having a first class left winger causing as much damage down the left as we do on the right with Nani and Valencia.
this is a fair point, but in the case of hazard i would prefer a left wing signing to be left footed.
Watched a Hazard video. Damn. Any club is lucky to have him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNj3FubVvLs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNj3FubVvLs&feature=related
LabouredSubterfuge
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Apologies, I'd forgotten he wasn't. Who are the good young left footed left wingers kicking around then?
Downing.
Vivalaraza
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Giuseppe Rossi has injured his knee again. Out for another 6 months 
I thought it was a great suggestion.
Meus Renaissance
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I hope its true because its a great story but I have my doubts. Not because of the Ronaldo part, but the missing on purpose. Young players are often super competitive in trials. If he didn't think he was good enough, why would be there? He rejected a chance to have potentially a career in the sport. Whilst it may not have been playing for Real, he would have found a club somewhere and thus a salary. Doesn't make sense.
Giuseppe Rossi has injured his knee again. Out for another 6 months
I thought it was a great suggestion.
Again?
He has no luck at all. He was doing great with Villarreal before his injury.
You now have to wonder if hes ever going to be as good as he was pre-injury.
Just terrible luck for him.
He suffers from a bad case of indecision it seems.
Is there a source anywhere? There's just so much wrong on so many levels (who scores more goals goes through to start with; I've read that Ronaldo was scouted to Lisbon thanks to his speed and skill)...
Tim the Wiz
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:lol People actually think that story is real?
I bet Villarreal took a hammer to Rossi's knee since he was going to be leaving in the summer.
Gonna have to rely on a perennial bottler Di Natalie, a half fit Cassano and a mentally unstable Balotelli to lead the line for the Euro's.
Gonna have to rely on a perennial bottler Di Natalie, a half fit Cassano and a mentally unstable Balotelli to lead the line for the Euro's.
Time for for Prandelli to unleash Amauri to the international stage
Noooooooo...hands off!
The running story of the next month is where he is going to choose to play next season. If you've watched any of Lille's games over the last two years, it's blatantly obvious that their success is tied to Hazard being so influential to their formation and attack. He's wise well beyond his young age.
Vivalaraza
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No source, does sound pretty crazy though.
Anyhow, this story would have taken place well after Ronaldo signed with Sporting. He signed for them when he was 11. Ronaldo actually moving to Sporting is the most impressive thing about him IMO. He left home and moved to the mainland as an 11 year old boy away from his family. That's serious dedication and desire (though I guess alot of players have done that...but for somebody like me anyway, that'd take some doing). He was bullied quite alot too. He tells a great story about one incident;
Alot of people hate him which is fair enough, but even so, people should watch this documentary of him. It's Portuguese but with English subs, they follow him around for a few days and you just see him on a day to day basis. You might change your mind.
Cristiano Ronaldo - O Regresso dos Incriveis
Off topic, but the bloke on the right there doing the spin reminds of something I saw at a match once. We were playing Barnsley away and it was half time. Some bloke was stood at the front of the stand with a coat on talking to his mate on the phone. One of our players warming up ballooned the ball wide of the goal with a ridiculous shot, towards the bloke on the phone. Next thing, the bloke on the phone traps the ball, kicks it up in the air, spins around exactly like that and backheels it back to the player who kicked it, all in one fluid motion and all the while still on the phone, before turning around to 7,000 Wednesday fans with his arms in the air shouting "Whhheeeeeey!".
Absolutely brilliant.
Vivalaraza
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I concur. Come on Sheikh Mansour, write a huge figure on a cheque, tear it out of the sky blue cheque book and hand it to Khaldoon.
Range from £20-55+ in the Prem.
I am gonna venture that 60 euros will get you in any stadium.. but obviously in some of the bigger stadiums it may not be the best seat in the house
Yet you still wouldn't win the league.
The higher the better. I love being at the top of the stadium, everybody is standing there, having a laugh and the sight is much better.
Vivalaraza
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I know the Bundesliga is the cheapest. Wasn't there going to be some kind of protest because tickets were going to cost as "high" at 30 euros or something?
Average PL ticket price is about £35-£40. One of my friends once paid £70 to watch Arsenal. £70.
Tickets for the Bundesliga are around 25.
also most places you don't need to pay the extra $30 for parking like nfl games around here in charlotte anyway lol
Probably not. But he'd be touted as the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle. Saying that, Mancini called Dzeko the last part of the jigsaw puzzle.
This is the killer. It's so ridiculous... and it varies on significance of the game which makes it even worse.
I'll go to a College Football game against a no-name team and pay 20, then as soon as it's a rival team or a ranked team its up to 40$ just to fucking park! On top of my 60$ ticket to get in, and the 8$ beer and 6+$ food item.
And then, after alllllll that you get to sit in gridlock traffic at the end of the game for at least 20 minutes before you EXIT the stadium.
SIDENOTE: Catch the latest ep of Community, Alison Brie's cleavage is out of control(see av) the whole episode, I needed to re-watch after the first time...
Dayum. Going to watch it as soon as I get back home tomorrow.
yeah I refuse to buy shit at stadiums, fuck that shit.
Sometimes its necessary, to either soak up the alcohol or add to it lol.
I wish there was re-entry too, let me go to my car real quick before halftime and come back in.
Beers are 9 bucks at Gillette, it's robbery.
One of the reasons I like going to minor league games is that food is actually affordable
Willkiller
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I paid 10 quid with my student card to see Newcastle - Blackburn in the FA cup this year.
I was given a ticket for the Sunderland game for free by a total stranger 5 minutes before kick off. I love Newcastle!
I was given a ticket for the Sunderland game for free by a total stranger 5 minutes before kick off. I love Newcastle!
Must have been awesome to see Ben Arfa's wonder goal live.
Willkiller
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It was, we were in the Gallogate aswell so we saw the whole thing. If he wanted to he could have taken it through the entire crowd. Magic.
Jonas' 90th minute winner was pretty good too. Not a bad day out for 10 quid
It was, we were in the Gallogate aswell so we saw the whole thing. If he wanted to he could have taken it through the entire crowd. Magic.
Jonas' 90th minute winner was pretty good too. Not a bad day out for 10 quid
Too bad we suck and went out to a Championship side.
Hopefully with our quality up front we can give the tournaments a good go next season.
Baconsaurus Rex
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What's with the fluctuating prices?
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