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Football Thread 2011/2012 | OT11 | Roll on the Euros and transfer muppetry
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The_Hitcher89
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I can almost guarantee that had I played last season as much as Downing did in the league, I'd have at least 1 goal or direct assist. He even missed a penalty.
Agree with most of that, although Spearing and Flanagan aren't good enough and should be moved on. Carragher should be 5th choice CB.
Baconsaurus Rex
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YES. If only my pc could handle the Witcher.
Hazard has exceptional talent but yesterday he said Gervinho was the best player he's played with. He too had a good record at Lille but he has been a bit of a flop at Arsenal. A lot of Ligue 1 players take a while to get used to the PL, same with Brazilian players.
mocolostrocolos
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Who's making the Euro 2012 thread?
It's already up.
It's existed for about 2-3 weeks in the standard OT forum. Excited about the US-Brazil friendly tonight although I'll sadly miss a chunk of the first half since we're hitting the gym up after work.
Baconsaurus Rex
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Take a look at the offtopic yo. CaramaC's made a topic already.
mocolostrocolos
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Oh shit, I don't step into OT since we moved to Community :lol
Jeff Albertson
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Freewheelin'
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If someone said to me "how do you make a horror film?" I'd say watch Alien. It is just brilliant.
The_Hitcher89
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I don't think Flanagan will ever be good enough for us, but he can be good enough to sell for more than we'd get if we sold him now. Maybe he'll even surprise us and end up being good enough for us.
I'm just staggered at the journo-scum acting like Kagawa is bargain bin material. Because it fits the narrative.
Yes, we got him for a good price, but come the fuck on. Chelsea got gouged for Hazard. Kagawa is not negligible by comparison.
So the VDV to Schalke stories are less distressing than they first appeared.
I hope we hurry up and sign Vertonghen so we can stop the headlines about us selling our best players, at least for a few days.
I hope we hurry up and sign Vertonghen so we can stop the headlines about us selling our best players, at least for a few days.
Henry Winter who was spaffing buckets over Henderson just over 12 months ago now says he's a 'completely inadequate' replacement in the England team. It's shitmunchers like him who are the reason our young talents NEVER fulfil their potential. Build them up to be the next great thing, only for them to be useless a year later.
mocolostrocolos
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My avatar is ready for the Euro. From Raúl to Raúl.
I've got a suspicion there'll be a lot of crow to eat with Henderson too. He's got the quality, just needs the confidence.
I agree with that. Great deal for United.
We got gouged, but it was either going to be us or the next guy. We can afford it, so why not pay up? It's the unfortunate cost of doing business in this type of climate.
I haven't looked back more than a few pages, but how serious are the Adam Johnson to MUFC talks? And for the right price, would you want him Sal?
I'd be willing to see us play with Borriello as our main striker for the next season, if something like this were to happen. C'mon CDProjekt!
It's only because of some horrible injuries to top 4 players that dreck like Henderson is being considered. Any other year players like Wilshere, Huddlestone and Cleverley would be in front of him.
Phoenix Fang
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If he really writes for the Manchester Evening News (aka if it's a real account), you'd have to assume pretty reliable. They're not exactly a tabloid.
Looks like here's a newish article (today) from them reiterating the interest that has been reported. Suggests a £12 million cost: http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereve...ace-leighton-baines-to-bolster-united-defence
Same as the others, considering, I saw it in football gossip papers yesterday. They just spew the same stuff.
I wonder if his post in a kickstarter topic was taken as backseat modding?
Serious lack of me over there. Also there are people I don't know posting over there. Hold me GAF :/
Awesome Animals
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Gah! My personal email was accidentally on my screen at work when my boss came over to ask me a question! I have a ton of correspondence with various companies and I don't know if I was able to minimize fast enough!!
Never mind. When you inevitably get fired, you'll have lots of time to browse Football-Gaf!
Awesome Animals
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But the majority of what I do at my current job is browse footyGAF!
Freewheelin'
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You still hate us for getting Arteta don't you
Big fan of Baines, got a brilliant left foot on him, would have liked him for Arsenal
Hazard can go screw himself. He pretty much chose money then.
You still hate us for getting Arteta don't you
Big fan of Baines, got a brilliant left foot on him, would have liked him for Arsenal
Nah, Arteta business was very sound and He himself wanted a CL football while you lot wanted a subsitute for fabregas. We wanted Money and he wasn't playing that well for us. It was a win-win-win situatioin. Jagielka stuff was realy nasty stuff as everything was behind the curtain and Arsene Wenger would pull a Barca and start talk about him in public even if we didn't want him to leave.
Baines is possibly my favourite Everton player since I have been fan of Everton (Arteta excluding) and it would really break my heart if he leaves.
Broder Salsa
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How the fuck do you know? If United are getting Kagawa (as everything seems to suggest) then his best chances for playing time was undoubtedly Chelsea. Oh no, a player got himself a good deal, screw him! If anything say screw Roman for not giving into the wages and over paying players, at least that would make a bit of sense.
He chose the champions of Europe, you turkey.
Actually, Roman would make a bit more sense. Still, if Goal.com is to be believed, there is no way in hell he deserves to be earning as much as say Terry.
Terry can be a dick (and depending a racist) but he also deserves his wages for what he's done for Chelsea.
For now... I expect Barca to have a huge resurgence and take it back.
This.
Gareth Bale
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To be honest it sounds like his agent played a very clever game and had a lot of pull over his final decison.
But none of this matters. It won't bring your left testicle back!
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