Wait, Anderson was £25 million?
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Football Thread 2011/2012 | OT11 | Roll on the Euros and transfer muppetry
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Wait, Carroll starting, Ox dropped, this could be genius. 4-3-3, the front 3 not with wingers but with Welbeck (right) and Young (left) just behind Carroll for the knockdowns. Parker, Gerrard and Milner as the midfield 3.
I think I like that. Which is weird.
And no, Anderson was not £25m.
I think I like that. Which is weird.
And no, Anderson was not £25m.
back when he was tearing it up in the brazilian league and touted as the next ronaldinho. Good days ;(
^ it'll definately be 4-4-2 / 4-4-1-1 with Welbeck moving to Youngs spot and Young to Ox's position.Woy loves his 442 formation
You're aware you're talking shit. 4-4-2 with Young behind Carroll, Milner on the right and Downing on the left. Prepare for sadness
And are you sure? Wasn't it £18m going up to £24m depending on shit
More likely 4-4-2 but with the way Milner tends to stay back and Young likes to push forward, it'll end up like a 4-3-3
Yeah, that would probably work well. Will likely end up with Milner and Young on the wings in a 4-4-2 though
Are you sure? Porto seem to think he was, but I can't see if any clauses were in the fee
http://www.fcporto.pt/IncFCP/pdf/Investor_Relations/FactosRelevantes/VendaAnderson2junho07.pdf
When he signed the Euro was a lot weaker, so that 30m was closer to 20m pounds. And I think it would have had some clauses.
The BBC said:
So either they got a great deal on Nani, or extremely ripped off for Anderson. I think they were both around £15m with various add ons taking it up closer to £20m each.
Ah. Well £15m was a great deal for Nani. Jury's out on Anderson
Vivalaraza
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Anderson's fee can reach a maximum of £20.5m.
We've probably paid most of that, won everything since he came to the club, maybe a bit short on international appearances.
We've probably paid most of that, won everything since he came to the club, maybe a bit short on international appearances.
José Mourinho
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I'm whatever you want me to be baby. Technically British, but if I was asked I'd say British or Irish. I'm from Northern Ireland which is as much Irish as it is British far as I'm concerned.
That said, whilst I'm not a ROI supporter, NI boy myself, I do like to see them do well. Same as I like to see any of the home nations do well.
A bit gutted for them tonight, but the ROI really do play some stinking football. Irish football north and south really is just grim these days.
I am excited that Hodgson is at least experimenting/going for it by playing two up front.
You know, I wouldn't be surprised if it's listed as 4-4-2 but is in fact a christmas tree with Young pushing up between the strikers with Welbeck dropping back to inside right whilst Milner narrows and joins the central midfield too.
Edit: reading up after posting, pretty much like LegoArmo said.
You know, I wouldn't be surprised if it's listed as 4-4-2 but is in fact a christmas tree with Young pushing up between the strikers with Welbeck dropping back to inside right whilst Milner narrows and joins the central midfield too.
Edit: reading up after posting, pretty much like LegoArmo said.
Awesome Animals
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Yea! My boys just won their first match 3-0 against a belgian opponent.
Edit: wait, never mind. We won the fucking Belgian supercup!!
Edit: wait, never mind. We won the fucking Belgian supercup!!
Aston Villa is in the Belgian League?
Awesome Animals
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Sorry, it was in FM12. I'm managing Genk
Vivalaraza
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Met one of my mates' nephew today. He's 9 years old, a very talented young footballer. Used to play for City, Liverpool and United academies but now he has to pick just one and since he's a United fan he's chosen to play for United. I was amazed to see just what he can do with a full size 5 ball at that age, seriously talented.
He's one lucky chap. When he was at Liverpool he had lunch with Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard as he was picked out as the most impressive young player for that month or something. Similar thing happened with Balotelli at City. He's also met most of the first team United squad now and trains at Carrington two or three times a week.
Coolest thing about him is that he's called Zidane. His parents decided he was going to be a footballer from the day he was born!
He's one lucky chap. When he was at Liverpool he had lunch with Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard as he was picked out as the most impressive young player for that month or something. Similar thing happened with Balotelli at City. He's also met most of the first team United squad now and trains at Carrington two or three times a week.
Coolest thing about him is that he's called Zidane. His parents decided he was going to be a footballer from the day he was born!
Freewheelin'
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Met one of my mates' nephew today. He's 9 years old, a very talented young footballer. Used to play for City, Liverpool and United academies but now he has to pick just one and since he's a United fan he's chosen to play for United. I was amazed to see just what he can do with a full size 5 ball at that age, seriously talented.
He's one lucky chap. When he was at Liverpool he had lunch with Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard as he was picked out as the most impressive young player for that month or something. Similar thing happened with Balotelli at City. He's also met most of the first team United squad now and trains at Carrington two or three times a week.
Coolest thing about him is that he's called Zidane. His parents decided he was going to be a footballer from the day he was born!
What position would you say he plays in?
Wenger is scouting him at this very moment, be warned
Football-GAF will act, collectively, as his agent, if he's up for it.
Would give me great pleasure to string along greedy fuckers from Real Madrid.
Vivalaraza
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Haha, he's a double footed Attacking Mid!What position would you say he plays in?
Wenger is scouting him at this very moment, be warned
Funny you mention Arsenal, he's actually entered a competition to meet Robin Van Persie through Cartoon Network! You can see his clip here;
Cartoon Network Bootcamp
Search for the username "iqbalz" and his video should come up! Not sure how they decide the winner, not sure it's on views...at least I hope not cos he's well behind haha.
José Mourinho
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As a member of Football GAF and his collective agency. I'm saying we remove him from United.
Ugh, at 23 years old I shouldn't envy the abilities of a 9 year old. But I do.
José Mourinho
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Not enough money. MORE MONEY.
Think that's about it.
Edit: that kid's video was so good that I'm now looking at other kids videos and being disappointed and critical at their lack of ability. It's terrible :lol
Set up a twitter. Distribute the password. Get some beers in.
Pfft, I can do all those things, and lump the ball up to a big man
He has better footwork than I do though
Vivalaraza
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He can actually do much better tricks and stuff than those ones, there his mum just told him to do a few things and she recorded it. He didn't actually know it was for a competition. I've seen this kid pull off multiple "around the worlds" and stuff, it's crazy impressive that he can do tricks fully grown adults struggle to do with a full sized ball.
Some of the other videos are pretty funny, there are actually grown men in some of them! :lol
What position would you say he plays in?
Wilbury is scouting him at this very moment, be warned
Fixed that for you
the kids talented, future no.7 lol
A mate of mine was at the Stoke youth academy but left as he decided he wanted to go through Uni. Would come for a kick about on weekends and whenever we entered 5 a side tournaments we'd always bring him along. Too bad he wouldn't have fitted the Stoke policy.
Aka restraining order?
Awesome Animals
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Wow. Seriously jealous. It's pretty cool to see young players do stuff with a ball that big (comparatively). I think it was Meus who posted the video of the U-13s playing ball.
Get you.
My skills are better elsewhere. I shall just be that guy that shouts from the touch line and has his parents chastise me but I shrug it off and then go get a bacon sarnie
Loved how youth football man of the match awards were McDonalds vouchers.
My original reply was a lot more, shall we say, risqué; however after Jeff's demise I've started contemplating my posts a lot more. I erred on the side of caution.
Run with wild abandon! I've talked about deep willy and bum thwacking just in the last few hours
Awesome Animals
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Jeff wasnt banned for any real reason.
Vivalaraza
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Suits Season 2 airs tonight. Anybody else watch this show?
Awesome Animals
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I'm watching burn notice right now. Didn't watch suits but it looks good. I'm a sucker for almost all of USAs shows
PrematureQuiche
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Jesus. It's depressing to realise there are 9 year olds that make me look shit. Very Impressive.
Once your done with that I am still up somehow so if you want to play FIFA I am up for that?
Awesome Animals
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Lol. I wish I could but I need to head to bed because I got work in the morning.
PrematureQuiche
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I assumed so. No problem
Awesome Animals
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Sorry bud.
@Viva; I'm going to plow through s1 of suits based on that recap and your recommendation this weekend. Thx mate!
@Viva; I'm going to plow through s1 of suits based on that recap and your recommendation this weekend. Thx mate!
Vivalaraza
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It's a great great show! So enjoyable to watch with some awesome characters, hope you like it!
Awesome Animals
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I'm sure I will and then we can gossip about it!
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