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Football Thread 2011/2012 | OT11 | Roll on the Euros and transfer muppetry
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That co-op demo was borderline offensive.
Vivalaraza
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Benitez was very tactically astute in Europe and in games against other top sides. At times he seemed tactically inept against weaker opposition though, Liverpool drew way too many games they should have won under him.
As usual truth lies somewhere in between. Not hopeless as some would have you believe but neither a genius as some LFC fans think he was.
Tactics is just one part of football management. If you want to put Benitez down as an elite level manager you're putting him in the same bracket as Ferguson, Mourinho, Wenger, Ancelotti, Guardiola(?) and the like. Not sure Benitez has proved himself to be of that calibre.
As usual truth lies somewhere in between. Not hopeless as some would have you believe but neither a genius as some LFC fans think he was.
Tactics is just one part of football management. If you want to put Benitez down as an elite level manager you're putting him in the same bracket as Ferguson, Mourinho, Wenger, Ancelotti, Guardiola(?) and the like. Not sure Benitez has proved himself to be of that calibre.
Baconsaurus Rex
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How many "horror" games are there with co-op anyway? I mean RE5 is also more of an action game than a horror game now. Sucks that they are following that trend.
Broder Salsa
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It's all shitty action horror now from the big publishers. Not that dead space has ever been anything but a glorified third person shooter. Konami are even making some diablo silent hill clone. If anyone are interested in survival horror they should check out lone survivor on steam, it's 2d but a lot more horror than any of this shit that is being shown at e3.
I was a fan of the first game (Extraction was decent as well). Dead Space 2 was not a good sequel so I'd already gone cold on the franchise.
Why is quardiola a question mark lol
Freewheelin'
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Pretty much agree with all of this. DS2 was terrible
Yeah. Sucks for them, they make the CL and get gutted.
Madrugador
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Yes. As a Chilean, It's great to see Isla (and Vidal) in Juventus. Good luck Mauricio.
Vivalaraza
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Some people wonder whether his success at Barca was down to his ability as a manager or due to the great players he's been blessed with. I think he is a great manager because his success there has been about more than just sending those players out to play but it's a valid argument until he proves himself with another set of players IMO.
It's how they do things. Been doing it for years. Already signed some Fernandes guy who is meant to be a very good and able replacement.
Woa there mate. My point has everything to do with your argument that he is a tactical genius.
Who would i consider a tactical genius, managers who can win consistently and can adapt from playing Barcelona on the CL to Fulham on the league.
As he has proven time and again, the tactical genius couldn't win the league in England, he couldn't win the league in Italy... and he still has to resort to offering himself to Chelsea for a job instead of getting offered one.
Awesome Animals
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Because until he proves he can take another team to a top level we can't solidify his status. He's a good manager but we need to see what he does when he doesn't have Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol, etc. Had he stayed at Barcelona for another cycle of youth and kept the team performing at a similar level, he would without question be considered great.
Vivalaraza
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Even Veratti will be ahead of him when he eventually joins Juve.
Can't say I'm not secretly grinning about this.
Sure it's going to be more action than horror which pisses me off more than a girl with sand trapped in her vagina but the show floor demo of the game had a lot of horror moments in it with monsters appearing from nowhere in blizzards or bursting out of the snowy ground.
Ehhh.. It's okay. If Lena Dunham is the voice of a generation than I'm the Pope.
Not even going to comment on the discussion, re: Benitez. As usual, Viva is the closest to being right. The rest is like the rest of this thread: one big fucking United fan circle jerk.
Any reason you're omitting his La Liga successes?
MarshMellow96
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"Footballing reasons"
Freewheelin'
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Vivalaraza
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To make this gif relevant, it's being said Shinji won't play at the Olympics. Kinda gutted cos would be great to see him play and maybe I could have seen him live, but good for United that he has some rest.
I forgot about Veratti. Pogba really hasn't thought this transfer through, has he?
His agent has obviously been a huge influence on him.
Having monsters jump out of you from nowhere is exactly what I didn't want to see. Dead Space 1 was more about the foreboding sense of terror. Sure you had stuff jumping out at you, but it's most effective moments of terror came when they they put you in those cramped corridors with with noises buzzing all around you. You expected something to jump at you but it never did. And that just upped the players level of tension.
No it doesn't. It really, really doesn't.
You mentioned tactics initially, it was your argument. I replied that you do not beat the teams I listed without tactics. You then decided to change "tactics" to other criteria such as winning leagues, spending money, etc. Your point has absolutely nothing to do with tactics whatsoever, so don't try to claim that it does.
Just keep upping you bid by 100k until they accept.
Thats what I usually do when I can't get a valuation.
Yeah old school Resi Evil type corridors are still the best for horror games, but i'll give them credit that the new blizzard sections where you can hear the monsters but can't see shit till their 1 meter away from you is pretty scary.
Yeah, serves him right I suppose. Watch him get loaned to some Serie B side for the next 5 years.
Because she's unavailable for selection?
Hahahaha
Vivalaraza
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I can't help but think United could have handled Pogba better so I don't entirely blame him for wanting to leave...but to Juve? Surely other clubs were interested and would have suited him better. Ah well.
All this FM talk is making me wanna get back into it. Must. Resist.
Vivalaraza
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Most definitely. Dat commercial success.
If they outright turn you down, you're usually at 40% of his valuation. Once you get closer to 50-60%, they'll then say an amount and you can try and start meeting them in between.
I didn't even think they used them in the first place. They just put on FIFA and filtered player rating from 75 up
Awesome Animals
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New Villa kit. I love the home kit, way better than last season. Except for the lame socks. Not sold on the new Norwich looking away kit (last years was better) but I guess Lambert wants to feel at home 8)
Shoot. I thought I posted this last night. Must of been in a different forum. I personally love the away kit. But I'm absolutely buying the home because it is better than any of the Nike ones. I'm getting ready to buy, but I can't decide if I should get 19 on the back for Stan. Thought rodvik, Wes, footyGAF?
Also, Holman is incredibly handsome.
Broder Salsa
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If only you guys did that it might have saved you from players like Bebe.
Interesting. Good news for us, it would seem - City have made a lot of good young acquisitions over the past few years.
Vivalaraza
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Awesome Animals
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Viva, stop arguing about Ronaldo in the Euro thread. They're a bunch of idiots.
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