Willkiller
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Isnt AVB being confirmed as Spurs boss today?
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It's this whole, I'll decide in two days, then it's another 3 days, and so on. It's not about wich team he joins. That's solely up to him and choosing one over the other doesn't make him a dick.
Got to poach Hideki Ishige before all the other European clubs come in for him.
MarshMellow96
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Usho will tell you about the state of the art training facilities, for sure; but it seems like it's all about the money.
He never said anything of the sort. It's been entirely press speculation claiming that he'll sign this day, or the next. The Gylf himself hasn't made a peep in regards to his own future.
Ok, my bad then. I was in the wrong it seems.
They said the same thing yesterday at this time.
All the papers are reporting that he has been appointed today. Now we wait for him to be unveiled.
He is very promising.
I teach at a school that has the best high school soccer teams (both boys & girls) in the entire region of Japan. All of the coaches got their licenses in Spain or England, and everyone that works there are massive soccer fans. I should scout for Liverpool.
Vivalaraza
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That's only natural though, surely.
How reliable is German Sky Sports News usually? Over here the UK version just seem to get most of their news off Twitter. "Sky Sources" appears to be another way of them saying "we notice this rumour's gathering speed, better report on it".
Rodgers on Talksport this morning:
"I'm looking forward to bringing in three or four players that can really affect the group," he said. "I've got a wonderful group of players here at the moment.
"I read every day players that are linked with here and unfortunately, especially for the supporters, it's a difficult time because you've got agents linking players with Liverpool just purely because it's great for them to be linked with such an institution of a club.
"But the reality is there are very few players who can come and make a difference to Liverpool."
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Clearly this means we're signing Cavani, Jovetic, Lavezzi, Rodriguez, Muniain, Belhanda and Ramirez
"I'm looking forward to bringing in three or four players that can really affect the group," he said. "I've got a wonderful group of players here at the moment.
"I read every day players that are linked with here and unfortunately, especially for the supporters, it's a difficult time because you've got agents linking players with Liverpool just purely because it's great for them to be linked with such an institution of a club.
"But the reality is there are very few players who can come and make a difference to Liverpool."
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Clearly this means we're signing Cavani, Jovetic, Lavezzi, Rodriguez, Muniain, Belhanda and Ramirez
Then we'll get Kagawa.
Messi to be announced as our first signing tomorrow!
MarshMellow96
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To a point, yes - but I'd like to think Rodgers would have some clout, given how much Sig worked with him. Instead it's looking like he's getting paid double to work with AVB.
I suppose you could take that last part either way.
Liverpool will dominate games again. And you won't miss as many chances as you did last season.
I'm predicting Liverpool in the top 5 next season, and they don't believe me in the office, but I'm sticking with it.
I hope you're right. I'd be happy if we show signs of improvement this season and give ourselves something to build on the season after to go for a top 4 place and get back into the Champions League.
Granted, that I hope I'm wrong though.
But you call it like you see it, no?
Here's to hoping Liverpool will be in relegation battle by Christmas!!!!
Vivalaraza
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Apparently AVB will be announced shortly but there will be no presentation until next week.
I think he could get Liverpool playing some good stuff once more.
But would it e detriment to Carroll?
A much better value for money acquisition than Modric would be for "no value in the market" watch.
Hopefully there's some weight behind this one, would be a great addition to the midfield.
hahahahahah
Paul Miller, an ex Spurs defender, just compared AVB's reign at Chelsea to Hodgson's time at Liverpool. What an utter mug. Talksport's great for such random wank.
Paul Miller, an ex Spurs defender, just compared AVB's reign at Chelsea to Hodgson's time at Liverpool. What an utter mug. Talksport's great for such random wank.
I personally don't see Carroll fitting in with a new system that relies on possession. Despite a few fancy flicks and touches, his feet just aren't quick enough and he's not intelligent enough in his movement. The latter can be improved by Rodgers though, so who knows.
Possibly, but I wouldn't say that's nailed on, like some are assuming
Carroll's a pretty decent passer of the ball and is much better with his feet than he's credited for. As a supporting striker, he could do really well with Suarez coming in from out wide. He played Ashley Young and Danny Welbeck through on a few occasions in the Euros and has showed himself to be a pretty dominant front man over the last few months, when given the chance.
We can't rely on him to score goals, which is obviously a problem, and it's why we need another forward. My pick would be Jovetic, but Gaston Ramirez or Younes Belhanda wouldn't be bad, either.
He is very promising.
I teach at a school that has the best high school soccer teams (both boys & girls) in the entire region of Japan. All of the coaches got their licenses in Spain or England, and everyone that works there are massive soccer fans. I should scout for Liverpool.
Based on my experience playing Inazuma Eleven, I'm going to assume that your school is a giant fortress from which opposing team often fail to return & the players at the school are largely composed of girls who can fly and shoot lasers and guys that can stop time.
I've seen a lot of suggestions that Carroll is not going to fit at all in 'pass and move' or 'tiki takka' and that Liverpool should be rid but I have to wonder why Carroll would have to be involved in the passing at all; he's a striker, the only thing he has to do with the ball is stick it in the net to be really effective. Granted he hasn't been that good doing that so far, but he does have goalscoring ability.
Very reliable. They are the only Sports News channel in Germany (PAY TV only) and want to be taken seriously. I cant find another German source though, Spiegel is only quoting Babbel whos saying that the transfer should be completed before the end of the week.
If you want a source for the Sky Sports report look here: http://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussba...t-thiago-silva-verlaengert-beim-ac-milan.html
"12.16 Uhr: An der White Hart Lane schafft man nun offenbar harte Fakten. Laut "Sky-Sport-News-HD"-Informationen verpflichten die Spurs Gylfi Sigurdsson von der TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Der Isländer soll am Mittwoch zur Vertragsunterschrift nach London reisen. Als Ablöse stehen zehn Millionen Euro im Raum."
3 of us weighed in on Carroll under Rodgers and all 3 of us had completely different opinions. :lol
Suffice to say, how we'll play with Rodgers as managers is a bit of a mystery to us all at the moment. Looking forward to the pre-season. Unfortunately we're starting ours rather late this year.
Suffice to say, how we'll play with Rodgers as managers is a bit of a mystery to us all at the moment. Looking forward to the pre-season. Unfortunately we're starting ours rather late this year.
Awesome Animals
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Not a silly question at all. Mine are mainly out of date.
However:
Paul McGrath Mlord remains popular.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwY8SrxiP4Q
Pretty much anything to the "Mlord" tune works well for Villa so feel free to improvise "Pay your tax M'Lord" to Redknapp was particularly amusing.
"The City is Ours" is timeless (kicks in at 1min in this video) and serves a reminder to any Blues fan who happens to be there that we remain superior
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8L65XoTKjo
"Holte Enders in the sky" can carry fairly well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAPHAQ7boQA
Finally "The bells are ringing" is semi official but I only heard it every now and again.
Sadly John Carew has left as he had a killer chant
Hope that helps!
p.s.
local meetups at pubs for US games plus open training times.
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2826645,00.html
Thanks rodvik! Also, that's a very impressive write-up of Chicago. I've done most of the things on there, and must say I agree. I'm not surprised considering we have an American owner from the midwest
This game looks awesome
Whelp, time to dust off my DS.
Thing is Bayern and Germany dont really incorporate Gomez that well. The only thing Bayern changed for Gomez is a slightly more vertical attack, the biggest change came from Gomez himself (more aggressiveness, more defensive work). There are many Bayern / Germany fans though who would trade Gomez for a player like Suarez in a heartbeat.
But Gomez is simply a phenomenom his goal scoring rate is up there with the likes of Ronaldo and Messi. That's the sole reason he plays for Bayern / Germany. And while Gomez can be pretty bad, the sky's the limit for him when he's on (see the Netherlands match).
hmmmmmm
I swear I've seen "head coach" used as an alternative name to "manager" many times in the past, though the jobs are the exact same in that the person in question is actually the manager.
Must just be, but I could swear that there was quite a difference. We use “head coach” in America to essentially mean “manager”, but I thought in soccer, there's a difference, where a manager is a more traditional English manager, and a head coach is more of the continental type, and their job is more training and tactics, not so much to do with contracts, transfers, etc. (technical director and sporting director territory).
Vivalaraza
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AVB going to be fantastic at Spurs IMO. 4th place and maybe even a trophy I reckon.
Arguably less egos in the Spurs squad so he could do very well with them.
Think he'd link up with rooney very well and with kawaga think they'd be unstoppable. Now united need to deal with the evra situation and we'll be good to go
Willkiller
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