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Football Thread 2012/13 |OT| The Beautiful Game
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everthustodeadbeats
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It's the stuff of life!
I think Aquilani will stay for a year. The beady-eyed prince will have a nice season for us with starts in at least 50% of our games and we will fire on to win the league!
everthustodeadbeats
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Spearing, now there's a guy I have no more time for. He wouldn't make any other PL squad.
Broder Salsa
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:lol
It's the fucking truth. Supporting your club blindly will only get you so far.
Factual error: He was at Newcastle at the time!
Really? I think he's absolutely good enough for most PL squads. He just can't be given too much freedom, IMO. Needs to know his job, and needs to stick to his man.
You can't seriously believe that you know better than Roy Hodgson, Sammy Lee, Kenny Dalglish, Steve Clarke, Brendan Rodgers & his new staff who I don't know the names of.
The Other One
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...and Santi Carzola has signed for Arsenal 
LabouredSubterfuge
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...and Santi Carzola has signed for Arsenal
Hmmmmmm didn't you say M'Vila was as good as done though?
everthustodeadbeats
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That's my real issue with him. Know your job, kid.
I'm glad Lucas is back, but he's off by a few tenths of a second on his tackling and it must be frustrating for him. With Lucas back, we won't have to deal with Spearing's mistakes.
Is this really about 'knowing better'? Do we have that in mind when we talk about players around here?
And the people in bold lost their job before their contracts ran out. Kind of says it all doesn't it?
The Other One
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Santi Carzola should be revealed even sooner, the deal is official now. At least give me some time to be right..
How do you know all this, if you don't mind me asking?
Also, turns out I did flush.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Surely a great signing if true. Things looking (sort of) up for Arsenal. Now about that defence...
United signing Ashley Cole makes no sense whatsoever. We already have a left back in his 30's and we don't need another that will demand massive wages.
And as good as Cole is, he's going to drop off in form in the next year or so. Journalists need to come up with slightly more plausible bullshit rumours.
And as good as Cole is, he's going to drop off in form in the next year or so. Journalists need to come up with slightly more plausible bullshit rumours.
Arsenal and Chelsea are mad stacked in midfield and attack now, but defence is lacking in cover.
Freewheelin'
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...and Santi Carzola has signed for Arsenal
Fuck yes!
I can see Cashley in the Man United shirt already. Though, won't there be commotion between him and Rio?
Strangely in the second half of 2010/11 season he came out with wing backs and looked surprisingly adequate considering he'd been out the game for so long.
Then everything changed and I was happier for it.
And still no signing in defence. Thats the area they actually need improvement on.
Arsene to adopt policy of all out attack? Because that defence will still leak goals.
And their midfield ain't that good imo. Song is a magnificent passer but seems incapable of doing his actual job as a DM. Rosicky is nothing special and Arteta, whilst good, is getting on a bit. We don't know whats going to happen with Wilshere either. Diaby is crap and Ramsey needs to go on loan.
Arsene to adopt policy of all out attack? Because that defence will still leak goals.
And their midfield ain't that good imo. Song is a magnificent passer but seems incapable of doing his actual job as a DM. Rosicky is nothing special and Arteta, whilst good, is getting on a bit. We don't know whats going to happen with Wilshere either. Diaby is crap and Ramsey needs to go on loan.
:lol people still listening to The Other One as if he's some higher being in terms of transfer knowledge.
Type Santi Cazorla into Twitter and there are numerous tweets saying Cazorla has signed. Doesn't mean it's true, although at this point it's a safe bet to suggest he's signed, as it was basically done anyway.
How long left until M'Vila, anyway. 7 days left?
Type Santi Cazorla into Twitter and there are numerous tweets saying Cazorla has signed. Doesn't mean it's true, although at this point it's a safe bet to suggest he's signed, as it was basically done anyway.
How long left until M'Vila, anyway. 7 days left?
Not with Diaby mopping up.
everthustodeadbeats
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...ude-challenge-by-Liverpools-Charlie-Adam.html
Now I understand why we signed him. Charlie Adam is a silent assassin.
Bale will likely be forever injured and will never reach his potential. Spurs should have sold him when he was healthy.
Now I understand why we signed him. Charlie Adam is a silent assassin.
Bale will likely be forever injured and will never reach his potential. Spurs should have sold him when he was healthy.
If they buy a defender I'll agree.
Chelsea have done the strangest work. They've effectively bought 3 attacking midfielders/wingers, and they've already got Mata.
IMO Wenger is falling into the same trap as Fergie. He's strengthening his team but completely neglecting the area that needs to most attention. SAFs problem lies in midfield while Wengers lies in defence.
And I think Chelsea have done some pretty good business too. United and Barca have also strengthened in areas that needed addressing. City haven't signed anyone yet but they only need defensive cover and maybe a midfielder.
Vivalaraza
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Great great signing if true.
Surely M'Vila AND Sahin can't happen now though...Arsenal's CM is pretty stacked already.
Surely M'Vila AND Sahin can't happen now though...Arsenal's CM is pretty stacked already.
Well, one of them is happening. Or so I've heard.
Where I think the difference is with SAF and Wenger (regarding Lucas/Cazorla) is that Wenger is buying better players than he already has. Kagawa's obv a step up, but is Lucas any better than Valencia or Nani, especially for the price? Cazorla's better than any player they already have, Podolski and Giroud are massive improvements on their other strikers save RvP. If they get a better defender Arnie's right they've done fantastic but to get Poldi, Giroud and Cazorla for just over 40m is fantastic business.
How the hell do we keep letting bargains like this slip through our fingers? It's ridiculous.
I can only think that our scouting network isn't doing their job properly. When you have Newcastle picking up Tiote and Cabaye for under 10m, every club in the league must be fucking kicking themselves.
I think by now even with a month left I'm getting fidgety. We should make a 25m bid for Fellaini and see how that goes. Relatively young, proven in the PL, big game player, fantastic all round midfielder.
MarshMellow96
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Can you imagine an English player sounding so eloquent when questioned?
Upon reflection... I guess that's why.
It's Jay Spearing, btw.
Yes he is, having followed his career from his early days at Rangers, he's a complete John Terry.
Quick summary? I've only seen him for Blackpool and Liverpool.
Comments section is enjoyable.
Apparently we are signing Rhys McCabe from Rangers, contract allegedly already sorted. Do you know much about him at all?
Was Aquilani loaned out for footballing reasons or because he was too expensive to keep? (serious question)
Correction: PSG trains with Ibra.
Fry8 said:
Correction: PSG trains with Ibra.
Well known for his diving in the SPL, and either he can't tackle, or he purposely tries to hurt people. He might have grown up a bit in England though.
Although just playing for Rangers is enough to make me dislike someone, so I might be biased.
Nothing, sorry, he hasn't played too much, but he's young, worth giving him a chance on a free?
If I know GAF as well as I think I do, Lego will return with a list of crimes ranging from sneezing without covering in a reserve friendly in 1999 to a unpaid parking ticket last Tuesday.
Freewheelin'
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Hilarious, he flattens two defenders.
A mixture of both. Wasn't going to get enough game time, assuming Gerrard stayed fit (which he didn't), and his wages were astronomical (100k a week).
Looks like you're about right.
Was Aquilani loaned out for footballing reasons or because he was too expensive to keep? (serious question)
Correction: PSG trains with Ibra.
We paid his wages while he was gone. Should answer your question.
And do we really need "ITKs" on FootyGaf? We'd all prefer it if you just said "I read on Twitter that blah blah," if not give us a good idea on your source.
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