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Football Thread 2012/13 |OT| The Beautiful Game
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Arsenal cost themselves that trophy.
Players are worth what people are willing to pay them. The market determines value, and City certainly got the trophies they wanted with Yaya in the team.
lol
He's so fat and shit that Wenger would rather play him in midfield than in defence.
As with all Arsenal's full back options, he is decent going forwards and has a tasty left foot, even Jenkinson can deliver a nice cross. What they can't do is position themselves correctly when not in possession or anticipate an attacking move. They leave so much space for counter-attacks that even Malaysian teams are creating 3 on 2 situations with ease.
xD oh Roberto!
On the subject of positioning, I thought Caulker was great yesterday. Didn't get caught out of it, managed to intercept a lot of through balls. Was impressed, he was great at Swansea all season; I could see him being a first team player quicker than expected.
Thats actually where we played him before selling him to Arsenal. He does pretty well in that role.
Yep, he looks great. Tomkins looked like a pub player next to him. The only trouble is that a player that young needs regular games, I hope we can stay in the Europa League longer than last season because it will be great experience for him.
She didn't turn up to the event?
Stefano 'Equal Justice For Some' Palazzi had an unpleasant rendezvous with some Juventus fans while on vacation. Apparently he was cought 'ironically' commenting how we would have liked to ban Conte for 6 months at least at a bar. He and his friends, no doubt Inter fans, had a good laugh about it, not so much some Juve aficionados who were sitting nearby and heard the whole thing. He was heavily insulted and had to take refuge, with more and more fans converging in front of his vacation home, until the police came and dispersed the masses. A taste of what's to come, I guess. You reap what you saw.
That's the % difference between amount of shots taken w/ right and left foot. No surprise, Tony V is the most one-footed shooter in the PL.
And there's looking at it from the other angle. Peter Odemwingie is the most two-footed shooter in the PL. Glen Johnson ranks pretty high, and it's not too much of a surprise, he seems very comfortable with either foot in front of goal.
Freewheelin'
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Every time Pav came on, I swear he scored an amazing goal. Super sub indeed 
Every time Pav came on, I swear he scored an amazing goal. Super sub indeed
He's one of the best finishers I've seen coming out of the bench.
His goal against Chelsea at the WHL was awesome.
*sniff*
I still miss him sometimes. He could be utter dogshit for 89.9 minutes but then he would pull a wonder striker out of his arse and win the game.
What a fucking circus.
How can this guy be unbiased?
It's not like conflict of interest mattered back then. But what can we do Zabo? You know, it's just fucking hilarious now.
Vivalaraza
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When's United's next pre-season game?
Is the Diving on already?
August 5th, Valerenga FC.
Hertha Berlin are upset we didn't use our best players against them. They are looking to cut the payment to us in half.
It's fair, because it was their 120° anniversary and all, but I don't think we had a choice. Pirlo, Buffon, Marchisio, Chiellini, Barzagli, Bonucci and the others were resting after the Euros/away on holiday.
It's fair, because it was their 120° anniversary and all, but I don't think we had a choice. Pirlo, Buffon, Marchisio, Chiellini, Barzagli, Bonucci and the others were resting after the Euros/away on holiday.
I don't even care if he's biased or not. It's the whole sports justice that's completely fucked up in Italy. How is it even fucking constitutional, when it's the accused who has to prove he's innocent, not the other way around. It's not "innocent until proven guilty", it's "guilty until proven innocent". It truly boggles the mind. What's more, the "trial" is over in three days and there's nothing to prove anyway. It's the word of a soon to be convicted criminal against the word of 30+ people. Absurd.
Yeah. Fucking shameful.
A washed up nobody bets on games
Gets caught
Blames others (preferably big names) to reduce his sentence
Profit
Case in point: Micolucci.
Fletcher's agent spoke today.
"When asked if the Scottish striker, 25, would like to move to Sunderland, Fisher said:
Why not? Weve always carefully managed where Steven goes next and I think that Martin ONeill would get the best out of him."
Be amazed if he's not in the red and white stripes holding up some naff scarf this time next week.
"When asked if the Scottish striker, 25, would like to move to Sunderland, Fisher said:
Why not? Weve always carefully managed where Steven goes next and I think that Martin ONeill would get the best out of him."
Be amazed if he's not in the red and white stripes holding up some naff scarf this time next week.
90TilInfinity
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It's funny because when faced up against a winger he's actually really reliable. His success rate was very good in that department, but he just hasn't got a tactical bone in his body, lol. So good going forward though.
I still maintain our problem isn't our defenders but our shitty protection of the defence. We don't press well enough and we leave a huge gap in front of a flat back four too often. There's no wonder why Arsene has been fiending for a quality DM in this window.
I'd love us to take a look at Bruno Soriano. Beast defensively at DM, composed, great passer, experienced, (recent) Spain International, and can play left-back too.
Vivalaraza
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Conte did fix games though.
Juve should be happy with a 3 month ban. It should be a life ban if you're involved in match fixing.
Cheats make me sick.
Juve should be happy with a 3 month ban. It should be a life ban if you're involved in match fixing.
Cheats make me sick.
FourFourTwo have just published a good analysis of Liverpool's team and how they fit in with Rodgers' vision.
It's worth a read
It's worth a read
United are going bust.
Vivalaraza
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:lol
Seriously though, what was Conte's involvement? From what I read it sounds like he might have been aware there was match fixing but did nothing. Is that right or is that the accusation?
I would celebrate this happening.
Ha, some bits are off, but the statistical analysis of our midfielders is pretty interesting.
Bellamy might stay anyway!
everthustodeadbeats
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19044530
Love Bale whining. You better be quicker next time. You shouldn't even have played that game. You should be playing for GB.
Love Bale whining. You better be quicker next time. You shouldn't even have played that game. You should be playing for GB.
That's the accusation. But see, that's not really the accusation. If Carrobio, the guy who's accusing Conte and many others, were to be believed in full, the accusation wouldn't be 'being aware and doing nothing', it would be 'cheating'. So Palazzi didn't believe everything he's saying, just some of it. The idea is 'Conte couldn't have not known'. Get it? So Carrobio is basically lying, but is somehow still deemed credible enough. Were it a civil trial, any judge would have laughed the accusations off.
Anyway, I'll write more on the subject tomorrow, now I'm off to see TDKR and Spiderman. Have a good day, everybody.
Or maybe if Charlie Adam wasn't a slow, clumsy, thuggish fuckwit of a footballer...
It was the Team GB doctors who ruled him out a month ago. Adam is a dirty moron, nobody with a brain cell tackles like that in a friendly. If that had been Jenas tackling Lucas we'd never hear the end of it.
everthustodeadbeats
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He's a dimwit thug, but he's OUR thug, so good job Charlie!
MarshMellow96
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You guys are so busy fighting over which one of you is right. You're all right.
Bale is a JT. Adam is a JT.
Case closed.
Bale is a JT. Adam is a JT.
Case closed.
I can't stand Bale personally, but I think you're completely in the right on this one.
Vivalaraza
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I agree. I don't think Bale should have said those things though, it's a bit pointless and he could have made his point without calling Adam a coward for example. But I can see why he's pissed. Adam's tackle was ridiculous.
Brazilian press are apparently saying Lucas Moura's family have travelled to England today. IT'S BACK ON CHAPS!
Would be a fantastic buy.
MarshMellow96
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Now we all know the real reason why Bale didn't go.
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