You guys need to relax a little. I'm chilling out / eargasming to this atm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlTPBCGPYLY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlTPBCGPYLY
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Football Thread 2012/13 |OT| The Beautiful Game
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He'll go, surely.
I think we'll play 4-2-3-1 as nominal first choice:
De Gea (Lindegaard)
Rafael (Jones) Rio (Smalling) Vidic (Evans) Evra (Blackett? Brady? Whoever it is)
Scholes (Cleverley) Carrick (Fletcher/Anderson)
Valencia (Welbeck) Kagawa (Rooney) Nani (Young)
Rooney (Hernandez)
Broder Salsa
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I'm listening to a podcast with Karl Pilkington. Not much eargasm but I can feel my brain cells slowly dying and it feels weirdly good.
I'm reworking my way through the XFM shows, the way they slowly discover Karl is just fucking wonderful
I kind of hope Berba stays now and SAF uses him as no. 2 strike option after Rooney. I think him n Shinji can strike up a good partnership.
Vivalaraza
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I was just joking about RVP really.
I have no idea what's gonna happen there. All things are still possible but I think Fergie genuinely really wants him. Our last bid was £15m and I think anything beyond that will make Arsenal seriously consider selling him.
Would be a totally OTT signing IMO, just like Moura, but like Moura, I'd love it if we had him.
Just so damn confusing why this money isn't being used in midfield or at left back. Bizzare.
I have no idea what's gonna happen there. All things are still possible but I think Fergie genuinely really wants him. Our last bid was £15m and I think anything beyond that will make Arsenal seriously consider selling him.
Would be a totally OTT signing IMO, just like Moura, but like Moura, I'd love it if we had him.
Just so damn confusing why this money isn't being used in midfield or at left back. Bizzare.
I think it will be a 4-4-1-1 but yeah almost the same thing. Welbeck as winger? AVB-mode-on.
I think he'll rotate the four of them (Kagawa, Welbeck, Hernandez, Rooney)... Kagawa/Rooney behind Chicha/Welbeck. It would be interesting to see Kagawa playing with Rooney upfront, tho.
This would be my preferred formation too.
And I think we could change it up a bit when playing weaker teams. I imagine SAF will want to experiment with Kagawa at CM so we could have a Carrick and Kagawa combo, the usual wingers and then Rooney and Welbeck/Hernandez up front.
British Monsoon
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West Ham inquired, but apparently he had little interest in making a move to the Boleyn.
We've got about £16m left to spend, and no fucker who wants to come play for us, lol.
I think he wants Champions League football.
4-4-1-1 is probably more likely, yeah. Lets Carrick and Scholes play a little higher up. Same formation exactly I suppose.
I think Rooney will be a mainstay but for the first half of the season will be switched between striker and in the hole to accommodate Welbeck. Hernandez needs to step up his game to be honest, was pretty poor last season.
It would be interesting to see how Kagawa works a little deeper but fuck I hope we don't do an Anderson and convert him unsuccessfully.
Good luck to him.
I don't really see Kagawa as an CAM (center attacking midfielder), I think he's closer to be an striker than a midfielder... so moving to CM wouldn't really work that well IMO.
He can join Tottenh... oh nvm.
British Monsoon
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Yeah, can't begrudge him for that - he's a quality player that the majority of Hammers fans would be overjoyed to have at the club, but we're hardly an attractive prospect to most, especially as we can't compete with the silly wages other teams are throwing about.
I think Kagawa was brought in specifically to play in the position behind the striker. You could see that we were lacking creativity through the middle last year so he was bought to try and solve that problem. Pre-season matches aren't exactly indicative of how we'll play but every game Shinji has started he's played in a central role behind the striker.
And I also think that SAF will have learned from his mistake with Anderson and he won't try to change Kagawas position permanently. I think we'll see him play as a CM a couple of times as an experiment but I'm pretty sure he'll play mostly as an attacking midfielder.
I don't think we've won at your place in years. I wouldn't worry too much. Parker, Modric And Sandro may not even be playing, we might have Defoe up front as well.
:lol stay away from Chicha and Bebe. Hope Bebe plays the Barca game.
^ he must have been talking to Robinho
Vivalaraza
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More pre season games we play the fatter he gets.
I'm pretty worried tbh. We'll put up a fight but you guys spent a lot. May even have Modric which is just joajfdcodj ugh. Not only that but Pardew is half-hearted. Thinks he's going to get anything from that game with our current squad.
Also, LOL at Anderson. Too many pies.
Amsterdam is good heh. Going to a fucked up concert there on friday, have a festival there on saturday and the first match of the season on sunday. Im done by monday, but that is not possible.
Grover Cleveland
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Not enough restaurants. Although, looking at Ando, it may be too many restaurants.
Manchester restaurants must get shit business.
That sounds like a class weekend.
Kyoufu, stop being melodramatic; you've still got a really good squad, even without a £7 million right back.
Not when Ando's around.
Anderson is keeping them in business.
Tim the Wiz
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I doubt even that happens. Everyone's become obsessed with our issues at CM, so I'm not surprised seeing the idea floated. Just watching the pre-season, if you haven't seen his performances for Dortmund, it's already obvious how much Kagawa adds to the versatility and potency of our attack through the middle. With him on the pitch, our attack isn't just the static pair of Carrick and Scholes whacking it out wide; unlike Rooney, he's a true number ten who can drop deep intelligently, pass and move in tight spaces, and dribble well consistently - all with excellent first touch. Fuck, I'd rather move Rooney out wide than displace Kagawa from that position. But I do expect him to see a bit of rotation cutting in from the left, to give Welbeck and Chicharito game-time against lesser sides.
Tattoo of South America in case he ever gets lost and too much food in his mouth to tell people where he's from.
I still have flash backs to that monster of a few weeks ago. Felt like a chest burster was forcing it's way out of my arse.
Even if it's true, Liverpool won't sell their best player.
I hope there's enough for this:
Inter want Caceres.
This Caceres.
We liked him so much that we signed him twice. Fuck off Inter.
If you meet our asking price we will.
Tim the Wiz
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Anderson is obviously borderline overweight, but that shirt isn't doing him any favours.
I had a similar one not too long ago. It wasn't for fucking coming out so I thought I'd leave it for later, went to stand up after a wipe and by fuck it was some of the most chronic pain I'd ever felt, had to sit down again and just wait it out.
Never known a shite to get the better of me.
I feel you. Waiting and pushing is the worst part.
You can't replace a striker like him though. Not this late in the transfer window!
And Krasic was already sold :/!
Toulalan's agent practically begging Newcastle to join. Would be a great signing for 3 million.
http://tyneandwear.sky.com/newcastleunited/video/31627
http://tyneandwear.sky.com/newcastleunited/video/31627
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