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Football Thread 2012/13 |OT| The Beautiful Game
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Romanes Eunt Domus
I'm crying.
Gareth Bale
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Mexico have been impressive
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Romanes Eunt Domus
I'm crying.
No. I repeat:
Winning the Europa League is a difficult proposition, regardless of the players he had. It's a continental competition. It's like saying Barca have no excuses for not winning the CL with their players, but its not as easy as that. He also went unbeaten with Porto, something Mourinho didn't do.
He bombed at Chelsea but it seems like a difficult club to do it at. They're the club that sacked Mourinho. Every time they've done well since - Grant, Hiddink, RDM and Ancelotti - have all been company men who have given a lot of the power to the players. I think Ancelotti's fantastic but working under Berlusconi and Abramovich must have been pretty similar situations.
His voice makes me erect.
Grover Cleveland
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LMAO..
The important thing for Villas Boas is to slow down how he's assimilating his ideas into the group. It's clear he tried too much, too quickly at Chelsea, and brought his ideas in regardless of the players he had available to him.
It'll be interesting if Liverpool buy Allen, and Spurs by Moutinho, to see how those players influence the new style of play both managers wish to implement.
It'll be interesting if Liverpool buy Allen, and Spurs by Moutinho, to see how those players influence the new style of play both managers wish to implement.
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It's true though. So many times watching Mexico choke and now we finally have a football medal. And we have serious chances for gold. If we win this it will be the biggest thing Mexico's football has ever achieved.
good luck to you guys, hope Mexico can do it.
Vivalaraza
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I think Spurs are going to be very good this season and AVB is going to do well.
Think they'll start well, around Christmas drop off a little and carry that form through the run-in. think it'll get them a top 4 place.
^ Quit football and go into Athletics
I think they will but it's such a packed field that it's impossible to predict whether very well means 3rd, 4th or 5th.
Chelsea have the firepower to finish high but RDM will let them down, so I'm going for them for 5th.
re:AVB... I know he likes to get rid of the older players (he got rid of Miereles first at Porto, though that might not have been his decision... and he obviously tried to force out the senior players at Chelsea), read that he's letting Gallas go? Seems like Spurs will be short a defender or two with King's retirement and especially if he plans on playing a suicidally high line. Besides that, if AVB gets a proven finisher (read: not Adebayor), they can be really good with players like Gylfi, Bale, and VDV in midfield (and who knows about Modric...).
The pieces are all there for Spurs to do well this year; just need a final piece or two to complete the squad, I think. Long term pieces, too... not stopgaps like Parker or a world class striker on a loan deal. I do think AVB is a far better prospect for building a long-term team than Harry, and most of the Spurs team is quite young.
The pieces are all there for Spurs to do well this year; just need a final piece or two to complete the squad, I think. Long term pieces, too... not stopgaps like Parker or a world class striker on a loan deal. I do think AVB is a far better prospect for building a long-term team than Harry, and most of the Spurs team is quite young.
Gareth Bale
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I wasn't my intention to attack you in any way. I genuinely thought that was a serious prediction you posted.
Maybe it's something I should work on :/ Apologies to anyone else if I've said anything personal to you. I honestly didn't know I came across that way.
Vivalaraza
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No way I'd have Huddlestone over Parker.
Vivalaraza
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Eagerly awaiting Santi Cazorla to be priced in the FF game.
£8m and I'm in.
£8m and I'm in.
I think I would. Parker's nothing more than an excitable little dog, really.
Yeah, might drop Mata for him
If we're characterising players with such disregard then it's also fair to say Huddlestone's a fat lug with an alright pass. Both are unfair, in my opinion.
I reckon he'll be 8.5, and I'm dropping Kagawa for him. At least we know Cazorla won't be forced to play as a centre mid.
Willkiller
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SHOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAA
Always said we didn't need another striker
Always said we didn't need another striker
You've actually fairly described Charlie Adam.
:lol
You aren't wrong.
I'm still fantasising that we'll swap Adam for Dempsey, and get Sahin on loan.
Probably one of the more reliable Liverpool ITK's (who called Rodgers and Borini first I think) just posed this;
Agger does not want to join City so fingers crossed that will not happen and he will stay..
Tello is a loan target..
Sahin is also a target, it will be a straight fight with Arsenal.
Demsey is on going with Adam used as a makeweight, could drag on..
Allen will sign (i personally think he will be a great player.)
Carroll has gone quiet and could possibly be subject of a last minute bid from Newcastle..
Walcott is a target..
I suspect Agger not wanting to join City would not be a show of disrespect or thinking he is better than City, but more to do with the fact that Agger made some pretty vocal statements on what he thought about Torres joining another PL side.
Others points are all feasible and would make a lot of sense for us.
Agger does not want to join City so fingers crossed that will not happen and he will stay..
Tello is a loan target..
Sahin is also a target, it will be a straight fight with Arsenal.
Demsey is on going with Adam used as a makeweight, could drag on..
Allen will sign (i personally think he will be a great player.)
Carroll has gone quiet and could possibly be subject of a last minute bid from Newcastle..
Walcott is a target..
I suspect Agger not wanting to join City would not be a show of disrespect or thinking he is better than City, but more to do with the fact that Agger made some pretty vocal statements on what he thought about Torres joining another PL side.
Others points are all feasible and would make a lot of sense for us.
Would be almost Arsenal levels of business if you could pull that off.
If another PL club gets Sahin I'll be fucking distraught.
checked a while ago and he wasn't on. need to get someone in for Allen
All sounds very good, but I'll hold off on my excitement just yet, who was it by the way?
Again, it's funny, but it's true.
Parker has a habit of falling over his own legs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7lDrhjyIxCA
I also recall him doing it at the EUROs which vaguely reminded me of the Worm.
Vivalaraza
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You should have just posted all of that in bold.
SHOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAA
Always said we didn't need another striker
Marvo is such a good player, hope he can stay fit.
Agreed. If it does happen it'll be because Arsenal fucked up over the terms of the agreement. I'd like to think that such a thing would happen, but as Wilbury's already pointed out, Arsenal have done particularly well this summer in the transfer market.
In a straight fight there is no doubt. Only issue is that it seems as though we are more willing to agree to RM's terms (generous buyback clause etc) than Sahin's other suitors.
Only way i'll get over Moura is if United come in PSG style and bid 25m and sign him when Arsenal or Liverpool think they've got him. Only to be confirmed by Bob Cass.
Freewheelin'
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Holy shit..
what happened?
Vivalaraza
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I was going to ask you guys! I had a quick browse of the post history and it's all in here.
Perhaps...
What did he do?
Pretended to be injured to skip the Olympics.
Hope it's not a perma ;_;
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