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Football Thread 2012/13 |OT| The Beautiful Game

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Clegg

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With him back they will be winning trophies next season. No way on earth would he have missed all those chances against Chelsea.

It will be interesting to see how Barca rotate Sanchez/Villa/Pedro as we all know that Messi won't be dropped. I think Barca play better with a recognised striker on the pitch. Villa may not have scored as many goals as he would have liked in his first season at Barca but his link up play was top notch and he always pulled defenders towards him because he's such a threat. This freed up a bit of extra space for Messi.
 
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Ushojax

Should probably not trust the 7-11 security cameras quite so much
So we've established that the first 11 is strong, but do you really see Chamberlain, Caulker and Naughton as more experienced than Henderson and Borini?

No, I see Sandro, Defoe, Podolski and Diaby as more experienced, that's the trouble. Henderson and Borini would be your first-choice subs, whereas they'd be well down the pecking order for us. Where you have prospects, we have proven players.
 

Messi

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It will be interesting to see how Barca rotate Sanchez/Villa/Pedro as we all know that Messi won't be dropped. I think Barca play better with a recognised striker on the pitch. Villa may not have scored as many goals as he would have liked in his first season at Barca but his link up play was top notch and he always pulled defenders towards him because he's such a threat. This freed up a bit of extra space for Messi.

Pedro plays awesomely because of this.
 

Arnie

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There's no way we'll get £20 million up front for Carroll, the teams chasing him don't have anywhere near that kind of cash to spend on a single player. It frightens me that we could see him head the team though next season, as much as he's a promising player, I've rarely seen him look truly comfortable when finishing a ball. His ability to convert last season was dreadful.
No, I see Sandro, Defoe, Podolski and Diaby as more experienced, that's the trouble. Henderson and Borini would be your first-choice subs, whereas they'd be well down the pecking order for us. Where you have prospects, we have proven players.
I agree with most of that, although I feel you're trolling with Diaby. That lad's done for, unfortunately. I see Sandro as too good to leave out though, and I could easily see him replacing Parker in the first 11. Your point stand though, regardless.
 

Arnie

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:lol Yurt.

Wish the club would just make a statement regarding him. He seems happy and enjoying life in the squad, Enrique was tweeting taking the piss out of his shoes today (in a jokey way), and he's regularly going out for meals and playing Fifa with the likes of Pacheco and Suso. Not to mention Rodgers having many chats with him, Borini arriving, and his willingness to stay and prove himself as a Liverpool player.

Should he go I'd be mentally battered after yet another summer of promising signs.

And honestly from what I've seen of Aquilani when he's playing his best football he's as good as the likes of Diaby and Sandro (Spurs fans won't like that).
 

Yurt

il capo silenzioso
Not another loan, I fear for his mental health.

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IMO, Borini is starter material by the way. Don't let his age fool you.
 

jtb

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selling Meireles and loaning out Aquilani were not the most shrewd of transfer decisions last summer. I know most people here don't rate Meireles, but surely he's better than Liverpool's other central midfield options?

also that Skyfall trailer is fucking great, even at 2 frames a second.
 

Arnie

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Everyone needs to watch the new Skyfall trailer regardless of its quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHUorLi0BTs&list=UUSs9_3hGqZdA7yylR2XawEA&index=1&feature=plcp
Bond is back.
The trailers for QoS were great, and that turned out to be the most underwhelming film I've ever seen at the cinema.
Sell us Carroll and cut your losses. Wipe your noses and move on.
I like your assumption that your club is looking to actually buy players.

selling Meireles and loaning out Aquilani were not the most shrewd of transfer decisions last summer. I know most people here don't rate Meireles, but surely he's better than Liverpool's other central midfield options?
Agree 100%.

How did we beat you at the Emirates? We brought Mereiles and Suarez on. How did we beat Chelsea last season? Meireles. I can't make such bold statements about Spearing, Adam, or Henderson.
 

Fry

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selling Meireles and loaning out Aquilani were not the most shrewd of transfer decisions last summer. I know most people here don't rate Meireles, but surely he's better than Liverpool's other central midfield options?

Yep. That was mindblowing but Kenny was still untouchable at the time, so...
 

Kyoufu

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The trailers for QoS were great, and that turned out to be the most underwhelming film I've ever seen at the cinema.

I like your assumption that your club is looking to actually buy players.


Agree 100%.

How did we beat you at the Emirates? We brought Mereiles and Suarez on. How did we beat Chelsea last season? Meireles. I can't make such bold statements about Spearing, Adam, or Henderson.

We buy at the right price. 20 million is obviously not the right price, heh.
 

Arnie

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:lol so true. Casino Royale was fantastic.
The best bond film ever, in my opinion. That opening scene was jizz worthy.
We buy at the right price. 20 million is obviously not the right price, heh.
I think £15 million is the right price. And that's the price we've been reported to be willing to accept, if you listen to the right people.

Perfect.

I still think you're all slightly overrating him , but I hope he stays at Liverpool.
Probably. The problem is, of the few times he's pulled on the Liverpool shirt he's been magnificent, so it's hard to get a proper bead on his ability. I love the assumption that we shouldn't keep him because he couldn't start for AC though, as if we're somehow a team of comparable strength to them.
 

Hixx

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I watched QoS before I saw Casino Royale. I enjoyed QoS.

Then I went and bought CR on Blu ray. Tried to re-watch QoS after and I couldn't.

Writing words is hard, so tired...
 

jtb

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I have faith in Skyfall. Obviously Bond directors don't have a whole lot of power, but I am a big big Sam Mendes fan. see, the secret about Marc Forster is that he's simply a shit director. even if it's just some 2nd tier director who's handling the action, at least Mendes is a guy who's big on visuals and hopefully won't have another 100-quick-takes-a-second-like-it's-the-Bourne-movies style shooting/editing of the action scenes.
 

Rikkun

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So should I bother watching the last two 007 movies?
Isn't Brosnan the best JB ever because of N64's Goldeneye?

Oh, I nearly forgot.






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I have faith in Skyfall. Obviously Bond directors don't have a whole lot of power, but I am a big big Sam Mendes fan. see, the secret about Marc Forster is that he's simply a shit director. even if it's just some 2nd tier director who's handling the action, at least Mendes is a guy who's big on visuals and hopefully won't have another 100-quick-takes-a-second-like-it's-the-Bourne-movies style shooting/editing of the action scenes.

Deakins is also a plus, that dude is a brilliant cinematographer <3
 

Arnie

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I watched QoS before I saw Casino Royale. I enjoyed QoS.

Then I went and bought CR on Blu ray. Tried to re-watch QoS after and I couldn't.

Writing words is hard, so tired...

I get better at writing words the more fatigued I become. My fluency with a keyboard piques at around midnight. That's during a sleeping pattern in which I'm routinely waking at around midday.

What's wrong with me that I jump straight towards the Juve fixtures. I'm not a Juve fan.
 

Hixx

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So should I bother watching the last two 007 movies?
Isn't Brosnan the best JB ever because of N64's Goldeneye?

Oh, I nearly forgot.






JAPAN!

Casino Royale is fucking brilliant.


I get better at writing words the more fatigued I become. My fluency with a keyboard piques at around midnight. That's during a sleeping pattern in which I'm routinely waking at around midday.

After about 11 I go from being a really lazy typist to taking about a minute to write a five word sentence. Most of the best internet conversations happen when I'm frigged :(
 

jtb

Banned
Deakins is also a plus, that dude is a brilliant cinematographer <3

right!! almost forgot about him... it's simply astounding that Deakins has never won the oscar for best cinematography. He's worked on so many stunning visual films over the years; hope Skyfall lives up to that high standard.
 

Arnie

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The only great thing about QoS was seeing my car somehow managing to keep up with an Aston Martin DBS. Best scene of the movie. :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u9kAiECjeI

Absolutely ridiculous. And yet it wasn't the most ridiculous part of the movie...

When Bond and the girl survived that jump out of the plane, having activated their parachute about 100ft from the ground, I literally guffawed in the cinema and contemplated leaving. By that point I was bored stiff anyway, stretching my legs and going for a piss seemed like a more pleasant option.

After about 11 I go from being a really lazy typist to taking about a minute to write a five word sentence. Most of the best internet conversations happen when I'm frigged :(
It's a shame we're not all Salazar, writing poetry at 4 in the morning whilst Rooney's mug is being burnt into his retinas.
 

Empty

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the opening to that car chase with the zoom in over the lake right up to the initial screech of the engines is so fucking cool.
 

Salvadora

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Rodger Deakins is honestly one of, If not the best cinematographer alive. He's absolutely incredible. I may be switching to a Bond avatar soon.
 
Stop this James Bond talk or you guys are going to make me watch the films all over again.

(wanted to rewatch Goldfinger, Dr No and The Man with the Golden Gun anyway)
 

Yurt

il capo silenzioso
Timurid said:
I can't wait to see yurt and his goons start crying after dec 2nd.
Conte will be back just in time for the derby ;)
Perfect.

I still think you're all slightly overrating him, but I hope he stays at Liverpool.

I like Aqua, he's decent. Not the most consistent player in the world and tends to fade a lot in games, but he's not a liability. I think he's one of their better midfielders and it isn't fair to offload him again.
his wife is hot dude

He didn't start for AC Milan because they didn't want to trigger his clause, no other reason really.
 
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