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Football Thread 2012/13 |OT2| @agent_89: My sources tell me the season has started
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"What use is this ridiculous amount of money now"
We'll be one striker short!
No Giovinco jokes please
fadetoblack
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That's fine because I'd want Abate for RWB not RB. Just want his pace and crossing ability.
Do you really not rate him at all as a RB?
Edit: That's not true Yurt. We'll have Iaquinta!
Hold me
WHAT?!!? I don't think I've ever seen a good Abate cross. He's pretty good defensively most of the time though that's for sure, but offensively? It's all dat pace over nothing.
"What use is this ridiculous amount of money now"
We'll be one striker short!No Giovinco jokes please
Not when you sign that big Pazzini guy dohohohoho
Since it hasn't been posted:
Cech; Ivanovic, David Luiz, Terry (c), Cole; Lampard, Mikel; Hazard, Mata, Bertrand; Torres.
Subs: Turnbull, Cahill, Ferreira, Essien, Meireles, Oscar, Sturridge.
Al Habsi, Alcaraz, McCarthy, Caldwell, Di Santo, Maloney, Moses, McArthur, Boyce, Ramis, Figueroa
Cech; Ivanovic, David Luiz, Terry (c), Cole; Lampard, Mikel; Hazard, Mata, Bertrand; Torres.
Subs: Turnbull, Cahill, Ferreira, Essien, Meireles, Oscar, Sturridge.
Al Habsi, Alcaraz, McCarthy, Caldwell, Di Santo, Maloney, Moses, McArthur, Boyce, Ramis, Figueroa
It's okay. He can play the full 90 minutes for the this game and the next. Let him score some awesome goals.
Then give him a well deserved break against us on the 25th
Broder Salsa
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It's okay. He can play the full 90 minutes for the this game and the next. Let him score some awesome goals.
Then give him a well deserved break against us on the 25th
He isn't starting.
Cech; Ivanovic, David Luiz, Terry ©, Cole; Lampard, Mikel; Hazard, Mata, Bertrand; Torres.
fadetoblack
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Have you not seen the Cassano-Pazzini swap rumours? I never thought I'd see the day ...
Milan, you're ruining Serie A's chance at winning back some respectability in Europe.
Should have stayed with England. Don't really like him as a pundit. All though to be fair he has improved
Ah I missed that. Give him a break anyways. Hazard as well for the sake of it.
BlindCommunication
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Surprising signing from Everton, do they really need a support striker/wide forward? Mirallas is good enough in his good days but his form is kinda unpredictable. Granted he was stellar last season at Olympiakos. He was terrible before hand at Lille & Saint-Etienne.
Don't see him getting many games ahead of Jelavic but he might get to to play on the wings. Another signing for Belgian medias to bang on, they already renamed the league to "BPL".
I did for about a week a few years back. Was on the ground at indoor and I lunged at the ball, succeeding only in sliding my face along the surface. Gave me a graze in the precise shape of a Hitler moustache. Looked utterly ridiculous.
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Have you not seen the Cassano-Pazzini swap rumours? I never thought I'd see the day ...
Milan, you're ruining Serie A's chance at winning back some respectability in Europe.
Oh that's because Cassano is pissed off about what's happening in the club.
How is that our fault though? Inter are in this too. Besides everyone's selling.
He was absolutely awful at first. Couldn't separate his personal bias at times and got loads of facts wrong. I remember when he said Newcastle's front line up was strong because of the two local lads of Ameobi and Best...
He's not good now, but he's improved and no where near as bad as he was. More professional.
Meus Renaissance
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Pundit-wise, Neville is better than most. Commentary, however, is painful. Why haven't Sky hired Alan Hudson yet?
"Once again, he scores goals like he orders pizza. So easy for him"
Here are some magic quotes from his commentary
http://rayhudsonquotes.tumblr.com/
"Once again, he scores goals like he orders pizza. So easy for him"
Here are some magic quotes from his commentary
http://rayhudsonquotes.tumblr.com/
Sturridge the Elder is the worst commentator alive.
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/8000339/Bates-talks-of-potential-investors
The takeover talks have been going on for almost 2 months now. It's making me go nuts.
The takeover talks have been going on for almost 2 months now. It's making me go nuts.
I want Torres to score a few goals like. I've always liked him since back when he was at Madrid. It'd be nice to see him be the player he can be. How on earth he won the Golden Boot at the Euros though...
But at the same time I don't really want Wigan to get hammered. It's not that I like them or anything. It's just I like Martinez
But at the same time I don't really want Wigan to get hammered. It's not that I like them or anything. It's just I like Martinez
Imagine how the people who actually have to talk to Ken Bates feel.
Freewheelin'
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Yeah Neville is really really good. I thought he would be really biased and troll lolerpool fans all the time but he hasn't and that's really impressed me.
Will be watching today:
Wigan - Chelsea
MASSIVE CLUB - Southampton
Real Madrid - Valencia
Barcelona - Real Sociedad
Will be watching today:
Wigan - Chelsea
MASSIVE CLUB - Southampton
Real Madrid - Valencia
Barcelona - Real Sociedad
LabouredSubterfuge
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So why is Bertrand playing again? Are Chelsea looking to park the bus again? Or are they short on wingers?
:lol
Salvadora said:
:lol
Broder Salsa
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Oscar only just joined up a few days ago apparently and I guess he wants to save Sturridge so he could maybe be fresh for later, seeing as he's the only substitute striker.
fadetoblack
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It really is Milan not because they sell but because you sell and don't replace with equal quality. What do you think Cassano is upset about?
Inter aren't selling. They brought in Mudingayi, Handanovic, Silvestre, Palacio, and Guarin. They got rid of Julio Cesar, Lucio, and will get rid of Maicon, all of whom are getting worse (Lucio included, Juventus player or not). And they didn't sign Zarate but lets face it he's not quality.
Juventus isn't selling. Roma are selling but replacing with equal or better quality. Udinese always sells but that's because they promote through youth. Fiorentina are being stubborn JTs on Jovetic, and are buying a great midfield. Fuck, even Parma has made decent, albeit small, moves: Rosi, Santacroce, Parolo, Biabiany, Amauri (LOL but he was decent for Parma, actually).
I think you guys will end up with a striker--either Pazzini or Borriello--and two midfielders--probably Kaka as the "marquee" signing, and I also expect Palombo to come over once he rescinds his Samp contract. They're decent signings, and in any case you'll do well enough for CL, but Milan's transfer campaign has been absolutely shit so far.
Meus Renaissance
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"[Falcao] would have finished it off with half a dozen blindfolds on."
"Like a happily married couple, Messi washes, Kun Aguero dries."
Pieter Brown: What was it like, playing for the Strikers in those days? I mean it had to be exciting, the heyday of the NASL.
Ray Hudson: You remember that movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Pieter Brown: Yeah
Ray Hudson: That's what it was like.
He could make an onion cry.
"Magisterial from the X-Man and, of course, automaton Iniesta."
"Therell be cannons to the left of [Racing], cannons to the right, and cannons in front of them."
Ray Hudson, Real Madrid v. Racing, 18 Feb 2012
"Like a happily married couple, Messi washes, Kun Aguero dries."
Pieter Brown: What was it like, playing for the Strikers in those days? I mean it had to be exciting, the heyday of the NASL.
Ray Hudson: You remember that movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Pieter Brown: Yeah
Ray Hudson: That's what it was like.
He could make an onion cry.
"Magisterial from the X-Man and, of course, automaton Iniesta."
"Therell be cannons to the left of [Racing], cannons to the right, and cannons in front of them."
Ray Hudson, Real Madrid v. Racing, 18 Feb 2012
LabouredSubterfuge
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Sooo... after all that you still have no wingers? That did not go to plan.
Broder Salsa
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Window is far from closed, you know how Roman gets on the last days.
Marin is injured and Chelsea are obviously going to get another striker or forward.
Edit : This Chelsea kit is so bad.
Are you surprised? He's destroyed so many potential deals before. It's all about holding out the longest for money.
He's not stupid, Leeds has one of the best economies in the Championship after what he did during and after the administration ("fn' over" the debt holders). He knows he can hold out another year, he spends half his time in Monaco anyway so it's almost like vacation. Other people doing his work for him.
Window is far from closed, you know how Roman gets on the last days.
Marin is injured and Chelsea are obviously going to get another striker or forward.
Edit : This Chelsea kit is so bad.
Moses will be there soon
And the black and yellow is a travesty
fadetoblack
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Bilbao president flying into Torino on Tuesday according to Spanish papers.
Don't want to jinx it so I'll leave it at that.
Don't want to jinx it so I'll leave it at that.
Don't count on it. If Chelsea win, it will be by the odd goal.
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