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Football Thread 2012/13 |OT2| @agent_89: My sources tell me the season has started
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Kinda awkward taking that photo. Excuse the GF's clutter.
before you ask you all know who number 11 is for France
Hot damn, that shirt is a beaut! Thanks dc -- Samir did you proud this Sunday. If I go with Triads, small it will be then.
I will have to give some thought to this other supplier.. I'd hate to get a shirt that was noticeably large on me but it's hard to keep a belly off the older I get so maybe I should, lol. I know when I was in Sports Direct and trying on shirts, the 42" was definitely quite large.
They quoted Lucio's fake twitter once.
If any of you dislike Mark Lawrenson as much as I do, head over to The Anfield Wrap for 'Project Lawro'. This morning they emailed a bunch of writers and asked them for 500 words on Mark Lawrenson, and they're uploading them in batches of three, at intervals of 30 minutes. Fucking hilarious.
Vivalaraza
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Now that I think about it, Spurs really have got an amazing deal for Adebayor haven't they.
They've paid like what, £5m? He's pretty much a 1 in 2 guy.
They've paid like what, £5m? He's pretty much a 1 in 2 guy.
How much are his wages though?
Shake Appeal
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Llorente chances just improved.
fadetoblack
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Adebayor signs for Tottenham.
Leave City as the only viable option for Llorente, in which case we'd probably end up with Dzeko.
I'm okay with this. JUST LETS GET THIS SHIT OVER WITH ALREADY.
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As for Poli first refusal to Juve, that's fantastic. If he turns out amazing we'll snap him up.
Leave City as the only viable option for Llorente, in which case we'd probably end up with Dzeko.
I'm okay with this. JUST LETS GET THIS SHIT OVER WITH ALREADY.
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As for Poli first refusal to Juve, that's fantastic. If he turns out amazing we'll snap him up.
http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2012/August/Adebayor-joins-Tottenham
Usually at the bottom of the posts on City's site they thank the player for their contribution.
But not this time...
Usually at the bottom of the posts on City's site they thank the player for their contribution.
But not this time...
Vivalaraza
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Alot. But Spurs are only paying, max, £100k of them. City pay the rest.
It's a nominal transfer fee and affordable wages for a guy who guarantees goals and fits in very well with their system.
He was on £170k at City. I believe the rumor was his new deal would be £100k at Spurs and City would subsidize the remaining £70k for the next 2 years or something along those lines. Great piece of business for Spurs and he's mostly off the books for City now. Everyone is better off.
I know a rumor last week was City would let Roque Santa Cruz go on a free transfer to Real Betis (even though his contract isn't up) although I'm not sure what's happening with that. I don't believe any subsidized wages were mentioned in that deal.
They can keep their fucking players, really. I'm sick of this transfer window.
fadetoblack
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Nonono don't listen to him. Sell him, please christ!
Where has this Llorente rumour come from and is it credible?
Honestly this transfer is taking the piss out of City. I suppose that's the price they pay for their wild spending under Hughes.
Damn, it feels good to have Ade back. He was so good for us last season.
I would love him if Dzeko left so we could still have that target man who can be so beneficial at times. Jojo is a fantastic prospect but I'm not sure if he's different enough from City's other strikers to stand out.
Haha.
I'm 5'7" and 125. I only just got a suit that fit properly, actually. When I was first getting a suit around 18-ish for some reason I was given a 38, which looked like I was wearing an older brother or bigger friend's ill-fitting suit.
But now my days of oversized suits are behind me, thank Christ.
Will do.
I need to write down all these matches, though.
Sviatoslav
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I blame Fenerbahce for this. That seem content not scoring an away goal and settling for a 0-0 draw. Spartak may be shit but at least they're trying to do something.
Why couldn't Adebayor fill that role? He may have had a bust-up with Mancini, but so did Tevez... Adebayor's basically the perfect target man who can also play a bit of football.
It really is masterful trolling from Spurs.
Why do Chelsea have a league game tomorrow?
FIFA Club World Cup I think. Have to reschedule all those league games in December.
can you really blame him, though?
city are terribly at doing business, might as well take advantage of that.
Not really, it's ultimately City's fault, although I get the impression that Adebayour would happily not play football if that was the only way to maintain the salary he's currently on, rather than some players who'd take a cut just to play football.
But you're right, this is City's mess, not Adebayour's. And Spurs get a great deal for a top striker.
Yup. My favourite international jersey by far.
Looks a bit electric blue in there, just took them photos quick on my phone, it's much more of a royal blue.
I'm not sure we'll ever find out what happened that made the animosity so great that there was never an ability to patch things up. Adebayor's last game for City was in 2010 though to put it in perspective.
He would be on the books past the start of FFP and City did not want that to happen. I don't know that there's any concrete confirmation that this will be taking place, but it was definitely the rumor. Adebayor supposedly wanted the entire transfer fee himself in addition to wanting City to subsidize his wages after moving.
It was an issue with Tevez as well although in the end, Milan was willing to pay his wage but not a big enough transfer fee. Obviously that worked out well in City's favor since Tevez has been so good since coming back.
The guys on HUGE (200k-ish) deals are Toure, Tevez and Aguero. Kompany got a very nice deal but is a bit below them probably alongside Nasri (similar to what Adebayor was on). Silva and Dzeko are in the 130k range although Silva wants to move up towards the guys at the top. Much of the club is not on exorbitant wages although even Kolo who is on around 80k was not willing to take a paycut apparently to move to Turkey so it's a definite issue. Most of the Mark Hughes signings are gone or will be gone soon though.
fadetoblack
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That shirt is lovely.
Think it would be too inappropriate to get Trezeguet on the back?
Otherwise, Cabaye.
Think it would be too inappropriate to get Trezeguet on the back?
Otherwise, Cabaye.
tc a2cos(ax)+b2cos(bx) =? has the away one!
Vivalaraza
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Is Llorente really any better than Dzeko? I'm not sure. I think Dzeko is quite good although I think it's not his ability which is making City think about selling him, from what I hear.
Honestly surprised Aguero is on so much.
Hasphat'sAnts
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fadetoblack
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Came from Spanish media.
Also, Yurt, do you have the Italian non-translated Conte interview?
Aaron Giambattista translates the bit Conte said about a striker as
Conte- "Dzeko or Llorente? A top player doesn't only need to be expensive. Someone will arrive."
But I'm sceptical about the "doesn't only need to be expensive" part. I don't recall him saying that at all.
It's what I wrote... that thanks to tv rights they have higher revenues and can offer bigger contracts.
Thank god. Now there's just Santa Cruz of the leftovers left (plus loaned-out Bridge) and he's apparently close to going to La liga.
This is what happens when you inject a ton of money recklessly into a club, to make that club compete at the highest level. City should have slowly used their money to raise the club through the table, so that when they are competing at the top, players want to join the club because they are competitive, not for wages.
Broder Salsa
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If you watch that you will realize how fantastic the finale from last season was for Chelsea. So good.
Defended the way to the title and got so many sweet bitter tears from GAF.
Oh yeah! I forgot about Argentina away. I want a Aguero one but they are a bit too much money. GAH. It's lovely though.
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