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Football Thread 2012/13 |OT2| @agent_89: My sources tell me the season has started

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Clegg

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It blows my mind that some people on the gaming side are pronouncing that the Vita is "back". Sony have announced a handful of potentially good games and thats already gotten people in a tizzy. They've already forgotten that advertising for Vita is non-existent and the price point is just too high. Announce a few good games and Sony is "king".

From my point of view Sony are still making the same mistakes as they did with the PSP. Offering console experiences on a handheld device. It didn't work for PSP and it won't work for Vita.
 
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Salvadora

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Clegg said:
It blows my mind that some people on the gaming side are pronouncing that the Vita is "back". Sony have announced a handful of potentially good games and thats already gotten people in a tizzy. They've already forgotten that advertising for Vita is non-existent and the price point is just too high. Announce a few good games and Sony is "king".

From my point of view Sony are still making the same mistakes as they did with the PSP. Offering console experiences on a handheld device. It didn't work for PSP and it won't work for Vita.
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Some people will put a positive spin on anything.
 
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RaGe_pt

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Wilbury said:
Such a cheery post! Hello :)

Have Porto sold anyone big this year or is the Hulk thing still not confirmed?
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No one left yet but there are some players who are rumored to leave:
Hulk - The main player, there are lots of clubs interested...
Alvaro Pereira - Wants to leave but apparently there are no good offers for him at the moment...
Rolando - We have Mangala, Otamendi and Maicon for Centre backs and we have Abdoulaye Ba to grow too, so we see with good eyes that Rolando leaves this year but it's just a rumour as all the others.
Varela - Another winger with experience but if there's a good offer, we sell him I'm sure.
Moutinho - Biggest question along with Hulk. He's the most important player of the midfield and played amazingly well on the Euro2012, there are lots of interested clubs in him but I seriously hope he stays!

We signed Jackson Martinez (Colombian striker) and he seems pretty good to me, scored already on the SuperCup against Academica and gave us the trophy!

I hope we do better than last year, even though we won the league title, we were eliminated in the champions league in a fairly easy group and we didn't win the Portuguese Cup. I'm confident that we can do better. Our best 11 for this year, if no one leaves (and this won't happen I guess) would be:

GK: Helton
LB: Alex Sandro / Alvaro Pereira
CB: Maicon
CB: Otamendi
RB: Danilo
DMF: Fernando
CM: Moutinho
CM: Lucho Gonzalez
LW: James Rodriguez
RW: Hulk
ST: Jackson Martinez

How about Man Utd? You're feeling confident in this new season? Kagawa was an amazing signing for you guys... And Van Persie? There are rumours that Man Utd is interested right?
 
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PaulLFC

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What have I missed about Tello?

Saw that he may prefer to stay in Barcelona, but it was uncredited so I don't know if it was reported by anyone reliable, and it was a maybe.
 
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Willkiller

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RaGe_pt said:
How about Man Utd? You're feeling confident in this new season? Kagawa was an amazing signing for you guys... And Van Persie? There are rumours that Man Utd is interested right?
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There's been murmurs of interest, been a bit quiet tbh.

Edit: All that for £7? What could go wrong, get it and report back :D
 
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bjaelke

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PaulLFC said:
What have I missed about Tello?

Saw that he may prefer to stay in Barcelona, but it was uncredited so I don't know if it was reported by anyone reliable, and it was a maybe.
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barcastuff ‏@barcastuff
Cristian Tello (21), followed by Liverpool, Ajax and others, will continue this season. He won't leave on loan nor on a permanent deal. [md]

barcastuff ‏@barcastuff
Tello stays registered as B-player but gets a serious payrise and guaranteed first team playing time. Possible renewal of 2013 contract [md]

barcastuff ‏@barcastuff
The meeting between sports director Zubizarreta and Tello's agent has ended. Renewal is close, Tello will not join Liverpool. [ser/ona fm]
 
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kharma45

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Bolton Wanderers announce Fabrice Muamba has retired from professional football following extensive consultations with leading cardiologists

"Since suffering my heart attack and being discharged I have remained positive in the belief I could one day resume playing. As part of my on-going recovery, last week I travelled to Belgium to seek further medical advice from a leading cardiologist."

"But the news I received was not what I had hoped and it means I am now announcing my retirement from professional football."

Tc91 said:
Dayum. Looks good. Wensleydale & Cranberry so nice!
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Aye for the price it looks hard to beat.
 
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Ushojax

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kharma45 said:
Bolton Wanderers announce Fabrice Muamba has retired from professional football following extensive consultations with leading cardiologists

"Since suffering my heart attack and being discharged I have remained positive in the belief I could one day resume playing. As part of my on-going recovery, last week I travelled to Belgium to seek further medical advice from a leading cardiologist."

"But the news I received was not what I had hoped and it means I am now announcing my retirement from professional football."
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A damn shame. Still, he's a smart guy and I'm sure he will be successful at whatever he turns his hand to.

I'll never forget watching what happened at White Hart Lane that day.
 
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Meadows

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kharma45 said:
Bolton Wanderers announce Fabrice Muamba has retired from professional football following extensive consultations with leading cardiologists

"Since suffering my heart attack and being discharged I have remained positive in the belief I could one day resume playing. As part of my on-going recovery, last week I travelled to Belgium to seek further medical advice from a leading cardiologist."

"But the news I received was not what I had hoped and it means I am now announcing my retirement from professional football."
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probably for the best

I'm sure he'll do well, he seems quite bright
 
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Labadal

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So is Sahin likely to join? I haven't actually watched him play that much, but I hear good things about him.

What about Dempsey? Think we'll sign him?

I don't know how a starting XI would look like with those two in the squad, and that makes me happy. Would mean we have enough depth to fight for 4th place (still think we're a #6 team because the last few years).
 
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panty

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Wilbur

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Tc91 said:
No one likes Family Guy wtf?!
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It's just so... boring. Pop culture jokes out the arse.


RaGe_pt said:
No one left yet but there are some players who are rumored to leave:
Hulk - The main player, there are lots of clubs interested...
Alvaro Pereira - Wants to leave but apparently there are no good offers for him at the moment...
Rolando - We have Mangala, Otamendi and Maicon for Centre backs and we have Abdoulaye Ba to grow too, so we see with good eyes that Rolando leaves this year but it's just a rumour as all the others.
Varela - Another winger with experience but if there's a good offer, we sell him I'm sure.
Moutinho - Biggest question along with Hulk. He's the most important player of the midfield and played amazingly well on the Euro2012, there are lots of interested clubs in him but I seriously hope he stays!
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I don't think Moutinho will go because no one seems to want to meet his price but Varela looked good at the Euros. I didn't think Hulk would go Chelsea now; Mata, Hazard, Hulk, Oscar, Marin, Moses and with Malouda still on the books... lot of competition for three places.

I hope we do better than last year, even though we won the league title, we were eliminated in the champions league in a fairly easy group and we didn't win the Portuguese Cup.
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Yeah I'm surprised you went out of the CL last year, you've got the strongest squad I've seen in a while, even accounting for losing Falcao.

How about Man Utd? You're feeling confident in this new season? Kagawa was an amazing signing for you guys... And Van Persie? There are rumours that Man Utd is interested right?
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Pretty confident, yeah; if anyone's going to beat City it's us, but I'd still make them favourites.

Don't necessarily want RvP despite his quality because I feel we need I strengthen the CM (moutinho plz), but he's obviously a very good player.
 
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Willkiller

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Sad for Fabrice but it was always going to be very difficult to resume a pro career after what happened.

Best of luck to him in whatever he does next!
 
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elsk

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Family Guy is shit. I also dislike South Park.

The Simpsons first 5 seasons were awesome.
Adventure Time is awesome.

Shitty football today.
 
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PaulLFC

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bjaelke said:
barcastuff ‏@barcastuff
Cristian Tello (21), followed by Liverpool, Ajax and others, will continue this season. He won't leave on loan nor on a permanent deal. [md]

barcastuff ‏@barcastuff
Tello stays registered as B-player but gets a serious payrise and guaranteed first team playing time. Possible renewal of 2013 contract [md]

barcastuff ‏@barcastuff
The meeting between sports director Zubizarreta and Tello's agent has ended. Renewal is close, Tello will not join Liverpool. [ser/ona fm]
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They don't seem that reliable to me. Their latest tweet:

barcastuff ‏@barcastuff
Josep Maria Orobitg (agent Tello): "We didn't reach an agreement, there's still a lot left to talk about." [sportyou]
 
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Salazar

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Guillem did tell Liverpool fans not to get carried away*.

*Surely he is sufficiently familiar with English football to know the churning irony of this injunction.
 
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fadetoblack

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Yurt said:
AS claim Fernando Llorente is on Arsenal's radar and the club will bid for him if they can bring in around €28m from the sale of Van Persie.

I love how everyone is getting their striker except for us.
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GdS is saying we have agreed to a €3.5m per year salary with the player. I wish we would just do what we need to here with Bilbao even if we need to overspend, you know? Lets get this done.
 
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GorillaJu

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I personally can't stand Family Guy. There are some funny jokes - no question. But on the whole, Wilbury is right in that's its just going for the lowest common denominator and there's very little to it.

Futurama is my favorite cartoon anyway.
 
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elsk

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fadetoblack said:
GdS is saying we have agreed to a €3.5m per year salary with the player. I wish we would just do what we need to here with Bilbao even if we need to overspend, you know? Lets get this done.
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But... he's free next year!


odd_morsel said:
I personally can't stand Family Guy. There are some funny jokes - no question. But on the whole, Wilbury is right in that's its just going for the lowest common denominator and there's very little to it.

Futurama is my favorite cartoon anyway.
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Futurama is also good, but nothing is as good as first seasons of the Simpsons.
 
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PaulLFC

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Salazar said:
Guillem did tell Liverpool fans not to get carried away*.

*Surely he is sufficiently familiar with English football to know the churning irony of this injunction.
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I'm keeping my (k)optimism firmly in check until I see an announcement on the official website. Until then, not expecting too much at the moment. I'd rather we keep Agger as top priority.
 
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Vivalaraza

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PaulLFC said:
They don't seem that reliable to me. Their latest tweet:

barcastuff ‏@barcastuff
Josep Maria Orobitg (agent Tello): "We didn't reach an agreement, there's still a lot left to talk about." [sportyou]
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Barcastuff just collates all the latest Barca related news and tweets it with the sources attached.
 
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Ushojax

Should probably not trust the 7-11 security cameras quite so much
I don't see Arsenal going after Llorente. Surely Wenger would spend that money on DM/LB/GK rather than bring in a player who will force his two other new strikers onto the bench?
 
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Wilbur

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odd_morsel said:
I personally can't stand Family Guy. There are some funny jokes - no question. But on the whole, Wilbury is right in that's its just going for the lowest common denominator and there's very little to it.

Futurama is my favorite cartoon anyway.
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My man. Futurama's wonderful. Haven't seen it since they brought it back though.
 
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Salazar

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Ushojax said:
I don't see Arsenal going after Llorente. Surely Wenger would spend that money on DM/LB/GK rather than bring in a player who will force his two other new strikers onto the bench?
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And a chiselled specimen to get on the end of crosses doesn't really work at Arsenal.
 
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PaulLFC

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Vivalaraza said:
Barcastuff just collates all the latest Barca related news and tweets it with the sources attached.
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Cheers, thought so from a quick look at their timeline. Certainly nothing amounting to an official source or even reliable "ITK" from the looks of it. Still think the Tello deal is very much on, although convincing him to move from Spain seems like it'll be a challenge.
 
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Hixx

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Trapatoni putting McClean in central midfield tonight. What for? He's a fucking good left winger. Keep him there.
 
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PaulLFC

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Yenrot said:
I've missed all the transfer gossip the past few days. Are Sahin and Dempsey possible?
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Sahin apparently close according to Duncan Jenkins and the Echo. Not heard much on Dempsey lately but there's still rumours we're trying to include Adam in some sort of swap deal or swap plus cash.
 
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