Meus Renaissance
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Will I get a free bet if they do? :O
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Football Thread 2012/13 |OT7| Wilde things happen afer dark
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Will I get a free bet if they do? :O
I don't know to be honest, that's what his lawyer seems to be saying. Surely it's irrelevant though as he has to abide by the laws of Spain, where it is a crime?
Only if you buy me something with your winnings.
Broder Salsa
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Might even put him on a t shirt for the players to wear.
PrematureQuiche
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I think there were a lot of people coming for the first time/one off because it was cheap and Man United. I had a guy behind me try to start Munich chant which is disgraceful. Happily, the fans around me had a go at him instead of joining in.
fadetoblack
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Scott Fleming has a perfectly decent sum up of Paul Pogba and the hype surrounding him at Juventus: http://football-italia.net/26781/potential-potency-pogba
The article that needs to be written about Pogba is the whole "Italian teams don't give our youngsters a shot" line which, as Pogba has shown, is bullshit.
The White Pogba (aka Marco Verratti) supposedly went to France because he wouldn't have been given the opportunity in Serie A but would in the French league. I think that says more about the quality of Ligue 1 than it does about Serie A's attitude towards youngsters. Undoubtedly the pace at which young players in Serie A get integrated is more measured, but when a player shines they are absolutely given the opportunity. The fact is that players who get to play consistently at a young age in Serie A are special: Del Piero, Totti, Baggio, Vieri, and Pato spring to mind. There are plenty of young players who received sparkling debuts and then faded away. These players either ended up on long loan spells with no immediate calls for returns, bottom side team regulars, or plain ol' rejects: your Paloschis, your Lupolis, your Aquafrescas, almost your Giovincos, and increasingly your Zarates. I think if you're a young player in Serie A and you want to break into the big team you need to force the issue with the manager's choices as Pogba has done so far. Who knows? He might start playing poorly and we won't see him as often as we have recently. But if you're unwilling to play the game of loans, co-ownerships, or adapting to a team's needs like Marrone has, then you better be consistently good.
The article that needs to be written about Pogba is the whole "Italian teams don't give our youngsters a shot" line which, as Pogba has shown, is bullshit.
The White Pogba (aka Marco Verratti) supposedly went to France because he wouldn't have been given the opportunity in Serie A but would in the French league. I think that says more about the quality of Ligue 1 than it does about Serie A's attitude towards youngsters. Undoubtedly the pace at which young players in Serie A get integrated is more measured, but when a player shines they are absolutely given the opportunity. The fact is that players who get to play consistently at a young age in Serie A are special: Del Piero, Totti, Baggio, Vieri, and Pato spring to mind. There are plenty of young players who received sparkling debuts and then faded away. These players either ended up on long loan spells with no immediate calls for returns, bottom side team regulars, or plain ol' rejects: your Paloschis, your Lupolis, your Aquafrescas, almost your Giovincos, and increasingly your Zarates. I think if you're a young player in Serie A and you want to break into the big team you need to force the issue with the manager's choices as Pogba has done so far. Who knows? He might start playing poorly and we won't see him as often as we have recently. But if you're unwilling to play the game of loans, co-ownerships, or adapting to a team's needs like Marrone has, then you better be consistently good.
Meus Renaissance
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If I win my big accumulator (returns are in triple figures), I'll buy one lucky person here a game of their choice
Baconsaurus Rex
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You are a gentleman and a scholar
Do you ever win your big accumulators?
fadetoblack
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What have you wagered on?
Mass Effect 3 
I'm a cheap date, what can I say?
I'm a cheap date, what can I say?
Meus Renaissance
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What have you wagered on?
Mass Effect 3
I'm sure you'll be fixated on the score lines as I'll be
Woohoo! Thanks Meus.. I'll just assume the one lucky person is myself so that no one else gets their hopes up.
Baconsaurus Rex
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That's really nice of you, I was already starting to get nervous.
PrematureQuiche
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I'm pretty sure it is me. Meus never got me that McDonalds at Eurogamer .
.Just doing my part.
Milchmonster
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Random thought of the day:
What happened to Ekici? Bayern-GAF?
What happened to Ekici? Bayern-GAF?
fadetoblack
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I'm sure you'll be fixated on the score lines as I'll be
Those are actually pretty decent wagers. Though I reckon PSG will let you down.
I did the same except I changed that one to a goal bet instead. 2/11 isn't even worth betting on when you can't be too sure of a win for PSG.
AC Milan and Malaga could be a tricky one.
fadetoblack
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True, but on the other hand Milan's defense is made up of four of the following:
Abate, De Sciglio, Antonini, Yepes, Mexes, Acerbi, Mesbah, Bonera.
Only Abate is halfway decent and thats only because he's fast. He's a shit defender. Unless something magical happens in the midfield, Milan will let in a goal or two.
The best ones always do ...
Iago Falque. Now that's a blast form the (recent) past! He's been doing fine, then? Never had a real chance with us.
Marchisio is likely going to make it. Pogba had a very intense game yesterday, he's young and all, but I'd rather see him start against Nordsomething in CL. Up front it's probably going to be Vucinic + Giovinco, imo. Seba has yet to skip two matches in a row this season, I think.
With 9 wins and 1 draw we have achieved the best start of the season in Juve's history. It's not exactly saying much, given the current Serie A level, but still.
Meus Renaissance
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It's been this way since launch. Really surprised EA haven't fixed it. When Halo launches, I'll rarely be on FIFA anyway
The thing is I played around 3-4 online seasons on FIFA13 with no problems. Then they updated the ToS on XBL, fucked the update up because it was a 2011 update, then re-updated XBL later and now my game is fucked.
I can't even get in to matches most of the time so I'm sticking to manager mode for a while. Though I'm currently playing AC: III, wonderful game so far.
dunno. I think he just had one good year at nürnberg and that's it. that's probably because he played with gündogan and had a good chemistry together.
The_Hitcher89
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Broken spoiler tags, maliciousness or idiocy?
Malicious. He created a topic with the spoiler in the title too apparently but I didn't see it, just the post in the thread.
Why didn't the mod edit the post when he was banned? What the fuck.
The_Hitcher89
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Junior member?
He made a new thread too. I assume that's why he was banned, not for his post in the OT.
Awesome Animals
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Juniors can't make threads.
I have more or less ceased playing FIFA for the time being. The bugs are really disappointing because the game is pretty great otherwise. Now I'm playing Dishonoured until Tuesday when I can pick up Halo 4. Hopefully I won't have trouble finding a copy.
I have more or less ceased playing FIFA for the time being. The bugs are really disappointing because the game is pretty great otherwise. Now I'm playing Dishonoured until Tuesday when I can pick up Halo 4. Hopefully I won't have trouble finding a copy.
Broder Salsa
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Does Halo win the battle?
You almost have to expect it with a game that big. Shame.
THERE IS NO ONE LIKE PAVELLL <3<3
Maybe I was a little harsh but my patience has run out with PDC, that's not his first defensive mistake (fifth? sixth? And we dropped points in most of them) and one day one of them will bite us in the ass, and it WILL leave a mark. I don't like marks on my ass fade!
It'll ruin my beauty mark
Speaking of running out of patience, Matri can do one too. Bendtner is basically Matri, but less frustrating to watch, and even better in the air. Giovinco, even when he's not scoring, pulls stuff out of his ass (butterflies <3) and makes thing happen! He did indirectly save us quite a few times now!
But the lineup is SOLID, I won't mind go in with that, but we NEED Marchisio, he's our big game merda clubs player.
It's Juventus' birthday today! Tanti auguri, juventini!
Adebayor back in the squad for Wigan, Dembele still out. I can't wait to see Ade out there, he brings a whole other dimension and was a huge part of our success last season. We've done well with Defoe up there but Ade is just a better lone striker. Hopefully Dempsey is dropped and Ade comes in.
Its cool bro. I got money on Valladolid so they will 100% lose.
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