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Football Thread 2013-14 |OT2| Caravanning all the way to France
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Jesus, people spend that much on phones?!
My contract is 50 euro a month
#moyesboy
We have the best bromances.
Mertesacker + Podolski.
Giroud + Koscielny.
Arteta + Cazorla.
All the English lads together.
Lol new signings
Tata Martino said that hes looking to sign either Walter Samuel or Santiago Vergini, the latter having played for Tata at Newell's Old Boys.
http://www.marca.com/2013/07/25/en/football/barcelona/1374768094.html
Some random site called geekphone. I didn't want to install any apps.
We need another left back. Robinson is not ready yet to play back up to Enrique. We can't keep playing Johnson on the left as cover.
I think we may be ok at centre back. There is no point getting another centre back unless we sell Coates and/or Skrtel. I think that people are too quick to write off Skrtel. Remember the season before he was player of our season. Martin Kelly is back from injury now and there is Wisdom as back-up to the back-ups. We have 6 players capable of playing centre back.
I don't think we need another central midfielder. Again this position is quite heavily stacked. Lucas, Gerrard, Alan, Henderson, Alberto, and Spearing. I expect Spearing to be sold or go on loan. Even still we are very well covered in that position, with 5 players that all bring something different to the game. We actually have a lot of variety to how we can play in midfield.
We definitely need another winger. We essentially have one proper winger in Downing. As much as he has improved over last season, it would be nice to have a better out-and-out winger. Sterling and Ibe are still young and should not be expected to make the difference. We have Aspas, Alberto, Coutinho, Sturridge and Henderson to play inverted strikers. Ideally you want to play with one inverted striker and one winger. Without one winger we lack width. It puts a lot of pressure on both the fullbacks to be providing the width if we play with two inverted strikers.
We could do with another central attacking midfielder. Currently only really have Coutinho to play there with Henderson and Alberto as back ups.
I think we could do with another forward if Suarez is being sold. Suarez adds great flexibility as he can be played out wide as well as up front. This flexibility allows Sturridge and Suarez to play in the same side. I think we could do with another dedicated striker is Suarez is being sold. As great as Sturridge is, he is quite injury prone. Get another out-and-out striker that we can play in the same side with Sturridge being out wide.
No clue the validity of this but supposedly Spurs have bid £19m for Dzeko. He'd be a great fit there.. when he gets to play every week, he can be absolutely world class. I'd hate to sell within the league but that'd be a good fee for him. Would be a better signing than Soldado on pretty much every level.
How should I feel about this?
Some 'ITKs' are saying it'll be sorted this weekend, so now I feel less confident than ever. I feel like not a single one of them has been right this summer.
I tried to sign on and they said no
Where you gonna be starting working?
BTW, who do you support? I'm sure you've been asked but I missed it.
You have to have graduated when you sign on, that might of been why?
I'm starting at Deloitte doing audit, not the best compared to my investment banker friends but at least it's more chilled/ a job.
I support Reading but we've done most of our transfer business I think and friendlies are a waste of time so waiting until the start of the season!
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Vivalaraza
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Woah, that would be good for Spurs. Dzeko is a beast, his finishing is lethal. Can imagine him scoring a bucket-load for Spurs. Think that would be a nice fit.
£19m is reasonable too, for both parties. Wages though....those wages....
:lol a 35 year old.
Willkiller
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HE LIVES!
Ibiza was crazy. Properly mental.
Lived though. Phew.
So, missed anything? Anything come of those Suarez to Arsenal rumours?
Ibiza was crazy. Properly mental.
Lived though. Phew.
So, missed anything? Anything come of those Suarez to Arsenal rumours?
Will check Geekphone then. I'm on a T-Mobile network too. Different provider though.
From what I'd read before, his wages are pretty reasonable. Definitely in the low 100s -- something like £115k or so. Still quite a lot for Spurs but nothing like Tevez or Balotelli were on. He'd probably be willing to cut his wages a bit to play every week I'd bet.
honestly, I'm surprised we've seemingly given up on Rooney. maybe he wouldn't want to come, I dunno, but stillit makes more sense than a Suarez to all parties involved. United probably don't see us as a title threat (certainly compared to Chelsea), Rooney's a proven quantity. I don't really think Liverpool have any chance of qualifying for CL this season, but if they sell Suarez, that low probability will go even lower... and towards strengthening the weakest CL club no less.
also, if Dzeko goes for ~20m or so, I'd take him over Suarez too. 50m is a steep steep price...
also, if Dzeko goes for ~20m or so, I'd take him over Suarez too. 50m is a steep steep price...
Vivalaraza
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Yeah I graduated last year. I was working up until May/June so apparently it's because I've already earned enough money this year so I don't qualify. Some crap like that, sounded ridiculous to me but I just couldn't be bothered to contest it.
That's awesome, sounds great. I was considering applying to Delloite also.
And screw investment banking! At least you'll still have a life! Did work exp at one of them, was horrendous.
Why?
Ronaldo broke a childs arm
Cheers mate, where are you working come September?
Nah, that's just UEFA's shitty cup-runner up Europe spot if the winners are already in rule. Hibs should be nowhere near Europe given they finished in the bottom half of the SPL.
On the other hand, St Johnstone defeated Rosenborg over two legs tonight and are still undefeated in nearly 40 years at home in Europe.
Suarez was pictured playing Fifa alone in Australia.
And sulked a bit when he played football.
Samuel would be horrible I feel but Vergini would be a good buy and it wouldn't cost that much. I haven't seen Vergini play that much but what little I've seen of him at Newells he seems like a quality defender.
Has there been movement on any other bigger targets, assuming we are not gonna get Silva now.
I may be ITK but I am not a stalker. What you take me for?
Still livid. I think I'm gonna take a few days off of football and play FE and DOTA2.
Man he's just trying to level up his Virtual Pro.
Vivalaraza
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Civil Service Faststream. Gonna be based at the Dep of Health.
Assuming you're gonna be working in London?
Ladyman is good.
This doesn't surprise me though. As we speculated Fabregas must have told United he wants to come or we wouldn't be bidding for him. But it seems he is telling Barca and people in Spain something different. It's a win-win for him, either he moves to United and gets paid loads and it's his team...or he gets to stay at Barca on a bumper contract with more assurances. Personally I think he is angling for the latter.
Yup, he ain't trying to move out of Spain again.
The only other option that we were looking at was Marquinhos and that's not happening now, I feel Barcelona doesn't want to break the bank on a defender.
It would be great if we got someone. The defence is a joke right now. I see Puyol is still not fit.
See, that's the thing. Coates is a good defender but he isn't a Rodgers defender. That's evidenced by the complete lack of opportunity Rodgers has given him since he's come in. Coates will be a decent defender for another team but he doesn't fit into Rodgers' philosophy and may as well not be considered as a centre-back on the books. And if we're trying to evolve into a team with an embedded philosophy, then we need to minimize the time he gets on the pitch. Our defence was poor last season, no two ways about it. Skrtel may regain his form but should anything happen to either him or Agger, we suddenly look pretty short in defense. The way I see it before we signed Touré most were in agreement that we probably needed another centre-back. Toure only replaced Carra as our experienced backup defender. But since Coates isn't a genuine option (in my eyes, and Rodgers' too, I think) that leaves us with two truly starting-calibre, fit-the-philosophy defenders.
I do think that Wisdom is a good shout, though. I think if we were looking at the likes of Papadopolous then Wisdom is in the same mould. He's nowhere near there yet, but he could definitely be turned into the right sort of player for us. As for Kelly, that's a different argument but I think the most we can expect for him as of now is to be a right-back. I wouldn't put my money on him staying fit for a season, either. Though I do think if he does manage it there's a brilliant player in there (and ultimately a centre-back).
That's the only other bit of your post I'd also have to disagree with. We often employ three centre midfielders (I don't like calling formations by their numbers because let's face it, it's a lot more fluid than that). For starters, I'm of the opinion that Luis Alberto is another attacking midfielder. He's not going to be sitting in the center of the pitch for us. He'll be a Coutinho back-up far as I'm concerned. And Spearing doesn't even count in my eyes. So that really leaves you three starting positions with four viable starters. By the numbers that doesn't feel safe to me. You need another person in there. Which would certainly explain to me why we were looking at the likes of Mkhitryan or Eriksen, who are more versatile centre midfielders.
Anyway, it's all opinions and what not at the end of the day. Basically my point was that £20m could be used to build a better squad than we currently have. Sturridge, Borini, and Aspas (who, by all accounts, is a centre forward) is more than enough imo. Throwing Soldado into the mix isn't really necessary, especially for that kind of money. I'd much prefer someone versatile enough to play across the front three, rather than an out-and-out number 9.
Yeah. I feel he wants to play as a starter and in the big games. He knows United will offer him that, but with Thiago leaving, it strengthens his position a considerable amount. Barca may have rejected the last 2 offers, but maybe they wouldn't be able to turn down a £40m offer. They could use it to bring in a top quality defender which they definitely need.
I'm just suprised Barca haven't released an official statement (iirc) regarding Cesc and these rumours.
Even if Puyol does get fit I wonder how many minutes he can play before he gets injured again, we definitely need to sign someone.
CrashBandicoot
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I watched the pilot a while ago and loved it. I've been meaning to watch more but I've kind of been busy, it held up really well - probably because of the quality of writing.
The final few episodes of season two are some of the best in all of television.
Shake Appeal
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My T-Mobile 4G LTE demolishes my TWC cable connection.
Like, 20Mb/s down and 10Mb/s up. Shit rules.
Like, 20Mb/s down and 10Mb/s up. Shit rules.
Vivalaraza
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They aren't gonna sell him unless we put down a crazy bid. I have no faith in us doing that - so yeah.
Fellaini's clause expires soon right, I'm hoping that means we get that sorted quickly. Even though there is very very little which suggests we want him...surely we do right...surely.
I don't think we want him
#IAMITKCome August, Moyes should just drop Rooney into midfield alongside Carrick. Let Kagawa play behind RVP.
I don't think we want him
Come August, Moyes should just drop Rooney into midfield alongside Carrick. Let Kagawa play behind RVP.
For some reason I feel Kagawa will only play CAM in FA cup, COC, and other off games. =(
Vivalaraza
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For sure. He's playing LW most games.
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