Naughty God
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He isn't though. Name actual top class Brazilians to have come out of Portugal.
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Football Thread 2013-14 |OT2| Caravanning all the way to France
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He isn't though. Name actual top class Brazilians to have come out of Portugal.
Liverpool have managed to sabotage Arsenal's summer whilst strengthening their squad.
Ian Ayre comes off looking like a pro compared to Ivan and Ed
What does the quality of the players have to do with anything? Lots of Brazilian players move to Portugal. That most of them never make it as top players means nothing.
Pretty excited to our signings in action. Get a LB, CB and AM and I think we will have had a great window.
The_Hitcher89
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I'd say South Americans more than Brazil. Hulk, Falcao, James to name but 3, from Porto alone in the last 24 months. Its Porto's entire modus operandi. Buy players from South America, develop them as they excel, sell them for a massive profit.
and lahm in midfield and Pizza as the only viable option at striker
not that excitingNot quite true. Celtic exist for pretty much the opposite reason.
Naughty God
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The point is that Portugal gets all the second rate Brazilian talent and the best move to the big leagues.
The only reason you think no young Brazilian would choose an English team over a Portuguese one is because Portugal is littered with second-rate Brazilian "talents".
Hitcher's being a debbie downer. We've done good business this season by (so far), keeping our best players Agger, Suarez and Coutinho, we're adding depth to areas that need it with Aspas and Toure, we've upgraded on our goalkeeper with Mignolet, and we've upgraded our midfield backup with Luis Alberto.
There's still work to be done, but I think Liverpool are doing the best transfer business in the PL this year so far, though to be fair Spurs, City, Southampton and Norwich have all been progressive spenders.
There's still work to be done, but I think Liverpool are doing the best transfer business in the PL this year so far, though to be fair Spurs, City, Southampton and Norwich have all been progressive spenders.
HEY don't hate on Celtic!
Mangoverboard
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This disappoints me to no end. Just think it's wrong
Naughty God
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Falcao and Deco are the only truly world class South American footballers to have come out of Brazil via the shitbag Portuguese league that no player in their right mind would want to play in.
James is good but not anything too special and Hulk is so overrated it's unreal, probably because he's called Hulk.
Hey bro, I'm from Dublin originally, I had a Hartson Celtic jersey growing up.
I just loathe the whole tit for tat pettiness of the two clubs and their fans
CrashBandicoot
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Just because a couple... some... maybe quite a few fans hijack the clubs for political reasons
A good thing about the whole Rangers situation is that there's a decent group of our fans now that at least claim to want nothing to do with Celtic, and I'd imagine there's some Celtic fans that are adamant that the club is dead. That's at least a few less arrests every old firm game... lol who am I kidding.
Yurt y. Y.
The_Hitcher89
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Toure: No added depth, replaced a departure
Agger: Nobody trying to buy him, no extension
Coutinho: Same
Suarez: Could backfire
Aspas: Unknown quantity
Alberto: Same, probably not ready yet, may get in the way of Texeira and necessitated Suso going on loan
Mignolet: Personally didn't see the need to upgrade, would have preferred to spend £4m or so on a 2nd choice keeper
How's that for being a Debbie Downer
Bring in Alpha Papa or Illori, a backup LB and new winger, then I'll be happy
The_Hitcher89
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Holy shit (if real)
hahahahahaha
Mr.Marston
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But I wants him
We are legitimately in August without a signing for the senior Arsenal squad. I couldn't have imagined a worse summer.
Sanogo is in the senior squad.
Lambda Pie
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i told you Bernard would move to Porto as soon as they showed interest.
we and Porto are essentially the middle man between South American talent and the bigger leagues.
playing for us or them is guaranteed CL football. plus, the weather is nice, language is similar, pay is not that bad.
we and Porto are essentially the middle man between South American talent and the bigger leagues.
playing for us or them is guaranteed CL football. plus, the weather is nice, language is similar, pay is not that bad.
Timu loooool. Hopefully you won't try to be 'any' anymore, so we won't lose
R.Calderon on Bale + Ronaldo.
Calderon expects the deal to go through this summer and says Bales impending arrival at the Bernabeu is designed to appease fans in case Ronaldo decides not to renew his contract.
Ronaldo has been linked with a sensational return to Manchester United, and Calderon says there is a real possibility the 27-year-old could be on the move if he doesn't lower his wage demands.
"I know that he is not happy at all with the attitude and behaviour of the president. He is asking for 20million net every season which is going to be difficult for Real to accept," he told talkSPORT's Drive Time show:
I think the president has all his eggs on the table just in case he cant get the renewal of Cristiano. That is my impression.
Hes afraid at some moment that Cristiano will say, I am not going to go on. That will be bad news for Madrid. I would like to see him retire at Real but now the situation is difficult. Let's see in the next weeks or months if it can be sorted out and he can stay.
Calderon expects the deal to go through this summer and says Bales impending arrival at the Bernabeu is designed to appease fans in case Ronaldo decides not to renew his contract.
Ronaldo has been linked with a sensational return to Manchester United, and Calderon says there is a real possibility the 27-year-old could be on the move if he doesn't lower his wage demands.
"I know that he is not happy at all with the attitude and behaviour of the president. He is asking for 20million net every season which is going to be difficult for Real to accept," he told talkSPORT's Drive Time show:
I think the president has all his eggs on the table just in case he cant get the renewal of Cristiano. That is my impression.
Hes afraid at some moment that Cristiano will say, I am not going to go on. That will be bad news for Madrid. I would like to see him retire at Real but now the situation is difficult. Let's see in the next weeks or months if it can be sorted out and he can stay.
Yurt is a good man.
As far as a lot of Celtic fans are concerned, Rangers don't exist any more. And as a club, Celtic never had any of the policies that Rangers had regarding Catholic players. You can't control what a few idiot fans do.
The first Old Firm game back though will be... scary, there'll have to be some serious police presence.
As far as a lot of Celtic fans are concerned, Rangers don't exist any more. And as a club, Celtic never had any of the policies that Rangers had regarding Catholic players. You can't control what a few idiot fans do.
The first Old Firm game back though will be... scary, there'll have to be some serious police presence.
£250k of Arsenal shares were bought today by a mystery buyer (not Usmanov or Kroenke).
I need a proper muppet signing to get me going.
Not in my mind, Mr. Marston
I need a proper muppet signing to get me going.
He looks like the type of guy who doesn't tip too
Unreal Champ
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Toure: No added depth, replaced a departure
Agger: Nobody trying to buy him, no extension
Coutinho: Same
Suarez: Could backfire
Aspas: Unknown quantity
Alberto: Same, probably not ready yet, may get in the way of Texeira and necessitated Suso going on loan
Mignolet: Personally didn't see the need to upgrade, would have preferred to spend £4m or so on a 2nd choice keeper
How's that for being a Debbie Downer
Bring in Alpha Papa or Illori, a backup LB and new winger, then I'll be happy
Wow, you're a bit sad. Worse than the Arsenal and Newcastle fans on here.
Well we know Martinez will mostly be playing CB, don't we? Just depends whether he continues being a fucking idiot with Lahm.
You were trying to be a one man team, pls Timu. I'm better at Any. Come at me.
Everybody except Arsène looks like a bad photoshop.
The_Hitcher89
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I'm a footballing pessimist. Forever and always. Stoke could well surprise us, I'm petrified of the new season
Typical Hitcher tbh
KidA Seven
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Pelican looks like a mob boss.
Brenton looks like some gym teacher.
Moyes looks like a detective.
AVB looks like some rich millionaire.
I've got nothing on Wenger and Mou.
I hope the only surprise for them is that they come second bottom instead of bottom.
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3 days until the new season. Booyah. 12,750 season tickets sold, exciting times.
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I agree more or less with those ff2 predictions, especially on the top 4. Move Sunderland higher and put Stoke in the bottom 3. Can't see Villa getting that high either.
The_Hitcher89
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Swap West Ham and Everton
KidA Seven
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Did you watch that trailer? Poor Lawrence. She had no chance.
Hey, Arsenal & Newcastle fans have every reason to be sad at the moment. Newcastle are heading to the championship with Kinnear at the helm and Arsenal are... Arsenal. Except worse.
Southampton 9th? Put down the crack pipe.
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