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Football Thread 2013/14 | OT3
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Milchmonster
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Sviatoslav
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Agreed, I'm pleased with the move. We have another youngster on loan at Vitesse so I might have to watch some Eredivisie this year.
Maybe when Reus bails on his release clause next season this will happen.
"The Danish domestic season has already begun, with Ulvene (The Wolves) sitting top of the pile with three wins from three games.
Glen Riddersholms side won 2-1 at home to SonderjyskE last Friday, following victories against AGF (2-0) and Kobenhavn (1-0)."
lmao Wooden
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Glen Riddersholms side won 2-1 at home to SonderjyskE last Friday, following victories against AGF (2-0) and Kobenhavn (1-0)."
lmao Wooden
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Ah, thought that might've been the case.
We told his club we would, strangely. This is turning into quite a strange summer.
Every club must have representatives in London :lol.
Milchmonster
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Reus' won't activate before 2015.
Can Crusher
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Bale is out. The only thing now is the official statement, but he's out.
As long as we get Suarez this summer has been perfect.
We've shipped all deadwood while keeping our starting team and best reserves in tact and brought through talented youngsters.
Raiola holds his meetings in London at the home of Martin Jol. Weird but true.
City will try and go balls deep on that clause I'm sure.
Yeah, it was posted yesterday. Their background page was Bale and Deuce but it's now Sandro and somebody else. Walker maybe? Doesn't really confirm anything but it makes it seem more likely.
FFS. Source?
Why wont he renew it? He's got the cushiest job in football. 7million a year and no pressure to win anything. Just finish 4th and your bosses are happy.
Why FFS? Greatly weakens Spurs is good for Liverpool....
Milchmonster
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I would disagree with this. Other positions desperately need strengthened and to be honest the later part of your post is something we should be expected to do anyway.
There is something very murky about that haha.
Can Crusher
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Keith Mills just said if Bale is desperate to go then they can't make him stay. That's as close to an official confirmation before the official confirmation is done. It's the best way to prepare fans of what's about to happen.
Suarez and Rooney next. Is it possible that Suarez might just go to Tottenham? The stars are aligning. Wenger cock blocked again...
In the long run AVB can do a lot with 100m. They've already got a decent squad. For the short-term it hurts them though because I really don't think there's a lot of quality left in the market to spend that money on before the window closes.
Oh, I though you had some actual info. Mills is right but he has nothing to do with the negotiations. If we get £85m and Morata then we've done well. Bale is a great player but that's an absurd deal. We can easily replace his 20 goals a season with that money.
If we don't get offered what we want then Bale will stay. We've been though this with Modric once already and he played a full season to a high standard when we refused to sell him.
Well you get it scrubbed with shampoo and conditioner. It's awesome.
Can Crusher
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Please tell me you don't think that a club director won't know exactly what's happening with a major transfer.... The dude knows everything, and if he's foreshadowing that's all you need to know.
He's getting sold, period. Right now it's just a game of inches, one million here and there that's all. And you aren't going to get Morata.
Press speculation has it that he is PSG's number one choice for manager next season, and their obsession with him put off managers who couldn't be guaranteed long term support.
Ancelotti was in the final year of his contract and the transition to Wenger was suppose to be smooth, but Mou/Madrid screwed it all up. It's just Speculation mind, but surely Wenger would have signed an extension by now?
Unless they get CL football, without Bale they are worse than last year, that money won't help them that much because they will have to overpay to convince the best players to join them. The best players don't like Europa and want a lot of money to compensate for it something Levy doesn't offer.
GHG
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Nah I don't think Suarez is enough personally. We need a playmaker type AM in addition to him. Someone like Ozil/Cesc/Mata (or even someone at the Nasri/Hleb level dare I say it...) who can pick a final pass but also dictate play through the middle when in deeper situations if necessary. We desperately lack someone like that which is why our attacking play tends to be slow to transition up the pitch quickly and we become predictable.
Look at the pass Cesc picks out at about 12 seconds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU4EnS2ziEc
We currently have nobody with that ability, awareness and quickness of thought to play that sort of ball. Those sorts of passes are goal defining.
If we aren't going to get Morata then the price goes beyond £100m. Even Madrid can't afford that.
As I said, Mills is not involved in the negotiations and is not telling us anything new, he's a non-executive director. We already know Bale wants to leave.
Wenger will not leave arsenal until he's sacked. Unless psg are happy to spend billions and win fuck all then wenger is perfect for them.
As a manager his best days are far behind him.
Can Crusher
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Managers like AVB don't need to buy the biggest names. They buy the talent you think is good, and then they make it great.
Gareth Bale breakout season was under Villas Boas.
He's not involved as in, he doesn't make the call. He's involved in the sense that he knows everything about it, including what Levy is going to do. If he takes the liberty to public say you can't make a player stay when he doesn't want to, he's just telling you what the plan is.
Morata leaving will depend on whether he even wants to leave. Which is sad in itself, that a kid won't want to play for Tottenham and a star would rather leave. Coentrao and Di Maria are more likely to be in the mix, and Madrid will pay the money.
Don't forget Madrid hasn't spent all that much at all.
The FFS was because a big claim like Bale has all but joined Real Madrid requires a very good source. With the amount of shit doing the rounds at the moment it's hard to take anything that is not official seriously.
And much like last season fall just short of their objective, despite Bale's best ever year.
I also disagree slightly as Bale was progressing year on year. Real Madrid's interest didn't just arise this year, it's been there for a while so AVB can't take full credit for Bale as the season he just had has been brewing but he still has a ways to go.
Pretty sure I big enforcer and a class goal keeper are much bigger priorities. In Arteta and Cazorla you have two of the best passers in the PL.
Put it this way. Arsenal get Begovic, Suarez and Fellani/Capoue/a good enforcer I can't think of right now. Enough to contend for the top 3 providing none of the first team leave? I reckon so.
Can Crusher
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Big claim? I would call it 10:1 that Bale is leaving this month, and I bet it will be announced within 10 days.
A breakout season is a breakout season. A manager can't ever take full credit, because it's the player talent that will speak in the end.
And if I may, Arsenal is in the CL and they don't have one player that is close to Bale's talent. So the jury is still out if they can take the money and build a team that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Cesc was a true joy to watch at Arsenal.
If Zelalem is anything like him we are very lucky indeed. Certainly some his passes are very reminiscent of Cesc. At 16 he has a very long way to go before he is ready for the first team.
I love Cazorla as much as anyone else, but he isn't at the same level as Cesc.
The_Hitcher89
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What have Stoke been doing in the off-season? Is Hughes going to try and play his own tactics with Pulis' personnel?
Cazorla disappeared for a bit at times, but production wise, his first season was better than almost every year Cesc played at Arsenal. He had a pretty fantastic year and could be even better this season. I'm sure if he had a high quality striker, he would have bagged another 5 assists or so.
Well yes.
You are suggesting that the move is done and we are just waiting for a statement. Thats a big claim.
Vivalaraza
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Lindegaard; Rafael, Evans, Vidic, Evra; Nani, Carrick, Anderson, Zaha; Giggs, van Persie
Nani and Zaha wings, yessss.
If Kagawa was playing instead of old man Giggs it would be perfect.
Nani and Zaha wings, yessss.
If Kagawa was playing instead of old man Giggs it would be perfect.
This starts in 45 min right?
Can Crusher
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Whatever. The guy is out, there's no other end to the story and if you wanna get hung up on details go ahead. The outcome is the same.
At this point you really are just waiting for an official statement, to know for how much he has been sold. Nothing else.
He only became a starter after Kroos's injury. Still, he impressed in the late stages of the season, but you got to give it to Ribéry.
Vivalaraza
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Is this a joke account? https://twitter.com/SkySportsMatt
He's suggesting Man Utd have agreed to sign Leon Osman....Has to be a joke.
He's suggesting Man Utd have agreed to sign Leon Osman....Has to be a joke.
The_Hitcher89
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Dragon's Crown looks pretty good, even though I've never really tried playing a beat'em up aside from that sidescrolling mode in Tekken 
Shame about the sporadic DOAitis which, to be honest, makes the game look a little puerile
Shame about the sporadic DOAitis which, to be honest, makes the game look a little puerile
Missing the game because of work, but yeah, swap Giggs and Lindegaard, arguably Vidic/Evans, and that's our strongest team. Come on Moysey. Just a bit more. A bit more.
Only started tweeting from June it looks like. Probably fake.
Edit: just did a search on his name and sky sports brings up nothing but his twitter.
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