LabouredSubterfuge
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He's 27 though right? Would we get him as a cheap alternative to Baines?
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Football Thread 2013/2014 |OT1| Moyes, Master of Muppets
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He's 27 though right? Would we get him as a cheap alternative to Baines?
Betrayal
They gave you Cassano!
Frank the Great
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Betrayal
Welp, there goes his career.
The article I was reading said Grenada would ask for £8-10m
He even did the hand of god in a match
Yurt pls. Nobody want this cunt.
I'm sure he will push us forward....somehow
Watch him become the next Milito.
Vivalaraza
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I've also heard him say that some people at other clubs have actually said how surprised they are that United's scouting network is as lacking as it is - not that it's poor but that they'd expect it to be better for such a wealthy and established club.
Obv we have no real way of judging this from our position but it seems like it's an area of the club that can be improved.
Mitten also thinks Thiago is close now, Barcelona based so that's another good sign. Please just happen next week!
LabouredSubterfuge
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Might actually happen before the tour, which would be tasty.
WE GET TO WATCH MOYES'S UNITED NEXT SATURDAY UNITED BROS!
ADNAN JANUZAJ!!!
I was hoping Season 3 was the end of all the killings
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL fuck that!
BURN THEM ALL
Seriously, the only reason I'm watching GoT is to see them all drop like FLIES
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL fuck that!
BURN THEM ALL
Seriously, the only reason I'm watching GoT is to see them all drop like FLIES
He's a world class cunt, and player.
Milchmonster
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Eriksen just scored two free kicks against Dresden, sign him up, Zorc.
Ljajic is the logical replacement for Robinho (and Boateng really).
He's also way more effective when it comes to free kicks and penalties than the two above combined. But really, we're cheap bastards, we can't even finalize the transfer of a player who has less than 6 months remaining on his contract, and the Viola are in the same condition as well, they need to sell and they're not going to just give away their talents for free. And we still need to get a decent/good/very good cb first. So yeah, Galliani should shut his whore mouth and just concentrate on the transfers market for once.
He's also way more effective when it comes to free kicks and penalties than the two above combined. But really, we're cheap bastards, we can't even finalize the transfer of a player who has less than 6 months remaining on his contract, and the Viola are in the same condition as well, they need to sell and they're not going to just give away their talents for free. And we still need to get a decent/good/very good cb first. So yeah, Galliani should shut his whore mouth and just concentrate on the transfers market for once.
Mumei, ban this filth.
In other news, someone on Rawk linked an article that was insightful, in the way that obvious information sometimes is the easiest to overlook.
Pretty simplified view on the player market in baseball but obviously would apply to football just as much. Essentially the argument is that it's more prudent to work on eliminating stupid mistakes (particularly, in scouting), than it is to improve your already good decision making. Your positive intelligence gets nullified by the intelligence of others, and you end up gaining no tangible competitive advantage. You lose much more from making a stupid mistake than you do from particularly good intelligence.
http://blog.philbirnbaum.com/2013/06/eliminating-stupidity-is-easier-than.html?m=1
The just of it here:
Did they mention in what way it was lacking?
Were they talking about our refusal to pony up to agents or our shortcomings in identifying potential stars?
LabouredSubterfuge
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Why do we need an extensive scouting network when Mendes can just tell Martin Ferguson who to buy?
Honestly, it's one thing I hope we improve and I hope we get shy of that twat.
When was the last time United brought in a player from a foreign country directly to the first team, that ended up being a very positive transfer?
Shinji Kagawa doesn't count yet. He hasn't had enough of an impact - unless you really think he has, then I guess I can't argue your (insane) opinion.
Shinji Kagawa doesn't count yet. He hasn't had enough of an impact - unless you really think he has, then I guess I can't argue your (insane) opinion.
De Gea in 2011.
Vivalaraza
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Nah he didn't divulge details just that he's had people break down our scouting system to him before and it seems it could be better.
I don't know if our approach to agents is as much of a big deal as it's sometimes made out to be. Just speculating but at times it just sounds like an excuse to me.
LabouredSubterfuge
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De Gea.
De Gea
Chicharito
Mr.Marston
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Thought I'd pick up a magazine or two on my way home.
Don't usually buy FFT but I couldn't resist his eyes.
Don't usually buy FFT but I couldn't resist his eyes.
I actually think we're pretty good at identifying young players that could be stars in the future. The Da Silva's, Hernandez, Smalling, Jones etc. But we're a bit more shaky when it comes to players that can come in and immediately strengthen the first team. RVP was a bit of a no brainer because he was the best striker in our league. Of course he would strengthen us.
The_Hitcher89
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Thought I'd pick up a magazine or two on my way home.
Don't usually buy FFT but I couldn't resist his eyes.
The Player - The Manager - The Killer - The Christian - The Downgrade - The Man
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Random. I wish we would stay away from Eredivisie strikers, fucking Graziano Pelle is a leading scorer over there.
The_Hitcher89
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Why have the Liverpool rumours completely dried up since the traitor moved to the other club?
I have a bad feeling that we didn;t really have any alternatives lined up, and all of our moves for the other targets (in more important positions tbh) have stalled.
I have a bad feeling that we didn;t really have any alternatives lined up, and all of our moves for the other targets (in more important positions tbh) have stalled.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Dude it's early July. You'll be fine.
You've spent like, £20m already no? I expect a few players need to be sold before more transfers happen. Shelvey is a start, Spearing, Skrtel, Reina, and potentially Suarez still to go. Is Borini staying or has he been transfer listed?
I expect Liverpool will sign at least 3 more players for the first team.
The_Hitcher89
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That cunt Klopp has put a dampener on me. We've gone from doing decent early business, to buying a load of players either unkown or unneeded. I wanted the big one
Also, sorry Juve-bros, but I'm a a Napoli-bro now.
@Usho, selling Suarez would be a blow, no matter how much money we get for him, or who we replace him with.
We have made back about £20m in sales all ready.
Milchmonster
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That cunt Klopp has put a dampener on me. We've gone from doing decent early business, to buying a load of players either unkown or unneeded. I wanted the big one
The tiny titans?
Have you seen Sanogo?
Right, I forgot about Carroll.
The_Hitcher89
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Borini may have saved himself with his performances from the bench in the last month of the season
His first months were pretty bad, then he got a big injury, then he came back and got another bad injury, but he was pretty good when he came back from that one.
Rodgers needs to play him up front though. He isn't a wide-forward, let alone a winger.
Look at how muh better Henderson's been since he's been played in his actual positions, hopefully we'll see something similar from Borini
@Milch, that pic is eerily similar to your avatar. Or is that where you got the avatar idea from?
His first months were pretty bad, then he got a big injury, then he came back and got another bad injury, but he was pretty good when he came back from that one.
Rodgers needs to play him up front though. He isn't a wide-forward, let alone a winger.
Look at how muh better Henderson's been since he's been played in his actual positions, hopefully we'll see something similar from Borini
@Milch, that pic is eerily similar to your avatar. Or is that where you got the avatar idea from?
Take off your clothes
Milchmonster
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Hahaha, I fucking love you. I didn't even realize that. I'm terrible with image resizing and shit, please someone make an avatar out of it for me please (Or just add Klopp's smiling face on the current one)
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I got this old avatar from BayernGAF lol. Bla had it with a Bayern shirt on, someone made the annoyed Klopp out of it and added the Pöhler cap. I then took the avatar to show that Klopp is not amused with our transfers so far
. Changing it to the smiling Klopp would be awesome as fuck.
I won't be able to take this heat during Ramadan.
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