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Football Thread 2013/2014 |OT1| Moyes, Master of Muppets
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Sviatoslav
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Douglas to Dinamo Moscow. 3 year deal.
same here. I also even conned two friends into coming along.
"Aren't you tired of sequels?"
"Yes"
"Don't you think there should be more films from really creative directors that have their own voice?"
"Yes"
"You know what would be cool, a live action film reminiscent of Neon Genesis Evangelion!"
"Fuck yes"
Ok, then it's decided. You two have to watch Pacific Rim with me.
Sadly, there answer was "what's that?", but they did agree to come along
hahaha : D But good to hear people are spreading the word. Caaaan't wait, man!
brokenbeans
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De Gea trying to work that charm on Cesc.
KidA Seven
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Thank you Pep.
LabouredSubterfuge
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All your players are midfielders now.
Dion Dublin's spirit has made its way to Bayern I see.
KidA Seven
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yea, he's gonna kill last season's team.
We can only hope that, by sheer luck, the new team that replaces it will be decent as well.
Goodbye Heynckes' team.
LabouredSubterfuge
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So the Spanish press are pretty confident that Cazorla is going to Atletico. Wtf.
Bayern to buy Torres confirmed?
Laboured said:
I presume either Cazorla is unhappy in England and forcing a move to Spain, or Arsenal are selling to raise money for Suarez. Assuming the reports are true, that is; the most likely outcome is that it's just paper talk
I guess it was posted already in this thread but just to be sure, I link you to the Football Observatpory report for 2013:
http://www.football-observatory.com/IMG/pdf/AR2013_exc-2.pdf
Among the interesting data:
In GAF metrics:
Messi >>>>>>>>>> Ronaldo >>>> Cavani >Bale
http://www.football-observatory.com/IMG/pdf/AR2013_exc-2.pdf
Among the interesting data:
- Bundesliga has the youngest league among the top 5
- Cavani is the third most valuable player in the world, ranking behind Messi and Cristiano
- Messi is worth two times Ronaldo
- Ronaldo is worth almost two times Cavani
- Messi is worth five times Bale
- Sturridge is more worth than your favourite player
In GAF metrics:
Messi >>>>>>>>>> Ronaldo >>>> Cavani >Bale
KidA Seven
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Someone told him to run in the comments. He deleted it though.
Steverulez
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#pepout #heynckesin
bwahahahaha
If this happens I will eat my own head. Surely Arsenal aren't going to sell their best player AGAIN?
Yeah. I can't understand this at all.
Cazorla has spoken how happy he is in England, how he feels valued at Arsenal. Even spoke about next season with us while at the confed cup and as soon as he gets back from the confed cup this shit starts.
I can't understand why we would even consider it.
It's surely bollocks. Obviously you can never take a player at their word when they say 'how happy they are' anywhere but this would seem a total non-starter.
Why on earth would Cazorla, one of Arsena's best players, want to join an inferior team in a league where they are far less likely to challenge for the title? Not like Atletico are rolling in cash either, I can;t see what they could offer him.
Probably the Spanish press talking bollocks again.
Probably the Spanish press talking bollocks again.
FootballFan
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Callejon, welcome aboard the anti-Juve team.
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Juve domination ends this season. Rafa is ready.
Back line is pretty shit tbh, Armero and Maggio are better as wing-backs and Albiol is shit. Fernandez, Britos and Gamberini aren't amazing either..Rafa fix this
As I already said, he will not let Bayern get away with the thrashing they gave his real club last season.
All this hate he sent towards Barca and this fight with Tito/Rosell etc are all fake. He will destroy Bayern from the inside before returning to Barca a hero.
3-4-3, midfielders everywhere, Mandzukic goalkeeper, do it Pep.
How much would Carzola even cost? £20m?
They have a better chance of winning the title and trophies than Arsenal do.
Pep was nowhere to be seen when we bought Chygrynski, the fucking cunt.
Well Atletico did win the Copa last season. They play in the CL and are based in Spain. They aren't going to challenge the two big boys but then neither are Arsenal. It's pretty much a straight swap except Atletico have recently won trophies.
If Cazorla wants to go back to Spain then it's probably his best option. But I don't think it's going to happen.
the GOAT just said that Bayern's defeat motivated him.
https://twitter.com/FCBarcelona_es/status/357416179666653184
The GOAT+Neygod :O
https://twitter.com/FCBarcelona_es/status/357416179666653184
The GOAT+Neygod :O
Arsenal have a far better chance of challenging for the title than Atletico, They didn;t finish far behind Chelsea and City and its not inconceivable that United may decline a little without Fergurson. Some significant investment this summer could well see them be title contenders.
Well it is just visually OK. Frame rate is janky as fuck, aliasing everywhere, generally poor texture quality. Lighting is nice though. Soundtrack is mediocre, same bits are reused too often and aren't strong enough to be. If the voice acting is the best you've ever heard then lol ok. Sound design is good, that is true. Characters are thin as I said, I understand your vehement defence of the game, hype does that
And yeah Portal, what of it? It's one of the few games it's extremely hard to find fault with. BioShock too, it's a six year old game and still stands up now as good as it did when it released. I don't see TLOU doing that. ND's peak was Uncharted 2, 3 was a bore and TLOU is just a very good game, nowt more really.
Me either. Portal 2 you could argue for too but the original just has something special about it.
Fair point, a game is more than just the sum of its parts. I just broke it down though as there was nothing exceptional in it. For instance even though TWD wasn't going to blow you away as a graphical masterpiece the characters and writing in it were exceptional, it's very rare for a game to actually make you care when people are in peril. TLOU I expected would've done this but the only person I half give a damn about is Joel, and even then you'd think he'd been written by me at times.
With the amount of players we're shipping out this makes even less sense. Players are obviously coming into the club and with the right players we will be much better than last season. I mean, we've basically got rid of our entire bench and many fringe players.
FootballFan
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I disagree. Arsenal have not even strengthened their squad, Arsenal winning EPL would surprise me just as much as Atletico winning the La Liga.... a lot!
And at least Atletico can win other trophies like the Copa Del Rey and Europa League(won both in recent times).
I do think Cazorla is staying though, but I definitely wouldn't be surprised to see him at Atletico.
I also wouldn't even consider it a downgrade. Almost same situation except Atletico can win a cup or 2 and have it a bit easier to get a CL spot. + with Villa and Cazorla they could fill the massive gap Falcao left.
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This whole post could be different in a matter of weeks, a lot of time for Arsenal to sign some big names.
brokenbeans
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Barca seem fine with selling for the right price, Cesc on the other hand...
Also Aresnal are crazy to sell and Santi is even crazier if he wants to go. I see him having a great season.
Milchmonster
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he was kinda joking about it. lol
Thiago and Götze are going to rip the bundesliga a new one
#believeinpep
How do people not know Pacific Rim? That movie can't be dodged with all the marketing around it.
Reading this now. Very interesting. Real Madrid spent 507 million euro on the squad that they fielded in 12/13 - the most in Europe, and twice as much as Barcelona's title winning team. For reference, 2nd is City at 442, third Chelsea at 396, and fourth United at 343.
Aston Villa spent over 105m euro on their 12/13 squad, and Sunderland just behind them at 104. Both clubs are in the top 20 expendatures.
Damn this is gonna be a good read.
Milchmonster
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Player of the season 2013/14, nice pic.
Villa and Sunderland are in the top 20 spenders? Jesus fuck, don't they realise something must be terribly wrong if they get such shit results even though they spend a fuckton of money?
Well it's also worth mentioning that Villa fielded a very young squad (average age of 24, youngest in the PL), and this is money traced back to the transfer fees when those players were bought, not the corresponding transfer fees for the year. So, Aston Villa didn't spend 100m in 2012/13, but in assembling that squad.
Sunderland is the bigger question mark. There's been some very questionable spending there.
Wolfsburg also splashed a ton of cash for their squad, and came in 11th in the Bundesliga.
TheLucifer
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Ljajic is going to extend his contract with Fiorentina in the upcoming days.
Dammnit Galliani.
Dammnit Galliani.
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