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Football Thread 2014/15 |OT3| Got to be a top 5 worst thread title we've ever had.
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KidA Seven
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Although he played in a 3 man midfield last season, he usually was on the left shadowing Ronaldo. So he wasn't exactly a central midfielder.
Tragicomedy
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KidA Seven
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Milan at least have Mastour. Great prospect. Just have to discipline him so he doesn't feel like he's already made it.
Juve; Roma, Napoli and Fiorentina are still great.
Allegri will take care of one name in that list during the season. Don't you worry.
Kurt Angle
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what happened to el shaarawy.
wasnt he milans last big hope prospect
wasnt he milans last big hope prospect
Shanks D Zoro
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It really is a shame that Milan have 3 of the top 5 Italian players for the next decade. They need to be saved.
And fuck Arsenal. Hopefully people will stop going on about Alexis being a central striker. He isn't and we shouldn't use him as one. And defensively I want to cry. What a pile of shit they all are. We are worse than last year.
And fuck Arsenal. Hopefully people will stop going on about Alexis being a central striker. He isn't and we shouldn't use him as one. And defensively I want to cry. What a pile of shit they all are. We are worse than last year.
The short answer is: no. (two CL titles, coulda been 3)
The clubs can't spend as much money as they used to for various reasons. The economy is in the gutter
You're confusing your currencies.
It's £42m for Ozil and £60m for ADM.
Have to see how the latter performs for United to gauge whether it's worth it.
I will.
Depends on the player actually.
Allthough not many had their breakthrough in season 1.
Reus maybe and Sokratis, but both knew the league.
Spanish economy is much worse and still Spain manages much better turnouts than Italy.
I remember reading online and in newspapers on how sharp a drop Serie A had in overall attendance. Moggi-gate must've had an impact. I'm not saying it's the only reason but it's a significant part of it.
longdi
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£60m is into superstar category. Manutd have Adnan who plays the same style as ADM.
Chelsea bought Costa for half of that. I dont think ADM is going to be any more influential than those 2.
Poor manyoo bros, your youth system is sucking and now you are getting fleeced with desperate buys!
Chelsea bought Costa for half of that. I dont think ADM is going to be any more influential than those 2.
Poor manyoo bros, your youth system is sucking and now you are getting fleeced with desperate buys!
Costa was a nobody 3 years ago, and so had a joke of a release clause.
Who the fuck is Adnan?
Because of your ABSURD TV deal?
Just the simple fact that you're calling it "Moggi-gate" makes me not want to discuss it any further with you because you're clearly clueless
Would be enough, unless our midfielders don't score as much as last season.
Adnan more influential than ADM ?
I CAN'T.
Don't listen to him.
Adnan is a promising youth player, but not even the most promising foetus in his region, let alone the country.
If ADM replicates his form for Real at United then he'll instantly be a far better purchase than the likes of Ozil and Mata who've gone for big money and done relatively fuck all.
That's not a foregone conclusion, though. United's a vacuum for disappointment at the moment and if the defence and midfield isn't remedied then a lightweight winger may well be caught in it.
longdi
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Obviously Adnan needs some growth time, another mid-season if LVG plays him consistently. ADM was nothing 3 years ago too. I think he had one good(not but spectacular) last season with RM with CR7 and GB11 besides him.
Now he has to carry manyoo with a broken rvp and the ever-overhyped rooney. lol Perez is lol to the bank.
Now he has to carry manyoo with a broken rvp and the ever-overhyped rooney. lol Perez is lol to the bank.
I'm not defending the Spanish TV duopoly, and I'm sorry if "moggi-gate" comes off as ignorant, it's just the way I remember the media calling it. I'm sure it's a dumb catch phrase they used to garner more attention to the story.
I'm not very happy with Serie A's fall from grace. I used to be almost as big a fan of Madrid as I was of Milan when I was very young (Seedorf, Pirlo, Kaka and Pippo were a big part of that treason).
Shanks D Zoro
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Serie A needs to do something about the stadiums. The TV deal is killing any incentive for fans to go to the stadiums along with the un-family friendly image that they have.
Why would any real top player want to move to Italy and play in half empty stadiums? Even Juve could only move to a 40,000 stadium.
Serie A use to be a pride of joy, in the 90s it might have been the best and most dominate league ever. The best players performing in full stadiums and doing well in Europe. Juve, Lazio, Milan, Inter, Sampdoria and Parma all winning European competitions and getting to finals every year and winning a competition for all but 2 years. Now an Italian team reaches a QF and it is a miracle.
But United don't spend money
Why would any real top player want to move to Italy and play in half empty stadiums? Even Juve could only move to a 40,000 stadium.
Serie A use to be a pride of joy, in the 90s it might have been the best and most dominate league ever. The best players performing in full stadiums and doing well in Europe. Juve, Lazio, Milan, Inter, Sampdoria and Parma all winning European competitions and getting to finals every year and winning a competition for all but 2 years. Now an Italian team reaches a QF and it is a miracle.
With Rojo and Di maria MU has reclaimed their place at the top !
But United don't spend money
FlutterPuffs
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With Rojo and Di maria MU has reclaimed their place at the top !
Underwhelming buys that STILL hasnt really plugged the holes in our team.
Ah well. I'm just gonna try and enjoy this year and wreck havoc with FM15 in two months.
cartoon_soldier
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With Rojo and Di maria MU has reclaimed their place at the top !
That's because we have sold anybody for shit recently.
longdi
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With Rojo and Di maria MU has reclaimed their place at the top !
after RM sells ADM to manyoo for £60m, their net spend is only £60m! That is impressive with CR7 onboard.
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I'm actually quite happy about Italy's fall from grace, because they deserve every bit of it :lol
Best case scenario is that Juve keeps on winning the league until we effectively turn it into The Scottish League 2.0 :lol it's time for new blood and a rebuilding project.
But now they've hired Tavecchio, a racist 70 y/o zombie to plan for the future of Italian football
And we've hired Allegri, so my Scottish League 2.0 dream is already dead
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I'm actually quite happy about Italy's fall from grace, because they deserve every bit of it :lol
Best case scenario is that Juve keeps on winning the league until we effectively turn it into The Scottish League 2.0 :lol it's time for new blood and a rebuilding project.
But now they've hired Tavecchio, a racist 70 y/o zombie to plan for the future of Italian football
And we've hired Allegri, so my Scottish League 2.0 dream is already dead
Allegri looks like he belongs in TV as the "rapist/murderer/kidnapper/robber" actor in those doc-reality shows.
cartoon_soldier
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Here is Man U's problem with transfers too:
Players Out:
2014/15 : 8.80 million £
2013/14 : 1.58 million £
2012/13 : 13.32 million £
2010/11 : 16.18 million £
2009/10 : 91.93 million £
And last one is there only because of Ronaldo.
We suck at selling players too.
Compared to this, we spent shit on:
29 m for Fellani
10 m for Zaha
7m for Powell
5m for Henriquez
17m for Jones
16m for Young
Players Out:
2014/15 : 8.80 million £
2013/14 : 1.58 million £
2012/13 : 13.32 million £
2010/11 : 16.18 million £
2009/10 : 91.93 million £
And last one is there only because of Ronaldo.
We suck at selling players too.
Compared to this, we spent shit on:
29 m for Fellani
10 m for Zaha
7m for Powell
5m for Henriquez
17m for Jones
16m for Young
Kill Your Masters
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29m for Fellaini looks like a con job. Moyes 11.
PrematureQuiche
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Just watched Bad Neighbours and that film was pretty great.
It's not just about Moyes.
If you skip through the last 10 years, holy shit there are so many terrible decisions.
I can only imagine Moyes partying hard in Ibiza with his millions, while United struggles with Fellaini and Co.
cartoon_soldier
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Yep. Here's my compilation:
Fellani: 29m
Zaha: 10m
Powell: 7m
Jones: 17m
Young: 16m
Tosic: 6m
Bebe: 8m
Anderson: 27m
Nani: 22m
Diouf 4m
One's we were unlucky on:
Hargreaves: 22m (injury fucked us)
Kagawa: 14m (our managers fucked us)
It's not really about bad luck alone, Nani really looked good back in the day.
What I don't understand is, why is United wasting so much energy on loans for players that won't make it anyway.
It's good for some players that have what it takes to get better at a smaller club, but there are so many players in the list of transfers that are shit.
One of the few that made it was Tosic, who was sold for a decent price later on.
Tim the Wiz
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United's net spend isn't so crazy when you consider how we've under-invested in the squad since the CL win. The pendulum had to swing the other way sooner or later. Fellaini and Mata were obvious panic buys though.
Freewheelin'
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Twitter rumours, but apparently Man City are in for Di Maria
bantz
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Wish we could sell Welbeck to Villa. If he must go, let's improve the watchability of the PL.
Find your brother and tell him you've been believing Duncan Castles. He'll know what to do.
Find your brother and tell him you've been believing Duncan Castles. He'll know what to do.
Freewheelin'
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not saying I believe it at all :lol
Go_Ly_Dow
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Anderson, Nani and Hargreaves were pivotal to several years of success including the CL win.
Worth it.
Kill Your Masters
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Nothing is a done deal when Woodward is involved.
Yeah our transfer business in the last years was shit. We need someone who gets deals done rather than talk about them in the press, then overpay for panic buys.
There's a pretty strong journalistic consensus that it is as close to DONE as it can be without actually being done.
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