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Football Thread 2014/15 |OT4| Did you see that Ludogorets display last night?
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Shanks D Zoro
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I must only rate strikers who score more goals than their age.
I really don't want him around the NT after he cried like a little bitch about not getting left out of the WC squad.
I am so excited about tomorrows game. Conte has a great winners mentality so hopefully we won't see the embarassing winless streaks like we did with Prandelli.
FootballFan
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Shanks D Zoro
Banned
It is gonna be hilarious when they are the most expensive squad ever to fail to qualify for the CL.
FootballFan
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Mathieu - 30 years old
1 full game for France in his career.
Joins Barca
Gets called up for France.
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1 full game for France in his career.
Joins Barca
Gets called up for France.
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Hehe, I like that.
Still, the best transfer United done was Gahl. We all know it will end with a desaster but he will make United champions this season.
Welcome!
cartoon_soldier
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FootballFan
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Yes fake injuries before international matches are the best
This international break 2 weeks after the season started is the biggest FIFA trolling. I bet we have several ruptures and fractures next week of key players.
Shanks D Zoro
Banned
Did he play in the charity match yesterday? I saw his name down for it originally.
Even without Vidal though ... this might be the most impressive display of mercato power I've seen in my life. The closest we came to something like this was when we bought Buffon, Nedved and Thuram, but that was after we had sold Zidane.
Woodward's life is raiding on this transfer window.
Hendo knows what's up, should be captain over Rooney:
People have to fear England and not want to play us, added Henderson. The only way of doing that is to play at a high tempo and win games. That process begins against Norway and, on Monday, in Switzerland in Englands first Euro 2016 qualifier.
People have to fear England and not want to play us, added Henderson. The only way of doing that is to play at a high tempo and win games. That process begins against Norway and, on Monday, in Switzerland in Englands first Euro 2016 qualifier.
FootballFan
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Haha yep. It's seriously a joke. "I know the world cup just finished and the new season just started, I realise you signed new players literally a day ago, but it's time for some international football"
Nope. he was injured.
TheLucifer
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NO.
Let him play 45 minutes in Serie A with us first.
What Cristante did yesterday was pretty much what Borriello did in 2011. We just brought in Ibra and Robinho and he was scared of the competition, so he just left. Bryan did the same. Still, a loan would've been better, especially when you think that he was one of our best prospects.
From what I read this morning, Parma owed Zaccardo 400k euros. They gave him 250k this summer, and Zaccardo wanted the rest (150k euros) to be paid in the next twelve months and to be included in his new contract. This wasn't possible due to some stuff in Parma's financial situation so it was going to end in two ways: Milan paid the rest of whatever Zaccardo wanted just to get rid of him, or keep the player until his contract expires. Galliani decided to keep him, maybe beacause his contract is up next June, but I'm not sure about that.
Milchmonster
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Has somebody ordered a United shirt with "RUMBO" yet?
Deaf Spacker
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United are either back in business or we are going to implode.
Gonna be a fun season.
Gonna be a fun season.
cartoon_soldier
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We will see how Hendo does then
I think England will probably do well this break though
I honestly want to see England play I diamond, but I doubt it. Woy wants two holding.
That's it? That's pretty cheap.. cheaper than Sturridge. Considering his scoring record is nearly 1:1 in his past teams.
Can we replace Marotta with Woodward please?
it depends, was his father allowed to handle the ticket sales?
it depends, was his father allowed to handle the ticket sales?
FootballFan
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still unbalanced as fuck though...
Reading up on things I am actually becoming incredibly angry at Wenger.
Apparently we offered Campbell to Sporting in attempt to push through the Carvalho deal? Campbell clearly expendable why didn't we accept Benfica's money and add that money to what we offered Sporting for Carvalho? We would have had him and he would have solved a massive problem in our squad.
Apparently we offered Campbell to Sporting in attempt to push through the Carvalho deal? Campbell clearly expendable why didn't we accept Benfica's money and add that money to what we offered Sporting for Carvalho? We would have had him and he would have solved a massive problem in our squad.
Vivalaraza
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His voice is softer than his hair
What did we buy
What did we buy
FootballFan
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I wonder if AndresON now supports manutd too.
Tim the Wiz
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Brendan Rodgers said:
Ha, forgot about that one.
Rumbo. What a day.
Wouldn't be surprised if Mata gets Shinji'd by next summer.
Vivalaraza
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Gonna play my wildcard in FPL I think. Too much has happened this week. Too much.
Why? United spent a lot of money, which Juve don't have, only to have a totally unbalanced team. If Mourinho was in charge most of the players at United would get moved on.
I still feel this emotional connection to Falcao (and to a lesser extent Guarin too) after taking my picture with him
Cool dude. Needs to stop french kissing his wife in public though
we do actually :lol
but we spend it all on
Cool dude. Needs to stop french kissing his wife in public though
we do actually :lol
but we spend it all on
FootballFan
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Arsenal bloody arsenal
cartoon_soldier
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Wait to see injury situation sheet break
I can't look at Kate Upton's pictures without noticing the square mid section anymore.
always been more of a fan of Upton's top half
TheLucifer
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+17m, and there still are a bunch of wages that we left behind (mostly Kakà and Robinho, Torres earns almost as much as Balo, so nothing really changed with those transfers) and a lot of useless players finally left (Coppola, Constant, Emanuelson, Silvestre, Salamon).
Not bad, not bad at all.
USHO!!! Sandro gone and no Schneiderlin? HeheheheheheI'll never forget that tie.
Goodnight sweet prince
Our buddies Man United helped save us from Sanogo. Never thought they'd help us out but am grateful.
The Utd fan "CL football didn't matter" mantra is silly. It did matter, that's why you're paying 200m for the players you picked up this window.
You brought in players who were being shopped around Europe. They're very very good footballers, but it's not like they were swatting away clubs to join Man Utd. They were up for grabs and no one was biting because of the outlandish prices being asked.
3wood did his job, but holy fuck did he spend, and still the squad is unbalanced. Rojo and Blind are risks, but wisely taken risks. Shaw is Andy Carroll-level ridiculous.
I mean look at the difference in business this summer compared to Liverpool:
Luke Shaw - 27-30m
Alberto Moreno - 12-14m
Daley Blind - 15m
Emre Can - 8m
Ander Herrera - 25-35m
Adam Lallana - 16-25m
Angel Di Maria - 60m
Lazar Markovic - 20m
Rumbo - 50-60m (yes it's deferred by a year but most payments are broken up into clauses so that doesn't discount it as he was signed in this window)
Mario Balotelli - 16m
Now obviously you're paying a lot of money for players with huge reputations that are in their prime so the giant disparity between say Markovic and Marie is understandable, but to me, that's the lack of CL coming into effect. Utd would be signing top European talents like Markovic and wouldn't have to overpay for unwanted heavyweights if they had CL football.
You brought in players who were being shopped around Europe. They're very very good footballers, but it's not like they were swatting away clubs to join Man Utd. They were up for grabs and no one was biting because of the outlandish prices being asked.
3wood did his job, but holy fuck did he spend, and still the squad is unbalanced. Rojo and Blind are risks, but wisely taken risks. Shaw is Andy Carroll-level ridiculous.
I mean look at the difference in business this summer compared to Liverpool:
Luke Shaw - 27-30m
Alberto Moreno - 12-14m
Daley Blind - 15m
Emre Can - 8m
Ander Herrera - 25-35m
Adam Lallana - 16-25m
Angel Di Maria - 60m
Lazar Markovic - 20m
Rumbo - 50-60m (yes it's deferred by a year but most payments are broken up into clauses so that doesn't discount it as he was signed in this window)
Mario Balotelli - 16m
Now obviously you're paying a lot of money for players with huge reputations that are in their prime so the giant disparity between say Markovic and Marie is understandable, but to me, that's the lack of CL coming into effect. Utd would be signing top European talents like Markovic and wouldn't have to overpay for unwanted heavyweights if they had CL football.
KidA Seven
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It'll be interesting to see what he does with Rojo, Shaw and Blind, but yewah, we needed another CM at least.
But it can't all be done in one window, it took City and Chelsea a few to get it right and the position we were in at the end of last season was terrible.
It's funny how we wanted Scheiderlin and Musacchio to replace Sandro and Dawson (which would have cost £40m) but we've ended up getting Stambouli and Fazio for £13m combined.
Levy gonna Levy
FootballFan
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I'll never forget that tie.
Goodnight sweet prince
Don't worry man, Pato will be back to Europe soon. He was so good.
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