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Football Thread 2014/15 |OT5| Place for normal, legit banter
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LabouredSubterfuge
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Rounding the keeper's much easier now. Lobs much harder (probably rightfully so).
I wonder what Kojima is smoking
He wants them cosplays.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Napoli wat r u doing
PrematureQuiche
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Yeah now you can knock on reliably instead of just pot luck it makes it easier!
LabouredSubterfuge
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I feel like keepers stay on their line more than they would in real life though.
I might start Ultimate Team with 15 :/
All I do is play Seasons mode usually. But I cannot continue like this.
And elsk. This is for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7JKmwEZiFw
All I do is play Seasons mode usually. But I cannot continue like this.
And elsk. This is for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7JKmwEZiFw
The dribbling's real nice. Was nigh on impossible to actually make runs in the last few but I was jinking through everyone with Messi and Sterling
Keepers are mad though. Been a few where they should save it and go down too slow, and then some where the animation has gone from prone to mid dive in half a second allowing them to save it.
Won 2-0, 1-0, 1-0, 4-0... haven't got a problem scoring really.
Keepers are mad though. Been a few where they should save it and go down too slow, and then some where the animation has gone from prone to mid dive in half a second allowing them to save it.
Won 2-0, 1-0, 1-0, 4-0... haven't got a problem scoring really.
fadetoblack
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Gabbiadini is already dead.There's no way we fit him into the system of we already have our hopes on Berardi and Zaza. Unless, that is, we get rid of players like Pepe and don't take up options on Pereyra. Then Gabbiadini can play as a winger in 4-3-3.
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----------Vidal------Pog/March-------
Berardi--------------------Gabbiadini
--------------Zaza---------------------
LabouredSubterfuge
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I like that good dribblers can now just use an unexpected burst of pace to go by players now. That was so uncommon in previous versions. You always had to do some convoluted trick to get past some one which is hardly realistic if you look at how the best dribblers in the world go past people IRL.
I'm Kikarian
Baconsaurus Rex
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Welcome Kikarian.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Hey Kikarian, who do you support?
PrematureQuiche
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You lot are a bunch of dicks.
brokenbeans
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Don't do it Bla don't start!
KidA Seven
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LanceVance
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Wtf I'm Kikarian
FootballFan
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Who is Sam
stop being dicks to the best United bro Kikarian
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Verratti is singing a contract extension with PSG, it'll never ever happen in the (near) future.
Pogba is leaving to Madrid next season
Vidal is angry and confused
It'll be either Gabby boy or Mimmo lad, and the latter is way better than him as it stands ;_;
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Verratti is singing a contract extension with PSG, it'll never ever happen in the (near) future.
Pogba is leaving to Madrid next season
Vidal is angry and confused
It'll be either Gabby boy or Mimmo lad, and the latter is way better than him as it stands ;_;
Nicktendo86
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I don't get those comments from Wenger at all, what's the point in saying Welbeck would not have been signed had he been in the country and that he will explain the full story some day? Has to be a dig at the board going over his head, surely. Mental.
Freewheelin'
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I'm Spartacus
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LabouredSubterfuge
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Gives him.
figadapaura
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You can't read.
brokenbeans
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Roma strike me as the Spurs of Italy.
Cunts to do business with.
Cunts to do business with.
The_Hitcher89
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In Destiny, when can you start fighting the strong guys with question marks where their level would normally be?
KidA Seven
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Figaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Perfect Blue
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Read an article on the Daily Mail about Gael Kakuta that also name dropped Josh McEachran. Slightly annoyed at recent articles from this and the Guardian talking foul of Chelsea's loan system while at the same time never actually providing any proof of how they are detrimental to players. These kids get to play in some great leagues, are provided a great wage, and introduced to different cultures AND Chelsea helps them find a better deal later on so both parties end up benefiting.
How in the fuck is this worse than having to sit on the bench all season or playing for youth/reserve sides with a few thousand people watching? The mention of Kakuta and McEachran is mostly annoying because they HAD their chances and neither could stack up, especially Kakuta who has a history of lacking the work ethic required. Then you have others like Marin who Chelsea picked up when no one wanted him and Oriol Romeu who broke his leg twice and Chelsea helped and now he plays in the Bundesliga.
One argument I've read is that the team that Chelsea bought the player from doesn't get a cut when Chelsea sell him even though they trained him... yeah no shit, if I work in a local computer company and I get picked up by Apple/Google, my old employer gets nothing from that, and they shouldn't. Though this could be fixed easily by including a sell on clause when a player gets bought by a bigger club so I'm not sure why it's not executed more. So many people seem to forget that football is a job and a lot of folks want to take away basic employee rights by having a hard salary cap (that no job in the EU has) that goes completely against EU employee rights or having them locked into a specific club until they're of age, which also is a terrible idea. Footballers know they have a shelf life of 10-13 years so arbitrarily setting limits to preserve some imagined "sanctity" and romanticism of the game is just stupid to me.
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Are there any good arguments against Chelsea's loan system? I'd love to read some. One good one I think is that it's another case of the haves vs. the have nots in the sense that buying up young talent keeps it away from other poorer clubs... but at the same time if a youngster wants to go to Chelsea or Manchester City or where ever they should be allowed to. I don't know, it's easy to find stuff you don't like about it (if you're someone else, I still don't see proof that it's detrimental) but difficult as heck to find a solution.
How in the fuck is this worse than having to sit on the bench all season or playing for youth/reserve sides with a few thousand people watching? The mention of Kakuta and McEachran is mostly annoying because they HAD their chances and neither could stack up, especially Kakuta who has a history of lacking the work ethic required. Then you have others like Marin who Chelsea picked up when no one wanted him and Oriol Romeu who broke his leg twice and Chelsea helped and now he plays in the Bundesliga.
One argument I've read is that the team that Chelsea bought the player from doesn't get a cut when Chelsea sell him even though they trained him... yeah no shit, if I work in a local computer company and I get picked up by Apple/Google, my old employer gets nothing from that, and they shouldn't. Though this could be fixed easily by including a sell on clause when a player gets bought by a bigger club so I'm not sure why it's not executed more. So many people seem to forget that football is a job and a lot of folks want to take away basic employee rights by having a hard salary cap (that no job in the EU has) that goes completely against EU employee rights or having them locked into a specific club until they're of age, which also is a terrible idea. Footballers know they have a shelf life of 10-13 years so arbitrarily setting limits to preserve some imagined "sanctity" and romanticism of the game is just stupid to me.
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Are there any good arguments against Chelsea's loan system? I'd love to read some. One good one I think is that it's another case of the haves vs. the have nots in the sense that buying up young talent keeps it away from other poorer clubs... but at the same time if a youngster wants to go to Chelsea or Manchester City or where ever they should be allowed to. I don't know, it's easy to find stuff you don't like about it (if you're someone else, I still don't see proof that it's detrimental) but difficult as heck to find a solution.
figadapaura
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There's a level 22 Strike once you get there.this rainbow laces campaign is pretty cool! Still sad that we gotta do campaigns for this stuff in 2014
we're essentially doing campaigns telling people to stop being stupid/ignorant and to mind their own business
You can buy anyone you want over there. Even Totti.
even that Sabatini dude. Buy him and force him to tweet something else
we're essentially doing campaigns telling people to stop being stupid/ignorant and to mind their own business
You can buy anyone you want over there. Even Totti.
even that Sabatini dude. Buy him and force him to tweet something else
Not according to the Telegraph. He suggested that because he had to travel, he was up earlier than usual which allowed him to secure the deal.
Or some bollocks like that.
Nicktendo86
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That make it even more bizarre to me, he was going to sleep in on transfer deadline day and Arsenal's business was dependant on whether their manager was up? I'm confused.
Edit: Or basically what Yurt said.
Steverulez
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The main argument is hoarding youngsters, but its a BS argument because every club has a lot of youngsters any limits imposed on loaning players is fucking ridiculous.
You look at who we're loaning players too, Championship or equivalent in other countries was the lowest level we were doing so in the summer window. Now the Football league window is open we'll undoubtedly loan players to lower divisions but because its either their level or right for their age.
We don't put guns to anyones heads for these deals and our youth teams are winning a lot of trophies, not to mention we saved Aldershot town with our recent deal to use their stadium/facilities for the youngsters.
Oh and we use these deals to form close relationships with clubs in other countries, tons of other clubs do it why shouldn't we? Not our fault we're good at maintaining relationships and using them to our advantage (see Costa deal and us not having to activate the release clause but paying like a pound less or whatever)
I think it's too early to tell. I honestly don't even know if any of them is good enough for Juve. Berardi is the youngest and seems to be the one with the most talent / potential, so we'll bring him home next year for sure. Zaza is exploding right now, but he had a somewhat average, good at best, season with Sassuolo last year. Gabbiadini's was even worse. He was playing in less than ideal conditions, but still. Both him and Zaza are 22/23 already. This needs to be their breakout season. Zaza will likely get another chance / year to impress us regardless, since he only has one Serie A season behind him and has Conte (and Paratici, who always believed in him and brought him to Sampdoria for free!) behind him now. Gabbiadini ... is pretty much already dead, yeah, unless he pulls an Immobile.
My feeling is we'll bring both Berardi and Zaza to Torino next season and sell Gabbiadini, along with players like Pepe, Giovinco, Ogbonna and Padoin Kenobi.
Played the fifa demo for a good fee hours now, the more I play the less I like it, but I'm sure in the retail version it will be altered, the passing is arcades and the shooting too easy.
Also the £10 keyboard from Tesco is legit
Also the £10 keyboard from Tesco is legit
LabouredSubterfuge
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Sounds like they're operating under the Fergie system.
So does Wenger's comments mean Welbeck's not going to get much of a chance then? They can't be good for his morale either.
That has always been the case. They are also useless when you need them to keep the ball from going out, even when there's no danger around. They'd rather hug the post than run to the sides of the box.
That has always been the case. They are also useless when you need them to keep the ball from going out, even when there's no danger around. They'd rather hug the post than run to the sides of the box.
Perfect Blue
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Yeah, exactly. Look at how many Italian clubs loan put players out on loan (though Serie A is the last thing the FA needs to try and emulate) and no one gives a shit, only when Chelsea does it is it a problem because the club is fun to hate. The club is doing nothing new at all just doing it on a larger scale and profiting off it to try and work around FFP.
Chelsea is in a special situation because due to the size of Stamford Bridge and that they can't expand or build anywhere else, they need to find different, more innovative streams of revenue to be able to match up with United, Arsenal, Man City, and Liverpool who have massive stadiums and make a lot of money from match tickets.
CelticKnight
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Regarding a conversation on here about badly behaved football fans and a comment from a Swansea fan that Cardiff were some of the worst around:
Also a "thinly veiled" Man Utd fans are violent thugs post.
that Paratici story blew my mind :lol Zaza might be his bastard for all we know. THEY HAVE THE SAME EYES
Cunte got Zaza's back clearly (and I'm sure it has nothing to do with him being a balding southern teen), so I'm not worried about him for now, he'll explode one way or another
and yeah of all our youngsters, Berardi is the only REAL DEAL so far. The Verratti of strikers if you will...;_;
You should youtube Berardi-Zaza though and see how just fucking magnificent they're with each other <3
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