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Football Thread 2014/15 |OT5| Place for normal, legit banter

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K1LLER7

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Louis van Gaal has insisted he has no problem changing Manchester United’s 3-5-2 system after adding six players during the summer transfer window.The manager switched to the formation on taking over yet he is still seeking a first Premier League win after taking only two points from nine. With Ángel di María, Daley Blind and Radamel Falcao arriving in the final days of the window to join Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera and Marcos Rojo, Van Gaal was asked if it would be easy or difficult to adopt a new shape.

“It’s not difficult I think to change the formation, because when we buy a player we also see the positions he can play in other systems,” he said. “When you see what we have bought, you can see that.”

Despite the disappointing start Van Gaal denied he would change his philosophy if this form continued, though the Dutchman did concede he may change his “idea” if results did not alter after a month.“That’s another question. I’m always for evaluation, I’m not only evaluating the players but I’m evaluating myself and my staff. Now we have a lot of injuries so I’m evaluating why and I changed my preparation scheme because of that. I have changed also what we have to do after the match, I have changed the schedule of times. I am always evaluating myself. That philosophy has brought a lot of titles, I’m sorry to say that.“I don’t think that [the system] is the most important thing. The important thing is philosophy and that’s always the same.”

Pressed what the philosophy was, whether it might include a particular mentality or mode of play, Van Gaal said: “It’s not only a mode of play, it’s the way we are treating players, the way we are building up training sessions, the way we have to do our rehabilitation, the process, the steps that you have to make, it’s a lot of things. “But one of the most important things is I’m seeing the players not only as football players but as human beings.”Despite now having a particular abundance of attacking players – Falcao and Di María join Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie, Juan Mata, Adnan Januzaj and James Wilson –

Van Gaal has no concerns regarding how to accommodate them.“I observe and then decide. I don’t have any worries about that. I’ve done that for more than 25 years,” he said. “We shall see who is playing tomorrow. For a coach it is always easy because he can decide and he decides what he sees, at least I do.”

With Falcao yet to complete a match since the serious knee injury that ruled the Colombian out of the World Cup, Van Gaal would not be drawn if the striker would start against Queens Park Rangers on Sunday.“For me it’s always important if he fits in the profile that he has to perform, if he is fit enough and what is the quality of the other players,” he said. “So I cannot tell if you he plays or not, because that’s our surprise.”

Van Gaal admits he does not know when Falcao might reach his best level following the injury. “That’s a question we cannot answer. Because that’s also dependable on form, shape and we cannot predict that,” he said.United had 10 players injured before the international break and Van Gaal has only Shaw returning for QPR’s visit. The biggest loss is Phil Jones, who could be out for a month because of a hamstring injury sustained during England’s 2-0 Euro 2016 qualifying win in Switzerland.Of having nine of his squad ruled out, Van Gaal said: “This is a big concern because it’s not nice that I can’t compare the players. Then of course we have to evaluate how we train. But for the level, what I demand as a coach we need to train like that. But the players have to adapt to that level and that’s the crucial thing.”He still thinks winning the title is achievable. “Yes it is always possible,” he claimed. “We have to play a lot matches and we are not so much behind.”
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Good to see he's changing some on the training to benefit the players fitness. Hooefully we have less injuries.
 
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King_Moc

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Freewheelin' said:
Yeah, but developers always hype up their own products, lol. Bit wary of this after the last Alien game too, which was an utter abomination.
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Different studio though. I heard Gearbox farmed that out to some nobodies on the cheap, so they could put all the money into Borderlands 2.
 
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Scum

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I'm tempted to have Cleverley and Welbeck in my FF team...

Freewheelin' said:
Yeah, but developers always hype up their own products, lol. Bit wary of this after the last Alien game too, which was an utter abomination.
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Vivalaraza

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Sup

Crazy amount of Destiny adds across the London Underground today. Taken out all the platform walls at Oxford Circus.

Think City will win 4-1 at Lunchtime.
 
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Xpike

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who cares about Destiny, the Smash demo is amazing, everyone feels great. Can't wait to play the full version and jack off eveyrwhere.
 
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Broder Salsa

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Xpike said:
who cares about Destiny, the Smash demo is amazing, everyone feels great. Can't wait to play the full version and jack off eveyrwhere.
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If there's one thing to care even less about that Destiny, it's probably a demo of a shit fighting game. Only good thing about Smash bang bros is that it raises awareness for Mother 3.
 
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Scum

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Arsenal 4 - 2 Manchester City

Chelsea 2 - 1 Swansea City
Crystal Palace 2 - 1 Burnley
Southampton 3 - 1 Newcastle United
Stoke City 2 - 2 Leicester City
Sunderland 3 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur
West Brom 1 - 3 Everton

Liverpool 3 - 2 Aston Villa

Vivalaraza said:
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Crazy amount of Destiny adds across the London Underground today. Taken out all the platform walls at Oxford Circus.

Think City will win 4-1 at Lunchtime.
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Yo.
 
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Meier

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This is pretty cool:
Four star wide receiver recruit Drake Davis is opting to play soccer this year instead of football, his coach told 247Sports.

Fork Union Military Academy (Va.) coach Brian Hurlocker said Davis made his decision in the spring and that he's had to inform inquiring college football coaches that Davis isn't playing football.

The 6-foot-2, 212-pound Davis is rated the No. 27 player in the class of 2016 by Rivals. He has offers from Alabama, Florida State, Miami, Virginia Tech and other programs. He is also a Division I prospect in soccer.

It's unclear whether Davis is choosing soccer over football for just this year or if he's decided to give up football altogether.
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http://www.si.com/college-football/2014/09/12/drake-davis-recruit-soccer-football.
 
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Labadal

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Scum said:
Arsenal 1 - 1 Manchester City

Chelsea 3 - 0 Swansea City
Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Burnley
Southampton 2 - 2 Newcastle United
Stoke City 0 - 1 Leicester City
Sunderland 0 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur
West Brom 1 - 2 Everton

Liverpool 2 - 1 Aston Villa
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My predictions, but not how I am going to bet.
 
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Meier

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Clegg said:
The Destiny threads in Gaming makes for interesting reading. Besides poor gameplay design, it looks as if Bungie have forgotten to add enough game to this endeavour. Lots of people complaining about lack of any social features and little to no variation in loot.
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They've been adamant that it isn't an MMO -- actual "social interaction" is very far down the list I think. If you're in a fireteam, it's good. There is a definite issue with the loot though IMO -- getting non-greens and the like from chests and/or finishing levels is a really strange decision. The vast majority of the loot I've encountered has been very weak thus far. Hopefully they can tweak drop rates with a patch.
 
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Steverulez

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FlutterPuffs said:
People are making like Destiny isn't fun.

It is, very. People seem adamant to see it as a failure though.
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Well it is from the makers of Halo (well, the ones that weren't fired or left already), peoples expectations were extremely high and it seems they haven't matched them.

Im sure theres some hyperbole like you get with anything but still
 
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GorillaJu

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Meier said:
They've been adamant that it isn't an MMO -- actual "social interaction" is very far down the list I think. If you're in a fireteam, it's good. There is a definite issue with the loot though IMO -- getting non-greens and the like from chests and/or finishing levels is a really strange decision. The vast majority of the loot I've encountered has been very weak thus far. Hopefully they can tweak drop rates with a patch.
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I'm wearing only blues now at level 18. They come in thick and fast for me...
 
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FlutterPuffs

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Steverulez said:
Well it is from the makers of Halo (well, the ones that weren't fired or left already), peoples expectations were extremely high and it seems they haven't matched them.

Im sure theres some hyperbole like you get with anything but still
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Still, it's way fucking better than Borderlands that got pretty high ratings. I think it's been graded and criticised too harshly.
 
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Broder Salsa

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Has this been posted?

Felipe Melo has been suspended for 2 matches by Galatasaray for tweeting that the Fenerbahce's president should eat his own balls.


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Fry pls
 
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