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Football Thread 2014/2015 |OT11| This Is Our Year!
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Frustrated_me
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Trying hard, you really are.
I give everything I do my best effort, m8. This is no different.
pulga
Banned
Agreed. Great post, Arnie. I hope your dinner is lovely today.
m8 did you not see his goal against yeovil
Frustrated_me
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Well in that case, I owe you an apology for being abruptly rude. You're doing great work, Footy-GAF appreciates the time and effort.
FortuneFaded
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I know some of these words.
Did you not see his goal against Chelsea?
No, me fucking neither, but I jumped like I did.
Also, Sporting lads, is Carrillo any good? Apparently our scouts were watching him against Braga. Carvalho and his agent are desperate for us to bid for him but we don't fancy it. Give 'em shit but our scouts are good lads. Big Willy tactics aren't for us.
KidA Seven
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Someone post the prospect's goal vs Yeovil.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Personally think Herrera being dropped has coincided with us playing our worst football by and large.
I think LvG's use of him so far has been one of the biggest black marks against him (next to 3-5-2).
I think LvG's use of him so far has been one of the biggest black marks against him (next to 3-5-2).
Gives the ball away too much, goes missing in games, struggles in his own half, isn't versatile AT ALL.
25 years old.
£30 million (don't know the exact figure, please enlighten me).
Scoring against Yeovil isn't enough. Blind is a superb signing. Herrera is woeful.
Especially compared to our Can.
I'm the other way around. Found Herrera to be quite good and Blind to be largely ineffectual.
Just googled arsenal transfer and saw that Hamburg is bidding for him. We will lose that bidding war of course.
This is Arsenal.
Herrera is much better than Blind.
Rory Smith @RorySmithTimes · 6h 6 hours ago
Reliably informed Dick Law will be in Warsaw tomorrow to try and finalise a deal to sign Krystian Bielik. Legia want £2.5m upfront. #afc
Dick Law is all over it. Don't worry.
Rory Smith @RorySmithTimes · 6h 6 hours ago
Reliably informed Dick Law will be in Warsaw tomorrow to try and finalise a deal to sign Krystian Bielik. Legia want £2.5m upfront. #afc
Dick Law is all over it. Don't worry.
if you've watched United for the past 3 seasons and seen the utter dross we've had to put up with for midfielders you'd think otherwise
Blind is good, Herrera is a step above, youre just letting Blind's good looks fool you
Try and rip it from Messi's arms?
pulga
Banned
Please go work on your reading comprehension, I clearly said he already won it.
You've been bit by the jealousy bug, haven't you? Poor widdle weddie :lol
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
I think he does give the ball away too much and has his moments when he doesn't provide the defensive cover he should, but I very much disagree on your points on going missing and not being versatile.
During his initial run of games in the league early season where he was starting he got 2 goals and 3 assists, before LvG decided to drop him.
I don't quite get your love for Can. He's not done much wrong, but then he's not done much of note at all. And I don't think Rodger's use of him at CB is necessarily a stellar endorsement of someone who was bought as a CM.
God that was so funny. Shame the wings were a disgrace.
Let's do it again.
I think Herrera's a better player, Blind's had a better season. I do really like Ander but he gives the ball away so fucking much. So rash in possession.
Lana Del Rey
Banned
What I liked the most about Blind's performance at left back is the few crosses he put in. It reassured my hate towards Valencia's awful crossing syndrome.
Yeah he was ok when he moved to LB, albeit quite slow.
PCA innit?
He's a good player
Hopefully get the chance to table with him if he comes to EPT London
Or maybe Nadal. But those fuckers don't small stakes tournies with donkeys like me.
Facism
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FootballFan
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Diablo Rosso
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Blind isn't quick enough to be a LWB, then again we shouldn't be playing them. LVG is a great coach but can be too stubborn. I honestly think he'll stick with 3-5-2. Prove me wrong Aloysius.
Can Crusher
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I don't understand why these "journos" are stupid enough to the point that they believe anybody will actually pay 250 million euros for Messi.
The player wants out, does nobody play FM? His value is going down.
The player wants out, does nobody play FM? His value is going down.
LabouredSubterfuge
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This time not such good news Arsenal fans.
Can't win 'em all.
FootballFan
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Facism
Member
yup. A player that doesn't want to play for your team isn't worth what you ask for him. What are you going to do? Sit him on the bench or park him in the reserves for a season, paying his wages and getting 0 utility from him? Then you can get even less next transfer season.
But it's Messi, his value won't drop like a rock by virtue of who he is and how much tax he doesn't pay.
Bloody hell.
Imagine if you grew up with no role models so you were forced to look up to superstars as father figures, so you supported two of the richest clubs in Europe, one of which you seem not to care about . And instead of actually watching both of those two teams you spent your sports time trolling people on the internet for no reason.
What a shame.
Poor guy.
Imagine if you grew up with no role models so you were forced to look up to superstars as father figures, so you supported two of the richest clubs in Europe, one of which you seem not to care about . And instead of actually watching both of those two teams you spent your sports time trolling people on the internet for no reason.
What a shame.
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Well it has to be put into context.
Until Burnley on Boxing Day he'd played around 150 minutes of Premier League football, mostly because he's a 20 year old defensive midfielder coming into a new league in a team with a lot of established international footballers at various levels.
Unlike yourselves we don't have a midfield that's made of peanut butter, so it isn't easy for a genuine prospect to get a game. It isn't an area of the pitch that you can leave to chance.
Then at Burnley he came in as a right sided centre back in a fluid three, and the main ball carrier into midfield. So don't let the position fool you, he's doing a lot of work playing around midfield and also doing a great job of defending aerial balls and working an exposed channel.
Since Burnley he's put in four performances of sublime quality (he isn't banging in goals so you'd have to watch him actually play football to notice) and he's still phenomenally young. He's making central defenders look sloppy and central midfielders look lightweight. He even had a stint at attacking midfield that made Liam Bridcutt look fucking ridiculous.
He's just turned 21 and he's suddenly become undroppable. And he cost £10 million. In five years time, once he's Herrera's age, he'll be an absolute monster. Probably for Bayern but I'll enjoy him whilst he's here. We're all in need of some laughs.
