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Football Thread 2014/2015 |OT12| Old Man Looking For 17 year olds. Contact Arsene

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Hixx

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What an absolute load of shit Interstellar ends up as.

Loved the first couple of hours but jesus christ
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Vivalaraza

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Wilbur said:
How does LVG not think playing 3-5-2 gives us twitchy bum considering how shit we've been in every game?

How does he not think 4-3-3 is an option?

I don't get it. I don't get how he doesn't see it.
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Well we have been pretty comfortable in the 352 for the most part, at least compared to the heart attacks we had with 442. We've only conceded like 6 in the last 13 games or something I read.

But it's come at the cost of our attack.

I said this last week too but the thing thats frustrating right now is that the player roles just aren't fitting. I wasn't keen on it a few months ago but I really wanna see Carrick in the back 3 now. Him or Daily, but preferably Carrick. And Rafael back in ahead of Valencia who probably even manages fucks up his breathing these days.
 
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Wilbur

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Vivalaraza said:
Well we have been pretty comfortable in the 352 for the most part, at least compared to the heart attacks we had with 442. We've only conceded like 6 in the last 13 games or something I read.

But it's come at the cost of our attack.

I said this last week too but the thing thats frustrating right now is that the player roles just aren't fitting. I wasn't keen on it a few months ago but I really wanna see Carrick in the back 3 now. Him or Daily, but preferably Carrick. And Rafael back in ahead of Valencia who probably even manages fucks up his breathing these days.
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We've let in less goals, sure. But three draws in a row, extremely lucky to win at Southampton and Arsenal... And we're playing half our team in the wrong position.

Agreed on Carrick/Blind. Just far more composed than everyone else back there.
 
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Hixx

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In better news, I may have found an amazing solution to my streaming problems. I'll have to wait until there's a game on to test it but if it works... omg
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Yen

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I was watching highlights of Liverpool's 5-2 win over Derby in the FA Youth Cup. They played a 334 formation.
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KidA Seven

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Jarnet87 said:
lol. there are more chances of Ronaldo returning then us getting Pogba. It would be one thing if were the only club in the world that could offer him the huge wages and transfer that Juve and his agent will ask for, but there are least 4 other clubs who can do so. All things equal money wise why would he pick the team that slighted him. I dont want to think about this anymore, just makes me salty.
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Yeah this makes sense, but

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Also, the club didn't slight him. Fergie didn't play him enough and he is no longer the manager. It's not as if United just told him to pack his bags. They offered him another contract and he didn't trust Fergie would play him enough based on the 2012 season evidence. Also, not many clubs can afford him because of FFP. United are rich.

Vivalaraza said:
If he plays he is gonna play him at LWB.

Do you know if Harrop has been playing lately or is he still injured? The last I heard of him he was RT'ing pics of ass.
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Harrop came back from injury in the last match the u21s played and I believe he scored.
 
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Rodgers puts Sterling in striker position to inject speed into the team, Van Gaal does too. Rodgers puts Can at 3rd center back position to improve ball playing from the back, Van Gaal does too.

Get your own ideas you copier.
 
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Wilbur

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OddMorsel said:
Rodgers puts Sterling in striker position to inject speed into the team, Van Gaal does too. Rodgers puts Can at 3rd center back position to improve ball playing from the back, Van Gaal does too.

Get your own ideas you copier.
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m7 carrick played cb like two months before can
 
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Elchele

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Jarnet87 said:
weren't you guys still using the 4-2-3-1 at least? I would take that in a heartbeat over 3-5-2.
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We had a DM playing as CB, another DM playing as LB. Meanwhile he played a LB/LM as DM, and fucking Ottl. And the tactics were clearly not working at all.
 
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TRANSFER GOSSIP
Manchester United are preparing a late bid to sign Villarreal defender Gabriel Paulista, 24, who is already in talks with Arsenal. (Daily Star)
Chelsea are working on a deal to sign 24-year-old Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Douglas Costa. (Sun - subscription required)
West Brom boss Tony Pulis has confirmed his interest in signing 23-year-old Wigan winger Callum McManaman and Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher, 30. (Times - subscription required)
QPR have been offered Corinthians' former AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato, 25. (Daily Mail)
Hull City are tracking Tottenham and England winger Aaron Lennon, 27, who is set to leave White Hart Lane this month. (Hull Daily Mail)
Wolfsburg's former Chelsea midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, 23, a reported target for Arsenal and Manchester United, is not interested in a move back to the Premier League. (Daily Star)
Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez, 26, looks unlikely to turn his loan deal at Real Madrid into a permanent move and could return to Old Trafford in the summer. (Daily Express)
Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny's position has been cast into further doubt after it emerged the club are monitoring Fiorentina goalkeeper Norberto Neto, 25. (Daily Mail)
Roma are trying to persuade Chelsea to accept just £380,000 to take 22-year-old winger Mohamed Salah on loan until the end of next season. (London Evening Standard)
Birmingham City have rejected a third bid from Championship rivals Bournemouth for their 18-year-old winger Demarai Gray. (Birmingham Mail)

OTHER GOSSIP
Three of Fifa's biggest sponsors - Castrol, Continental and Johnson & Johnson - have revealed they have joined Sony and Emirates in abandoning football's beleaguered world governing body. (Telegraph)
Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville will decide in the next 18 months whether he wants to leave his job as a television pundit and go into management. (Guardian)
Former Tottenham boss Tim Sherwood says there is no chance of him becoming the next Newcastle United head coach. (Talksport)
Meanwhile, Dutchman Frank de Boer is open to an approach from Newcastle to become the club's new head coach this summer. (Guardian)
Arsene Wenger has delivered a gloomy prognosis on the fitness of 28-year-old midfielder Abou Diaby, who now appears increasingly likely to have played his last game for Arsenal. (Telegraph)
Manager Brendan Rodgers admits Liverpool had little chance of winning the Premier League this year - but is convinced they can challenge for the title again next season. (Liverpool Echo)
Former Rangers midfielder Barry Ferguson has urged supporters to put their differences with the club's board aside at Sunday's testimonial for ex-Ibrox player Fernando Ricksen, who has Motor Neurone Disease. (Sky Sports)
Birmingham City's parent company claims even more money may have been "misappropriated" by a former employee than the £2.55m it initially reported to police. (Birmingham Mail)

BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA
At 6ft 7ins, Stoke City's Peter Crouch is used to towering above people, but took that to a whole new level when he encountered jockey Nathan Alison during a trip to the races in Dubai. The former England international tweeted: "Perhaps I shouldn't stand next to jockeys."
Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge is edging closer to making his return after several months out injured, and in an Instagram post on Thursday he was seen with fellow Reds striker Mario Balotelli. "My man!!! We're gonna be linking up soon!!" the England international wrote.
Kyle Walker reacted to Tottenham team-mate Kyle Naughton's transfer to Swansea on Thursday in a Twitter post. Walker and Naughton both joined Spurs from Sheffield United in 2009, and Walker said: "Good luck at Swansea @Knaughts88. Gonna be strange not having you around the place!"
QPR midfielder Alejandro Faurlin, who is recovering from a third cruciate ligament injury in as many seasons, gave his Twitter followers an update on his progress on Thursday. "I'm on the mend once again. It's been really hard four and half months," he wrote.

AND FINALLY...
Hull City winger Ahmed Elmohamady hired a taxi to transport his missing wallet 50 miles from Scarborough to Hull, the Yorkshire Post reports. The wallet reportedly contained the Egyptian's travel visa, which he urgently needed to board a flight.
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FIFA will be truly dead soon enough. Unless...
 
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Bold One

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Clegg said:
3-5-2 is here for the rest of the season, United bros.

LvG gets the back page spread for all the papers tomorrow. Says our defending when playing 4-4-2 gives him a twitchy ass.
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never pegged LVG for a coward. we've been serving up some utter dross with 3-5-2
 
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Vivalaraza

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OddMorsel said:
Yeah but he's been played there out of necessity before, so in my mind, he doesn't count. Also I forgot.
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Morsel - is it right that when wearing a suit you should avoid wearing a belt if possible? As in, the trousers should fit wel" enough that you don't need a belt?
 
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faridmon

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Hixx said:
It's far too late for me to make sense of this. Farid pls help me
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Yeah... you know what I mean.

Nothing is going on at Everton.

LITERALLY NOTHING.

We are fucking going down and the captain is drinking champagne while witnessing his demise
 
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inky

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pulga said:
I would've loved to have this thread during the Maradona years.

EnglandGAF's tears over the Hand of God :lol
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Damn, that would've been amazing. By the next goal all of them would've started believing he was God too. Tears rolling down their cheeks. So many mixed emotions.
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GorillaJu

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Vivalaraza said:
Morsel - is it right that when wearing a suit you should avoid wearing a belt if possible? As in, the trousers should fit wel" enough that you don't need a belt?
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I think ideally, yes, you want trousers that fit perfectly so you don't need one, but even if you don't need one, IMO you should still wear one. Going belt-less is kind of a recent trend, and it works okay if you aren't wearing a tie. But if you're going to wear the full get-up (tie, suit, watch, dress shoes, pocket square), you really need a belt IMO.

Can opt for braces instead, but most trousers have belt loops in them, and I've always thought it looks really goofy to attach your own braces onto pants that already have belt loops.

Kind of a matter of taste though, and some people say it's a rule that you absolutely must wear a belt with your suit.
 
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