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Football Thread 2015/16 & Off-season |OT2| 5000-1
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who knows. We'll probably breeze through qualifying like always but we won't really know until the world cup.
anything is better than Woy though. Guy was clueless.
Milchmonster
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Fuck
Stay safe, Jack! And everyone else living in Munich as well of course.
Stay safe, Jack! And everyone else living in Munich as well of course.
Milchmonster
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Edit: sorry, on a train with a most terrible Internet connection.
I prefer him to our last 8 National Team managers. Sam was given the task of rebuilding West Ham and got us back up at the first try. A lot of our success now comes from the foundations he left. He was asked to do something and he did it via any means possible. The football we played wasn't world class or anything but it was no where near as 19th century as it has become popular to say. Sam has learnt a lot since his long-ball Bolton days. Things may not have gone too well at Newcastle and Blackburn but the jobs he's done with Bolton, West Ham and Sunderland have been phenomenal.
Co-signed.
Fuck terrorism.
Yeah I second this. Stay safe Munichgaf.
Kölsch Bloot
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That is Oezil, but I know what you mean. :lol
Milchmonster
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Real_Madrid
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He just meant the combined transfer fees.
http://www.transfermarkt.com/andre-schurrle/transfers/spieler/58205
Pretty crazy.
Real_Madrid
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Matz Sels the new belgian goalkeeper for Newcastle showing his qualities in his (probably) first match. 
https://amp.twimg.com/v/6fe8387d-8ddd-4a08-8477-bc930fc8e736
Makes you even wonder how they scouted him, probably just watched the Champions League campaign from AA Gent.
He was not bad in the Belgium league, but nowhere near Premier League level.
https://amp.twimg.com/v/6fe8387d-8ddd-4a08-8477-bc930fc8e736
Makes you even wonder how they scouted him, probably just watched the Champions League campaign from AA Gent.
He was not bad in the Belgium league, but nowhere near Premier League level.
Real_Madrid
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Are you a PSV supporter?
And yes, Wijnaldum to Liverpool is probably good for everyone. He's not a world class midfielder, but has very good work ethics and the fans in Liverpool are going to love him.
Did you see him play for Newcastle?
I don't know man, Joe Hart is still a thing.
Real_Madrid
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No, only at Feyenoord and PSV (and Holland of course). It surprised me that he stayed at PSV for so long. He the prototype for a premier league player. Good physics (I hope I'm saying that right
), works very hard, can score a goal, ... It's a box to box player they love in the premier league. Like I said, it's no Kroos or Pogba, but he will manage. Just don't expect a playmaker out of it.
He wasn't that bad considering how shite Newcastle was last season, 11 goals and 5 assists (sure definitely not £25m good either), I just don't see where he'll play, our midfield is stacked, especially when it comes to attacking ones.
We should have a lot of goals from Midfield though, Mane had 11 last season too, Firmino had 10, and Coutinho had 8 in the Prem (both had more when you factor in other comps).
Palace have made a bid of over £20m for Saido Berahino.
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...race-to-land-west-brom-striker-saido-berahino
Guess that means they've moved on from Benteke. West Ham save us, please!
http://www.skysports.com/football/n...race-to-land-west-brom-striker-saido-berahino
Guess that means they've moved on from Benteke. West Ham save us, please!
Not saying he is a bad player. I am saying he is a lazy player that needs his attitude sorted out.
Yeah, definitely, hopefully Klopp can sort that out, seem like a decent player when he can be arsed.
Pretty please?
Edit: Nevermind there's still hope, the mad bastards at West Brom turned them down according to the BBC.
privitsan02
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25m and 34m for Wijnaldum and Mane is crazy but the market is inflated. I don't know why Wijnaldum either. Do we need that many attacking midfielders when we have ~40 games this coming season? I know he can play further back, but why not go for an actual central midfielder or defensive midfielder then?
I can't complain if we manage to off-load Benteke to Palace though. Our selling business has been great over the past few years.
Hope Klopp knows what he's doing. We now have Firmino, Coutinho, Lallana, Mane and Wijnaldum in terms of attacking midfielders, along with Sturridge, Origi and Ings as strikers. Not to mention the academy kids with Ojo. I'd say I put my trust in Klopp, but I don't want to blindly follow him into the depths either now..
Best wishes.
I can't complain if we manage to off-load Benteke to Palace though. Our selling business has been great over the past few years.
Hope Klopp knows what he's doing. We now have Firmino, Coutinho, Lallana, Mane and Wijnaldum in terms of attacking midfielders, along with Sturridge, Origi and Ings as strikers. Not to mention the academy kids with Ojo. I'd say I put my trust in Klopp, but I don't want to blindly follow him into the depths either now..
Best wishes.
I'm glad the manager decides who he wants and not you.
Okay, don't see where I said I want or don't want someone though. Couldn't really care less if am honest, it's not my money he's spending. Would prefer a LB or a good defensive mid over more attacking mids though, we have like 4 players who all play best in the same position and only 1 of them can (usually Coutinho).
SporeCrawler
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Probably the best Dortmund squad ever
Schmelzer will be in the starting formation and guerrero will be his sub.
I could see Kagawa being in the starting formation as well as he played greatly in the second half of last season
SporeCrawler
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He did well.. scored 9 goals 9 assists played 29 games (micki scored 11 but 20 assists)
He clearly had some lows but he delivered when he had to.
Imho not comparable to goetze who played 14 games Scored 3 goals and 4 assists
Putti g kagawa on the bench would be a huge mistake
Seriously, £25m isn't a lot of money now. Well, if the Premier League wasn't insane it obviously would be, but it is. This is the age where Watford are turning down offers of around £45m+ for Ighalo and Deeney so I can't get my head around the "he's not worth X arguments".
For the first time in a long time we have multiple players who are capable of scoring 10+ goals a season, that's pretty exciting. Sturridge, Firmino, Origi, Coutinho, Mane, Wijnaldum. There's a lot of goals in that team/squad.
For the first time in a long time we have multiple players who are capable of scoring 10+ goals a season, that's pretty exciting. Sturridge, Firmino, Origi, Coutinho, Mane, Wijnaldum. There's a lot of goals in that team/squad.
So where is Mor here? Wasn't it Borussia who bought him from FC Midtjylland?
Probably the best Dortmund squad ever
Yeah, that's why I'm not too bothered about us signing Wijnaldum, even if he isn't a starter every week, he's a really good back up if Firmino, Coutinho or Mane get injured as well as Lallana and Milner also being good cover.
We also aren't fucked if/when Sturridge gets injured either as we have Origi and Ings as really solid backup/rotation players to lower the chance of him being injured, we strengthen our defence a bit more, and I'll be cautiously optimistic for next season, especially as we have no Europe to worry about, so won't have any crazy fixture build up like last season.
BREAKING: Sky Sources: Kolo Toure having medical at Celtic #SSNHQ
BREAKING: Sky in Italy: Gonzalo Higuain has medical with Juventus ahead of potential move from Napoli #SSNHQ https://t.co/sOJt74dyL9
@fabrizioromano
Gonzalo Higuain has signed contract until 2020 with Juventus. His wage will be 7,5M€/season. Soon Juve will pay release clause to Napoli
BREAKING: Sky in Italy: Gonzalo Higuain has medical with Juventus ahead of potential move from Napoli #SSNHQ https://t.co/sOJt74dyL9
@fabrizioromano
Gonzalo Higuain has signed contract until 2020 with Juventus. His wage will be 7,5M€/season. Soon Juve will pay release clause to Napoli
WhateverItTakes
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He hath returned:
I feel he can probably stabilise Sunderland and worst but I dunno if that's good enough. Competitive at the bottom this season.
The scenes when he beats Mou and Zlatan at Old Trafford.
I feel he can probably stabilise Sunderland and worst but I dunno if that's good enough. Competitive at the bottom this season.
The scenes when he beats Mou and Zlatan at Old Trafford.
Audioboxer
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Pogba must be a done deal for Juve to drop that kind of money.
EPL is insane.
:lol
this transfer would be impossible without pogba money from manu, lets be real
He scored like ~35 goals in the league. Juve will not only get a better striker, but also weaken Napoli.
I agree that the price is insane, same as Pogba.
Real_Madrid
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But Pogba is a young world class player. He can easily play 10 years for a new club. Higuain maybe 4 years.
Higuain scored al lot of goals, but in Madrid he also showed that he isn't exactly a world class player.
Juventus paying 94 million for him is just crazy and weird and stupid imo.
Real_Madrid
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Barcelona does very well this transfer windows imo. Finally broadening their squad with good talented players.
Gomes, Umtiti, Digne, Denis Suarez and (probably new transfer) Vietto are all 22 years, talented and on positions they needed some backup.
Gomes, Umtiti, Digne, Denis Suarez and (probably new transfer) Vietto are all 22 years, talented and on positions they needed some backup.
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