He should have easily missed like 12 games through suspension this season the dirty twat
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Football Thread 2015/16 |OT| The Great American Sport
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He should have easily missed like 12 games through suspension this season the dirty twat
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
Leicester City outplayed for 44 1/2 mins of that half. Lucky to have a draw right now.
Infernostew
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I'd elbow a mother fucker in the face if they were pulling on my hair too.
Huth yellow, Fellaini red would have been fair. Fellaini pisses me off with how much he swings the elbow. Huth is just dirty.
gutterboy44
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Yep, would have no problem with Fellani getting booked or sent off with every dirty elbow he has thrown. He would have been perma benched or shipped out long ago. He is a player who never would have had a whiff of a United transfer if it weren't for Moyes clueless transfer decisions. It's not like everyone in a United kit is a perfect sportsman, but any positive thing Fellani can bring to a match is massively out weighed by his shameful thug tactics.
On another note. Lindgard needs to bulk up a bit.
Phantast2k
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It would have been a lot more exciting if the Leicester and Spurs games had been concurrent.Phantast2k
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Even if Leicester get raided (Mahrez & Kante), they'll still have plenty of money (from CL, league title, raid transfers) to replenish and even improve their team.
Look at their most vital transfers pre season:
- Okazaki, 8m pounds
- Kante, 7m
- Huth, 3m
- Fuchs, free
And now their war chest will at least quadruple. Clearly their scouting (Ranieri) are simply good at spotting talent / good a team building.
If they can keep Ranieri they can continue to be candidates for 1-4, imho.
Look at their most vital transfers pre season:
- Okazaki, 8m pounds
- Kante, 7m
- Huth, 3m
- Fuchs, free
And now their war chest will at least quadruple. Clearly their scouting (Ranieri) are simply good at spotting talent / good a team building.
If they can keep Ranieri they can continue to be candidates for 1-4, imho.
Couldn't at least some of those players get a lot more money elsewhere?
Players want to go play at big clubs I guess. Why do players go move to a big club and sit on the bench? Seems silly but we see it all the time.
what are you even blabbering about?
Maybe but you would have to imagine anyone who might leave could negotiate a new one now.
Vardy is nearly 30. He is going to ride out the rest of his career at Leicester. Mahrez and Kante were both brought for basically nothing so even if they throw new contracts at them it's still a plus for the club.
I don't think the "big club" idea really means anything these days. Everyone is so rich and Leicester have CL football so everything just seems like a step down.
McMoneyman
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Depends what clubs come in for the likes of Mahrez and Kanté I suppose. Maybe they think Leicester won't make the CL again, and they may never get a chance to join a "bigger team" again.
Roland_Gunner
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Man U pays Rooney more than Leicester's entire payroll. A team is probably going to offer Kante 4 or 5 times what he's making now. Leicester can match that next year with the CL money but they can't afford to hand out huge raises to everyone without risking their long-term finances.
Players move to big bigger clubs even if it isn't the best move for their careers. Jack Rodwell, Scott Sinclair, Ricky Lambert all moved to bigger clubs where they got very little playtime. Everyone pretty much knew these guys had zero chance of being first teamers there. Mateo Kovavic just moved to sit on the bench at Madrid. Leicester are in a different position on the verge of winning the league and have UCL but if big clubs come in offering big transfer fees and contracts they will be off.
Phantast2k
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So what? They could replace him with someone much better with the money they'll have + promise of CL football. Instead of someone from SM Caen they'll sign someone from Olympique Marseille. Instead of signing someone from Mainz, they'll sign someone from Leverkusen, etc.
I miss when the Milan teams were good.
Ape Gone Insane
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LVG after grabbing a Sky reporter's hair: "Hair pulling is only acceptable during sex" https://vine.co/v/ixB0BFx0jb7
Roland_Gunner
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The idea that there are 20 Kante's running around is completely wrong. Look at how Imbula has struggled at Porto and Stoke. Most clubs that get pulled apart in the transfer market fail to successfully re-load and the ones that do, like Atletico, have a manager with a vision of the players that he wants. Anyone who has followed Ranieri over the last decade will see how unlikely it is that he can pull this off.
SictorVullivan
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Annoying we didn't get the job done today but oh well. 1 point closer and Vardy back next week (drinky not though), could be all over tomorrow however...
GHG
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Yeh it's a shame about drinkwater but it might not even matter anyway. King has done a good job for you guys when he's had to step in this season so I wouldn't worry even if you still need the points against Everton.
Fixed. The beaches are much nicer there as well.
Ape Gone Insane
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Just saw the score. Fuck sake, every time we have an opportunity to get close to City/pass them, we fuck up and then City go and fuck up on the same day too. Happened 3-4 times now.
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
Nice to see my predictions aren't all shite. Wish I'd put money on that draw ;_;
Stop reminding me
Stop reminding me
GoldenCrow
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What the fuck was that. Some of the worst football I have seen from City all season and they have had some shockers this year.
I read in the sky sports papers round up that Juve want Kante
Phantast2k
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There are literally 20 Kantes out there and 20 Mahrez too. Though you're right that most teams break apart over raiding. Still, plenty of teams survive just fine. The jump Leicester is about to make is just too huge. If Ranieri stays in office there is a chance that they'll remain in the top 4.
Rubbish King
The gift that keeps on giving
I don't know why you shot down his opinion because there is a pretty legit point there.
Leicester no matter how you skew it are not a big club. Some players want to move onto bigger and better things, some may have started there whole career to get to a certain club, yes Leicester will almost definitely win the premier league, there is however no guarantee that they will stay up next season, nor that they will be able to match wage offers from clubs with money to burn. So staying could be even more of a gamble than leaving to play for somewhere like United.
And what's the promise of Champions league football when the club hasn't got any experience in the competition as opposed to the bigger clubs that have a surplus of silverware.
I mean ofcourse there are counterarguments to that but damn man if you're gonna shoot a man down back it up.
MrPing1000
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Happened in the Premier League too with Blackburn, albeit thats a little different in that their owner spent a lot of money to get them there. 4 season later they were relegated.
GoldenCrow
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After that shit show I'm just hoping the loose trend of City playing poorly/throwing a game to get good results mid week works this time like it has the majority of this season for the CC and CL.
http://www.skysports.com/manchester-city-results
http://www.skysports.com/manchester-city-results
Every athlete wants to play. The reason up and coming players go to a big club is because of greed and deceit. They (including their parents who are sometimes also their agents) are basically being bribed with a nice estate, nice cars, nice income, the promise of play time. Look at all the Real Madrid players who have rotted away the last decade because of incompetence at the top management. Players like Bale had to have several outstanding seasons before he left to Madrid and even then he got a shitload of criticism. What do bright players do? They go to a club that doesn't have near limitless resources and enormous pressure to win prizes every season. The Arsenals, the Liverpools and the Spurs of the league. Those are the clubs where you have the ability and time to improve and excel.
Maybe Arsenal, Liverpool or Spurs are a step up for some Leicester players and I think most of them will make informed decisions as to whether they can make it at the very top.
If someone offered Leicester stupid money for them and the player gets offered 200k a week you can bet they'll go.
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