What City are doing isn;t dodgy accounting in the slightest, they are literally following the substance of the transaction, as every football club will.
Would be nice if we could break this myth of faulty accounting with city.
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Football Thread 2015/16 |OT| The Great American Sport
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What City are doing isn;t dodgy accounting in the slightest, they are literally following the substance of the transaction, as every football club will.
Would be nice if we could break this myth of faulty accounting with city.
bone_and_sinew
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Man-U pls be exciting
I had a bad night at work I need good footy
You have world class players all over your midfield
You're on tv all the time
Yet you clank your way to disgusting boring victories.
I had a bad night at work I need good footy
You have world class players all over your midfield
You're on tv all the time
Yet you clank your way to disgusting boring victories.
I'll be incredible for United to have Bale-Müller-Neymar instead of Rooney.
brokenbeans
Banned
Gonna stick the game on record again the missus has hurt her foot so is off to a&e, bugger.
Rodgers: "You don't need to dominate the ball there, you just need to dominate the space. The last ten games Arsenal have lost at home, teams have only averaged four shots on target with 43% possession."
It'll be nice to go to a Champions League rival playing smart for a change, we need to be cautious and catch Arsenal on the break with our strong/pacey players.
My predicted lineup:
Mignolet
Clyne-Skrtel-Lovren-Gomez
Ibe-Can-Milner-Lallana
Firmino
Benteke
Henderson looks to be injured, Allen is out and Lucas is looking like he's being sold so I think we'll try a 4-4-1-1. Just hope Can and Milner work in the middle better than last monday!
It'll be nice to go to a Champions League rival playing smart for a change, we need to be cautious and catch Arsenal on the break with our strong/pacey players.
My predicted lineup:
Mignolet
Clyne-Skrtel-Lovren-Gomez
Ibe-Can-Milner-Lallana
Firmino
Benteke
Henderson looks to be injured, Allen is out and Lucas is looking like he's being sold so I think we'll try a 4-4-1-1. Just hope Can and Milner work in the middle better than last monday!
WadiumArcadium
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Where's Coutinho?
The_Hitcher89
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Teddy pls
If we're trying to shut Arsenal down we'll surely go for our most defensive minded players in more defensive formation (so 4-4-1-1 or 4-4-2).
We need Ibe for his pace and we can't afford to put Coutinho in the middle.
We need Benteke up top to hold onto the ball and Firmino's interception rate was one of the best in the Bundesliga last season for a forward player.
I think Lallana is better defensively than Coutinho so I'm giving him the nod, but since Lallana hasn't played well these last couple games he could well be dropped.
What's your eleven?
Sorry Hitch, bring Coutinho on in the 60th minute for an 89th minute equaliser?
Infernostew
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FFS linesman
The_Hitcher89
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I think Coutinho needs to start
He's the best we have at carrying the ball from midfield to attack which we'll need if we want to counter properly instead of just launching it to Benteke.
And Lallana has earned a spot on the bench imo. And while he works hard, he doesn't do it intelligently enough to make any real impact going forward or back, so he's providing nothing in real terms, just a body to pass to as a last resort, and a body the other team has to maneuvre the ball around on the way to our box.
No Henderson is a big blow for our ability to break quickly, and track their runners. He played well against Bournemouth as well, which isn;t much to shout about but was a big improvement on his form since February or so.
-----------------------------Mignolet--------------------------------
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Clyne-------------Lovren----------Sakho--------------Gomez
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----------------------------Can--------------------------------------
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--------------------Coutinho----------------------------------------
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------Ibe-------------------------------------------Firmino---------
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-------------------------------Benteke------------------------------
Obviously that CB partnership is never gonna happen, and I don't much like Can at DM but it seems Lucas won't be playing for us ever again. Three behind Benteke would need to do much more tracking back than they'd like, but needs must
I think your spot on Hitch and your line up is much more likely than mine knowing Rodgers.
Guess we'll see how good Firmino is one way or another.
Do Newcastle always play this open? If they do its no surprise they aren't winning games, you just can't let the opposition have that much space without conceding.
A Serious Man
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Kölsch Bloot
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Today's lineup. Come on FC!
Nothingness
The_Hitcher89
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Man Utd all over them for 20 mins, wasted chances
Even for 25 minutes, Newcastle came closest to scoring hitting the bar with a Mitrovic header
Man Utd dominating since HT, without any real chances to show for it
Expect Man Utd will win
Infernostew
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Rooney called offsides on a perfectly good goal and Newcastle hit the bar in the first half. That's pretty much it. United are dominating possession and getting shots on goal but nothing too testing.
bone_and_sinew
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Its become background noise until Bundesliga.
Bubble Metropolis
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I haven't really watched Januzaj since the first two or three games when he burst onto the scene. I was genuinely a bit jealous of him being a United youth product at that point. Now every time I see bits of him it's usually just him acting like a dick.
How is his general play these days?
How is his general play these days?
GHG
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Bubble Metropolis
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Ooof, what a save.
The audio on these NBC streams always seem to be a second or two behind.
The audio on these NBC streams always seem to be a second or two behind.
bone_and_sinew
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Lol wow Bayern, glad I switched to this game. Fastest Bundesliga goal ever?
sazabirules
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Wow! What a start with Bayern getting scored on that quickly.
Se7enSword
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Whew, that was close from Newcastle.
United pls score.
United pls score.
Ape Gone Insane
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Rooney lol
A Serious Man
Member
Well at least stoppage time has been interesting.
MultiJhonny
Banned
Well an 8 second goal... What a horrid pass from Alaba
Confrontation
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Those last 5 mins have been insane.
Bubble Metropolis
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Steve McLaren's having kittens
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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What the hell happened? I went to get a drink and I come back and it's 1-0 Hoffenheim
Infernostew
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Can we please sign a world class striker?
MultiJhonny
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Horrid Alaba backpass
bone_and_sinew
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8 second goal, a drowsy blink could've caused you to miss it.
MultiJhonny
Banned
15 minutes in and Mario has had barely a touch of the ball...
He has been a ghost so far
He has been a ghost so far
Adnan is useless, just put fucking Mata in the middle already. I think it's gonna take Carrick and Schweinsteiger getting injured for Herrera to play which is a shame, we desperately need him. I'm so sick of seeing our 2 deep midfielders just sit there doing nothing while our 4 attackers plus Shaw try and break down 7-8 defenders.
Se7enSword
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Infernostew
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Don't get your hopes up. LVG wants to stick with Rooney.
Call me crazy but I actually wouldn't mind seeing Fellaini play up front.
Infernostew
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-4 years
Those days are long gone.
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