I will keep in eye on dybala then. I hope he chokes in the final lol.
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Football Thread 2016/17 |OT| Mou Money Mo Pogba
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I will keep in eye on dybala then. I hope he chokes in the final lol.
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McMoneyman
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Agent Adam, Agent Allen and Agent Crouch. Sort this out on saturday alright?
Rawr Its Ry
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One step closer to the Duodecima and the chance to repeat :')
Atletico fought well tonight, and big kudos to them.
I'm ecstatic that we secured that final, and we can celebrate. Tomorrow is a new day, and we'll have to look to the league matches. Some very important 3 games left. We haven't won the league in 7 years so it's decisive we finish off a whole season's worth of work.
Anyway, I'm super happy, and it's gonna be one heck of a finale.
Congrats to both us and Juventus.
PS: Keylor was crucial tonight. Well done.
I'm ecstatic that we secured that final, and we can celebrate. Tomorrow is a new day, and we'll have to look to the league matches. Some very important 3 games left. We haven't won the league in 7 years so it's decisive we finish off a whole season's worth of work.
Anyway, I'm super happy, and it's gonna be one heck of a finale.
Congrats to both us and Juventus.
PS: Keylor was crucial tonight. Well done.
Dark Rider
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I did not want a defeat but 2-1 is not bad
now we have the final to worry about
now we have the final to worry about
MrS
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Real are such a great club. The greatest of all time, in fact. Hope they smash Juventus and that fuccboi Higuaín.
Why wouldn't they? He's a fossil and needs to leave Arsenal in the same way Amy Hennig left Naughty Dog.
whatsinaname
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Holy shit Modric.
Isco still takes that extra step/second to make a decision. Like Gago.
Isco still takes that extra step/second to make a decision. Like Gago.
mocolostrocolos
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Cómo no te voy a querer!!!!!
Oft.
Wenger right now
Their last game of the season is vs Everton as well, theres no way they'll be trying for that if getting points denies Liverpool a CL place
McMoneyman
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I think we just gonna win our 2 games to be honest. Because Arsenal won't drop any points in my opinion.
Hope so.
I'm going to be at the Boro game at the end of the season. It'll be dead if we drop points vs West Ham lol
Heebie Jeebies
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Shit I completely forgot about the Arsenal game, good to see them building pressure on pool.
Also good to see Griezmann get a taste for that Manchester weather.
Also good to see Griezmann get a taste for that Manchester weather.
Audioboxer
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Man U back to 6th?
It's where we belong. Without Zlatan... lol. I'm convinced Rooney has turned into some sort of voodoo curse. Until the curse is passed on things will never get better.
Like that bonkers horror movie where people need to sleep with people to pass the curse on. We need to sell Rooney to another team.
Edit: It Follows. Rooney Follows.
Audioboxer
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Up front, for sure. Rashford needs more time to add clinical finishing to his game. Right now he's got a lot of raw talent and stacks of pace and quality in running. His composure needs work, as does finishing.
So without Zlat we're essentially relying on an unfinished product. Martial is the same as Rashford although he's on life support if he turns in another season like this next year.
Rooney is the curse. At one point you would put Rooney up front and he'd bang them in. Now he plods around the middle of the park like a Sunday footballer for a lower league team. Such a fall from grace considering Scholes, Giggs, Carrick and Zlatan all showing mid 30s can do it at United.
Mou deserves another year just for finally getting rid of Rooney, although how much of that is Mou finally seeing just how finished he is as a top flight footballer. Just a few years ago there were rumors Mou wanted him at Chelsea, and IMO he had already been on the steep decline by then (would be start of 2013 season I believe.)
WAR recon zero
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So proud of Real
PatThePassive
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Juve better not lose now that its Real's first real final in a couple finals. (the last 2 wins vs Atletico were free)
Lets be real here in the 14 final Costa went out 10 min in and they had no attacking options after him, they still played all out but the odds were always in Reals favor 80/20.
In the second match up Atletico were a lot stronger then the last final so it was probably 60/40, but when it went to OT and Pens Real were favorite 100%. They had experience
Its like the Barca v Juve final, Juve could have gotten the upset but Barca were easily favorites. Bayern v Dortmond or Bayerrn v Chelsea were the last finals that felt the close.
Lets be real here in the 14 final Costa went out 10 min in and they had no attacking options after him, they still played all out but the odds were always in Reals favor 80/20.
In the second match up Atletico were a lot stronger then the last final so it was probably 60/40, but when it went to OT and Pens Real were favorite 100%. They had experience
Its like the Barca v Juve final, Juve could have gotten the upset but Barca were easily favorites. Bayern v Dortmond or Bayerrn v Chelsea were the last finals that felt the close.
Dark Rider
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Atletico was the second best team of the world on both occasions no other team beside Real Madrid deserved to be in the final more than them
Fucking bullshit I'm reading here. When you go up against a team in a Champions League final, nothing is for free.
I thought the same until I discovered how much it sounded like Wallace from "Wallace and Gromit".
McMoneyman
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I actually don't mind this, even though it makes Copa America more plastic.
RocknRola
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Costa starting that game was full on Simeone's fault, not anyone else's. And even THEN RM were on the verge of defeat! A goal in the 90th minute is what saved RM in that final! The second final ( + QF + this SM) were pretty much as even as can be (with the exception of the first leg of the SM). Could have easily gone either side, RM just showed more cool in the decisive moments. To say Atletico also lacked experience only really works for the 2014 run+final. They've had some pretty darn consistent runs since then, with another final too.
To say Atletico offered free wins is complete and utter nonsense. As shown by every other team they beat in the CL.
Messi vs Ronaldo in the Final? :v Oh the DRAAAMA!!
Seriously, it would be kinda cool. Like a "mini-world-cup" sort of thing.
Woah, what? Spain & Portugal? Not looking good for a three-peat looks like, mis Chilenos
Lmfao
Honestly, Mou revolving & planning his whole system around Pogba in a pivot, & Rooney as a CAM (not to mention no Mkhi) during the pre-season just didn't work. Ended up changing it a few months later to the three-man midfield where we finally saw a proper, quality lone holding mid in Carrick with Herrera & Pogba pushed up. Rooney was obviously the big crutch of the system (as Pogba & Herrera in a pivot is actually working nowadays), it lacked pace in the wings & the whole team structure really clashed with Pogba & co's playstyles. It was painful seeing Pogba struggle defensively & caught out of position so many times in a position that he wasn't used to outside of the Euro's.
Good to see Mou's found balance & flexibility now, I'm curious to see what he rolls with next season in midfield more than anything.
RocknRola
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Woah, what? Spain & Portugal? Not looking good for a three-peat looks like, mis Chilenos
Pretty sure Chile can more than matchup both Portugal & Spain.
We won it in 2012 though
Not with our recent form post-Copa America tbh, Pizzi probably won't be manager by then though, hopefully.
Oh yeah, I meant we've only won it once in the last seven years. Would be refreshing to win it again this year.
So it seems like the medical documents for Vinicius Junior will come in on Monday, where both clubs might be able to reveal the deal. Although Flamengo will have some business of their own to take care of. Time Forte Eventos owns 10% of the player's transfer rights which means they are entitled to €4.5 millions of the €45 million we will be paying Flamengo.
There's a football school who Vinicius was training under from he was 4 years old till he was 10 years old, and as they have had a part in developing the player, they want access to the sale.
Seeing that Flamengo want most of the transfer rights for themselves and their legal department is looking into the case, I can see the announcement of the transfer being delayed a little unless the two parts can come to an agreement over the weekend.
There's a football school who Vinicius was training under from he was 4 years old till he was 10 years old, and as they have had a part in developing the player, they want access to the sale.
Seeing that Flamengo want most of the transfer rights for themselves and their legal department is looking into the case, I can see the announcement of the transfer being delayed a little unless the two parts can come to an agreement over the weekend.
McMoneyman
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60% of the transfer probably went to his teeth.
WhateverItTakes
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Points deductions all round lads.
Audioboxer
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Wait wut. So this is not some transfer bullshit by Real is really throwing that much money for a 16 years old? Wutt?
Well yeah. €45 million that can reach €61 million depending on bonuses.
Wave goodbye to Morata, Mbappe, Dybala and whoever fantasy signing you were looking forward to.
Don Draper's Hat
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Is there anything in football these days that isn't some shady shit?
Audioboxer
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Do you even FIFA bro?
This is insanity.O_O If people said Pogba transfer is insane, next time i am just going to point to this transfer plan lol.
Good thing you can sign more than one player season
Vinicius is a prospect, a very expensive one, and he will only be able to move to Madrid in June 2018, when he turns 18, Mbappe is the next big thing, and you can be sure Perez will not want to miss this one