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Football Thread 2017/18 |OT| Relegated to Community
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SplitYourInfinities
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Sorry mate, but Lucas is coming back to Deportivo.
bonesmccoy
Banned
Let's say Coutinho leaves during this window... How the fuck do we replace him?
WadiumArcadium
Member
We can't.
I'm sure Newcastle have someone we'd be willing to sell you for, ooh, about £40m. Just need to work out who it is first.
You don't. You spend the money trying to improve the whole squad.
Lazar Markovic. He'll be like a new signing!
Sun Bather
Member
But that's the thing, it does not. It used to happen way more often than this, and after a particularly bad episode, the away stands were closed for a few weeks (i think might even have been one or two months, forgot), and when it returned there was a mandatory away card system, to easier identify people.
There has been bad examples since then, but way way way less, and the club has been good at dealing with it.
The clubs should do whatever they can, but I don't think point deductions is anywhere near on the cards here or should be. Brøndby have a way worse history of this, and never had points deducted. As much as I hate them, I think that is fair, and never called for point deductions for them either.
Just according to keikaku.*Clock goes to 88th minute*
Buy someone from Inter's bench for £8m and pray.
James Milner.
We've been linked with Hakim Ziyech of Ajax, who's a damn good player at the moment (best attacking mid in the Eredivisie IMO) and has very good potential, but he's not a replacement for someone as good as Coutinho; no one is, really.
Please don't leave, Phil.
*Clock goes to 88th minute*
You think he'll get that many minutes?
Some Everton fans have already twigged, won't take the boss long.
Sun Bather
Member
On the actual match... That wasn't exactly well played either.
lol
lol
McMoneyman
Member
One would hope that's a player to add to the squad, not replacing Coutinho.
bonesmccoy
Banned
Y'all are cruel
On the actual match... That wasn't exactly well played either.
lol
That second gif is...wow. What an awful challenge. (did that player get red-carded?)
I should watch more Danish soccer. Used to watch FC Copenhagen back when they had Christian Bolanos.
Yeah, but perhaps it's a move with an eye to the future, when Coutinho might move on; bring in Ziyech and keep Countinho for the time being, and sell Countinho once Ziyech has proven he can replace him.
Sun Bather
Member
Nope. Erik Johansson got a yellow only.
Bolanos was cool for quite some time, I was at his debut match where he took a huge dive to win the winning penalty against Brøndby. Good times. Bryan Oviedo is the real Costa Rican GOAT though.
Bolanos was cool for quite some time, I was at his debut match where he took a huge dive to win the winning penalty against Brøndby. Good times. Bryan Oviedo is the real Costa Rican GOAT though.
Audioboxer
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I agree with what you're saying then. I made that comment without even really knowing who the clubs were and their history. If anything my view is a hypothetical of if behaviour gets that bad and keeps happening within a short to mid term period a club could be penalised in a way that hurts everyone. Points.
I accept some hooligans aren't really 'real fans' and just want the fights and shit stirring, but many will still love their club and losing points will hurt even them. I hope at least I've cleared my views up a bit that no I don't think a threat of point loss should be on the table quickly or flippantly.
If anything it should be Arsenal getting docked for spawning AFTV. That would hurt their top 4 dreams so we can't be having that. AFTV is so bad it's good too.
I'm cautiously optimistic he'll actually do quite well and might even bag a few goals against rivals of Man Utd to help out. Then again it could be further proof Rooney has just completely burnt out.
On the actual match... That wasn't exactly well played either.
lol
Wow. And only a yellow.
bonesmccoy
Banned
that's a leg breaker. Ugly
He's dived a few times for Vancouver when he's been here, lol.
But my god is he a great player. It seems like it's almost impossible to get the ball off him once he has it; such great control. Plus he's excellent at setting the tempo of the game, be it speeding it up, or slowing it down. Great set piece taker too.
And Bryan Oviedo isn't the Costa Rican GOAT; that's Bryan Ruiz IMO.
Oh and only a yellow for that disgusting tackle? Yikes.
Sun Bather
Member
Just a reminder that Brøndy fans threw dead rats at Copenhagen players a few months ago and them fighting the police is standard stuff for every derby match, before you pronounce Brøndby as some moral champions.
You are still the scum champions.
Haha he is the GOAT for us. Bolanos kind of soured a lot of peoples opinion of him, the last years time he was here. He was one hell of a lazy fucker for some time.
I'm not sure about this. I don't think the likes of Le Tissier, Lambert, Balotelli or Cantona were putting it in the top corner every time, and i don't think they have a miss between them. There's more to it, like reading the keeper, making him misread you etc.
Yup, need to add depth not deplete it realistically.
Billy_Pilgrim
Member
If Koeman has any sense, straight to the glue factory
Coutinho is overrated but Liverpool are not in a position to attract anyone decent so I can understand why they're ancy over him going. £100m or so for him is quite simply daft money and should be hoovered up. Mane is the one that Barca should be buying and I prefer Firminho to Coutinho anyway.
If you put it in the corners it doesn't matter what the keeper does, it's going to take something magic to save it. Anything else and you're taking a chance. It might go in, and maybe you've "given him the eyes" and never missed one. That still doesn't make them great penalties.
Even Shearer said that you know where you're going to put it and you should never change your mind. Don't look at the keeper, just do it.
The odds are stacked in your favour in the first place.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Spot on.
Audioboxer
Member
Savage lol. Keep in mind they do have CL football this year.
Well, they have 2 games of Champions League football this year. They might get 6 more.
Billy_Pilgrim
Member
They do but they're behind Spurs in the queue for players coming to England and are currently trying and failing to throw £80m at a bog standard box-to-box midfielder who plays for a red bull franchise.
Frustrated_me
Member
Zlatan?
Sun Bather
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McMoneyman
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Even Swedish newspaper seems to think so
But Erik Johansson is much better looking
They both retired from the national team at the same time... Hmmm
I guess the Swedish national team wanted to exile players with ponytails/man buns.
GoldenCrow
Member
As DBT says you don't but should be targeting players like Jorginho regardless of him leaving. Actually fuck that City should go for him.
The "talk" amongst West Ham fans is that Liverpool would defos smash and grab Lanzini from us. Doesn't stand up to scrutiny obviously. But you know what talk is like. It's cheap, bonesmccoy, it's cheap.
He was a weird choice to go second, but he can take them - https://youtu.be/9pVJ7Q0ifIc
Just our luck he forgot how to earlier today.
WhateverItTakes
Banned
It sounds like the kind of last minute move we would make!
Not that he's shit mind, dunno much about him, but after a 'record breaking window' was hyped up someone from West Ham just feels ugh.
Audioboxer
Member
They'll get through. The only goal for all English teams in the CL is trying to do better than Arsenal. If Arsenal get left as the only EPL hope in the CL, then the EPL gets further embarrassed in Europe lol.
Edit: Dumb ass me, Arsenal are Europa this year. lol.
Maybe there is something wrong with me but I'd rather sign for Liverpool right now than Spurs. Maybe it's just because I like Klopp and have no rival issues admitting that. The guy is a great laugh. Pochettino is a class act but he needs to lighten up a bit.
In saying that Mourinho needs to lighten up a bit too. Too much punished Jose as of late. Yeah yeah, siege mentality, but Mou we need more modern day gifs of you laughing and being cheeky rather than just from your Chelsea days. You can't be whining about Europa League football and the top clubs not being in Europe this year. More snark and cheek, less crying and moaning Jose this year please.
McMoneyman
Member
Lazarus Markovic.
Spurs have a really low wage structure, they don't even have anyone on 100k a week - Liverpool will pay high wages if they think you're worth it. That alone gives them some pulling power over Spurs. I'd say it's not as clear cut as one over the other.
(and if you think Keita is bog standard you haven't been paying attention)
(and if you think Keita is bog standard you haven't been paying attention)
Like you forgot lol.
Were I a player with the two as a choice I think I'd go Spurs. For me Liverpool are by far and away the bigger club but Spurs are closer to winning something. I don't think Liverpool would pay enough more than Spurs to compensate for that.
On the actual match... That wasn't exactly well played either.
lol
"All I see is some good clean defending here" -Sergio Ramos
McMoneyman
Member
You can't underestimate the London factor neither. A lot of foreign players and their families would rather live there than the Liverpool/Manchester area.
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