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Football Thread |OT12| Kicked the Ballboy Like Stan Hit Ulrika
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Keep the faith. Where there's a will there's a way. Never give up, never surrender.
Willkiller
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But Kyoufu, I'm on 95%!
Vivalaraza
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Youre in for a pleasant surprise.
Arsenal don't play like that when it counts. Only against Spurs who themselves are even bigger bottlers.
Milchmonster
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he just got fit but you never know with robben
the team will probably look like this
neuer
lahm-van buyten-dante-alaba
martinez-schweinsteiger
müller-kroos-ribery
mandzukic(gomez)
van buyten will be our biggest problem. he's old, slow and played just one game this season.
I said it before and I'll say it again. he's the reason why we did not win one title last year. this year he learned not to make the same mistakes
Freewheelin'
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I haven't got much hope for us against Bayern. I still think there is a chance but I'd honestly rather play Barcelona again. Bayern look more 'complete' if that makes any sense, and much more likely to tear us apart.
I will never forget beating Barcelona at the Emirates.When we come up against a good team though, we get thrashed
Freewheelin'
Member
Yep, one of the best nights of my life.
Interesting opinion on the Txiki, Mancini and Soriano relationship here.
The Times have said Txiki has told Mancini City are to adopt a 4-3-3 style of football for next season and together they will sign some new players to fit that system. They also go on to say Soriano and Txiki want to sign young players with resale value, putting an end to Mancini's dream of signing De Rossi. They also say, and I quote, "Mancini is head coach in name only" now, with Txiki having a huge say over transfers and playing style.
Furthermore they say that City will release Kolo Toure in the summer. The future is uncertain at the club for Kolarov, Lescott, Dzeko and Balotelli. Many of the reserves will be sold or released.
And Sky Italia believe City have turned down a request from Juventus to take Balotelli on loan.
The Times have said Txiki has told Mancini City are to adopt a 4-3-3 style of football for next season and together they will sign some new players to fit that system. They also go on to say Soriano and Txiki want to sign young players with resale value, putting an end to Mancini's dream of signing De Rossi. They also say, and I quote, "Mancini is head coach in name only" now, with Txiki having a huge say over transfers and playing style.
Furthermore they say that City will release Kolo Toure in the summer. The future is uncertain at the club for Kolarov, Lescott, Dzeko and Balotelli. Many of the reserves will be sold or released.
And Sky Italia believe City have turned down a request from Juventus to take Balotelli on loan.
kingellesar
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Does Gustavo play much? How come Van Buytens only played once but will most likely start?
Sissoko should be signed tomorrow.
Then this kid is next if our improved bid is accepted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH7kdIA8g50
Then this kid is next if our improved bid is accepted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH7kdIA8g50
Right, they even did it with Torrens presence there, doesn't even matter if he's on the pitch or on the bench
We did good against West Ham and if we keep that form things could perhaps go well. Problem is that we're bring inconsistent as hell, to be more precise we suck ass against the bigger teams. Then in my very own personal opinion I feel like Podolski and Giroud are somewhat of a hit-and-miss. They are all fired up when things go well for them and deliver but when they are not they are freakin useless. Sometimes I don't even think about their presence on the pitch until the commentator mention their name. They need to push harder.
Vivalaraza
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Who's written the story?
Sounds like bad news to me, always uncomfortable when the "DoF" starts to have so much influence.
subbing müller, letting recently fit robben play the most important matches against dortmund, and the whole second part of the bundesliga when we played so shit that we even lost to basel. I blame him and only him.
I thought there were talks about him going over to Milan?
Baconsaurus Rex
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James Ducker.
I have a link to a picture of the sports page... but I don't know if that would fall under the scans rule so I better not post it in here.
TheFeedingHand
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Dzeko deserves to stay, I think he's the top scorer for the team right now
Yeah I like Dzeko, very much a confidence player who plays well when he gets a run of games. I'd keep him over Mario any day.
Congratulations, you're officialy turning into Liverpool
Liverpool = big club
City = Massive Club
We have transcended Liverpool.
gustavo was awesome until he got injured and had to undergo surgery. he will be back for the second part of bundesliga but I think the arsenal game's too close to let him play. he needs more time to fully recover.
van buyten has to play since badstuber's out for the rest of the season after his cruciate injury and the red card for boateng which banned him for 2 matches. he was our 4th CB
I definitely think Conte could make it work.
Also guys, I was thinking. Before going to sleep tonight spare a thought for Sinclair. He left Swansea, a club where he played week in week out to join City where he has 6 league appearances this season.
Swansea are off to Wembley and he is not even playing these days. #prayforsinclair
Swansea are off to Wembley and he is not even playing these days. #prayforsinclair
Has there been any talk here of Coutinho? Don't feel like digging through the last 15 pages.
Looks like an 8m deal is close though. I hope Yurt is wrong about him. D:
Freewheelin'
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moneygrabbing cunt
I heard a rumour a while back that no-one on our medical staff could believe he passed the medical at Chelsea.
Then again, old 'splodey knees passed too, so they obviously aren't that arsed .
@tancredipalmeri: Coutinho price fixed at 13m ,Inter trying to get it from Southampton as Liverpool never raised their 8m bid.But player prefers Liverpool
Somebody was saying Saints had a 10mil bid accepted.
The world renowned physician spent two years with the club from 2010 to 2012 and dealt with the Spanish striker when he suffered knee problems.
But he reckons Torres, now struggling to regain his best form with Chelsea following a £50million move in January 2011, only lost his confidence when out of action not his blistering pace and finishing skills which made him one of the worlds best forwards.
Brukner told Kick Off: His injuries were reasonably serious. He had some knee problems. He had a number of arthroscopies in his knee and certainly his knee is not 100%.
How much that is affecting his football is hard to say. On occasions you see some excellent play from Fernando.
I think the timing was unfortunate. It happened at the end of the season just before the 2010 World Cup. He was obviously desperate to play at the World Cup and probably pushed things a little too hard.
When he joined the Spanish team He probably got a bit overenthusiastic and pushed too hard too early, had a setback, then had a very disappointing World Cup even though hes got a World Cup winners medal.
He came back to Liverpool and wasnt happy at Liverpool. He was very frustrated and basically I think he lost a lot of confidence. Whether that was partly related to his knee, whether he didnt have 100% confidence in his knee, [I dont know].
The testing we did at Liverpool showed he was still the fastest player at the club when he was there. So I think a lot of it is confidence, confidence in his physical ability to do things and also confidence in his ability to do things mentally.
Fernando Torres had had a dream life. Hed had a dream career. Hed never had a setback. Everything had gone so well.
Hed gone from Atletico [Madrid] to Liverpool. He was a sensation when he came to Liverpool. Its all about how you cope with setbacks and he had these injury setbacks and maybe some elite sports people arent conditioned to deal with them.
The rest of us are used to setbacks and have them every day and maybe we get better at coping with setbacks than elite players.
But he reckons Torres, now struggling to regain his best form with Chelsea following a £50million move in January 2011, only lost his confidence when out of action not his blistering pace and finishing skills which made him one of the worlds best forwards.
Brukner told Kick Off: His injuries were reasonably serious. He had some knee problems. He had a number of arthroscopies in his knee and certainly his knee is not 100%.
How much that is affecting his football is hard to say. On occasions you see some excellent play from Fernando.
I think the timing was unfortunate. It happened at the end of the season just before the 2010 World Cup. He was obviously desperate to play at the World Cup and probably pushed things a little too hard.
When he joined the Spanish team He probably got a bit overenthusiastic and pushed too hard too early, had a setback, then had a very disappointing World Cup even though hes got a World Cup winners medal.
He came back to Liverpool and wasnt happy at Liverpool. He was very frustrated and basically I think he lost a lot of confidence. Whether that was partly related to his knee, whether he didnt have 100% confidence in his knee, [I dont know].
The testing we did at Liverpool showed he was still the fastest player at the club when he was there. So I think a lot of it is confidence, confidence in his physical ability to do things and also confidence in his ability to do things mentally.
Fernando Torres had had a dream life. Hed had a dream career. Hed never had a setback. Everything had gone so well.
Hed gone from Atletico [Madrid] to Liverpool. He was a sensation when he came to Liverpool. Its all about how you cope with setbacks and he had these injury setbacks and maybe some elite sports people arent conditioned to deal with them.
The rest of us are used to setbacks and have them every day and maybe we get better at coping with setbacks than elite players.
kingellesar
Member
You'll do that to many more players over the years to fill your quotas.
....oh wait let me guess, amazing academy?
The Barca Model. That is all.
I told De Rossi is coming to PSG! #BasedLeonardo!
Is Michael Johnson Xavi or Iniesta in this model?
kingellesar
Member
If Tancredi Palmeri is reporting it then we can rest assured its 100% bullshit.
Vivalaraza
Member
All a case of #headsgone for Torres IMO.
No doubt injuries will have hampered him but you see him play and he hides. He hasn't got the appetite for the challenge anymore. He can't even seem to accept having competition in the side. It's ridiculous. Chelsea need to get rid.
No doubt injuries will have hampered him but you see him play and he hides. He hasn't got the appetite for the challenge anymore. He can't even seem to accept having competition in the side. It's ridiculous. Chelsea need to get rid.
LanceVance
Member
Just spent a good six minutes watching all his goals for Liverpool.
He's well and truly fucked it now, completely different player. Mentally combusted, forgotten how to play, not confident in his body or his ability. Needs to go back to Spain, spotlight has to shift momentarily. Never going to succeed at Chelsea, which makes me utterly content. He ruined all faith I have in footballers.
Apart from homegrown ones, of course.
Mancini to PSG then. It's his dream to manage DDR.
<.<
Well you got the right keeper for it
>.>
You do JM7 a huge disservice.
Oh man. I remember when he was bullying the likes of Vidic and Terry. Some of the link-up play between him and Gerrard as well. Glorious.
Tevez will take him golfing.
We dont want Sampdoria garbage!
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