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Football Thread |OT21| Robben learns to score in finals three years late
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There's actually a good answer to this. After the Hillsborough disaster, the Taylor Report resulted in all major football stadiums in the UK eliminating standing terraces. Now, at this stage, most stadiums in the UK were old and crumbling after decades of use. So a lot of clubs opted to build new stadiums rather than install seating in their old ones. This resulted in a period where many clubs were building new stadiums, but as they were often built for purpose and not for aesthetic beauty, a lot of them ended up using very similar designs, which were cheap and effective. So a lot of football stadiums in the UK, especially stadiums of clubs in the Championship and lower, tend to be rather homogeneous and forgettable. I've visited quite a few away grounds, Pride Park, The Riverside, The Valley, St. Mary's, etc... all these stadiums are boringly similar to each other.
He used to run a newspaper and he would have celebrities stalked and badgered, he would do the same to anyone he took a dislike to. He used to have a feud with the editor of a satirical magazine and had him followed everywhere and tried to phone up everyone he knew (inluding a local vicar) for dirt on him. Then there's the phone hacking stuff, and he was involved in some dubious share trading based on tips in his paper as well.
Besides his horribly slimy personality his most shameful act was printing crudely faked photos of alleged abuse of prisoners by UK military personnel. He's just horrible man.
Mr.Marston
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He's famous, yet talentless at the same time. His CNN show is terrible and he was involved in the whole Phone hacking mess while he was Editor at The Mirror.
He's also one of the "Wenger Out" brigade.
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Time will tell won't it?
wow! Didn't know that! Thanks for answering my question, mate!
LabouredSubterfuge
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Doesn't it always?
Can Crusher
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Sometimes it doesn't.
Fucking hate the new grounds.
Coventry's is the worst of the lot. The worst stadium I've ever been to. And I've been to Luton.
Manchester United reserve player Adnan Januzaj is expected to sign a new contract with the club, according to his agent.
Juventus and Barcelona are said to be interested in the highly-rated youngster but Januzaj's agent Dirk Devriese says he is likely to sign a new contract at Old Trafford.
Devriese told Het Laatste Nieuws : "We know Adnan is on the list of many clubs. But, my player was voted reserve team player of the year and was one of the star players on a few big youth tournaments.
"It's no surprise other teams are interested in him. Sir Alex Ferguson has told Adnan a few weeks ago that he can play in three positions in the midfield. They have worked hard on his weak points.
"We'll talk about a new contract in a month - his one is expiring in 2014. The retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson has delayed the negotiations, but if everything goes well, Adnan will stay a few years longer at Old Trafford.
"The club rewarded him with a squad number and he'll be part of the first squad next season."
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Adnan new deal soon
Adnan in the first squad next year...we aren't signing a midfielder.
Juventus and Barcelona are said to be interested in the highly-rated youngster but Januzaj's agent Dirk Devriese says he is likely to sign a new contract at Old Trafford.
Devriese told Het Laatste Nieuws : "We know Adnan is on the list of many clubs. But, my player was voted reserve team player of the year and was one of the star players on a few big youth tournaments.
"It's no surprise other teams are interested in him. Sir Alex Ferguson has told Adnan a few weeks ago that he can play in three positions in the midfield. They have worked hard on his weak points.
"We'll talk about a new contract in a month - his one is expiring in 2014. The retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson has delayed the negotiations, but if everything goes well, Adnan will stay a few years longer at Old Trafford.
"The club rewarded him with a squad number and he'll be part of the first squad next season."
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Adnan new deal soon
Adnan in the first squad next year...we aren't signing a midfielder.
An extreme example would be the Stadium of Light. A 49'000 all-seater stadium that cost... £24million.
In comparison, The City of Manchester stadium, which actually aims at capturing the visitors' imagination, cost 150M£.
Also from an Arsenal perspective; his poor journalistic track record has extended even to the fans he supposedly speaks for.
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LabouredSubterfuge
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Manchester United reserve player Adnan Januzaj is expected to sign a new contract with the club, according to his agent.
Juventus and Barcelona are said to be interested in the highly-rated youngster but Januzaj's agent Dirk Devriese says he is likely to sign a new contract at Old Trafford.
Devriese told Het Laatste Nieuws : "We know Adnan is on the list of many clubs. But, my player was voted reserve team player of the year and was one of the star players on a few big youth tournaments.
"It's no surprise other teams are interested in him. Sir Alex Ferguson has told Adnan a few weeks ago that he can play in three positions in the midfield. They have worked hard on his weak points.
"We'll talk about a new contract in a month - his one is expiring in 2014. The retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson has delayed the negotiations, but if everything goes well, Adnan will stay a few years longer at Old Trafford.
"The club rewarded him with a squad number and he'll be part of the first squad next season."
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Adnan new deal soon
Adnan in the first squad next year...we aren't signing a midfielder.
#adnanthiagopowellfuture
Because most of them are a hundred years old built right in the middle of terraced housing areas with little room to expand. Anfield is probably the most famous example.
Manchester United reserve player Adnan Januzaj is expected to sign a new contract with the club, according to his agent.
Juventus and Barcelona are said to be interested in the highly-rated youngster but Januzaj's agent Dirk Devriese says he is likely to sign a new contract at Old Trafford.
Devriese told Het Laatste Nieuws : "We know Adnan is on the list of many clubs. But, my player was voted reserve team player of the year and was one of the star players on a few big youth tournaments.
"It's no surprise other teams are interested in him. Sir Alex Ferguson has told Adnan a few weeks ago that he can play in three positions in the midfield. They have worked hard on his weak points.
"We'll talk about a new contract in a month - his one is expiring in 2014. The retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson has delayed the negotiations, but if everything goes well, Adnan will stay a few years longer at Old Trafford.
"The club rewarded him with a squad number and he'll be part of the first squad next season."
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Adnan new deal soon
Adnan in the first squad next year...we aren't signing a midfielder.
A few years? So gone by 21
It's Manolev, trust me.
CrashBandicoot
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English stadiums might be boring, but they fill up.
Steverulez
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Im concerned that they've basically re-skinned Uncharted, and it will have all the same issues that Uncharted does. Its not that UC is a bad game but I want it to feel different to that and what i've seen so far hasn't filled me with much confidence.
After 3 PS3 games I wanted Naughty Dog to do something new, I personally don't want them to go back to UC. Leave it on Vita.
Typical agent talk. He'll stay for a long time.A few years? So gone by 21
Gone by 24
LabouredSubterfuge
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Yeah I think it's Mundo who got in contact with his entourage.
Saw a little video of a Dutch journo this morning who was very excited. Though he couldn't get into details because the embargo lasts till june fifth.
Shake Appeal
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All this and more. He's a wretched piece of shit.
You don't have Ferguson's bullying tactics to keep youngsters at the club anymore. Age and Pogba saw to that. It's all coming tumbling down, I'm afraid.
So the Juvetic dream is over? Fuck. I blame it on Shake Appeal, who didn't want to give Jojo the no. 10 jersery. Congrats, Chelsea. May he serve you well.
A fucking beast. And that red he got for France was total bullshit. Can't wait for the next season, nnnnnngh.
I blame it on Shake Appeal, who didn't want to give Jojo the no. 10 jersery. Congrats, Chelsea. May he serve you well.
A fucking beast. And that red he got for France was total bullshit. Can't wait for the next season, nnnnnngh.
Shake Appeal
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If the latest absurd rumour about Tottenham being willing to spend 20m on Vucinic is true, the dream may not yet be dead.
I'd probably be up for it too, hopefully it goes better than the one Quiche tried.
1.Wes
2.Bumhead
3.Clegg
4.kharma45
Group of people playing FM in a custom league. Half Fantasy Football/Half Football Manager - you have a budget of £200m to spend on a squad of 18 current active playing players.
An auction is held first for the players to see who gets who.
Then using some database editing the teams are made and a custom league formed where we play one another with our teams in the game.
Just gauging potential interest. Not worrying about times or work schedules or anything like that right now. No point if not enough people interested.
I can't trust Levy to spend anywhere near the rumoured amount (upwards of 60M now). I'm worried we'll see another big name talked about for 15M... and that would be a straight swap if Real pays 75M for Bale.
Thanks ! An enlightening read. Horrible stuff from him. ;(
Oh well. We survived Osama, we will withstand Piers.
Shatner's Bassoon
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Shake Appeal
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If I can find the time, I'd do this. Although most of what I'm good at in FM (transfers, squadbuilding, youth development) is missing with this format.
LFMartins86
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It´s Jefferson, Estoril´s former LB. Great signing for us, he is cheap, way better than Joãozinho and he´s a decent free kick taker.
What are you on about. The SoL is one of the best new build Stadiums in the country, the Emirates obviously being the best. The Amex is pretty but...
It costing £24m is fucking brilliant. The COMS costing £150m, considering they are essentially the same size, is the disappointing part of this. And it looks like a music arena rather than a football stadium.
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