Have you seen the reports that Juve are front runners to sign Gaston Ramirez? Another transfer target I want badly, but it'd be so much better losing out to Juve than Spurs...
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Football Thread 2011/2012 | OT12 | All the clowns were offside...
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Have you seen the reports that Juve are front runners to sign Gaston Ramirez? Another transfer target I want badly, but it'd be so much better losing out to Juve than Spurs...
edit: i may rethink this post when i'm not a bit inebriated
Yeah, you might be right. Like i said he's a complete player and world class but something just feels "off" nowadays. Maybe it's his injury or just mental exhaustion, but dont you expect players like him to step up in these moments, no matter what?
It just pained me to see that he couldnt even look at Robbens penalty in the CL final –when he should be the one taking it.
edit: i just looked at a Bayern forum and the users there are sharing similar sentiments about him.
Freewheelin'
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Gomez is a good striker...but he's not up there with the greats I.e. Villa, Ronaldo, Shearer, Henry
Willkiller
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feel the same way. it pained me to see him on the other side of the field like a coward when the 19 year old alaba (I really like him) showed more balls than him in the penalty shootouts
and never should be compared to. those are world class playing strikers. gomez is the classic centre forward.
he works better if there's a second striker like müller behind him.
You could argue that Torres was not at his best long enough to be one of the greats.
Freewheelin'
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dunno mate, i imagine its akin to a flying landing on your face
Hasphat'sAnts
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He stepped up just fine at the Bernabeu. It was an aberration, and he definitely didn't look himself that game either.
thanks, it's good to know that i'm not imagining things.
this! and his teams arent exactly set up to help him either (Robben..).
Anyway i'm off. Enjoy the night!
And it's finally BAAAAYEEEERN time again.
Dont get me wrong i'm not talking about his penalty miss, just the way he's carrying himself. In fact he did exceptionally well shooting the last pk (on both occasions, Cech was simply too good) but i think that Gustavo and Kroos were the most influential Bayern players at Bernabeu.
I hope not, we don't really *need* him right now. He's fantastic, but let's keep looking for a striker first.
Marotta don't do this....
Don't worry, it was confirmed to be bullshit. Interesting player to be sure, but there's no way in hell Juve is paying something like 15-18M€. Not even with Marotta's beloved co-ownership formula.
We're pretty much covered in the midfield anyway. If anyone, we'll sign Verratti.I'm in that camp as well. He's good, but certainly not 18M good. I get Pastore vibes from him. Btw, how's Pastore been doing in France?
you guys disgust me.
Could be true, these past months have been devastating. Like i said before i really like him as a player but i just think that he's not the right player sometimes.
Schweini was the main reason why Bayern trashed everyone in the group stage of the CL. He was, easily, the best midfielder in the world at that point. The two injuries, specially the last one really fucked up his form.
okay let's hope that it's just the injuries. but it doesnt matter anyway, i'm not even sure why i should follow football anymore. it's always the same
and i think you were right yesterday, i dont think another Bundesliga title would do much for me.
Hasphat'sAnts
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At Dortmund's expense after they spent big money to get Marco Reus? Come on. I can't wait for the Bundesliga season to start.
And Bayern should be primed for another deep run in the champions league. Believe!
Gaston Ramirez will be better than Suarez in a couple of years. Then again Suarez may improve too.
I see your bet and raise you a Mattia Destro. I think we'll be hearing about him a lot in the next few years, unless he ends up at Inter, which I'm afraid is a real possibility. Gabbiadini is another to look out for. I'd take either one of them ahead of Ramirez, tbh.
So the previously-locked Sigurdsson thread on RAWK has been reopened and an Icelandic poster has claimed that Sigurdsson has snubbed Tottenham and decided to join Liverpool, but can't say anything until the start of July (presumably Monday 2nd) due to the loan deal with Swansea still being in effect until the end of June. Strangely the mods haven't instantly locked it like usually happens if someone's claims to have "ITK info" can't be verified, so presumably they think there's something in the claims. We'll see next week whether there is or not, by the looks of it.
Maybe the mods are desperate.
Willkiller
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The mods of a Liverpool fan site? Surely not.
The mods typically only let a thread stay open for 1) an article from what they deem to be a legitimate source (The Times, BBC, The Guardian, some others), 2) info from one of the few respected twitter sources (Tony Barrett, Duncan Jenkins, Neil Jones. If they have left a thread open otherwise, it's usually because they've got direct PMs from supposed ITKs who don't want to reveal their sources.
I'm resigned to losing the race for the Gylf but I'd still be delighted if something came of it.
I'm resigned to losing the race for the Gylf but I'd still be delighted if something came of it.
Let's pray we get the signings we deserve. Sigs will be very very influential in your attack and Debuchy will be very very influential in our defence.
Let's hold each other and pray.
Nah just a yellow card.
Can't lie. I hope it goes tits up.
The Anderson fanclub on Redcafe are mindbendingly thick said:
this new barca kit is a champions league winning kit. everytime we get a weird kit we win a champions league, I hope that tradition holds.
alba, a 100% villa, a fully rested messi, a more integrated Alexis :drools
international tournaments are good and all, but nothing like club football.
hahahaha VDB " You second, second..... the fuck? Whatever"
alba, a 100% villa, a fully rested messi, a more integrated Alexis :drools
international tournaments are good and all, but nothing like club football.
hahahaha VDB " You second, second..... the fuck? Whatever"
Can't wait for the new season to start. Club football is the best football.
My local club changed coach, we had Mario Zanabria as coach for like 2 seasons. He is kind of a Boca Juniors and Newell's Old Boys legend (as player):
Now the best honduran coach is going to coach the team, hoping for a great tournament
My local club changed coach, we had Mario Zanabria as coach for like 2 seasons. He is kind of a Boca Juniors and Newell's Old Boys legend (as player):
Now the best honduran coach is going to coach the team, hoping for a great tournament
this new barca kit is a champions league winning kit. everytime we get a weird kit we win a champions league, I hope that tradition holds.
alba, a 100% villa, a fully rested messi, a more integrated Alexis :drools
international tournaments are good and all, but nothing like club football.
hahahaha VDB " You second, second..... the fuck? Whatever"
yeah Del Bosque came out after the game and said Cesc wanted to go fifth so he wasn't going to argue about something like that.
this new barca kit is a champions league winning kit. everytime we get a weird kit we win a champions league, I hope that tradition holds.
alba, a 100% villa, a fully rested messi, a more integrated Alexis :drools
international tournaments are good and all, but nothing like club football.
hahahaha VDB " You second, second..... the fuck? Whatever"
The yellow collar kit was not weird, it was awesome.
Sviatoslav
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Ugh, apparently Capello is now the favourite to be the new coach of the Russian national team.
If we must have a foreigner in charge can we at least get someone who would try to play an entertaining brand of football?
If we must have a foreigner in charge can we at least get someone who would try to play an entertaining brand of football?
http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/how-wenger-halted-chelseas-giroud-move-199140.html
Giroud is doing a lot of talking lately and I am liking everything I am hearing from him!!!! Wenger with the power of the text save the day!
Giroud is doing a lot of talking lately and I am liking everything I am hearing from him!!!! Wenger with the power of the text save the day!
The other thread taught me that dortmund fans are the biggest groups of shitheads on the internet. So bitter, so miserable. Enjoy your soulless team flopping out of the champions league again
Fight! Fight! Fight! I fully expect you guys to take this at least to Juve / Inter levels of animosity next season! For yours, but mostly for our entertainment.
Wow, that much? He was coming for 9-10m to Bayern according to the german media.
He looks like a nice #9, it will be interesting to see how he performs at Arsenal!
Yeah, I'm very intrigued to see how we use Giroud and Podolski next season. We have a lot of dead weight at the club so we need to be buying & selling all summer. Nice to see Wenger taking a hands on approach. Interesting that Giroud was miffed by not being contacted by Di Matteo, although I don't think he wields anywhere near the same power as Wenger in the transfer market.
I think it has to be the case, we can't have RVP, Giroud & Podolski (I know he can play on the wing but I'd rather he didn't) fighting for the same position & that's disregarding Chamakh & Park who won't be around next season, probably. I hope he stays but I think I'm resigned to losing him.
It was his release clause, so it just came down to which club he wanted to go to and the contract offered.
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