MrS
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Football Thread 2016/17 & Offseason |OT2| Wenger In Fam! Wenger Out Blud!
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Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Which manager is more overrated, in your opinion? Genuinely curious
Klinsmann is beyond shit, he tried to get a job at Southampton 😂 and we were like nah man
McMoneyman
Member
Our american owners(Hicks and Gillett -pukes-) back in like 08-09ish wanted to replace Rafa Benitez with Klinsmann. Probably would've been better than Roy Hodgson though...
He was at that time pretty well regarded after taking Germany to a 3rd place in the 2006 World Cup, instead ended up at Bayern(sorry about that Bayern fans).
RocknRola
Member
2 more forwards for AC Milan? Find that somewhat unbeliviable, but we never know I guess... 3 months ago I'd say RM would never even think about paying 180M for Mbappe
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Who the fuck rates Klinsmann though?
I'll have to take your worked for it as I don't know nearly enough about finance and balance sheets to say otherwise. As I said, it's largely all moot anyway as I don't imagine they'll be going anywhere. Just our luck that as the most successful side in the country we get bought out by a guy who then uses our own financial muscle to pay for his purchase while others get handouts from oil barons lol.
What I do have to give City credit for is what they've seemingly done for the area and their investment in their woman's team. I fucking hate that United are the only PL side without a womans team.
My first kid is due in 4 weeks and she'll be a United fan like her dad and her uncle and her Grandad. Who the fuck can she aspire to play for if that's what she wants to dream of as a kid. Since we live in the midlands she can have Villa or Birmingham. Great.
Some are paying a bit over half of a Pogba for more alive players. Outrageous.
Infernostew
Member
If he didn't hit the post 9 times during the season I don't think people would be giving him as much shit. Still won trophies. Worth the money on potential alone if you ask me.
McMoneyman
Member
Congrats mate!
Madrid, City and PSG are all in for £180m of Mbappe apparently. Markets are normal, nothing to see here.
Naa he's shit.
Ta very much!
Naa he's shit.
lol
Ta very much!
Infernostew
Member
Apart from the second half against Madrid he's been good in the other games tbh. Sometimes being played a bit too far back which keeps him out of the important areas.
Hopefully you'll see goals at least!
Congrats
According to the rumours Milan's going to pay it.
To think that we actually make some money from that flop is quite something
Are you talking about Ronaldo or Cristiano Ronaldo? Because the difference between Mbappe and Ronaldo is immense.
He has a great potential, but he's pretty invisible at times on the field. Hitting the post still counts as a miss.
Anyhow, it's rich for the manager of the club who destroyed the last transfer record to complain about an out-of-control market.
Thanks lads.
If it was Ronaldo 3 years ago or Messi or Neymar then it makes a modicum of sense. At that price I'm glad United are priced out of it lol.
Destroyed? How much was Bale again?
If it was Ronaldo 3 years ago or Messi or Neymar then it makes a modicum of sense. At that price I'm glad United are priced out of it lol.
Destroyed? How much was Bale again?
Congrats man
Of course Ronaldo.
Well, I don't see that much of a difference. I would write sth down but unfortunately my vocabulary isn't that great.
Do you remember Ronnie before he was 20? Man Mbappe is not even near that level. They are not comparable at all in my opinion. Mbappe is one of the best talent out there of course and he will have a great career but Ronnie was really something else. I don't think we'll ever see someone like him...
Yeah, Ronaldo was better, but I still don't see that much of a difference like he was from another planet. And yes I mean Ronaldo pre-injuries, poor guy.
Watching Mbappe is so unbelievable satisfying for me.
GoldenCrow
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Brazilian Ronaldo was on a totally different level. Mbappe looks great when plying for Monaco but that is because he is given freedom and a system that has full support behind him and creativity to deliver the goods. Towards the end of the season teams got a grasp of him. If you look at Mbappe against Thigo Silva, Thiago utterly nulified the lad, couldn't do anything and he wasn't really doing anything special just a standard man marking job (though he is very good anyway). When players use to try and do a job on Ronaldo he'd just make them look foolish.
Quinton Fortune on Ronaldo in the 96-97 season while he was at Barca.
The man scored 42 in 46 for PSV in the Eredivisie from the age of 17-19. Barca would then pay a world record $19.5m for him.
A huge number of his goals for Barca he dribbles around the keeper. He could do what he wanted and the only thing that stopped him or slowed him down were injuries
The man scored 42 in 46 for PSV in the Eredivisie from the age of 17-19. Barca would then pay a world record $19.5m for him.
A huge number of his goals for Barca he dribbles around the keeper. He could do what he wanted and the only thing that stopped him or slowed him down were injuries
We will see. I don't usually watch Ligue 1, so the most games I saw him are in CL.
I will watch his career very closely, that's for sure. As I said, I enjoy watching him.
Fat Ronaldo was probably the best under-21 footballer of all time.
This was posted before here, but it really was ridiculous how good he was:
Goals before the age of 23
Ronaldo – 194
Raul – 145
Lionel Messi – 127
Sergio Aguero – 124
Romelu Lukaku 119
Michael Owen – 111
Cristiano Ronaldo – 97
Fernando Torres – 87
Wayne Rooney – 94
Luis Suarez – 77
David Villa – 70
Zlatan Ibrahimovic – 69
Alan Shearer – 65
Thierry Henry – 57
Up until that 98 WC final he was absolutely incredible.
The number of times you'd see him just dribble from the halfway line, past 4 players all the way to goal was just ridiculous.
This was posted before here, but it really was ridiculous how good he was:
Goals before the age of 23
Ronaldo – 194
Raul – 145
Lionel Messi – 127
Sergio Aguero – 124
Romelu Lukaku 119
Michael Owen – 111
Cristiano Ronaldo – 97
Fernando Torres – 87
Wayne Rooney – 94
Luis Suarez – 77
David Villa – 70
Zlatan Ibrahimovic – 69
Alan Shearer – 65
Thierry Henry – 57
Up until that 98 WC final he was absolutely incredible.
The number of times you'd see him just dribble from the halfway line, past 4 players all the way to goal was just ridiculous.
shockthrill
Banned
Was Brazilian Ronaldo a greater player than Messi?
Congrats! There's always Liverpool Ladies FC 👀
GoldenCrow
Member
Here are his highlights from the specify game I mentioned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZT2ksXzmQI . You can see quite clearly how to prevent him from playing. That said I don't think there are many footy fans who wouldn't want him at their club. But Ronaldo was ridiculously good.
Wow. Outrageous.
McMoneyman
Member
Worth noting that the Dutch league was pretty damn good back then too.
Yep, it's not like it is now. Ajax won the CL in, i think, '95? So he wasn't even necessarily playing for the best team over there.
GoldenCrow
Member
We need more players that can play coked up like Maradona.
GHG
Gold Member
It's a measure of a players true talent.
You're right, that was not worthy of my praise.
But I mean cut him some slack. He was pretty roughed up, especially in the beginning.
That actually reminded me of Borussia Dortmund 2010-2013 xD
McMoneyman
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Probably his agent.
Did the same with Koeman as well. Cunt of a agent.
McMoneyman
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Coutinho leaving would make those 2 signings(if they happen) a little less enjoyable in my eyes.
CR7 is the greatest player I've even seen in person, and he was still only just hitting his stride for United at Fulham in early 2007 when he hit the winner into the end I was standing.
For me, CR7 and Messi are the lop sided base that Ronaldo stands on at the top of the pyramid.
Get out. Her great grandad would love it (as would my nan, a scouser who died a few months ago, 70 years in London and still so hilariously scouse) but since he's already 90 with emphysema I'm not sure he'll make it to like, 110.