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Football Thread 2011/2012 | OT12 | All the clowns were offside...

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Zabojnik

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Preziosi (Genoa's president
& known criminal
) on Destro: "I have an understanding with Roma. If the boy won't accept to go there, he'll remain at Siena. I'm disgusted by the salary he demanded from Roma, he still has a lot to prove to ask for that kind of money."

C'mon, Marotta. There's still a glimmer of hope. Destro clearly wants to go to Juve, don't fuck this up. :/ I don't get what Roma are doing. Why would they sell Borini and then buy Destro for the same amount? I'm pretty sure Destro is the better player, but even so. Both are so young and very promising. Such a strange move.
 

Meadows

Banned
£10m, what was Fergie thinking?

Top scorer last year. Captain. League rival. Shirt seller.

I'd have hung up the phone if I were Arsenal. Absolutely insulting, he's easily worth £20m+
 

Jensen

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£10m, what was Fergie thinking?

Top scorer last year. Captain. League rival. Shirt seller.

I'd have hung up the phone if I were Arsenal. Absolutely insulting, he's easily worth £20m+
Last year of contract and wants to leave the club. The buying club holds all the cards in this scenario.

Despite his high praise for Carrick, Ferguson remains desperate to recruit a creative player for the middle of the park.

"We do have an issue in central midfield, there's no doubt about that, because getting a Scholes or a Carrick is very difficult these days," said Ferguson.

"We have the boy Nick Powell coming through, but he's young and although he's a very good talent he'll eventually be a midfield player.

"The boy Cleverley will contribute if he can stay clear of injuries.

"He had a horrendous year last year but if he can get through a season he'll contribute because he's a very clever player.
New quotes from The Mirror
 

K1LLER7

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£10m, what was Fergie thinking?

Top scorer last year. Captain. League rival. Shirt seller.

I'd have hung up the phone if I were Arsenal. Absolutely insulting, he's easily worth £20m+
29, on his last year, publicly stated he wants to leave. Injury prone. Don't think they'll get anything over 20m unless City decide to make a huge bid.
 

LegoArmo

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Three separate offers for Van Persie were submitted on Tuesday, with United offering in the region of £8million, Juventus £10m and City £12m.

Says the banned paper.
 

Zabojnik

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I was just thinking. We can't be the only club plagued by overpayed and completely useless players, who just won't fucking leave. Players that would rather not play a single match all year, be hated and insulted by the fans at every turn, just so they can cash-in on the very last euro / pound agreed upon in their contracts.

Does your club have any such players?
 

Yurt

il capo silenzioso
BTW, Juve fans, would you guys be happy if you signed Berbatov?

Where the hell is my post
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Anyway, what Zabo said, after waiting for three years for a champion (?), signing another Matri would be a disappointment of epic proportions. The ultras would fucking assassinate Marotta.

C'mon, Marotta. There's still a glimmer of hope. Destro clearly wants to go to Juve, don't fuck this up. :/ I don't get what Roma are doing. Why would they sell Borini and then buy Destro for the same amount? I'm pretty sure Destro is the better player, but even so. Both are so young and very promising. Such a strange move.

American owners helping each other.
 
£10m, what was Fergie thinking?

Top scorer last year. Captain. League rival. Shirt seller.

I'd have hung up the phone if I were Arsenal. Absolutely insulting, he's easily worth £20m+
He's not worth £20m+. United's bid is ridiculous but maximum I'd be happy to pay is £20m. He is 29 and has a year left on his deal, Arsenal have put themselves in a real bad spot so they can't be surprised they are getting lowballed.

Last year of contract and wants to leave the club. The buying club holds all the cards in this scenario.

New quotes from The Mirror
OMG. Fergie acknowledges CM...and then says he is going to do nothing about it...cos hopefully Clever Tom stays fit.
 

Messi

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92% – This figure was Xavi Hernández’s passing accuracy over all La Liga games under legendary manager Pep Guardiola. That’s an average over 152 games in which Xavi attempts 100 plus passes per game. To put it into context, the competition average was 76.3% (which I admit was higher than I’d have guessed)

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Yurt

il capo silenzioso
Oh right, the yankee connection. Sigh, I guess it's just a matter of time before Destro caves and goes on to have a stellar season with Roma, forever out of our reach. Just like Verrattrayer.

Better with Roma than PSG. I'm sure Carlo and Leo won't mind selling him to Milan in a couple of years.

Jean-Claude Blanc you useless SOB.
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Messi

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Shouldn't it read: Ballon d'awww



Yes, and whoever gets post 20,000 wins

Total missed oppertunity.

Are you happy about Spurs getting a deal with Fifa? Getting White Hart Lane and all the players scanned must make you happy. I know I am super happy that barca is being done this year. Alexis Sanchez looks awesome.
 
Total missed oppertunity.

Are you happy about Spurs getting a deal with Fifa? Getting White Hart Lane and all the players scanned must make you happy. I know I am super happy that barca is being done this year. Alexis Sanchez looks awesome.


I am yes! Preordered Fifa 13 for £12 and Fifa 12 ^^ ran great on PC so I'm looking forward to it. I think they're doing the scanning on our US tour though, so players that don't travel (Sandro, etc..) will miss out. But hey, at least Jenas will look better than Modric!
 

Messi

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Irish Messiiiiiiiii, you probably missed my post a few pages back :p

Judge us! (only shirt-wise pls)

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Keeper kit is a nice blue, sponsor ruins the look a bit. I must say though I have a soft spot for keepers who use short sleeve kits. 7/10 would not buy at full price.

Home Kit is a beautiful piece of work. Will be purchasing with Pirlo on it. Now I know this will seem odd/a bit of a slap in the face but I think the scudetto badge ruins the look of an otherwise very sleek kit. I am sure you will disagree (you should be proud of that badge :p ). I would prob not put it on mine. Very pleased with it otherwise. Jeep(R) sponsor is less of an issue here (that trademark is a bit odd though) 9/10

Bonus review Away kit. Very very sleek kit that I feel has been ruined by the Jeep(R) sponsor. If they had gone with plain white text it would have integrated into the shirt very well and would not have been so in your face (I suppose that is the idea). Never really a fan of plain black kits, I really didnt like Barca's last season as I felt it didnt fit the club but I like this kit. But really the sponsor hurts it for me. 8/10

If anyone else wants me to review their clubs kit I will. As that was kind of fun.
 

Yurt

il capo silenzioso
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If anyone else wants me to review their clubs kit I will. As that was kind of fun.

High scores all around
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Thanks! It was fun to read too ;)

The swansea's kit looks like Real Madrid's kit last season.
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They play like Barcelona, but dress like Madrid?
 
Just remembered its MUFC vs Ajax tomorrow. 2pm kick off and Kagawa likely to start!

Excitedddd. Will also help kill 2 hours in what'll be a difficult first fast..Fady, where you at? How's it going for you?
 

K1LLER7

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Just remembered its MUFC vs Ajax tomorrow. 2pm kick off and Kagawa likely to start!

Excitedddd. Will also help kill 2 hours in what'll be a difficult first fast..Fady, where you at? How's it going for you?
Me too :)

Just had something to eat, first days always the hardest.

19 hours till we eat again, you guys should try it sometime.
 

K1LLER7

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Fergie on Key midfielder Carrick

"Carrick is the key to it. He denies it but he has always had slow starts (to a season)." Ferguson added: "By the time he gets to December he starts playing consistently well and he had a really good end to the season last year. If you look at the central midfielders in the Premier League - (Luka) Modric, Yaya Toure and (Steven) Gerrard, depending on where you play him - he can match up against any of them in terms of quality. "He can read the game and also play in front of the back four. In the modern game you don't need tacklers the way you used to. It's about anticipation and reading the game."
 
Me too :)

Just had something to eat, first days always the hardest.

19 hours till we eat again, you guys should try it sometime.
You in the UK Killer? Think I'm gonna have to take a nap at some stage tmrw. App it's gonna get real hot here next week...that's gonna be tough.
 

K1LLER7

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You in the UK Killer? Think I'm gonna have to take a nap at some stage tmrw. App it's gonna get real hot here next week...that's gonna be tough.
Yeah, gonna get some sleep and get up for the United match. Hopefully Fergie doesn't troll with Shinji again :)
Got a cricket match on Sunday so that'll be a tough day, kinda hoping it rains.

Btw, liked the article you wrote earlier on footballers and Ramadan. Some great points and didn't realise there were many muslim footballers.
 
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