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Football Thread 2014/15 |OT2| Wake Me Up, Yaya Sanogo

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Mr Cola

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RiggyRob said:
I was considering it since I haven't actually seen United play under Van Gaal yet, but that was when I thought it started at 12:30am instead of 1:30am. But then again, it is against Liverpool...
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If you can catch all the first halves on youtube I would, maybe you have but we are playing, at times, some wonderful stuff.
 
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Barzul

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Usmanov has spoken.
 
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Arnie

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L1NETT said:
Ypres Arnold?

And yeah Viva we did a similar trip. Eerie as anything. Never will forget when we went to Verdun
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That's the one.

Would like to say that it hit me hard and really made an impact but we were a gaggle of 13 year old mates going abroad without our parents for the first ever time and I don't really think the occasion properly sunk in.

Money permitting ill probably go back at some point in my life.
 
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Salvadora

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By all accounts, Usmanov is a fan of the club.

Despite his seedy past, including time in a Soviet prison, it would be interesting to see Arsenal with him in control.

Although I'm not sure why he's speaking publicly considering he doesn't control the club.
 
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RiggyRob

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Mr Cola said:
If you can catch all the first halves on youtube I would, maybe you have but we are playing, at times, some wonderful stuff.
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I have seen the highlights of most of the games, just haven't seen any of them live.

A small part of me wants to stay up til 3am for the game and then watch the Hyrule Warriors Direct, but that's insanity when I'm supposed to wake up at 8am.
 
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Walshy

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Mirror are saying Swansea are ready to drop Bony's price from his £19m clause.

Would have him for £10-15m.
 
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Arnie

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Walshy said:
Mirror are saying Swansea are ready to drop Bony's price from his £19m clause.

Would have him for £10-15m.
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Aye, same.

Straight swap for Borini money wise would be top.

Can't see Swansea biting. And the Mirror have written a river of shit this summer. Mississippi of bollocks.
 
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jtb

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Salvadora said:
By all accounts, Usmanov is a fan of the club.

Despite his seedy past, including time in a Soviet prison, it would be interesting to see Arsenal with him in control.

Although I'm not sure why he's speaking publicly considering he doesn't control the club.
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He's been angling to be a majority shareholder for a while iirc, probably doing this so he can go through the usual talking points about ambition, pumping money in the club, etc., get the fans on his side.

also "breaking his silence"? pretty sure he issued some kind of statement when Wenger sold RVP. would rather someone ask him about the shady shit he did in the past rather than Arsenal but whatever.
 
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Salvadora

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jtb said:
He's been angling to be a majority shareholder for a while iirc, probably doing this so he can go through the usual talking points about ambition, pumping money in the club, etc., get the fans on his side.

also "breaking his silence"? pretty sure he issued some kind of statement when Wenger sold RVP. would rather someone ask him about the shady shit he did in the past rather than Arsenal but whatever.
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In a post-Wenger world, he could be a useful asset.

Not sure what the deal with Kroenke is, really.

The power structure at Arsenal is a bit of an enigma. And yeah, Usmanov criticised the club management for selling RvP and has at other times I believe.
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Arsenal's interest in Khedira has faded due to wages & poor injury-record. Carvalho main target, say @TeleFootball.
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Aye, poor injury record has really deterred us before.
 
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Barzul

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jtb said:
He's been angling to be a majority shareholder for a while iirc, probably doing this so he can go through the usual talking points about ambition, pumping money in the club, etc., get the fans on his side.

also "breaking his silence"? pretty sure he issued some kind of statement when Wenger sold RVP. would rather someone ask him about the shady shit he did in the past rather than Arsenal but whatever.
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Abramovich had a shady past too. He still led Chelsea on the path to becoming a super club and helped them achieve self sufficiency. They still need the stadium to match it though.
 
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Walshy

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Arnie said:
Aye, same.

Straight swap for Borini money wise would be top.

Can't see Swansea biting. And the Mirror have written a river of shit this summer. Mississippi of bollocks.
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Bony as a straight replacement for Borini would be great. Borini can't really play lone striker, he's not going to get any playing time.

Echo is also saying new contracts for Coutinho, Suso, Flanagan and Gerrard.
 
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Feels a little strange seeing people suddenly accepting of Bony at up to £15mil when £4million is absolutely nothing these days and especially in the context of Liverpool's transfer window thus far.

Still, I've kind of come around to Bony as well despite being fiercely against it before. I'd imagine the sheer lack of alternatives is a big part - I was trawling through the various European leagues for any kind of striker and there really is literally no one.

A handful of established but journeymen strikers in the French and German leagues, youngsters who aren't good enough relative to Borini to bother, and gambles on injured players like Rossi and Benteke.

The only option who really seemed like a better option then Bony was Seydou Doumbia - whatever happened to the rumours surrounding him? I presume there must be some age related shenanigans for no one to have made a move for him yet.
 
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Barzul

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wedward said:
Matt Law says Sami's injury record has scared us away and we see Big Willy as a cheaper, younger alternative.

Says Sami wants four-year contract worth £150,000-a-week

" Sources in Portugal believe Carvalho could be allowed to leave for £24 million and the 22-year-old is believed to be one of the lowest-paid big-name players in Europe."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...r-50m-move-for-Real-Madrids-Sami-Khedira.html
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I feel like he just took twitter rumors and wrote an article on it. There's nothing in there we didn't already know.
 
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jtb

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it's too bad the Schneiderlin links have gone cold. he's clearly for sale and he's what we need.
 
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omgkitty

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jtb said:
it's too bad the Schneiderlin links have gone cold. he's clearly for sale and he's what we need.
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Honestly starting to think we were never interested. Still have a month to go though, so you never know who we'll end up with.
 
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Jarnet87

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Carvalho vs Cleverly or Fletcher. what a battle. Well there goes a guaranteed 3 points against Arsenal once a year.
 
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Jarnet87

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Wonder if the game being a final changes van Gaals thinking with substitutions. He's talked about cutting players right after the tour, maybe his mind is made up for the most part and we see only a couple subs.
 
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Pennywise

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L1NETT said:
We never seem to able to decide where to meet

We live all over the shop
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Fuenf lives in the town where my university is located and I could easily drive to Bla, he's not that far away.
We could easily reach belgium and the netherlands from here.
 
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