what is up with all the weird transfer numbers for midfielders this summer...
rakitic and kroos easily the best two played to have moved thusfar, for a comb
Oh i certainly agree, he isn't going to be bale though
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rakitic and kroos easily the best two played to have moved thusfar, for a comb
not sure any amount of money is too much for vidal, he's an absolutely special player easily worth all the numbers ive seen for him so far... Would people really be complaining if they were offering similar money for yaya toure, who to me is an overall slightly worse player?
I agree with alty. It is pretty weird.
damn.. RIP BRAZIL. Germany was just 2 strong for them and not having Neymar and Thiago Silvia for this match was huge. Hope Holland takes it all though. After last year's final would be p deserved.. but oh well at this point any team would be a deserved winner. Looking forward for today's match.
you actually changed your avi
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Subtlety is my middle name
Yes, they would because £44 million (that's how much Juventus want) would be too much for some one as old as Toure.
i know brah, was one hell of a run. felt like having a strutting cleffa for a bit.
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Cant stop laughing at this though
Arsenal actually look to be getting their shit together this transfer window. Debuchy, Alexis pretty much done deals and Khedira lookspossible if Kroos ends up at Madrid.
-----------------------Szczesny-----------------------
Debuchy----Mertesacker---Koscienly---Gibbs
-------------Ramsey---------Khedira----------------
-------Sanchez-------Ozil-------Podolski/Carzorla
-----------------------Giroud---------------------------
pretty decent
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Debuchy----Mertesacker---Koscienly---Gibbs
-------------Ramsey---------Khedira----------------
-------Sanchez-------Ozil-------Podolski/Carzorla
-----------------------Giroud---------------------------
pretty decent
There's talk of Wenger wanting to try Sanchez and Walcott up front together, a bit like how Chile lined up at the World Cup which would be nice and exciting. What I don't get is what are the top managers' fascinations with big donkey strikers these days. Some supposedly great managers are playing with what looks like pretty useless players like Giroud, Fred and now Spain with Costa. OK so they say it's to make the ball stick when it goes up but look how Low has utilised Muller and Klinsmann has ditched Altidore, the Germans again are defo showing us how it's done. I would think a more skilful player would be more dangerous for the opposition than a player with no first touch. One exception is Mourinho who somehow knows exactly how to use a big man and he's got Costa now. I thought Chelsea were favourites last year and this year they are head and shoulders ahead of the pack. City are a clear second and then there's a rabble of Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal. Tottenham have a very slim chance if they have a miracle season. Everton have had their miracle season and now they've got no chance thanks to losing players and extra Europa games.
Also Germany must have 9 fingers on the trophy already right? It will take Mascherano's heroics again and Messi to turn up in a big way for Argentina to have any chance cos their attack just hasn't got going at all, and they need Di Maria back.
Also Germany must have 9 fingers on the trophy already right? It will take Mascherano's heroics again and Messi to turn up in a big way for Argentina to have any chance cos their attack just hasn't got going at all, and they need Di Maria back.
Oh right that explains a lot, I thought Altidore was injured but then he said he would play and then he didn't for the rest of the tournament lol! So add Klinsmann to the list of managers using a donkey up front.
Yeah altidore and johansson were both injured which was part of why the US played so defensively for most of the tournament... When your best healthy striker is wondolowski... and we saw what he did against belgium...
Anyways to me the big thing with the teams playing two players who aren't really CFs up top though is that theyre usually played with a number 10 who can score goals behind, so its really just like a 4-3-3 where your false 9 keeps dropping deeper until we call him a 10. I've been arguing for a while that thats what argentina has been playing this wc, more of a 4-4-2 diamond than a 4-3-3...
Not sure Arsenal has the right player to do this, because although cazorla and ozil are both fine #10s, they arent exactly big goal threats themselves. Teams i could see doing this would be more like a United if they didnt have RVP w/ rooney playing the 10, that type of thing
Anyways to me the big thing with the teams playing two players who aren't really CFs up top though is that theyre usually played with a number 10 who can score goals behind, so its really just like a 4-3-3 where your false 9 keeps dropping deeper until we call him a 10. I've been arguing for a while that thats what argentina has been playing this wc, more of a 4-4-2 diamond than a 4-3-3...
Not sure Arsenal has the right player to do this, because although cazorla and ozil are both fine #10s, they arent exactly big goal threats themselves. Teams i could see doing this would be more like a United if they didnt have RVP w/ rooney playing the 10, that type of thing
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The Suarez is deal is official as per Goal, he will join Barcelona for €88 million. Let the biting resume! (after his ban expires ofc)
Liverpool's fans will hope that they don't waste this money in the same way that Spurs squandered the profits from Bale's sale. They are reportedly on the brink of completing a triple swoop on Markovic, Lovren and Origi.
Liverpool's fans will hope that they don't waste this money in the same way that Spurs squandered the profits from Bale's sale. They are reportedly on the brink of completing a triple swoop on Markovic, Lovren and Origi.
Holy ballz Sanchez is for real!!! AAAAAAAAAARRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!! GET IN MY SON!
Also I like the new Arsenal shirt, the first one I like in a while, if I get a part time job next semester I might decide to retire my old one and invest :) new season excitement!
Also I like the new Arsenal shirt, the first one I like in a while, if I get a part time job next semester I might decide to retire my old one and invest :) new season excitement!
I just feel like Barca should've focused on securing their midfield and defence for the future because their attack was already very good. But Suarez will improve them so it's up to them I guess! Real Madrid also sound like they want to lose quality players and I don't understand why: Di Maria, Khedeira, Benzema, Casillas not to mention the youngsters and they lost Ozil and Higuain last year...
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