2013/2014 Soccer/Football Thread

[The Quasar]

Champions League - Play-off - Which on Group Stage?

Shakhtyor Karagandy - Celtic Glasgow
Lione - R. Sociedad
Pacos De Ferreira - Zenit
Psv Eindhoven - Milan
Viktoria Plzen - Maribor
Dinamo Zagabria - Austria Vienna
Ludogorets Razgrad - Basilea
Steaua Bucuresti - Legia Varsavia
Fenerbahce - Arsenal (I'm not so sure of that!)
Schalke 04 - Paok Salonicco

 

[No Luck Involved]

Arsenal will go through cos Fenerbahce is banned lol and not a chance it'll be overturned (in fairness Wenger sometimes gets very lucky)

Reports that we're preparing a bid for Begovic. DO IIIT WENGBALLZ DO IT NOWW!!!!

Also Seamus Coleman what a beast!

 

[phalanx]

Begovic to Arsenal was one of the early rumours as well, hence stoke signing Butland.

 

[Dubby]

Well done to Real Sociedad, nice to see new faces in the Champions League, I think they can go far.

 

[No Luck Involved]

I always liked Vela, defo think we could've kept him like Hernandez at Utd, he's a quality finisher and has a really smooth style, even if it means it looks like he's not working too hard.

 

[reyscarface]

Thing is Vela despises Arsenal more than he hates the Mexico National Team and will play like shite unhappy there. The guy plays so much better when he is in a place that he feels happy at.

 

[Myzozoa]

We do not need a new keeper at all, we have two perfectly fine keepers. Chesney made some mistakes against Villa, but that is not normal and the defending was bad enough that I can't really blame the keeper. Begovic would be a great purchase for Chelsea to make, not Arsenal. Arsenal need a good full back, another decent CB, and a wing player, and probably another deep lying midfielder.

 

[Nosferalto]

Chesney started off well but he makes too many mistakes. IMO, they should get Begovic from Stoke who already have a ready-made replacement in Jack butland

 

[reyscarface]

willian has agreed terms with spurs, byebye liverpool willian is going to tottenham

biiig rumors regarding lamela to spurs too

imagine this:

soldado
chadli - willian - lamela
paulinho - dembele
coentrao - kaboul - vertonghen - walker
lloris

like hoooooly shit (coentrao a rumor only), lamela to spurs means bale is leaving 100% to madrid tho

 

[phalanx]

Eto'o's agent saying he is in talks with a few teams, including Man utd?
da fuq Moyes?

 

[Dubby]

That can't be true, I don't see why United would be after another striker.

 

[Nosferalto]

willian has agreed terms with spurs, byebye liverpool willian is going to tottenham

biiig rumors regarding lamela to spurs too

imagine this:

soldado
chadli - willian - lamela
paulinho - dembele
coentrao - kaboul - vertonghen - walker
lloris

like hoooooly shit (coentrao a rumor only), lamela to spurs means bale is leaving 100% to madrid tho

glad we didn't get willian, he is overrated as fuck and not worth the 30m price tag. Lamela on the other hand... i'd be jelly

 

[Django]

well that was a good start to the fantasy league season

 

[HBK]

Willian's imminent signing only confirms the obvious; Spurs are going to finish 4th this season at Arsenal's expense. Nothing is set in stone though, you can always count on AVB to screw things up.

 

[No Luck Involved]

There is not a chance Spurs will finish above Arsenal. Maybe if Wenger really signs no one. And Django jammy git!!! :P

 

[reyscarface]

Tottenham's squad is 10 times better than Arsenal's and also has 10 times more depth, if you really think Arsenal are favored over Spurs to take 4th youre deluded.

 

[No Luck Involved]

Really you believe that? Let's break this down: Wilshere is better than Paulinho, Ramsey is better than Dembele, Arteta is better than Sandro, Gibbs is better than Rose, Sagna is better than Walker, Mertesacker is better than Dawson, Koscielny is better than Vertonghen, Cazorla is better than Willian, Walcott is better than Lennon, Podolski is better than Defoe, Oxlade-Chamberlain is better than Chadli... the list goes on and on... The only place Spurs have any advantage is striker and goalie and guess what Wenger is in the market for. But of course it wouldn't be a summer without Arsenal being written off. Without making any signings Arsenal gets better every year, not the other way round, and we have Gnabry, Akpom and Zelalem coming up. Dream on haterz!

 

[ModestGarchomp]

"Without making any signings Arsenal gets better every year"

lol.
You remind me of this aresenal fan at school that said they were going to win the Champions league last year.
Your false hope is strong.

 

[akuchi]

i fucking love liverpool fans

 

[akuchi]

p.s. i genuinely spat out a bit of my tea at the line 'ramsey is better than dembele', good grief

LEON BRITTON IS BETTER THAN DAVID SILVA

 

[phalanx]

Kyriakos Papadopoulos?
they are after him? Love signing him on FM, he is a monster :(

 

[Dubby]

Looks like we're bringing back Flamini on a free. So Wenger really is intent on not spending any money huh?

 

[SuperScizor]

Not sure if NLI is trolling or is srs...
Ramsey better than Dembele???
Arteta better than Sandro? Arteta is good but he is no Sandro. Vertonghen > Koscielny.

 

[Erazor]

Vertonghen shits all over the Arsenal center-backs. He's class.

However, Arsenal always seem to find it within themselves to push for 4th - I don't expect that to change this season, despite Spurs seemingly having a superior squad.

 

[phalanx]

Vertonghen is better then Arsenals defenders.

and apparantly we have enquired about Mata O.o