2010-08-17, 13:50 | Link #3022 |
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Watching Spurs and Young Boys, found it by accident....
Question........in Europe do fans of BIG TEAMS look forward more towards their League Championship or or the Champs Lge? I mean, it seems kinda like our pro playoffs here in America. Also, aren't fans of the smaller teams (Portsmouth, anyone beside Celtic/Rangers) a little discouraged seeing how there teams never get over the hump with out having to go nearly bankrupt? Oh yea YB just scored early in first half. |
2010-08-17, 16:57 | Link #3023 |
Kira_Naruto, the ecchi
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ROFL .. I'm not a shotacon .. but goddamn I luuuuvvvv Young Boys tonite.
For all the shit talking from them last season about US losing to Barceloancunt of Spain in the quarterfinal of CL .. They freaking lose to Young Boys .. of SWITZERLAND! In the freaking qualifying round! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA .. Chicken shit team remains chicken shit! Want to know something else.. few hours before the game, their official twitter announced a 6-2 wins over Young Boys .. That how delusioned they was .. (it was removed shortly after)
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2010-08-20, 22:06 | Link #3026 |
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Aquilani is on his way to Juventus on a one year loan... I have never raged so hard in my life.
Hodgson, you buy crap like Poulsen when we already have a ton of defensive midfield players and give away one of our best creative midfielders and best passer. There's absolutely no way to explain this stupidity, I hope this season ends up being worse than the last, maybe that way they will learn that you also need to attack in football. Yes, I'm extremely butthurt. |
2010-08-23, 02:37 | Link #3028 |
Kira_Naruto, the ecchi
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This season of EPL seems to be a goal feast. so far 4 games ends up with 6-0 scoreline. Chelsea deals 6-0 to both their opening game, Arsenal matching it with their result in Emirates stadium on Saturday, and yesterday .. ANOTHER game managed to replicate the same scoreline.. and the most interesting thing is.. its the promoted team Newcastle that gets the 6, against the Europa League hopeful, Aston Villa!
After Switzerland win against Spain in WC2010, some of the tactic sites fears that defensive formation was going to be the mainstay tactic, it happened back then in 2004 with Greece winning the Euro 04 back then.. But luckily, it isnt the case so far. Long may it continue, at least I wont be that sleepy watching other teams games.
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2010-08-23, 05:22 | Link #3029 | |
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And yeah, although Aquilani has been injury prone he's certainly a gifted midfielder when it comes to passing, considering that even when not 100% fit he can still prove to be useful, it's really weird that Liverpool decided to let him go (although only on loan). Oh well, we (Juve) needed a good passer/playmaker in midfield, now that with our new coach Del Neri we're using an offensive 4-4-2 (it's basically a 4-2-4 when attacking), Diego is being used a second striker so some like Aquilani will certainly be needed in order to quickly verticalize. So far I am pleased with my team's current transfer campaign. The new management and new president clearly want to bring back Juve to a good level, although this summer's transfers are still not enough for us to seriously challenge Inter for the Scudetto race, it's a sign that we're atleast moving towards the right direction. We've lowered A LOT the average age, we aqcuired a couple of young prospects (Motta, Bonucci), brought back other youngsters (Lanzafame), and strenghtened on the wings with Krasic, Martinez and Pepe. Not a stellar team yet but it's on the right path, and if Del Neri does its work well as he did with Sampdoria in the past season, Juve might atleast regain entertaining play. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. |
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2010-08-23, 07:09 | Link #3031 |
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Haha, well the difference is that Benitez isn't really in charge of Inter's wallet though.
He doesn't have the same "freedom" that he had in Liverpool, Moratti still decides how to spend. In fact, they actually didn't really spend at all this summer (not like they really needed to), they sold Balotelli who might have caused problems given his "prima-donna" attitude and bought Coutinho as potential young prospect. Even though Benitez asked Moratti to try to get Mascherano and/or Kuyt (lol Kuyt), as you can see Moratti isn't really willing to spend a lot of cash considering that they didn't sell a lot either. This summer transfer market has been really underwhelming in general. If you count out ManCity's seemingly endless financial resources no other club really went on a buying spree or signed a lot a of star players. In serie A the club that did the most impressive transfer campaign is Genoa, they currently managed to sign Toni, Veloso, Rafinha, Zuculini and portguese keeper Eduardo who did really well during the World Cup. And impressive thing is that they managed to sign them without really spending that much either. They're clearly building a team with the intention of challenging other serie A teams for a Champions League spot in the upcoming season. |
2010-08-23, 07:23 | Link #3032 |
Kira_Naruto, the ecchi
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Why lol Kuyt.. if he is on offer, I'll snapped him up immediately. He is very underrated IMHO. Maybe he isnt a fancy player, but he is a very good team player.
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2010-08-23, 09:41 | Link #3033 |
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Oh I am not denying that he is certainly a hard worker. But I honestly don't think they need Kuyt, imo. It feels more like they're purchasing it just because Benitez really liked the player, but tactically speaking I can hardly see him bringing more to Inter's offense. Kuyt should technically fit into what was Balotelli's role, but there's already Pandev for that job unless Benitez doesn't plan to have Pandev sitting on the bench and Kuyt playing on the starting eleven. Anyway, it's just a wild speculation, I don't think they'll be able to complete the deal within the short time left unless Inter decides to spend the amount of money requested by Liverpool without trying to get a slight cut to the price.
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2010-08-23, 09:59 | Link #3034 |
Kira_Naruto, the ecchi
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Well, I'm not really turning my head over to Serie A.. Heck, I struggles to watch most matches from EPL. I fell asleep before halftime mostly XD
Regarding transfer activity, yea .. I guess clubs do get scared about the financial fair play implementation.. and with EPL introducing that 25 player rules, clubs in EPL are in more of a trouble to buy and sell. Luckily, we are gonna announced our 4th defender soon, from Sevilla .. Got tired of waiting. Personally, I feel we are ready, despite some blogs clamoring for a GK. Almunia wasnt the best, but there are no GK better then him that are within price in this world IMHO.
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2010-08-23, 12:43 | Link #3035 |
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I'm surprised at Squillaci's arrival at the Emirates considering that that he's 30 years old, and apparently being offered a three-year deal. That is very unlike the Arsenal custom of offering one-year contract extensions to players who reach that age (e.g. Bergkamp or Pires). His signing is clearly not a long term solution to the Gunner's problems at the back, but perhaps he can buy some time for younger prospects like Djourou and Koscielny to develop.
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2010-08-23, 13:08 | Link #3036 |
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Talk about transfer, I'm very excited with the possibilities Ibra comes to milan
Spoiler for cheap news:
Just what we need, our CF aside Pato is very mediocre. Borrielo's finshing is shit, Huntelaar always clueless on the pitch, meanwhile Ronaldinho nearing his best shape, our CF always being waste of space. With Zlatan arrival, I think its boost our chance to win the league.
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2010-08-23, 20:48 | Link #3038 |
a step away from heaven
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Barcelona like to show interest in players, but are unwilling to splash out the money to bring them in. Fabregas would have left the Emirates had they matched Wenger's price, and as you said, they are repeating the same tactic with Macherano at the moment. Perhaps they think they can get the players for less if they start a stand-off between player and club.
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