Seamus Colemole
Previously deathbyropeandglass
It's great, Fulham are getting smashed with what looks like a homeless guy in goal.
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It's great, Fulham are getting smashed with what looks like a homeless guy in goal.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Oh, Liverpool who had to score the third highest number of goals in PL history to secure 2nd place? A Liverpool team settled as a unit and a manager in place for two seasons? That Liverpool? Yes, that's a very tight fit analogy. You got me there.
Stick to rugby, Taffy.
Ring master
Player Valuation: £90m
Been watching Dortmund on the net just to be different,they are 1-0 ahead at ht via a diving header at the back post that the keeper failed to get,still bottom after finishing 2nd/2nd/1st/1st the last 4 years,what's happened to them as ive only just started to watch the german footy this season really,have they sold there best players or something,with the cup game on bbc 2
Dortmund just had a 2nd goal disallowed for offside,that was onside by a mile
Dortmund just had a 2nd goal disallowed for offside,that was onside by a mile
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They were terribly defensively but superb on the attack, which is why they finished 2nd. All the other stuff you posted is bumf.
United have brought in Falcao, Di Maria, Herrera, Rojo, and Blind to a team that finished 7th the year before. If we had done that in 2012 after we finished 7th i'd have fully expected our aim to be the top four. Same goes for United.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
You cant just throw a load of expensive price tags together for a few months and expect a team to emerge.
It's a team game. They certainly should be up their challenging with 6 other teams for a CL place given the attacking prowess they have, but to "expect" them to get it is beyond reason.
Van Gaal will have done a great job if he adds some cohesion there in a very short period of time and sneaks a CL spot this season.
He'll do more than sneak it, they'll be comfortably top 4 by season's end. I agree with the lads here, if you throw enough money in the right direction, you'll get a Champions League side. They're far, far away from being potential champions, but buying Di Maria, Herrera and Blind is a good start. They have an advantage over teams who spend comparable amounts of money in that they can attract genuine stars like Di Maria, whereas Spurs and Liverpool usually have to settle on players well down their wishlist.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Doesn't always work like that though, mate. As stated above, City spent hundreds of millions in their first two seasons under the Sheik and didn't get top 4 - and in a less competitive environment than this one.
The word "expect" is dubious for me. It's not about just throwing £150M at it and expecting the matter to solve itself. There's a manager and a lot of players first time into this league, That makes it no cakewalk.
Go Blyth
Pienaar's gloves
Player Valuation: £35m
Best free kick I've seen in ages for Blyth.
Billy Dean
Player Valuation: £70m
Good article about it here mert: http://www.theguardian.com/football...ussia-dortmund-bundesliga-bottom-jurgen-klopp
City have literally endless reserves of cash, whereas Liverpool and Spurs are still (in theory) beholden to the financial constraints that any prudent company would have to account for. City can afford their players any amount of wages and their redevelopment plan for the stadium and infrastructure make it a far more enticing destination for players looking at additional merchandising and sponsorship deals. They started off getting guff like Robinho, but they learned their lesson and the players started coming as soon as they realized the project was serious.
Players and agents aren't stupid. On paper, City are spending comparable sums of money to Spurs and Liverpool in recent transfer windows but everyone knows the reality of what City can offer and what class of player they can attract. I agree that it's not just what you spend on players that matters, but if you invest in the type of infrastructure and development that City are doing right now (and the kind United have already), you become a far more attractive prospect for a better class of player. And that's all money.
toffeejack
Player Valuation: £100m
i hate society ffs
i mean wtf! who decides to take a selfie of themselves looking sad after their team has conceded and then send it to BBC in the hope of them publishing it.
i mean come on.
i mean wtf! who decides to take a selfie of themselves looking sad after their team has conceded and then send it to BBC in the hope of them publishing it.
i mean come on.
I hate society.
i mean wtf! Who decides to post on a message board about a guy who decides to take a selfie of themselves looking sad after their team has conceded and then send it to BBC in the hope of them publishing it..
i mean come on.
i mean wtf! Who decides to post on a message board about a guy who decides to take a selfie of themselves looking sad after their team has conceded and then send it to BBC in the hope of them publishing it..
i mean come on.
I hate society.
i mean wtf! Who decides to post on a message board about a guy who posted on a messageboard about a guy who decides to take a selfie of themselves looking sad after their team has conceded and then send it to BBC in the hope of them publishing it..
i mean come on.
i mean wtf! Who decides to post on a message board about a guy who posted on a messageboard about a guy who decides to take a selfie of themselves looking sad after their team has conceded and then send it to BBC in the hope of them publishing it..
i mean come on.
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