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2012/2013 Soccer/Football thread
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Steven Gerrard with the most assists in the league - 8.
lmao so true.. demba ba is a complete forward. he won't create anything out of this world but with him you get a minumum of 20 goals if played as a ST.
Oh dear.
Well, obviously it was a poor result for us, and a very unexpected one too. Although QPR were undeserving of their win, we did play rubbish for a team for our quality, and honestly we didn't deserve to win either. Ivanovic was infuriating to watch, skying the ball over the goal on numerous occasions with his less-than-stellar shots. Luiz did this too, and also Lampard to an extent. Both Marin and Oscar played poorly, and this just shows that Oscar functions much better with Hazard and Mata; it was a terrible lineup, and Rafa's mistake. Ultimately though, losing the game was not the manager's fault. Looking at the lineup, we still should have won easily. Torres was once again horrendous, but Ba won't make a difference seeing as Abramovich will order Benitez to play Torres all the time, ignorant to his form. Taarabt played well, as did Gary Cahill. Both keepers made good saves, but we really should have taken our chances. There were a few headers we should have converted, but hey, that's football. We got lucky with some of the referee's decisions and so did QPR.
In general though, it was a great game to watch. It had loads of atmosphere and a tense finish.
Well, obviously it was a poor result for us, and a very unexpected one too. Although QPR were undeserving of their win, we did play rubbish for a team for our quality, and honestly we didn't deserve to win either. Ivanovic was infuriating to watch, skying the ball over the goal on numerous occasions with his less-than-stellar shots. Luiz did this too, and also Lampard to an extent. Both Marin and Oscar played poorly, and this just shows that Oscar functions much better with Hazard and Mata; it was a terrible lineup, and Rafa's mistake. Ultimately though, losing the game was not the manager's fault. Looking at the lineup, we still should have won easily. Torres was once again horrendous, but Ba won't make a difference seeing as Abramovich will order Benitez to play Torres all the time, ignorant to his form. Taarabt played well, as did Gary Cahill. Both keepers made good saves, but we really should have taken our chances. There were a few headers we should have converted, but hey, that's football. We got lucky with some of the referee's decisions and so did QPR.
In general though, it was a great game to watch. It had loads of atmosphere and a tense finish.
oh lawd
Only speculation. He's "close" to signing but he hasn't yet signed.
Chamakh to West Ham
Probably one of the happiest news there could have been this transfer window if it goes through! I like Chamakh but I never thought he looked top quality and when Van Persie came back it really showed because with the same players around him RVP was banging in a goal a game whereas Chamakh could only manage 1 in every 4 or 5. He fell so far out of favour with Wenger (I don't know what happened) that his 60k a week is a pretty big waste. Great news to get that off the wage bill and I hope he can get some game time where he's going, he's not a bad player!
Probably one of the happiest news there could have been this transfer window if it goes through! I like Chamakh but I never thought he looked top quality and when Van Persie came back it really showed because with the same players around him RVP was banging in a goal a game whereas Chamakh could only manage 1 in every 4 or 5. He fell so far out of favour with Wenger (I don't know what happened) that his 60k a week is a pretty big waste. Great news to get that off the wage bill and I hope he can get some game time where he's going, he's not a bad player!
Mancini's the only guy who's stuck with him through thick and thin. Balo needs to be careful as other managers probably won't risk signing him.
oh lawd
Demba Ba is now officially in Chelsea. He will wear the number 29.
spurs just officially announced the signing of lewis holtby from schalke, coming in july on a free transfer when his contract runs out. yea tottenham casually signed the captain of the german u21 team with champions league experience for £0, nbd. would be nice if he were coming in january but still, this is pretty boss and makes up for sigurdsson being kind of a bust.
if tottenham can find a quality striker for a non-stupid price (our only two strikers are both >28 and liable to go on terrible runs of form) and maybe a backup winger, our squad will be positively dirty
if tottenham can find a quality striker for a non-stupid price (our only two strikers are both >28 and liable to go on terrible runs of form) and maybe a backup winger, our squad will be positively dirty
I think Tottenham need another Left Back, Idk why but I don't like Assou Ekkoto too much, speaking of a LB if Ashley Cole leaves Chelsea... that'd be terrible. Myself I would like Fabio Coentrão or Leighton Baines as a replacement. Preferably Baines.
It sucks that David Villa is not the same player after his broken leg :/
no, but i don't see how united are pulling one either.
it looks dodgey hence why fergie is calling for it to be looked at. If there isn;t a problem then it will be found out. you would be annoyed if you wanted to see a player to a club for 6m only for him to go there 6 months later at half and only get 5% of the fee.
and bye bye newcastle \o
it looks dodgey hence why fergie is calling for it to be looked at. If there isn;t a problem then it will be found out. you would be annoyed if you wanted to see a player to a club for 6m only for him to go there 6 months later at half and only get 5% of the fee.
and bye bye newcastle \o
i agree but anyways i think he's a 'more complete player' than giroud even after the leg thing...