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Zam_Olyas said:That is ***. I know they need a defensive midfielder but flamini lol
Alphabet said:Gutted that Shakther Karagandy have been eliminated . Ah well, three amazing/impossible underdog stories (Cape Verde in January at the Africa Cup of Nations and Tahiti at the Confederations Cup) was too much to expect in one year.
Alphabet said:This is borderline acceptable from Mourinho because Man Utd are better than us; but he will pull this sort of rubbish against a League Two team. Go one or two nil up, then kill the rest of the match as a spectacle .
greenedge said:Who do you think can win this year?
Personally i think Man U look good- Van Persie great
Man City i would have thought as our closest challengers, but then they lost- so maybe Chelsea will be the closest challenger?
greenedge said:Who do you think can win this year?
Personally i think Man U look good- Van Persie great
Man City i would have thought as our closest challengers, but then they lost- so maybe Chelsea will be the closest challenger?
gooner said:United had a bid of 30m euros rejected for Ander Herrera with A.Bilbao. His buyout clause is 36m so it will be interesting to see if United will up the money to match that figure. He would be a great signing if it goes through.
http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3921...hester-uniteds-30m-bid-for-ander?ICID=HP_BN_3
Cyivel said:All Arsenal players playing today came through the academy or were signed on free transfers it would seem!
Alphabet said:There is no way a small club like Spurs comes anywhere near the disgusting corporate culture displayed by big clubs such as Arsenal. If anybody is 'anti football', it's always the bigger, more historically successful club. Just because a traditionally non influential club suddenly has a bit of cash to spend doesn't put it in the same stratosphere; big clubs have actively harmed football by a) monopolising the best players since time immemorial; b) creating rules that restrict the ability of a small club to bridge the gap (see: FFP) and c) turning football into a business. Let's not forget here, that Arsenal are the club that charge their fans between 1000 and 2000 pounds for a season ticket, which is utterly disgraceful and is taking football away from its working class roots to a new corporate/middle class culture that have had nothing to do with the sport until they realised there was easy money to be made. It is the big clubs that hurt your wallet when you go to buy a ticket, not the Chelsea's and Man City's and Tottenham's of the world; and it is this commercialisation that is 'anti football', not billionaire owners bankrolling their teams. It is the big clubs that structure TV deals to favour them hugely while ignoring the needs of the little clubs.
This is one of the reasons I resent Chelsea slowly morphing into a 'big club' mentality. I don't want Chelsea to become some reprehensible monster like Barcelona or Ajax or Bayern or whoever else, but trying to stop the growing businesslike nature of football is as futile as shoveling excrement against the tide.
Amsterhammer said:Gooner, I'm chuffed for you! The team that's spent nothing beats the team that cashed in on a fortune, and already blew all the money.
Rumors tonight say Ozil is headed to L'A'rse for 50m after the Bale deal is finally officially confirmed.
‘Roman Abramovich is said to be worth between £9bn and £10bn. According to the newspapers he has spent £800m on the club already.
‘If he wants to build a new stadium it will cost between £500-600m. He could do it out of his own back pocket. He does not need the freehold.’