Football Focus

[El Pibe]

figures

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/kim-jongun-is-a-manchester-united-fan-has-ordered-state-tv-to-show-their-matches-9695951.html

[Parkdrive]

El Pibe Wrote:

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> figures

> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/kim-j

> ongun-is-a-manchester-united-fan-has-ordered-state

> -tv-to-show-their-matches-9695951.html

incredible and very funny if true

[Alan Medic]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/20928565

This is handy if you want to be updated about your team.

[El Pibe]

google index cards do that sort of thing if youve an android phone

[Otta]

Agger has left Liverpool, think that's a good thing for the club.

I hope United's latest signing is Blind to their current form.

I'll get my coat.

[Alan Medic]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/20928565

>

> This is handy if you want to be updated about your

> team.

Alternatively, you are not obliged to use this.

[????]

tick tock, tick tock

[Otta]

Happy with that! Really wasn't sure how today would go, but shouldn't have been so worried. Sterling looking awesome (well I say "looking", I've not actually seen it, so guess "sounding" more apt), Balotelli needs fitness, but sounds like he was involved in a positive way.

And regarding the penalty, concensus seems to be that it was soft, but it was a penalty. Suarez may be gone, but our defence is looking better, and if they can keep improving then we shouldn't need all his goals (baring in mind that even without his 30 odd goals last year we still scored more than all but a couple of teams.

[Jah Lush]

Hmmm... you haven't even watched it yet. Tccch! I thought Spurs played fairly well. Qk. we weren't that bad but the stats will tell you we only had one shot on target in the whole 90 minutes. Says everything for me. Definitely the area we need working on.

[Mick Mac]

MOTD. Looked like Henderson pulling the strings for Liverpool. If he hadn't been sent off three games from the end of last season, who knows.

Lots of good performances, it seems Brendans boys look decent again this year.

Spurs had their opportunities but nowhere near the attacking riches that Liverpool have and it showed.

[Mick Mac]

From nout to two strikers - signed in 30 minutes of the deadline...."Things looked touch and go earlier today but Celtic pulled a late double swoop to sign John Guidetti on loan from Manchester City, and Stefan Scepovic on a four year deal from Sporting Gijon. Guidetti has been a Celtic transfer rumour since his 20 goals in 23 games stint at Feyenoord as a teenager in 2011-12. Now he?s on board, I?m holding out for news of Georgi Kinkladze.

Stefan Scepovic could have played his hand better over the last 24 hours; footballers are seldom accused of over-intellectualising their plans. Late interest from La Liga looked to have dealt Celtic a body-blow, but he?s ours now, and I?m pleased we got someone who was wanted by Spanish scouts."

Edited to add that we also managed to hold on to Virgil van Dyke on the day he was called up to the Dutch squad, despite lots of EPL interest. It's nice to see the club being big enough to tell a player he is going nowhere.

[maxxi]

I know Diame wanted to leave but... Hull? Is this who Song was drafted in to replace - one of the few players who showed some class last year swapped for an unwanted/unhappy/shunned loanee?

ETA - I know he's (Diame) been a tad off colour but we've still kept bleedin Vaz Te and can't seem to shake of Carlton either!

[StraferJack]

Different times, different transfers. One for you Jah

http://twitter.com/9smudge/status/487281114944663552/photo/1

[Jah Lush]

Those were the days.

[Mick Mac]

Ossie had to stand by his car as he couldn't see over the steering wheel.

[Otta]

Think the biggest surprise for me was Newcastle letting Hatem Ben Arfa go. Hull could do well if their new signings gel.

[maxxi]

Must be a pronunciation-comprehension issue - lot of foreign players asking for wage rises being told to go to Hull.

[Parkdrive]

The Arsenal do it to their fans yet again. We pay world calss ticket prices and are promised world class players and specifically a world class strike, and we get Danny fcuking Wellbeck. Fair enough then, if the club want to charge those prices and not deliver on players, I'll hold on to my hard earned cash. I'm already paying enough on poxy sky sports, and that will suffice until the day, if it ever comes, that we finally & properly replace Henry, Bergkamp, Vieira, Adams and Campbell. Extremely pissed off to say the least.

[StraferJack]

Really PD? Have some perspective

1 - I think Wellbeck will do us a good job

2 - as has been said many times - it's not a shop where you can just go in and buy the biggest names. There are VERY few truly world class players and the megabucks of City, Chelsea et al will invariably win out

3 - We have actually managed to buy some of the biggest names - pundits and other clubs was lyrical about Sanchez and Ozil - doesn't mean they always click tho

4 - you mention the invincible names - many of which were nobodies or failures elsewhere until they they became world class at Arsenal

being "extremely pissed off to say the least" is just crazy talk

[red devil]

Radamel fooking Falcao :)..

[Parkdrive]

StraferJack Wrote:

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> Really PD? Have some perspective

>

> 1 - I think Wellbeck will do us a good job

> 2 - as has been said many times - it's not a shop

> where you can just go in and buy the biggest

> names. There are VERY few truly world class

> players and the megabucks of City, Chelsea et al

> will invariably win out

> 3 - We have actually managed to buy some of the

> biggest names - pundits and other clubs was

> lyrical about Sanchez and Ozil - doesn't mean they

> always click tho

> 4 - you mention the invincible names - many of

> which were nobodies or failures elsewhere until

> they they became world class at Arsenal

>

> being "extremely pissed off to say the least" is

> just crazy talk

Not crazy, just had enough of being told we can afford the best and don't buy the best. As Falcao, the only reason he's gone to Yanited is for the money, plain and simple. This was perfectly highlighted when he told a sky presenter that it was his "dream" to play for them. When the sky presenter said that he had said the same about playing for Real Madrid, he said "I have lots of dreams" Course you do.

[StraferJack]

what does "had enough" mean tho - where is the entitlement coming from?

being able to afford the best doesn't always mean you just go and spend it - you have to take a longer view - I read that Falcao's wages amount to 330k a week. And he's there for a year loan

I wouldn't be happy if we were paying that - it's not sustainable, and would create discontent in dressing room. So we could afford it but we haven't. Let's see where teams sit at season end eh?

[red devil]

Radamel fooking Falcao :)...

[Parkdrive]

StraferJack Wrote:

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> what does "had enough" mean tho - where is the

> entitlement coming from?

>

> being able to afford the best doesn't always mean

> you just go and spend it - you have to take a

> longer view - I read that Falcao's wages amount to

> 330k a week. And he's there for a year loan

>

> I wouldn't be happy if we were paying that - it's

> not sustainable, and would create discontent in

> dressing room. So we could afford it but we

> haven't. Let's see where teams sit at season end

> eh?

Forget Falcao. If our scouting network is as good as Wenger claims it is, are you telling me they couldn't find anyone was nobody else available. Bony from Swansea would have been a good buy, pace power and a proven goal scorer. Not a world class player, but I'd have him over Wellbeck all day long. Entitlement? Following a club for 48 years, home and away, now and then, spending the money I've spent on tickets, programmes, fanzines, travel costs, and the commitment in time and passion, that's where the entitlement comes from.

[StraferJack]

so you have seen worse times than this, right?

You spent your money, went to the games, supported the club

but now, NOW you have "had enough"?