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2015/2016 European Football Thread

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by rox1, Jun 17, 2015.

  1. Yung-T

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    Draxler signing with Wolfsburg today, according to BILD. Bit surprising, thought he'd sign with Juve. Also doesn't make sense sports-wise, Wolfsburg isn't really an improvement over Schalke, especially on the International stage.
     
  2. moestavern19

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    Swansea is so legit
     
  3. daywalker02

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    The lion sleeps tonite (not)

    laughed very hard at this - hilarious stuff
     
  4. FTW Rockets FTW

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    I have seen enough

    It's City's title to lose

    Rest of the teams are pretenders and should play for the top 4
     
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    Liverpool should fight for avoiding relegation.:eek:
     
  6. RedRedemption

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    Liverpool is going to get murdered next week. No Hendo, no Lallana, no Coutinho.
    And Rodgers will still limit his formation to one striker.
     
  7. daywalker02

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    what about Ibe and Origi ..... pretty good in preseason matches
     
  8. ferrari77

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    Lol it must have hurt Liverpool fans a little to see Sterling get his goal yesterday. It's gonna be fun to watch this season. :grin:



    Yeah I'm surprised he didnt go outside Germany. Perhaps Wolfsburg are doubling his salary and he's fine with that. Or maybe family reasons for wanting the Wolfsburg move? :confused:
     
  9. The Stig

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    If any game is an indication that we need a world class striker, it's this one against Swansea. Rooney had 3 chances to put the ball at least on target. What did he do? Squandered it by waiting for the defenders to come and take the ball away. It's infuriating to watch now and with news that Chicharito might be off to Leverkusen, I don't know where our goals are going to come from.

    Just go to Bayern and offer all the Adidas money for this year for Lewandowski. Jeesh, it's hard to watch us build up play perfectly only to have Rooney give the ball back to the opposition and watch them score on the break.
     
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    Mandzukic would have been perfect for Man U.
     
  11. The Stig

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    And now, Chicharito is moving to Leverkusen. So Rooney, Januzaj, Fellaini, Wilson, and Depay left as CF options. Only 2 out of that list is a forward with one being too young and the other one is Rooney. LOL
     
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    Not really worried about Chicha leaving. His game has regressed and at this point he is no better than Wilson. Wilson needs to be given more chances. THe kid is for real with plenty of pace.

    But I agree we need another striker and a centre back with Evans leaving and Blackett on loan
     
  13. Yung-T

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    Januzaj will apparently join Dortmund on a loan.
     
  14. Yung-T

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    ManU about to sign Martial for 75mil,there you have your promising striker. 75mil for a talent is r****ded though, that new EPL TV-contract is poison.
     
  15. The Stig

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    €75m is absurd for Martial. Fecking, that kind of money can land us Lacazette. I really don't know how LVG and Ed Woodward conduct their business...

    As for Januzaj, he will do well with Dortmund's high octane attack. Just not sure if he's going to get a lot of games there with the wealth of attacking talents they have.
     
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    I'd take a Januzaj - Reus loan swap! ;)
     
  17. Yung-T

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    Not sure either, he'll probably be the super-sub or something. Don't see how he'll start in front of Kawaga, Micky, Gündogan, Reus, Aubameyang. Most people don't really understand this move.
     
  18. Yung-T

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    And by the way, everyone of these English 60+mil moves makes Bayern management look better and better.

    Martial transfer sum=Costa+Vidal+Coman+Kimmich

    Same with de Bruyne.
    Teams pay astronomical sums for one unproven player while we net two young starters plus two of the biggest European talents with that money.
     
  19. The Stig

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    http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/34107092

    The Beebs are reporting so it's almost a done deal. £36m is a bit steep, but at this point, anyone who can displace Rooney in the lineup will be worth that price.

    European teams are taking advantage of the fact English teams have a boat load of money. Any deals involving English teams will be inflated... a lot. Unfortunate but I guess that's how businesses work.
     
  20. Yung-T

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    36mil sounds better, although still very high for a 19 year old that only played at Monaco.
     

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