Villa are gorgeous to watch on the break, in a rustic kind of way
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
Lukaku at least a head taller than Okore and Vlaar, feck
― Third Rate Zoo Keepers With Tenth Rate Minds (Windsor Davies), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
my old man was looking for this on TV, Super Cup be damned
― Dacca to Environ (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:15 (ten years ago) link
gah, shouldn't be on the pitch etc
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:18 (ten years ago) link
How was that not a penalty? Swings and roundabouts following the weekend I spose, but still. Galling.
― Third Rate Zoo Keepers With Tenth Rate Minds (Windsor Davies), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:43 (ten years ago) link
"When I was the world's most expensive player, I loved it." Alan Shearer, aged 39, who won a competition to be a BBC Sports pundit for the day.
― Shamrock Shoe (LocalGarda), Thursday, 22 August 2013 12:25 (ten years ago) link
http://www.gifti.me/i/WXUfOieY.gif
― spoons dipped in butter (cozen), Thursday, 22 August 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is so angry about Chelsea's pursuit of Willian he is ready to cancel the £94m transfer of Wales forward Gareth Bale, 24, to Real Madrid.
That'll show them.
― Wantaway striker (LocalGarda), Friday, 23 August 2013 07:54 (ten years ago) link
Trolololol. "The deal's off. You're not fucking going. *click*", imagining Bale's lower lip starting to wobble after that phone call.
― Third Rate Zoo Keepers With Tenth Rate Minds (Windsor Davies), Friday, 23 August 2013 09:16 (ten years ago) link
before beating him to death with a huge black dildo
― firelance photographer (darraghmac), Friday, 23 August 2013 09:18 (ten years ago) link
It'd take a pretty special kind of man to toss away nearly £100 million out of sheer annoyance
― Third Rate Zoo Keepers With Tenth Rate Minds (Windsor Davies), Friday, 23 August 2013 09:20 (ten years ago) link
sheer annoyance with someone else to boot. I think we've reached the 'corgi helps pick royal baby name' phase of this saga
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 August 2013 09:33 (ten years ago) link
/Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is so angry about Chelsea's pursuit of Willian he is ready to cancel the £94m transfer of Wales forward Gareth Bale, 24, to Real Madrid./That'll show them. --Wantaway striker (LocalGarda)
That'll show them. --Wantaway striker (LocalGarda)
Isn't it more to show Madrid its not guaranteed yet and not to try lowering the bid
― cog, Friday, 23 August 2013 09:36 (ten years ago) link
Levy doesn't care, RM still owe money for Modric don't they?
― jel --, Friday, 23 August 2013 09:42 (ten years ago) link
It reminds me of the one time a year I happen upon televised poker. No idea what's a good hand, no idea what anyone's trying to achieve, no idea why they're trying to achieve it. All I know is I should be watching something else.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 August 2013 09:43 (ten years ago) link
Given that Chelsea have a host of superior players the Willian thing just looks like an attempt to fuck Spurs over.
How much playing time are Schurrle, De Bruyne and van Ginkel going to get this season?
― Inte Regina Lund eller nån, mitt namn är (ShariVari), Friday, 23 August 2013 09:50 (ten years ago) link
Mourinho's back in the game, kids
― Dacca to Environ (Noodle Vague), Friday, 23 August 2013 09:55 (ten years ago) link
Maybe Chelsea will buy Willian and loan him to West Brom.
― jel --, Friday, 23 August 2013 09:56 (ten years ago) link
they're a man down tbf
― Dacca to Environ (Noodle Vague), Friday, 23 August 2013 09:57 (ten years ago) link
if i'd to choose btwn starting last season with our squad then and this season with our squad now - bale + £85m i think we're in better shape now- particularly if the chiriches deal goes through and strengthens cover at cb
― firelance photographer (darraghmac), Friday, 23 August 2013 10:12 (ten years ago) link
getting in a first team lw quickly with some of that cash would make that inarguable imo
What's happening with Lamela now? He could probably fill that role you'd have thought
― Third Rate Zoo Keepers With Tenth Rate Minds (Windsor Davies), Friday, 23 August 2013 10:17 (ten years ago) link
i do think! i think that he'd be 30m wiser spent, certainly, than on willian.
― firelance photographer (darraghmac), Friday, 23 August 2013 10:47 (ten years ago) link
Where are these opinions coming from? I too prefer Lamela, but that's based on having him on my mental 'to watch' list when he was a nipper and seeing him be alright once or twice for Roma. Plus a vague feeling that if you must have a misspelt name, 'Erik' is a more respectable choice than 'Willian'.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 August 2013 10:56 (ten years ago) link
Football manager and written reports, as per. Guy has 20 for flair, hoooey
― Third Rate Zoo Keepers With Tenth Rate Minds (Windsor Davies), Friday, 23 August 2013 10:58 (ten years ago) link
I feel like a Wenger in a Baldini world
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 August 2013 11:04 (ten years ago) link
Lamela (4 March 1992) 102 25 Willian (9 August 1988) 274 40
― firelance photographer (darraghmac), Friday, 23 August 2013 11:10 (ten years ago) link
Apple (forward)Orange (winger)
― Rummmpatitum, Rummmpatitum Traboo, Traboo, Traboo (onimo), Friday, 23 August 2013 11:14 (ten years ago) link
Shame we never will see Willian, Defoe, lining up for Spurs. Would have been Hollywood stuff.
― Wantaway striker (LocalGarda), Friday, 23 August 2013 11:15 (ten years ago) link
At River he drew comparisons with compatriot Javier Pastore, a languid left-footed playmaker who would glide past players and pick a telling pass.
However, since moving to Italy his position has changed somewhat and Lamela's game has altered.
From being lumbered with the creative burden on the entire team at River Plate, he was shifted into a wide right role at the Olimpico, with license to drift out of position, cut inside, or drive into the penalty area.
This brought him a significantly increased goal haul, particularly under the ultra-attacking coaching of Zdenek Zeman at the start of the 2012-13 season.
Now comfortable on either flank, Lamela's game is no longer comparable to that of a central playmaker like Pastore, and instead his direct running game from the wing is more akin to Cristiano Ronaldo than the Paris Saint-German midfielder.
Blessed with more brains and creative qualities than CR7, Lamela is a slighter, leaner figure but still one capable of destroying defences - as he showed with 15 league goals from the flank last season.
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― firelance photographer (darraghmac), Friday, 23 August 2013 11:41 (ten years ago) link
"Blessed with more brains than CR7"
Praise indeed
― Third Rate Zoo Keepers With Tenth Rate Minds (Windsor Davies), Friday, 23 August 2013 11:46 (ten years ago) link
willian isn't so much an extra layer of gold paint for the bentley as a set of flaming skull decals on either side
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Friday, 23 August 2013 11:52 (ten years ago) link
bentley's flaming skull, spurs fans
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 August 2013 12:35 (ten years ago) link
Would pay to see him kick Bentley's flaming skull into a faraway skip
― Wantaway striker (LocalGarda), Friday, 23 August 2013 12:38 (ten years ago) link
You just don't see that kind of thing in today's game.
suspect the original quote attributed to zidane was fabricated by an english hack
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Friday, 23 August 2013 12:38 (ten years ago) link
bobby moore kicked flaming skulls into skips all day, never tweeted or had his agent go blaring to the press about it, never earned millions like the stars of today. that game is dead, and we are a poorer sport for it.
― firelance photographer (darraghmac), Friday, 23 August 2013 12:53 (ten years ago) link
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/3353/mh1n.jpg
Yikes.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 August 2013 13:25 (ten years ago) link
Plus a vague feeling that if you must have a misspelt name, 'Erik' is a more respectable choice than 'Willian'.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, August 23, 2013 6:56 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
where would "Adem" rank?
― mizzell, Friday, 23 August 2013 13:28 (ten years ago) link
xp
thank fuck Saunders has gone
― Dacca to Environ (Noodle Vague), Friday, 23 August 2013 13:32 (ten years ago) link
adem is a turkish name
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Friday, 23 August 2013 13:33 (ten years ago) link
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9488/stg6.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 August 2013 13:36 (ten years ago) link
the suggestion is it's a strange name for a serb but apparently he is actually bosniak
congrats for thinking erik is a misspelling tho
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Friday, 23 August 2013 13:55 (ten years ago) link
Cannot believe different languages have different spellings. John Mata's another one who annoys me.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 23 August 2013 13:57 (ten years ago) link
*John Kill
― imago, Friday, 23 August 2013 13:58 (ten years ago) link
*Esme Clatter
― imago, Friday, 23 August 2013 13:59 (ten years ago) link
So Mourinho's literally given the nod to Willian in a press conference. A team in need of a new striker, holding midfielder and centre back but already with enough attacking midfield/forward types to rotate the whole lot every week, spaffing £30 million on a winger.
Tbh I think Spurs and/or United and/or Arsenal should be trying to sign Mata, he must be fuming
― Third Rate Zoo Keepers With Tenth Rate Minds (Windsor Davies), Friday, 23 August 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link
I suppose he might be offered to United in part-ex for Rooney.
― Inte Regina Lund eller nån, mitt namn är (ShariVari), Friday, 23 August 2013 14:53 (ten years ago) link
don't really see how united could not win the league if they have mata and van persie. i can't believe that deal would ever happen.
― mizzell, Friday, 23 August 2013 14:54 (ten years ago) link
at this stage united probably wouldnt sell to weaken themselves and strengthen a rival whatever the fee (well, south of £50m i guess). mata would be the solution?
― r|t|c, Friday, 23 August 2013 14:59 (ten years ago) link