The BIG Football Thread

[emigre]

And Liverpool buy Sturridge and Ince for 18M
I read somewhere that for that money you could buy both Cazorla and Michu.

In terms of the transfer market, Laudrup>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.Rodgers.

Rodgers is pretty limited in the range of his signings. They tend to be players who play in Britain or have worked with him in the past. It was alright at Swansea but at Liverpool with a better scouting network, you would expect more.

Also lulz at resigning Ince.

 

[Shinigami357]

So... Reportedly the Barca manager's getting an operation [something about cancer] and may need to step down. This is sad.

 

[BlueStar]

How could you forget about the Intertoto cup?

Well, I guess we won this one too

Anyway, time for your daily dose of crazy racist Russians

The largest fan group of Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg have demanded the club refrain from buying black and gay players following turmoil surrounding the acquisition of Brazil striker Hulk.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-soccer-zenit-fan-group-opposed-black-gay-133831795.html

 

[Shinigami357]

United vs Real.
Woooh, boy!


EDIT:

So... Apparently, all the matchups drawn were the exact same matchups from the practice draw. Wow...

 

[lufere7]

Yeah that's pretty weird, I heard that we had drawn Bayern on the practice one so I thought we were saved

 

[ThatDudeWithTheFood]

Real Madrid vs Manchester United is gonna be amazing.
Can't wait.

 

[Flame]

I hope Ronaldo breaks his leg by then.

 

[lufere7]

I hope Pepe breaks rvp's leg

 

[emigre]

I hope no one sustains a serious injury cause I'm one of the good guys.

 

[Flame]

I hope Pepe breaks rvp's leg

 

[Satangel]

I hope Ronaldo breaks his leg by then.

GTFO, why would you hold any grudge against CR07 if you're a Utd fan? He has done the club such massive favours, left on good terms and netted us an amazing profit!
You can't accuse him of anything, you should root for him instead of this.
I too hope Utd wins, but saying CR07 should break his leg is just ridiculous.

I hope Pepe breaks rvp's leg

Bit more understandable, I realize his departure didn't benefit Arsenal all that much.
Still, he was very important for you the past few years, deserves some respect for that....

Well, I guess we won this one too

Anyway, time for your daily dose of crazy racist Russians

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-soccer-zenit-fan-group-opposed-black-gay-133831795.html

LOL, well I'm fine with Hulk/Witsel going to a real competition, fantastic players and I'm disappointed they went to that shithole
Hopefully they leave Russia soon.

 

[lufere7]

GTFO, why would you hold any grudge against CR07 if you're a Utd fan? He has done the club such massive favours, left on good terms and netted us an amazing profit!
You can't accuse him of anything, you should root for him instead of this.
I too hope Utd wins, but saying CR07 should break his leg is just ridiculous.

Bit more understandable, I realize his departure didn't benefit Arsenal all that much.
Still, he was very important for you the past few years, deserves some respect for that....


LOL, well I'm fine with Hulk/Witsel going to a real competition, fantastic players and I'm disappointed they went to that shithole
Hopefully they leave Russia soon.

Haha it was just a joke, as much as I dislike a player I wouldn't really want them to sustain such a serious injury (minor injuries like those he always had here would be fine though ) But he doesn't deserve my repect AT ALL, going to united and the way he forced out of the club was disgraceful in any way you want to see it.
He owes the club more than we owe him, yes he had a fantastic last 1.5 years here but what before that? he was an injury prone player with an attitude problem no club would've wanted and to whom AW stood with even through years and years of being injured all the time, he wouldn't be half the player he is right now without Arsene, but how did he repay him? After just a season and a half of regular performances he believes he can question the club policies and force his way out, and to united to make matters worse, even whe he declared he was a fan of the club. ffs even idiots like nasri had the decency to turn down united. I also wonder, why didn't van persie moan about everything he did when he was that injury prone, problematic player?
Sorry for the long rant but I just wanted to say that, while I don't wish him a leg break, I have no reason to respect him and I don't think the club owes him anything.
Also, I don think flame hates ronaldo he just probably doesn't want to confront it, which is understandble considering what a good player he is.
P.S. Sorry if some of this doesn't make sense it's 3:00 am here and I'm half asleep.

 

[Satangel]

Haha it was just a joke, as much as I dislike a player I wouldn't really want them to sustain such a serious injury (minor injuries like those he always had here would be fine though ) But he doesn't deserve my repect AT ALL, going to united and the way he forced out of the club was disgraceful in any way you want to see it.

Perfectly understandable to wish he gets some minor injuries, definitely.
He forced his way out of the club, true, but can you blame his reasoning? He wants to win prizes, he wants to win championships, before he retires. And clearly, with Arsenal that is a lot harder than with Utd.
Also, be glad you still got some money for him, 26 million GBP (IIRC) isn't half bad for a 1 year left contract.

He owes the club more than we owe him, yes he had a fantastic last 1.5 years here but what before that? he was an injury prone player with an attitude problem no club would've wanted and to whom AW stood with even through years and years of being injured all the time, he wouldn't be half the player he is right now without Arsene, but how did he repay him? After just a season and a half of regular performances he believes he can question the club policies and force his way out, and to united to make matters worse, even whe he declared he was a fan of the club.

Point taken, I too have seen that picture of young RvP with Arsenal flags in his room.

But the amount of goals he made for the club, and the amount of points won by RvP is definitely something to consider. + you made a nice profit on him too, seeing he was a youth player. He has been very important for Arsenal, you got a very nice profit out of him, he deserves more respect...
Can't blame him to want to win things.

ffs even idiots like nasri had the decency to turn down united. I also wonder, why didn't van persie moan about everything he did when he was that injury prone, problematic player?

And he went to City? What's decent about that?!
He didn't moan because he was doubting himself (can I ever play at the same level again? Can I play injuryfree?) and he damn well knew that if an injured player moan, he's just making a fool out of himself.

Sorry for the long rant but I just wanted to say that, while I don't wish him a leg break, I have no reason to respect him and I don't think the club owes him anything.
Also, I don think flame hates ronaldo he just probably doesn't want to confront it, which is understandble considering what a good player he is.
P.S. Sorry if some of this doesn't make sense it's 3:00 am here and I'm half asleep.

No problem.
I too think Flame doesn't hate CR07, I wouldn't mind him being injured with a small injury myself But even with him, Utd should be able to win against Real Madrid.

 

[lufere7]

Perfectly understandable to wish he gets some minor injuries, definitely.
He forced his way out of the club, true, but can you blame his reasoning? He wants to win prizes, he wants to win championships, before he retires. And clearly, with Arsenal that is a lot harder than with Utd.
Also, be glad you still got some money for him, 26 million GBP (IIRC) isn't half bad for a 1 year left contract.

Point taken, I too have seen that picture of young RvP with Arsenal flags in his room.

But the amount of goals he made for the club, and the amount of points won by RvP is definitely something to consider. + you made a nice profit on him too, seeing he was a youth player. He has been very important for Arsenal, you got a very nice profit out of him, he deserves more respect...
Can't blame him to want to win things.

And he went to City? What's decent about that?!
He didn't moan because he was doubting himself (can I ever play at the same level again? Can I play injuryfree?) and he damn well knew that if an injured player moan, he's just making a fool out of himself.


No problem.
I too think Flame doesn't hate CR07, I wouldn't mind him being injured with a small injury myself But even with him, Utd should be able to win against Real Madrid.

I understand that he wanted to win trophies, hell, Henry went to Barcelona to win a UCL but he's still my all time favorite player. The problem is to where he went to, Man U who are direct rivals and a club every Arsenal fan despises and also all the BS he spouted on that letter. If he just wanted silverware why not go to Juventus? It was a much safer shot at a trophy and Juventus are a WC side just waiting for a world class CF. He just had to lower his wage demands, and that's where another problem lies, he was also greedy and tried to hide it behind the "I want to win something" BS. I'm not defending nasri or anything but he just went to the new boring rich club, rvp went with our rivals. Let me put it into perspective: would you really respect a player playing for Brugges, your best player and declared fan to suddenly go to Anderletch just because he wanted to win something? Wouldn't you rather he just went to the new oil daddy club? I despise seeing who once was our best player being our rivals best player as every normal person would and as rvp should've known but didn't care. If he doesn't respect the fans we have no respect for him. And about being grateful, he should be more grateful to the club yes he netted profit and had a great last season but he became what he is here. Hell, I doubt any other club in the world would've stayed with him for the 5-6 irregular seasons he had here, ffs he was a LW when he came here. AW himself converted him to a CF.
I just can't forgive him for all the stupid things he did just because of profit or a good season. But I doubt we'll ever agree, and I understand, it's hard to sympathise if the cause of the hatred is the one banging the goals for your team

 

[Flame]

okay okay, i don't want Ronaldo to break his legs... but want Messi to have a affair with the love of his life..

 

[Shinigami357]

Wow... Bitter Gunner much? RVP just realized his talents are wasted at Arsenal [i.e. he'll be hard-pressed winning anything with teenagers as teammates] so he left.

I am incredibly sorry about how you feel. In fact, having gone through the whole Tevez saga, I can sort of sympathize with you. Then again, Tevez is a classless cunt through and through.

And let's face it, Arsenal is going through a talent drain. You can't honestly say you think the club can hang on to it's other top players when Fabs hightailed it out, can you?

 

[lufere7]

Wow... Bitter Gunner much? RVP just realized his talents are wasted at Arsenal [i.e. he'll be hard-pressed winning anything with teenagers as teammates] so he left.

I am incredibly sorry about how you feel. In fact, having gone through the whole Tevez saga, I can sort of sympathize with you. Then again, Tevez is a classless cunt through and through.

And let's face it, Arsenal is going through a talent drain. You can't honestly say you think the club can hang on to it's other top players when Fabs hightailed it out, can you?

I mean, if you're allowed to call Tevez a cunt and not be bitter, why can't I do the same about van persie? Both talked shit and forced their way out to rival clubs, but you know what's the difference? I never heard Tevez say he was an Arsenal fan. No fan ever should go to a rival club, to me it's like stabbing in the back the club that gave you everything and made you what you are now. I already said it, he wants to win trophies? Fine. Don't ask for ridiculous wages and go to Juve, Madrid, whatever. What makes mad the most isn't that he wanted to win silverware, the club is in decline and it's okay if he wants to win something in his career. But why united? And why force out the way he did? With all those ridiculous press statements and conferences. I'd hold no grudges if he ended in another club, but he didn't.
And come on, are you seriously comparing Cesc saga's to vp's? All Arsenal fans knew he was Barcelona bound years before he left and even though he was unsettled season after season by his barca teammates he decided to stay and showed respect to the club and continues to do till now. And there's a major difference between both. Whilst Van Persie just had ONE great season and the rest mostly injury-ridden, Fabregas was class almost since the start and carried us season after season. In anyway you wanna see it Cesc is the example of a good exit, while rvp is the opposite.
But anyways, here's the worse dive ever to lighten the mood

Spoiler

Funniest shit ever

 

[kakashi919]

Lol Bonucchi hahaha

Still though...Forza Juve!

 

[Satangel]

I understand that he wanted to win trophies, hell, Henry went to Barcelona to win a UCL but he's still my all time favorite player. The problem is to where he went to, Man U who are direct rivals and a club every Arsenal fan despises and also all the BS he spouted on that letter. If he just wanted silverware why not go to Juventus? It was a much safer shot at a trophy and Juventus are a WC side just waiting for a world class CF. He just had to lower his wage demands, and that's where another problem lies, he was also greedy and tried to hide it behind the "I want to win something" BS. I'm not defending nasri or anything but he just went to the new boring rich club, rvp went with our rivals. Let me put it into perspective: would you really respect a player playing for Brugges, your best player and declared fan to suddenly go to Anderletch just because he wanted to win something? Wouldn't you rather he just went to the new oil daddy club? I despise seeing who once was our best player being our rivals best player as every normal person would and as rvp should've known but didn't care. If he doesn't respect the fans we have no respect for him. And about being grateful, he should be more grateful to the club yes he netted profit and had a great last season but he became what he is here. Hell, I doubt any other club in the world would've stayed with him for the 5-6 irregular seasons he had here, ffs he was a LW when he came here. AW himself converted him to a CF.
I just can't forgive him for all the stupid things he did just because of profit or a good season. But I doubt we'll ever agree, and I understand, it's hard to sympathise if the cause of the hatred is the one banging the goals for your team

Juventus safer shot for silverware than Utd, the club that won the most trophies past 10 years after Barcelona?
Nope....

And how can Arsenal not hate City then? I don't really understand this

Of course I would detest that player if something like that happens, unacceptable. If you're a real fan of a club and it's the club of your heart, you should stay there IMHO. Only thing that is understandable is going to grab money in the real end of your career (like Del Piero did for example, or Raul, I can understand that)

Well he's obnoxious and he still is a dutchman, they have big mouths and talk when they aren't asked to talk.
I can't really blame him for some statements though, Arsenal doesn't have a chance to win a trophy atm, and by the transfers they are doing it seems they just don't want to win anything. Not mention the board who fucks up regularly, it's hard for players not to see that.

He probably too realized that he had to cash in on that fantastic season, he's at his top now (he isn't 22 anymore, things need to start happening for him NOW) and seeing Arsenal going in the wrong direction, he was pressed to make a change. Was cash on his best season yet (ever?) now, or take chances with Arsenal.

 

[emigre]

And Steward Downing starts to pay off that £20 million...