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Total Meatlove
Jan 28, 2007

:japan:
Rangers died, shoujo Hitler cried ;_;
He'll do 99% of his running to score goals 1-4 and then do nothing for the remaining 12 games.

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Seltzer
Oct 11, 2012

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Ciprian Maricon posted:

Because MLS's target audience has no idea who Victor Valdes is

There's the more important fact he's a goalkeeper on 60k a week and there are players that are on 60k a year.

Seltzer fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Jan 26, 2016

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Total Meatlove posted:

He'll do 99% of his running to score goals 1-4 and then do nothing for the remaining 12 games.

if he scores 9 he'll be the highest scoring african player in the premier league. can see that motivating him for the rest of the season.

Newcastle are in for remy on loan now that chelsea are signing pato which would be a good signing

Blue Star Error
Jun 11, 2001

For this recipie you will need:
Football match (Halftime of), Celebrity Owner (Motivational speaking of), Sherry (Bottle of)

Let the inexplicable race to sign Dwight Gayle begin!

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

Jose posted:

if he scores 9 he'll be the highest scoring african player in the premier league. can see that motivating him for the rest of the season.

Newcastle are in for remy on loan now that chelsea are signing pato which would be a good signing

Lol crazy that he's gonna break Drogbas record

Eau de MacGowan
May 12, 2009

BRASIL HEXA
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Adebayor's got a lot of revenge to get on Spurs and Arsenal, thank god City are done with Palace for the season.

gtkor
Feb 21, 2011

Eau de MacGowan posted:

Adebayor's got a lot of revenge to get on Spurs and Arsenal, thank god City are done with Palace for the season.

Spurs are done with Palace as well, which is nice cause he'd score a few for sure.

blue footed boobie
Sep 14, 2012


UEFA SUPREMACY
Who is left at Arsenal from when Adebayor was there? Walcott and Flamini?

Soulex
Apr 1, 2009


Cacati in mano e pigliati a schiaffi!

El Shaarawy to Roma is a done deal

Can't help but say I am a little jealous.

PirateBob
Jun 14, 2003

Hegay posted:

Lol crazy that he's gonna break Drogbas record

That is pretty bizarre. I was about to say that Drogba got started late in the PL, but Adebayor only joined Arsenal in 2006 and spent a year on loan at Real, so they've both had about 9 years.

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005


Would have taken him at United for the rest of the season tbf.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
Townsend is going to be earning 3 times what he did at Spurs and be one of newcastle highest paid players. No wonder he wanted the move

Shola offered to play for bolton for free but they can't register him

Hashtag Banterzone
Dec 8, 2005


Lifetime Winner of the willkill4food Honorary Bad Posting Award in PWM

PirateBob posted:

That is pretty bizarre. I was about to say that Drogba got started late in the PL, but Adebayor only joined Arsenal in 2006 and spent a year on loan at Real, so they've both had about 9 years.

Drogba wasn't as prolific as he should've been. Not sure if it was injuries, laziness, or what. He averaged just 11 league goals a season while at Chelsea. It tells you a bit about how good he was in big matches that most people rate him so highly.

Spangly A
May 14, 2009

God help you if ever you're caught on these shores

A man's ambition must indeed be small
To write his name upon a shithouse wall

Hashtag Banterzone posted:

Drogba wasn't as prolific as he should've been. Not sure if it was injuries, laziness, or what. He averaged just 11 league goals a season while at Chelsea. It tells you a bit about how good he was in big matches that most people rate him so highly.

Drogba's holdup play was leagues better than Adebayors even when Ade fancied it, Lampard wasn't scoring 20 goals a season out of nothing.

TelekineticBear!
Feb 19, 2009

Drogba was incredibly inconsistent and had plenty of times when he couldnt be hosed. His ambling about not giving a poo poo during the 2011-12 league season, when he was doing his best in the champions league prove that he was a lazy selfish prick. Hes far from being the best striker to play for chelsea, god knows how he gets rated so highly among the best premier league strikers ever, not even in the same stratosphere as Henry, Shearer, Suarez, Ruud etc.

Known "terrible footballer" Wayne Rooney is a far better player than drogba ever was

MoPZiG
Jun 6, 2006

TelekineticBear! posted:

Known "terrible footballer" Wayne Rooney is a far better player than drogba ever was

Drogba scored nine cup final goals for Chelsea

Xabi
Jan 21, 2006

Inventor of the Marmite pasty

TelekineticBear! posted:

Drogba was incredibly inconsistent and had plenty of times when he couldnt be hosed. His ambling about not giving a poo poo during the 2011-12 league season, when he was doing his best in the champions league prove that he was a lazy selfish prick. Hes far from being the best striker to play for chelsea, god knows how he gets rated so highly among the best premier league strikers ever, not even in the same stratosphere as Henry, Shearer, Suarez, Ruud etc.

Known "terrible footballer" Wayne Rooney is a far better player than drogba ever was
This all checks out according to my notes.

brocked
Oct 25, 2005

All shall love me and despair!

blue footed boobie posted:

Who is left at Arsenal from when Adebayor was there? Walcott and Flamini?

Rosicky

kcer
May 28, 2004

Today is good weather
for an airstrike.

TelekineticBear! posted:

Drogba was incredibly inconsistent and had plenty of times when he couldnt be hosed. His ambling about not giving a poo poo during the 2011-12 league season, when he was doing his best in the champions league prove that he was a lazy selfish prick. Hes far from being the best striker to play for chelsea, god knows how he gets rated so highly among the best premier league strikers ever, not even in the same stratosphere as Henry, Shearer, Suarez, Ruud etc.

Known "terrible footballer" Wayne Rooney is a far better player than drogba ever was

where did you copy this from

Ewar Woowar
Feb 25, 2007

TelekineticBear! posted:

Drogba was incredibly inconsistent and had plenty of times when he couldnt be hosed. His ambling about not giving a poo poo during the 2011-12 league season, when he was doing his best in the champions league prove that he was a lazy selfish prick. Hes far from being the best striker to play for chelsea, god knows how he gets rated so highly among the best premier league strikers ever, not even in the same stratosphere as Henry, Shearer, Suarez, Ruud etc.

Known "terrible footballer" Wayne Rooney is a far better player than drogba ever was

Drogba was good but he wasn't great. He was also dirty as gently caress and I hate him op.

8raz
Jun 22, 2007


He's Scouse, He's Sound.
iirc rooney scored quite a few cup final goals.

Hegay
Jun 29, 2012

Hashtag Banterzone posted:

Drogba wasn't as prolific as he should've been. Not sure if it was injuries, laziness, or what. He averaged just 11 league goals a season while at Chelsea. It tells you a bit about how good he was in big matches that most people rate him so highly.

Thats only if you include the last season where he returned and was past it.

e: Nvm, forgot about how poo poo he was in 11-12 as well

blue footed boobie
Sep 14, 2012


UEFA SUPREMACY

Totally forgot he existed.

TelekineticBear!
Feb 19, 2009

Drogba wasnt as good as Jimmy Floyd Hasslebaink, and no amount of goals in mickey mouse cup finals like the league cup account for the fact he was massively overrated, he scored one header in the champions league final and suddenly hes the best striker ever, nope not having it, hes a lazy player who showed contempt for the fans by never giving his all every game

Bea Nanner
Oct 20, 2003

Je suis excité!

did he get his 70k?

blue footed boobie
Sep 14, 2012


UEFA SUPREMACY
Drogba was unplayable when in form, but he was almost always sulking, injured , and/or returning from injury. He really only had two good seasons, but he was a loving terror when he could be bothered.

TelekineticBear!
Feb 19, 2009

blue footed boobie posted:

when he could be bothered.

exactly this, when he could be bothered, most of the time he couldnt give a gently caress, and yet hes rated higher other players who were way better and more consistent by idiots because he once scored a header and a penalty against bayern in the CL final, he'll go down in history as such a better player than he actually was and its bollocks

Dunban
Jul 4, 2012

OH MY GOD GLOVER

TelekineticBear! posted:

Drogba wasnt as good as Jimmy Floyd Hasslebaink, and no amount of goals in mickey mouse cup finals like the league cup account for the fact he was massively overrated, he scored one header in the champions league final and suddenly hes the best striker ever, nope not having it, hes a lazy player who showed contempt for the fans by never giving his all every game

A CL final that never actually happened, on top of that

Parity warning
Nov 1, 2009



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TelekineticBear! posted:

exactly this, when he could be bothered, most of the time he couldnt give a gently caress, and yet hes rated higher other players who were way better and more consistent by idiots because he once scored a header and a penalty against bayern in the CL final, he'll go down in history as such a better player than he actually was and its bollocks

He was already rated well before that CL

hadji murad
Apr 18, 2006
I was tired of Drogba in the 11-12 season but he really pulled it together and then went on to destroy Bayern in their home stadium.

He was also great in cup finals and destroying Arsenal. He's the reason we started getting the best of Arsenal, a tradition which carries on to this very day.

I think he is over rated but his actual contributions were more than most other Premier league strikers.

blue footed boobie
Sep 14, 2012


UEFA SUPREMACY
Drogba absolutely destroyed Arsenal every chance he got. It was the worst. It's fair to complain about him being overrated, but it's hard to objectively rate someone so mercurial.

Real Name Grover
Feb 13, 2002

Like corn on the cob
Fan of Britches
ESPN is reporting that semi-promising New York Red Bulls/USMNT CB Matt Miazga will be sold to an unnamed BPL club in the next day or two. He has a Polish passport so the work permit is a non-issue.

Good for him, though I guess I should hold the congratulations until the club is announced (a couple possibilities were Chelsea and Leicester, they reported)

Arquebus
Feb 19, 2013
Shane Lowry from Birmingham to Perth Glory is a done deal. Given that he's a defender, this is a good move for Perth, given that they literally have one recognised centre-back (two left, one's probably out for the season). Adam Taggart, who started against Spain in the World Cup and then his career died, is also returning to Perth but can't actually play until next season.

Also for some reason Austrian club Sturm Graz want Jimmy Jeggo (who is garbage but runs a lot) and are down to agreeing personal terms with him.

Bogan Krkic
Oct 31, 2010

Swedish style? No.
Yugoslavian style? Of course not.
It has to be Zlatan-style.

Jimmy Jeggo iirc has Austrian heritage so maybe he'll fill a quota for domestic players or something, that's the only reason I can imagine them wanting him. That said, if he could tackle, dribble or shoot he'd be an alright midfielder

chuggo is BACK
Jul 1, 2008




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Bea Nanner
Oct 20, 2003

Je suis excité!
Jeggo my Eggo

quiet enjoyment
May 11, 2009
Just read a rumour that Arsenal want to bid 61m pounds for Alvaro Morata a man who has scored one (1) goal this season. Apparently he used to be good? I don't know.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
Ramires has actually signed for that chinese club that weren't offering a salary to other players

Sandwolf
Jan 23, 2007

i'll be harpo


quiet enjoyment posted:

Just read a rumour that Arsenal want to bid 61m pounds for Alvaro Morata a man who has scored one (1) goal this season. Apparently he used to be good? I don't know.

Christ, for that price, take him. We already have the much sexier and cooler Paulo Dybala.

Jose posted:

Ramires has actually signed for that chinese club that weren't offering a salary to other players

Has his stock fallen that much? Is he victim to Chelsea's collapse or is he personally just poo poo now?

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Real Name Grover
Feb 13, 2002

Like corn on the cob
Fan of Britches

Real Name Grover posted:

ESPN is reporting that semi-promising New York Red Bulls/USMNT CB Matt Miazga will be sold to an unnamed BPL club in the next day or two.

Sounds like it's Chelsea: http://www.espnfc.com/new-york-red-bulls/story/2795020/matt-miazga-set-to-join-chelsea-of-the-premier-league

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