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Ravel posted:I dont believe any of these. Mainly because I don't buy that the fastest players in European football from every league are coincidentally also the most technically able, aside from Valencia and Lennon. Everyone knows that Messi and Ronaldo are absolutely stupidly fast though?
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# ? May 21, 2024 14:26 |
Rooney though? Maybe in 2003
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 16:34 |
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R. Mute posted:re: Lukaku wages
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 16:34 |
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TwoDogs1Cup posted:Rooney though? Maybe in 2003 I know people love calling rooney fat and lazy, but he's probably got the highest work rate on the team and is, in fact, very fast.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 16:35 |
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TheRat posted:Everyone knows that Messi and Ronaldo are absolutely stupidly fast though? Right but I don't buy that Messi is any quicker than, say, Abate. Besides Messi isn't so much a sprinter as he is good at turning ninety degrees at top speed.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 16:38 |
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TheRat posted:I know people love calling rooney fat and lazy, but he's probably got the highest work rate on the team and is, in fact, very fast. Literally the only reason people say this is because he looks like he'd be fat and lazy. And has smoked.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 16:39 |
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Ravel posted:Right but I don't buy that Messi is any quicker than, say, Abate. Besides Messi isn't so much a sprinter as he is good at turning ninety degrees at top speed. You just dont notice it because everything else he does is so good, but Messi's acceleration is godly.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 16:39 |
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He's fast over a few yards but slow after that for more info see that Kaka goal
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 16:42 |
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TheRat posted:You just dont notice it because everything else he does is so good, but Messi's acceleration is godly. That's what I said he was good at - your list is of top speeds.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 16:43 |
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Micky Quinn claimed that over a yard he was the fastest man alive
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 16:49 |
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Remember when Sol Campbell was supposedly the fastest player in the league at 35 or whatever
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 16:51 |
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T Fowl posted:Literally the only reason people say this is because he looks like he'd be fat and lazy. And has smoked. http://www.abload.de/img/2_0_rooney-newzstz.gif (too big for imgur)
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 16:56 |
Rooney is going to be playing when he's 40 and it will be us lot who look like idiots.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 16:59 |
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Ho Chi Meeeeee posted:Rooney is going to be playing when he's 40 and it will be us lot who look like idiots. whose
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:02 |
Azerban posted:http://www.abload.de/img/2_0_rooney-newzstz.gif (too big for imgur) He's not that fast now though. That's like 5 years ago. He's lost a lot of sprint speed as he's gotten older (and fatter) compared to someone like Ronaldo who's probably faster than he was
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:02 |
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TwoDogs1Cup posted:He's not that fast now though. That's like 5 years ago. Pretty sure that was last season, mate.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:03 |
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Ho Chi Meeeeee posted:Rooney is going to be playing when he's 40 and it will be us lot who look like idiots. He's best friends with Ricky Hatton the moment his stamina goes he's going to balloon
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:03 |
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TheRat posted:Pretty sure that was last season, mate. No it wasn't, mate.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:04 |
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not not luvd posted:No it wasn't, mate. isn't that the 8-2?
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:05 |
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Modus Trollens posted:isn't that the 8-2? United had their home kit in the 8-2. E: My bad, it was 2010.
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TheRat posted:Pretty sure that was last season, mate. I'm guessing its 2009 or 2010, going by the arsenal kits
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:07 |
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It was January 31, 2010 because Rooney scored away at Arsenal in the 37th minute for that game[citations not needed]
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:08 |
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TheRat posted:United had their home kit in the 8-2. So 4 years ago then
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:08 |
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The fastest footballer is Sylvain Distin, fraud list
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:08 |
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it's from January 2010, it finished 1-3 e: beaten
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:09 |
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euroboy posted:I'm guessing its 2009 or 2010, going by the arsenal kits Also Arshavin and Nasri in the gif.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:10 |
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TheRat posted:I remember there was some talk in the CL thread about a commentator calling Antonio Valencia one of the fastest players in the world and people (myself included) not believing it. Apparently it's true this must be over a pretty short distance as there is no loving way messi is that fast over anything more than 10 yards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyJ_1m2HCK0 TelekineticBear! fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Apr 3, 2014 |
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Ramsey apparently has a chance of playing Sunday Nacho, too. He doesn't get a
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:18 |
Benteke has torn his achilles tendon and will miss the rest of the season and the world cup
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:38 |
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blue footed boobie posted:Ramsey apparently has a chance of getting injured again Sunday
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:39 |
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Azerban posted:http://www.abload.de/img/2_0_rooney-newzstz.gif (too big for imgur) It would be great if that was the Rooney that showed up for England, but instead we get the Rooney who alternates between wandering around aimlessly and standing around with his hands on his hips looking upset.
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TwoDogs1Cup posted:Benteke has torn his achilles tendon and will miss the rest of the season and the world cup Poor Villa.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:39 |
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TwoDogs1Cup posted:Benteke has torn his achilles tendon and will miss the rest of the season and the world cup That's a real shame. I was hoping to see how far a full-strength Belgian team would get. Although would Benteke even be their first choice striker over Lukaku now? Or do they commonly play two up front?
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:46 |
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Don't worry, we've got Grant Holt!
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:46 |
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Myssu posted:That's a real shame. I was hoping to see how far a full-strength Belgian team would get. Although would Benteke even be their first choice striker over Lukaku now? Or do they commonly play two up front?
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 18:06 |
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TwoDogs1Cup posted:Benteke has torn his achilles tendon and will miss the rest of the season and the world cup FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 18:08 |
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TwoDogs1Cup posted:Benteke has torn his achilles tendon and will miss the rest of the season and the world cup Hahaha
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 18:10 |
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TwoDogs1Cup posted:Benteke has torn his achilles tendon and will miss the rest of the season and the world cup Rip big benteke you were good that one season and now we wont even see you at the world cup
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 18:46 |
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I never did believe Belgium would amount to much this world cup.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 18:58 |
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And now that Fellainis been exposed as dross, their team isn't looking nearly the dark horse people bleated on about eight months ago
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