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CyberPingu posted:A few years ago I'd agree that Liverpool weren't a huge global club but now they are consistently doing well in the League and CL I don't see why players would go to Barca or Real tbh Not having to live in the Northwest of England tbf
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TAA is not a right back, the only reason he’s there is his pace and work rate, which bails him out of his many defensive frailties, and his incredible crossing ability from the right
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Dec 22, 2019 03:18
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EvilHawk posted:He's a right back in Klopp's current system, which requires the full backs to get forward as much as possible rather than defend which is usually covered by the midfielders. So pretty much what I said, he goes on the team sheet as “RB” but he isn’t a defender
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Dec 22, 2019 14:13
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Brony Car posted:Is he bad? I can’t remember who’s blameworthy anymore. He's an Arsenal center midfielder, they're all bad. Not to mention that he was so bad that Emery didn't think he was good enough for the current Arsenal midfield which is insanely bad.
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Dec 27, 2019 19:12
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blue footed boobie posted:The 15/16 and 16/17 summers were disastrous for Arsenal and set them back years. They only signed Cech in 15/16 and then blew a ton of money on Xhaka, Lucas Perez, and Mustafi the next year. Is Bellerin the longest tenured Arsenal player at this point?
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Dec 28, 2019 00:36
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Big Huski Boi posted:It's Emi Martinez, actually. Bellerin and Ozil are the next two. Maitland-Niles has been at the club since 2003... when he was six
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Dec 28, 2019 02:03
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Gorn Myson posted:Couldn't they just sign him on a pre-contract in January anyway? Yep
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Dec 29, 2019 18:36
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Liverpool's youth setup is dogshit, I wouldn't trust any player coming out of it.
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Dec 30, 2019 15:45
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Brony Car posted:So does Lingard! Strong disagree.
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Dec 30, 2019 15:58
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Brony Car posted:It seems like the perils of being at a young player at a big club like United. If Lingard was still at Birmingham making decent - but not Manchester United - money, I wonder if he'd be looking a lot better, or at least more focused and with less social media hijinks. Would anyone be trying to get JLingz off the ground without that Manchester United cachet to try to tap? Lingard is 27, he isn't a young player, it just seems like he is because he didn't become anything close to a regular at United until he was 23. He had a very good World Cup, arguably better than he's ever played for United, and I feel like that may have gone to his head a bit. The clothing line thing is daft especially since he's Jesse loving Lingard not Cristiano Ronaldo. Nothing can really be said about his mother's health issues, you can't really wave that away. Of course it's going to be a distraction. I think he's fortunate in that he came through a very thin United squad and had a few good appearances in big matches that gave him some support amongst United supporters and staff but if his form stays like it is I don't see him being at United beyond this season.
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Dec 30, 2019 16:31
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tarbrush posted:We have a few decent players. TAA is pretty good, Curtis Jones is good, KiJana Hoever is promising. Ah yes, the latter two who I've definitely heard of. Remember James Wilson at Manchester United who was touted as the next great English striker, scored twice on his debut, and is now playing for loving Aberdeen? Of course you don't. How about Saidy Janko, former United Reserve Player of the Year? "Good" and "promising" means gently caress all at the youth/reserve level. Liverpool's strength the past several years has been in the transfer market. They're probably the best in the world at finding players who immediately slot into their system. Other than 15/16 where they signed Clyne, Ings, Benteke, and of course Steven Caulker on loan which was so bizarre. That season also got them Milner and Firmino however.
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Dec 30, 2019 17:00
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Big Huski Boi posted:Who was the Italian kid with the exact same career trajectory? Kiko Macheda, he's playing in Greece now for Panathinaikos and actually scoring goals.
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Dec 30, 2019 17:06
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CyberPingu posted:Machedas defining career moment for Man Utd was scoring a blinder against Villa that basically sealed the title in 09. He actually scored in his second appearance too. Michael Carrick was nice enough to hit him with a shot that ended up going in.
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Dec 30, 2019 17:16
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Der Shovel posted:Reports that Jesse Lingard is on his way out, with Milan being the likely destination (AC that is). As poo poo as he's been for over a year, United's midfield is currently so thin that I can't really see this happening.
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Jan 7, 2020 16:17
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UnderFreddy posted:In reaction to this, OB has decided to sign American Hero Emmanuel Sabbi on a free (next summer) Ah yes, I have definitely heard of this Italian born of Ghanaian heritage who I guess grew up in the US thus making him American.
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Jan 7, 2020 19:46
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sticksy posted:Potential good news for Ninpo and der Shovel? He can leave on a free in the summer, I don't know why Inter would want to pay any kind of fee for Young.
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Jan 8, 2020 22:00
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Eau de MacGowan posted:is ashley young the last of the fergie signings because otherwise that is some confusing news De Gea Jones Smalling* Zaha was the actual last player United signed under him.
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Jan 9, 2020 12:41
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Der Shovel posted:The Young saga has reached Arsenal levels of comic absurdity. This makes no loving sense with Dalot, Tuanzebe, Fosu-Mensah, and Bailly all returning
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Jan 10, 2020 14:09
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CyberPingu posted:Is there a least memorable football player than Diego Dalot? Dalot is only 20 and was brought to United to essentially be what United have been using Young as for the last two seasons. He’s also been injured a bunch. I’m not sure where you’re going with this because he’s a child who has barely played, I’m not sure why he would be memorable at this point
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Jan 10, 2020 15:06
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Cenk Tosun has gone to Palace on loan where he’ll probably continue his form of not scoring goals in the Premier League
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Jan 10, 2020 15:11
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Karl Sharks posted:i'm fuzzy on the details, but was that the club/player that the man united people got tricked by some random dudes pretending to be club people/agents? No that was Ander Herrera
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Jan 10, 2020 20:59
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I’m not going to quote the list but I have takes. Rojo was named in the Best XI at the 2014 World Cup and started in the final. He reminds me of Juan Sebastian Vernon in that they could be very good footballers just not in the Premier League. Granted Rojo has been miles worse than Seba. Herrera is inexcusable from United, even more when you take into consideration that he barely plays for PSG Alexis/Di Maria/Fred - what are you going to do. Fred seems to be settling but he doesn’t offer much more than disruption. He’s not a good passer, shooter, marginal defender, but he’s good at getting in the way at this point. Schweini, who knows. Lukaku is more than capable of playing in a counterattacking side, two of the best goals in the 2018 World Cup was a goal scored by Belgium on the counterattack in which Lukaku was integral. He’s a flat track bully but United are losing matches against those teams while they’re competitive with the big 6.
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Jan 10, 2020 22:26
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Jose posted:everton are tryign to sign everton I’d prefer him to sign for Liverpool for the lols but signing for Everton is also pretty funny
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CyberPingu posted:Hmmm You're aware that Bruno Fernandes and Gedson Fernandes are not the same player, yes?
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Jan 13, 2020 19:22
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tarbrush posted:https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51142447  I can't belive United actually got money for him either.
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Jan 16, 2020 21:17
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Newcastle can’t buy a quality wing/fullback to save their life so this sounds about right Well Newcastle need a left back now too
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Jan 18, 2020 23:15
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Der Shovel posted:Manchester United: we won't pay 50m€ for Bruno Fernandes. For those who don’t have Google, he’s a 16 year old midfielder currently playing for Birmingham City
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Jan 22, 2020 13:15
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bewbies posted:so was freddy adu Freddy Adu was 14, idiot.
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Jan 22, 2020 15:14
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Count the rings Freddy Adu is still only "30" and has played for 14 clubs in nine countries in his career. Topical to this thread, he's currently a free agent.
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Jan 22, 2020 15:32
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Bet he could do a job for Newcastle You say this after the last player Newcastle signed from MLS, who was actually one of the best players in the league, did gently caress all for a full calendar year.
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Jan 22, 2020 15:39
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vyelkin posted:Maybe it's just me but if I were a 16-year-old footballer and I wanted to reach my maximum potential I wouldn't sign for today's Manchester United. Hello 16 year old footballer, how would you like to earn £30k a week? He's probably on £1k a week or so now at Birmingham, maybe less.
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Almiron: 5.5 Like Schar, Almiron looked tired. He still put in a shift, but looked off pace. Without his speed and energy he does not offer much, specifically seen with his decreased involvement in the 2nd half. (2) This dude is without a doubt American.
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Io_ posted:The last expensive megahyped 16 year old was Martin Odegaard who is now 21 and playing for Real Sociedad after three years in the Eredivisie. He's actually pretty good in La Liga. Maybe not Real Madrid good but he's a good professional footballer. Let's be honest, Manchester United in 2020 are much closer to Real Sociedad than they are to Real Madrid.
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Jan 22, 2020 17:21
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sebzilla posted:I've seen precisely nothing from Chong in his first-team appearances that makes me think he'll ever be any good. I totally agree, he's been useless every time I've seen him, regardless of the opposition.
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Jan 22, 2020 18:41
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sassassin posted:Chong is good enough to dribble through blind alleys at u23s level but hasn't currently got anything in his game to be effective against actually-good players. We had ex-United Kenji Gorre at Swansea who was like that, absolutely lethal for the u23s, then every loan was a complete failure (after we gave him a big 3 year contract). A star for the U23s who can’t get into the first team should be a huge loving NOT GOOD ENOUGH red flag We’re not talking about the U16s or even U20s, the U23s are grown rear end men
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Jan 22, 2020 22:09
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I had honestly forgotten that Dani Ceballos was on loan at Arsenal and was wondering why the Arsenal supporters were posting about him in this thread.
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Jan 23, 2020 17:49
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Eriksen to Inter is apparently happening for €20m
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Jan 24, 2020 20:45
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Gigi Galli posted:De Sciglio will win trophies with PSG; the man is the definition of falling up. We call that Khedira-ing
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CyberPingu posted:Shaqiri-ing too Shaq has won 16 trophies in his career lol. He’s 28 and spent 3 seasons at Stoke loving City
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I don’t give a gently caress about the Bruno Fernandes transfer “saga” at this point, I just want Der Shovel to stop loving posting about it
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