Paranoid Android Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Not seen his free kick yet but CRon's second goal was ridiculous. the cunt. Never expected them to drop points tonight but hopes were raised after falcao's goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsum_Fantastic Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/the-amazingly-honest-marius-ebbers-st-pauli-gets-the-ref-to-rule-out-his-hand-of-god-goal-vs-union-berlin/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsum_Fantastic Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17687524 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 £113m for Carroll, Suarez, Downing and Henderson. Great business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 I still can't really believe that Downing cost £20 MILLION.I understand the workings of the Carroll deal offset against the ludicrous sale of Torres (although the whole thing is still ridiculous), but £20 million for a winger with no end product is insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 I'm sure I remember Downing being really good at some point in his career? He's really quite terrible now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 MOOSE - reply to my text, you dickhead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 I understand the workings of the Carroll deal offset against the ludicrous sale of Torres (although the whole thing is still ridiculous), but £20 million for a winger with no end product is insane.It's the Carroll bit that still baffles me. There are meant to be people at clubs like these with business acumen. The value of something does not increase just because you have more money in your pocket. I liked Carroll at Newcastle but he's a very specific type of player and pretty one dimensional, so to spend that kind of money on him is just insane. He was NEVER going to live up to that price tag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 MOOSE - reply to my text, you dickhead.I have... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 The problem with Carroll is he's a bit of a square peg in a round hole at Liverpool. They just don't play the type of football he's good at there. I actually rate him as a player but he's carrying about a stone too much weight and he's struggling to adapt to the pace Liverpool seem intent on playing. Is he worth £35m, hell no, £10-15m max, but he is a good player. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyboy Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 hahaha:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123680101041299201.html?mod=WSJ_article_comments#articleTabs=articlehahahahahaha.I thought I'd seen a response to this article somewhere. Turns out it was a response to a different piece echoing similar sentiments, but here it is:http://matadornetwork.com/sports/soccer-is-a-republican-sport/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 I've always maintained that Downing is pish. Over-rated to the max. If he played in any other league, he'd be a £5m player at the most. And even that would be a waste of money. I'd rather have Charlie Mulgrew playing left midfield than Stewart Downing (does he still play on the left). Mulgrew can whip a good ball into the box and scores a heap of free-kicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 The problem with Carroll is he's a bit of a square peg in a round hole at Liverpool. They just don't play the type of football he's good at there. I actually rate him as a player but he's carrying about a stone too much weight and he's struggling to adapt to the pace Liverpool seem intent on playing. Is he worth £35m, hell no, £10-15m max, but he is a good player.That echoes my thoughts. He's great at what he does but what he does isn't a great deal of use to Liverpool. Instead of losinv g astone tho, I reckon he should get on the gear, put on 3 stone and get absoutely hench and just be like an enforcer in ice hockey, patrolling the 18yd box and crushing fools. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Liverpool fans keep banging on about net transfer spend because of the Torres deal but it's hardly good reasoning since 2003 they have the 3rd worse net transfer spend only behind the sugar daddy clubs. The prices they payed in summer were nothing short of ridiculous and they are reaping the rewards of that.It's all fine though, King Kenny is leading them to glory, these transfers had nothing to do with him. He clearly didn't ok them before Commolli bought them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Is that WSJ article a joke? I struggle to believe the writer is being wholly serious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Liverpoo fansl keep banging on about net transfer spend because of the Torres deal but it's hardly good reasoning since 2003 they have the 3rd worse net transfer spend only behind the sugar daddy clubs. The prices they payed in summer were nothing short of ridiculous and they are reaping the rewards of that.It's all fine though, King Kenny is leading them to glory, these transfers had nothing to do with him. He clearly didn't ok them before Commolli bought them. THEY WON THE LEAGUE CUP!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 "Have you ever seen a deaf person trying to talk with his feet?"Wow prime journalism right there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 That's actually a really tricky run-in. If i could be bothered, i'd look up City's remaining games and make some half-arsed, ill-informed predictions.City have Norwich away at the weekend (possibly tough, but Norwich look knackered after having a good season so far), Wolves away (guarenteed 3 points and a +4 of goal difference), Man United at home (I predict a City win), Newcastle away (could be tough, but again, suffering from a bit of over-achieving fatigue like Norwich, but Newcastle haven't lost at home since November, pre-Papiss) and home to QPR on the last day (QPR will take a pounding and put all the pressure on United to win a tricky away game at Sunderland, if the title goes down to the wire).I still favour United, as they would have to lose 2 games and City would have to win all their remaining games just to win the league by a point. I think City will draw at Newcastle, but win the rest.If my predictions are right - United beat Villa and Swansea, but draw to Everton, and Sunderland and lose to City, and City beat everyone except a draw at Newcastle - both teams would finish on 85 points exactly. So, I hope I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 "The real tragedy is that soccer is a foreign invasion"Jesus, Americans are dumb as fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 It HAS to be satirical? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Whatever it is, it's a game for girls anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Defending their spending with the net figures argument is Liverpool logic at it's most delusional. They still made horrific decisions in the transfer market it doesn't matter at all that the money they were wasting came from getting a good price for Torres.If I went into a casino with a hundred quid and came out with nothing it would make no difference in the long run if I had at one stage been up 5 grand. Except that I'd feel like a big tit for losing it all. Just how Liverpool should feel. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Apparently United have agreed a deal with Benfica for Nicholas Gaitan. £22million plus Bebe (LOL) and either Frederico Macheda (LOL) or Davide Petrucci. Hope it's the former two. Petrucci looks great. Especially if Pogba follows Morrison out the door, Petrucci is the only youth starlet left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 What's date is the Scottish Cup Final? I'm going to jinx us here.... but I need to book my holidays for it today..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam 45 Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 What's date is the Scottish Cup Final? I'm going to jinx us here.... but I need to book my holidays for it today.....19th of May i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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