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heard wrong probably

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:D

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do you lot remember him ;)

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Proof bud.

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Proof of what? Hes in demand, he could end up anywhere.

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Better to post article of what you have heard

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...rt%5Eheadlines

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that piece is dated 23 May 2013, if Real wanted it done and dusted it would have been done and dusted by now. Iscos interested in Real, thats on record but again he could end up anywhere. Real Madrid need to sell to carry out all the purchases they want to make.

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Cesc Fabregas rules out move from Barcelona to England.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22886585


Oh dear old sourpuss won't be happy.;)

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its not the end of the world :p:

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Tell me bud who would you like to sign?.

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I did tell you

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Shame about Man city's cat Wimblydon.

On a related point, Man city have bid £30m for arsenal's cat, who has indicated he is interested in move.
(as heard on the radio, so no link)

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Chelsea agree £18m deal for German forward.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22434908

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i don't think youd actually read my reply so i wont bother spelling out choices :p:

well there was more of a chance him coming back to Arsenal than him joining any other Premier League club ;)

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"All the news about my renewal with Real Madrid are false." - Cristiano Ronaldo

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:(

The Highbury squirrel isnt for sale :p:

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Do you believe hes Utd bound?

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No, but i can dream :)

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l read all replies bud so please spell out your choices?.:)

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same here. ended in disappointment though :(

you clearly don't

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He said he reads them..doesn't mean understand :D

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The old saying is don't believe everything you read or are told as most of it is made up or taken out of context dear chap.:)

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i don't believe you :D

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And how is Victor today.:D:waving:

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and yet you put this forward yesterday

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You asked me for proof that Real Madrid were interested and thus that was supplied.

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no i asked for proof that he would end up at either Barca or Real and no other club seeing as you put forward that he would only go to either of the top 2 in Spain. That was what you said no? youve given a link with quotes in, so have i yet yours is more trustworthy than anyone elses posts? this happened with the Suarez comments too, and the endless other posts. im just noticing a trend here nothing more.

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If you don't like my posts tough as we have to face your relentlessly endless Arsenal posts and if you don't like it just put me on ignore and that will be fine by me.

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Kids..no fighting, or to bed without dinner

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Sorry teacher.:bigcry::bigcry::bigcry:

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Arsenal posts in a football thread? no never! No one has to put up with anything. You can post about other clubs, whos stopping you or anyone else? Not everything will go your way Den. And yes you are now ignored, its not like you bother reading or understanding other peoples posts.

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Have you ever spoken to a sports journalist, there is never smoke without fire.

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I must admit, I always thought hulk would be a good player to get

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i wouldnt want to be standing in the wall when hes taking a free kick :no: hes lost in Russia, SkySports couldnt help but laugh at him on CL nights, no communication with his team mates.

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Yes, I think russia was a bad choice for him

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Bender or Fellaini, who would you opt for? Fellaini has a 23m release clause. i reckon its a case of you get what you pay for.

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I think arsenal can use fellani

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absolutely but its obvious, Wenger doesnt do obvious.

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You believe that

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Football teams interested in good players. Shocker.

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Football teams playing good football...that would be the shocker :)

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Well l am sure Pellegrini will produce football better on the eyes then Mancini ever did.:D

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That is my hope

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Indeed hope is better then despair.:)

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Do you believe Fab would have joined Utd ?

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Manchester City weren't that bad. I thought people overplayed it because they simply associated Mancini, i.e Italians, with bad football. They weren't the most exciting team in the world but they were reasonable to watch and gave a decent game.

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Yet most of these stories amount to nothing. The amount of ITKs on Twitter and forums is absurd now.

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your joking right? City for all the spend should have been doing much much better.

again its about finding the right stories etc. remember prior to the Bayern away game all the press jumped on Wenger doing this, that and the other when infact those on twitter got it spot on, just 1 example.

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He's quibbling over two million quid apparently, I mean is that vital, he's worth more than his release clause anyway :shrug:

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I agree. But not so much the money, as the players

i just felt mancini's style was very negative

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Doesn't mean there's no fire does, just means it's been doused, press officers, agents, managers, buying clubs and selling clubs staff supply hacks with so much they don't need to be making stuff up and if they got it wrong as much as these ITK's they'd be treated the same way, ignored.

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You think hes worth more than £23million?

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Considering they paid seventeen for him and going by todays over inflated prices for prem tested players I'd say 23 is actually fair thinking about it.

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It could be anything but when newspapers don't have to reveal their sources and use language to cover themselves then they can pretty much write anything. A club being 'interested' for example is nothing. I tend to ignore stories that don't have a statement that can be wrong. So saying a club has made an actual bid or is in talks is far more substantial and they can be proven wrong.


I wouldn't be too bothered at £23 million but any more is taking the mick. £23 million would not be a bargin and Everton would have done well.

That said I doubt we actually know the circumstances of any actual deal. I remember M'Vila last year when we were 'haggling over a few million' and 'Spurs are ready to swoop in' and we hadn't even expressed an interest. :erm:

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Excellent news.

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if its not a bargain then what is? Bender has a 12-13m release clause and Fellaini has a release clause just short of double that. Fellainis taller, prem experience and wants to be a holder although he can attack very very well. Arsenal need to get it done. My worries would be his personal demands tbh but we're not even there yet.

M'Vilas a bore. some actually did say there is no deal or contact or anything on twitter and forums. btw didnt David BBC say there was M'Vila contact?

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Twitter and forums said it was 99% done. David BBC was the first one to say it wasn't done and no contact had been made.

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not the whole of twitter and forums. dont get carried away. i remember reading peoples posts on both twitter and forums saying Wenger doesnt want him, his attitude sucks, his antics turned Wenger off etc. etc.

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interesting signings by Villa, ones to watch

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people tend to focus too much on the money. I made the general point that wage expenditure tends to be mirrored in league table positions. And this is true (city did finish 2nd). Aston Villa the main current exception but they have dramatically dropped their wages(linked to their relegation scrap)

People come out with "x million should mean y and z". (It needs to be said, teams can hold out for premiums when they know city have cash - is that their fault?)

But it ignores deficiencies in city team:

-lack of proper defensive cover when kompany is injured (near-everpresent in 11/12, missed lots last season)
-lack of pace in midfield
-lack of width to stretch deep defence
-lack of competition in GK pos to keep hart on toes
-lack of creativity from deep/overreliance on silva

I prefer to look at the players. Joleon Lescott is not £24m worth of player, so it's ludicrous to spout that because we paid that much therefore we should win the title.

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City's biggest problem imo was letting de Jong go, I think he's so underrated

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spend=league finish blah blah its mostly inefficiencies if anything. apart from Fergie whos consistently maintained excellent efficiency with spend? no one, not even Wenger. underachieving is unacceptable, overachieving is excellence, meeting in the middle is ok but every human strives for excellence unless ofcourse your a degenerate.

theres a lot of inefficiency at City because you have people who run the club willing to throw money . teams hold out for premiums because they know they will get it from City.

inefficiencies.

biggest problem?

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Yes, they let him go but didn't replace him with anything better

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Manchester City can save £3.2m by delaying Manuel Pellegrini's appointment

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...delay-1951301?

That might explain delay

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Yes l was amazed when they let him go.

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Yep biggest problem imo as I said, he plays such a pivotal role so well but it gets overlooked because he's such a thug.

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please be true, please happen. i dont want him. cheap'ing out backfires!

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Owen Coyle will be Roberto Martinez's successor.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22902197

Can't say he would have been my choice.:nono:

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Well as night turns to day it was inevitable and he better produce a better footballing style then this current lot or else Colin will be blowing out hot air again.

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? again?

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Man City's sternest critic .;):D

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True that i am happy to see him there

Just need isco and cavani, and i would call it a good summer

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Cavani would be hell of a signing and its a fight with RM and Chelsea on that one.

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Manchester City appoint Chilean as manager.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22909811

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Can't see the matic deal going through, they used him as a makeweight in the Luis deal, now less than a season later they're going to pay 20 million plus

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I don't have any knowledge of that transfer TD. Thanks.

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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers shows intent with £20m move for Armenia midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...khitaryan.html


Now he would be a nice signing.:Yes::Yes:

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You heard it here first, five days ago!

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35582100-post439.html

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l award you five stars for that scoop TD.:tu:

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At least you don't link to thousand of players hoping to get one story right :D

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Yes and we all know who is the expert on that..:waving:;)

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Liverpool set to sign goalkeeper from Sunderland.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22919112

What are your thoughts on that Dave?.

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Good article on ticket prices

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...prices-1953170

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Surely that is a typo when it says 'more than 100 fans' ?

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The sad thing is Cobby for years and years fans have been complaining about prices and righly so but nothing has ever happened and football stadiums are a bit like motorway service stations as they have a huge catchment and captive audience of many willing people willing to pay the sky high prices that are charged and thus l cannot see that changing and my advice to people is that you will save a awful lot of money each month if you subscribe to the sports channels and its also in your bosom of your own home where you can eat and be merry and only the wife can upset your plans.

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I was just thinking how great the norway keeper was, keeping his team in the game

Then the defence loses a soft goal

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Fantastic goal by isco
:cleader: :cleader:

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Didn't realise that, one competitive home defeat in 50 years for Brazil. :shocked: Don't see that changing tonight...

GOALLLL......

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Yes, though they don't play many games at home. They played a lot of games on the road, mainly because of so many players in European leagues

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you be getting a very good keeper if it happens Den mate must mean Pepe Reina is leaving Liverpool Simon Mignolet is a great shot stopper his weakness was crosses but improved on that a bit season just finished sure he get better still

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If Reina does leave he will go to Barcelona from what l know.

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Exactly. So you cannot therefore judge the team because £Xm has been spent if not all that money is down to actual value of the talent but "inefficiencies" as you call it.

Therefore, it is stupid when people go on and on saying "for the money they've spent" etc....

They should be saying, "for the squad they have".

And in the case of the squad, there are defects as I highlighted.

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I agree.

On to another subject, joe kinnear for newcastle? Seems strange (unless it is old boys network, wanting to give him a job because he can't find one anywhere else)

Not sure how it helps newcastle

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For comedic value?

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You're thinking of Roy Kinnear... :erm:

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He's dead isn't he, bit like joe's career and Joe himself if he's silly enough to take another job...

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Maybe they did it to annoy pardew, so he would quit

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I hope we get another of his interviews where he goes off on one...

Opening lines:

Joe Kinnear: Which one is Simon Bird
Simon Bird: Me
Joe Kinnear: You're a c***
Simon Bird: Thank you

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clowns :erm:

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Damien your mate has said...

My choices would be obviously Higuain, Fellaini and Grenier. I'm not bothered about Rooney tbh, theres talent on the market.

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Newcastle have all the potential but consistently make a pigs ear of everything on and off the park.

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Think you may go for Wanyama :(

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could you do a comparison between Wanyama and Fellaini?

and do you know who, what this is?