Feb football: The window wheezes shut

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12-02-2021, 01:01 PM
Lewis

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Originally Posted by Mellberg

That's the point.

150m, motherfuckers. The squad is strong enough now to do alright without Grealish. It'd set us back about half a division for at least a year, mind. Anyway, he stays. New five year deal. No one's spending the kind of money required. Even before the pandemic the Manchester clubs don't. Barca are broke. Real Madrid maybe. Worst case scenario the recruitment has been very good the last two years.

We were okay pre-lockdown before we lost our centre forward, centre mid and first and second choice goalkeepers for the season. Think we were 14th and then had to start playing shit like Nyland, Samatta and a pissed up Danny Drinkwater to get through the season. Wesley's still fucked 13 months later.

People (I) used to lol at this, but the Chinese have donned us again.
12-02-2021, 03:06 PM
Pen

Just saw that Spurs have launched their Carabao cup finalists merch :drool:
12-02-2021, 07:16 PM
phonics

One of those headlines that you saw in FM 12 seasons in. Now I feel old.

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12-02-2021, 07:17 PM
Shindig

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Originally Posted by Pen

Just saw that Spurs have launched their Carabao cup finalists merch :drool:

I hope some fella lies to his kids about how he was there. :D
12-02-2021, 08:34 PM
Sir Andy Mahowry

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Bayern will be getting Upamecano.
12-02-2021, 08:55 PM
randomlegend

Preferred Kounde anyway.
12-02-2021, 10:17 PM
Mellberg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lewis

People (I) used to lol at this, but the Chinese have donned us again.

He's a proper wrong'un. It's all a bit murky and hard to nail the info down (China), but I think he's doing time/under house arrest/on the run for financial shenanigans.
12-02-2021, 10:27 PM
Waffdon

Apparently Carla Ancelotti was robbed in his house at knifepoint. Get big Dunc to guard the house
13-02-2021, 12:12 AM
Waffdon

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footb...mpression=true

Not quite knifepoint
13-02-2021, 12:38 AM
phonics

What part doesn’t describe them being at knifepoint.
13-02-2021, 01:54 AM
bruhnaldo

Weve signed Alexandre Pato

We also loaned another kid to Barnsley had a run out against Chelsea
13-02-2021, 11:56 AM
Manc

Kabak thrown in against Vardy. :uhoh:
13-02-2021, 12:14 PM
Gray Fox

And Davies seems to have disappeared from existence.
13-02-2021, 12:31 PM
Manc

What is the go to stream site these days?
13-02-2021, 12:42 PM
phonics

google soccerstreams reddit.
13-02-2021, 12:48 PM
Gray Fox

Milner onto the injury pile.
13-02-2021, 12:53 PM
Waffdon

Leicester always look dreadful against Liverpool
13-02-2021, 01:00 PM
Waffdon

Ndidi is so good. Making Thiago look like a child
13-02-2021, 01:22 PM
Manc

Thiago with a horrifying performance. He must have given the ball away on half a dozen occasions.
13-02-2021, 01:23 PM
Gray Fox

Trent has it on a plate for someone 2 or 3 times for them to fuck it up, but steady performance overall.

Thiago needs a slap to wake him up at half time.
13-02-2021, 01:30 PM
Waffdon

No idea why Leicester aren’t bothering to target Liverpool’s right with Barnes. Game over if they bother to
13-02-2021, 01:36 PM
Gray Fox

Written all over this is Liverpool struggling to create a big chance and failing to score whilst dominating possession and then Vardy scores somewhere in the 80th-90th minute.
13-02-2021, 01:50 PM
niko_cee

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Originally Posted by Manc

Thiago with a horrifying performance. He must have given the ball away on half a dozen occasions.

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Originally Posted by Gray Fox

Thiago needs a slap to wake him up at half time.

You see the odd bit of quality from him on the ball now and then, but overall he's been absolute shit since signing (something that was to an extent foreseen). Maybe he's just taking his time to adjust to the league. :happycry:
13-02-2021, 01:56 PM
Waffdon

Lovely goal, that. Much deserved for Leicester putting in a pathetic performance
13-02-2021, 01:59 PM
Spoonsky

Fuck :drool:
13-02-2021, 02:06 PM
Gray Fox

For the love of god take Thiago off.
13-02-2021, 02:08 PM
Spoonsky

Thiago you moron. But he's clearly outside the box ffs.
13-02-2021, 02:08 PM
Boydy

Offside :D
13-02-2021, 02:08 PM
Waffdon

:D

We love VAR
13-02-2021, 02:08 PM
Sir Andy Mahowry

Gahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
13-02-2021, 02:09 PM
Boydy

Ah fuck off.
13-02-2021, 02:09 PM
Waffdon

Hahahahahahahahahha
13-02-2021, 02:09 PM
Boydy

It was a fucking dive anyway.
13-02-2021, 02:10 PM
Spoonsky

Fucking broken.
13-02-2021, 02:11 PM
Gray Fox

What in the actual fuck is this.
13-02-2021, 02:13 PM
Waffdon

Liverpool are a mess
13-02-2021, 02:13 PM
Sir Andy Mahowry

This is wonderful.
13-02-2021, 02:15 PM
niko_cee

Late Alisson-induced implosion again. It was nice having a half-decent keeper for a year or so at least.
13-02-2021, 02:15 PM
Spoonsky

This season sucks.
13-02-2021, 02:17 PM
Waffdon

Liverpool should be 6th after this week of games as Chelsea and West Ham have easy home games. Villa still have about ten games in hand too

If Everton somehow get points at Anfield next week, end the season now
13-02-2021, 02:17 PM
Gray Fox

This is special.

One wrong offside call and they've crumbled.
13-02-2021, 02:22 PM
Kikó

Jurgen Flopp amrite!
13-02-2021, 02:27 PM
Gray Fox

I don't even know where to start picking that apart.
13-02-2021, 02:28 PM
Manc

You have to drop the lad now, beautiful eyes or not.
13-02-2021, 02:32 PM
Spoonsky

"What a seven minutes, the energy, the desire" :D

It's upsetting because it was an improved performance and looked to be a deserved win before that collective aneurysm took place. They just feel extremely mentally fragile at the moment.
13-02-2021, 02:36 PM
Reg

Thiago looked the coolest cat in the world for Bayern, now he looks a little unhinged. Has his passing even been that good after the autumn?

Strange coming together for Leicester's second goal - surely a keeper and defender can hear any shouts with no crowd.
13-02-2021, 03:25 PM
niko_cee

I knew I was sceptical about Thiago in the summer transfer thread. There was a lot of shit in there too though. Selected highlights.

On Upamecano

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Originally Posted by niko_cee

He's going to go to Bayern for his release clause next summer.

That's how Germany works.

DING

On Thiago

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Originally Posted by niko_cee

He's obviously a good player, and I'm probably wrong to be sceptical on so many levels, but he just doesn't seem a good fit either in the way Liverpool play or the way they tend to recruit. He's going to want mega money too. Liverpool's midfielders (the '8s') need to cover the fullbacks, is Thiago going to do that?

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Originally Posted by niko_cee

Wijnaldum's an excellent 10 when he plays for Holland, and whilst I appreciate 'Thiago' is probably a 'better' player, at 29 does he have what it takes to come in and hit the ground running in England? Maybe for some fancy dan possession wankers, but I don't know about him as an '8' the way Liverpool play. Gini is mega-underrated and even if he were to leave I don't think it's a position that would need urgent restaffing. Changing the system unsettles the front 3.

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On Ruben Dias

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Originally Posted by niko_cee

So they've basically just signed the Portuguese John Stones? What could possibly go wrong.

Our survey says, Uh-uh.

Pulled it back though

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Originally Posted by niko_cee

There can't have been many more enigmatic players over a prolonged period than Mike Smalling. He has whole years where he looks like he should have stayed at Maidenhead or wherever it was, then he'll go the other way and be really good for seasons and be back in the international set-up. I presume he's just had one of the latter at Roma. Maybe Stones will follow a similar trajectory. Someone should nab him off City for peanuts.

On the relative merits of having defenders

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Originally Posted by niko_cee

I appreciate Fabinho is probably a bit more 'defendery' than Fernandinho (at the very least he is taller), but having just seen what scuppered City's season last year it does seem an odd risk to take, particularly considering he's hardly bullet-proof himself.

Slagged Cancelo and Jota as well I think. :/
13-02-2021, 03:59 PM
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13-02-2021, 04:08 PM
Lewis

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Originally Posted by niko_cee

On Ruben Dias

When I was looking for that Aston Villa story yesterday I lolled at everyone lining up to say he was shit.
13-02-2021, 04:09 PM
-james-

I still can't quite believe he's not.

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