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thehitman
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
1105 Posts
August 12 2011 15:37 GMT
#221
Seems like Fabregas is a Barcelona player. All the players have confirmed it on their twitter accounts.

The reported fee is 32 million British pounds, with clauses on performance that can get it up to 40 million British pounds.
FireBlast!
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United Kingdom5251 Posts
August 12 2011 15:54 GMT
#222
On one hand I mourn the loss of a great player who I've been following the progress of since he hit the scene (he's actually my age) on the other hand I am so glad I dont have to waste my life every summer on the same ol' daily transfer gossip.

My favourite Cesc moment was definitely his flawless performance at the San Siro, never have I seen a player be so productive with the ball all match:


I cried with him when he scored.

As time wore on he became even better, more refined in his vision and touch but he lacked that raw passion he had when he was younger treating every game like it was his last. Despite his service, it could just be a good thing to shed a player that was the biggest club icon associated with the past 6 trophyless seasons.

Nasri can just hurry on out. All he did was demand the ball, dribble himself to the corner flag, nutmeg the full-back and give the ball back to Clichy, 50 times every match. He played like the season was already over after his injury mid-season. Overrated mercenary.

We can easily win the league with Jack and RVP, and a fully fit Verminator.
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Stimp
Profile Joined November 2010
South Africa780 Posts
August 12 2011 16:02 GMT
#223
On August 12 2011 23:45 BeaTeR wrote:
spurs? if you consider gomes as first gk. Cudicini and Fridel are pretty good.
oh and mancity last season


I'm guessing friedel would take number 1 ahead of calamity gomes and Cudicini was great as number 2 at chelsea, but then he went to spurs and got into his motorcycle accident and has looked shaky ever since.

On August 12 2011 23:58 Sanctimonius wrote:
Harper is a decent keeper, so Newcastle when Given was there?


Harper became number 1 while newcastle was in the championship and is probably on the level of a top tier clubs second choice. You think Harper is better than Pinto?

On August 13 2011 00:37 thehitman wrote:The reported fee is 32 million British pounds, with clauses on performance that can get it up to 40 million British pounds.


so 32m pounds, hard to perform on the bench
Don't count your apples before they've... grown
krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
August 12 2011 16:18 GMT
#224
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AngryLlama
Profile Joined September 2005
United States1227 Posts
August 12 2011 16:30 GMT
#225
On August 13 2011 00:26 Vin{MBL} wrote:
fabregas is a much more inventive passer than xavi or iniesta. you'll realize that in a few months

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Liquid`Ret
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Netherlands4522 Posts
August 12 2011 16:46 GMT
#226
Only way for febregas to be a starter in the spanish national team is if he proves at barcelona he is better than xavi/iniesta. if he stayed at arsenal he would forever be on the bench for the spanish national team
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Maenander
Profile Joined November 2002
Germany4926 Posts
August 12 2011 16:46 GMT
#227
On August 13 2011 01:18 krndandaman wrote:
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On August 12 2011 20:19 Maenander wrote:
On August 12 2011 14:04 krndandaman wrote:
was so sad to see korea get destroyed by japan 3:0 in the friendly... wtf is up with our korean team?! even without LCY, could've done much better. was facepalming throughout the match

Japan is getting better and better, it will be hard for SK to keep up.


yea japan played very well.
however, i had hope in the korean team (though i admit i know nearly nothing about japan other than honda)

though park jisung is out, the young korean talents/players looks promising.

son heung min
ji dong won
yoon bit garam
ki seung yong
lee chung yong
park chu young (though i thought he sucked this match)

and 3/6 players on the list didnt play so i still have hope

There are several pretty good japanese players in the Bundesliga, Kagawa for example was one of the stars of the Dortmund team that won the championship. I am not surprised he scored two goals against SK, he is in brilliant form.
But yeah, korea has some talent, too.
kakaman
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1576 Posts
August 12 2011 17:10 GMT
#228
Kagawa is legit, and Japan was also missing players like Nagatomo from Inter and Miyaichi of Arsenal. Korea is kinda in flux right now, so I'm guessing we will see better play once the manager figures out how to put the pieces together. That, or wait until Korean Messi joins the team (phenom on Barca youth side).
krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
August 12 2011 17:40 GMT
#229
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duckii
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany1017 Posts
August 12 2011 17:52 GMT
#230
son heung min could become a great player. hope he stays fit this season
TemplarCo.
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Mexico2870 Posts
August 12 2011 17:56 GMT
#231
On August 13 2011 01:46 Liquid`Ret wrote:
Only way for febregas to be a starter in the spanish national team is if he proves at barcelona he is better than xavi/iniesta. if he stayed at arsenal he would forever be on the bench for the spanish national team


Still how is he going to prove? He will stay in the bench for most games, maybe go in when one of those is tired of hurt, but those two (Xavi/Inesta) never get tired enough or hurt that badly to get out of the game, so I find it difficult.
With an average game length of 7m36s over his 6 games in GSL3, this is a no-brainer. BitByBit pulls more SCVs than yo momma at a club on Mar Sara. ♞
Sanctimonius
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom861 Posts
August 12 2011 18:05 GMT
#232
On August 13 2011 00:37 thehitman wrote:
Seems like Fabregas is a Barcelona player. All the players have confirmed it on their twitter accounts.

The reported fee is 32 million British pounds, with clauses on performance that can get it up to 40 million British pounds.


That exact reason why I'm not as sad as I should be over his transfer to Barca. My word the Barca players have behaved appallingly over this whole thing, the supreme low point pulling a Barca shirt over him at the World Cup. Should have been the happiest point of his life but they decided to play their little pathetic games.

Japan has an awesome team right now, very impressed with the way they can play and the hard work they put into every game. Honda is a great asset for them and they have more than a few flair players - they played a good game to beat Oz in the Asian Cup Final. Ganbare Nippon!
You live the life you choose.
kakaman
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1576 Posts
August 12 2011 18:20 GMT
#233
On August 13 2011 02:40 krndandaman wrote:
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On August 13 2011 02:10 kakaman wrote:
Kagawa is legit, and Japan was also missing players like Nagatomo from Inter and Miyaichi of Arsenal. Korea is kinda in flux right now, so I'm guessing we will see better play once the manager figures out how to put the pieces together. That, or wait until Korean Messi joins the team (phenom on Barca youth side).


thats like 6 years T.T
isnt he like only 14 or so?


Messi was promoted to the senior side and played in his first game at age 16.
ilj.psa
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Peru3081 Posts
August 12 2011 20:23 GMT
#234
On August 12 2011 19:18 Salteador Neo wrote:
Thiago is better than Fabregas anyway, and I'm a huge barça fan. I wouldn't sign him at all. We need a new defender, a new attacker and a new keeper at the bench (Pinto sucks). Even Nasri for 20mil is a better deal, but they already made their mind.

What will end Barça's golden age is gonna be Rossell and their minions, not the players...

Thiago is a good player and the press is all over it, he's in no way at all better than Cesc currently. Hell Cesc at his age was better, people forget how amazing he was back then.
Salteador Neo
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Andorra5591 Posts
August 12 2011 20:28 GMT
#235
On August 13 2011 05:23 ilj.psa wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 12 2011 19:18 Salteador Neo wrote:
Thiago is better than Fabregas anyway, and I'm a huge barça fan. I wouldn't sign him at all. We need a new defender, a new attacker and a new keeper at the bench (Pinto sucks). Even Nasri for 20mil is a better deal, but they already made their mind.

What will end Barça's golden age is gonna be Rossell and their minions, not the players...

Thiago is a good player and the press is all over it, he's in no way at all better than Cesc currently. Hell Cesc at his age was better, people forget how amazing he was back then.


That's the point. Cesc has already past his prime while Thiago's future is pure awesomeness.
Revolutionist fan
ilj.psa
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Peru3081 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 20:30:22
August 12 2011 20:30 GMT
#236
he's 24 and he only has gotten better with time, lol. his passing is sharper and vision is better overall. This season he didn't delivered so much because of the injuries
Rebs
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Pakistan10726 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-12 22:30:58
August 12 2011 22:19 GMT
#237
On August 12 2011 22:07 Sgany wrote:
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On August 12 2011 12:02 Rebs wrote:
On August 12 2011 08:37 zulu_nation8 wrote:
On August 12 2011 07:50 Vin{MBL} wrote:
yep, i agree with freaky. fabrecunt is being such a vagine, "whaaaaaaa whaaaaa i wanna go home". was he crying to go home in 2004 when barca were dogshit?

EDIT: And he's fucking over the entire arsenal team by leaving so late in the transfer window. the 4-3-3 arsenal system is based around him for fucks sake. That's why arsenal's 2nd string team look so shite, because they're playing a system that brings the most out of fabregas, without fabregas!


I think it's more Barca being complete douches refusing to pay Arsenal what Fabregas is worth, knowing they have the upperhand and can just keep unsettling Fabregas more and more until Arsenal gives in. Compared to C.Ronaldo's transfer to Real, both players were heavily courted over the course of multiple seasons, but Real was somewhat more respectful and came up with the money without whining about the price tag everyday. Looks like even the very best English teams can only buy from France/Holland/Portugal, or outcasts from similar stature European teams. No one leaves Barca/Real unless they're not wanted, the premiership has become a feeder league.


Ronaldo at the time was the best player in the world and by quite a bit.. everyone needs that.. Fabregas is not, again reiterating if they needed him desperately theyd have paid, but why shouldnt they haggle for someone that they could do without for another couple of years ? What does Arsenals situation have to do with them ? Is it their problem that they havent won diddly squat and disillusioned their players ?

He wants to go to a team that wants him but at a price they can pay realistically without making it a problem for themselves.. the markets are so inflated why shouldnt they be prudent or try to be ?


Ronaldo the best player that season........That was the season Messi destroyed every team Barcelona played, including Ronaldos Manchester United in the UCl Final do not call Ronaldo the best player in the world when that happened.

But it seems offical Fabregas is coming home :D Pique and Puyol having been tweeting about it, something around 31million apparently.


my bad.. had just been ..and at the time the courting started.. he was.. were not talking about transfer dates.. here are we? Otherwise no one would be complaining about the Fabregas saga since no transfers actually happened ? EH ?

and its not like Man United were happy about it either.. Pretty sure they complained to fifa or something..

SO no I didt not say he was the best player that season.. I said he was the best played "At the time" they started courting him....

I support barcelona aswell probably longer than most people my age without actually being from barcelona.. have through the van gaal days, I dont need to be told when Messi was the best player in the world and when he wasnt.. cheers..

People will find ways to complain when they're losing their best player especially when they dont want to thats just how it is.. other transfer sagas could be more acrimonious if that had been the case elsewhere..
ilj.psa
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Peru3081 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 00:09:36
August 13 2011 00:09 GMT
#238

interesting analisys
kakaman
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1576 Posts
August 13 2011 00:24 GMT
#239
LOL Wegner says he doesn't want Mata, it's Tevez or bust! Arsenal is screwed this season.
Freaky[x]
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Canada995 Posts
August 13 2011 00:55 GMT
#240
it's obvious wenger is mocking the media... the're freaking assholes and just fuck around with arsene since the beginning I'm happy he's fucking with them
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