EPT2013 - 2014 Football Thread - Page 222
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OceanLab
France505 Posts
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Olli
Austria24422 Posts
On September 03 2013 06:48 Mensol wrote: arsenal will be much better with ozil but i still cant trust giroud's talents  Juan Mata to PSG for 45 million. confirmed afaik? Mata was never gonna leave. There wasn't even a bid by PSG. And even if there had been, there's no way in hell Chelsea would've sold him. | ||
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WillyWanker
France1915 Posts
On September 03 2013 12:48 Ayush_SCtoss wrote: Depends on the definition of biggest. We all knew long before the transfer season started that Bale will want to move and we knew that Real Madrid were first in line. No surprise factor there. Money wise, I think it's a tad too much but eh. Ozil to Arsenal was not something I was expecting but I'm not complaining. Biggest signing this offseason for me. Biggest in surprise for me was Falcao. He was supposed to join a big team and he finally chose the money road to join a club that isn't even participating in the CL. Cavani to PSG was also big but that's because I'm a PSG supporter  Neymar-Bale-Isco were for me the biggest talents to move this summer. | ||
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ApocAlypsE007
Israel1007 Posts
As for Kaka, he was always one of my favorites, shame that he had very unlucky injuries and Mourinho just didn't like him that much. GL in Milan and thanks for everything. | ||
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
On September 03 2013 11:55 kakaman wrote: Poll: Biggest signing this offseason? Innovation to Acer (14) Ozil to Arsenal (14) Bale to Madrid (2) 30 total votes Your vote: Biggest signing this offseason? (Vote): Bale to Madrid Easy call, as neither Bale nor Ozil were signed in the offseason  Also I really want Real-Arseanl to happen in the CL playoffs now. | ||
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Ayush_SCtoss
India3051 Posts
On September 03 2013 15:26 WillyWanker wrote: Biggest in surprise for me was Falcao. He was supposed to join a big team and he finally chose the money road to join a club that isn't even participating in the CL. Cavani to PSG was also big but that's because I'm a PSG supporter Neymar-Bale-Isco were for me the biggest talents to move this summer. Yeah, Falcao is up there among the most surprising. I was really looking forward to having Higuain as well, and well, I guess you can say that wish has been granted in some ways. | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Transfer Window is CLOSED! Man Utd sign Fellaini for £27.5million (€32.4million) Arsenal sign Mesut Ozil for £42.5million (€50.1million) Rumors of Man Utd bringing in Coentrao on loan from Madrid seem to have fallen through due to incomplete paperwork Everton Sign Gareth Barry - James Mcarthy & Lukaku on loan within the last hour of the transfer window Aston Villa signed Lazio striker Libor Kozak on deadline day West Brom sign Sessegnon and Anichebe on last minute deals Dossena and Borini join DiCanio at Sunderland on deadline day | ||
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Salteador Neo
Andorra5591 Posts
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Olli
Austria24422 Posts
On September 03 2013 16:53 Salteador Neo wrote: So did Chelsea sell any single player? Other than loans I mean. Nope, no sellings as far as I know. Which is a really interesting move. I guess with dat dirty money they're happy to send players on loan. Might have been different if there'd been a big, expensive signing but there really wasn't. Which I guess shows how confident Mourinho is in his team, as he should be. Mata should be returning to the core team so they can continue to build the chemistry around the three amigos Oscar, Mata and Hazard. The team was already looking extremely strong at the end of last season even when they had a really small squad and a million games to play. | ||
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pyro19
6575 Posts
Paid 4.5 million extra for Fellaini Tried to haggle Atletico just hours before the Window ends and lost out on Herrera (even after the player said he was willing to take a paycut) Coentrao deal fallen through due to incomplete Paperwork What a waste of Space this Woodward guy is..He needs to be Fired before we Become the laughing stock of this season (which we probably already are right now) | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
On September 03 2013 16:53 Salteador Neo wrote: So did Chelsea sell any single player? Other than loans I mean. We didn't get rid of enough yet, we will be loaning more players out over the next few weeks. The only thing the transfer window stops is Loan signing to premier league clubs. Im sure a few of our kids will be off to the Championship. Chalobah - Mcechran - Ake to get some first team football. Other than that we still have a 26 man squad on paper 0.O | ||
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smr
Germany4808 Posts
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sc4k
United Kingdom5454 Posts
On September 03 2013 17:07 smr wrote: So questions to our EPL experts. Which team made the best out of the transfer window, which team is completely ruined? (I for example have absolutely no idea what to think of Everton. Got some money, got a few players but lost the coolest haircut. Is Özil enough to change everybodys view on Mr Wengers failed ambitions? etc) It's too early to tell if the signings are going to pay off for each team. So many teams made big big moves. I am very impressed by Everton going all out to get Lukaku and McCarthy, however losing Fellaini could be big. The totaliser for Premier League spending was something like £520 million so a lot of teams made moves. Surely Southampton have made some serious waves spending £32 million. Tottenham, I personally have doubts that their new signings are going to push them above Arsenal. If they had kept Bale and made a couple of more signings, then certainly they would go above. But they haven't...Arsenal haven't lost anyone and have added one of the best creative midfielders in the world to partner Cazorla. Liverpool are very impressive - I thought they were buying random talent to fill the void that would be left by Suarez - but now Suarez has stayed...they have certainly added a competent compliment of support for the great man, and Sturridge is coming along nicely as an understudy and partner to Luis. Man City have made some serious moves getting incredible players to play with the team, I think each of the signings are inspired and very well executed. I am not overly impressed with Chelsea's activity over the transfer window. Eto'o I am excited about but I don't believe Willian was charged at a competitive price, however he does have the ability to play the wing which is useful, prevents us clogging up the midfield too with too much depth. However we didn't get a centrepiece, youthful striker and we might end up paying for it... My personal prediction for the league is: 1. Man United 2. Man City 3. Chelsea 4. Arsenal 5. Liverpool 6. Spurs 7. Everton 8. Swansea 9. Aston Villa 10. West Ham 11. Norwich City 12. Southampton 13. West Brom 14. Stoke City 15. Cardiff 16. Fulham 17. Newcastle 18. Sunderland 19. Hull 20. Crystal Palace | ||
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Olli
Austria24422 Posts
He may never go back to being the best striker in the world but he's still really good and scores when it matters. If he starts scoring regularly in the PL again then we're good to go and win it. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
1st Choice - Eto'o 2nd Choice - Torres 3rd Choice - Ba Is how i think it will be, with Eto'o being able to play Left Wing on the front three of a 4-3-3 but who knows, whatever Mourinho does will be best xD | ||
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nunez
Norway4003 Posts
On September 03 2013 17:07 smr wrote: So questions to our EPL experts. Which team made the best out of the transfer window, which team is completely ruined? (I for example have absolutely no idea what to think of Everton. Got some money, got a few players but lost the coolest haircut. Is Özil enough to change everybodys view on Mr Wengers failed ambitions? etc) i think my beloved everton was put in a difficult spot, since fella's transfer came so late. getting barry and mccarthy as replacements is nice (i am very excited for mccarthy). switching anichebe for lukaku is also pretty sweet, even though i have a soft spot for anichebe. i'd think lukaku will claim the starting position, while anichebe was always going to be an outsider. the purchase of kone looks a bit weird now, but i trust bob knows what he is doing. squad depth is very good atm, and they have a good second option on all spots, and even 3 on some, which is a welcome sight. with baines staying i think i will say that i am satisfied. don't feed the kak! | ||
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Olli
Austria24422 Posts
Mourinho's gonna run into trouble with the system he plays though. Playing 3 in midfield doesn't work if you have a million midfielders. He's probably gonna insist on Lampard and Ramires playing so it'll likely be a 4-2-3-1 like we saw against Bayern. Personally I'd like something like a 4-1-4-1 with Azpilicueta playing on the right instead of Ivanovic (whom I'd like to see in central defense with Cahill). Luiz as a holding midfielder. Oscar, Mata, Hazard & Willian (Willian and Hazard as wingers) and Torres/Eto'o up front. That's a system that allows for rotation without changing positions too much I feel. Ramires can swap in and out for Luiz anytime, Lampard for anyone in midfield with one of the remaining players filling the winger role if need be. But it's a really aggressive, offensive system so he probably won't play it sadly. Which is a shame because the team has insane offensive potential ESPECIALLY in midfield which is where Chelsea was usually overpowered by other teams | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Im excited to see how quickly Willian can make his mark on the team and see if he was worth the money, also just hope we can score via a fucking striker this season that would be a nice sight! | ||
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
Too bad, looking forward to see him play with Özil. | ||
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Ysellian
Netherlands9029 Posts
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