Football/Soccer Discussion Thread

Went said:

I just watched the La Liga Promotion Final between Granada and Elche... it was one of the most entertaining games I have watched this season. Granada will be joining Betis and Rayo Vallecano in the First Division entries next year.

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I'm surprised to say I have never heard of them.

I'm quite surprised Betis were even in the Segunda as I was of the opinion that they were a fairly strong side.

EDIT: Having just looked on their wikipedia page I see Granada have a hell lot of Udinese players because of an agreement between the two clubs. Isn't there any limit on the number of players you can loan in Spain?

It seems slightly unfair that they've gone up with what is basically Udinese's B side.

I like the USA (obvouslly) and i like argentina cause of Messi.
I also like Liverpool as a club team

Another reasonably large transfer today, Ashley Young making a £17m move to the greatest team of all, Man United of course. I struggle to see how we'll handle three great wingers though.

Villas-Boas has been announced as the new manager of Chelsea too. He's part English and has previously worked there as a scout so I could see it working.

I think the only signing Man U needed this summer was a good creative central midfielder. We have 5 good forwards /2 young centerhalfs and 2 experienced ones/ 2 good defensive midfielders/ 2 good wingers. Ashley is a good signing if something happens to Nani or Valencia we are going to need backup or maybe Ashley will be a starter and either Nani or Valencia as backups. But SAF is a great manager so he knows what he is doing

Captain Fabio said:

I don't really see why we need Young. Sure, he is a good player, but we need central midfielders! :/​

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jackblaze said:

I think the only signing Man U needed this summer was a good creative central midfielder. We have 5 good forwards /2 young centerhalfs and 2 experienced ones/ 2 good defensive midfielders/ 2 good wingers. Ashley is a good signing if something happens to Nani or Valencia we are going to need backup or maybe Ashley will be a starter and either Nani or Valencia as backups. But SAF is a great manager so he knows what he is doing

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I think its fair to say we need a goalkeeper as well because Kuszczak and Lindegaard aren't good enough for the no.1 shirt. (Also worth keeping in mind Kuszczak has said he'll leave at the end of this month when his contract is up)

As long as we get a centre mid then I'm fine with splashing the cash on Young and Jones, in fact I enjoy it, I love transfers. It also gets rid of the opinion that Glazers are simply draining money and not putting any in.

Chimchar 9 said:

When do you feel Sir Alex Ferguson will retire from management?

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I think he said 3 years from now...​

Captain Fabio said:

I think he said 3 years from now...​

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It's hard to believe him anymore, he first said he would in 2002.

I think he'll keep going until his health stops him.

Chimchar 9 said:

I suppose I could wait another 3 years. Because once he goes Man Utd will be nothing like they are now. Also, we could get revenge on them in the F.A cup, as they luckily beat us this season.

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Admittedly we probably won't get someone to fill his shoes for a long while but, we won't suddenly drop immediately.

When he knows he is going, he'll assemble a team capable of staying at the top for a few years and after that a club as big as united should sustain themselves as a top side. We were successful before fergie and we'll be successful after him too.

And we have to remember that the best manager in the world(Jose Mourinho) said that he always wanted too come to Man U so there is always the possibility of him being our next manager.

jackblaze said:

And we have to remember that the best manager in the world(Jose Mourinho) said that he always wanted too come to Man U so there is always the possibility of him being our next manager.

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Odd to see a united fan of the opinion that there's a manager better than fergie.

Went said:

I'm sure that the folks at the Liverpool forum would consider that "a match made in hell" XD

But seriously, I don't see Mou staying anywhere for too long, and that's the reason I don't really see him fit for the Premier League, despite his Chelsea experience.

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I think mourinho was fairly loyal to chelsea but after the fall out with abramovic he had to go.

Wow, Thiago's goal was truly something. I expect him to become a more-well known player sometime in his future.

Not seeing it, it wasn't even a particularly good team move. Just a brilliant ball to the scorer.

Nuke said:

I'm surprised to say I have never heard of them.

I'm quite surprised Betis were even in the Segunda as I was of the opinion that they were a fairly strong side.

EDIT: Having just looked on their wikipedia page I see Granada have a hell lot of Udinese players because of an agreement between the two clubs. Isn't there any limit on the number of players you can loan in Spain?

It seems slightly unfair that they've gone up with what is basically Udinese's B side.

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Any opinion on this went?

Went said:

Also, I have to link to this. One of the most beautiful goals I have seen in a while:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy5cNVTgO9E&feature=player_detailpage#t=64s

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Its too bad he wont go very far especially if stays at Barca, which he really wants to do.