The Ultimate Soccer Thread 2012-2013 Vol. 3 Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga etc

two Dallas youth products in the premier :hat

Brek looked like he got a bit too comfortable and got a bit stagnant..he did battle some injuries last season though..good move that will help him grow.

I HATE the mens US soccer team, but I've always liked the way dude has played... Specially against us :{
 
Looks like Willian is set to be the next player to end his career by making the move to Russia. He looks headed to Anzhi for £34m.
 
Brek Shea :hat

Have a feeling he's going to make Americans proud over at Stoke. Guess he's starting ASAP

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/69/t...inners-and-losers-of-januarys-transfer-window

I hope you are right. He has potential so hopefully he can grow. He has the athleticism obviously but he has to work on his touch and ball skills....they have never impressed me.

Gareth Bales goal against Norwich was seriously a dream goal. I get chills watching it. I dream for those moments. The pick up the ball around mid field and just go. His excitement after the goal too was awesome. Such a class talent.
 
Yeah same here bro.

Speaking of Bale, dude really loves Cristiano Ronaldo haha. I think it's a push for a move to Madrid in the future lol
 
Brek Shea :hat

Have a feeling he's going to make Americans proud over at Stoke. Guess he's starting ASAP

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/69/t...inners-and-losers-of-januarys-transfer-window

I hope you are right. He has potential so hopefully he can grow. He has the athleticism obviously but he has to work on his touch and ball skills....they have never impressed me.

Gareth Bales goal against Norwich was seriously a dream goal. I get chills watching it. I dream for those moments. The pick up the ball around mid field and just go. His excitement after the goal too was awesome. Such a class talent.

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I know that in Fifa Bale speed is crazy high but damn...dude is amazing when in space like that. But the strength and acceleration was crazy
 
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tweeted with this OMG, Peter! Just leave it now! There not interested!
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Afobe's and Galindo's loans were cut short. Read that Afobe wasn't working hard enough, a shame if that's true
 
Gus Johnson?

Does he even know what a soccer ball is?

Sounds like WC10 all over again, stupid *** Mike Torico calling it and talking like he knows footie. :{
 
Man idc though, Gus Johnson is the GOAT when it comes to close sports games.

Imagine if RM/Utd score a injury time winner, dude is gonna make it that much better haha :hat

But nah your right, Tirico calling the WC was stupid.
 
Man idc though, Gus Johnson is the GOAT when it comes to close sports games.

Imagine if RM/Utd score a injury time winner, dude is gonna make it that much better haha :hat

But nah your right, Tirico calling the WC was stupid.

The game will be on FX I'm assuming?
 
Bale will go to madrid this summer when cr7 goes to psg after being slaughtered by RVP and messi in la liga.Also, American commentators are idiots and shouldn't even be talking for soccer, especially someone that doesn't even know what soccer is.

What ever happened to hulk? Homie dashed to zenit for the money, but I haven't heard anything since lol
 
Bale will go to madrid this summer when cr7 goes to psg after being slaughtered by RVP and messi in la liga.Also, American commentators are idiots and shouldn't even be talking for soccer, especially someone that doesn't even know what soccer is.

What ever happened to hulk? Homie dashed to zenit for the money, but I haven't heard anything since lol


huh?


as for HULK, he's been trying to get out of Zenit pretty much a few months after arriving.
 
Bale will go to madrid this summer when cr7 goes to psg after being slaughtered by RVP and messi in la liga.Also, American commentators are idiots and shouldn't even be talking for soccer, especially someone that doesn't even know what soccer is.

What ever happened to hulk? Homie dashed to zenit for the money, but I haven't heard anything since lol

Going over there is a waste....he wants to leave already, well this is according to wiki
16 games, 4 goals, 2 assist

In the second half of September, media speculation reported that teammates Igor Denisov and Aleksandr Kerzhakov were unsatisfied with Hulk's wage, and that they demanded renegotiation of their contracts. As a result, they were sent to the youth squad.[18][19] Denisov replied in an interview with Sport Express, stating that his stand-off with club management was over "the proper organisation of the team. And respect for the Russian players which Zenit has always relied upon.";[17] a few days after the feud, Hulk scored and assisted in a 2–1 win against FC Baltika Kaliningrad for the fifth round of the Russian Cup.
After falling out with coach Luciano Spalletti after being replaced during a match against A.C. Milan for the Champions League group stage, Hulk declared that he was seeking to leave Zenit in January.[20] However, as FIFA regulations barred players from playing for more than two clubs in a season, this forced him to stay in Russia at least until June 2013;[21] eventually, the conflict between player and management was solved.[22]
Hulk was the target of racial abuse by Zenit fans who opposed black players playing for the club.[23] In September 2012, a fake bomb was found at the club's training ground, accompanied by a picture of the player and a note that read "Hulk out!"[24]
 
West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan wrote a personal account about the dark side of the transfer process for the Daily Mail...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...nt-demands-transfer-window.html#axzz2JfZRvNgn



EXCLUSIVE: Bullying, threats of violence and million-pound demands from greedy agents - a chairman's view from inside the war zone that is the January transfer window

Sullivan lifts the lid on the 'dark arts' deployed by agents and players

West Ham co-owner reveals he was threatened with violence - and so was one of his players

Claims 'scavenger' agents demand more than £1m in fees

Exposes culture of greed and calls for action from the Football Association

It's like dealing with terrorists or kidnappers... you can't pay the ransom

Praises West Brom for standing up to Peter Odemwingie's walkout

'Honestly, the transfer window makes you feel ill. I’m glad it’s over'

By DAVID SULLIVAN
PUBLISHED: 08:12 EST, 1 February 2013 | UPDATED: 10:19 EST, 1 February 201

In this window, I have had an agent threaten me and threaten one of our West Ham players with physical violence, because he thought he was being cut out of a deal.

I heard of three or four agents trying to jump in on other deals. Some of these people are like scavengers.
It was all deeply unpleasant and I’m glad it’s over. Now we can get on with the football.

Harry Redknapp was right: it feels like gang warfare out there and I can see it spilling over into violence in the future, unless there is legislation from the FA to curb the practices.

People do desperate things when they are desperate. We read of people robbing betting shops or post offices with sawn-off shotguns for £5,000. We are talking millions of pounds here around a transfer and not enough deals to go around. There are too many agents and not enough transfers to feed them.

Agents who would once demand £50,000 for their part in a transfer, now want £500,000 to £1million to either bring a player or keep a player. It is quite outrageous and the FA should cap the amount paid to agents for their work.

I heard of one agent, who took over representation of a player for ONE DAY, and he wanted to be paid between £1.25m and £1.5m for his part in negotiating a new contract.

If a player damages his cruciate ligament, or is playing badly, he will expect the club to honour his contract. If a player has six good games, it seems he and his agent rush to demand double his salary.

It has become crazy and a transfer window serves only to provoke the dark forces within the game.

You will have an agent who thinks he represents a player and then another who hears there may be a deal and tries to break in on the transaction.
They see it as their survival money. As a chairman, you can end up dealing with three or four agents for the same player.

There are a few agents who are very good at what they do (and are millionaires as a result of that), but others who want to force their way in. And do whatever it takes. Thinking about it, ‘deeply unpleasant’ is the best you can say.

I greatly admire what Jeremy Peace has done at West Brom. I take my hat off to him.

His player, Peter Odemwingie, drove down to QPR and was actively trying to force a transfer, but Mr Peace refused to cave in. He held his ground. He would not be bullied.

For the size of that club at West Brom, they have a fantastic team. They have done unbelievably well and I have always respected him - now my admiration has doubled.

You cannot give in to players like this. It is the same as giving in to terrorists or kidnappers. If you pay the ransom, they will only come back for more.

Consequently, Mr Peace has done a great service to football.

It has been hard work in this window. I’ve had sleepless nights. I couldn’t got to an FA Youth Cup match because I couldn’t risk leaving my home phone.

I’ve had hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of calls. We signed four players (Joe Cole, Marouane Chamakh, Emanuel Pogatetz and Wellington Paulista) but I’m not satisfied. We desperately needed a left back and we didn’t get one.

However, I'm confident we have a strong enough team to have a successful run-in and to finish the season strongly.

For all the deals you have read about, there were 30 others we were trying. I thought we had Stephen Warnock from Aston Villa and he said he was signing.

Our contract offer was for six months with an extension based on appearances and he accepted that. Then he changed his mind and signed for a Championship team in the north (Leeds).

We had a deal for the Olympiacos left back, but when Warnock said yes, we scrapped that. Then, when we tried to get the other deal back on, the chap had gone somewhere else.

We then spoke to Juventus left back Reto Ziegler, who's on loan in Russia and tried to make that happen, but he went to Turkey. We tried to bring in goalkeeper Paul Robinson from Blackburn, but he had an injury and hasn’t played often and we had a bit of doubt.

Honestly, it makes you feel ill. I’m glad it’s over. For now.

If any of our fans think we are not spending enough, can I remind you that West Ham are £100m in debt.

We owe £6m in connection with Carlos Tevez - to be paid by July. We have various other debt repayments in August totalling £20m.
Myself and co-owner David Gold are giving away our savings. There is only so much we can do. We are ambitious and we want to bring success to West Ham. We are doing our best.

If you look at what QPR have done, possibly putting the future of the club at risk, we cannot take
that gamble.

They are paying wages nobody else outside the big four or five will pay, but it means they have only one player with any sell-on value. And that is the goalkeeper, who is quite brilliant - Julio Cesar, who is 33. And came on a free transfer!

Let me explain: If you have a player earning £30,000-a-week, then other clubs can afford to buy him. Once you have a player earning £60,000-a-week plus, only the big four can afford to pay his wages and any transfer fee.

I admire the balls of the chairman and the owners at QPR. They have broken the club record in buying Christopher Samba and if it is right that they had to pay the whole fee to Anzhi up front, plus the investment in his wages, that is a remarkable gamble for a club of their size. I wish them well.

Finally, I am often asked about Andy Carroll’s deal.

It is a season-long loan. Liverpool had an option to take him back in January, but he has been injured.

West Ham have an agreement with Liverpool to sign him at the end of the season, but we have no agreement with the player.

It was his desire to come to West Ham to prove himself to Liverpool and that hasn’t changed. He has had injuries since he came, but he is back to fitness now and we have 15 games left… we need some goals and some points, so let’s see.

His return will give us a lift. We need one of our strikers to hit goal form. We’re in the middle of a poor run in a tough division and we play a very good Swansea team on Saturday.

Do you know they have conceded the fewest number of goals away from home in the division? It’s nine, less than the champions, less than Manchester United and everyone else.

They are an impressive club who have worked themselves up from the bottom division to the top half of the Premier League and into a cup final, without risking their financial future.

Our game against them is a sell-out, the 11th successive sell-out at our ground. We are operating our ‘kids for a quid’ system for this game (the next one is the home game with Wigan), where any adult can bring as many children as they like for £1 each. It creates a family atmosphere.

We believe in offering affordable football and we need a bigger ground to satisfy demand, but as you know, we are working on that, too.
 
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Gua Johnson called a few MLS games on local tv. I think it was San Jose, during the space between his CBS and FOX jobs...

Still, not sure about him on a CL game. Would much rather just hear the Intl. feed.
 
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