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    I liked Erik Lamela before it was cool

    Re: Erik Lamela - Official I'm really excited to see how he settles here. "Thoroughbred" is a perfect description for him, you can see he needs to be handled gently but his touch and control have the kind of nimbleness and elegance that stands out even in the few glimpses we've had so far.
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    Victimpool FC - Klopp leaving, grown men crying

    I think it's only natural for a high pressing style to sap your strength as the game wears on, unless you are blessed all over the pitch in terms of stamina (this is not Coutinho). Liverpool seem to be wearing themselves out with their initial high-tempo domination of the game to try to score...
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    Andros Townsend

    I've actually seen a number of clever plays from him, including glimpses of vision like a few incisive first-time passes to Soldado that Soldado was just a micro-second short to react on. The issue with Townsend isn't his ability (and the same goes for Rose and Walker), it's the consistency and...
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    Andros Townsend

    His attitude has taken him further than more naturally gifted youngsters at our club. However he really needs to realize he could contribute and impress everyone so much more if he made more mature decisions and displayed the ability to craft intelligent passages of play rather than shoot on sight.
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    Kyle Walker

    Certainly if you want a high line with inverted wingers/wing forwards, the FBs must provide the wide attacking thrust and have pretty insane pace and stamina to bomb forwards while being capable of covering the high line. Even in the 4-2-3-1 we may move towards with a more traditional if...
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    Emmanuel Adebayor - Officially gone \o/

    Re: Adebayor In all fairness, when I was depressed for nearly six months for much lesser reasons, I couldn't even crawl out of bed to take a shower much less show up to class. I was pretty fortunate to be allowed to retake the year, though, and I certainly would've lost my job (keeping in mind...
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    The "Official" 2013/14 Other teams matches thread

    It pains me to see Scholes even placed in the same solar system as Gerrard and Lampard. The latter two have been superb players for years but like Xavi and the continental geniuses, Scholes is on a technically different level to either and has adapted over time to new roles with ease.
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    Christian Eriksen

    Mourinho has a personal vendetta against AVB though, and Willian is much more of a wide playmaker so he fits in a bit better with Mata. Ozil would've had to have been a replacement for Mata, which was a possibility but then Mata would've gone to United and I think the Chelski fans would've revolted.
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    Poll: Now dust has setting, where do you expect us to finish in PL (Minimum?)

    Tbh I think the top six right now is so damn difficult that fifth or sixth is okay, as long as we display the kind of progress in our performances such that the addition of one or two players next summer could be the "final" building blocks. Our closest rivals in Liverpool and **** are looking...
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    Christian Eriksen

    In fairness to Ozil, Arsenal were really the only available suitors in the elite leagues (ie. not France) at that price - I'm surprised United didn't go for him, but I suppose Kagawa or Rooney will be their main no.10 as Moyes was after a deeper playmaker in Herrera. Chelsea and City and Bayern...
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    ***OMT*** Tottenham Hotspur vs Norwich

    Oh, man. I know I'm really late to the party but just wanted to comment, this was the performance I've been waiting for for a long, long time. Ever since Modric and VdV left, only to be replaced by Dembele and Dempsey, I've been worried about our lack of creativity, swift one-touch passing, and...
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    Emmanuel Adebayor - Officially gone \o/

    Re: Adebayor Soldado is clever but Ade is probably the most naturally talented of our strikers in terms of passing, link up, vision etc, and I suspect he would thrive with Eriksen and Lamela around him. I just hope he gets fit, gets his house in order and we can bring him back into the fold.
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    Official - Siggi

    Re: Gylfi Sigurdsson I think that graph actually shows he's much more a finisher of moves than a real playmaker like Eriksen - he's not getting on the ball much there, but he is careful with the passes he makes and he is clearly pretty clever with his runs and finishes. He doesn't quite have...
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    Kyle Walker

    I'm impressed by how involved in play he is this season - since he's so direct, you'd assume he's not a possession-type FB like Corluka, but his stamina and energy actually allows him to make himself available throughout the pitch. He's not the greatest or smartest passer or crosser by any...
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    The "Official" 2013/14 Other teams matches thread

    Liverpool would do well to beat Southampton. Pochettini's set-up and tactical detail is especially strong against the better teams. Arsenal really should crush Stoke though - even though Hughes has done well there so far, they can't score and I can't see their inherently defensive nature holding...
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    Paulinho

    Re: Paulinho *OFFICIAL* Very decent player. Sometimes his touch can be a little loose and his passes tend to be fizzed really hard (rather than cushioned like, say, Eriksen or Capoue) but he has great acceleration in his surges and somehow turns up everywhere. He also comes up with these...
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    The "Official" 2013/14 Other teams matches thread

    Personally I hope Bale succeeds spectacularly because of all that stick we've had for years (mainly from annoying Utd and **** fans) about how overrated he is. He has a better attitude and less ego than Ronaldo, obviously not in his or Messi's league as a player but he can keep working hard and...
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    The "Official" 2013/14 Other teams matches thread

    Barkley's only 19, give him time! Everton's actually a decent place for youngsters to be right now, they're not exactly expected to be top four and they're very unlikely to be in a relegation battle, so Martinez can experiment with some youngsters and attacking football. They also have Lukaku...
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    Vlad Chiriches

    Re: Chiriches official Romanian, thanks so much for the write-up. AVB is pretty conservative about integrating new players, though he really seems to like intensity and enthusiasm (e.g. players like Walker rather than Ade/BAE) and Vlad's attitude seems absolutely top-notch so I'm sure he will...
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    Official - Holtby

    Re: *Official* Holtby He's definitely ahead of Dembele for me - I can't see anything Dembele does that Holtby can't atm, and Holtby is the faster and more visionary passer in the final third. I think he lacks acceleration, but if he can get familiar with his teammates and vice versa quickly...
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