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    what has happened to the transfer section?

    I'm an American so I want our players to do well or at least get more coverage, but most of the time he's still a league below Dempsey on a technical level, and most of us are not exactly enthralled with Dempsey's technique so I'd be rather worried for Altidore if he came here :lol: I think he...
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    what has happened to the transfer section?

    I don't think we need 'dribblers' tbh so much as intelligent passers who can spot the incisive pass and play the ball first-time - basically, your silky little Continental types rather than your traditional English wingers. It's very useful to have that ability in your locker, but a lot of our...
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    what has happened to the transfer section?

    Holtby's played DM before. I think he may be a better fit for a deeper or box-to-box position since even at Schalke, he never made that many key passes or goals (certainly not to VdV's standard, which I think should be our benchmark for the CAM position). I don't think we can afford a...
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    what has happened to the transfer section?

    Ade's wages are so high I can see us struggling to shift him out - he's not *so* mercenary that he'd be happy to retire at a Galatasaray or random Eastern European team just yet imo. I'm willing to give him another chance next season since I think he will be far better playing with a genuinely...
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    Gareth Bale

    Re: PFA Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year: Gareth Bale Congrats Gareth! Well deserved - I can't think of another player that has rescued his team so much this season tbh :lol: Liverpool actually look pretty good without Suarez since their players actually move and create and...
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    what has happened to the transfer section?

    Clasie's a lovely player. Would appreciate Adam Maher too, though I think both are going to stay in the Eredivisie. More than anything I want a true mobile playmaking AM (a la Isco, Draxler etc) than another CM/DM though, since I think Holtby will end up deep-ish or box-to-box and the likes of...
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    what has happened to the transfer section?

    Re: **Official Other Games Thread, Season 2012/13** I am actually quite fond of Villa, so he frustrates me despite saving Villa's arses :lol: I like Weimann better, though that is a personal thing. Villa have a number of reasonable young players and play some pretty stuff at times, they've...
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    what has happened to the transfer section?

    Re: **Official Other Games Thread, Season 2012/13** His link-up play and physicality are certainly better than Bent, but the gulf in class between him and say, Suarez is pretty painful. I see him miss a lot of easy chances too, though you could put that down to his age and rawness. I'm just...
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    what has happened to the transfer section?

    Re: **Official Other Games Thread, Season 2012/13** I'm not really sure what the difference between Benteke and Bent are, btw. Both score prolifically at relegation-fighting clubs. Both are lacking in the close control and intelligence needed to thrive in the very, very limited space that teams...
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    what has happened to the transfer section?

    Re: **Official Other Games Thread, Season 2012/13** Well, we lost Graham Carr to Saudi Sportswashing Machine because of his rift with Redknapp - could be a possible factor, considering how well Saudi Sportswashing Machine have done in getting decent players on the cheap since then. We also lost our club secretary to Man...
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    what has happened to the transfer section?

    Christ, non-Bayern fans in Germany must really hate them. They seem to hoover up the league's best talent every year.
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    **Official Other Games Thread, Season 2012/13**

    Tbh, given how nervy and less-than-enthusiastic our crowd's been at home, I'm not surprised. I think it's mainly our lack of footballing intelligence and comfort on the ball that's costing us (so technical issues), but I also think that if the crowd were really behind us we would've squeezed out...
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    Dempsey

    I don't think a player can score 20+ goals a season while being brick. OTOH, I do think that he doesn't fit us or other top 6 teams as a player, because most of his goals come from good positioning more than anything else - his touch and ball control aren't good enough to thrive in the limited...
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    Luck - have we had our fair share?

    I don't count late goals as luck. To me they are the very definition of "making your own luck" - by perseverance, by belief, by your attitude towards life. The reason we look "lucky" - by which I mean winning without playing well - is due to the nature of our team. We are not chock full of...
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    OMT - Totteham vs Swansea - Season Recovery Edition

    We're doomed if Hugo is out :( Hopefully it's nothing serious, just flu or something.
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    O/T - Interest in international football

    I think it's mainly due to the rise of the plastics (ie. the Sky supporters). A greater proportion of people now support the traditional 'Top Four' clubs than ever before, so they spend most of their time ragging on (and usually underrating, due to bias) the exact same players who comprise most...
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    Hugo Lloris

    Lloris isn't remarkable for his shotstopping so much as his reading of the game. He has a pretty unique talent for preventing shots against him before they're made, which is also why he tends not to get many plaudits from outsiders - because he doesn't get as many chances to make flashy reflex...
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    what has happened to the transfer section?

    I think RvW will be an initial hit then fade away after half a season. Depends on his attitude - there has to be a reason why, after his agent's been hawking him to every top eight club in the PL over the last two seasons, only Norwich has ended up taking him up. Given Spanish football's...
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    **Official Other Games Thread, Season 2012/13**

    "Joniesta" - Crystal Palace's Jonathan Williams, who came on for Bale - is one to watch at 19 years of age :)
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    The Academy, NextGen, U18 & U21 Premier League and On-Loan Thread

    Christ, I hope we're not missing Inglethorpe already. F***ing Liverpool...
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