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[AZwildcats]

Only knock I have on Pogba is he is a little selfish at times, but damn is he good

 

[flyeed]

I've never been crazy about Benz but hes been great to watch this season. His movement is so damn intelligent, and his playmaking for a striker.

 

[vtotheinay]

Okay maybe his WC wasn't great but he still won the Young Player award at the WC. For a guy that's 21 did you expect him to outshine the likes of Benz, Griezmann and Valbuena?

Dudes been on a tear for the last month for Juve. You don't see many 6'2" CMs who have exceptional dribbling, control, strength and vision as him. If he wasn't all that Juve would of sold him by now and cash off the hype. He's a detrimental part of their success this season. Hype it is, but he hasn't peeked his prime yet and is already considered a world class midfielder.

yup. although, i think you meant instrumental, not detrimental. hahaha but good points forsure.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

With apologies to our man rck, I don't want Champ's man Memphis Depay to go to the Spurs...

Illarramendi possibly to Arsenal?

My son loves Pogba... He also loves his Pogba shirt. He says it brings him luck with the ladies... Every time he wears it, he gets great pics with the older ladies...

I saw SoccerPro had the France away shirt marked down... Might have to get him that shirt with the Pogba name set...

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[imasoleman18]

so there was this


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and then later

 

[Beans]

PSK i have that same kit.. you inspired me to track down a ibra home for my oldest.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

PSK i have that same kit.. you inspired me to track down a ibra home for my oldest.

I would recommend PSG's third shirt. It's really nice. I hooked lil psk with the CL & respect patches on the third shirt & league champ & sponsor on the home shirt.

Lil psk says the third shirt is his favorite shirt right now.

Given you're a United fan, lil beans proly has red United shirts so maybe the home shirt would be better though for variety's sake.

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[d3si]

Happy Birthday to Jose Mourinho!

Schurrle wants to leave
http://www1.skysports.com/football/...a-forward-andre-schurrle-wants-wolfsburg-move

 

[Beans]

Sniejder to Juve.. and Psk I actually prefer the home.. if i didnt have the one from becks last yr i would have bought it for myself.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Sniejder back to Serie A again huh? Hope he does well... He came into a great situation...

Fallout from the fifa/La Masia scandal... fifa received more "anonymous" tips regarding the underage players for Madrid, Atleti, Rayo, & Valencia.

fifa's investigation into these clubs began last month.

I wonder if they'll delve into the other clubs because there are a lot of teams in violation of this rule...

I'd love to see Schurrle go to Wolfsburg... Man I can't wait till fox gets Bundesliga...

Edit - it looks like these clubs are indeed guilty. At heart for Madrid is the signing of 2 12 year olds from Venezuela, Manuel Godoy & Fernando Macias that arrived back in 2012.

Also looks like Arsenal got Gabriel Paulista a work permit...

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...e-135m-transfer-the-green-light-10003276.html

 

[User 37837]

Sucks the Chelsea situation didnt work out for Schurrle

 

[Kimchi Papi]

:x As if things couldn't get worse for Milan, El Shaarawy is out for at least 2 months with a compound fracture of his fifth metatarsal (foot - the long bone on the outside of the foot that connects to the little toe).

Korea beats Irag in the Asian Cup semis. It's their first trip to the finals in 27 years.

 

[d3si]

Sucks the Chelsea situation didnt work out for Schurrle

Agreed. I really like Schurrle's game. I hoped Schurrle carried his post World Cup momentum with him at Bridge.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/...na-winger-juan-cuadrado-wants-to-join-chelsea
No formal offer yet. Just found out that Cuadrado's passing accuracy against Roma yesterday was 96% and drew foul 9 times.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

If Milan sack Inzaghi, that will be 2 absolutely class players from their past they will have fired.

 

[Sinner]

Korea beats Irag in the Asian Cup semis. It's their first trip to the finals in 27 years.

I was watching a bit of that and it reminded of you... congrats... 

 

[vtotheinay]

im half korean so im pumped about the win last night. my mom was super excited as well. hopefully we can win it all. does winning the asian cup give you automatic entry into a future tournament? if so which one?

 

[Beans]

winner goes to confederations cup, no?

 

[Kimchi Papi]

winner goes to confederations cup, no?

Yup, the winner qualifies for the Confed Cup. It's going to be hard for Korea to beat the Soccceroos.

Looks like Peter Lim & his Los Che are trying to keep striker Paco Alcacer. Valencia are working on giving him a new contract thru 2020 & putting in place a £70m transfer fee.

And speaking of Los Che, their sporting director Francisco Rufete, a former La Masia graduate is rumored to be a target for the same position for Barca...

I'm cool with that if that were to occur.

Edit - If Ronnie's red card slap gets a 3 game ban, that could really have an impact on Madrid's run for the league title...

 

[User 37837]

Bojan's volley thoo :x

 

[Kimchi Papi]

I always share podcasts & footy sites... Here's another one I've come across that has decent content.

http://www.fbcollective.com/

This one's ok...

http://soccergods.com/

This one's really good at breaking down financial info however he doesn't update it too much & I don't always agree with some of his break downs.

http://swissramble.blogspot.com/

Some of you might be aware of this site already... Decent job of analyzing tactics however I don't always agree with his breakdowns either. The guy hasn't updated a lot since the wnd of the WC, but he looks like he's recently jumped back into it...

http://www.zonalmarking.net/

 

[M7Concept]

I really hope this happens...

 

[Kimchi Papi]

^ Madrid have come into the picture for Laporte now & apparently he'd rather go there if they are indeed interested.

 

[M7Concept]

^ Madrid have come into the picture for Laporte now & apparently he'd rather go there if they are indeed interested.

Well they better hurry up if they really want him, because Real Madrid could be in big trouble and could possible face the same transfer ban like Barca according to espnfc.

http://www.espnfc.com/real-madrid/s...d-over-transfers-of-young-players-report-says

 

[Beans]

^ Madrid have come into the picture for Laporte now & apparently he'd rather go there if they are indeed interested.

and end up just like varane ... carlo wants to extend Pepe.. Cut the check Ed

 

[Beans]

I really hope this happens...
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Doesn't that tweet contradict the quote from the show?