Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Slotification of Liverpool is nearly complete

[Scottie Drippin]

"You're on the floor with your arms held out like you're tired."


This man got a physical album release

 

[KOTK]

BLOOD FLOWING THROUGH VEINS LIKE ROADS ON A MAP!

 

[KOTK]

Guru's personal vendetta with YG-Jamie well known on BS too. decent board.

 

[mastermind]

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[KOTK]

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Wonder how @Hollister is gunna defend and spin this

 

[Montez]

In 2009 while working for Stoke City, having been commissioned to do a study by Peter Coates and Tony Scholes on South American football opportunities, one of the players I strongly recommended was Javier Pastore, then at Huracan in Argentina and valued at 8 million usd, but they were also skeptical that he would adapt and Tony Pulis, the manager, wasn’t at all interested. He now plays for PSG and is valued at over 50 million euros plus and Real Madrid have been interested in him for a few years now.

Whenever will the mentality of English Managers ever change and their scouts, too?

Can't blame Pulis but at some of the transfers that never happened. Zlatan, Ronaldo to Arsenal, Dinho to United, Torres to Chelsea, Messi to Rangers on loan



Forza Lecce da Gawd, Good day

 

[gho3st]

Defoe out three games

 

[TTT]

Some, not all, of the South American players tend to be suited to the Italian/Spanish leagues. Given the track record of South Americans in England i am not surprised that they head to Portugal more than they would to England, dont they also also need to have a number of NT caps to be allowed to play.

 

[DStyles]

CONCACAF Champions League tonight

Monterrey vs Galaxy

 

[Montez]

Defoe out three games

He's been out since January tbf

Some, not all, of the South American players tend to be suited to the Italian/Spanish leagues. Given the track record of South Americans in England i am not surprised that they head to Portugal more than they would to England, dont they also also need to have a number of NT caps to be allowed to play.

Yep, even veterans don't cope well in England. Only Zabaleta and Heinze slotted in seamlessly.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Whenever will the mentality of English Managers ever change and their scouts, too?

Forza Lecce da Gawd, Good day

Meh, while the article does have some merit, but the average EPL managers life expectancy is what 18-24 months? And outside of the big teams everyone else cannot fork out £8m+ on a young foreigner player from a different part of the world who is goin to need time to adapt to a totally different climate of doin things. Its easier for a EPL club to sell a flop player and get most of/if not all of your money back dealing between other EPL teams, not much so when its EPL to the rest of europe as everyone tries to do things on the cheap. As we know for what over half of the EPL teams stayin in the league is more important due to the money, as that is everything. Plus work permits are a bytch

Uncle Festa had the chance to sign Falcao & Pastore but didnt back then aswell.

Pastores form has been inconsistent since he joined PSG, as Ligue 1 is probably the closest league to the EPL in terms of physical play, the EPL would of been too quick for him.

 

[gho3st]

English game is geared towards results. There's so much money involved now. Teams fear innovation because margins are to small.
Worst thing that happened to united was losing Carlos Queiroz as #2 a few years back. We'll never win Europe playing 442.

 

[yoyoyo1]

Soccer Memes - Article: Galatasaray fans attack TV presenter! - LockerDome

CCTV footage has been released by Turkish TV after a group of 30 Galatasaray fans attack a TV presenter because he predicted that Real Madrid will win the quarter final tie!!


these delusional people

 

[Montez]

Meh, while the article does have some merit, but the average EPL managers life expectancy is what 18-24 months? And outside of the big teams everyone else cannot fork out £8m+ on a young foreigner player from a different part of the world who is goin to need time to adapt to a totally different climate of doin things. Its easier to sell a player and get most of/if not all of your money back dealing between EPL, not much so in the rest of europe as everyone tries to do thnigs on the cheap. As we know for what over half of the EPL teams stayin in the league is more important due to the money, as that is everything. Plus work permits are a bytch

Uncle Festa had the chance to sign Falcao & Pastore but didnt back then aswell.

Pastores form has been inconsistent since he joined PSG, as Ligue 1 is probably the closest league to the EPL in terms of physical play, the EPL would of been too quick for him.

Falcao was hawked around Europe for everyone when he was at River.

It would've been a complete car wreck on and off the pitch for the reasons but Stoke has the money and Pulis had the job security. Stoke are one of the few clubs that could take a risk like Pastore imo even if it would've been their club record fee.

Agree on fees, they would take a massive loss on someone like Pastore versus someone like Crouch or Kenwyne.

Think I read yesterday 55 of the 92 league managers have been in their jobs for less than a year.