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AC Milan - dschalter, Jabo, TheLucifer, Fady K
Ajax - Arjen, FeD.nL, Wessiej, Fady K
Arsenal - 90TilInfinity, Anderson, Baconsaurus, Boozeroony, colonisation, DangerousMali, DOBERMAN INC, Dibbz, Freewheelin', Ghouse, Ingeniero, Jason Raize '75 - '04, Judderman, Kweh, Lightning, omgkitty, pix, Plasma, Salvadora, Fady K
Aston Villa - Awesome Animals, rodvik, Wes, Fady K
Athletic Bilbao - sneaky77, Fady K
Barcelona - FootballFan, Messi, OriginalThinking, Verano, Fady K
Bayern Munich- Antioch, Blablurn, elsk, Fry8, Hasphat'sAnts, Hieberrr, kingslunk, Nemic77, spidye, Fady K
Benfica - Andrefpvs, DyonPT, rvy, ThaneKrios, Fady K
Besiktas - besiktas1, Silphatos, Fady K
Blackburn - Jeff Albertson, Fady K
Borussia Dortmund - Phantast2k, Fady K
Celtic - Sage00, Fady K
Chelsea - Fintan, flintstryker, Gaaraz, GQman2121, Help Me!, JWong, Kylehimself, PrematureQuiche, SenorDingDong, steverulez, xintin, Outsanity, TrueBlue, Fady K
Club Deportivo Guadalajara - Regulus Tera, Fady K
Copenhagen - Woodenlung, Fady K
Corinthians - seabee, Fady K
Deportivo La Coruña - Jabo, Fady K
Eintracht Frankfurt - thy_, Fady K
Everton - faridmon, sazabirules, Temrer, Fady K
Fenerbahce - UV-6, Fady K
Fulham - xbhaskarx, Fady K
Hamburger SV - The_Joker, Fady K
Huddersfield Town - Cindres, Fady K
Juventus - .Shodan, Charles, fadetoblack, Rikkun, Shake Appeal, Smeghead, Yurt, Zabojnik, Fady K
Leeds United - amitaiwinehouse, Fady K
Liverpool - Arnie, ATF487, bjaelke, bonesmccoy, CaramaC, Cerebral Assassin, danwarb, Dark Machine, Darth Sonik, DJmizuhara, elseanio, Feorax, Fry8, FuturusX, jamieson87, K444WSR, labadal, Mastadon, MarshMellow96, odd_morsel, operon, PaulLFC, PJX, Seep, severin, Shogun PaiN, Skoptsie, sohois, tri_willy, Vard, Yenrot, Fady K
Malaga - tolkir, Fady K
Man City - BattleMedic, confuziz, dc89, Manager, Meier, Fady K
Man Utd - Ashes1396, BLSwagger10, blurrygil, Brinbe, Cyport, Desmond, doicare, DominoKid, Dynoro, elfinke, Fëanor, Grover Cleveland, Jburton, K1LLER7, kharma45, KidA Seven, LabouredSubterfuge, LanceVance, magnificent83, MrPing1000, pappe, pslayer666, Requiem, Salazar, Slizz, Snaku, Stubo, The Friendly Monster, Tim the Wiz, Tunic, Vivalaraza, Wilbury, WJD, yella, Fady K (Fady can't hate)
Newcastle - Carbonox_Ratchet, choodi, Chriswok, JesusTom, Keio, Kyoufu, offshore, Shahed1987 Willkiller, Fady K
New York Red Bulls - Judderman, Fady K
Olympiakos - gate777, Fady K
Palermo - Joe, Fady K
Porto - El Tigre, Letters, RaGe_pt, tonitoni, Fady K
QPR - Polari, Fady K
Reading - immy, Fady K
Real Madrid - Anastacio, bud23, Madridy, MPW, Noirulus, PantyPhantom, Spanish Wrath, Fady K
Schalke 04 - Sveitadurgur, Fady K
Sheffield Wednesday - Mat C, Fady K
Southampton - IamMikeside, Fady K
Sporting CP - BLSwagger10, LFMartins86, Fady K
Sunderland - HixxSAFC, madmackem, The Super Bob, Fady K
Tottenham - Bungieware, Clydefrog, near, NeoTB1, Scum, sefskillz, Ushojax, zomgbbqftw, Fady K
West Ham United - MidnightRider, Fady K

Let me know your team and I'll add you to the list (PM works better than posting in the thread).


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[elseanio]

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Fantasy Leagues for the season! We have two version: Just for fun free version, open to everyone, and then a paid version, open to those who want a prize to keep them motivated.

Enter the free one by quoting this post (to reveal the league code in EMAIL tags)

Enter the paid one by contacting The_Hitcher. Entry is £5, with the prize money so far at £130. Discussion is ongoing between all members about how prize money should be split.

teams for the paid league are as follows:


The_Hitcher89///Stark FC
PrematureQuiche///PrematureQuiche FC
Arnie///LSD Eindhoven
elseanio/// Sporting Lisbonjela
LegoArmo///BASED-in-Newcastle
BLSwagger10///Puff Puff Shoot
Joe///Holy Cannoli
Jeff Albertson///Jeff FC
Vivarazala///Vivalaraza
Awesome Animals///JTgate
choodi///Fatman United (choodi)
odd_morsel///Bacon of Hope FC
Freewheelin'///FreeWheelin FC
Spanish Wrath///Vuvuzela BRRRRFC
kharma45///Leave My Arcelona
Anderson///UnAthletic FC
Swance///Swance's Sexy Squad
WoodenLung///Voyeurs Young Boys
the walrus///TheWalrus
Kylehimself///kylehimself
WJD///WJD FC
PaulLFC///Racing AbbeyNational
Snoopen///Arse FC
Keio///FC Voitto
Wilbury///JTbury FC
Sage00///Crystal Phallus

 

[Yen]

Yo

 

[K1LLER7]

Fagie sign RVP!!!

 

[Kyoufu]

5 days to go...

We need more signings

 

[Clegg]

@OfficialTMCD1

Arsene Wenger adamant he won't sell RVP to #mufc The clubs owners happy for the player to remain and see out his contract. United are aware of the situation and even a bid of £20m + MIGHT not do it such is Wenger's stance. RVP relaxed with the situation.

No more.

This transfer saga has broken me.

 

[Willkiller]

 

[Kyoufu]

Arsenal are being JTs. Let him go.

 

[elseanio]

http://i.minus.com/ibe4NgztLvsesd.gif[IMG][/QUOTE]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/KuGsj.gif glad this is on the first page

 

[K1LLER7]

No more.

This transfer saga has broken me.

That's it, we're done for the summer no RVP no CM no LB.

Atleast we got Kagawa.

 

[Vivalaraza]

Think your being a bit unfair on the lad to be honest. Not many people look good in a David Moyes side and it's common knowledge that youth players don't enjoy their time working with him due to his lack of trust and how heavily he expects players to carry out his game plan. Rodwell has struggled with injuries like you say but whenever he's managed to put a run of games together he has looked decent.

City have the money to take risks but it's one that could see them pick up a utility player that could play for the club for the next decade.

Phil Jones is a strange one for me - Not sure if he has enhanced his reputation during his Man Utd career or damaged it. He went to UTD a promising player who could play in a variety of roles yet now nobody wants to see him in midfield and he's a bit suspect at the back. Personally think Smalling is the better player.

Agree with most of that.

On Rodwell - He could yet come good, I just think even at £15m, City could have done alot better.

On Jones - I too prefer Smalling. However Jones finished the season quite badly and that is what most people are remembering. His first 3 months really were great and he looked brilliant. It'll be interesting to see how he does in the coming season because he does have great potential but clearly has much to learn. Smalling is far more consistent but when Jones plays well, he is class.

 

[Fry]

New thread for new season, may this be a great one!

 

[Willkiller]

glad this is on the first page

Well, you did say gifs at the ready

 

[Yurt]

 

[kharma45]

Agree with most of that.

On Rodwell - He could yet come good, I just think even at £15m, City could have done alot better.

On Jones - I too prefer Smalling. However Jones finished the season quite badly and that is what most people are remembering. His first 3 months really were great and he looked brilliant. It'll be interesting to see how he does in the coming season because he does have great potential but clearly has much to learn. Smalling is far more consistent but when Jones plays well, he is class.

People only remember the bad, see Jonny Evans.

 

[Willkiller]

Arsenal are being JTs. Let him go.

Got the new home kit btw Kyoufu, so much sexier in person. Much preferred last season's one when I saw the pictures but I like the current one better now.

Cisse 9 on the back. He earned it!

 

[Kyoufu]

Got the new home kit btw Kyoufu, so much sexier in person. Much preferred last season's one when I saw the pictures but I like the current one better now.

Cisse 9 on the back. He earned it!

What's the fabric like? Can I sleep in it?

 

[Zabojnik]

I totally forgot about Awesomoah leaving us for Africa Cup. :/

 

[Willkiller]

What's the fabric like? Can I sleep in it?

Great! It's just a really nice kit all-round really, the random spikes are pretty cool too.

 

[Shahed]

Thinking of buying the new strip like. Been a few years since I bought one

Will put Anita on the back....

 

[ShogunX]

On Jones - I too prefer Smalling. However Jones finished the season quite badly and that is what most people are remembering. His first 3 months really were great and he looked brilliant. It'll be interesting to see how he does in the coming season because he does have great potential but clearly has much to learn. Smalling is far more consistent but when Jones plays well, he is class.

I do remember Jones having the ability to carry the ball a good distance on a marauding run that normally ended in a close shot. Strangely seemed to see less of that at the end of the season like you say.

Where exactly do you think his best position is? He seems a bit small to be a permanent fixture at CB.

 

[Kyoufu]

I'll wait and see if Debuchy signs or not. If he doesn't I'll get Cabaye.

 

[jtb]

can you add me to Arsenal supporters in the OP?

also, a part of me hopes RVP stays... not because we need him or his greedy, injury prone ass, but because it would finally be a statement of intent. An unlike a Flamini situation, the replacements are already here and would (hopefully) use this time as a chance to settle. plus, 4-4-2.

and if the only way Sahin comes to ARsenal is on a permanent move with buy back clause, I'd say no. No need to add yet another pointless transfer saga before it even begins. Loan + buy option, or just go for M'Vila imo. Still would be very disappointed/surprised if he went for Liverpool instead of ARsenal though.

 

[PrematureQuiche]

Subscribed!

 

[kharma45]

I do remember Jones having the ability to carry the ball a good distance on a marauding run that normally ended in a close shot. Strangely seemed to see less of that at the end of the season like you say.

Where exactly do you think his best position is? He seems a bit small to be a permanent fixture at CB.

He is a bit short for it I guess, but I can't see him taking RB over Rafael, at least not at this stage.

Hard to call where he'll end up playing, CB does seem his 'natural' position.

He's taller than Puyol, mind.

 

[Clegg]

I do remember Jones having the ability to carry the ball a good distance on a marauding run that normally ended in a close shot. Strangely seemed to see less of that at the end of the season like you say.

Where exactly do you think his best position is? He seems a bit small to be a permanent fixture at CB.

I think he lost confidence during the second half of the season as he began making more and more mistakes. He stayed in his position instead of running forward and possibly leaving behind space for the opposition to attack.

His best position is definitely as a centre back. He doesn't have the passing ability or the positional awareness to be a midfielder. I still think there will be games where he plays in midfield but ultimately his future lies as a defender.

 

[3Sixty]

Can we make it 3 pitch invasions in a row?

(Maybe for survival)

 

[Fry]

Why don't we have players icons in the OP anymore?

 

[Vivalaraza]

I do remember Jones having the ability to carry the ball a good distance on a marauding run that normally ended in a close shot. Strangely seemed to see less of that at the end of the season like you say.

Where exactly do you think his best position is? He seems a bit small to be a permanent fixture at CB.

I think he suffered from a loss of confidence. He is obv. a very confident young lad but he did make some "big errors" and the pressure of playing for a team up the league must have got to him. He seemed very unsure and hesitant on the ball as the season went on. I also think that because he is very much a heart on the sleeve type player, when he's great he's great but if he's having a bad day...I don't know if he (yet) has the composure to just keep things simple and stay cool.

I don't like him in CM at all, not good enough technically. So far I think he's been best at RB. I reckon he can do well at CB but alot will depend on how he develops the mental side to his game. He could be a couple of inches taller but I think he can play there still.

 

[FootballFan]

Finally time to start posting regularly again. Club football <3

 

[Salvadora]

Think we'll see Clegg's breakdown soon.

 

[Willkiller]

I'll wait and see if Debuchy signs or not. If he doesn't I'll get Cabaye.

If we could combine my start of season optimism and your Debuchy optimism everything would be so rosy.

 

[kharma45]

Think we'll see Clegg's breakdown soon.

Not until a) we sign someone or b) the transfer window shuts.

It's coming though.

 

[Clegg]

Think we'll see Clegg's breakdown soon.

I can't bring myself to care about RVP anymore.

Lucas was bad enough and I can see this one being even worse.#nomoremuppetry

 

[kharma45]

I can't bring myself to care about RVP anymore.

Lucas was bad enough and I can see this one being even worse.#nomoremuppetry

We'll see how long you can resist

 

[Vivalaraza]

Everybody just needs to chillax and wait with the RVP saga.

Nothing has changed. We know United want him, we know Arsenal are reluctant to sell. Several things can still happen. As we get closer to the end of the window things will become clearer. For now everybody is going to stand their ground.

 

[Kyoufu]

Going to bed. Hopefully tomorrow I'll see Anita holding his Newcastle shirt in front of cameras.

 

[Clegg]

We'll see how long you can resist

We get linked to a decent CM and I'll be back on the muppet train.

I'll sit out the RVP saga thanks very much.

 

[ShogunX]

Going to bed. Hopefully tomorrow I'll see Anita holding his Newcastle shirt in front of cameras.

Where will Anita be playing at Newcastle (should he join?). Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Gutierrez
and Tiote will surely form a four man midfield with Ba and Cisse up top.

 

[Wilbur]

Where will Anita be playing at Newcastle (should he join?). Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Gutierrez
and Tiote will surely form a four man midfield with Ba and Cisse up top.

I think Gutierrez and Anita would be rotated and Rotated/Cabaye/Tiote would be a base midfield with Ben Arfa ahead

Fuck the RVP train, hijack the Anita deal

 

[Vivalaraza]

Time for some knee-jerk reaction FF changes.

Hazard out. Kolarov in.

 

[Meier]

Who's gonna update the winners/leagues/etc. images from 2011/2012? I was blown away by how professional those made the OP look.

 

[Slizz]

New thread. Whoop Whoop

 

[Snaku]

Here's hoping.

 

[elsk]

Just noticed the joke in the cup photos haha.

 

[Salvadora]

Might have to start following Seattle Sounders Women.

 

[flippedb]

First page!

 

[90TilInfinity]

SB @Realmadridplace

&#350;ahin was reluctant to leave Real Madrid but in the US. he saw himself out of the picture and agreed to leave. [Marca]

&#350;ahin spent the whole US tour contacting his agent and reviewing the offers he has in order to choose a club. [Marca]

The offer from Arsenal appeals &#350;ahin the most, he'll play in his preferred position there. [Marca]

Liverpool and Arsenal are both open to a loan move for &#350;ahin or a permanent move with a buyback clause. [Marca]

This coming week will be crucial to &#350;ahin's move away from Real Madrid. [Marca]

Nice.

 

[Salvadora]

I want to know more about the Song situation. Hopefully it is just agent bs.

 

[Clegg]

What did everyone think of Hazard? Obviously he made that mistake thats now a gif but I thought he looked decent enough. He was very quick and direct on the ball. Has a good shot too. He was a bit obvious with his intentions though. Every time he received the ball on the left wing he was looking to cut inside and pass/shoot.

I thought he he was a bit off the pace for periods of the game too. But for a debut game he was ok. Now I'm looking forward to seeing Shinji making his competitive debut.