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Belotti - AC Milan. I guess Inter Milan is all talk because AC came in and crush the buildings
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@northside7 @dontdiedontkillanyon @1CK1S @Gooner @Sandinista your squad does counters like this, you're going to be making teams quiver
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Ill believe the Neymar to PSG deal when he in the jesery playing a ligue game
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Leipzig rejected 75m bid from pool iirc
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GKS Górnik Łęczna, Xolos de Tijuana are interested in Universitario keeper, Peruvian international Carlos Caceda
Atlético Nacional is interested in Sao Paulo midfielder, Peruvian international Cristian Cueva
Andre Carrillo doesn't want to play for Watford -
Young_Chitlin wrote: »@northside7 @dontdiedontkillanyon @1CK1S @Gooner @Sandinista your squad does counters like this, you're going to be making teams quiverhttps://youtu.be/bKUGTpGLi0Q
I only caught a little of the match but it seemed like we were getting dominated. It's only a friendly, we will flop when it matters. -
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Never rated morata let's hope he proves me wrong I don't believe he's better than Costa
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Young_Chitlin wrote: »@northside7 @dontdiedontkillanyon @1CK1S @Gooner @Sandinista your squad does counters like this, you're going to be making teams quiverhttps://youtu.be/bKUGTpGLi0Q
that's cool but the counter against Palace (i.e. Giroud scorpion kick goal) was better -
blue_london wrote: »Never rated morata let's hope he proves me wrong I don't believe he's better than Costa
Definitely better than Lukaku -
Ronaldo going to be a dad again, #4 on the way congrats
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Fabian Delph is "on the verge" of a £10m deal to Stoke City, who are set to beat West Brom to the Manchester City midfielder's signature, writes the Star.
Stoke City have enquired about the availability of Manchester United's Ashley Young, whom Mark Hughes sees as a potential replacement for West Ham-bound Marko Arnautovic -
Young_Chitlin wrote: »Ronaldo going to be a dad again, #4 on the way congrats
Who is the baby momma? -
Why isn't Eni Aluko in this England squad?
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Why is R Kelly not in jail?
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dontdiedontkillanyon wrote: »Why is R Kelly not in jail?
Should he really be in jail? That ? is bigger and deeper than r kelly. And they aren't underage, they are legal. As long as he doesn't do anything physical to them. Robert and those women are both ? up. -
"I think, in general, Barca became a bit complacent," Xavi said. "I'm sure people thought: 'There's Puyol, Iniesta, [Lionel] Messi, [Victor] Valdes, [Gerard] Pique ... Pedro and [Sergio] Busquets are coming though. This is all going well. Surely every two years or so more players will come through, too.'
"But it's not like that, that's not how things work. I learned to play in La Masia, not in the first team. The academy coaches have to develop players, they have to teach. Winning the [youth] league doesn't matter. You have to form players at that age. If you win, good, but it's not the objective."
Barca B have been promoted back to the second tier of Spanish football for the forthcoming seasons and the club hope that will help to bridge the gap between the first team and the second team.
However, Xavi says he doesn't think too much importance should be put on the promotion, adding: "I'm glad for them but it's not essential. Guardiola took over the B team in the fourth division and took Busquets and Pedro into the first team -- Jeffren, Victor Sanchez and Bojan, too.
"The B team being in the second or third division doesn't matter. The main point is to develop players for a certain style of play. That's the priority."Barca have high hopes for B team players Sergi Palencia, Marc Cucurella and Carles Alena -- all three of whom flew out with the first team on the U.S. tour on Wednesday -- but Xavi says there should be more players ready to make the step up.
"The first question is: How many players have the ability to play for the first team?" Xavi continued. "Right now, the answer's not positive. The B team's objective is to have six, eight, even 10 players with the potential to go straight into the first team. Not two or three.
"The first team coach needs to rely on the full-back or the midfielder if players get injured. That's why there's an academy. And, in general, I think Barcelona have fallen asleep in that regard."
The Catalan club have acknowledged that things have not gone as well as expected in the past few years and have responded by restructuring things behind the scenes this summer.
Pep Segura has been promoted to a general manager role to help oversee the links between the first team and the academy, while former players Jose Mari Bakero and Guillermo Amor have taken joint charge of the club's professional youth football area. -
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Belotti - AC Milan. I guess Inter Milan is all talk because AC came in and crush the buildings
shall see. i believe spalletti will turn things around. -
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OT - this ? goes hard IMO:
https://youtu.be/49A_pPGjU5k
https://youtu.be/dp1Ra3CpNy4