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[Good Posting Judge]

Ronaldinho?

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Lost in the shuffle today: PSG finalizes purchase of Marquinhos for an outrageous 35 million euros.

Almost 80 million on CBs in the last two years.

He's supposed to be awesome, and another CB target for Barca that they've now whiffed on.

 

[Slapdash]

Lost in the shuffle today: PSG finalizes purchase of Marquinhos for an outrageous 35 million euros.

Almost 80 million on CBs in the last two years.

He's supposed to be awesome, and another CB target for Barca that they've now whiffed on.

Hard to win a bidding war against PSG

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Lost in the shuffle today: PSG finalizes purchase of Marquinhos for an outrageous 35 million euros.

Almost 80 million on CBs in the last two years.

He's supposed to be awesome, and another CB target for Barca that they've now whiffed on.

Hard to win a bidding war against PSG

Little teams just can't catch any breaks these days.

 

[The Gator]

Tough to guess...when your team is rebuilding and they spend on 9M on a second keeper, it's a little puzzling. I think Rodgers really wanted Miggy, and possibly thought he wouldn't be available next season after the Barca keeper job opens up and Reina will likely be off. I guess I'd rather them get a guy too early rather than last minute(Carroll> hey).

Reina to Napoli on loan?

This makes sense. Offload some wage, Reina gets games until the Barca job opens up next season.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Tough to guess...when your team is rebuilding and they spend on 9M on a second keeper, it's a little puzzling. I think Rodgers really wanted Miggy, and possibly thought he wouldn't be available next season after the Barca keeper job opens up and Reina will likely be off. I guess I'd rather them get a guy too early rather than last minute(Carroll> hey).

Reina to Napoli on loan?

This makes sense. Offload some wage, Reina gets games until the Barca job opens up next season.

I don't think Barca's interested.

 

[The Gator]

Tough to guess...when your team is rebuilding and they spend on 9M on a second keeper, it's a little puzzling. I think Rodgers really wanted Miggy, and possibly thought he wouldn't be available next season after the Barca keeper job opens up and Reina will likely be off. I guess I'd rather them get a guy too early rather than last minute(Carroll> hey).

Reina to Napoli on loan?

This makes sense. Offload some wage, Reina gets games until the Barca job opens up next season.

I don't think Barca's interested.

They will be next season

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Tough to guess...when your team is rebuilding and they spend on 9M on a second keeper, it's a little puzzling. I think Rodgers really wanted Miggy, and possibly thought he wouldn't be available next season after the Barca keeper job opens up and Reina will likely be off. I guess I'd rather them get a guy too early rather than last minute(Carroll> hey).

Reina to Napoli on loan?

This makes sense. Offload some wage, Reina gets games until the Barca job opens up next season.

I don't think Barca's interested.

They will be next season

I'd be very surprised. I think they want someone who's simply younger and better than Reina.

 

[T Bell]

Tough to guess...when your team is rebuilding and they spend on 9M on a second keeper, it's a little puzzling. I think Rodgers really wanted Miggy, and possibly thought he wouldn't be available next season after the Barca keeper job opens up and Reina will likely be off. I guess I'd rather them get a guy too early rather than last minute(Carroll> hey).

Reina to Napoli on loan?

This makes sense. Offload some wage, Reina gets games until the Barca job opens up next season.

I don't think Barca's interested.

They will be next season

I'd be very surprised. I think they want someone who's simply younger and better than Reina.

I think Reina's overrated, much to the tune of Liverpool's overblown reputation at this point.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Spanish radio rumor is Laudrup to Barca.

WTF knows at this point?

 

[T Bell]

Spanish radio rumor is Laudrup to Barca.

WTF knows at this point?

Laudrup is who I predicted, though as a player he did move from Barca to RM which is a HUGE no-no, so I wondered whether they'd forgive him for that.

BTW, if there was ever any better purveyor of killer-balls than Laudrup, I'd like to know who it is/was. Holy crap that guy was talented.

 

[The Gator]

Liverpool's overblown reputation at this point.

link?

Hope arsenal can continue to celebrate their fourth place trophy

wait, there's no trophy for fourth? Maybe these guys don't know

 

[T Bell]

Liverpool's overblown reputation at this point.

link?

Hope arsenal can continue to celebrate their fourth place trophy

wait, there's no trophy for fourth? Maybe these guys don't know

Cup team.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Spanish radio rumor is Laudrup to Barca.

WTF knows at this point?

He'd have a difficult tactical adjustment to make at the Camp Nou.

"We're up 1-0, instruct the ball boys to flop down and lay on the ball!"

Barca assistant - "it's the second half, there are no ball boys"

 

[The Gator]

I didn't think the Liverpool third kit could look worse....it looks worse on the players. Hooped socks? Lol

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Shouldn't Chelsea and Man U just swap Rooney and Mata? Wa la.

 

[HellToupee]

I didn't think the Liverpool third kit could look worse....it looks worse on the players. Hooped socks? Lol

The only thing worse is the announcers in this game

to be fair Liverpool's away kit is just as hideous

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Fans in Indonesia were in fine voice, though.

 

[The Gator]

Fans in Indonesia were in fine voice, though.

best part about it...that and Ibe. Dude is going to be good and at 17 he's got some nice muscle build to him. #nohomo Not scrawny like Sterling

 

[Steve Tasker]

Liverpool's overblown reputation at this point.

link?

Hope arsenal can continue to celebrate their fourth place trophy

wait, there's no trophy for fourth? Maybe these guys don't know

lol at Jenkinson in his warmups. At least try to be like John Terry and pretend that you played.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

The only reason why this "trophy drought" nonsense sticks with Arsenal is because they're too afraid to let them in the Johnston Paint Trophy competition.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

I didn't think the Liverpool third kit could look worse....it looks worse on the players. Hooped socks? Lol

I like the money coming in from the Warrior deal, but the kits themselves have been awful, so far. :X

 

[Plorfu]

Hi guys, Plorfu from the wagering thread. Hope you're well. So, thinking about a Mexico/Panama parlay. Any chance anyone plays for a draw or gets upset here? Thanks in advance and if you ever need any banking compliance help, I'm here for you.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Hi guys, Plorfu from the wagering thread. Hope you're well. So, thinking about a Mexico/Panama parlay. Any chance anyone plays for a draw or gets upset here? Thanks in advance and if you ever need any banking compliance help, I'm here for you.

There are no draws in the knockout rounds. Neither of these games seem particularly ripe for an upset to me, but Cuba might be a little better than the record indicates. They played Costa Rica fairly even if you take out Cuba's atrocious goaltending, and they have one of the more exciting players in the tournament. Panama, meanwhile, was fortunate against Martinique.

 

[The Gator]

I didn't think the Liverpool third kit could look worse....it looks worse on the players. Hooped socks? Lol

I like the money coming in from the Warrior deal, but the kits themselves have been awful, so far. :X

This season's home uni is awesome...don't see how they do so well with the home ones and so terrible on the others.

 

[Plorfu]

Hi guys, Plorfu from the wagering thread. Hope you're well. So, thinking about a Mexico/Panama parlay. Any chance anyone plays for a draw or gets upset here? Thanks in advance and if you ever need any banking compliance help, I'm here for you.

There are no draws in the knockout rounds. Neither of these games seem particularly ripe for an upset to me, but Cuba might be a little better than the record indicates. They played Costa Rica fairly even if you take out Cuba's atrocious goaltending, and they have one of the more exciting players in the tournament. Panama, meanwhile, was fortunate against Martinique.

Thanks for the input! I'm going in.

 

[Christo]

Viva Cuba!

 

[Christo]

That lead was short lived.

 

[Christo]

When do the defections begin?

 

[T Bell]

Cuba keeper was ball watching on that second goal. Great strike on the volley though.

 

[The Z Machine]

Cuba is bad. I'm surprised the us couldn't score more against them. I guess that's how bad Shea is...

 

[Christo]

Cuba is bad. I'm surprised the us couldn't score more against them. I guess that's how bad Shea is...

They are playing with 10 right now.

 

[T Bell]

Cuba is bad. I'm surprised the us couldn't score more against them. I guess that's how bad Shea is...

They are playing with 10 right now.

I was just coming in here to say how much Panama was really taking it to Cuba.

Who got sent off, and for what?

 

[Christo]

Cuba is bad. I'm surprised the us couldn't score more against them. I guess that's how bad Shea is...

They are playing with 10 right now.

I was just coming in here to say how much Panama was really taking it to Cuba.

Who got sent off, and for what?

Forget which dude it was but it was a well deserved red with a karate kick to a Panamanian hip.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Cuba is bad. I'm surprised the us couldn't score more against them. I guess that's how bad Shea is...

They are playing with 10 right now.

I was just coming in here to say how much Panama was really taking it to Cuba.

Who got sent off, and for what?

Forget which dude it was but it was a well deserved red with a karate kick to a Panamanian hip.

It was Martinez, who is also Cuba's best offensive player (he's the guy who beat Castillo for the assist in the US game and he had the hat trick against Belize). Cuba was awful after the penalty call. Just incredibly undisciplined and naive.

 

[The Gator]

Rulez

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Hi guys, Plorfu from the wagering thread. Hope you're well. So, thinking about a Mexico/Panama parlay. Any chance anyone plays for a draw or gets upset here? Thanks in advance and if you ever need any banking compliance help, I'm here for you.

There are no draws in the knockout rounds. Neither of these games seem particularly ripe for an upset to me, but Cuba might be a little better than the record indicates. They played Costa Rica fairly even if you take out Cuba's atrocious goaltending, and they have one of the more exciting players in the tournament. Panama, meanwhile, was fortunate against Martinique.

FYI, for gambool purposes, tourney games are almost always graded after 90 minutes.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Daughter sitting on my lap and I'm explaining the rules of soccer to her. She's really interested as to why the white team has a goalie who wears a blue shirt.

How do I delicately explain that Mexico are the bad guys without getting her in trouble at school?

 

[whoknew]

This T&T keeper is having a heck of a game.

 

[Christo]

This T&T keeper is having a heck of a game.

 

[dparker713]

I'm rooting for T&T to win, but I'm not sure that's the best result for the USMNT. Sure, it's always fun to see El Tri lose, but could a new coach actually get them to play less crappy?

 

[whoknew]

Damn.

 

[Christo]

 

[Plorfu]

Hi guys, Plorfu from the wagering thread. Hope you're well. So, thinking about a Mexico/Panama parlay. Any chance anyone plays for a draw or gets upset here? Thanks in advance and if you ever need any banking compliance help, I'm here for you.

There are no draws in the knockout rounds. Neither of these games seem particularly ripe for an upset to me, but Cuba might be a little better than the record indicates. They played Costa Rica fairly even if you take out Cuba's atrocious goaltending, and they have one of the more exciting players in the tournament. Panama, meanwhile, was fortunate against Martinique.

FYI, for gambool purposes, tourney games are almost always graded after 90 minutes.

Maybe it's the day drinking talking, but I love this thread and everyone in it.

 

[Christo]

Let's go Fire! Let's go Fire! Let's go Fire!

 

[Christo]

Woo-Hoo!

 

[Christo]

Woo-Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Christo]

WOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Christo]

WOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EFFIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Bayern beat Hamburg 4-0 in a 60 min exhibition. Thiago looked really good. They did seem committed to play it out of the back no matter what, which isn't always the best idea.