2013-14 Club Soccer/Football Discussion Thread

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Rossi expected to be out for only six to seven weeks. Most I saw was three months but that was either revised or a rumor. Good news. He's coming back to the U.S. for further evaluations.

[trollpost] Disgusting that he's even allowed into the country. [/trollpost]

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Well Badstuber will presumably be back at some point? He was Bayern's best central defender before his injuries.

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That's a disaster for Colombia. There goes one of the dark horses.

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Lock up everyone associated with the club, dissolve it, and turn the stadium into public housing, I say!

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Yup, City will move into first tomorrow and stay there for the rest of the season.

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Don't worry, Mourinho will work his bus parking magic and beat City next week and then Arsenal will go back on top

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No, he was injured when he signed him. Wenger knew he was injured. And he still signed him. WTF



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Mourinho is a genius.

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Eh, I'd be pretty surprised/disappointed if we don't beat United on Wednesday. It's the Anfield game that could be problematic.

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Manchester United continues to struggle, gifts bottom of the table Fulham a point, with a 2-2 draw.

It's gonna be really embarrassing when we somehow manage to lose to them on Wednesday.

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What kind of dumb countries have the semi-finals for their cup competition in February??

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What a poor, poor performance. Giroud needs to be sold. Wenger screwed up royally not getting a real striker in August or January, and now we're going to be fighting for fourth place by the end of March.

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This Italian Soccer commentator I follow in Twitter has been teasing huge Arsenal-related news for a few days. His podcast is on right now (though I'm not listening). Word is the huge news is that RvP is going back to Arsenal.

no thank you

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There are very few situations I can think of where we would not all be rooting against Barcelona.

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Man City was unlucky; if not for the red card/penalty (should have been a red, but should NOT have been a penalty) they might have gotten a decent result. But Pellegrini's defensive tactic at home was also cowardly and didn't make any sense. City's strength this season has been it's all out attack, and Barca's been defensively suspect for years now. Not taking advantage of that was a mistake IMO.

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I think we can manage a draw at the Emirates. Maybe 2-2 if we're lucky. But then away we'll be crushed.

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Could have won if not for the red card, but playing with ten men against Bayern is close to impossible, and they only broke the deadlock through a fantastic Kroos (one of my favorite players) strike. Not that bad in the grand scheme of things, time to focus on the League and FA Cup.

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So unfortunate for Milan. They deserved the win.

Yeah, having watched the highlights now, definitely agree. If only Kaka had hit those two great shots a few inches lower. Disgusting display from Atletico too, injuring Balo like that.

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First time United has ever lost to a Greek team. Give Moyes a contract extension pls.

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Too bad Mancini is horrible at Champions League so that won't happen.

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Please stop.

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Wigan defeat City in the final FA Cup quarterfinal match!! The semi-final draw is:

Hull Tigers vs. Sheffield United
Wigan vs. Arsenal

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Man United getting crushed will never not be hilarious. Let's hope they reward Moyesey with a ten-year contract.

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Wenger needs to go.

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Liverpool might actually win the league. Wow.