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Where did they all go?
Are there any of them left? Are they all too busy trying out womens clothing or spending time in jail?
Are there any of them left? Are they all too busy trying out womens clothing or spending time in jail?
Originally Posted by HoreTore:
Where did they all go?
Are there any of them left? Are they all too busy trying out womens clothing or spending time in jail?
ummm...what?Where did they all go?
Are there any of them left? Are they all too busy trying out womens clothing or spending time in jail?
When I was younger to have a hatred for the number 9, since it was 3x3, and I thought 3 was a terrible number. I even had a theory that 666 was really 999, 3 of the 3x3's turned up side down and back to front in an a satanic act of deception.
Because I liked 4, since it was even... or something.
Because I liked 4, since it was even... or something.
Plenty of good number nines around.
Just not any of those spoiled brats in Salford.
Just not any of those spoiled brats in Salford.
Didn't you get the memo? The number 9 has been replaced.
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I'm sorry HoreTore, but 789.
Originally Posted by Subotan:
I'm sorry HoreTore, but 789.
I'm sorry HoreTore, but 789.
Originally Posted by Subotan:
I'm sorry HoreTore, but 789.
That must be why 6 was so freaked out.I'm sorry HoreTore, but 789.
I've never been a toon, and yet I find myself day-dreaming of their old number nine... God knows the last one was full of himself, the unworthy git.
What's going on here ?
Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine:
What's going on here ?
Only Louis seems to get it...What's going on here ?
Why didn't I get that earlier?
Football, player with the number nine, right?
Football, player with the number nine, right?
Originally Posted by Husar:
Why didn't I get that earlier?
Football, player with the number nine, right?
The english centre-forward, yes... Yesterday saw the sale of two number nine's, Torres and Carroll... Both grossly overpriced, both now disliked by their former fans...Why didn't I get that earlier?
Football, player with the number nine, right?
So, my question is, are there any Number Nines worth their salt anymore? Will we ever see a new Shearer or Sheringham?
Originally Posted by HoreTore:
So, my question is, are there any Number Nines worth their salt anymore?
Dimitar Berbatov. :3So, my question is, are there any Number Nines worth their salt anymore?
With Ronaldo long past his best, no #9's worth their salt for ya.
Originally Posted by HoreTore:
Sheringham
Sheringham
Originally Posted by Secura:
Dimitar Berbatov
I don't think you could name two strikers less like a traditional number 9.Dimitar Berbatov
I think Carroll will prove a good buy myself.
Originally Posted by johnhughthom:
I don't think you could name two strikers less like a traditional number 9.
I think Carroll will prove a good buy myself.
I don't think you could name two strikers less like a traditional number 9.
I think Carroll will prove a good buy myself.
Originally Posted by johnhughthom:
I think Carroll will prove a good buy myself.
35m for a bloke who injured himself because he can't even sit on a barstool? I remain to be convinced.I think Carroll will prove a good buy myself.
Originally Posted by phonicsmonkey:
35m for a bloke who injured himself because he can't even sit on a barstool? I remain to be convinced.
I have to admit I'm not sure whether my optimism is based on reality, or the fact he banged in 62 goals for me in one season when I had him on loan at Gateshead in FM08. 35m for a bloke who injured himself because he can't even sit on a barstool? I remain to be convinced.
I believe Barca paid 33 mill for Villa. That was 33 million for a guy who had been among the top scorers in La Liga for several consecutive seasons, the starting striker for one of the worlds best national teams and a european championship winner.
Paying two million more, Liverpool has aquirred a felon with only half a season of premier league football to show for himself. Utter nonsense. English players are the most hyped players on the planet. May I remind you all of Mido?I think he's selling hamburgers in Cairo now.
Carroll is the most overpriced player the world has ever seen. And I think it'll stand for years.
Paying two million more, Liverpool has aquirred a felon with only half a season of premier league football to show for himself. Utter nonsense. English players are the most hyped players on the planet. May I remind you all of Mido?I think he's selling hamburgers in Cairo now.
Carroll is the most overpriced player the world has ever seen. And I think it'll stand for years.
Originally Posted by HoreTore:
May I remind you all of Mido?I think he's eating hamburgers in Cairo now.
Fixed.May I remind you all of Mido?I think he's eating hamburgers in Cairo now.
You're right though, the Villa/Carroll comparison shows how ridiculously overpriced English players are. Carroll is pretty much an poor man's Fernando Llorente (there's your old style number 9 by the way). Still I'll always love him after that FM season...
Originally Posted by HoreTore:
So, my question is, are there any Number Nines worth their salt anymore?
Knickerbocker?So, my question is, are there any Number Nines worth their salt anymore?
Originally Posted by johnhughthom:
Fixed.
You're right though, the Villa/Carroll comparison shows how ridiculously overpriced English players are. Carroll is pretty much an poor man's Fernando Llorente (there's your old style number 9 by the way). Still I'll always love him after that FM season...
Here's another one:Fixed.
You're right though, the Villa/Carroll comparison shows how ridiculously overpriced English players are. Carroll is pretty much an poor man's Fernando Llorente (there's your old style number 9 by the way). Still I'll always love him after that FM season...
For the 35 million you could get:
-Mesut Özil(12.5)
-Sami Khedira(12.5)
-Javier Hernandez(6)
-Rafael Van der Vaart(8)
....and still have 6 million pounds left to blow on hookers and coke. The amount is retarded.
Originally Posted by HoreTore:
Here's another one:
For the 35 million you could get:
-Mesut Özil(12.5)
-Sami Khedira(12.5)
-Javier Hernandez(6)
-Rafael Van der Vaart(8)
....and still have 6 million pounds left to blow on hookers and coke. The amount is retarded.
I am not at all convinced Carroll will manage more goals than battered girlfriends.Here's another one:
For the 35 million you could get:
-Mesut Özil(12.5)
-Sami Khedira(12.5)
-Javier Hernandez(6)
-Rafael Van der Vaart(8)
....and still have 6 million pounds left to blow on hookers and coke. The amount is retarded.
But a retarded amount...there's more to running a club than getting good value players. Top quality English players are scarce. But unless you are Arsenal, you will want to have a core group of English players, as Man Ure and even Chelsea have. For reasons of marketing, identity, fan appeal. The issue then is not that 35 million is too much - a quality English striker is easily worth that, more. The issue is that Carrol is basically a youth player, with I think four Premier League games under his belt.
I think Liverpool rushed it. (*tempted to rewrite that into a lame Rush pun*) Too much money in the bank from Torres' sale, new inexperienced owners, a new manager - with a history of spending big.
Originally Posted by HoreTore:
Here's another one:
For the 35 million you could get:
-Mesut Özil(12.5)
-Sami Khedira(12.5)
-Javier Hernandez(6)
-Rafael Van der Vaart(8)
....and still have 6 million pounds left to blow on hookers and coke. The amount is retarded.
Just to make sure I follow you:Here's another one:
For the 35 million you could get:
-Mesut Özil(12.5)
-Sami Khedira(12.5)
-Javier Hernandez(6)
-Rafael Van der Vaart(8)
....and still have 6 million pounds left to blow on hookers and coke. The amount is retarded.
12.5 + 12.5 = 25
25 + 6 = 31
31 + 8 = 39
and 6 to blow, so
39 + 6 = 45 = the 35 they paid for Carroll?
That's a really interesting comparison you made there.
he got his euros mixed up with pounds.
Kevin Davies.
Originally Posted by Husar:
Just to make sure I follow you:
That's a really interesting comparison you made there.
I have no idea whatsoever what I was smoking at the time. The only explanation I can offer is that I started mixing up the numbers and throwing Torres into it.Just to make sure I follow you:
That's a really interesting comparison you made there.
And you Teach kids?
Originally Posted by Strike For The South:
And you Teach kids?
Luckily my masters degree will be in social studies and not maths And you Teach kids?
But yeah.... I'm genuinly ashamed right now... Luckily I don't have to get up early tomorrow, because I don't think I'll be able to sleep for a few hours...
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