By Yurt Go To Postlong story short, it was a party with the US military, and Muricans are crazy man😂Nu, got some actual work to do for a change. :|
what are you doing in the office, cant you go down to the casino to stare at some bewbs?
By Zabojnik Go To PostNu, got some actual work to do for a change. :|Zabo I cant fucking finish this Sam chapter I swear. I keep blacking out after two pages
he has to be the most boring and uninteresting character in the history of literature
GRRM why did you write yourself into your own book you fuck
By Yurt Go To PostZabo I cant fucking finish this Sam chapter I swear. I blackout after two pages
Its a shame that GWWM/his publishers decided to split the two books geographically because AFFC works better when informed by book 5. Still not a great book, but better.
Really enjoyed 5 tbh. Got the more interesfing characters, and GWWM's greatest strength is characterisation.
By nate Go To PostIts a shame that GWWM/his publishers decided to split the two books geographically because AFFC works better when informed by book 5. Still not a great book, but better.I'll keep reading in the hope of running into more Greyjoys
Really enjoyed 5 tbh. Got the more interesfing characters, and GWWM's greatest strength is characterisation.
Brienne is also not terribly interesting but at least she's running around with interesting people
Cersei was also a mad struggle because I feel like I went back in time (story wise) reading her chapters and I just wanna FFWD
By Yurt Go To PostProbityyyyyyyyyyyyyIt is an incredible sort of struggle finding a way to watch E3 in sufficient quality on an android phone and to make it last the entire day at the same time, and then have nothing to do when the conferences are over because all of the consoles and television sets in the house are broken and the fan for the laptop has snapped.
And then when it starts to storm a bit more and the dogs tear up the footballs and Bayern announces transfer news like "we're getting rid of weiser and signing a keeper and giving away all our youth talent," the struggle seems far worse.
I'm so glad I have internet at home again. I missed this I think.
By Probity Go To PostIt is an incredible sort of struggle finding a way to watch E3 in sufficient quality on an android phone and to make it last the entire day at the same time, and then have nothing to do when the conferences are over because all of the consoles and television sets in the house are broken and the fan for the laptop has snapped.just be glad you dont support Juve
And then when it starts to storm a bit more and the dogs tear up the footballs and Bayern announces transfer news like "we're getting rid of weiser and signing a keeper and giving away all our youth talent," the struggle seems far worse.
I'm so glad I have internet at home again. I missed this I think.
By Yurt Go To Postjust be glad you dont support JuveI went out and about Austin for like 3 hours to find a good place to watch the final, and then I cried for you on the inside. I really wanted Juve to win.
Dunno how you feel about your transfer news, and I barely know any of it. I like Khedira, with my German bias. I also like Mandzukic, with my Bayern bias. I know nothing else.
By Probity Go To PostI went out and about Austin for like 3 hours to find a good place to watch the final, and then I cried for you on the inside. I really wanted Juve to win.to be completely honest I'm not happy with any of our signings because none of them improve our starting XI team drastically.
Dunno how you feel about your transfer news, and I barely know any of it. I like Khedira, with my German bias. I also like Mandzukic, with my Bayern bias. I know nothing else.
our XI is pretty good anyway so these guys are just the cherry on top. Except, you know, Tevez just fucking pooped on the cake
All hopes hinge on that Dybala 32 million gamble...
By Zabojnik Go To PostDybala is the closest thing we'll get to a new Messi in the next 20 years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02t93g4/matt-berry-does-2-fathers-day
Matt Berry has the best voice
My throat hurts from laughing. What a guy.
It's the best 5 minutes you'll spend all morning.
Matt Berry has the best voice
My throat hurts from laughing. What a guy.
It's the best 5 minutes you'll spend all morning.
Face it guys we will never see another football savant like messi outside of genetically engineering one. Don't know who even comes remotely close to him.
By Lunatic Go To PostFace it guys we will never see another football savant like messi outside of genetically engineering one. Don't know who even comes remotely close to him.When you don't think about it, Messi is basically football's Lance Armstrong.
By hixx33 Go To Posthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02t93g4/matt-berry-does-2-fathers-dayHis skits Wild Love and Lone Wolf brought me to tears.
Matt Berry has the best voice
My throat hurts from laughing. What a guy.
It's the best 5 minutes you'll spend all morning.
By Zabojnik Go To PostWhen you don't think about it, Messi is basically football's Lance Armstrong.But with more HGH at a crucial development stage. The amount of knee high tackles, trips, Achilles scrapes and he is still some how going. Dude is basically Wolverine.
By rvy Go To PostLooks like the real thing.
Props to shorty. Laboured is the GOAT.
I'm pretty great, ya.
Thanks :)
We will get someone better than Messi at some point. It's always the same. People say oh no one can beat that.
Until it happens
But then again, we still got some idiots claiming Pele or Maradona were better
Until it happens
But then again, we still got some idiots claiming Pele or Maradona were better
Wow. Can't help but cringe.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=168973573#post168973573
Pathetic
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=168973573#post168973573
Pathetic
SMH
He did it with his other post too
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=168976043#post168976043
Is he a computer
He did it with his other post too
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=168976043#post168976043
Is he a computer
By FootballFan Go To PostWow. Can't help but cringe.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=168973573#post168973573
Pathetic
Amazing
Edit even more amazing
Man i took a nice 18 incher last night. Disnt think it would all fit as he had been a while since my last so naturally you shrink up a bit. There were some dodgy moments but I managed to fit it all in. Although it has left me feeling a bit rough today.
man i have missed pizza
man i have missed pizza
It's so easy to paraphrase. Doesn't even change one word though, just straight ctrl + c ===> ctrl + v
Lol holy shit that guy. You guys realize if he weren't plagiarizing things that fit Gaf's political ideology he'd be banned in an instant. But as per the mods own admission, they don't have to do their jobs when it's someone they like.
By Oddinho Go To PostLol holy shit that guy. You guys realize if he weren't plagiarizing things that fit Gaf's political ideology he'd be banned in an instant. But as per the mods own admission, they don't have to do their jobs when it's someone they like.They even closed a separate thread discussing his plagiarism because they didn't want to encourage GAFdetectives.
Loooool, what a fucking eejit.
Fucking brilliant 3 days in London, did loads. Love this City, 7th time here. Shame I didn't get to meet Linius at The Strokes gig yesterday, catch you next time Randy.
Have we bought anyone yet?
Fucking brilliant 3 days in London, did loads. Love this City, 7th time here. Shame I didn't get to meet Linius at The Strokes gig yesterday, catch you next time Randy.
Have we bought anyone yet?
By Bungie Go To Post😎Yes Bungie lad
I'm not super happy with the Mandzukic signing, as it seems to be the case with most of Juve's fanbase, at least judging by the reactions on the main forums. However, while some of the outcry is understandable - Tevez brought much more than just a very respectable number of goals - some of it seems, to me at least, completely misguided. I've seen quite a few people post about how "Juve are going the wrong way after they've done so well in the past few years". "Mandzu is too old, Mandzu isn't technical / talented enough." As if signing one near-30 year old player (one with a very solid international pedigree, I should add) somehow negates all the other past, current and future signings. If anything - if everything goes to Marry's and Allegri's plan, of course - at the end of the summer we'll be left with an overall much younger team. Mandzukic is a year younger than Llorente and two years younger than Tevez and Matri. It might not seem like much at the moment, but you have to consider that Carlitos, Llion and Matri will very likely all be gone come August and look at who we'll be replacing them with.
Dybala and - more on this knotty problem in a minute - one between Zaza and Berardi. Like it or not, we need at least one seasoned striker with international experience, and Mandzukic (29) fits the profile perfectly. The others ...
- Morata (22)
- Dybala (21)
- Coman (19)
- Berardi (20)
- Zaza (23)
... are all very young players. Add Sturaro (22) and Rugani (20), both potential starting-14 players, and you've got a very interesting mix of experienced and talented young players in Juve's starting XI. That doesn't mean we can neglect our aging LB/RB issue and hope that the Pirlo conundrum will solve itself, but it definitely puts us in a pretty comfortable position, planning-for-the-future-wise.
So, the Zaza or Berardi problem. Who comes (if at all) and stays in our squad, who gets loaned out, either back to Sassuolo or some other Serie A team (Udinese are allegedly very interested in Zaza). My somewhat educated guess is that there's a pretty big divergence of opinion inside Juve's management regarding who to bring to Torino this very summer. On one hand there's Paratici, who seems to be leaning heavily towards Zaza (he's been in love with him ever since their Doria days). On the other there's Allegri, who'd much rather we'd give Berardi precedence, if indeed it all came down to choosing one over the other. And after Mandzukic becomes official next week ... I think it just might.
With Mandzukic in the squad, the need for another 'heavy' prima punta goes away, that much is clear. Zaza is also competing for a place in Italy's XI. From his perspective, if he goes to Juve to start as the fourth or fifth striker, he might suddenly have a very hard time getting the minutes and exposure he needs to impress Conte. And so he might decide he'd rather stay at Sassy for one more season. Will it be enough to convince Paratici and Marotta to shelf Zaza for another year and steer towards Berardi instead? I have no idea.
The apparently easy solution is sending Coman on loan to vacate a spot, but it's really not that easy. Firstly because we promised Kingsley we wouldn't do that to him when we basically stole him from PSG - it was the one thing that convinced him and his parents. Other than Paratici's gigolo ways, of course. Secondly ... well, even without Coman in the equation, Zaza and Berardi would still start behind Morata, Dybala and Mandzukic in Allegri's pecking order. Berardi might be convinced to accept such working conditions, though everything his agent has said so far suggests the contrary. He's two years younger than Zaza and can play in a numer of attacking positions, so he'll definitely get his chances. Zaza ... not so much.
So, yeah, regardless of how it goes, someone's getting shafted. Between Coman, Berardi and Zaza I hope it's Zaza, but I'm afraid it's going to be Mimmo, because for some obscure reason Paratici and Marotta don't seem to be true believers. At least that's what my gut tells me.
Dybala and - more on this knotty problem in a minute - one between Zaza and Berardi. Like it or not, we need at least one seasoned striker with international experience, and Mandzukic (29) fits the profile perfectly. The others ...
- Morata (22)
- Dybala (21)
- Coman (19)
- Berardi (20)
- Zaza (23)
... are all very young players. Add Sturaro (22) and Rugani (20), both potential starting-14 players, and you've got a very interesting mix of experienced and talented young players in Juve's starting XI. That doesn't mean we can neglect our aging LB/RB issue and hope that the Pirlo conundrum will solve itself, but it definitely puts us in a pretty comfortable position, planning-for-the-future-wise.
So, the Zaza or Berardi problem. Who comes (if at all) and stays in our squad, who gets loaned out, either back to Sassuolo or some other Serie A team (Udinese are allegedly very interested in Zaza). My somewhat educated guess is that there's a pretty big divergence of opinion inside Juve's management regarding who to bring to Torino this very summer. On one hand there's Paratici, who seems to be leaning heavily towards Zaza (he's been in love with him ever since their Doria days). On the other there's Allegri, who'd much rather we'd give Berardi precedence, if indeed it all came down to choosing one over the other. And after Mandzukic becomes official next week ... I think it just might.
With Mandzukic in the squad, the need for another 'heavy' prima punta goes away, that much is clear. Zaza is also competing for a place in Italy's XI. From his perspective, if he goes to Juve to start as the fourth or fifth striker, he might suddenly have a very hard time getting the minutes and exposure he needs to impress Conte. And so he might decide he'd rather stay at Sassy for one more season. Will it be enough to convince Paratici and Marotta to shelf Zaza for another year and steer towards Berardi instead? I have no idea.
The apparently easy solution is sending Coman on loan to vacate a spot, but it's really not that easy. Firstly because we promised Kingsley we wouldn't do that to him when we basically stole him from PSG - it was the one thing that convinced him and his parents. Other than Paratici's gigolo ways, of course. Secondly ... well, even without Coman in the equation, Zaza and Berardi would still start behind Morata, Dybala and Mandzukic in Allegri's pecking order. Berardi might be convinced to accept such working conditions, though everything his agent has said so far suggests the contrary. He's two years younger than Zaza and can play in a numer of attacking positions, so he'll definitely get his chances. Zaza ... not so much.
So, yeah, regardless of how it goes, someone's getting shafted. Between Coman, Berardi and Zaza I hope it's Zaza, but I'm afraid it's going to be Mimmo, because for some obscure reason Paratici and Marotta don't seem to be true believers. At least that's what my gut tells me.
By Zabojnik Go To PostI'm not super happy with the Mandzukic signing, as it seems to be the case with most of Juve's fanbase, at least judging by the reactions on the main forums. However, while some of the outcry is understandable - Tevez brought much more than just a very respectable number of goals - some of it seems, to me at least, completely misguided. I've seen quite a few people post about how "Juve are going the wrong way after they've done so well in the past few years". "Mandzu is too old, Mandzu isn't technical / talented enough." As if signing one near-30 year old player (one with a very solid international pedigree, I should add) somehow negates all the other past, current and future signings. If anything - if everything goes to Marry's and Allegri's plan, of course - at the end of the summer we'll be left with an overall much younger team. Mandzukic is a year younger than Llorente and two years younger than Tevez and Matri. It might not seem like much at the moment, but you have to consider that Carlitos, Llion and Matri will very likely all be gone come August and look at who we'll be replacing them with.dont forget to add Pereyra (24) to that attacking mess up front
Dybala and - more on this knotty problem in a minute - one between Zaza and Berardi. Like it or not, we need at least one seasoned striker with international experience, and Mandzukic (29) fits the profile perfectly. The others …
- Morata (22)
- Dybala (21)
- Coman (19)
- Berardi (20)
- Zaza (23)
… are all very young players. Add Sturaro (22) and Rugani (20), both potential starting-14 players, and you've got a very interesting mix of experienced and talented young players in Juve's starting XI. That doesn't mean we can neglect our aging LB/RB issue and hope that the Pirlo conundrum will solve itself, but it definitely puts us in a pretty comfortable position, planning-for-the-future-wise.
So, the Zaza or Berardi problem. Who comes (if at all) and stays in our squad, who gets loaned out, either back to Sassuolo or some other Serie A team (Udinese are allegedly very interested in Zaza). My somewhat educated guess is that there's a pretty big divergence of opinion inside Juve's management regarding who to bring to Torino this very summer. On one hand there's Paratici, who seems to be leaning heavily towards Zaza (he's been in love with him ever since their Doria days). On the other there's Allegri, who'd much rather we'd give Berardi precedence, if indeed it all came down to choosing one over the other. And after Mandzukic becomes official next week … I think it just might. As I see it, there's two reasons why: 1) with Mandzukic in the squad, the need for another 'heavy' prima punta goes away and 2) Zaza is competing for a place in Italy's XI - if he goes to Juve to start as the fourth or fifth striker, he might suddenly have a very hard time getting the playing time and exposure he needs to impress Conte. And so he might decide he'd rather stay at Sassy for one more season.
The apparently easy solution is sending Coman on loan and vacate a spot, but it's really not that easy. Firstly because we promised Kingsley we wouldn't do that to him when we basically stole him from PSG - it was the one thing that convinced him and his parents. Other than Paratici's gigolo ways, of course. Secondly … well, even without Coman in the equation, Zaza and Berardi would still start behind Morata, Dybala and Mandzukic in Allegri's pecking order. Berardi might be convinced to accept it, though everything his agent has said so far suggests the contrary. He's two years younger than Zaza and can play in a numer of attacking positions. Zaza … not so much.
So, yeah, regardless of how it goes, someone's getting shafted. I hope it's Zaza, but I'm afraid it's going to be Mimmo.
let's see
Llorente: as much as I'd like him to leave, there's still a possibility that's he's going to stay because he likes it here, and his Spain career is all but over either way (new blood and all that)
Coman: he shouldn't be too affected by the new influx of players because, like Berardi, they're both technically wide players, no? But only if we ditch 4312. Because as it stands everyone other than Morata and Mario is gonna be competing for that one spot behind the 2 with Dybala, who is likely gonna get the nod because of 32 million reasons
I really like Zaza, but he's such a Quagliarila that I don't see him ever displacing Mario or Morata. I think he's more than capable of scoring just as much as Morata though, but he offers way less than Alvaro, who launched almost every single counter attack in Europe <3. Please dont come
Berardi is 20, we can wait another year, if he insists, the pussy.
Dybala better fucking delivers because even if we buy EVERYONE on that list, we're still not as good as Europe's top dogs up front (but frustratingly better than most everywhere else)
We need FB back ups too, I dunno if Evra still has another miraculous season in him. He looks dead past the 75 min mark
dont listen to Berardi's agent or agents in general, one day ago Mario's agent was saying that he aint leaving and he's happy in Madrid
Llorente is gone, Yurt. He asked to be sold. Monaco bid 15M€, we're asking for 20M€. It's happening. He might prefer Spain, but in the end he'll accept the move, imo. Hefty salary, CL football, iconic city. Done.
Regarding Coman and Berardi ... the problem is not so much having them in the squad or not, it's about being able to give them the minutes they need to develop. Coman especially needs it, badly. We'll see, maybe they'll convince him to accept the loan to Sassuolo. If Di Francesco were to more or less guarantee him a place in the starting XI ... he and his family might bite, regardless of what was agreed upon.
Regarding Coman and Berardi ... the problem is not so much having them in the squad or not, it's about being able to give them the minutes they need to develop. Coman especially needs it, badly. We'll see, maybe they'll convince him to accept the loan to Sassuolo. If Di Francesco were to more or less guarantee him a place in the starting XI ... he and his family might bite, regardless of what was agreed upon.
By Mangoverboard Go To PostLoooool, what a fucking eejit.
Fucking brilliant 3 days in London, did loads. Love this City, 7th time here. Shame I didn't get to meet Linius at The Strokes gig yesterday, catch you next time Randy.
Have we bought anyone yet?
Yo I finished my previous book and started reading Infinite Jest. What a trip, it's like Douglas Coupland doing his best impression of Thomas Pynchon.
By Zabojnik Go To PostLlorente is gone, Yurt. He asked to be sold. Monaco bid 15M€, we're asking for 20M€. It's happening. He might prefer Spain, but in the end, he'll accept the move, imo. Hefty salary, CL football, iconic city. Done.Thank fuck for that.
Impeccable human being and he should take some of the Morata credit for helping him so much off the pitch, and for being crap enough on it to make way for him. Thanks Nando <3
'4-3-we will see' should be the go to next season, depending on the opponent.
we could go with
Coman(Dybala?)-Morata(Mario)-Berardi
or
---Mario(Morata)----
Dybala (Coman) -Berardi(Pereyra)
or the usual 4312. Berardi and Dybala can both play up front too
and let's not forget we're still looking for a genuine number 10/Oscar
I really dont know what the fuck are we doing. it's a mess
edit: yeah I dont see Coman's playing time improving that much next season. He sounds like a stubborn lad
