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Either Loris Karius or Mark Gillespie. I'd guess probably Karius gets the nod, but it's not like either is a great choice. Took some digging but apparently Gillespie has a total of 3 whole games for Newcastle proper, all back in 2020 and Karius hasn't played since a handful fo games for Union berlin, back in early 2021
 
East_Clintwood said:
Either Loris Karius or Mark Gillespie. I'd guess probably Karius gets the nod, but it's not like either is a great choice. Took some digging but apparently Gillespie has a total of 3 whole games for Newcastle proper, all back in 2020 and Karius hasn't played since a handful fo games for Union berlin, back in early 2021
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Karius gets another shot at a final? Better run some drills where he doesn't throw it into someone's foot
 
Hüftpriester said:
The aforementioned Kvaratskhelia goal is the first highlight in this video.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wNeeTqEfnXkLike I said some pages back, this is the kind of player where you only need to see him play once to know he's going straight to the top.
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Both of those goals were insane. Idk who comes in and pays massive fees for both Osiman and Kvaratskhelia but I can't imagine Napoli will be able to hold onto both of them. Kvaratskhelia's dribbling is so weird and effective because it looks like he makes moves off the actual timing of how it should be. Like he cuts half a second early or half a second later than you would think he would. I just wonder what league's he would struggle in and which ones he would thrive in
 
Onni Kalsarikännit said:
We all know the answer here is [insert name of any Premier League club].
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Well if the Qatari's purchase United then we have an answer. But Chelsea can't keep spending at these levels, Tottenham would have to sell Kane and Son from 3 years ago, City are under too much pressure to buy them +Osiman would be competing with Haaland. Arsenal probably can't afford them but would probably want Kvaratskhelia. Liverpool need to get new owners before making a choice and Newcastle could but Idk if they fit an Eddie Howe system.

Outside of England, PSG are trying to offload Neymar so they might be able to buy one of them, theoretically Bayern might be able to buy them (no idea on their finances) but that would probably require an overhaul of players they currently have. Real Madrid haven't really gone all out to buy some big players but they presumably had the money to buy Mbappe and/or Haaland. I just don't know if they would want to buy either of them unless Benzema retires/steps down. I know they were worried about Mbappe coming in and they also have Endrick coming soon. Barcelona can't take out anymore loans. That's pretty much it for teams at this point
 
DSP's Tax Lawyer said:
Idk who comes in and pays massive fees for both Osiman and Kvaratskhelia but I can't imagine Napoli will be able to hold onto both of them
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It's sad cause they really feed off each other. I hope they're able to keep them together for one more season but it's hard to see them both staying past this summer. They're both just too good for Serie A.
DSP's Tax Lawyer said:
Kvaratskhelia's dribbling is so weird and effective because it looks like he makes moves off the actual timing of how it should be. Like he cuts half a second early or half a second later than you would think he would. I just wonder what league's he would struggle in and which ones he would thrive in
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He will thrive in any league. He's strong, fast, a great dribbler and his passing and vision seem to get better every week. I'd love to see him go to England because he belongs at the highest level. But apparently Madrid is already after him, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
 
Hüftpriester said:
It's sad cause they really feed off each other. I hope they're able to keep them together for one more season but it's hard to see them both staying past this summer. They're both just too good for Serie A.
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Its sad to think that Serie A isn't one of the premier leagues anymore like it was in the 90s and 2000s. Such a disaster of running the best league in the world for a long time to think that they are about the same as the Bundesliga and just a hair above the French league atm (personal opinion). I really hope both of them aren't reliant on the other because it would suck to see them leave Napoli and just disappear as rotational players on other teams.


Hüftpriester said:
He will thrive in any league. He's strong, fast, a great dribbler and his passing and vision seem to get better every week. I'd love to see him go to England because he belongs at the highest level. But apparently Madrid is already after him, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
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Potential Mbappe replacement? Personally I would love to see him go to Arsenal. Some bias here but it would be cool to see him go to Arsenal for 2 years and then move on to a Madrid or PSG type super club outside of England. Or even just be a part of a growth to make Arsenal be what Liverpool were for the past 4 years, a competitor to City and eventually Newcastle.
 
DSP's Tax Lawyer said:
In other news, Bayern lost today. Union can jump ahead of them and Dortmund can tie them on points if they both win this weekend. Leipzig really dropped the ball on this with a tie and loss these past 2 weeks
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Union only played 0:0 against Schalke so they are tied with Bayern now (both 43 points but Bayern has scored like 1 gorillian goals more than Union).

It was the 4th 0:0 for Schalke in a row.
 
Onni Kalsarikännit said:
Union only played 0:0 against Schalke so they are tied with Bayern now (both 43 points but Bayern has scored like 1 gorillian goals more than Union).

It was the 4th 0:0 for Schalke in a row.
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Guess we will have to wait for Bayern to drop more points before the mighty Union Berlin can take their rightful spot at the top of the Bundesliga

Onni Kalsarikännit said:
Union only played 0:0 against Schalke so they are tied with Bayern now (both 43 points but Bayern has scored like 1 gorillian goals more than Union).
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Bayern, Dortmund, and Union are tied with 43 points at the top and Freiburg are in 4th with 40 points. Leipzig are 4 points behind and Frankfurt are 5 points behind the lead.

Can Bayern keep sucking? I am actually paying attention to the Bundesliga right now and they need to keep sucking for me to care
 
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DSP's Tax Lawyer said:
Bayern, Dortmund, and Union are tied with 43 points at the top and Freiburg are in 4th with 40 points. Leipzig are 4 points behind and Frankfurt are 5 points behind the lead.

Can Bayern keep sucking? I am actually paying attention to the Bundesliga right now and they need to keep sucking for me to care
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tbh I don't know. Usually they have a period of weakness around autumn/between December - February. This season it seemed to be split into two shorter periods and the last one having ended last matchday (actually at DFB cup when they won against Mainz 4:0).

It's also hard to say how the match against Mönchengladbach should be ratet:
- red card in 8th minute; you just don't play 80+ minutes with 10 men and not face troubles
- since Nagelsmann took over in Bayern they couldn't win against Gladbach (4 games in BL, 1 in DFB cup last year which was a 5:0 loss); Gladbach is also a team Bayern likes to struggle against traditionally

Bayern only lost 2 matches so far but they are racking up draws for some weird reason (7 now, as much as the last team Schalke).

Next weekend it's Bayern vs Union Berlin. A lot of people are sure that this match may decide how the season will go down but I'm not that sure. This season everything is possible. Everyone can beat everyone.
I wouldn't count much on Dortmund but there is no sign of Union slowing down and their squad is too deep that an injured player doesn't really bother them.

I'm actually very confident that we will see the race for 1st going on until the very last matchday.
 
DSP's Tax Lawyer said:
Such a disaster of running the best league in the world for a long time to think that they are about the same as the Bundesliga and just a hair above the French league atm (personal opinion)
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I honestly think Ligue 1 is better than Serie A atm. Juve (would be 3rd in Serie A but for their points reduction) just settled for a draw at home against a mid table French side. I thought Roma and Milan might be good this year but both are disappointments. Inter is still solid defensively but Škriniar has signed his pre-contract with PSG and I'm not sure how good they will be without him. It seems the league never really recovered from Calciopoli. They can't attract or retain any top players who aren't Italian. Just look at the recent transfer of Matthijs de Ligt. It wasn't about money for him, it was about his ambition to win the champions league and play under a manager who could get the most out of his talent.
 
I saw this article and didn't think much of it this morning but looking back, this might be a funny and interesting play from the hedge fund here. Based on price paid and interest received, the hedge fund could have met the value that the Glazers were looking for at the club without purchasing it outright. Then they can slowly takeover the club with small ownership purchases until they have a majority or an amount needed to trigger a buy that comes in around market price. Would love to see the Glazers lose United over an accounting trick the same way they bought the club
 
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