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#SaintsFC captain José Fonte has joined #WHUFC, signing a two-&-a-half year deal. £8million up front, £1million add-on






12:48 pm - 20 Jan 2017
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I can't get over the amount of empty seats at premier league grounds this season.
 
Reports now saying that Hull player Ryan Mason is now fighting for his life following fractured skull and bleeding on the brain, after his collision with Gary Cahill. Granted it's the Mirror (puke) but I'd assume they wouldn't print such a title without some form of confirmation.

My god
 
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Thoughts and prayers to Ryan and his family.

Hang in there and keep fighting man.
 
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If that's the case, get well ASAP Ryan. Puts it all into perspective.
 
The Club can confirm that Ryan Mason sustained a skull fracture in our fixture at Chelsea this afternoon.

He was taken to St Mary’s Hospital where he has undergone surgery.

Ryan is in a stable condition and is expected to remain in hospital for the next few days.

Everyone at the Club would like to express their sincere thanks for the excellent and swift care given to Ryan by both the Accident and Emergency department and Neurosurgery Unit at St Mary’s Hospital.

A further update will be issued tomorrow.
 
Seriously, f**k the Mirror and their clickbaits. That was pretty **** low even for them.
 
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Seriously, f**k the Mirror and their clickbaits. That was pretty **** low even for them.
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As long as they have a steady stream of gobshites ready to read their nonsense, they will keep doing it.
The change starts with You!!
Ignore the ****, when people copy and paste the **** on forums, ignore it there too.

It's not rocket science.
 
if he does come back from this will he have to wear a cap like cech does?
 
The Football Association has charged Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger with misconduct in the wake of Sunday's game with Burnley.


The Arsenal manager had been sent to the stands by referee Jon Moss for complaining about the decision to award Burnley a penalty.


Wenger had a heated exchange with fourth official Anthony Taylor before walking to stand in the tunnel, and was caught on camera pushing the fourth official before stewards stepped in between the pair.

He will get an apology and a statue erected for him outside the FA headquarters.
 
Niall Quinn: Why era of false nines is ending and 'big' strikers are back

In his latest column, Niall Quinn explores whether the age of 'false nines' is ending and if 'big' strikers are back fashion.


The more things change the more they remain the same. For a few years now I've sensed the Premier League has quietly doubted its own claims to being the greatest league in the world.


The most exciting league maybe, but when we looked to Spain or Germany and watched the elite teams racking up incredible possession stats through tippy-tappy play we wondered if they looked on us as cavemen.


When Pep Guardiola was in charge at Barcelona he became the high priest of tippy-tappy and Barca's famous La Masia academy just kept producing small, smart players like Lionel Messi, Pedro, Andres Iniesta, Xavi, Cesc Fabregas who could keep the ball all day. They were trained to wait patiently for the chance to deliver the killer through ball and create a beautiful moment.


That world drew from a lot of influences and fine thought. It had a whiff of Cruyff's Barcelona period and had kept on evolving and developing.

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Anthony said:
Niall Quinn: Why era of false nines is ending and 'big' strikers are back

In his latest column, Niall Quinn explores whether the age of 'false nines' is ending and if 'big' strikers are back fashion.


The more things change the more they remain the same. For a few years now I've sensed the Premier League has quietly doubted its own claims to being the greatest league in the world.


The most exciting league maybe, but when we looked to Spain or Germany and watched the elite teams racking up incredible possession stats through tippy-tappy play we wondered if they looked on us as cavemen.


When Pep Guardiola was in charge at Barcelona he became the high priest of tippy-tappy and Barca's famous La Masia academy just kept producing small, smart players like Lionel Messi, Pedro, Andres Iniesta, Xavi, Cesc Fabregas who could keep the ball all day. They were trained to wait patiently for the chance to deliver the killer through ball and create a beautiful moment.


That world drew from a lot of influences and fine thought. It had a whiff of Cruyff's Barcelona period and had kept on evolving and developing.

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The whole article is completely rediculous from start to finish. Lost credibility with the term "tippy-tappy". He has no understanding of how Guardiola plays whatsoever. Arsenal, Germany, Barcelona, Atletico, Chile etc have all had success vs a false 9. He the claims that they don't draw out defenders in deep blocks, therefore they're users. This is a stupid generalisation. Different teams press in different ways. Do they defend zone? Do they defend man to man etc. They each have weaknesses. With zonal systems, the false 9 is able to create overloads and a man marking system is stifled by castling. Lumping balls into the box is statistically the most inefficient method of breaking down deep blocks. This is shocking analysis with no evidence to show. Anyone remember this? https://youtu.be/Vru_90kSurI
 
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