Spike
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That boy is quick, nimble, and clever. He looks to be playing against boys years older than him but size and age doesn't matter, if he is playing against players less intelligent than him he will always shine. What happens when plays against a midfielder that knows how to mark, when to press, and when to intercept? Is there anyone a little closer!? Like in the next one or two years.
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Denis Suarez is an oddity to me. He jumped around so many academies I wonder who he owes the most to. Probably Man City (he was there during those crucial late-teen years), anyway I don't look at players as 'products' of one place if they've been to several academies. They all play a part whether positive or negative. For instance, the ground work for a pre-pubescent Lionel Messi has to be given to Newell's Old Boys. People are quick to say things like 'John Terry is a Chelsea graduate', well it's true but he did play at West Ham for a long time. It's really just semantics, you say Nolito is a Barcelona graduate, I say that the reserve team isn't the same as the academy. It doesn't really matter at the end of the day, whether they were there for ten years or one, it's more important which club took a gamble on them to be a professional first team player. For instance, is Olympique Lyon more important in the development of Anthony Martial, or is Monaco (the team that payed a pretty penny for a teenager and took a gamble on him in the first team)? You could say he learnt how to play at OL but Moncao is the team that 'made' him. And if that is the case surely it'd apply to Nolito as well, Algaida is where he learned, Barcelona is where he made it (...or was it Benfica...hmmm?). What other players are due to appear from La Maisa?
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What fucking street? Lord Street off Southport, Scouse skum?
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Haha, gotta love that cheeky little dig at other clubs not using their academies But yes, Barca are doing a great job using Fluminese youth graduates Semantics, aside Barcelona does try to use youth despite the fact none have really stuck around since Busquets. Though it has to be said that Real has taken over in the last three or so years with Nacho, Lucas, Carvajal, and Morata. La Maisa's dry spell better kick it!
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JUVE MERDA
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RUBENTUS!!!! (for those that want to know...)
Why is Juventus referred to as Rubentus by Juventus-haters? | Yahoo ...
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I don't recall Lell and Conteno receiving send offs.
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General La Liga Discussion
Spike replied to Carnivore Chris's topic in Spanish Football Forum - La Liga
One moment sticks out in my head. I will probably never see it again, nor remember who it was against. Guti was doing nothing and then split the entire team open with one pass, it must have been a forty metre pass, gracefull and effortless, it looked like something that Xavi would dream of. It really seemed like he had no right doing such a thing! -
General La Liga Discussion
Spike replied to Carnivore Chris's topic in Spanish Football Forum - La Liga
@SirBalon I only caught the tail end of his career but was Guti simply a case of 'world class' talent unfulfilled due to a poor attitude? I remember moments of magic but other than that nothing. -
She is an unorganised mess. I'm not much better but she still has the mindset of a woman that has moved out of home for the first time. Do you remember going to bacherlorette pads and the place was covered in all manner of shit? Stark contrast to the bachelor bad which typically has 1 table, 1 chair, 1 dirty plate, and 15 empty beer cans.
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Speaking of the wife, I left a plastic bag full of rubbish on her desk to give her the hunt to tidy up her shit. Two weeks later the bag hasn't even been touched.
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I did not say that you said that meeting Messi was the great part of the story. It wasnt aimed at you that is why it isnt even in the previous posts. Just my opinion on meeting the stars. Besides it is Messi, stuff like this seems normal concerning him. It has happened before The kid did do something stupid and perhaps Romario rejecting him was an important lesson in life to not put too much faith in the stars, rather put faith in yourself which is what that kid did when he rode cross country.
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I never said it wasnt cool of him to do it, just that Im not amazed by it. This isnt the first time he has done stuff like this.
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I am more impressed with that kid riding his bike across the country. That is pretty cool, I would rather talk to him about that experience over talking to someone like Messi or Romario. What could I talk to the later two about, themselves? I have no interest in meeting any celebrity outside of those whose brains I can pick (scientists, political commentators, etc).
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What is suppose to amaze me about that? A celebrity meeting someone, ooooh wow; it certainly makes the Mars Rover look like a waste of time.
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I really don't think it's that amazing. It's an oddity for sure.
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It's also a Danish player. It's easy, the Argie newpaper got it wrong. I think there is also a Lavezzi Napoli shirt.
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Boileson played for an Argentine club!? Because I swear that is Ajax shirt, and the last I checked Ajax is from Amsterdam which is in fact not in Argentina.
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I think the greatest player of all time can be a just a little bit proud of his achievements by hanging his representative shirts up.
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Anything is better than an 'American Pub'. I sure do love Budlite, $10 burgers, fifty TVS, and being treated like I'm at a restaurant.
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What's a German pub, anyway? Are they similar to a traditional 'English style' pub with draught, pool, darts, food, etc?
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Chelsea v Barcelona is one of my favourite international rivalries. Even if the fans don't feel it the players certainly have in the past decade.
