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Champions League Round Up

Feb 18, 2015 09:15

mourinho's cold-blooded enforcers, club: tottenham hotspur, club: manchester united, club: liverpool fc, franck ribery, pep guardiola, club: chelsea, club: juventus, league: champions league, club: paris saint-germain, bavarian schwein flu, mario götze, club: shakhtar donetsk, club: bayern munich, zlatan ibrahimovic, bastian schweinsteiger

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the4thjuliek February 18 2015, 13:39:45 UTC

Did Xabi get a shave?

I thought David Luiz did very well against Chelsea. He worked hard, tackled and fouled but he was impressive in midfield.

Angry Jerome is hot.

yeah, he shaved jazzypom February 18 2015, 14:20:10 UTC

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RE: yeah, he shaved the4thjuliek February 18 2015, 14:55:41 UTC

TIL- he came close to signing for Arsenal (after leaving LFC) before Real Madrid swooped in.

Really? It would have been one of Grandpère's great coups if he did join us. It would have been weird to have him with us but I guess I would have liked him around anyway. But it would not have gone down well with the Liverpool supporters + Real Madrid is Real Madrid and all, so I won't begrudge him for going to them instead.

But I was thinking, we (Arsenal) never poach players. That last time a player of a top club in the PL left to join us was Sol Campbell. We've become the official feeder club to Man City, United (RVP) and Chelsea (albeit indirectly), sigh.

RE: yeah, he shaved chrysa February 18 2015, 14:59:37 UTC

Lmfao, I think it's more City and Barca, still. Hopefully with the transfer ban, we'll stop the bleed temporarily. But did you see the new president (?) of Barca going "IDK Y WE SOLD ALEXIS, I WOULD NOT HAVE SOLD HIM." Um, well, you can't have him back sry2say

I think Xabi going to Arsenal would've ruined his pristine imagine of ~LFC IN MY HEART 4EVA~ (well obviously). I think I would've lost a little respect for him too. Xabi is surprisingly suave about relations; as has been noted, he is the type of player who is difficult for fans of other clubs to hate on. (Well, unless if you are an RM fan who is bitter he left I guess.)

Re: RE: yeah, he shaved jazzypom February 18 2015, 15:05:29 UTC

I think Xabi going to Arsenal would've ruined his pristine imagine of ~LFC IN MY HEART 4EVA~ (well obviously). I think I would've lost a little respect for him too. Xabi is surprisingly suave about relations; as has been noted, he is the type of player who is difficult for fans of other clubs to hate on. (Well, unless if you are an RM fan who is bitter he left I guess.)

LOL, quite, Alonso was pretty savvy optics wise, even then. I just remembered that Real Madrid offered £30 million (it was rumored to be £30 million which was a screamer of a figure in those days) and at the end of the day, when Real and Barca come calling, everything falls from view.

RE: yeah, he shaved the4thjuliek February 18 2015, 15:14:27 UTC

But did you see the new president (?) of Barca going "IDK Y WE SOLD ALEXIS, I WOULD NOT HAVE SOLD HIM."

Ugh, they didn't even want Alexis (because of one Hobbit Prince) and he's killing it at the PL with us and suddenly they're like, "We didn't want to sell him"? Nope sorry, there's no way Grandpère is letting our over-enthusiastic bionic man leave anytime soon.

RE: yeah, he shaved chrysa February 18 2015, 15:17:45 UTC

http://miusoccer.com/president-stunningly-announcesd-interest-in-getting-arsenal-deal-done/68917

I was like, um unless if you are going to give us £300 million for Alexis, we're not giving him back =_= He's ours now

gossip was soooo long ago! jazzypom February 18 2015, 15:02:30 UTC

I do remember that when Alonso was leaving (why back when, it was a tortured year long process) he was linked to Arsenal, Inter and I want to say AC Milan- but Real Madrid came with the most money. £30 million was a breathtaking amount of money at the time, and Arsenal isn't known for paying over the odds for players (for instance, when they were bidding on Suarez, the release clause was £40 million. They offered £40 million- and one pence). In addition to that, Alonso wanted to go back to Spain and he said that Real Madrid was a better club than anyone in the PL, so he left.

RE: gossip was soooo long ago! the4thjuliek February 18 2015, 15:07:12 UTC

Lmao, until Bug Eyes last season, we hadn't spent more than £15 million on a single player! And this season we've spent about £77 million (Alexis, Ospie, Gabriel, Bielik, English Sergio, Welbeck).

But yeah, he left Liverpool and joined Madrid during our hard times when we didn't have much money so we wouldn't have been able to afford him :(

Re: RE: gossip was soooo long ago! jazzypom February 18 2015, 15:13:35 UTC

I think Alonso and his wife were pushing for Spain though. I remember an interview I read years ago (after he'd been at Madrid for a year), and they were asking him what he felt when the transfer came through (he was boarding a plane with LFC to play a match in Iceland, iirc, when the transfer came, so he had to leave the airport, go home, grab a change of clothing and go on to Real Madrid), and he said the first thing he did was call his wife and say that they were going back home.

But yeah, Arsenal was always one of those clubs that bought modestly and well. Wenger always seemed to tap talent playing in France and got them for a modest amount of money and sold them on for a handsome profit. Then you bought Ozil for £40 million. Just... goddamn.

chrysa February 18 2015, 14:44:14 UTC

he did that horrorstache for Ana's failracistwestern party, so I'm pretty sure he had to clean up the rest of it so he wasn't left with the stache.

But just lightly scruffy is always a good look for him.

not £50 million impressive, no jazzypom February 18 2015, 14:56:09 UTC

Yeah, I remember, the genocide celebration. Ugh, man, so much fail.

Boateng is never hot. :P

the4thjuliek February 18 2015, 14:59:34 UTC

Beardless Xabi is hot too!

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chrysa February 18 2015, 15:13:39 UTC

lol a friend and I were just talking about how some guys go through "second stage puberty" and transform from beautiful fresh-faced boyband-ready to someone who is Unfortunate. Like Cesc. (Or bb Thomas. :( But no one can hate on Thomas because he is a hilarious troll and also his wife is a Queen and he treats her like one, and you just can't hate on that.)

Xabi delightfully seems to have escaped it. I hope my bae Aaron will also escape this fate. It looks like he is navigating it quite well right now :D

the4thjuliek February 18 2015, 15:24:04 UTC

But no one can hate on Thomas because he is a hilarious troll and also his wife is a Queen and he treats her like one, and you just can't hate on that.

Not to mention, he doesn't do stupid things like attend Ana Ivanovic's flop parties (I didn't see any picture, did you?).

And with Cesc, there's karma and lack of the Arsenal effect involved. When you move from a team of hotties to one where PK (not even poor Valdes) is considered to be the best looking, you can expect the looks to fade. And then move to Chelsea, the ugliest team in London? You have no chance then.

At least Vermy's looks are safe for now. It helps that he's practically dead at the moment.

chrysa February 18 2015, 15:28:53 UTC

VERMAELEN'S FOOTIE CAREER DIED SO HIS FACE COULD LIVE

insert appropriate "if the footie career doesn't work out..." tag

And no, I don't think Thomas attended. I think some people are skeptical of marrying young, but he and Lisa seem like a very stable, happy couple who aren't interested in the limelight. He is definitely a jerk sometimes, but he also seems very grounded. Thomas goes to work, then comes home to his wife and they are happy together 8) Honestly, he liked it and he put a ring on it, which is good because she is a Queen, and he knows how lucky he is.

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