Summer Transfers 2014

ResurrectionRooney wrote:How sustainable is acting as a retirement home for rapidly declining former superstars?

Rather sustainable, as I'm sure you're aware. A breeding ground for a nation that's made the World Cup 7 straight times (5 times with the league around) seems to do the trick.

Scott_LFC wrote:Our star player apparently is a stat padder who doesn't actually score winning goals, so I don't think that'll hurt us too much

I know you're being sarcastic, but after years of Liverpool fans getting defensive over this theory I can see them peddling this line a lot if Suarez does leave.

Scuba Steve wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:How sustainable is acting as a retirement home for rapidly declining former superstars?

Rather sustainable, as I'm sure you're aware. A breeding ground for a nation that's made the World Cup 7 straight times (5 times with the league around) seems to do the trick.

Yeah, making out of the CONCACAF qualification rounds is a massive achievement.

Right. Beating Costa Rica, so easy, even England ca..... Nevermind.

Scuba Steve wrote:Right. Beating Costa Rica, so easy, even England ca..... Nevermind.

So only one team can make it out of CONCACAF qualification?   

Costa Rica qualified, so you don't have to beat them. You do however have to finish above the giants of Panama, Jamaica, and the mighty Trinidad and Tobago.

Costa to Chelsea is official now.

Or the Faroe Islands, Andorra, and San Marino.

Scuba Steve wrote:Or the Faroe Islands, Andorra, and San Marino.

When has a group ever had all three of those teams in it?

Keyser Söze wrote:

Scuba Steve wrote:Or the Faroe Islands, Andorra, and San Marino.

When has a group ever had all three of those teams in it?

Same year that T&T, Jamaica, and Panama were in the same group.

Scuba Steve wrote:

Keyser Söze wrote:
When has a group ever had all three of those teams in it?

Same year that T&T, Jamaica, and Panama were in the same group.

Ok. Your actual group of Jamaica, Guatemala and Antigua and Barbuda. Is that better? Those absolute Goliaths of international football, how dare SBSP insult you and list three teams that are better than your actual group.

My point was England had a considerably harder group than the three you listed.

That's the group the US qualified for the World Cup with? News to me.

Scuba Steve wrote:That's the group the US qualified for the World Cup with? News to me.

Doesn't surprise me given the amount of Americans that probably didn't even know there was a US football team until a few weeks ago.

Yet still advanced further than England. Should be embarrassed.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:How sustainable is acting as a retirement home for rapidly declining former superstars?

idk how people can still say this when a good chunk of our WC roster is composed of MLS guys.

Ignorance Dena, ignorance.

dena wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:How sustainable is acting as a retirement home for rapidly declining former superstars?

idk how people can still say this when a good chunk of our WC roster is composed of MLS guys.

I'm not talking about the national team, I'm talking about the league. Do people turn out to watch these dinosaurs?

8th most attended soccer league in the world in 2012-2013. So I guess so?

Sounders had a higher average than Chelsea last year I heard. Although that is a lot to do with ground capacity of course.

Scuba Steve wrote:Yet still advanced further than England. Should be embarrassed.

I'm not English. I just find it strange that you think qualifying ahead of the cast of Cool Runnings is an achievement.

Who said that?

The only confederation that can hold their noses high over qualification is CONMEBOL tbh

You inferred it.

dena wrote:The only confederation that can hold their noses high over qualification is CONMEBOL tbh

That's not the point.

So with Costa gone someone should just wait until Atletico bids for a new striker and then jump in and hijack the bid. Same with any Porto transfer targets.

Zzonked wrote:So with Costa gone someone should just wait until Atletico bids for a new striker and then jump in and hijack the bid. Same with any Porto transfer targets.

Atletico will be wary of this and instead bid for someone shit as a smokescreen.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/01/liverpool-barcelona-luis-suarez-alexis-sanchez

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/10939185/Luis-Suarez-negotiations-between-Barcelona-and-Liverpool-begin-with-Alexis-Sanchez-a-key-factor.html

Zzonked wrote:So with Costa gone someone should just wait until Atletico bids for a new striker and then jump in and hijack the bid. Same with any Porto transfer targets.

It's a good thing we got Rickie in early.

Scott_LFC wrote:http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/01/liverpool-barcelona-luis-suarez-alexis-sanchez

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/10939185/Luis-Suarez-negotiations-between-Barcelona-and-Liverpool-begin-with-Alexis-Sanchez-a-key-factor.html

Would you prefer Sanchez to Suarez?