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Augen on 10 February 2015
BraveNewWorld said:
Trying to get into soccer... Is St. Mirren any good? NYC beat them 2-0 in England in their first ever match. Does that mean anything, or should NYC have expected to beat them?


Friendlies, or exhibitions, are not really about results. They are trianing exercises to familiarize players with one another.  St. mirren is not a big club, but even if it was Barcelona little could be taken from it given the insensity is generally much lower in these affairs.

NYCFC should measure itself first against domestic competition in real matches. Seaosn starts in about a month so won't have to wait long.  



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okr on 10 February 2015

Marco Reus extended his contract with BVB until 2019. No opt-out clause this time. Yay.



Talal on 10 February 2015
okr said:
Marco Reus extended his contract with BVB until 2019. No opt-out clause this time. Yay.


Is it confiremd that there are no clauses? I know that relegation is still unlikely, but I can't imagine him staying if you get relegated.



AZWification on 11 February 2015

Can't believe that Balo is the one that helped Liverpool win against Tottenham!



                
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okr on 11 February 2015
Ka-pi96 said:
Talal said:
okr said:
Marco Reus extended his contract with BVB until 2019. No opt-out clause this time. Yay.

Is it confiremd that there are no clauses? I know that relegation is still unlikely, but I can't imagine him staying if you get relegated.

The Sun is reporting it will cost 50 million pounds for him now, I don't know whether that is the clause in his contract or just the amount that Dortmund will agree to, but that's what they are saying.

Neither. It's his current market value. There is no clause in his new contract by the way, BVB confirmed that in their press release.



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AZWification on 14 February 2015

Hamburg got MURDERED by the monster that is Bayern!



                
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AZWification on 14 February 2015
Ka-pi96 said:
AZWification said:

Hamburg got MURDERED by the monster that is Bayern!

Woah! 8-0!? They really did get murdered!

I've watched the whole match and it was really depressing to see Hamburg play the way they did!



                
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Carl on 14 February 2015

That is no Sunday League football pitch, but a 2nd tier football club in the English league.

I feel sorry for Blackpool Football Club.



                            

AZWification on 14 February 2015
Ka-pi96 said:
AZWification said:

I've watched the whole match and it was really depressing to see Hamburg play the way they did!

Does this pretty much confirm that the German league has gone back to only having 1 team again though?

The last few years where other teams actually challenged (and won) were really interesting as well

Not really! I'd say Wolfsburg is also a very high quality team! By the way, Wolfsburg just won 5-4 against bayer Leverkusen!



                
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Carl on 14 February 2015
Ka-pi96 said:

Is that Blackpool's pitch? I feel more sorry for the opposition, at least Blackpool should be used to it if it's been like that for awhile...


Blackpool as a club has been gutted by the ownership. When they went up to the PL and got all that money? The chairman pocketed it and put fuck all into the club itself.

Theyre gonna go down, theyre gonna be in serious trouble.