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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/19/12 at 10:38 pm to LSUSOBEAST1)
I would think they would plug him into Obi Mikel's position... Up until this year wasn't he mainly a DM?
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LSUSOBEAST1
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/19/12 at 10:41 pm to TFTC)
Yea but he wasn't nearly the player he's been this season in that second striker role.
Honestly if they're going to replace Mikel (which they don't necessarily NEED to do), a pure holding mid would be much more effective.
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/19/12 at 11:53 pm to cwil177)
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Funny how AC Milan can keep 40 year olds in playing condition but not 20 year olds.
They have a great medical lab in Milan and are quite revolutionary. The Milan Lab is brought up in Soccernomics.
I think this article is a little old and very general, but you get the idea. LINK
I think Pato is more of a freak case of always being injured. Milan is the place to go for a guy like him.
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/20/12 at 11:08 am to Vicks Kennel Club)
Just read there has been an "anonymous" bid for Pato.
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/22/12 at 8:02 pm to LSUSOBEAST1)
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/22/12 at 8:16 pm to LSUSOBEAST1)
How much is Liverpool going to offer for Messi?
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bluebarracuda
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/22/12 at 8:21 pm to WarSlamEagle)
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How much is Liverpool going to offer for Messi?
Straight trade for stewart downing 
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/22/12 at 8:21 pm to WarSlamEagle)
Rights to purchase a Bruno Cheyrou, game-worn jersey
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/22/12 at 8:21 pm to TN Bhoy)
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Fellaini to Chelsea
Why?
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instead of mentally inserting a player like Fellaini into the defensive midfield role he used to play with Everton or the second-striker position in which he’s now employed, consider him for what he actually is: The world’s best (and perhaps only) defensive number ten.Acknowledge that, and suddenly the ghost of a system that actually maximizes Chelsea’s assets starts to fall into place. A midfield three reinforced by Fellaini dropping deep can suddenly accommodate Oscar and Ramires as shuttling players while Mikel stays deeper, giving the Blues a passer-runner-destroyer trio in the centre of the pitch.
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What I’m describing here would probably be called a 4-3-3, but it bears a closer resemblance to the strikerless 4-6-0 employed by Roma in 2007,
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/22/12 at 8:42 pm to corndeaux)
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defensive number ten
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/22/12 at 9:28 pm to WarSlamEagle)
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TN Bhoy
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/22/12 at 10:22 pm to corndeaux)
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The world’s best (and perhaps only) defensive number ten
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LSUSOBEAST1
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/23/12 at 12:11 am to TN Bhoy)
Most Chelsea fans will believe anything they read
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/23/12 at 10:31 am to LSUSOBEAST1)
Not a Chelsea fan at all.
Defensive 10 talk is a bit silly but the rest of the article makes some sense, especially if you have no faith in Torres. With another goal already, that crowd is growing smaller.
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HumbleNinja 
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/25/12 at 12:06 am to corndeaux)
Rumors flying that Spurs and Inter are in heavy talks about a Wesley Sneijder transfer. As a Spurs supporter, if this does happen hopefully it would force AVB to only play one striker at a time with the abundance of capable midfielders.
Not sure how'd this move would work with us having so much attacking mids as it is and Sneijder's high wages.
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/28/12 at 5:47 pm to HumbleNinja)
Chelsea going after Álvaro Negredo of Seville (FC Sevilla is in debt).
Tawkin´´bout €18M.
Dat waytah. Dat waytah.
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/28/12 at 6:31 pm to Dandy Lion)
Pato was screwing the ac Milan owner, I'm guessing that is finally off and now they are dumping him.
Great p,Ayer but he's barely played in the last 2 seasons.
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TN Bhoy
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/28/12 at 10:07 pm to j1897)
Rumors that the young Chilean Nicolas Castillo has undergone a medical at Celtic.
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/29/12 at 8:44 am to TN Bhoy)
TN is LYON going to sell baby drogba???
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| re: 2012/13 Winter Transfer Rumor Thread (Posted on 12/30/12 at 3:56 pm to death valley driver)
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