Fergie nicks Carini ...

Originally posted by Davo:
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Do you reckon he'll come straight into the team for Carroll if he does sign?</strong><hr></blockquote>

Doubt it as Carroll speaks the language and has developed an understand with our back 4. Carini´s gonna need a couple of weeks.
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If Carini can perform as good as how I saw in the world cup, he is good enough to get the place from Barthez even after Fab has recovered.
 
Originally posted by uranushk1:
<strong>If Carini can perform as good as how I saw in the world cup, he is good enough to get the place from Barthez even after Fab has recovered.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Nowadays you need 2-3 decent goalkeepers in a squad. In the past keepers didnt seem to get injured as much and a reserve keeper could go seasons without getting even on the bench especially with the 2 subs rule.
Fab does get injured a lot and although it would be tough on Carrol another keeper would be handy.
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This looks like the move to sign the german #2 Enke, but he wasn't prepared to wait behind Fab.

United would be an improvement over his situation at Juve(being behind Buffon) and Fab being injury prone and dodgy of late.

My only reservation is that if he becomes a key player, he will be jetting half way around the world for internationals- but plenty of big clubs have that to deal with.
 
Originally posted by Gabe:
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My only reservation is that if he becomes a key player, he will be jetting half way around the world for internationals- but plenty of big clubs have that to deal with.</strong><hr></blockquote>


have to agree. what we wouldnt want in a goalkeeper is the situation the sheepers have with their gooday cobblers aussies drifting out for a month at a time or kanu at arse is also a well known one. a keeper should be as constant as possible. only worry here about carini, he looks a good keeper. has anyone else seen the reports of why supposedly arse wouldnt have him / link as below:
<a href="http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,1563,777544,00.html" target="_blank">http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,1563,777544,00.html</a>

but what is barthez on (apart from PCP, that is... ) :eek:
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Originally posted by uranushk1:
<strong>If Carini can perform as good as how I saw in the world cup, he is good enough to get the place from Barthez even after Fab has recovered.</strong><hr></blockquote>

He is better than that. As a Uruguayan, I was disappointed with his performance. Not that he didn't do well, just that I'm used to him being MOM and playing a blinder.

If you asked me before the WC, I would have sworn we would draw or beat France as I had 100% confidence he would keep them at bay. It was Denmark that worried me.

On going halfway around the World, there's something called "FIFA dates", i.e. dates set for int'l activity in which most leagues stop, that's when he has to travel. People keep using that argument based on African/Oz/Trinidad&Tobago players, they belong to screwed up confederations who don't plan along with these dates. It very rarely interferes (the Americas Cup is in June/July not Feb/March!).
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Originally posted by antohan:
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On going halfway around the World, there's something called "FIFA dates", i.e. dates set for int'l activity in which most leagues stop, that's when he has to travel. People keep using that argument based on African/Oz/Trinidad&Tobago players, they belong to screwed up confederations who don't plan along with these dates. It very rarely interferes (the Americas Cup is in June/July not Feb/March!).</strong><hr></blockquote>

How about frendlies and qualifiers?

Aside from the few days they're gone and the matches they might miss, its the adjustment the body has to go through with the time change, back and forth.
What do you think?

However, if he is really as good as you suggest, I'd think we'd live with the inconvienience.
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Originally posted by Gabe:
<strong>How about frendlies and qualifiers?

Aside from the few days they're gone and the matches they might miss, its the adjustment the body has to go through with the time change, back and forth.
What do you think?

However, if he is really as good as you suggest, I'd think we'd live with the inconvienience.</strong><hr></blockquote>

The jet lag is an issue, granted. Friendlies and qualifiers are usually set on the same dates as European Championship/WC qualifiers so that is not really an issue. It only creates trouble in the odd cases in which there are cup games or postponed games set too close to the FIFA dates. The time it takes to go and come back plus jetlag could occasionally account for a match being missed but it is not the Kanu scenario where he disappears in Feb/March, at a crucial time in the race for the title because he is stuck with his confederation's championship.

On being as good as I say, let's put it simple, he is to Uruguay what Kahn is to Germany. A keeper capable of taking an average team to the WC through clean sheets. He held Brazil to 1 goal (a non-existent penalty) over 180 minutes of continuous pressure. And that while having no activity whatsoever at Juventus (bench-warming, reserves).

I have followed him since he was in the Youth Teams at 15. He played in the U-19 WC twice (i.e. he was already definite first choice there being 15!). During that time he faced the young Henry, Trezeguet, Saviola, Riquelme and Aimar, the last three on a regular basis and kept holding them off.

He is fecking class.
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So if this all is true, when is it going to be announced? Some of you guys are talking as if he's already joined...
 
What i have heard Fergie is not prepared to pay that kind of wages Carini wants.
 
Face facts. we are not going to sign any new players before the 31st August.

Keep that in your heads and you won't end up dissapointed.

Also expect to go out of the CL on Tuesday after a frustrating 0-0 game. This won't stop any dissapointment, but at least it won't come as such a shock.

And yes, I hope I am proved utterly wrong on both points! ;) In which case feel free to rib me mercilessly for days afterwards.
 
Is Carini on international duty this week? If so, that's possibly why there's been no further news about him...
 
Originally posted by the reporter:
<strong>Is Carini on international duty this week? If so, that's possibly why there's been no further news about him...</strong><hr></blockquote>

I did hear he went back to Uruguay to rest up a bit after the "drama" of the previous events... ;)
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Originally posted by the reporter:
<strong>Is Carini on international duty this week? If so, that's possibly why there's been no further news about him...</strong><hr></blockquote>

Nope.
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I wonder who will score for us first carini or deigo.f <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laugh Out Loud]" />
 
From Sky:
Arsenal have been told they will have to move quickly if they are to snap up former Argentina keeper Carlos Roa.

The Gunners have been linked with the madcap keeper, nicknamed 'The Lettuce', after missing out on Juventus keeper Fabian Carini


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No gags there then! Oh please sign for the Arse.
 
Originally posted by MancFanFromManc:
<strong>From Sky:
Arsenal have been told they will have to move quickly if they are to snap up former Argentina keeper Carlos Roa.

The Gunners have been linked with the madcap keeper, nicknamed 'The Lettuce', after missing out on Juventus keeper Fabian Carini


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No gags there then! Oh please sign for the Arse.</strong><hr></blockquote>
This is the guy who's playing football again because the world didn't actually end last year. He also said he dislikes football and actually wanted to be a fighter pilot. I would love it, just love it if Wenger signed him cos we took Carini. :D
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Originally posted by Neil Thomson:
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This is the guy who's playing football again because the world didn't actually end last year. He also said he dislikes football and actually wanted to be a fighter pilot. I would love it, just love it if Wenger signed him cos we took Carini. :D </strong><hr></blockquote>

we tried to sign him in the past before he went mad that is

he was a top class keeper
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<a href="http://www.tribalfootball.com/august/engnews1230802.html" target="_blank">Juve offer Carini and Davids for £24.5m rated Scholes</a>
 
Same thing. Tribal football don't really make up stuff, they just quote other news agencies and papers, mostly Italian.
 
Originally posted by Amir:
<strong>Same thing. Tribal football don't really make up stuff, they just quote other news agencies and papers, mostly Italian.</strong><hr></blockquote>
The Italian press seem worse than the British press.
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Originally posted by Neil Thomson:
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The Italian press seem worse than the British press.</strong><hr></blockquote>

They are. Far worse. Thing is, the british press rarely prints unfounded rumours regarding top players. You don't see stuff about Ruud, Becks, Owen, Henry, etc moving to other clubs regularly.

In Italy they write about everyone, daily, without any foundation really.
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Originally posted by Amir:
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They are. Far worse. Thing is, the british press rarely prints unfounded rumours regarding top players. You don't see stuff about Ruud, Becks, Owen, Henry, etc moving to other clubs regularly.

In Italy they write about everyone, daily, without any foundation really.</strong><hr></blockquote>
They've got dedicated sports papers haven't they? I suppose to do that you need to manufacture lots of stories.
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Originally posted by Neil Thomson:
<strong><a href="http://www.tribalfootball.com/august/engnews1230802.html" target="_blank">Juve offer Carini and Davids for £24.5m rated Scholes</a></strong><hr></blockquote>

I followed the link and saw the sportingodds.com ad flicking:

MAD KEANE <img src="graemlins/keano.gif" border="0" alt="[Keano]" />
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Free 20 quid if he gets booked against Chelsea <img src="graemlins/keano.gif" border="0" alt="[Keano]" />
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MAD KEANE <img src="graemlins/keano.gif" border="0" alt="[Keano]" />
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If he gets booked we'll give you 20 quid <img src="graemlins/keano.gif" border="0" alt="[Keano]" />
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They'll go broke. <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laugh Out Loud]" />
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My gran used to own a newsagent so I got both Match and Shoot. Always liked Match better. There you go. Got Football Monthly as well and looking back now it was pants - big grey pants, extra large, extra baggy, stained front and back.
 
The italians are laughing off the reliablety off brittish press.Calciomanager.it and Calciomercato.com and Tuttosport.I love their Milan:Galliani on mission Thuram <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laugh Out Loud]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laugh Out Loud]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laugh Out Loud]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laugh Out Loud]" />
 
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