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In 1993 cult film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray's
character Phil wakes up to live the same day
over and again. At first it's fun, interesting, but
the novelty soon wears off and Phil tires of his
monotonous daily existence. In one memorably
deadpan montage, things get so bad that he
starts finding new ways to end his own life. He
jumps off a church ledge, steps out in front of
a van, and takes a toaster to the bath - but
each time the alarm goes at 6am the next
morning and Phil wakes up with the same
Sonny and Cher song playing on the radio. "I
got you babe".


Only 36 hours after transfer deadline day and Arsenal fans (of which I am one) would be
forgiven for wondering whether they are
trapped inside their very own Groundhog Day.
Another new season is already being marked
by the same old stories. First, an injury crisis
ahead of the key Champions League qualifier
against Besiktas (which they went on to win,
entering European football's premier
competition for the 17th straight season). And
now, the transfer window closes in sneakingly
anti-climactic fashion.



Yes, Alexis Sanchez is the type of signing that
gets fans renewing season tickets; yes, Mathieu Debuchy , Calum Chambers and David Ospina all appear reasonable replacements for exiting stars. And yes, eve the capture of Danny Welbeck may turn out to be a masterstroke. But where was the
incoming midfield muscle that Arsenal have
lacked since Alex Song hastened his own
departure to Barcelona over two years ago?
Where were the reinforcements that the team's
paper thin defence so palpably needs? What
happened to all those nearly almost completed
deals?




The sneaking suspicion is that after showing
early intent, Arsene Wenger and Arsenal have
failed to keep up with the 'Top 4 Joneses'
during yet another transfer window. It's like
the alarm has ticked over to 6am and the
same story is about to happen all over again.
Nine predictions for the next nine
months...
......................



1. September to October - A solid start raises
early season hopes. Despite their
underwhelming first three games to this year's
season, Arsenal traditionally start well: they've
been in the top four by the end of October
five times in the last seven years.
The early season promise reached its zenith
last year, when Aaron Ramsey ran amok in
September and October to propel Arsenal to
the top of the table nine games in. That's not
to say that the 2013-14 campaign turned out
any differently to the normal Groundhog
Season, however.




2. October to November - Squad limitations
become apparent. Arsenal's longstanding
issue
with big teams continues. They struggle to
assert themselves against Manchester United
and Borussia Dortmund, while Chelsea enjoy a
comfortable victory at Stamford Bridge, where
Cesc Fabregas artfully bulldozes Mikel Arteta
in midfield Outmuscling: Former captain Cesc Fabregas could prove too strong for Mikel Arteta





3. December - Results improve as the transfer
window beckons. Arsenal are linked with a
host
of names during the month, including Sami
Khedira , William Carvalho, Adrien Rabiot ,
and every other deep-lying midfielder who
looks like he could beat Arteta in an arm
wrestle. But the month's opposition - including
Southampton, Newcastle, QPR and West Ham -
prove little problem for Arsenal, and Wenger
insists in his post-match interviews that he is
happy with his squad and is only interested in
bringing in "top, top quality".
December also sees the return of Wenger's
famed 15 tog Michelin Man coat.
Keeping warm: Arsene Wenger will dig out
his 15-tog sleeping bag in December








4. January - Wenger announces 'signing' as
the
transfer window closes. While his top four
opponents add to their squads, Wenger speaks
only of how much he dislikes the January
transfer window. Midway through the month,
Arsenal travel to Manchester City in a game
that's billed - somewhat hopefully - as a test
of
their title credentials. They lose.
When asked about the possibility of new
signings after the game, Wenger says that the
return of Oliver Giroud, now recovered from
his broken ankle, is "like a new signing". It's
not - and it wouldn't be the defensive-minded
signing the team needs anyway - but no
matter. We've been here before and, most
likely, we'll be here again.
Returning: Olivier Giroud will be back in
January and like a 'new signing'






5. February - Injuries take their toll. After
playing two 90-minute games a week since
early September, Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil
and Aaron Ramsey suffer the first in what turns
out to be a series of muscular problems that
effectively curtail their seasons.







6. March - Arsenal go out of the Champions
League. Having finished second in their group
to Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal draw Bayern
Munich in the Round of 16. They lose, exiting
the competition at the same stage for the fifth
straight year in a row.






7. April - Flat track bullies get flattened.
Arsenal's annual spring implosion coincides
with the visits of Liverpool and Chelsea, who
take advantage of an injury-ravaged squad
that
visibly lacks confidence. Expect tennis-style
scorelines.
Mathieu Flamini is suspended for either one or
both of these games, having picked up a
yellow
card in every one of his previous 10 substitute
appearances.





8. April to May - The Emirates empties. With
every passing home game, the number of
empty red seats grows, spreading like chicken
pox through the crowd....but Arsenal continue
to announce attendances of over 59,000.
Dejected: An early Champions League finish
could feature in March




9. May - Arsenal finish fourth in the Premier
League. The club has now finished either third
or fourth for 10 seasons in a row (seven
fourths, three thirds).


They qualify for the Champions League for the
18th straight season.
As the team complete their lap of honour and
thanks in their final home game of the season,
'I Got You Babe' plays out over the tannoy at
the Emirates.

Mogidi: Someone donates a plane to fight boko haram and you foam in your mouth, is he the only pastor in Nigeria with private jet?

tameyka: somebody please say something!

Nafizzey: Pls someone should kindly help me on this... Thanks

lestat: Bro trust me when you see it, you would be blown away, my cousin just showed me one over Skype, the phone is absolutely fabulous!!! this pic doesn't do it justice, its way way finer. the iphone6 is very very sexy bro

iamDemigod: Why is it so difficult to install apps manually on Linux? Unlike windows exe easy installation.. Dz Linux sef

dljbd1: Alright guys, here I am again.
This thread has been helpful. I have developed a flare for Linux but I have been running everything(ubuntu and redhat) on workstation. So I wish to run it directly on my PC. Please a walk-through would be helpful at this point. Dual booting with Windows 7.
I use a Dell N4050/core i3/4gb ram/500gb hdd
Also, will all my drivers work properly? especially wireless driver.

Nihilist: Read this and weep for your education
http://epfl-publications.com/slb10/files/assets/basic-html/page41.html
Very Simply...
Federative Rights = Registration....Only clubs can register players with the FA
Economic Rights = The rights to exploit federative rights for financial gain...
You can see that these are different from contracts. And it is the Economic Right that is sold and transferred at Player transfer NOT contracts...
Stick to linux and stop fooling yourself here

Nihilist: This suggests that Chelsea can enforce a contract that Rooney signed with Manyoo, [size=28pt]so long as Chelsea can prove an agreement with Manyoo,/b][/size] No?

This is the Manyoo thread...it's all out war here...Daft men like you cannot survive in this zone.

Nihilist: This is just daft. A contract between Manyoo and Rooney is not the same as a contract between Manyoo and Chelsea. So I dont see the point of this statement...Are you suggesting that once Manyoo and Chelsea agree a fee even in writing for Rooney, Rooney is contractually obligated to Chelsea?

Nihilist: Errm excuse me?
Quick Wikipedia perusal shows this:
In professional football, a transfer is the action taken whenever a player under contract moves between clubs. It refers to the transferring of a player's registration from one association football club to another. In general, the players can only be transferred during a transfer window and according to the rules set by a governing body. Usually some sort of compensation is paid for the player's rights, which is known as a transfer fee. When a player moves from one club to another, his old contract is terminated and he negotiates a new one with the club he is moving to, unlike in American, Canadian and Australian sports, where teams essentially trade existing player contracts

nateevs: What's interesting about the stats?

Hopeyem12: I'm using it. with my experience and usage of the smartfone I want to submit that the phone has performed excellently and average but beware it can't perform more than it capability I.e it's processor thou OK for just contemporary exploration. Go for it......

texazzpete: FIFA 14 on the crappy Toshiba Encore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu1pn-bBjMY

texazzpete: Except he knows he can use Bluestacks and run most Android apps on his tablet.
He also knows he can pick the right desktop apps to use. Interface elements on an 8 inch Windows tablet aren't any smaller than icons in web browser on an Android or iOS tablet...and people seem to manage just fine.
He also knows he can easily load the best versions of any emulator, run many Windows only apps, and play games that will not show up on Android or iOS. With Baytrail, he can load up the full PC versions of FIFA or Football Manager and not the heavily stripped down versions on sale in the iOS or Android stores.
He also can run the full version of office. Macros et al...all will run fine. And with WIMBOOT enabled to make sure that the OS doesn't take up more than 4GB space, he has enough space to run stuff.
Probably he also knows he can install Steam and run a huge selection of PC games from some years back at mid to low settings. He can hook it up to a TV or a monitor and use it for medium to light workloads. The Intel Baytrail SoCs in these tablets are far more powerful than those in netbooks of old...and Windows has become much lighter on system resources.
That is what he probably knows

Bawss1: Such ignorance.

People who make comments like this are under the delusion that mobile OSes like Android and iOS are the the be-all and do-all of computing systems. FYI all desktop applications are supported on Win8.1 in addition to its growing array of mobile apps. I mean, what else can match MS Office - in all it's feature rich glory - on a tablet?

Many people are stuck in their straitjacket outlook so these comments shouldn't really surprise me.