Football Manager 2015 Best Free Agents

Goalkeepers

Rating	Name	Nation	Age	Position	EU	Caps
84	Valdés, Víctor	ESP	32	GK	Yes	20
79	Kuszczak, Tomasz	POL	32	GK	Yes	11
78	Fülöp, Márton	HUN	31	GK	Yes	24
76	Kanibolotskyi, Vitaliy	UKR	21	GK	No	0
76	Amelia, Marco	ITA	32	GK	Yes	9
75	Sérvulo	BRA	28	GK	No	0
75	Denchuk, Artur	UKR	22	GK	No	0
74	Keita, Abdoulaye	FRA	23	GK	Yes	0
74	Petrovic, Nikola	SRB	26	GK	Yes	0
74	Dilo, Christopher	FRA	20	GK	Yes	0
74	Siebenhandl, Jörg	AUT	24	GK	Yes	0
74	Makhnovskyi, Kostyantyn	UKR	25	GK	No	0
74	Thiago Rodrigues	BRA	25	GK	No	0
74	Müller, Heinz	GER	36	GK	Yes	0
74	Markovic, Predrag	SRB	20	GK	Yes	0
74	Etheridge, Neil	PHL	24	GK	No	40
73	Kalajdzic, Vladimir	SRB	18	GK	Yes	0
73	Alê	BRA	32	GK	No	0
73	Felipe	ESP	26	GK	Yes	0
73	Nikolic, Milorad	SRB	30	GK	Yes	0
73	Ronaldo	BRA	28	GK	No	0
73	Pogorilyi, Sergiy	UKR	27	GK	No	0
73	Aranzubia, Dani	ESP	34	GK	Yes	1
73	Mosquera, Ángel	ECU	25	GK	No	0
73	Núñez, Felipe	CHL	35	GK	No	0
73	Farnolle, Fabien	BEN	29	GK	No	6
73	Milenkovic, Bosko	SRB	27	GK	Yes	0
73	Latinovic, Nemanja	SRB	20	GK	Yes	0
73	San Martín, Mario	URY	24	GK	No	0
73	Paulo Cerqueira	BRA	27	GK	No	0
73	Legat, Pascal	AUT	19	GK	Yes	0
73	Reyes, Carlos	GTM	26	GK	No	0
73	Scekic, Nemanja	MNE	22	GK	Yes	0
73	Ruan	BRA	20	GK	No	0
73	Ioannou, Kyriakos	CYP	23	GK	Yes	0
73	Tischler, Patrick	AUT	27	GK	Yes	0
73	Bazilevych, Vyacheslav	UKR	23	GK	No	0

Defenders Center

Rating	Name	Nation	Age	Position	EU	Caps
79	Faye, Abdoulaye	SEN	36	D C, DM	No	35
78	Lugano, Diego	URY	33	D C	No	97
76	Buljat, Jurica	CRO	27	D C	Yes	2
76	Portanova, Daniele	ITA	35	D C	Yes	0
76	Franz, Maik	GER	32	D C	Yes	0
76	Mohamad, Youssef	LBN	34	D C	No	54
75	Zelão	BRA	29	D C	No	0
74	Welton Felipe	BRA	28	D C	No	0
74	Zebina, Jonathan	FRA	35	D C	Yes	1
74	Taylor, Martin	ENG	34	D C	Yes	0
74	Marchena, Carlos	ESP	34	D C, DM	Yes	69
74	André Dias	BRA	35	D C	No	0
74	Rozic, Ante	CRO	28	D C	Yes	0
74	Dequaire, Guillaume	FRA	23	D LC	Yes	0
74	Koch, Morten	DNK	22	D C	Yes	0
74	Vranjes, Ognjen	BIH	24	D RC	Yes	14
73	Onyewu, Oguchi	USA	32	D C	No	69
73	Savic, Vujadin	SRB	24	D C	Yes	0
73	Tonucci, Denis	ITA	25	D C	Yes	0
73	Ghvinianidze, Mate	GEO	27	D RC	No	7
73	Natali, Cesare	ITA	35	D C	Yes	0
73	Gorkss, Kaspars	LVA	32	D C	Yes	59
73	Lorenzi, Grégory	FRA	30	D LC	Yes	0
73	Cissokho, Kemokho	SEN	24	D C	No	0
73	Fall, Mourtada	SEN	26	D LC, DM	No	0
73	Leca, Mihai	ROU	22	D C	Yes	0
73	Cesinha	BRA	27	D C	No	0
72	Leandro Euzébio	BRA	33	D C	No	0
72	Pamarot, Noé	FRA	35	D C	Yes	0
72	Torlak, Sedin	BIH	29	D C	Yes	1
72	Dudic, Milan	SRB	34	D LC	Yes	13
72	Khizanishvili, Zurab	GEO	32	D C	No	93
72	Vujadinovic, Nikola	MNE	27	D LC	Yes	0
72	Kalil	BRA	19	D C	No	0
72	Béda, Mathieu	FRA	32	D C	Yes	0
72	Hall, Fitz	ENG	33	D C	Yes	0
72	Puljic, Tomislav	CRO	31	D LC	Yes	0
72	Sama, Mustapha	SLE	34	D C	No	36
72	Paulo Vinícius	BRA	29	D LC	No	0
72	Offei, Stephen	GHA	29	D RC	No	0
72	Riegler, Jan-Marc	AUT	26	D RC	Yes	0
72	Celis, Matías	CHL	25	D RC, DM	No	1
72	Kalabané, Oumar	GIN	33	D RC	No	38
72	Dosoudil, Radek	CZE	31	D C	Yes	0
72	Romário Mendes	BRA	24	D C	No	0
72	Riegel, Jan	CZE	33	D RC, DM	Yes	0
72	O'Dea, Darren	IRL	27	D C	Yes	20

Defenders Left

Rating	Name	Nation	Age	Position	EU	Caps
74	Mondragón, Iván	MEX	21	D RL	No	0
74	Eksioglu, Ekrem	TUR	36	D/WB L	No	0
74	Dieyson	BRA	21	D/WB L	No	0
73	Fathi, Malik	GER	30	D/WB L, DM	Yes	2
73	Frances	BRA	20	D/WB L	No	0
73	Ziegler, Reto	CHE	28	D/WB/M L	Yes	35
73	Sauget, David	FRA	34	D/WB RL	Yes	0
73	Kaoê	BRA	23	D/WB L	No	0
73	Begines, Daniel	MEX	21	D/WB L	No	0
73	Júlio César	BRA	32	D/WB/M L	No	0
73	Machín, Cristian	URY	25	D/WB L	No	0
72	Martínez, Israel	MEX	33	D/WB L	No	8
72	Barrios, Marlon	COL	27	D/WB/M L	No	0
72	Dossena, Andrea	ITA	32	D/WB/M L	Yes	10
72	Gabriel	BRA	25	D/WB L	No	0
72	Hanzel, Lubos	SVK	27	D/M L	Yes	1
72	Gabriel Araújo	BRA	22	D/WB L	No	0
72	Rincón, Orlando	MEX	28	D/WB RL	No	0
72	Nacho	ESP	34	D/WB L	Yes	0
72	Klukowski, Michaël	CAN	33	D/WB L	No	37
71	Goore, Dacosta	CIV	29	D/WB L	No	3
71	Rafael	BRA	24	D/WB L	No	0
71	Peña, Ricardo Israel	MEX	22	D/WB L	No	0
71	Mareque, Lucas	ARG	31	D/WB L	No	0
71	Anderson Planta	BRA	23	D/WB L	No	0
71	García, José Alejandro	MEX	21	D/WB L	No	0
71	Jerffeson Recife	BRA	21	D/WB L	No	0
71	Ouasfane, Anthony	DZA	25	D LC	No	0
71	Ivan	BRA	32	D/WB/M L	No	0
71	El Mouataz, Hassan	MAR	32	D LC	No	8
71	Adriel	BRA	22	D/WB L	No	0
71	Bunoza, Gordan	BIH	26	D LC	Yes	0
71	Gabriel	BRA	23	D/WB L	No	0
71	Rincón, Obed	MEX	29	D RL	No	0
71	Cech, Marek	SVK	31	D/WB/M L	Yes	52
71	Andjelkovic, Dusan	SRB	32	D L	Yes	1

Defenders Right

Rating	Name	Nation	Age	Position	EU	Caps
78	Lucas	BRA	26	D/WB R	No	2
76	Réveillère, Anthony	FRA	34	D/WB RL	Yes	20
75	Bandalovski, Ivan	BGR	27	D/WB R	Yes	12
75	Realpe, Jairo	ECU	25	D/WB R	No	0
75	Bertrán, Marc	ESP	32	D/WB R	Yes	0
74	Kyere, Samuel	GHA	21	D/WB R	No	0
74	Levels, Tobias	GER	27	D/WB R	Yes	0
74	Zabavnik, Radoslav	SVK	33	D RL	Yes	58
74	Paulo Henrique	BRA	24	D/WB R	No	0
74	Murilo	BRA	24	D/WB R	No	0
74	Lell, Christian	GER	29	D RC	Yes	0
73	Chrétien, Michaël	MAR	29	D/WB R	No	30
73	Lüthi, Benjamin	CHE	25	D/M R	Yes	0
73	Yago	BRA	21	D/WB R	No	0
73	Angbwa, Benoît	CMR	32	D R	No	17
73	Joao Felipe	BRA	22	D/WB R	No	0
73	Muslu	TUR	30	D/WB R	No	0
72	Mater, Rudy	FRA	34	D/WB/M R	Yes	0
72	Piarrou, Cristian	ARG	26	D/WB R	No	0
72	Baraja, Javi	ESP	33	D RC	Yes	0
72	Leumir	BRA	26	D/WB R	No	0
72	Gevlych, Vladyslav	UKR	19	D R	No	0
72	Ruz, Manuel	ESP	28	D/WB RL	Yes	0
72	López, Cristóbal	CHL	26	D/WB/M R	No	0
72	Paniagua, Iván	PRY	22	D/WB R	No	0
72	Thiaguinho	BRA	29	D/WB R, DM	No	0
72	Martínez, Ricardo	MEX	22	D/WB R	No	0
72	Peralta, Sergio	COL	27	D/WB R	No	0
72	Adans	BRA	31	D/WB R	No	0
72	Asconeguy, Danilo	URY	27	D/WB/M R	No	0
72	Fernandinho	BRA	25	D/WB R	No	0
72	Mederos, Danilo	URY	24	D/WB/M R	No	0
72	Ayari, Hamadi	FRA	23	D/WB R	Yes	0
70	Montaño, Jairo	ECU	34	D/WB/M R	No	0

Defensive Midfielders

Rating	Name	Nation	Age	Position	EU	Caps
76	Jumar	BRA	28	D L, DM	No	0
76	Monconduit, Thomas	FRA	23	D/WB R, DM	Yes	0
76	Mudingayi, Gaby	BEL	32	DM	Yes	15
75	N'Guemo, Landry	CMR	28	DM	No	21
75	Estrada, Marco	CHL	31	DM	No	33
74	Sow, Pape	SEN	28	D C, DM	No	0
74	Alê	BRA	28	DM	No	0
74	Elizeu	BRA	25	DM	No	0
74	Diarra, Alou	FRA	32	D C, DM	Yes	44
74	Auremir	BRA	22	D R, DM	No	0
74	Iriney	BRA	33	DM	No	0
73	Díaz, Néstor	MEX	23	DM	No	0
73	Lenon	BRA	24	DM	No	0
73	Quansah, Kwame	GHA	31	DM	No	2
73	Torrico, Diego	BOL	22	DM	No	0
73	Robles, Luis	MEX	27	DM	No	0
73	Rômulo	BRA	27	DM	No	0
73	Trapp, Petr	CZE	28	DM	Yes	1
72	Duylio	BRA	22	DM	No	0
72	Keita, Sidi	MLI	29	DM	No	11
72	Matondo, Landry	COD	25	DM	No	0
72	Moussi, Guy	FRA	29	DM	Yes	0
72	Jatta, Paul	GMB	23	DM	No	0
72	Keita, Souleymane	MLI	27	DM	No	5
72	Torres, Edison	PRY	31	DM, M RC	No	0
72	Fox, David	ENG	30	DM	Yes	0
72	Hernández, Ricardo	MEX	21	DM	No	0
72	Anselmo	BRA	25	DM	No	0

Midfielders Center

Rating	Name	Nation	Age	Position	EU	Caps
76	Seymour, Felipe	CHL	26	DM, M RC	No	1
75	Kharja, Houssine	MAR	31	DM, AM C	No	75
75	Márcio Abreu	POR	34	DM	Yes	0
74	Diop, Papa Bouba	SEN	36	DM	No	63
74	Renato Augusto	BRA	23	DM	No	0
74	Lazar, Costin	ROU	33	DM	Yes	32
74	Marusych, Maxym	UKR	20	AM C	No	0
73	Méndez, Edison	ECU	35	AM C	No	106
73	Llorente, Fernando	ESP	23	DM	Yes	0
73	O'Hara, Jamie	ENG	27	M LC	Yes	0
73	Osbourne, Isaiah	ENG	26	DM	Yes	0
73	Aho Abou, William	CIV	21	AM RC	No	0
72	Cristian Baroni	BRA	31	DM, AM C	No	0
72	Colman, Gustavo	ARG	29	DM, AM C	No	0
72	Ryabushko, Vitaliy	UKR	22	M C	No	0
72	Dudu Cearense	BRA	31	DM	No	11
72	Rodrigo Possebon	ITA	25	DM	Yes	0
72	Azofeifa, Randall	CRI	29	DM	No	35
72	Olberdam	BRA	29	DM	No	0
72	Alberto	POR	31	AM C	Yes	0
72	Haroun, Faris	BEL	28	AM RC	Yes	6
72	de Zeeuw, Demy	NED	31	DM	Yes	27

Wingers Left

Rating	Name	Nation	Age	Position	EU	Caps
75	Simão	POR	34	AM RL	Yes	85
75	Ezequiel	ESP	23	AM RLC	Yes	0
74	Lepiller, Matthias	FRA	26	AM L	Yes	0
73	Gabilondo, Igor	ESP	35	AM L	Yes	0
73	Swartz, Robin	ZAF	20	D/M L	No	0
73	El Ghanassy, Yassine	BEL	23	AM RL	Yes	1
72	Annunziata, Xavier	ESP	26	AM LC	Yes	0
72	Etherington, Matthew	ENG	32	AM L	Yes	0
71	Civelli, Luciano	ARG	27	AM L	No	0
70	Santiago, Víctor Manuel	MEX	22	AM RL	No	0
70	Lazarovych, Roman	UKR	19	WB L, AM LC	No	0
70	Morales, Fernando	MEX	28	AM L	No	0
70	Benítez, Dani	ESP	27	AM L	Yes	0
70	Rivic, Stiven	CRO	28	AM RLC	Yes	0
70	Moha	MAR	36	WB/AM L	No	33
70	Valdiviezo, José	ECU	25	AM L	No	0
70	Nano	ESP	32	D/WB/AM L	Yes	0
70	Serrano, Óscar	ESP	32	AM L	Yes	0
70	Ortega, Sergio	PRY	25	AM LC	No	0
70	Markisio	BRA	23	AM L	No	0
70	Piña, Jonathan	MEX	25	AM L	No	0
70	Barriaga, Christian Xavier	ECU	35	M RLC	No	0

Wingers Right

Rating	Name	Nation	Age	Position	EU	Caps
75	Stevanovic, Miroslav	BIH	23	AM RL	Yes	10
74	Diouf, El-Hadji	SEN	33	AM RL	No	69
73	Eagles, Chris	ENG	28	AM RLC	Yes	0
73	Arizmendi, Javier	ESP	30	AM R, ST	Yes	1
73	Keko	ESP	22	AM R	Yes	0
72	Nicolita, Banel	ROU	29	AM R	Yes	37
71	Bouazzi, Wajdi	TUN	28	WB R, AM RL	No	1
71	Valdo	CPV	33	AM R	No	1
71	Petersch, Oliver	GER	25	D/WB R, AM RL	Yes	0
71	Rodri	ESP	28	AM RLC	Yes	0
71	Dombaxe, Laste	AGO	19	AM RC, F C	No	0
70	Quansah, Abeiku	GHA	23	AM R	No	0
70	Guberti, Stefano	ITA	29	AM RLC	Yes	0
70	Ben Saada, Chaouki	TUN	30	AM RLC	No	37
70	N'Doumbou, Alexander	GAB	22	AM RLC	No	2
70	Nastasie, Ionut	ROU	22	AM RL	Yes	0
70	Felipe Klein	BRA	27	DM, M RLC	No	0
70	Pedrinho	POR	19	AM R	Yes	0
70	Navarro, Santos	BOL	23	AM R	No	0
70	Doroshenko, Vitaliy	UKR	19	AM RL	No	0
70	Foggia, Pasquale	ITA	31	AM RLC	Yes	3

Attacking Midfielders Center

Rating	Name	Nation	Age	Position	EU	Caps
76	Diogo	BRA	20	AM C	No	0
76	Mérida, Fran	ESP	24	AM C	Yes	0
75	Voronin, Andriy	UKR	34	AM/F C	No	74
75	Cisternas, Diego	CHL	22	AM C	No	0
74	Masoud	IRN	30	AM LC	No	37
74	China	BRA	21	AM C	No	0
74	Skacel, Rudolf	CZE	34	AM C	Yes	6
74	Fábio	BRA	21	AM C	No	0
73	Marcos	BRA	34	AM/F C	No	0
73	Kenia, Levan	GEO	23	AM LC	No	23
73	Trochowski, Piotr	GER	30	AM RLC	Yes	35
73	Camuñas, Javier	ESP	33	AM LC	Yes	0
73	Victor Juffo	BRA	21	AM C	No	0
73	Ninis, Sotiris	GRE	24	AM RC	Yes	31
72	Bruins, Luigi	NED	27	AM LC	Yes	0
72	Ítalo Melo	BRA	21	AM RC	No	0
72	Daniel Carvalho	BRA	31	AM C	No	4
72	Vinícius Pacheco	BRA	28	AM LC	No	0
72	Emana, Achille	CMR	32	DM, AM C	No	10
72	Mateus Gonçalves	BRA	19	AM C	No	0
72	Agüero, Sergio	ARG	20	AM/F C	No	0
72	Ramzi, Adil	MAR	36	AM RLC	No	48
72	Bakkal, Otman	NED	29	AM RC	Yes	1
72	Halilovic, Dino	CRO	16	AM C	Yes	0
72	Aguiluz, Alejandro	HND	21	AM C	No	0
72	Asante, Uriah	GHA	22	AM RLC	No	0
71	Barkero, Javier	ESP	35	AM LC	Yes	0
71	Ayvazyan, Viulen	ARM	19	AM/F C	No	0
71	Koman, Vladimir	HUN	25	AM RC	Yes	20
71	Wandinho	BRA	23	AM C	No	0
71	Gabriel Almeida	BRA	17	AM C	No	0
71	Gaona, Claudio	ARG	19	AM C	No	0
71	Thiago	BRA	21	AM C	No	0
71	Lewis, Stanton	ZAF	26	AM/F C	No	0
71	Careaga, Juan Cruz	ARG	21	AM RC	No	0
71	Maurício	BRA	24	AM LC	No	0
71	Emerson	BRA	24	AM/F C	No	0
71	Medina	BRA	24	D/WB R, AM RC	No	0
71	Anderson Melo	BRA	23	AM RC, F C	No	0
71	Eliabe	BRA	22	AM/F C	No	0
71	Vannucchi, Ighli	ITA	36	AM RC	Yes	0
70	Diakité, Adama	FRA	23	AM LC, F C	Yes	0
70	Fito	ESP	24	AM LC	Yes	0
70	Ephraim, Hogan	ENG	26	AM RLC	Yes	0
70	Hugo	BRA	30	AM RC	No	0
70	Honoré, Arnaud	FRA	21	AM LC	Yes	0
70	Rubén Suárez	ESP	35	AM C	Yes	0
70	Baruchian, Aviram	ISR	29	AM RLC	No	10

Strikers

Rating	Name	Nation	Age	Position	EU	Caps
79	Stracqualursi, Denis	ARG	26	ST	No	0
79	Maierhofer, Stefan	AUT	31	ST	Yes	19
77	Zigic, Nikola	SRB	33	ST	Yes	57
77	Pedro Poppe	BRA	19	ST	No	0
77	Bogdani, Erjon	ALB	37	ST	Yes	75
76	Senghor, André	SEN	28	ST	No	8
76	Lassad	TUN	28	AM/F C	No	3
76	Romário	BRA	23	ST	No	0
76	Brovko, Igor	UKR	21	ST	No	0
75	Alex	BRA	23	ST	No	0
75	Bulykin, Dmitry	RUS	34	ST	No	15
75	Tapparello, Dante	ARG	19	ST	No	0
75	Aranda, Carlos	ESP	33	ST	Yes	0
75	Alfa, Yakubu	NGA	23	ST	No	0
75	André Lima	BRA	29	ST	No	0
75	Ljuboja, Danijel	SRB	35	AM/F C	Yes	19
75	Opoku, Antwi	GHA	21	ST	No	0
75	Nílson	BRA	23	ST	No	0
75	Ceesay, Momodou	GMB	25	ST	No	1
75	Agali, Victor	NGA	35	ST	No	12
75	Shevchenko, Eugene	UKR	18	ST	No	0
74	Darlan	BRA	22	ST	No	0
74	Mihajlovic, Stefan	BIH	20	ST	Yes	0
74	Zidan, Mohamed	EGY	32	AM/F C	No	44
74	Kikín Fonseca	MEX	34	AM R, ST	No	43
74	Bangura, Mohamed	SLE	24	ST	No	14
74	Ilan	BRA	33	ST	No	3
74	Younis Mahmoud	IRQ	31	ST	No	88
73	Thurk, Michael	GER	38	AM R, ST	Yes	0
73	Ndlovu, Sandile	ZAF	34	ST	No	3
73	Klinsmann	BRA	19	ST	No	0
73	Sandows, Tyroane	ZAF	19	AM/F C	No	0
73	Sapogov, Alexey	RUS	26	AM/F C	No	0
73	Luiz Otávio	BRA	22	ST	No	0
73	Abdul-Lateef, Ismail	BHR	27	ST	No	69
73	Jorge Luiz	BRA	25	AM/F C	No	0
73	Manyathela, Lesedi	ZAF	18	ST	No	0
73	Makukula, Ariza	POR	33	ST	Yes	4
73	Zakari, Morou	TGO	22	ST	No	7
73	Klasnic, Ivan	CRO	34	ST	Yes	41
73	Hernández, Éder Jair	MEX	22	ST	No	0
73	Mandrichi, Jean-Jacques	FRA	30	ST	Yes	0
73	Cafferata, Julio	PER	21	ST	No	0
73	Wellington	BRA	22	ST	No	0
73	Fernandez, Guyon	NED	28	AM RL, ST	Yes	0
73	Jara, Matías	ARG	26	ST	No	0
73	Itacaré	BRA	26	ST	No	0
73	Alessandro	BRA	32	AM/F C	No	0
73	Neverton	BRA	22	ST	No	0
73	Danilo	BRA	23	ST	No	0
73	Hernández, Joaquín	USA	20	ST	No	0
73	Nei Paraíba	BRA	31	ST	No	0
73	Chibambo, Signs	ZMB	26	ST	No	1
73	Traore, Dramane	MLI	32	ST	No	29
73	Dyakiv, Svyatoslav	UKR	22	ST	No	0
73	Alferez, Hebert	MEX	26	ST	No	0
72	Muslimovic, Zlatan	BIH	33	ST	Yes	82
72	Niculae, Marius	ROU	33	ST	Yes	44
72	Chevantón, Javier	URY	33	ST	No	22
72	Jallow, Ousman	GMB	25	AM/F C	No	12
72	Torrealba, José	VEN	34	ST	No	17
72	Emeghara, Innocent	CHE	25	ST	Yes	9
72	Delibasic, Andrija	MNE	33	ST	Yes	21
72	Thiago Silvy	BRA	28	ST	No	0
72	Amoah, Matthew	GHA	33	AM/F C	No	43
72	Amusan, Adewale Sunday	NGA	25	ST	No	0
72	Osunwa, Kelechi	NGA	29	ST	No	0
72	Padilla, Mario	MEX	28	ST	No	0

Luis Enrique, Barca fans are pissed off with you.

Luis Enrique, current manager of Barcelona FC, as reported by goal.com, said that he was pissed off after his side was defeated 0-1 by his former club Celta FC, a match that they are expected to win. Barca fans are even more pissed off by his lack of tactical nuances and as the season wore on, it is feared that he is going to get Barcelona FC exposed by his brilliant tactics.

For instance in the last match against Real Madrid,
1) how else can one explain Mr Luis Enrique deciding to put their best central defender so far this season to the left back position and marauding forward, when even rookie manager won't do so. This left them exposed whole match and he didn't even notice and that's the biggest problem facing Barcelona FC this season if their own manager cannot see this kind of things and make change.
2) how on earth can he start a player who is way past his prime and on decline significantly and who could have been playing in the middle east or USA if Barcelona FC management has been more insistent that he will not play a part. Xavi currently just know how to pass sideways and run forward and Messi in return in playing deep in the position where Xavi should have been in if he has not run forward. What on earth has happened to him? Why is he not playing Rakitic?
3) starting Luis Suarez, which coach/manager will throw a cold player right in the thick of things against such a strong side like Real Madrid? Yes he looked out of sort for most of the match barring the first few minutes where he assisted the goal thanks in no small part to the Madrid defense not expecting it and still getting into the match. There is a major disconnect between him and the rest of the team.
4) pitting Pique and Alves against the likes of Ronaldo is only asking for trouble, Pique isn't a defender, he don't deserve to be playing in such a big match, he is loitering on the pitch and gave away unnecessary penalty which cost them the match, and the wonderful full right back that is Mr Diego Alves who is more adept at crossing to the stands or float cross to the Barcelona tall forwards to head isn't gonna work. And to make matter worse, he does not track back well to defend and his defending is really that damn bad.
5) sergio Buesquet, I don't know how much connection he has at Barcelona FC to ensure that the DM position is his own when they have a far better player than him in that position.

Notwithstanding the 4 woodwork hits, the team didn't play the way we expect them to be playing, it is absolutely below par and they would have conceded more than 2 if Celta themselves are more clinical.
In the Celta match, he is stubborn and refused to admit his mistakes
and he still start Suarez alongside Messi and Neymar, therefore the equation which was solved before become unsolved with the addition of one unknown factor there. Why can't he introduced him slowly to the game by letting him come on as a substitute as the match wore on?
After what Munir and Sandro has done in the beginning of the season when Suarez isn't back, didn't the team actually do far better without Suarez?
Since they are short of quality after Iniesta injury, and the bench midfielders are not exactly star quality yet after having seen them play some part in the initial stage of the season, don't you think he should have try out Hallilovic out on the bench to sub him in?

Against bigger side, Barcelona FC the way the manager has taught them to play and the way he picked his team and choose his tactics, they are going to struggle a lot.

I would now congratulate Real Madrid for their brilliant attacking and counter attacking that they don't just defeat their opponent but they steamrolled through them all. It is impressive and all credits to the players and their tactically brilliant Manager Carlo Ancelotti, they looked good to capture the league title this season.

Marcelo Bielsa sat on a hot cup of coffee

Look at the reaction of Marseille manager after he sat on a hot cup of coffee during a match.

Beijing Marathon 2014 turned out to be masked affair

The Beijing Marathon 2014 which took place in heavy fog and haze has finished and the winner is one Ethiopia runner who completed it in 2 hrs 10 mins and 41 secs. The Kenyan runner who lead for 20 kms eventually dropped out of the race because of heavy fog, haze and poor air quality. Similar to the Kenyan, a lot of other runners also dropped out of the race because of the aforesaid reasons.

The Monkey king also took part in the race but didn't win it.

Farmville 2 Tips Hints Tricks

Farmville 2 players will know that getting enough people to send baby bottles to you is really a painful experience and not to mention getting people to click on the Farmville 2 posts you have posted on facebook pages is even more difficult.
There is a solution to all those inconveniences, you can go to this site where you can post your farmville post links for hundred thousands more people to potentially click on so that will increase the probability your post will be clicked and you dont have to be facebook friends to click to get/give the items in the posts.

Here is the link to the site http://gamersunite.coolchaser.com/games/farmville-2/link_exchange

Super Mario showing his brilliance at Liverpool FC

Google Nexus 6 officially launched

Google Nexus 6 has at last been launched with Motorola making the much awaited smartphones with striking similarities to the Moto X 2014. It is available unlocked at a price of $649 which is an un-Nexus like pricing.. Most people wouldn't be happy with the price tag.

CPU/GPU Snapdragon 805, Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 450 / Adreno 420
Display 5.96” 2560x1440 QHD AMOLED display (493 ppi) 16:9 aspect ratio Gorilla Glass 3
RAM 3GB
Memory 32/64GB
Battery 3200 mAh
Camera 13MP with optical image stabilization Dual LED ring flash f/2.0 aperture
4K video capture at 30fps, 2MP front cam HD Video Conferencing
Connectivity WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, GPS / GLONASS, NFC, Bluetooth® v 4.0 (LE)
Network GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA, LTE
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, Magnetometer, Ambient light sensor
OS Android 5.0
Weight 184g
Size 82.98mm x 159.26mm x 10.06mm
Color Midnight Blue, Cloud White

Oneplus One 64 GB to launch in India by year end

Oneplus will be launching the 64 GB Oneplus One smartphones in India by year end and the company is already in talks with three major e-commerce players in the country which is expected to be either flipkart.com, snapdeal.com or amazon.in.

source: oneplus.net

Oneplus smartphones are available in other countries and sold through invitation only but in India it will follow the pre-order system notably used by Xiaomi.

The price will be around 20000 INR which will be similar to the price Xiaomi Mi4 is expected to be launched at.

Key Specs of Oneplus One:
- 5.5 inch 1080p display
- 2.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor
- 3 GB RAM
- 13 megapixel rear camera
- 5 megapixel front-facing camera
- 3,100 mAh battery.
- 4G LTE networks 2300 MHz band (compatible with India 4G network)
- 64 GB internal storage

Indian customers will be feeling privileged that they would get the chance to buy it without some hard to get invites, and this shows how much importance Oneplus has put on the Indian Market considering the fact that the company is in the process of assembling its first oversea dedicated teams to oversee the India's operations.

Future group demand $10 millions from Flipkart for exclusive e-tail rights

ET reported that before signing partnership with Amazon India, Future group has ongoing negotiation with Flipkart to sell its in house brands on the number one eCommerce site in India and Future group demanded a whopping $10 million for that exclusive online retail rights that it will grant to Flipkart and also wanted to pay a lower commission to Flipkart. This sky high demand led to the breakdown in discussion.

It is amusing to learn that Future group actually demanded that much money when it should be Flipkart demanding that money from them to enable them to sell their wares online. They are just getting too damn greedy and as if the in-house brands of the Future group are in so desperate demands by Indian consumers.

Wonder how much Amazon India, in its desperate attempt to compete with Flipkart, paid the Future group.

Ebay India, I also have some inhouse brands that I came up with just now, and how much are you going to pay me for the exclusive rights to list it on your site to sell? ;)

SEBI banned DLF promoters from securities market

ET reported that Sebi has barred DLF, promoters and few employees from securities markets for three years. And this means that DLF itself will also be prohibited from issuing equities and other instruments such as REITs and debentures.

The reasons SEBI gave for the ban,
- the company is found guilty of "active and deliberate suppression" of material information at the time of its public offer.

This is bad news for the investors and will have a really bad impact on their investment since this will impact the company and retail shareholders far more than it will on the promoters group. Sometimes I feel SEBI need to punish the promoters group running the company far more without affecting the company but it seems the regulations might not be in place to do so.

It looked like that there is indeed a governance issues at this company, since recently there is a number of wrong doings by the company in question,
- Punjab and Haryana High Court's cancellation of 350 acres of land allocation at Wazirabad in Gurgaon and
- CCI's penalty of Rs 630 crore on the company.

Xiaomi released OTA update to address redmi 1s heating and ram issues

Xiaomi announced the release of an OTA update which it said will address the heating and ram issues plaguing the Redmi 1S so far. These issues are particularly caused by the heavy MiUI custom interface which required a lot of RAM to run and so it doesn't run every efficiently on a device with only 1 GB of RAM.

India's inflation falls, rbi to sit tight?

India wholesale price inflation rate fall to a five year low of only 2.38% on back of decline in price of vegetables, milk, eggs, meat, fish, sugar, edible oils, beverages, cement.

Retail inflation is also at a low of 6.46%.
Food inflation falls to a two and a half years low of 3.52%.

RBI which has long declared its unending fight against the rising inflation despite repeated request from various corners of the industries to cut the high rates which are stifling investment and borrowings for much need infrastructure development in the country, should now have not much reason not to take another look at cutting the high interest rates to spur economic growth.

It is time the RBI work in tandem with the Government to spur economic growth, such high interest rates are not sustainable. It is advisable not to oppose for the sake of show of independence.

HK police took down barricades to clear road

source:cnn.com

I have a feeling that the pro-democracy supporters who considered the fight for freedom of choice to be in HK welfare actually seemed to be being undemocratic in their demands. That's the irony of it all. CNN reported that Hong Kong police have taken steps to cut ties used to bind together metal fences, signs, wooden pallets and recycling boxes which the protesters had assembled to block traffic through Admiralty, a main thoroughfare in Hong Kong. There were no reported resistance to the police action. Protestors are free to protest but they shouldn't block the main road to disrupt other people's lives, Don't they know that what they are doing are just the opposite of what they are trying to achieve? If it is indeed for the good of the Hong Kong people then why bring them down to achieve your demands?

For more photos, check out CNN post.

Reliance to sell Eagle Ford stake - A Positive for the company

Reuter reported that Reliance has appointed Citigroup, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch to look for a buyer for its 45% stake in Eagle Ford Basin which it bought for USD 1.2 billions in 2010. Reliance is looking for a valuation of USD 4.5 billions for its stake according to people in the know that such a move is being initiated. If it managed to get such a valuation, it will be a positive for the company who will be investing huge amount in providing pan India 4G which is expected to be launched in 2015

why Mario Balotelli is not doing well at Liverpool FC

As we all know Mario Balotelli is not enjoying a great start to his career at Liverpool FC, he has just  managed to score only one goal and that also against a team called Ludogorets in the Champions League. He was left out of Italy squad also and dropped for Liverpool last game against West Brom.

Goal reported that Balotelli has a pet pig called "Super" which was bought while he was at AC Milan and he is not allowed to bring it to England unless he registers himself as a breeder and provide a certificate of health from a vet for the pig.

Liverpool should be doing everything to get Super, the pig to join Mario at Liverpool FC as quickly as possible so that Mario can be SUPER MARIO again. Oink Oink.

Honda UNI-CUB Personal Mobility Device

This personal mobility device is especially great for people who has problems walking and standing for long hours.

Amazon is reportedly interested in buying Jabong

ET report suggested that Amazon is in initial talks to buy Jabong and that Jabong is holding out for a higher valuation of at least $700 millions.
However FDI in online multi-brand retail is still not yet allowed, it would be impossible for Amazon to buy Jabong directly and this is something that need to be considered in the face of such a report.

India August IIP comes in at a disappointing 0.4%

India's Index of Industrial Production, representing factory output, comes in at a disappointing 0.4%
This shows that the "good days" as envisaged by the new Govt of India will take far more longer to achieve and so the judgement will probably has to be done by the end of next year.

Details of the August IIP data,
-   1.40% Manufacturing
-   6.90% Consumer goods
- 15.00% Consumer durable
-   0.90% Consumer non durable
- 11.30% Capital goods
+  2.60% Mining
+12.90% Power generation
+   9.6% Basic goods
+   0.3% Intermediate goods

Maruti Ciaz rear end looked too similar to the Honda New City

Did the Maruti Ciaz designer took inpiration from the Honda new City 2014 while designing the Ciaz rear end?

Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel peace prize 2014

Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai and Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi beat Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, the Pope and Vladimir Putin to the prestigious prize.

The winners were awarded £690,000 (8m kronor or $1.11m) prize by the chairman of the Nobel committee - Norway’s former prime minister Thorbjoern Jagland - on Friday morning.
Congrats to the winners.

Tata Global Beverages to go green with the aim to be pesticide free

According to TOI report, Greenpeace India welcomed the announcement made by Tata Global Beverages Ltd, which highlights its vision to promote ecological agriculture and Non Pesticide Management (NPM) in tea cultivation, under the project Sustainable Plant Protection Formulation (S-PPF). It would be a great move by Tata Global Beverages as it is a major concern for tea drinkers worldwide.

Facebook completed Whatsapp acquisition for $22b

Facebook has completed the acquisition of Whatsapp for a whopping $22 billion USD. Whatsapp has monthly users base of 600 millions so that roughly translate to 36 million per user if I didn't messed up the calculations.

HK stocks rises after protest ease

Hong Kong stocks rises the most in a month on Monday after tension ease. Hong Kong stocks have suffered significant losses ever since the protest for free direct democratic election of its leader erupted and threaten the region economy. Pro-democracy supporters started withdrawing from the protest zones with tension easing which is a good sign for the stock market and the local economy and since the protest happened during the long holiday week in China, it would have affected the tourism sector and others in a big way.

Facebook testing mobile payment and money transfer in its app

Facebook is found testing mobile payment and money transfer in its app, Facebook Messenger. TechCrunch report said a Stanford University student came across the payment feature on Facebook Messenger while using a developer tool called Cycrypt to study the app's iOS code via his jailbroken iPhone.

HP will split into two

Hewlett Packard HP will be splitting its hardware and services business into two separate listed companies to enable it to focus on more profitable business and enable it to sell some of its business more easily.

Messi is having pizza after game

The meals option that Barcelona FC offered to their player after a football match has been leaked and it showed that it wasn't all healthy option that they allowed their players to indulge in.

Here is Full list of who is taking what after a match:

Ter Stegen: sushi and Nutella sandwich
Montoya: ham and cheese pizza
Pique: Nutella sandwich and fruit
Rakitic: sushi and fruit
Busquets: pizza with ham and fruit
Xavi: chopped chicken breast and ham pizza
Pedro: pizza with ham and cheese, turkey and cheese sandwich and fruit
Iniesta: pizza with ham and cheese and bologna sandwich and chorizo ​​Iberico
Luis Suarez: ham and cheese pizza and Caesar salad
Messi: cheese pizza
Neymar: pizza with ham and cheese and fruit
Rafinha: ham and cheese pizza, sushi and banana
Bravo: white pasta and fruit
Mascherano: pasta salad and fruit
Bartra: ham and cheese pizza and sushi
Douglas: cheese pizza
Jordi Alba: pizza with ham and cheese, turkey and cheese sandwich and fruit
Sergi Roberto: sushi and triple Nutella sandwich
Adriano: ham and cheese pizza
Alves: four cheese pizza
Mathieu: ham and cheese sandwich
Masip: tuna pizza, tuna and veggie sandwich
Samper: pizza with ham and fruit
Sandro Ramirez: pizza with ham, cheese and tuna and fruit
Munir: cheese pizza and fruit

From the look of it, Barcelona FC need to look after their players better by letting the players choose from a healthier menu of food.

Arjen Robben did a stunning dive for Bayern Munich

In Fifa 2015, Arjen Robben also dived but far more spectacularly than he could ever have done in real life.

 

Weligton accused Lionel Messi Accused of Calling him a 'Son of a B---h'

Lionel Messi was being grabbed by the throat by Malaga defender Weligton during FC Barcelona draw against Malaga and Weligton was just shown a yellow card for the offense.

As per bleacherreport.com, Weligton was quoted as saying, 

Malaga defender Weligton has claimed Lionel Messi called him a "son of a b---h" during the pair's fiery exchange on Wednesday night.

and Weligton also added that,

It was a play where I tried to make the wall, I blocked him and unintentionally touched his face. It wasn’t intentional. He then went looking for me and said to me, ‘hijo de p--a.’ That’s when I grabbed his face. These are things that stay on the pitch.

As soon as the later quote is being said by him, it shows he tried to give an excuse for his action and let the things that happened on the pitch get spread everywhere by saying this to the media. Yes he is trying to defend himself against the social media backlash by turning himself into a victim and that he was provocated to commit that offense on Messi. But if he wanted things to stay on the pitch, why the heck he has to say anything about it to the media at all. That's what you called a hypocrite.

If Messi did said that then it is wrong, but at least he didn't attack him physically but if Weligton said his own throat grabbing action is provocated but that also mean what Messi has said was also provocated by Weligton doing something not in the spirits of the game.

And he at least deserved a red card for what he has done, the referee has been too lenient on him. And there are no proof that Messi has called him that but his actions are for all to see.

Back in 2009, look what Weligton did, he stepped on Messi when the ball isn't in play and Messi is down on the ground. 

After seeing this, I don't see how he don't deserve to be called that. He is a dirty player. 

Redmi 1S India received and used

Xiaomi Redmi 1S, ordered on 2nd Sept 2014, was received on 15 Sept 2014. It came with one charger with usb to micro-usb plug cable, three screen protectors and two micro-sim adapters.
When one tried to make call, it seemed sluggish for me the first time I clicked on call, surely a phone with 1gb ram and quad core processor shouldn't be showing that lag in the call process. And the call process managed to hang for a few times, where one is given option to wait or kill the process, yes that's not promising when I am just trying to call. And in one such time, it managed to hang the phone completely and press anywhere do not register so have to restart the phone. That's not really a promising sign.

Update: 17 Sept 2014: After some use, one have not faced any issue related to lag in phone call process. So it is a one off so far and nothing to worry about. The phone is working fine and is a good deal for those who are looking for a smartphone with the given specs and at this price range.

Apple iPhone 6 and 6 plus unveiled today

Apple has unveiled the new 4.7inch screen size iPhone 6 and the bigger 5.5 inch screen size iPhone 6 Plus that everyone is waiting for. At last we now have a bigger screen iPhone and hardcore Apple fans don't have to make do with the limited screen space and if they indeed need the bigger screen space then they have to look at the Samsungs, LGs and others but now they can go for the iPhone 6 Plus.

In what respect the new iPhones are better than previous generation?

1. bigger screen
2. slimmer
3. camera more powerful
4. improved battery life
5. nfc to be used by apple pay for one tap payment at nfc supported cash registers.

What is more important to many is the price of iPhone 6 Plus' 2 years contract pricing.

  16GB iPhone 6 plus = $299
  64GB iPhone 6 plus = $399
128GB iPhone 6 plus = $499

The pre-order will start on 12 Sept 2014.
The shipping will start on   19 Sept 2014.

One would expect the larger iPhone 6 Plus to eat into the market share of Samsung note range as people who love iPhone but want a bigger screen can go for an iPhone at last, I personally found the iPhone 5s screen to be too small for what people do today with their smartphones.

Jaguar to launch its cheapest car new model XE

Indian conglomerate TATA group owned Jaguar will be launching its cheapest car model to date which will be the Jaguar XE. Their main target market are the young drivers including younger women. So one would expect them to come out with a more feminine color option. It will be competing with the likes of BMW 3 series. It is expected to be at the showroom by the year 2015 and the expected starting price is around UK pounds 27,000.

Jaguar XE pink color for women?

 It has got a nice design, it will provide stiff competition to BMW, Audi, Mercedes in that segment.

Redmi 1S India shipped not yet received

Xiaomi Redmi 1S that has been ordered on 2nd Sept 2014 and claimed to have been shipped on 9th Sept 2014 after a delay of 1 week to get it imported probably. Check out the order status below.

Update 13 Sept 2013: The shipment is stucked at the point where it is expected to be received at the motherhub in the city in which one lives in. And the expected delivery date is 12 Sept 2014 and one still have not received the shipment concerned. Did someone at the airport stole the batch of shipment meant for the particular city, or is the shipment status faked because everyone is calling flipkart inquiring about the order status and why it has been so for so many days, so they decide to make the shipment appear to move to silent the customers for a while and obviously they cant make it appear to arrive at the mother hub nearest to your place so it still say expected after 2-3 days as you can go and check and they will be found out.

Redmi 1S India order still not yet shipped

Flipkart Redmi 1s order

The Xiaomi Redmi 1S sales took place on 2nd Sept 2014, and the order was as of that date, till now that is 7th Sept 2014, it has not been shipped.

Flipkart and Xiaomi claimed that there are 40000 units of Redmi 1S put up on sale as on the sale date, and they claimed to have sold out in so and so seconds, but how can you sell out something which you don't even have physical stocks of in any warehouse within the country? If they have real physical stock of the said phone then they would have packed them and shipped them already and those who have ordered would have received the phone by now.

After the sale is finished, then only they will get the said phones imported from Xiaomi's own or outsourced factories in China, so no wonder it takes some time for the imports to arrive in India.

Update 13 Sept 2014:
On searching Zauba.com for the import shipment data of Xiaomi Redmi 1S phone, it shows that the said 40000 phones put on sale on 2nd Sept 2014 were imported in two batches, the first batch of 20000 on 4th Sept 2014 and the rest of the 20000 on 5th Sept 2014. So can they claim a sold out if the phone isnt in flipkart warehouse at the beginning of sale on 2nd Sept 2014? or the shipment is meant for a latter date sale?

With this shipment data, it looks like they import the shipment only after the claimed soldout of 40000 phones
on 2nd Sept 2014.

Donnie Yen action figure

Look what we have here, it is an action figure of Donnie Yen, the Hong Kong Super action star.
Fans what are you waiting for, go and get one!

Full-back Adriano is back in contention after heart problems

Brazilian full-back Adriano who has been diagnosed with an irregular heart beat problem and was out of contention since July 2014 is back.

src: soccerway.com

He has reportedly been given the all clear to play and is back in training. Hope his heart is 100% fine and wish him the best of health.

Things are going smoothly so far for Barcelona with injured players getting back to match fitness, they would have a more full strength squad.

Van Gaal told club supporters to keep the faith

Van Gaal who was praised for his tactics and shrewd guidance of the Holland national team in this year world cup just couldn't manage to replicate his success with his newly joined club Manchester United. He could just managed 2 draws and 1 loss. The 4-0 loss came against League Two side Milton Keynes Dons @MK Dons in the League Cup. With all due respect to Milton Keynes Dons, but have anyone of you heard of this football club? They lost to them 4-0 not some by fluke 1-0 kinda of win. It is complete humiliation for a club like Manchester United.

Out of Ideas
src: goal.com

This clearly shows whatever methods Van Gaal is using, no matter how sound it is according to him, isn't working out with the current squad of players that he has. He should be reminded that his Holland national has more versatile and talented players so he could have tactical options and it is just not possible to apply in the current within a short span of time. It has to be introduced gradually. I don't see how club supporters have faith in him given the brilliant start he has made. Moyes is not only smiling but laughing in his sleep.

Van Gaal, according to tribalfootball, said that he need over a year to get things right at Manchester United and is the club that broken to warrant so much of time for him to set things right? He is buying himself more time and then when things become good before one year is over, he will be considered to be great for turning things around so fast. The first thing he need to set right is to remove the person sitting next to him, the wannabe coach Ryan Giggs.

And according to bleacher report, Louis van Gaal has outlined Angel Di Maria's versatility as one of the reasons he opted to pay a British-record transfer fee for the Argentinian, likening the new Manchester United star's transfer to his decision to sign Arjen Robben for Bayern Munich in 2009.
But he forgot one thing that Arjen Robben is extremely good in which Di Maria couldn't potentially matched up to and that is diving skill, how to have hang time while diving. Frankly Robben would have won gold medals at the Olympics if he has chosen to be a diver.
Di Maria is a big capture for Manchester United and a loss for Real Madrid as can be seen in the world cup 2014, Argentina isn't as threatening with him out of the team injured and it would have been a different story if he isn't injured and would play the perfect combination with Messi.