General Football Nonsense

[Marc Overmars]

Adam Johnson arrested on suspicion of sexual activity with a girl under 16.

:doh:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Adam Johnson arrested on suspicion of sexual activity with a girl under 16.

:doh:


Follow the rule set by pubs, if they look under 25 ask for ID......

[GP]

I blame those sexy kids, tbh

[Letters]

He's not that kind of 'player'

[fakeyank]

GHELs :bow:

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Depends on the context tbh. If it was a 14/15 year old girl that he met at a nightclub once that snuck in using a fake ID then some leniency could be shown and his career doesn't have to completely end.

But if it was repeated and there's proof that he knew (especially if it's someone younger than 14/15 at most), then yeah it's goodbye to his career and hello prison cell. And with his looks and fame, he'll look like a painter's radio by the end of his month there.

Still, I don't know why people like him can't stick to girls their age.

[Niall_Quinn]

Depends on the context tbh. If it was a 14/15 year old girl that he met at a nightclub once that snuck in using a fake ID then some leniency could be shown and his career doesn't have to completely end.

But if it was repeated and there's proof that he knew (especially if it's someone younger than 14/15 at most), then yeah it's goodbye to his career and hello prison cell. And with his looks and fame, he'll look like a painter's radio by the end of his month there.

Still, I don't know why people like him can't stick to girls their age.

Perhaps he wants to be a politician when he's finished with football.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Perhaps he wants to be a politician when he's finished with football.

Well he is used to missing targets tbh.


And the BBC report that's it's a 15 year old girl so it's no sick Ian Watkins/Gary Glitter type shit that's he involved in.

Depending on the details I may end up even feeling sorry for him after this. Judging by the fact that's absolutely no hint of "rape" involved I reckon he's probably mistakenly decided to get with some bint at some night club who's thrown himself at his feet whilst he was kinda of drunk. And sensing that she can get a massive payout be selling her story to a rag in a couple of months for a hefty payout, she's decided to suddenly cry foul about it days later.

And even if he manages to resume his career after this, he's going to get bucket loads of abuse from opposing fans over it which is going to hit his confidence pretty hard. Probably would be the end of his PL career regardless of what happens tbh.

[Niall_Quinn]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/02/263FD5DF00000578-2975953-image-m-14_1425328149777.jpg

That's his girlfriend who he's had a kid with.

PL footballer player, earning tens of thousands a week, flash house, flash cars, flash bird, has it all, hard to have an ounce of sympathy for him regardless of the circumstances. Then again, give partially talented kids a shit load of money. Look at our Jack.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

"he'll look like a painter's radio by the end of his month there"

That's an image i could have done without

[Xhaka Can’t]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/02/263FD5DF00000578-2975953-image-m-14_1425328149777.jpg

That's his girlfriend who he's had a kid with.

PL footballer player, earning tens of thousands a week, flash house, flash cars, flash bird, has it all, hard to have an ounce of sympathy for him regardless of the circumstances. Then again, give partially talented kids a shit load of money. Look at our Jack.

To be fair to him, she looks well in to her 20s.

[GP]

Adam Johnson's heat map

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_K8V01WsAEJgRE.jpg

[Letters]

:lol: Harsh!

[Niall_Quinn]

:lol: Harsh!

But fair.

[AFC Leveller]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10978561_397350797104687_2009233646358058768_n.jpg ?oh=c450ad039c8da1688ba620d86afc31ec&oe=5578EC7F&__gda__=1434386934_9091502414e6ef8facfe092e557f207 d

[Letters]

Not quite 50 shades of grey...

http://www.lolfootball.com/newcastle-fan-bummed-to-death-by-a-zebra/

[AFC Leveller]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIpzft0IJOA&t=131

[Niall_Quinn]

GingerTwat on Ozil:


'Over the years, the big players who were really ambitious - Patrick Vieria, Thierry Henry, Cesc Fabregas, Robin van Persie have all left.

'They left for the simple reason that Arsenal are no in it to win league titles any more. Those players have realised that if they want to win championships then they have to move elsewhere. It's why I think Mesut Ozil took the easy option joining Arsenal.

'Since he has been there you cannot doubt his quality but at times he looks like he is going through the motions, however much ground he covers. He needs a leader around him to get him going. At Real Madrid he had a chance of winning league titles. At Arsenal that is not on the cards.'

Meanwhile:


Paul Scholes confirmed he will not be taking over as Oldham manager. The League One side wanted to make him Lee Johnson's replacement but Scholes did not feel the timing was right.

He'd rather be a pundit. How's that for an easy option?

[Letters]

Someone won't be getting Mothers' Day card...

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-31869161

[GP]

Poyet has been sacked.

[Marc Overmars]

Hopefully this is the year they go down. Dire club.

[Niall_Quinn]

Poyet has been sacked.

Media and pundits teed that one up nicely. The spuds were every bit as woeful and were out of the game just as quickly. Their manager has spent a fortune to schieve fuck all. But no media howls.

[Letters]

That first half from Sunderland, it was one of the worst performances I've seen at this level.

[Letters]

http://sabotagetimes.com/reportage/spurs-fan-perfectly-sums-up-annual-top-four-battle-with-arsenal/

:haha:

[Letters]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32156858

Do footballers really need training on how not to rape people?!

[Injury Time]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32156858

Do footballers really need training on how not to rape people?!
Tbf in Brighton any hole's a goal, so probably. Especially weekend tourists...

[GP]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCPHuDdUgAAWgq5.jpg

:haha:

Is he on the wind up?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Must be.

Kompany. :haha:

[Heisenberg]

Hart over De Gea?! :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

No Aguero or Silva either. :lol:

Youngy. :haha:

[GP]

Klopp has left Dortmund.

[Letters]

33 points in 28 games. 6 points above the relegation zone.
And people wanted him to replace Wenger :lol:

[Marc Overmars]

Next City manager I reckon.

[Munchies]

Next City manager I reckon.

Yeah, I read that Man City need a stop-gap till they go after Pep next season.

[Niall_Quinn]

The utterly obnoxious spokespig for the gypos, Martin Samuel, has some views on the possibility of Pep.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3039117/Manchester-City-big-trouble-finish-fifth-Pep-Guardiola-want-manage-club-Everton-s-budget.html

If the poor old gypos only finish 5th he's been paid to say the evil FFP that applies to all clubs will unfairly apply to the gypos. I think this is his 5th lament on FFP and the imaginary agenda against the gypos in the past month. He must be getting paid overtime.

[Kano]

33 points in 28 games. 6 points above the relegation zone.
And people wanted him to replace Wenger :lol:

Definitely.

If Wenger cares about the club as much as he says, then time to step down and hand the reigns to someone who can grow the club on the pitch now.

[Letters]

Definitely.

If Wenger cares about the club as much as he says, then time to step down and hand the reigns to someone who can grow the club on the pitch now.

And that person is Klopp is it?

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger's teams were getting hammered too when we were a selling club. It's only since we've started retaining our best players that we're seeing acceptable results. Sell Alexis, Ozil and Santi from under Wenger and see what happens.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Wenger's teams were getting hammered too when we were a selling club. It's only since we've started retaining our best players that we're seeing acceptable results. Sell Alexis, Ozil and Santi from under Wenger and see what happens.

Except our "hammering" was struggling to finish in the top four.

Their "hammering" was flirting with relegation and finishing (most likely) distinctly mid table in a less competitive and intense league.


Really, Klopp isn't a better manager than Wenger.

[Niall_Quinn]

Except our "hammering" was struggling to finish in the top four.

Their "hammering" was flirting with relegation and finishing (most likely) distinctly mid table in a less competitive and intense league.


Really, Klopp isn't a better manager than Wenger.

Didn't say he was, what I'm pointing out is there's more to management and performance than "what have you done for me lately" - unless you are a chav or a gypo in which case that's all that counts with their fans mistaking it for a winning mentality. It must have been pretty depressing in that Dortmund dressing room a couple of seasons back when the high of competing at the top turned to a realisation Dortmund, like every other club in Germany, is a feeder for Bayern. Everyone's level probably dropped, including the managers. This isn't an excuse, they all get paid well, it's just some depth to a developing and shallow argument that somehow Klopp is a bad manager overnight. There will be countless other factors on top.

Pellegrini isn't a bad manager either. He's just learning a painful lesson about managing mercenaries.

Wenger isn't a bad manager. But he's not a winner either. Not as a fan would define the term winning, at least. Wenger will always keep the club up there near the top. He's the safest pair of hands in world management. In a bank manager, insurance broker sort of way though. We don't want a casino player but we need somebody with more adventure if we ever want to hit the summit again. That could be Klopp, certainly it could. But it's probably not Klopp if we want to win back to back titles or stay at the very top for the better part of a decade. I'm not sure there's any manager out there who can achieve that now, what with all the negative developments in football.

If we can hang on to our squad and add a couple of quality additions then even Wenger might stumble into a title. It's a difficult situation to call. The club owners don't place football as the top priority. That's a significant contribution to Wenger's attitude I would think.

[Niall_Quinn]

Except our "hammering" was struggling to finish in the top four.

Their "hammering" was flirting with relegation and finishing (most likely) distinctly mid table in a less competitive and intense league.


Really, Klopp isn't a better manager than Wenger.

Our hammering was 6-0 against the chavs and 8-2 against the scumbags, to highlight just two. Those are entirely unacceptable results for any manager that is supposed to be top level.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I wonder if he already knows the likes of Hummels, Reus and Gundogan are off this summer and has figured this is the best time to go somewhere else.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/11537367/Jurgen-Klopp-quits-Borussia-Dortmund-live.html was great though.

Who'd have thought it would be in german :lol:

[Marc Overmars]

Adam Johnson charged with 3 offences of sexual activity with an under 16 plus one offence of grooming.

:doh:

[GP]

You know who I blame?

Those sexy kids.

[Niall_Quinn]

Adam Johnson charged with 3 offences of sexual activity with an under 16 plus one offence of grooming.

:doh:

Just goes to show why not being a senior judge or politician is such a bad career move.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTjm-LWi0ao

:haha:

*Allegedly.

[adzzzbatch]

AZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHH and k*ne win the PFA awards :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/9826015/premier-league-xi-paul-merson-picks-the-perfect-side-to-beat-chelsea

:haha:

[LDG]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/9826015/premier-league-xi-paul-merson-picks-the-perfect-side-to-beat-chelsea

:haha:

They're getting worse and worse these pundits / journalists. It is at the point where nobody understands the game any more.

:lol:

[AFC Leveller]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/9826015/premier-league-xi-paul-merson-picks-the-perfect-side-to-beat-chelsea

:haha:

I saw that and thought "what a cunt thing to come up with"

Aare they seriously that good that we have to come up with an all star team to defeat them? why not just pick Bradford FFS!

[Niall_Quinn]

They're getting worse and worse these pundits / journalists. It is at the point where nobody understands the game any more.

:lol:

They understand the game very well. Social media mate, that's the game. Publicity and as much of it as you can get so when the next juicy contract comes around your name is in the running. As for the football, doesn't really come into it.

Can you believe we're entering an era which will see us pine for Alan Hansen (and Jimmy Hill) by the time the hundredth Robbie Savage has been hired?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bayern Munich 1-1 Dortmund in the German Cup Semi-final.

Lewandowski with the first, Aubameyang equalising. Kampl has been sent off, only a few minutes of extra time left. :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 FT. Time for pelanties!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lahm up first.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lahm slips on his arse and sends it miles wide!

:haha:

The full Big Man technique there.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gundogan up.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Alkoholfrei.

Blasphemy in germany, surely.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gundogan makes it 1-0. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Xabi Alonso does exactly the same as Lahm!!!!

:haha: :haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Wow.

[Master Splinter]

:haha: :haha:

Big Man tribute day?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kehl up for Dortmund.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kehl makes it 2-0. :bow:

Come on Dortmund!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Goetze up.

[Master Splinter]

Bayern :haha:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Goetze has it saved!!!!

:haha:

[Master Splinter]

Hummels :doh:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Neuer keeps them in it, saving off Hummels.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Neuer up. :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Neuer :haha:.

Billy Big Bollocks :haha:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

NEUER HITS THE BAR!!

DORTMUND THROUGH!!!!

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bayern Munich well and truly pubbed that up.

Klopp. :bow:

Puardiola. :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Bayern :haha:.

Lahm and Alonso :haha:

Pep :haha:.

Klopp :bow:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32537425

:(

[GP]

Yeah I've just seen this. Very sad.

[GP]

Rio Ferdinand's wife has died.

[Marc Overmars]

Lol just lol at god for creating cancer.

[Letters]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32580282

:rose: (soon, anyway)

[Letters]

Who knew?

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/football-manager-not-real-2015050698032

[Niall_Quinn]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3077782/The-Premier-League-needs-play-offs-liven-drab-end-season-games-like-Arsenal-s-defeat-Swansea-City.html

:haha:

Drug addict

[Letters]

From a financial point of view it makes total sense.

Yeah. Football does need more money. :doh:

[AFC Leveller]

Gerrard to miss a pel and score an own goal in his appearance at Anfield :lol:

[Injury Time]

Gerrard to miss a pel and score an own goal in his appearance at Anfield :lol:

You forgot the slip up for the second and winner :scarf:

[Injury Time]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32784375

So I'm guessing they found this decision in some brown envelopes that appeared in their dogs food bowls...so stuff fair play :doh:

[fakeyank]

We might as well quit trying tbh.. :rose:

[Niall_Quinn]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32784375

So I'm guessing they found this decision in some brown envelopes that appeared in their dogs food bowls...so stuff fair play :doh:

Interesting article.

Basically, and if people want to call it racist then I'm 100% fine with that, get those fucking Arabs out of the game. They are gypos with a few quid because their shitholes are built over oil. Maybe we can't roll back the damage done by the likes of Abramovich but at least halt the slide. How come Fayed was excluded but these peasants are welcomed with open anuses?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gary Neville backs this.

:rolleyes:

[Maestro]

Breaking News - A number of FIFA officials arrested in Zurich by the FBI

....more bribes to follow, sorry meant more details to follow

[Niall_Quinn]

Breaking News - A number of FIFA officials arrested in Zurich by the FBI

....more bribes to follow, sorry meant more details to follow

Great news to add cheer to the day! Surely all slug trails lead back to Blatter? :pray:

[AFC Leveller]

reports indicating that Vieira is about to be named Newcastle manager.

i wonder if having about 35 frenchman played a role in Mike's decision? they would respond to a France legend betetr than most i suppose.

[Letters]

http://newsthump.com/2015/06/01/john-terry-demands-move-to-leicester-city/

:lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Germany are 10-0 up against Cote d'Ivoire in the Women's World Cup. :haha:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

wut dah... :haha:

[AFC Leveller]

Liverpol have signed Milner and Ings.

They were freebies so i guess its a win win situation but both average players and unlikely to take them up a level.

[GP]

To be fair they are both decent players for any club looking to consolidate a top 10 finish.

[AFC Leveller]

City up their bid to 35.5 million for Sterling.

Looks like he will go for over 40m and if so, that has got to be one of the biggest and blatant money laundering schemes City have attempted since Mangala.

Sterling's last 3 seasons in stats: 18 goals, 14 assists in 92 appearances.

[GP]

I suppose at that age you're paying for potential.

And it's City, so the money means nothing to them.

Still baffles me why they haven't bought a decent keeper.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

He's 20 years old and English. And lets not somehow pretend that he isn't a very very very very very good prospect, because he is. Alright, I might have used a few too many 'very's but still.

Don't forget that QPR also have a 20% sell on fee if we sell him to a PL club (25% if abroad).

[Globalgunner]

He's 20 years old and English. And lets not somehow pretend that he isn't a very very very very very good prospect, because he is. Alright, I might have used a few too many 'very's but still.

Don't forget that QPR also have a 20% sell on fee if we sell him to a PL club (25% if abroad).

I cant blame you for talking him up.......Sorry, we aint buying. I volunteer to personally drive him from Merseyside to the Etihad. For 1% of the fee.

[Letters]

He's 20 years old and English. And lets not somehow pretend that he isn't a very very very very very good prospect, because he is. Alright, I might have used a few too many 'very's but still.

Don't forget that QPR also have a 20% sell on fee if we sell him to a PL club (25% if abroad).

He's good but £40m good? Nah.
If I'm spending £40m I want a Sanchez or an Ozil, not some kid with 'potential' or who is a 'prospect'.

[Syn]

£40m sounds about right. Prices are going up every year. Sanchez and Ozil were clear bargains. It sounds ridiculous but it's true. After 5 years the chances are Man City could recoup all of their money if they wanted. I can't think of a younger player that's better. Apart from Hector Bellerin.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

He's good but £40m good? Nah.
If I'm spending £40m I want a Sanchez or an Ozil, not some kid with 'potential' or who is a 'prospect'.

:shrug:

How often do transfer fees actually reflect a logical value though?

He's young, English and going from one PL club to another. It may be cliché but that bumps the price up no end. Add in the extra TV money (coming next season, is it?) sloshing about and it gets even sillier. Not to mention the sell on for QPR, which means we're going to want more than we might otherwise. These ridiculous figures used to mean you were getting the very best players in the world, but it doesn't even necessarily mean that anymore; hence £28m on Bony, £30m on Shaw, £32m (£42m?) for Mangala, £26m for Milner, £25m for Lallana and £35m for some lanky Geordie bloke.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

He's also on the last year of his contract and has publicly revealed that he won't sign another one regardless of what's offered.

Add to that his relationship with the club, the manager and the fans seems to have deteriorated to the point where his presence at the club seems untenable next season.

Considering that and also considering that there isn't a bidding war going on at the moment with only really City expressing any sort of interest in him, 40 million seems way over the top.

But then again City are dumb as fuck. This is the same club that gave us 16 million for Kolo and 25 for Adebayor.

[Niall_Quinn]

It's £40mill because the chavs and the gypos are allowed to exist. None of those other fees you mention would ever had happened if we didn't have these mega-dopers in the league.

Worst part is, with all these players at their disposal neither fucker can produce a watchable product. Maybe sometimes the gypos put in a decent performance, maybe 1 in 3. But our champions? What a fucking joke. A billion quid to bore everyone to death? They are a cancer on sport, an organisation dedicated to money rather than football.

Unfortunately they are dragging everyone into the same boat because the FA will do FA about it, and you're hardly likely to get any complaints from the leech agents or massively overrated players like Sterling. These players don't even need to learn the basic techniques any more yet we're only about 5 years away from one of the fuckers pulling in a million a week.

£40mill for Sterling is ludicrous, in football terms he's not worth a fraction of that. But in big money business terms nonsense becomes sense because it's always a tiny monitory thieving off the majority. Murdoch, Abramovich, those despicable Arabs, that's why the likes of Sterling goes for £40mill, has absolutely nothing to do with Sterling himself. Plenty of players out there with potential, hardly any of them ever realise it. That's because there's no need to, they get paid anyway.

Alexis Sanchez has shown the whole league what a real footballer is. More of him and less Sterlings and we'll be on a brighter path. Really can't name many genuinely decent players in the PL. Players who make you want to watch the game.

[AFC Leveller]

How on earth is Ings only 22? looks about 34 at least.

[Marc Overmars]

Old man Sagan has finally got rid of the blonde dreads. :rose:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CIHPl8vWIAAzuKo.png

[Globalgunner]

Old man Sagan has finally got rid of the blonde dreads. :rose:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CIHPl8vWIAAzuKo.png

Probably realised too late that dreads make you go bald.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Seal. :bow:

[Heisenberg]

Sagna :lol:

I remember him.

[AFC Leveller]

Clubs are getting really depsrate for "marquee" signings that the like of Firminio can get 100 grand a week! Sterling for 50m + 150k a week!

[Marc Overmars]

Pretty standard figures these days, what with the massive TV deal.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Pearson sacked :lol:

Even more :lol:, that therefore makes Brendan the second-most-long-serving manager in the league.

[fakeyank]

American Ladies stroll to the WC win. 'Murica showing the rest of the world how its done.. Cleaning FIFA, Tim Howard, Women's world cup winners and Tim Howard!

WOOOHHHOOOO!!

God Bless America- The greatest country in the history of civilization! :bow:

[Letters]

The US is definitely in my top 3 favourite countries invented by us.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pearson sacked :lol:

Even more :lol:, that therefore makes Brendan the second-most-long-serving manager in the league.

Kids. :lol:

[fakeyank]

The US is definitely in my top 3 favourite countries invented by us.

India is no.1?

[Letters]

:lol:



No, it's a right pile of crap, that place.

[Letters]

Spurs :bow:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/11728286/Eight-reasons-Tottenhams-new-stadium-will-make-them-bigger-and-better-than-Arsenal.html

:lol:

[Marc Overmars]

I read that earlier.

A Spud at work even tried to insinuate than Arsenal fans are going to be jealous.

Jealous of what exactly, something we did ourselves 10 years ago? :doh:

[Letters]

The very first point..about 500 extra seats, far lower prices. :lol:
If that's the level of analysis and logic...
Clearly written by a bitter Spud.

[GP]

Spurs :bow:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/11728286/Eight-reasons-Tottenhams-new-stadium-will-make-them-bigger-and-better-than-Arsenal.html

:lol:


While the 'Woolwich Wanderers' have moved house more times than an accident-prone hermit crab

Twice in a hundred years?

[Letters]

It's weird that internet trolling is basically a form of journalism these days.

[Niall_Quinn]

It's weird that internet trolling is basically a form of journalism these days.

Substitute for journalism - these so-called journalists don't know what journalism is. They are key players in the emerging idiotocracy.

[Heisenberg]

That Mr Levy sure is a master planner with an eye on the long game, sacking his manager every couple of seasons...

[Letters]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-33509197

:lol:

[AFC Leveller]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-33509197

:lol:

"I'm a bit deflated, to be honest," he said.

:lol:

[Letters]

Letters jokes :bow:

[GP]

He's let himself down there...


Does that work? I dunno.

[Letters]

Close enough :shrug:

[GP]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/31153964/marines-tattoo-reads-youll-never-walk-after-amputation

:haha:

[Letters]

:lol:

It's funny 'cos he can't walk.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Ian Wright will replace Phil Neville on MotD.

And it shouldn't really go in this thread, but Sterling is now officially the most expensive English player ever :wave:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

That "comedian" has been at it again.

Though tbf, being able to get a picture like this is :lol: worthy.

https://vine.co/v/e65zmXInjUl

[Maestro]

That "comedian" has been at it again.

Though tbf, being able to get a picture like this is :lol: worthy.

https://vine.co/v/e65zmXInjUl

Have to hand to Lee, that was quality

[Niall_Quinn]

Iconic image - that's how you make one.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/20/15/2AB2A77D00000578-3168276-FIFA_president_Sepp_Blatter_appeared_to_grasp_at_b ank_notes_thro-a-42_1437403199396.jpg

[PGFC]

Chelsea fans racist, official.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33622106

[Letters]

Who's a thunk it.

[PGFC]

I know, came as a complete shock.

[Master Splinter]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33698125

:haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Funny old world when you get sacked for punching a reporter. What else are you supposed to do to reporters then?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

MLS All-Stars 2-1 Spuds.

:haha:

[PGFC]

Who's doing the FPL honours this season then Maccy?

[Syn]

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/03/football/cristiano-ronaldo-fifa-qatar-football?sr=cnnitw

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLgBVwPWcAE26qE.png

:haha:

Bucking fender.

[Letters]

Sounds like pretty standard footballer banter to me.



He is quite the cock gobbler.

Not that there's anything wrong with that these days.

[GP]

It's funny because he's a homosexual.

[Niall_Quinn]

The start of the new season brings a tweak to football's offside rule - one that could result in quite a few goals being disallowed. If a player has a shot at goal and a team-mate in an offside position makes a play for the ball - even if they don't touch it - the goal will now be disallowed.

LOL - no goals for Shrek this season :haha:

[Letters]

That's good. The offside rule isn't complicated enough these days.

[PGFC]

Had a Spud in this morning, seriously happy at their 3rd place trophy in the 'cars for cocks' cup, priceless.

[AFC Leveller]

47m quid for DeBryune? who the fuck is he? thats insane stuff from the gypos.

[Kano]

Ashley Cole has agreed to mutually cancel his contract a year early at Roma.

Stoke bound, surely.

[PGFC]

Ashley Cole has agreed to mutually cancel his contract a year early at Roma.

Cock bound, surely.

:good:

[Kano]

I'm pretty sure he ticked that box a while ago.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

UEFA's Best Player in Europe was awarded tonight. As voted for by journalists, so kinda pointless but still.

Messi won. Suarez second, Ronaldo third.

Really close in the end. 49 votes for Messi, 3 for Suarez and 2 for Ronaldo.

He also won Best Goal, for putting Boateng on his arse.

[Master Splinter]

Ronaldo :haha:.

[GP]

The Jews did this...

[Niall_Quinn]

The Jews did this...

They also killed Jesus.

[PGFC]

And left Adebayor out of their squad.

[Niall_Quinn]

Supporters of Jimmy Greaves have reached the £30,000 target to fund physiotherapy for the former England striker who suffered a severe stroke in May. Greaves, 75, left hospital in June.

Sad isn't it, that regular people have to chip in when a modern day PL player could find this amount down the back of his sofa.


Tottenham, one of his former clubs, have paid for part of Greaves' treatment, and the Football Association has also made a contribution, understood to be a four-figure sum.

Four figure sum? That's the same as they'd spend on lunch.

I don't like the spuds or their players, but Greaves has done a hell of a lot for the game and he was a bloody good player to boot, playing at a time where you had to love the game because the money was naff.

To put it in perspective, that fat, useless cunt Rooney who isn't fit to lace Greaves' boots will earn the £30k in the next 16 hours.

[GP]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34237362

Cheeky bid?

[Kano]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/18/fifpro-transfer-fees-could-go-fifa-brussels

FIFA might end up being completely irrelevant soon enough.

[Niall_Quinn]

http://www.premierleague.com/content/dam/premierleague/site-content/News/2015-16/August/790-offside-interpretation-v2.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.thumbnail.490.338.margin.png

= 4th official with a TV monitor

Would take 5 seconds to get the right call and inform the linesman by buzzer.

[IBK]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-3239023/Emmanuel-Adebayor-beginning-wind-Tottenham-staff-chairman-Daniel-Levy-glad-shot-controversial-striker.html

What a c+nt!

[Kano]

Sign him up Arsene.

[IBK]

Sign him up Arsene.

Funny - but to be fair getting the best out of this tosser for that season has to be up there with the manager's greatest achievements....

[Munchies]

Lewandowski :bow:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

That's ridiculous.

5 in 9 minutes :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:haha:

Poor Wolfsburg. :(

[Globalgunner]

Can someone point me to a Chelsea fan forum?. I want to hear what the Cretins are saying

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

:haha:

Poor Wolfsburg. :(

Poor Dante.

[Niall_Quinn]

Can someone point me to a Chelsea fan forum?. I want to hear what the Cretins are saying

www.theshedend.com

Particularly prickish on there, bar the odd standout who realises Costa is a cunt.

[Globalgunner]

www.theshedend.com

Particularly prickish on there, bar the odd standout who realises Costa is a cunt.

Thanks mate. "You are one of the good ones" to quote Barney Rubble

[Kano]

That was an absolute bastard of a fifth goal by Lewandowski.

[Marc Overmars]

Insane from Lewandowski.

Bayern are ridiculous. Though it looks like Dortmund are on the way up again so hopefully they can provide a serious challenge. Funny what changing something stale can do. :coffee:

[PGFC]

If Carlsberg did substitutions...

[AFC Leveller]

Insane from Lewandowski.

Bayern are ridiculous. Though it looks like Dortmund are on the way up again so hopefully they can provide a serious challenge. Funny what changing something stale can do. :coffee:

Good point. Klopp took them up a level and won a few trophies on the way but the way they have moved on and kick on so far this season is very refreshing and puts this myth of "struggling to replace" so and so to bed.

[GP]

If Carlsberg did substitutions...

They would all be Paul Gascoigne.

[LDG]

Blatter criminal investigation that also involves Platini.

Who'd have thunk it.

This is the best thing that's happened to football in a long time. Though it does make you think, if Platini has been ousted too, what even more corrupt cuntus is goong to take the place of them. They'll appear like a couple of barrow-boys by comparison, I'll bet.

Seems lime the perfect job for Wenger tbh.

[Niall_Quinn]

Blatter criminal investigation that also involves Platini.

Who'd have thunk it.

This is the best thing that's happened to football in a long time. Though it does make you think, if Platini has been ousted too, what even more corrupt cuntus is goong to take the place of them. They'll appear like a couple of barrow-boys by comparison, I'll bet.

Seems lime the perfect job for Wenger tbh.

It absolutely is the perfect job for Wenger and football would benefit mightily as a result. Only downside, Wenger isn't corrupt. So he's not really qualified. He'd have to lie on his CV or get a reference from Harry Redknapp or something.

[AFC Leveller]

British comedian Simon Brodkin says he is waiting to hear whether he will face charges over his headline-grabbing prank with Fifa president Sepp Blatter.

Brodkin was arrested by Swiss police in July when he showered Blatter with money at a news conference.

"Think about the irony of me being the first person to be prosecuted for things that have happened at Fifa headquarters," he told BBC Sport

:lol:

[Letters]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34384930

:doh:

You almost have to admire his sheer cheek.

[Letters]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-34409824

Would be nice to see this happen to some PL players, even those who "aren't that kind of player"...

[Letters]

Ched Evans' appeal starts :popcorn:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-34441348

[IBK]

Good. Doubt an acquittal will make any difference to the torches and pitchforks brigade though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chile 2-0 Brazil is a result.

Vargas and Alexis with the goals. :bow:

Brazeeeel. :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Chile 2-0 Brazil is a result.

Vargas and Alexis with the goals. :bow:

Brazeeeel. :haha:

I thought Alexis wasn't playing due to injury :doh:

He'll be fucking crocked by the time he gets back from these ridiculous waste of space internationals.

[Kano]

Aguero carried off after 20 minutes. Off the back of our last performance and seeing how toothless Citeh look without their main man, we better not fuck this up now.

[Niall_Quinn]

Aguero carried off after 20 minutes. Off the back of our last performance and seeing how toothless Citeh look without their main man, we better not fuck this up now.

We better hope Alexis gets through another 90 minutes or else we're in the same boat.

[Kano]

They have Peru next, so hopefully he isn't leaned on as much as this last big game.

[Kano]

Scenes up in the North East as Fat Sam sweeps in promising to play demotivating football.

[Niall_Quinn]

You can't keep a fat man down.

[Niall_Quinn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3h6D1fPb28


Stretcher-bearers are supposed to be helpers on a football pitch, a small beacon of hope for a player struck down by some form of ailment.

However, one pair of these men did exactly the opposite of help in the Greek Second Division this weekend. For when the Ergotelis midfielder Leonardo Koutris went down injured during their game against AE Larissa, he was loaded with the least amount of delicacy possible onto a stretcher, and it all went downhill from there.

[GP]

Remi Garde the new Villa manager.

[Niall_Quinn]

WTF? This is bizarre.


French football star Karim Benzema has been arrested over a sex tape blackmail plot against fellow France international Mathieu Valbuena.

The 27-year-old Real Madrid striker, who was linked with a move to Arsenal over the summer, was being held by judicial police in Versailles, west of Paris.

The Versailles prosecutor has placed Benzema under formal criminal investigation, with a source close to the case saying: 'We can confirm that he is being questioned over his role in this affair.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3303343/Real-Madrid-footballer-Karim-Benzema-arrested-sex-tape-blackmail-plot-against-French-international-Mathieu-Valbuena.html#ixzz3qWlvmRbj

[Niall_Quinn]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/11/06/19/2E2F058C00000578-0-image-a-1_1446838216874.jpg
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3307536/Franck-Ribery-suing-CNN-1m-using-picture-without-consent-alongside-tweet-read-woman-frozen-cryotherapy-chamber.html

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bayern Munich 4-0 Stuttgart at HT. :haha:

Robben, Douglas Costa, Lewandowski and Muller with the goals.

[Marc Overmars]

They are ridiculous. I think if they were to win another CL title, Barca 09-11 would have some competition for the 'best team ever' tag.

[GP]

Former West Brom goalkeeper Martin Fulop has died.

Only 32.

[Marc Overmars]

No age at all.

Honourary Arsenal legend after his blunders helped us beat West Brom and pip Spurs to the CL. :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

French national anthem 'La Marseillaise' to be played in Premier League grounds in remembrance of Paris attack victims

La Marseillaise will be heard across Premier League grounds this weekend

Football League has also given teams the option to do so this weekend too

Tributes are in memory of those killed during the Paris terrorist attacks

Fuck the Marseillaise.

The number of hypocritical CUNTS sounding off right now it beyond the pale.

What happened to fuck the French, cheese eating surrender monkeys and all that shit - UNTRUE as it always was? You fucking hypocritical scumbag cunts.

120 WHITE people die. SHOCK. HORROR. Play a foreign anthem all over the country.

Well I'm going to plan a daily bowel movement for kick-off and I hope anyone who isn't a massive fucking cunt of a hypocrite does the same.

[Niall_Quinn]

Here are the lyrics for the drones who will be playing along.


Arise children of the Fatherland,

Our day of glory has arrived.

Against us stands tyranny.

The bloody flag is raised,

The bloody flag is raised.

Do you hear in the countryside

The roar of these savage soldiers?

They come right into our arms

To cut the throats of your sons, your wives.

Chorus

To arms, citizens!

Form up your battalions.

Let us march, Let us march!

That their impure blood

Should water our fields.

[Niall_Quinn]

And Here's Horst Wessel


The flag on high! The ranks tightly closed!
The SA marches with quiet, steady step.
Comrades shot by the Red Front and reactionaries
March in spirit within our ranks.
Comrades shot by the Red Front and reactionaries
March in spirit within our ranks.
Clear the streets for the brown battalions,
Clear the streets for the storm division!
Millions are looking upon the swastika full of hope,
The day of freedom and of bread dawns!
Millions are looking upon the swastika full of hope,
The day of freedom and of bread dawns!
For the last time, the call to arms is sounded!
For the fight, we all stand prepared!
Already Hitler's banners fly over all streets.
The time of bondage will last but a little while now!
Already Hitler's banners fly over all streets.
The time of bondage will last but a little while now.
The flag on high! The ranks tightly closed!
The SA march with quiet, steady step.
Comrades shot by the Red Front and reactionaries,
March in spirit within our ranks.
Comrades shot by the Red Front and reactionaries,
March in spirit within our ranks.

[Niall_Quinn]

For comparison, here's the cartoon from the hate group Charlie Hebdo (which is what they are, a million miles from being the "journalists" so many are pretending them to be) following the bombing of a Russian passenger jet.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/charlie-hebdo-plane-crash-cartoons-anger-russians-151109054925078.html

http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/3043374_image_jpeg_jpeg6f95b5e7a24ad4fc0808d6698fd 37362

So who's Charlie now?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I doubt they were all white, not that I see the connection.

On the anthem, it's a bit much but not really worth getting angry about.

[Niall_Quinn]

I doubt they were all white, not that I see the connection.

On the anthem, it's a bit much but not really worth getting angry about.

I don't get angry about the anthem - that's just a tune with meaningless words far removed from reality attached, like all national anthems. I get angry about the army of assholes who will go along with this. Same cunts who vote. Same cunts who make this country a shithole.

And the white thing is so pertinent it leaps up and slaps you in the face. 120 dead? Normal day in Libya, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan or any of the places our war criminal liberators have planted their filthy jackboots.

[Letters]

'Tis a bit much playing it at grounds this weekend.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It isn't a normal day in Europe though. And the people that organising this (the Premier League) aren't involved in the foreign affairs in those countries so I am not sure who you are rallying against.

[Letters]

And the white thing is so pertinent it leaps up and slaps you in the face. 120 dead? Normal day in Libya, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan or any of the places our war criminal liberators have planted their filthy jackboots.

But isn't that the exact point? On those places it IS a normal day. That doesn't mean it's ok, but it just becomes background noise. The reaction isn't to do with the skin colour of those affected - that is probably quite a mix. The reaction and shock is because it happened in a normally peaceful city and all a bit too close to home.

[Niall_Quinn]

But isn't that the exact point? On those places it IS a normal day. That doesn't mean it's ok, but it just becomes background noise. The reaction isn't to do with the skin colour of those affected - that is probably quite a mix. The reaction and shock is because it happened in a normally peaceful city and all a bit too close to home.

Don't people expect shit to happen when they start wars? Or are they really that naive? London was bombed in WWII - did Londoner's think wow, that was unexpected?

Why isn't the Russian anthem being played at the weekend?

[Letters]

The first time it happened they probably did think that, yes. After a while it would have become the norm, more during WW2 than 1.

I agree that playing the anthem this weekend is overboard though.

[Niall_Quinn]

It isn't a normal day in Europe though. And the people that organising this (the Premier League) aren't involved in the foreign affairs in those countries so I am not sure who you are rallying against.

Well the more mercenaries Europe sends to the Middle East to rip the place up the more normal these days are going to become. That much must be obvious to anyone who doesn't write for the Daily Mail. As for the assholes at the PL, they are always first in line to grovel at the altar of political correctness or cloying moral trendsetting. 50,000 slave kids making footballs on the one hand, let's all stand against racism on the other. Cunts basically.

The incidents in France were sickening. The follow-up flooded the place in vomit. But not enough vomit obviously, the PL wants more.

Anyway, that aside, if this means we've all found a sudden love for the French and all things France then I suppose that's not a bad thing. All people together regardles off race, colour, creed. Like fuck. Temporary love so bollocks to it. People being seen to appear to do the right thing because they can't be bothered to actually do the right thing in their daily lives. Fuck them.

[Marc Overmars]

Respects were paid the other night in an appropriate setting at Wembley. I think it's a bit much to now have the anthem played this weekend, I can't really imagine France or another country playing God Save the Queen before their league matches if a tragedy occurred here.

Not really bothered though in fairness, just find it a bit odd.

[Globalgunner]

Roughly the same number of people were lost in a Russian jet 3 weeks ago. No outpouring of grief for them

[Niall_Quinn]

Respects were paid the other night in an appropriate setting at Wembley. I think it's a bit much to now have the anthem played this weekend, I can't really imagine France or another country playing God Save the Queen before their league matches if a tragedy occurred here.

Not really bothered though in fairness, just find it a bit odd.

Most national anthems relate the a nation and its people. Ours is a grovelling and fawning crawl to a hereditary turd apparently appointed by God. It's not surprising that another nation would be unable to play our "national" anthem. The only surprise is we're dumb enough and cowardly enough to play it ourselves.


God save our gracious Queen
Long live our noble Queen
God save the Queen
Send her victorious
Happy and glorious
Long to reign over us
God save the Queen

O Lord our God arise
Scatter her enemies
And make them fall
Confound their politics
Frustrate their knavish tricks
On Thee our hopes we fix
God save us all

Thy choicest gifts in store
On her be pleased to pour
Long may she reign
May she defend our laws
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice
God save the Queen

Not in this land alone
But be God's mercies known
From shore to shore
Lord make the nations see
That men should brothers be
And form one family
The wide world over

From every latent foe
From the assassins blow
God save the Queen
O'er her thine arm extend
For Britain's sake defend
Our mother, prince, and friend
God save the Queen

Lord grant that Marshal Wade
May by thy mighty aid
Victory bring
May he sedition hush
And like a torrent rush
Rebellious Scots to crush
God save the King


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtUH2YSFlVU


God save the queen
The fascist regime
They made you a moron
Potential H-bomb

God save the queen
She ain't no human being
There is no future
In England's dreaming

Don't be told what you want
Don't be told what you need
There's no future, no future,
No future for you

God save the queen
We mean it man
We love our queen
God saves

God save the queen
'Cause tourists are money
And our figurehead
Is not what she seems

Oh God save history
God save your mad parade
Oh Lord God have mercy
All crimes are paid

When there's no future
How can there be sin
We're the flowers in the dustbin
We're the poison in your human machine
We're the future, your future

God save the queen
We mean it man
We love our queen
God saves

God save the queen
We mean it man
And there is no future
In England's dreaming

No future, no future,
No future for you
No future, no future,
No future for me

No future, no future,
No future for you
No future, no future
For you

[Niall_Quinn]

Roughly the same number of people were lost in a Russian jet 3 weeks ago. No outpouring of grief for them

I think all but the mindless will be able to see through all this bullshit propaganda. Unfortunately the mindless are still in the majority.

[Niall_Quinn]

Premier League managers have welcomed the decision to play the French national anthem before every game this weekend in remembrance of the victims of the Paris terror attacks.


Arsenal’s French boss Arsene Wenger, whose side play at West Brom on Saturday, said: ‘I think it’s a nice gesture of solidarity. It’s not an obvious one for the fans, just like it would not be an obvious one for fans in France to sing God Save The Queen, because they don’t know the words. Symbolically it’s a very nice gesture.’


This has to be one of the weirdest moments in football. Shame Wenger seems to be cheerleading the farce.

[Letters]

Anyway, that aside, if this means we've all found a sudden love for the French and all things France then I suppose that's not a bad thing.
Well, we haven't. But then we didn't really hate them in the first place.
It's a bit like Arsenal and Spurs fans. Yes, there's a rivalry but basically we're not that different, we just wear different colours (unlike Chelsea fans who do have a different and much nastier streak).
I'm generalising, obviously, but generalizations are generally true, that's how they become generalizations.
When Rocky died it was before a NLD, the Spurs fans observed it perfectly to their eternal credit - some things are bigger than petty football or national rivalries and this is one of them.

Is this more important or awful than other things going on in the world? Well no, obviously not. But this one is so unexpected and so close to home. If it can happen in Paris it can happen in London so of course people will be more affected. It's just how people think. Whaddaya do? :shrug:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Roughly the same number of people were lost in a Russian jet 3 weeks ago. No outpouring of grief for them

Must be because nobody is white in Russia.

[Letters]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3349700/BBC-apologise-subtitle-gaffe-linking-ex-Aston-Villa-chairman-Sir-Doug-Ellis-Hezbollah-Match-Day.html

:lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barca gave River Plate a good kicking 3-0, Messi with the first, Suarez with the other two.

World Champions for the third time are Barca. :sick:

[Kano]

8 year ban for Blatter and Platini.

All clear at FIFA for another crook to step in and fill the void.

[Niall_Quinn]

8 year ban for Blatter and Platini.

All clear at FIFA for another crook to step in and fill the void.

Wenger is the only man who can do that job. Absolutely perfect for him and perfect for football. This needs to happen. He wins the league for us in his final year, moves on to head up the whole game, we bring in Simeone or Pep. Somebody somewhere with brains, the will and the wherewithal needs to get on this.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Wenger would fail in that role for the reason that he is precisely what the sport needs. And what the sport needs is completely at odds with what FIFA stands for.

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[Kano]

In principle he’s the perfect man, someone who could be a great politician. But as always within any organisation, one man is never enough. There are too many layers to power, a lot of leveraging, deal-brokering and appeasement that ultimately leads to a watered down end result that pleases very few people.

[Niall_Quinn]

There has to be optimism even in the face of the most extreme cynicism or nothing can change and nothing can ever be good. I reckon Wenger could command enough respect from within the game to give him the allies he needs to counter the leeches from outside. Maybe. The fans from all sides would have to be behind him 100%, no petty rivalries, this would be a rescue package for the game. Even the powerful do what they are told if the numbers game is brought to bear. The only reason we have to put up with government, for example, is because the majority of good people do fuck all. We might never be able to eradicate government because that's so broad and entrenched, but football is different. The pigs will do as they are told if their income is at risk. They'll bend to the will of the consumer, all corporate entities do in the end if only the will can be found within the majority. I know it won't happen, I just said it needs to happen.

Bring Dein along as muscle. He could do the dirty stuff and he'd be good at it. These oligarchs and Arabs and petty little crooks from the Caribbean and dirty scum from Brazil and suited and booted filth from Switzerland, you know - the great and the good - they are never really in control, it only appears that way because the majority remain silent. Look at Blatter, he was untouchable until he was touched. And he's proof that one man indeed is enough to sway an entire movement, in the wrong direction in his case of course.

I'm honestly not saying this so Arsenal can get rid of Wenger. Not at all. I genuinely believe he's the one man who could make the difference.

[Power n Glory]

Wenger has his principles but I’m not sure he’ll stand up for them. Look at the way things have been handled here at Arsenal. Ticket prices raised through the roof and he’s allowed himself to be used as a shield to protect board members. When price hikes were announced he said it was necessary to compete with Chelsea and co. He’s stood back whilst already rich men have dipped into the pockets of the fans and he’s justified it. If funds were being held back from him during the stadium transition, why wasn’t he able to put pressure on them and use his influence to keep key player and invest in more players? Too much points to him looking out and protecting the interest of the Board and throwing two fingers up at his players and fans in the process. I don’t think he’s right for FIFA or UEFA at all. Not that he’d want the role anyway.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wenger has his principles but I’m not sure he’ll stand up for them. Look at the way things have been handled here at Arsenal. Ticket prices raised through the roof and he’s allowed himself to be used as a shield to protect board members. When price hikes were announced he said it was necessary to compete with Chelsea and co. He’s stood back whilst already rich men have dipped into the pockets of the fans and he’s justified it. If funds were being held back from him during the stadium transition, why wasn’t he able to put pressure on them and use his influence to keep key player and invest in more players? Too much points to him looking out and protecting the interest of the Board and throwing two fingers up at his players and fans in the process. I don’t think he’s right for FIFA or UEFA at all. Not that he’d want the role anyway.

UEFA and FIFA are the absolute pits. The lowest of the low, corrupt to the core, seemingly beyond redemption. I'm not suggesting it's possible to turn them 180 and make them the epitome of virtue. Everything that goes on in both shit holes will still involve criminals and con-artists, gangsters and fraudsters. That's football these days, that's business. But if you put a crook in charge too, that's when you get the horrible excess. I don't think anyone can claim Wenger is a crook.

[Power n Glory]

UEFA and FIFA are the absolute pits. The lowest of the low, corrupt to the core, seemingly beyond redemption. I'm not suggesting it's possible to turn them 180 and make them the epitome of virtue. Everything that goes on in both shit holes will still involve criminals and con-artists, gangsters and fraudsters. That's football these days, that's business. But if you put a crook in charge too, that's when you get the horrible excess. I don't think anyone can claim Wenger is a crook.

Wenger is far from a crook. I just don't think he has the appetite or strength to fight the status quo.

[GP]

Former Newcastle goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek has died aged 47

[Marc Overmars]

Pep has confirmed he's leaving Bayern because he wants to manage in the PL.

The dogfight with the Manc clubs and Chelsea should be funny.

[Marc Overmars]

Messi wins the Ballon d'Or. Again. :faint:

5 times. :bow:

[Kano]

That's why I love this award so much. Always full of surprises.

[Özim]

That's why I love this award so much. Always full of surprises.

Can't be helped if there's 3 or 4 players that are head and shoulders above everybody else.

Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar (maybe Suarez) are leagues ahead of all the rest tbh and 3 of them play for Barca whom we're facing next in the CL.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

In fairness, Messi deserves it. He was brilliant, again.

[Niall_Quinn]

Tis a joke. Billionaire team full of billionaire playa and the billionairest playa of them all wins the award. What a surprise. He is the best as things stand. But then again, he's never tested himself. Neither has Ronaldo. Suarez has, however. He was a one man Liverpool, albeit a couple of season back now. The circumstances are never factored into these awards.

Also, Henry should have won it every year he was playing. EASILY the best player of the lot. Anyone who disputes it is a cunt, or Spanish (which is worse).

[McNamara That Ghost...]

You could get angry at a picture of bunnies.

[Niall_Quinn]

You could get angry at a picture of bunnies.

Damn right. I kill bunnies just to piss the Internet age off. But my point is, let Messi face a challenge. Then we'll see. Ronaldo, at least, played for Utd and delivered. Eventually. I hate Ronaldo btw, but right now his CV far surpasses Messi's. Because the latter hasn't faced a challenge yet. Except when he was younger, maybe. Probably.

Not saying he's not amongst the top 5 of all time. It's just we don't know for sure.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What's the challenge though, play in the pub league we know the Premier League is?

[Niall_Quinn]

What's the challenge though, play in the pub league we know the Premier League is?

Yes, fair(ish) point.

But what is football these days? Come and show us how good you are, despite the Neanderthals. Pele did it. They used to kick the poor cunt 15 yards into the air. But he still prevailed. And now they are comparing Messi to Pele. False comparison. So far.

I think Messi will stay in shelter for the rest of his career. And that will be a shame.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nothing is on the level of brutality back then of course but it's not as though Messi doesn't get hacked down when he is stopped. I go on the quality of what he produces in creating, scoring, teamplay - nearly everything for an attacker he excels in.

Also, I think it's a bit churlish for the level of the Premier League to be criticised week in week out and then use it as some kind of proving ground for any player that hasn't been in it previously.

[Niall_Quinn]

Nothing is on the level of brutality back then of course but it's not as though Messi doesn't get hacked down when he is stopped. I go on the quality of what he produces in creating, scoring, teamplay - nearly everything for an attacker he excels in.

Also, I think it's a bit churlish for the level of the Premier League to be criticised week in week out and then use it as some kind of proving ground for any player that hasn't been in it previously.

Don't really mean the PL. I mean get outside the comfort zone of Barca.

On the other hand, if he stays there for his whole career then that's something too. In a way. Because he already has as much cash as he can handle.

Football really isn't the way it used to be. You can't really compare anything any more. It's a mess.

The athletics bods are talking about scrapping all world records because SOME athletes were druggies. Unfair. In a way Messi has been drugged up because he's always played in a team that delivered precisely what he needed to be great. Often on a plate. But then again, unfair. We'll never know until he steps out of his comfort zone. IF. Or we can just go with it and elevate him up there. Nothing to compare.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Where though? Everywhere he can likely go is going to be comfort zone material - ie the best set-up in that league and let's face it, unless he runs down his contract it is going to take an amount of money that I am not sure any club can realistically table.

I'll put him up there because it's based on the quality of what I see. He is a massive part of the reason why Barca have been so great; of course it is helped with him having great players around him but by the same token, using your example of Pele, think of the talent he had around him in 1970 also.

[adzzzbatch]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/feb/04/liverpool-fans-plan-first-walkout-protest-over-ticket-prices

Fair play to them.

[GP]

Guardiola's contract is for £25m a year :wacko:

[Niall_Quinn]

Guardiola's contract is for £25m a year :wacko:

We need a new thread. Nonsense doesn't even come close. Can we have a "General Football Moon Barking Lunacy" thread please?

[Letters]

Guardiola's contract is for £25m a year :wacko:

See how cheap Wenger is? :cool:

Wenger :bow:

[Marc Overmars]

If by cheap you mean cheapskate, the yes he is.

[GP]

If by cheap you mean cheapskate, the yes he is.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3ENVBKVLjg

[Letters]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35541528

:popcorn:

[GP]

He's going to prison.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTjm-LWi0ao