George Costanza

53 minutes ago, sir roger said:

 

He got a second yellow, but it seems that the rules mean he doesn't get sent off if one of them is in the shoot out.

Its a stupid rule that 

Why give the goalkeeper a free license to act like a twat just send the fucker off and lets see if he's still smiling and acting like a cunt. 

bite anyone's hand off for £50m+ in the summer. Hopefully the stupid Saudi's get nearer £100m

wrong thread

On Curtis - he's a very good squad player but shouldn't be anything more

Our forwards are fucking shit, they couldn't finish their fucking dinners the useless, wasteful twats.

Clean sheet is a positive miracle though eh

Its getting beyond a joke now.  Its raining every fucking day

what a glorious night.  wonderful

3 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Arsenal luck with injuries still going strong

 

No Gbabry or Coeman and a half fit Sane. 

Its actually incredible.  Its been going on for two years now.  Lego head cunt must have a voodoo doll for opposition players

Unfortnately I think it'll be two english wins tonight.  A few injuries wouldn't go a miss though.

glad Dortmund knocked out those cheating shithouses.  neither team will trouble any of the sides from the other side of the draw though

tie massively changed with the red card but Barcelona have been poor tonight.  Not helped by an obvious bought ref

Just now, El Rojo said:

This is widely entertaining stuff.

 

Fullkrug is like an elite Sunday League player. Definitely has two cans of Bitburger at half time.

Don't see enough of the old fashioned shit number 9's who just score goals.  Luca Toni was a classic example

2 minutes ago, Arnaud said:

Come on, shoulder to shoulder, no foul. 

the upper body contact was perfectly fine but the psg player tripped his back leg

1 minute ago, Lee909 said:

 

What's he done now. Turned over after the penalty 

Gungodan got tripped in the box (was looking for it but he did get tripped) so he got booked and then the ref sent off another barcelona coach

Top level uefa corruption going on in Barcelona. Fucking hell

10 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

 

Yeah, but you're assuming Saudi are playing the short game. I was listening to a podcast the other day, which was talking about an ongoing court case in the US to stop league fixtures from other leagues being played there. I think it might actually involve city's mob girona, but I could be wrong about that. Anyway, it seems pretty clear the FIFA rules are what they are and absolutely prevent such a game.

 

So now FIFA, who were opposed to such a thing before infantino moved and lived in an oil state, are discussing relaxing that rule. So where would that leave us? Forget America, it's just a test case. Saudi are obsessed with trying to control all sport, it would seem to me likely they'd want to get Newcastle games there. Perhaps the same would happen with Abu Dhabi taking city there. Who knows, but it's a door opener. And nobody is standing up to these states. We see it in the most simple matter like our referees going to Abu Dhabi on jollys and it seems only Liverpool fans and one or two journalists raising eyebrows at it. 

 

The game is fucked regardless of if Newcastle spend 500m or not. But they'll want mates in the PL to get games in their country. So they're playing nice. 

They've been quite reserved since taking over but they've now had a taste of the CL drug and the exposure it provides.  I think the idea was to grow 'organically' but after a good season last year that will probably change and the expectations/demand will now be much higher. I wouldn't rule out another arm of saudi investment looked at other PL clubs and the newcastle owners started their own multi club syndicate.  A few big clubs around europe still need bailing out - Valencia a prime example. Lyon another ready for pickings.  Its all shite but it seems that is how the game is now going sadly and its fucking shite.

On 11/04/2024 at 07:46, Vincent Vega said:

Another off the books bonus payment?

 

Its also a really shit watch as well

8 minutes ago, Megadrive Man said:

 

I actually think it will make teams more likely to cheat.

 

If Newcastle spend a billion this summer then worst case scenario they will get a six point fine in a few years time. 

Yep there's no deterent whatsoever.  If I were the Newcastle CEO i'd be throwing £500m+ at the squad this summer.

39 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

 

what's an Israel defender and who are they?

And can they play centre back?

Its come to the point where you can't defend the indefensible.  He just misses far too mnay good chances.

Its just the same as having a great player whose injury prone. You can hope & pray it might come good but when it keeps happening time and time again it reaches a point you've got to call it a day.

delete this thread now

Bunch of overpaid cunts

Can't see us scoring. 

This team look like they won't in another game this season nevermind challenge for the fucking title

Yet people genuinely don't think the PL is corrupt.

12 hours ago, Vincent Vega said:

Also I don’t really see why a club that can turnover £560m in a year where performance wasn’t spectacular needs to squeeze an extra £2.5m from their most loyal supporters. It’s a drop in the ocean and hardly seems worth the bad feeling it creates. 
 

As for people saying it’s only a 2% increase, ticket prices are 1400% higher than back in the early 90s. If season ticket prices had increased in line with inflation since then, a Kop season ticket would be around £200, and not the £700 plus they currently cost. But as the tv money slows down, they obviously feel the need to squeeze the fans again. This will only be the start.

Reminds me of a quote from then Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeness (albeit a decade old)

"We could charge more than €104, lets say we charge €300.  We would get €2m more income but what is €2m to us?  In a transfer discussion you argue about that sun for 5 minutes but the difference between €104 and €300 is huge for the fan.  We don't think that the fans are like cows who you milk.  Football has got to be for everybody and that is the biggest difference between us and England"

That is season ticket prices btw