ponsaelius

Imagine Suarez being the worst player in your front 3

Zenit very impressive again. Valencia rubbish though.

says more about the people here tbh. Hatred predicated on cuntishness over geography too much for you to grasp? Nah sorry, Sunderland managed by Sam Allardyce all day for me. Hardly a tough choice though with your raging stonk on for Paedew.

French born North African. I'm sold.

says more about the people here tbh. Aye, a forum full of absolute legends.

I hate Pardew more than Sunderland. I didn't realise that until this game. Now its clear.

2/10

Still doing it every week. It's absolutely fucking ridiculous at this point to be quite honest.

And FWIW I don't think smaller clubs should be sacked off altogether. Is a small Portuguese club playing in the Spanish league system really any different to their current existence? I'd argue not. It'd probably be better and offer more potential for growth as a club to be honest.

It's a difficult one. I agree that it seems bad really to sack off smaller teams, as they have fanbases no matter how small. But if it means a more balanced and competitive European system then that would be worthwhile. The fact we're at the stage where there's only about 5 teams that can win the CL and they're all from big nations is a bit shite. There isn't much that can be done in terms of 'promoting' smaller leagues, in the modern game the collective bargaining powers of bigger leagues means smaller countries don't stand a chance. They generate more money as a collective and the best players will go there. The like of Celtic and Ajax are hamstrung by the simple fact they're from countries with 5-10 million people. This was not a problem before the commercialisation and globalisation of football.

Braga and Guimaraes have decent support, but the rest could be absorbed into the Spanish lower league system and nobody would bat an eye lid. Like VI says, there's little chance of the big 3 Portuguese clubs nor the bigger Spanish clubs giving up CL/EL places with the added competition. So without adjustment to expand entrance for a combined league its a non starter. If they ever did though, it would make La Liga ridiculously strong. Porto and Benfica have managed to stay competitive in Europe despite playing in what is a minor league, they'd be powerhouses in La Liga (again so long as the CL/EL places are adjusted). I honestly think this kind of stuff is necessary for the future of big clubs from smaller leagues. A Northern European league for one but particularly with former USSR and Slavic countries as they don't even have much history as separate leagues to forego. Although there's obvious geopolitical issues there.

Cape Verde is a colonial thing, they play them fairly often. Luxembourg have a large Portuguese population for some reason, about 20% of the population IIRC. So that might explain this one.

Brilliant from Zlatan. Big game performance.

Bosnia have been shite since the World Cup. Misimovic retiring seemed to turn them into a hoofball team.

Not really sure how true this is to be honest but I hate the whole FIFA culture. There's so many kids who are more interested in a fucking video game version of football than they are the real thing.

Sounds like the flagship arena on Planet Soft Cunt

My hand would have probably just snapped off if i'd tried to stop that

That was a fucking fantastic save!

Swedegol

Both of these two sides are shite.

loooool

It looks sooooo bad

State of that Ireland team.

What an absolute shithouse post this is.

True like. They're all pretty shite.