ponsaelius

It's gonna be interesting to see how some of the shite Man U play in midfield do without Fergie this season. My bet is they'll suck donkey balls and suddenly Cabaye to Man Utd doesn't look such a stretch.

Agree. No difference between it or the Van Bommel one in the World Cup final where Manchester United superfan Howard Webb didn't send him off. De Jong billy

Remember us at this stage against Atromitos. lerl.

A ridiculous fee for somebody who is essentially just a big angry lump.

Feeling a sudden rush of bitterness at seeing other clubs in the Europa League.

Amazing post

Also this replica pitch as well. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-23531950 It's getting ditched if their foreign football coverage is shite.

I signed up. Subsidising Michael Owen and Tim Lovejoy's wages

Probably because PSV made them their new #1

On BT Sport

Fucking ref cam

That line-up was wrong, he aint playing.

They get 50,000 gates and have a similar fanbase to us. That's the point I'm making, them (and also the likes of Dortmund and Schalke in Germany) are fulfilling their potential as clubs. We just blissfully accept being worse off than Norwich City.

Yeah but they are also actually trying to do stuff, you know like appoint good managers and sign top quality players. Spend money to make money. Where as ours is to spend as little as possible and milk the benefits of the collective TV deal while achieving the square root of fuck all.

Eriksen

They had made 4 consecutive seasons of profit up until 2011 according to the Swiss ramble. It has unlikely to have changed since then considering added CL revenue and player profit.

The lack of ambition is incredulous. Look at Napoli for example, they've built up slowly using solid scouting and player recruitment but have realised the need for marquee signings. Sold their star player but instantly went out and spent above the odds to secure the one top class striker available to replace him. Sold out 60,000 seats for his unveiling and shirt/season ticket sales are through the roof. The hype and momentum of that signing will make bringing further recruitments easier, make the club more marketable in terms of sponsorship and retain an upward momentum. We've got 100% the same potential as them in terms of fanbase, a wealthier owner and a greater TV deal to fall back on. But the club thinks small all the time, buys cheap, markets itself poorly, signs small fry sponsorship deals. No attempt whatsoever to fulfill the potential of the club.

Fuck right off

Erik Lamela

The hard bit is attracting the £30 million players when you're not in the CL. Yeah you've got the money to get them, but the players that go for those fees aren't always attainable. Spurs would arguably be better putting the money towards building a new stadium. The fans would never accept it though.

I love penalty box grappling, cynical trips and all other means of defending being pushed right to the limits of acceptability - and wish we had more players who had the nouse to do it and get away with it.

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

Big Soccer is a crackerjack assortion of lunatics.

Considering that the best American player is on Roma and they are saying Roma is shit... Then.. People are stupid. good point