Pilko Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 9 goals in 4 pre-season matches for Hamburg's Son Heung-Min. Looking sharp Eh. How have they played 4 pre-season games already? The teams Hamburg've played arrived at their stadiums to find beach towels draped all over the away dugout, they had to play them in a friendly before they'd shift. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gash Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 On the tour of Asia at a fan meet and greet Arsenal put Vela, Traore and Denilson on the same table. It was about as popular as a children's party thrown by Gary Glitter by the sounds of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Napoli's new signing mascot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DUB3VKJDvI?version=3&hl=en_GB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Napoli's new signing mascot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DUB3VKJDvI?version=3&hl=en_GB Nice avatar btw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Nice avatar btw. Thank you. Chance to join in the revolution and helps to get rid of the eyesore that was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 South Korean domestic football is officially going to hell due to a massive, massive, absolutely f***ing ridiculous match-fixing scandal. Initial investigation revealed 10 current and former players who were engaged in match fixing, all of whom were banned for life from Korean professional football. Then the second investigation came up with an additional 45 players. One team in particular has lost 9 active players to match-fixing bans, including 3 of their 4 goalkeepers. After their only remaining goalkeeper was sent off last week, they had to play 90 minutes this week with a defender in goal. Now just today it's been revealed that the manager of that same team has been receiving payments by persistently blackmailing the parents of players whom he knew were match-fixing. Absolutely f***ing ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Bought a season ticket at Hartlepool today. £50, ludicrous bargain. I normally go to about 3-4 games a season anyway so it's value for money regardless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CheickMansour Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 South Korean domestic football is officially going to hell due to a massive, massive, absolutely f***ing ridiculous match-fixing scandal. Initial investigation revealed 10 current and former players who were engaged in match fixing, all of whom were banned for life from Korean professional football. Then the second investigation came up with an additional 45 players. One team in particular has lost 9 active players to match-fixing bans, including 3 of their 4 goalkeepers. After their only remaining goalkeeper was sent off last week, they had to play 90 minutes this week with a defender in goal. Now just today it's been revealed that the manager of that same team has been receiving payments by persistently blackmailing the parents of players whom he knew were match-fixing. Absolutely f***ing ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Bought a season ticket at Hartlepool today. £50, ludicrous bargain. I normally go to about 3-4 games a season anyway so it's value for money regardless. How was it only £50? Thought it was £100 if they reach 4000 sales, which it appears they are well on the way to achieving. http://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10326~2390605,00.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I am going to use my psychic magic super powers to predict that he is Under 19. Given that the offer is £50 for under 19s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Ah so it is, didn't see that bit. Cracking offer mind, less than £4.50 a game for adults should they reach the target. Considering it myself despite the fact i could only make it to about half the games due to work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Yeah I'm 18. Didn't realise it was £50 for Under 19s until today. They sold 277 today, seems it's picking up at the finish line and they should beat it comfortably. The chances are they could even sell more after that target once everybody knows the price is guarenteed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 That was my thinking, didn't want to get one and have to pay between £150 and £250, offer is only valid until this Friday then tickets go back to last seasons prices Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Ahh, right. Maybe the last few days will see a flurry because of that then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Yeah I'm 18. Didn't realise it was £50 for Under 19s until today. They sold 277 today, seems it's picking up at the finish line and they should beat it comfortably. The chances are they could even sell more after that target once everybody knows the price is guarenteed. Thought you were older Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Rumors going around for the past week and a half or so that Marcelo Bielsa was approached with some kind of role with USSF and the national team. Obviously he's not going to, but I hope we really did make an attempt, shows those guys might actually know what they're doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 South Korean domestic football is officially going to hell due to a massive, massive, absolutely f***ing ridiculous match-fixing scandal. Initial investigation revealed 10 current and former players who were engaged in match fixing, all of whom were banned for life from Korean professional football. Then the second investigation came up with an additional 45 players. One team in particular has lost 9 active players to match-fixing bans, including 3 of their 4 goalkeepers. After their only remaining goalkeeper was sent off last week, they had to play 90 minutes this week with a defender in goal. Now just today it's been revealed that the manager of that same team has been receiving payments by persistently blackmailing the parents of players whom he knew were match-fixing. Absolutely f***ing ridiculous. Read today that the minimum wage for player is about $11,000 per year. That's less than half of what I'm making working in Korea right now, what the fuck did they expect? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 South Korean domestic football is officially going to hell due to a massive, massive, absolutely f***ing ridiculous match-fixing scandal. Initial investigation revealed 10 current and former players who were engaged in match fixing, all of whom were banned for life from Korean professional football. Then the second investigation came up with an additional 45 players. One team in particular has lost 9 active players to match-fixing bans, including 3 of their 4 goalkeepers. After their only remaining goalkeeper was sent off last week, they had to play 90 minutes this week with a defender in goal. Now just today it's been revealed that the manager of that same team has been receiving payments by persistently blackmailing the parents of players whom he knew were match-fixing. Absolutely f***ing ridiculous. Read today that the minimum wage for player is about $11,000 per year. That's less than half of what I'm making working in Korea right now, what the f*** did they expect? Market forces, football isn't that popular here so obviously your average reservist isn't going to be making a lot of money. For what its worth one of the solutions they're introducing is to double the minimum wage. It isn't just the piss-poor players though. There are internationals involved who commanded salaries roughly commensurate to that of lower-end Premier League players who've had leading roles in the whole affair. It's a complete embarrassment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 How does the cost of living in Korea compare to England? There are internationals involved who commanded salaries roughly commensurate to that of lower-end Premier League players ... And how much money is involved in top-end Korean football, they're surely on as much as the game can afford? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Good bit cheaper to live here, I've found. Aye it does seem a very sad state of affairs alright Oldtype. Some friends of mine were at a Daejeon match recently, they were 2-0 up with ten minutes to go and lost 3-2, they said at the time the team completely just stopped playing at the end of the game. Player recently committed suicide (in Seoul, I think) as well I heard, hope it's nothing to do with the fixing scandal. Killing yourself over Korean league football would be as pointless a death as I could imagine, no Koreans I've talked to here give a shit about their own teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 How does the cost of living in Korea compare to England? There are internationals involved who commanded salaries roughly commensurate to that of lower-end Premier League players ... And how much money is involved in top-end Korean football, they're surely on as much as the game can afford? Cost of living is, I would guess, about half that of living in London. Don't know about how it would be relative to the Northeast. As for wages, our absolute highest-paid players get are on 10,000p/w as far as I know. The average should be somewhere around 1/5 that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 :: GEOFF SHEARD – the businessman who fronted an American takeover bid for the Magpies two summers ago – has been declared bankrupt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Phew. Dodged a bullet there! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Is he the one who had that twitter account ? Proper criptic bastard iirc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 South Korean domestic football is officially going to hell due to a massive, massive, absolutely f***ing ridiculous match-fixing scandal. Initial investigation revealed 10 current and former players who were engaged in match fixing, all of whom were banned for life from Korean professional football. Then the second investigation came up with an additional 45 players. One team in particular has lost 9 active players to match-fixing bans, including 3 of their 4 goalkeepers. After their only remaining goalkeeper was sent off last week, they had to play 90 minutes this week with a defender in goal. Now just today it's been revealed that the manager of that same team has been receiving payments by persistently blackmailing the parents of players whom he knew were match-fixing. Absolutely f***ing ridiculous. Spineless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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