Disco Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 They do (or did) it in Spain I seem to remember, VI will know more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 They do (or did) it in Spain I seem to remember, VI will know more. Had this recollection as well. Dodgy bassas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19667219 Swansea City manager Michael Laudrup says he sees no problem with teams paying rival sides to win games. The Dane stressed he was completely against "match fixing", but believes the term needs to be "better defined". wat Paid to win, not to lose, like when a team has nowt to play for at the end of the season, now they do. Well yes, but surely if this becomes the norm teams that haven't been paid will start not bothering? I mean, if you always do your best anyway you'd miss out on potential multimillion pound pay-outs. If Man U and Man City are neck and neck and you're Southampton playing Man U and you've seen other teams given £10m for a win by a team tryign to avoid relegation and Man City give you fuck all, surely you'd just say fuck em and play the kids? It'd be pretty easy to start hinting you'll throw the game and blackmailing teams to giving you money "Ooh, I think we might have some injuries for this game, everyone's a bit tired, I think our star player might need resting" Would turn the league into a protection racket. Good point, well made. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 That's been done for ages in La Liga (it's technically illegal, but nobody bothers), so that's probably why Laudrup's saying that. It usually involves relegation battles more than title races, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 A moment of silence in appreciation of the terrible ordeal Randy Lerner put that horrible little PornDwarf and his side kick, Mr Tumnus through when West Ham visited Villa Park Former Birmingham City co-owner David Sullivan has hit out at football’s money culture claiming foreign owners like Aston Villa’s Randy Lerner are only in the country to make money. The colourful Cockney with an estimated fortune of £500m and owner of 100 sex shops sold Birmingham City to Chinese businessman Carson Yeung, a deal which has since turned sour for the Midland team. Speaking to the Daily Mail about the influx of foreign owners in the Premier League he said:” Randy Lerner is here to make money. The Americans at Man United and Liverpool are here to make money. The Sunderland guy has a strategy to make money.” 'There are good examples of foreign ownership, “ he said. “Roman Abramovich and Sheik Mansour are in it for the fun. It's a hobby.” Sullivan owns West Ham United with David Sullivan his friend and fellow former Birmingham City director David Gold. His blast at Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner continued with him claiming that Aston Villa treated him and his fellow directors badly and subjected them to abuse from home fans because they were the former owners of Blues. He stated: “Aston Villa, put the visiting directors in a room with the corporate home fans. We got loads of abuse because we were the former owners of Birmingham City. “We were treated appallingly. I nearly did it to them in retaliation but I wasn't prepared to stoop to their level.” “At West Ham we've got the best boardroom in the Premier League. We give the visiting directors the best table, right in the middle. It's the friendliest. It's lovely.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/article/manager-advert-378227.aspx cue hundereds of applications from people listing their honours in football manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/article/manager-advert-378227.aspx cue hundereds of applications from people listing their honours in football manager. Well time to quit my job I guess! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 A moment of silence in appreciation of the terrible ordeal Randy Lerner put that horrible little PornDwarf and his side kick, Mr Tumnus through when West Ham visited Villa Park Former Birmingham City co-owner David Sullivan has hit out at football’s money culture claiming foreign owners like Aston Villa’s Randy Lerner are only in the country to make money. The colourful Cockney with an estimated fortune of £500m and owner of 100 sex shops sold Birmingham City to Chinese businessman Carson Yeung, a deal which has since turned sour for the Midland team. Speaking to the Daily Mail about the influx of foreign owners in the Premier League he said:” Randy Lerner is here to make money. The Americans at Man United and Liverpool are here to make money. The Sunderland guy has a strategy to make money.” 'There are good examples of foreign ownership, “ he said. “Roman Abramovich and Sheik Mansour are in it for the fun. It's a hobby.” Sullivan owns West Ham United with David Sullivan his friend and fellow former Birmingham City director David Gold. His blast at Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner continued with him claiming that Aston Villa treated him and his fellow directors badly and subjected them to abuse from home fans because they were the former owners of Blues. He stated: “Aston Villa, put the visiting directors in a room with the corporate home fans. We got loads of abuse because we were the former owners of Birmingham City. “We were treated appallingly. I nearly did it to them in retaliation but I wasn't prepared to stoop to their level.” “At West Ham we've got the best boardroom in the Premier League. We give the visiting directors the best table, right in the middle. It's the friendliest. It's lovely.” I love the idea that Lerner was only there to make money, given how much he's ploughed into Villa over the last few years without, ultimately, much reward. In MON we trust... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 http://i.imgur.com/PHCtn.jpg Looks like Liverpool going to have to pick it up if they want to make it on the iPhone five standing also have to wait for the iPhone eight Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 "At West Ham we've got the best boardroom in the Premier League. We give the visiting directors the best table, right in the middle. It's the friendliest. It's lovely.” Fucking hell man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Cool joke Dan. http://i.imm.io/FdqB.jpeg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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joeyt Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Jose Enrique was just on Soccer Am with Tubes and seemed a really nice lad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 I have bad news for you; the Spanish media seem to have discovered the footage of Hereford - Newcastle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Merson just said Baines is the best left back in the world Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 he may not be the best but i do rate baines a lot, not that ridiculous imo in that usually it's a bad player that shit pundits rate up like that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 In general best left backs in the world are not that great players, due to the lack of left footed people and the fact that - unlike a left winger - there's little to be gained by playing a right-footed player there. So the player pool is pretty small. I think Baines is a very solid player, mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Imo he's certainly best left back in league atm, Cole has been coasting on reputation for a bit (though acknowledge he did well in chelseas champs league run) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 I have bad news for you; the Spanish media seem to have discovered the footage of Hereford - Newcastle. Aye, the ran a report a few weeks ago on it: "biggest cup shock in history", "Hereford's feat", blah blah... and they recapped it ahead of our own cup games last week, even somebody opened up a thread on it in the other football forum I post. I'm really sorry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 http://164.177.157.12/img/graphics/62.jpg Europe's 10 worst winless streaks from Whoscored.com Villa This is even funnier now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 http://164.177.157.12/img/graphics/62.jpg Europe's 10 worst winless streaks from Whoscored.com Villa This is even funnier now. anybody got the lastest version? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 http://164.177.157.12/img/graphics/62.jpg Europe's 10 worst winless streaks from Whoscored.com Villa This is even funnier now. anybody got the lastest version? It isn't updated on their site, but given that Villa won last week, if somehow Palermo defeated equally shit Atalanta tomorrow Sunderland would have Europe's worst winless streak. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Is it only top flight clubs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Is it only top flight clubs? Think so. Only top five leagues from the looks of it, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 he may not be the best but i do rate baines a lot, not that ridiculous imo in that usually it's a bad player that shit pundits rate up like that I tend to think Baines and Cole are two English players not completely overrated by the media. Both are world-class left-backs, imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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