Bruno Guimarães

[HawK]

12 minutes ago, Mikky said:

They had a fantastic player in Neymar to build a team around - bloke turned to become a complete tosspot of a person - filtered through the squad 

 

Rashford & Man Utd come to mind, school meals work aside he's hardly a model pro. Am I being too harsh?

[Tiresias]

40 minutes ago, HawK said:

 

Rashford & Man Utd come to mind, school meals work aside he's hardly a model pro. Am I being too harsh?

 

Classic friend of a friend stuff but I've heard nothing but positive things about Rashford in person.

[jack j]

I always thought Rashford was a decent fella? Gets a load of blame for tossing it off at man u but he's hardly been the worst for it over the years has he

[gbandit]

I like him, whatever your take is on how much it’s a PR thing and how much he really cares it just feels ridiculously devil’s advocate to say that it’s a contrived attempt to build his brand. No one else has done it, no one else has tried to make a difference like he did. He deserves huge respect for it. I always have the impression that he’s struggling with his mental health when going through bad patches of form. He never looks happy even if he gets a goal etc. 

 

Hes not the player everyone thought he was or expected him to be but that’s hardly a bad thing for us 

[Mikky]

Getting back to Neymar - I think it’s no coincidence with him there they’ve become Hollywood Brazil - I used to love Brazil - everything about them seemed genuine - their own unique style - since Neymar arrived all that changed - yes he has X amount of goals but in my view he didn’t carry the mantle - yes you can say the same about Zico (he didn’t deliver the big one), but Brazil never wavered from who they were when he played.

[HawK]

Fair enough, maybe it's a bad (uninformed) take - I have no idea what he's like in person, I'm just judging on what I see from his play on the pitch. 

[huss9]

paqueta on the list - what he fuck is going on with his case?????

[Erikse]

11 minutes ago, huss9 said:

paqueta on the list - what he fuck is going on with his case?????

 

Was thinking the same the other day. Are they brushing under the carpet or what?

[Erikse]

14 minutes ago, huss9 said:

paqueta on the list - what he fuck is going on with his case?????

 

https://www.goal.com/en/lists/lucas-paqueta-betting-case-west-ham-despite-ongoing-spot-fixing-investigation/blt0f4ef590c87989af#cse9c24d58f3ab959b

 

However, despite the charges hanging over him, the FA will allow Paqueta to play while the investigation is conducted. The outcome is not expected until close to the end of the season and may even go beyond that, due to the complexity of the case. His defence lawyers believe it will take months to secure the evidence they require to respond to the charges.

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Erikse

[ExiledGeordie]

2 minutes ago, Erikse said:

 

Was thinking the same the other day. Are they brushing under the carpet or what?

Bizarre, Tonali gets 10 months but Paqueta is playing on at the moment with the premier seemingly unsure of what to do next. Quite a few teams have the right to be pissed odd surely.

[gbandit]

Just delay it until his playing career is over like you want to lads 

[Magpie]

3 hours ago, Zero said:

Brazil in danger of missing WC2026

 

 

 

They're really not, only got to finish in the top 8 or sommit 

[Groundhog63]

I'm no expert but there's a few on here seem to have graduated from the same School of Law as Lee Anderson. 

Here's a clue. 

Plead guilty, get swift process

Plead NOT guilty, get an investigation

[wormy]

Hasn't it also been said that Italy traditionally handle this shit swiftly because of their league's history of dodginess? Whereas everything the FA does is a snail's pace at the best of times. 

 

Feel like Sandro was already over halfway through his suspension before we heard about the FA looking in to his time since moving to England.

[alexf]

They also admitted they had jack shit evidence on Tonali if he had pleaded not guilty, and only investigated because he had come to them first. So bodes well for Paqueta that this will likely drag on and on and eventually lead to nothing. Probably very sensible to deny everything. 

[Cf]

2 hours ago, alexf said:

They also admitted they had jack shit evidence on Tonali if he had pleaded not guilty, and only investigated because he had come to them first. So bodes well for Paqueta that this will likely drag on and on and eventually lead to nothing. Probably very sensible to deny everything. 

 

Probably keeps him stuck at West Ham though. 

[SEMTEX]

Why was he HAULED at the half yesterday? I'm assuming he isn't crocked?

[Conjo]

2 minutes ago, SEMTEX said:

Why was he HAULED at the half yesterday? I'm assuming he isn't crocked?

 

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