Dr.Spaceman Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 My 11am call has just been cancelled. Let's get it on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Michael Robinson, former Liverpool and Osasuna player, has died of cancer. After retiring in the late 1980s he went on to be a football pundit in Spain, and he was massively popular among those of my generation. RIP. Ah that’s sad. When I lived over in Spain and watched La Liga I found it mad an Englishman fronting the coverage in Spanish. Had never heard of him until then so looked up and obviously found out he was a former footballer who played over there. RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 This is random like. Robinson also did voice-over work on television adverts, as well as feature films – voicing the ugly sister in the dubbed Spanish versions of the Shrek films by DreamWorks Animation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Fuck, spent an hour doing this. Kameni (Espanyol, Cameroon) Dragutinovic (Sevilla, Serbia) Diego Godín (Atlético, Uruguay) Celso Ayala (Valencia, Paraguay) Lizarazu (Athletic, France) Marcos Senna (Villarreal, Spain) Mazinho (Brazil, Celta) Karpin (Real Sociedad, Russia) Cronaldo (R. Madrid, Portugal) Rossi (Villarreal, Italy) Messi (Barcelona, Argentina) Two leftbacks, Dragutinovic will have to play out of position. Shit, I misread the rules and I thought it was only teams in the top league *right now*. Having Zaragoza and Depor eligible adds a ton of options (Chilavert for giggles), but I'm not redoing this. Damn, two from Villarreal, and Mazinho also player for Valencia. Should be fixed now. Kameni (Espanyol, Camerún) Dragutinovic (Sevilla, Serbia) Diego Godín (Atlético, Uruguay) Celso Ayala (Valencia, Paraguay) Lizarazu (Francia, Athletic) Marcos Senna (España, Villarreal) Rijkaard (Zaragoza, Netherlands) Ettien (Levante, Ivory Coast) Cronaldo (R. Madrid, Portugal) Bebeto (Depor, Brazil) Messi (Barcelona, Argentina) That front 3 should carry me most games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 This is random like. Robinson also did voice-over work on television adverts, as well as feature films – voicing the ugly sister in the dubbed Spanish versions of the Shrek films by DreamWorks Animation. Not so strange. They used a celebrity cast for the Spanish version of Shrek films, and Robinson was a celeb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 I was watching a random football documentary and came across one of John Motson's not so senile (but something else) comment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Scary figures. Football is the Wild West. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Scary figures. Football is the Wild West. Thankfully the bubble is going to burst and big time imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 The DoF figure compared to the Manager one in the Championship & L2 is crazy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Hopefully this is a reset for football with the end of huge wages for players and crazy agent fees Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Yet they still wanted to furlough staff https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/tottenham-premier-league-most-valuable-richest-club-man-city-arsenal-2553293 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52440999 Spot the glaring omission. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52440999 Spot the glaring omission. Wow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Wow indeed. hhmm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 The whole idea of all-time non-top 6 players was already mad because Newcastle, Leeds, Blackburn etc have all had spells at the top. And does Kevin Phillips REALLY belong on that list? Not a chance. That's before we even get to the lack of Shearer.... maybe MotD are sick of including him when he's one of the panel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 The whole idea of all-time non-top 6 players was already mad because Newcastle, Leeds, Blackburn etc have all had spells at the top. And does Kevin Phillips REALLY belong on that list? Not a chance. That's before we even get to the lack of Shearer.... maybe MotD are sick of including him when he's one of the panel bit of a one season wonder Phillips but still 30 goals in a premier league season is a rare feat its only happened 7 times (I think) in a 38 game season and the others are a whos who of great forwards in the last 27 years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Aye I’d have Phillips in there. Only English Golden Boot winner still isn’t he? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Shearer was at top 6 clubs for the majority of his career though, no? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 What’s the difference between Shearer & Batty going by their criteria? Both won the title at Blackburn, both finished top 2 with us, both went on to compete around 3rd-6th after 1997 for a spell with us and Leeds. Weird. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 You can't have Batty and Speed in there, like. That's ridiculous. What a terrible idea for a poll. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Beautiful article from Sid Lowe on Michael Robinson https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/28/michael-robinson-european-cup-winner-voice-spanish-tv-died-61 El Día Después was the best football programme ever made in Spain imho, my generation grew up loving the game watching it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Hopefully not long before it's widespread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Scary figures. Football is the Wild West. Thankfully the bubble is going to burst and big time imo. Are the numbers for League Two meant to be high? Genuine question, wages aren't comparable between country due to currency differences and so on, but half of the League Two numbers look like less than minimum wage over here, which made me genuinely interested in the level of average wage in the UK vs strength of currency/buying power. Or is it meant to showcase the difference between players and the rest of the staff? That's what I assumed from Collymore's tweet, but the article having the headline "the eye watering sums spent across the EFL" felt like they meant all of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Scary figures. Football is the Wild West. Thankfully the bubble is going to burst and big time imo. Are the numbers for League Two meant to be high? Genuine question, wages aren't comparable between country due to currency differences and so on, but half of the League Two numbers look like less than minimum wage over here, which made me genuinely interested in the level of average wage in the UK vs strength of currency/buying power. Or is it meant to showcase the difference between players and the rest of the staff? That's what I assumed from Collymore's tweet, but the article having the headline "the eye watering sums spent across the EFL" felt like they meant all of it. average wage in the uk according to google is £30,420 from the latest figures so league 2 looks mostly around what normal jobs earn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Scary figures. Football is the Wild West. Thankfully the bubble is going to burst and big time imo. Are the numbers for League Two meant to be high? Genuine question, wages aren't comparable between country due to currency differences and so on, but half of the League Two numbers look like less than minimum wage over here, which made me genuinely interested in the level of average wage in the UK vs strength of currency/buying power. Or is it meant to showcase the difference between players and the rest of the staff? That's what I assumed from Collymore's tweet, but the article having the headline "the eye watering sums spent across the EFL" felt like they meant all of it. average wage in the uk according to google is £30,420 from the latest figures so league 2 looks mostly around what normal jobs earn I think he's about what players earn in league 2, that value is very high. Last figures I saw was average wage was £1100 for a league 2 player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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