Guest HTT II Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Mexico 86 for me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 On 23/03/2022 at 06:16, Papavasiliou said: Also, players and other clubs seemingly helping Barca as much as possible over the last year and a bit. They financially fucked themselves so hard they should absolutely be dying. They're not though. Any other club in the world in their situation asking players to take pay cuts would be told where to go very quickly but Barca get loaned players for nowt or sign free transfers on lower wages. And they're still talking about trying to sign fucking Haaland and that. It's mad. it's like the rest of Europe is seeing a major powerhouse of a club struggling and instead of trying to capitalise on this they're all trying to prop them up. Football fwends Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papavasiliou Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 20 hours ago, triggs said: Haven't they just taken advantage of their status and pulling power as a club rather than clubs doing them favours? Maybe Man City sold Ferran Torres a bit cheaply but they specifically have lots of links to Barca? Can't think of anything other than that Wolves gave them 6mil or something (plus wages) to loan Trincao then sent Traore the other way for nothing. Sevilla gave them De Jong for next to nothing. Look at the amount of players who've signed on a free for them this last year. You can say that's them going there for the money but if that's what you're after do you really want to be signing for the club in very public financial trouble who've been asking their current players to slash their wages? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 7 hours ago, Papavasiliou said: Wolves gave them 6mil or something (plus wages) to loan Trincao then sent Traore the other way for nothing. Jorge Mendes cooking the books and they have to pay £25-30m for him permanently which I’m sure is just a way of further cooking the Barca book. The PEA deal has about a hundred bent layers too. If you look at who they’re getting in they’re all people who want to leave their current place. Makes deals far easier. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 One of my all time favorites Rivaldo captained Barca Legends to a win yesterday against Anfield, turns 50 next month and looks in great shape! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 6 minutes ago, Newcastle Fan said: One of my all time favorites Rivaldo captained Barca Legends to a win yesterday against Anfield, turns 50 next month and looks in great shape! One of my fave players of all-time! Legend! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Talking to a friend this morning and this old classic came up. He's just Patrick Bateman in footballer form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Decent interview with Tomori here. Always good to see English players not just doing well abroad, but actually also taking the opportunity to integrate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/mar/27/divisive-champions-league-reform-proposals-back-on-the-table Sigh, this is going to keep coming up till they get their closed shop isn't it? What gets me is they keep complaining about the massive cost of trying to compete for the champions league and then huge financial losses if fail to, and yet financial fair play is made toothless which would combat that significantly. I propose that if they so want everyone and anyone to be able to qualify for champions league fine, but get rid of the group stages, massive knockout tournament the whole way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Linton Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 7 hours ago, Rafalove said: Decent interview with Tomori here. Always good to see English players not just doing well abroad, but actually also taking the opportunity to integrate. Just a shame that moving abroad still seems to make it harder for you with England. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Should be playing for England. Should be playing for Canada too lol. He did it to himself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiago Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 It's a real blind spot with Southgate that those outside the British Isles don't get regular action. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Tiresias said: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/mar/27/divisive-champions-league-reform-proposals-back-on-the-table Sigh, this is going to keep coming up till they get their closed shop isn't it? What gets me is they keep complaining about the massive cost of trying to compete for the champions league and then huge financial losses if fail to, and yet financial fair play is made toothless which would combat that significantly. I propose that if they so want everyone and anyone to be able to qualify for champions league fine, but get rid of the group stages, massive knockout tournament the whole way. They don’t want that though, because then they only get a guaranteed 1 home game. The reason they want the big league is because they will be guaranteed more games. This and for sponsorship reasons is why the UEFA Cup went from a straight knockout competition to a League format, including the 5 team league format they had where you could still qualify if you finished 3rd, but 2nd placed teams often got a harder draw. It is also the reason why they created the Europa Conference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 14 hours ago, Newcastle Fan said: One of my all time favorites Rivaldo captained Barca Legends to a win yesterday against Anfield, turns 50 next month and looks in great shape! El toro packed on the beef like. Swear McManaman sounds more and more like Den Perry each day too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 A lot of the lads that seem to do well abroad recently tend to come from families that have some experience of different cultures. Including Trips. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE27 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Seemed pretty quiet on the nufc media front whilst on their warm weather training? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awaymag Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, NE27 said: Seemed pretty quiet on the nufc media front whilst on their warm weather training? that's because Clark wasn't getting sent off for punching a host player Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Jeff Stelling staying on Soccer Saturday for at least another year, reversed his decision to pack in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Wonder who they couldn't get. Lol if it was that pretentious dullard Chappers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Seems like Chapman has a bad rep on here, just down to his general manner or things he’s said? I’ve never had an issue with him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Yeah I've always found Chapman pretty fine and inoffensive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Not sure if said but...Joshua fighting Usyk in Saudi. Be interesting to see if certain journos boycott it ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 He already fought Ruiz there. Hearn was asked a few questions and everyone moved on. I’m not sure Joshua was asked but then his interviews seem controlled. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 9 minutes ago, Kimbo said: He already fought Ruiz there. Hearn was asked a few questions and everyone moved on. I’m not sure Joshua was asked but then his interviews seem controlled. Aye that was pre newcastle take over. There is a certain cunt of a journalist who was there who now spends all his time baiting newcastle fans and calling them sports washed on twitter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 They’ll all be in Qatar later in the year getting their free tickets and filling their pockets in hospitality, before they go back to their hotel for a good tut on social media. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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