Still not worthy of a thread

[Disco]

 Not going to lie even though it’s a terrible idea it makes more sense than the 48 team gibberish they have currently

[maybe_next_year]

Fuck it. Why not just have every country there, complete knock out format. Get rid of the pointless qualifiers. 

[BM1773TT]

Good evening Geordies,

 

I am not sure where is best to post this, so apologies if this would have been suited to a different thread or post!

 

As part of my final year university project, I am exploring whether or not financial regulations in football (IE: PSR, FFP) influence fans behaviour as consumers, and the impact of this on clubs revenue.

If you have a spare 5-10 mins, It would be greatly appreciated if you can complete the below survey which will really help my research.

 

https://forms.gle/9VJtLFD6DaFFBFdm6

The survey includes topics such as ticket prices, competitiveness of the game and the impact of financial sustainability for consumers.

All responses are anonymous and would be really appreciated by myself.

Thank you in advance for your participation!

[Ben]

[Kaizero]

These are the stadiums of the teams in this season's EL QF's: 

 

Old Trafford – 74 310

Stadio Olimpico – 70 634

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – 62 850

Groupama Stadium – 59 286

Deutsche Bank Park – 51 500

San Mamés – 53 289

Ibrox Stadium – 50 817

Aspmyra Stadion – 8 270

 

Why is this relevant to anything, one might ask? Well... The entire city of Bodø has a population of 42 831, meaning the seven stadiums not belonging to Bodø/Glimt could fit the entire population of their city inside them and still have room for more people  

 

 

Edited Sunday at 23:40 by Kaizero

[Kaizero]

28 minutes ago, Kaizero said:

These are the stadiums of the teams in this season's EL QF's: 

 

Old Trafford – 74 310

Stadio Olimpico – 70 634

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – 62 850

Groupama Stadium – 59 286

Deutsche Bank Park – 51 500

San Mamés – 53 289

Ibrox Stadium – 50 817

Aspmyra Stadion – 8 270

 

Why is this relevant to anything, one might ask? Well... The entire city of Bodø has a population of 42 831, meaning the seven stadiums not belonging to Bodø/Glimt could fit the entire population of their city inside them and still have room for more people  

 

Whilst on the topic of Bodø/Glimt, I can't wait until the day this book is available in an English version for you guys to read:

 

 

Quote

The story of how Bodø/Glimt nearly collapsed

 

“For twenty-three years I’ve watched this team fall apart in ways I didn’t think were possible. Every time I thought they’d finally hit rock bottom, players and coaches somehow found a new way to unravel,” says Karlsen about the book he spent the past 18 months writing.

 

The book begins on an otherwise ordinary day in 2016 at Aspmyra, with Karlsen and his nephew at a match:

We arrive early. My nephew, almost eight, has never seen a world record attempt (truth be told, neither have I), and neither of us has been to a 100th birthday. Bodø/Glimt – the team we support more out of stubborn habit than hope – has chosen to celebrate its centenary with a 55-square-metre sushi mosaic of the club crest, placed in the centre circle. Black and salmon-pink, made up of 45,000 neatly arranged maki rolls. Because... well, why not? Autumn is yellow.

 

I don’t remember when I first heard that phrase. Maybe sometime in the 80s, though I didn’t give it much thought. Autumn was yellow – and red, and brown, and violet, and a dozen other beautiful shades. Only later did I realize it referred to football. Specifically, the late 70s – when Glimt and Harald Berg always stumbled out of the gate and then came charging in the fall. Maybe that was true in the 70s. But this year, autumn isn’t yellow. It’s not red or violet either. It’s cold and grey as lead, and Glimt usually lose. At times, it feels like it’s been a hundred years since any of us had something to cheer for. My nephew has already learned the routine: when he and his dad go to games, they usually leave the stadium heads down, hand in hand, so they don’t lose each other. Not that it bothers him much. Sometimes he just giggles at the misery unfolding on the pitch, as if he doesn’t understand why his dad makes him watch this. Honestly, I don’t get it either. The only difference is: I can’t laugh at it.

 

Anyone can build the world’s biggest fish mosaic. Not everyone can erase the traces afterwards – which is what decides whether the attempt makes it into the Guinness Book of Records. Glimt has lowered ticket prices for the day, and 7,500 Bodø locals, some hopefully hungry, have shown up two hours before kickoff. One of the club’s main sponsors is offering free samples to fans who haven’t had their fill of raw fish. Former Glimt players stand behind the kiosks, handing out salmon wraps to anyone who wants one.

 

My nephew isn’t one of them. The only things he eats are fries and soft polar bread with Nutella. Midway through the first half, the first drops of rain fall. Then comes the wind, strong and sharp. My nephew is used to that, too. Glimt lose 1–3 to Brann that day. What none of us know, as we walk to the car in the rain, is that Glimt will go on to lose six of their last seven matches – and get relegated in the final round, away to Rosenborg at Lerkendal. The same year they turn 100. My nephew laughs again.

“Even daddy’s team doesn’t lose this many games in a row.”

 

As for me, I stopped being surprised a long time ago. For twenty-three years, I’ve watched this team collapse in ways I didn’t think were humanly possible. Every time I believed the bottom had finally been reached, the players and coaches found new ways to come apart at the seams. This relegation – their third in eleven years – I could see coming from miles away. All it took was a glance at the fixture list.

 

What I didn’t see coming was everything that followed.

 

The year is 2010. Bodø/Glimt – the club that united an entire region in the mid-1970s, the cradle of Norway’s foremost footballing family – now stands on the edge of the abyss. At Aspmyra, people have begun whispering the unthinkable: Should the club simply be declared bankrupt? Some say yes. Others say it must never come to that.

 

This is the story of the others.

The ones who, exactly ten years later, led Bodø/Glimt to the league title – the first team from Northern Norway ever to do so. For a year and a half, author Thomas H. Karlsen followed everyone involved. He sat in the stands in Belgium and Amsterdam, searching for the answer: How was this even possible? Does the secret lie in an old strategy document? Or is it something in the very walls up here, in the club’s genetic code? And seriously... is it possible to drink hot dog water?

 

Let the Right Ones In is also a personal account of life as a football supporter. Because what does it do to you – to grow up with nothing, and then be handed everything?

 

It's even sort of relevant for us as NUFC supporters as well, as it tackles how it feels like for a club-fanbase to go generations without knowing what winning a trophy feels like – only to suddenly be odds-on favorite to win every national competition your club participates in, as well as putting up a fight in International competitions. It all boils down to making the right choice when they decided to not shut the club down when bankruptcy came knocking at the door, instead deciding to painstakingly search for talent in executive and coaching positions alike from the club's professional level to its youth levels and installing a "club identity" across the board, as well as finding the right people to continue the club's development if someone left their jobs at some point rather than trying to bring in "big name" people that wouldn't further the club's "identity". 

[Kaizero]

"25 Biggest Transfer Flops in Premier League History"

 

https://www.givemesport.com/premier-league-biggest-flops-ever-ranked/

 

What do people think? Any massive errors/omissions made by the ones making that ranking, or fairly spot on?

[The Butcher]

Can't have Bebe third at that price. Man Utd have about 15 bigger flops in their current squad.

 

Same with Ali Dia. He's a fraud, not a flop imo. 

[Menace]

We've had worse signings than Djemba Djemba.

 

Siem, Riviere, Saivet, Xisco, etc etc

 

 

Edited yesterday at 05:19 by Menace

[Nucasol]

2 minutes ago, Menace said:

We've had worse signings than Djemba Djemba.

 

Siem, Riviere, Saivet, Xisco, etc etc

 

 

 

I’d argue Marcelino, Luque, Boumsong and even England’s Michael Owen were bigger flops for the money we paid at the time.

 

Mudryk, Pepe and Antony are all-timers though. The Ukrainian looks like a kid chasing pigeons in a park, not a footballer.

[Menace]

Luque is bitter sweet - he was absolutely quality for Depor and looked promising for us on his debut then get a hamstring and never recovered.

[Sima]

All those Chelsea and Man Utd players yet they still spend fortunes every summer.

 

CBA to see how many were pre FFP/PSR mind...

[Optimistic Nut]

Sergei Rebrov probably deserves to be up there. £11-12m was a helluva lot then and he flopped. 

[Groo]

Luka Modric buying into Swansea City. Who'd have thought?

[Rafalove]

 

[Kaizero]

17 hours ago, Kaizero said:

 

Whilst on the topic of Bodø/Glimt, I can't wait until the day this book is available in an English version for you guys to read:

 

 

 

It's even sort of relevant for us as NUFC supporters as well, as it tackles how it feels like for a club-fanbase to go generations without knowing what winning a trophy feels like – only to suddenly be odds-on favorite to win every national competition your club participates in, as well as putting up a fight in International competitions. It all boils down to making the right choice when they decided to not shut the club down when bankruptcy came knocking at the door, instead deciding to painstakingly search for talent in executive and coaching positions alike from the club's professional level to its youth levels and installing a "club identity" across the board, as well as finding the right people to continue the club's development if someone left their jobs at some point rather than trying to bring in "big name" people that wouldn't further the club's "identity". 

 

 

If looking past the absolute disgraceful attempt at pronunciation of even straightforward names (how the guy manage to turn "Knutsen" into "KrrrRnUttsSnn!!" is beyond me ), this video summary is fairly okay.

[The Butcher]

[Kaizero]

19 minutes ago, The Butcher said:

 

[Pata]

23 hours ago, Kaizero said:

"25 Biggest Transfer Flops in Premier League History"

 

https://www.givemesport.com/premier-league-biggest-flops-ever-ranked/

 

What do people think? Any massive errors/omissions made by the ones making that ranking, or fairly spot on?

 

It's a horrible list.

 

Ali Dia, Bebe, Kleberson, Djemba-Djemba, Taibi to name a few should never make a list like this. Djemba-Djemba was signed as a 22 year old kid and was sold on after two seasons while recouping most of the fee ffs. Taibi arrived as a Bosman and left after six months. Bebe might have been garbage but he was signed for under £8m in 2010 and I'm pretty sure they got very close to recouping that fee from all the loans and then Benfica. How could he ever be the 3rd worst signing in PL history?  He probably shouldn't make the top 250 worst PL signings.