Binos Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 8 hours ago, Iminavest said: Can see why people are frustrated with Fraser refusing to sign a short extension in order to complete the season, especially with his club in a relegation battle and having developed him for a few years. At the end of the day it's his career and his choice. Reduced his injury risk but potential suitors will likely take the episode into account before committing themselves. The Bale chat is all hypothetical. Him being in Manchester tonight would have made no difference, given the events of the last 12 months. He's a total mercenary 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Clyde Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Chelsea were doing it on the never-never. The reason why Abramovich (of Jewish extraction) bought Chelsea (the most anti-semitic support in England) was because they were so far in debt that Bates was desperate to sell, and sell quickly. Abramovich looked at Spurs but they were making too much money to get rid of the cash cow. Bates had taken a loan secured on the next 20 years' worth of season ticket sales. Had it not been for Abramovich, Chelsea would have done a Leeds, but far, far harder, with far less room to come back.Always say this and they would have tumbled down the tables with far less supporters behind them too.Seems to be some myth that Chelsea were always a big club. They'd won 1 title and had a core support of 20,000. Their previous owner that died in a helicopter crash (Harding?) pumped money into them and turned them from a perennial lower midtable team into one that battled for Champions League places. Then they were about to go bust when Abramovich came along. The jammy sods. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 What on earth has happened to football This is how Lyon got their away goal to put out juve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iminavest Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 36 minutes ago, Binos said: He's a total mercenary Absolutely nothing wrong with that, most players these days are and will have ambitions on moving upwards. It's how they go about it when they leave that irks supporters though. The manner that Shinnie & Hayes left Aberdeen vs Jack is a prime example. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Binos said: What on earth has happened to football This is how Lyon got their away goal to put out juve Juventus' subsequent penalty award was much more ridiculous than that one so they have no grounds for complaint whatsoever. Other than some sparkling play from Ronaldo who was head and shoulders above the rest of the players on the park (though cost them by shelling about seventeen promising free kicks into the wall as usual) Juventus were utter horse shit and thoroughly deserved to lose the tie. That Higuain managed to con his way to a full 90 minutes was nothing short of farcical as he was about as effective and mobile as Garry O'Connor in his stint at Morton. Juventus have to punt Sarri if they want to retain a serious ambition of winning the CL but the difficult decision is whether to replace him right now and probably go for Pochettino or hold off in the hope (or tacit understanding) that Guardiola or Zidane will be available next summer. If they get their timing on this wrong then they could end up missing out on all three and end up with another second-rate manager instead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 The Lyon penalty might be soft, but you can definitely see why it was given. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Juventus' subsequent penalty award was much more ridiculous than that one so they have no grounds for complaint whatsoever. Other than some sparkling play from Ronaldo who was head and shoulders above the rest of the players on the park (though cost them by shelling about seventeen promising free kicks into the wall as usual) Juventus were utter horse shit and thoroughly deserved to lose the tie. That Higuain managed to con his way to a full 90 minutes was nothing short of farcical as he was about as effective and mobile as Garry O'Connor in his stint at Morton. Juventus have to punt Sarri if they want to retain a serious ambition of winning the CL but the difficult decision is whether to replace him right now and probably go for Pochettino or hold off in the hope (or tacit understanding) that Guardiola or Zidane will be available next summer. If they get their timing on this wrong then they could end up missing out on all three and end up with another second-rate manager instead. They have punted Sarri. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 8 hours ago, virginton said: Juventus' subsequent penalty award was much more ridiculous than that one so they have no grounds for complaint whatsoever. Other than some sparkling play from Ronaldo who was head and shoulders above the rest of the players on the park (though cost them by shelling about seventeen promising free kicks into the wall as usual) Juventus were utter horse shit and thoroughly deserved to lose the tie. That Higuain managed to con his way to a full 90 minutes was nothing short of farcical as he was about as effective and mobile as Garry O'Connor in his stint at Morton. Juventus have to punt Sarri if they want to retain a serious ambition of winning the CL but the difficult decision is whether to replace him right now and probably go for Pochettino or hold off in the hope (or tacit understanding) that Guardiola or Zidane will be available next summer. If they get their timing on this wrong then they could end up missing out on all three and end up with another second-rate manager instead. The first penalty is a low point in the history of football What was it for 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 8 hours ago, Mr. Brightside said: The Lyon penalty might be soft, but you can definitely see why it was given. Why 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 10 minutes ago, Binos said: Why He's tripped before the sliding tackle comes in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) Barcelona have got a major rebuild job in the next few years. ETA... I'm not talking about the stadium. Edited August 8, 2020 by MONKMAN 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 The GOAT doing GOAT things at Camp Nou 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 [emoji238] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: The GOAT doing GOAT things at Camp Nou ^^^This 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 De Jong deserves 99% of the credit there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 What is the full-back playing at, he ends up just waving Messi through like his fucking butler. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Barcelona are suddenly looking excellent. I'm really looking forward to the rest of this CL mini tournament. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Seriously? 2 minutes over inconclusive footage to disallow that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 This handball rule is a nonsense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 1 minute ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: Barcelona are suddenly looking excellent. I'm really looking forward to the rest of this CL mini tournament. I don't think they've been great overall, some bits of top quality attacking play but Napoli's defending has also been hopeless. As a coherent team they haven't looked impressive so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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