luka
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the latins are really corrupt as a rule. france less so but spain and italy mate, toatally fucked
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IdleRich
IdleRich
Great article
My favourite bit is the sous-chef to work with his own chef. Or maybe the plane and the expenses for his entourage. What do they do? Is their job to hang out with Neymar? How much do they earn?
entertainment
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I have a hard time getting my head around the transfer/salary restraints. Some say it's destroying the league, others say it's saving clubs from being run into the ground.
But apparently those rules are going uefa-wide soon?
mixed_biscuits
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@luka how is your Arabic?
versh
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He's just scored a couple and assisted another against Almeria.
Murphy
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It’s not coming home but Forest Rec must have about 2000 girls kicking footballs round
Refreshing point about today’s final was the lack of cheating and shithousing. It crept in a bit as the possibility of an England goal seemed to flutter, could they get to extra time etc
Better role models for aspiring athletes, none of the hubris. England couldn’t quite click today yet anything which gets kids out being physically active, with the possibility of moving up through age-group levels, can’t fault it - more please
Refreshing point about today’s final was the lack of cheating and shithousing. It crept in a bit as the possibility of an England goal seemed to flutter, could they get to extra time etc
Better role models for aspiring athletes, none of the hubris. England couldn’t quite click today yet anything which gets kids out being physically active, with the possibility of moving up through age-group levels, can’t fault it - more please
mixed_biscuits
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Every other sentence about women's football agitates for the greater involvement of Capital, with the assumption that its more attractively civil demeanour will survive the taint of big money - this assumption is sexist; you just wait for the shithousing in store.
IdleRich
IdleRich
Yeah Spain were too strong on the day.
versh
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With the obvious caveat regarding the nature of the organisation and their funding, City's recruitment's impressive. They know exactly who they want, refuse to be sucked into a bidding war and, if it's not happening, they already have several other options in mind. You also rarely get the sense they're gambling on a signing. Whoever they bring in will improve under Pep or be swiftly moved on.
mixed_biscuits
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Does anyone follow Premier League 2?
IdleRich
IdleRich
It was yeah. You do get a bit of a sense that when the ball comes to Busquets or Messi it's just so easy for them to step away from their marker and make whatever piss-take pass they want.
It's not that that is particularly surprising in that they have been doing that to players who are way better than these for the last twenty years, but I think the issue I have is that when you're watching a proper game and the attacker beats someone with an improbable piece of skill or picks someone out with a ludicrous Hollywood pass, part of what makes that skill or pass good is the fact that it was necessary, that that piece of invention was magically dredged up from out of the subconscious cos it was needed just then to solve that particular, unique problem.
But in an exhibition game a player does a trick not cos it's necessary but because they can. And watching the move above I can't help feeling we're more in exhibition match territory somehow.
Do you get that or is it just me?
It's not that that is particularly surprising in that they have been doing that to players who are way better than these for the last twenty years, but I think the issue I have is that when you're watching a proper game and the attacker beats someone with an improbable piece of skill or picks someone out with a ludicrous Hollywood pass, part of what makes that skill or pass good is the fact that it was necessary, that that piece of invention was magically dredged up from out of the subconscious cos it was needed just then to solve that particular, unique problem.
But in an exhibition game a player does a trick not cos it's necessary but because they can. And watching the move above I can't help feeling we're more in exhibition match territory somehow.
Do you get that or is it just me?
IdleRich
IdleRich
I saw a headline today saying that Messi is already prompting a potential rule change in MLS, but luckily it's not some silly change to the rules of the game, but rather an off-the-field thing. They're basically talking about the salary rules which at the moment do seem kinda crazy. A salary cap but some exempt and if I understood quickly when I skimmed it some others are exempt in a different way or something... it sounds like a mess. Kinda like Olympic football where the players have to be under a certain age, except for a few exceptions. It must come from somewhere but in football terns I don't see how it makes any sense.
versh
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I get you, but I don't agree. You look at that goal and it's mostly first touch then Messi playing a ridiculous pass with three defenders on him and a fourth closing in. He could have passed to one of the two slightly behind him, but they were in more or less the same position as him with a bunch of defenders and the keeper in front of them and little chance of scoring.