Ahem. That would be *you're*, I thank you.
Ahem. Correct punctuation saves lives.
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Ahem. That would be *you're*, I thank you.
I disagree (and I know I'm in the minority). If not for the upheaval caused by rich owners, Woolwich, United and Liverpool would have been guaranteed top 3 every season. When Chelsea got into the mix, one of the three others could only get fourth. When City got involved as well, I think it caused a bit of panic among the three red clubs, causing them to make bad decisions, mismanage, and fuck up. City's and Chelsea's riches may have made our journey to the top harder, but imo it may actually have helped us by giving the red clubs trouble.
Likewise, in Germany, RB Salzburg's emergence has given Dortmund and Bayern something to worry about. France has gotten a club or two that can challenge the best in Europe, and even a few eastern european clubs, like Shaktar Donetsk, can do well in CL.
Football has become more dynamic and interesting. If anything "ruins football" it is the top executives of the top clubs ensuring that the system is set up to protect and promote the traditional top clubs constantly. The football system is extremely conservative (and corrupt?), and more conservative the higher up the ladder you go.
New money is the only thing that can cause changes and new clubs to emerge.
Or would a semi colon have been more correct?Ahem. Correct punctuation saves lives.
I agree to a point.
It's idealistic, but saying that throwing more money into the mix is the only way to break the existing monopoly doesn't actually solve the problem does it? it just creates a slightly larger Monopoly.
Its all part of the same fundamental issue - elitist financial rulings stopping smaller clubs from speculating to accumulate and bankrolled clubs using bloated self-sponsorship deals to award themselves blank cheques.
BUT people need to remember that for most supporters the ridiculous "money" that is quoted in figures so large that it almost looses any meaning. That comes directly from their pockets. Whether its through merchandise, buying sponsored products, attending games (shock horror) or paying Murdoch silly money to beam Paul Merson's stupid fat head into your front room on a Saturday afternoon.
There IS a price to pay for the every increasing financial extravagance; consequently the game becomes more and more inaccessible to the supporter demographic whose loyalty established it as the greatest sport in the world in the first place.
He is the only owner of any football club not to take a penny out of the club they own. In the 16yrs he has owned the club he has not drawn a salary, hasn't earned a single dividend payment, despite the fact that the club has grown in value from £81m to over a £1b!!! (only caveat to this, is that their isn't some dodgy company that has has received payment for "services" that haven't been accounted for in the books).But when you see super rich owners ploughing their own ill- gotten money into their teams, while our own super rich owner ploughs his ill-gotten money into luxury yachts , it seems a bit rich whining about other clubs spending power.
Semicolon or semi-colon.Or would a semi colon have been more correct?
Or would a semi colon have been more correct?
The issue that you are talking about towards the end is not primarily brought into the game or worsened by the wealthy owners pouring money into the game from their own pockets. If anything, they are countering it.
My post, that you replied to, was a reply to Jo-Inge(?) who says he has no problem with the teams spending "their own money". But those, the commercialy succesful clubs, are the clubs most focused on milking their customers for as much money as they can. When they have owners who are in it not to contribute but to make money the extortion of fans are worsened.
In actual fact, of the rich clubs, Man Utd are far worse than City or Chelski when it comes to pulling money from their fans. Or more successful, in some people's eyes.
I believe you're correct on this matter, I thank you.Nah, as the "I thank you" would lose context as a standalone sentence, so (this side of the pond, at least) it wouldn't be proper.
#SlowTransferWindow
I hear he's good in the air
When we were shit we were linked to Rivaldo.Why are we linked with Chris fucking Smalling?
Doea anyone here have any idea why Monaco so easily sells their players after such a wonderful season?
Bernardo, Germain, Bakayoko. And the possible departure of Fabinho, Lemar, Mendy, Sidibe, Mbappe.
Other than Mbappe there is no stance being drawn on.
I dont sense they are anything like Udinese. Is it just because they believe on their scouting team so much?
Why are we linked with Chris fucking Smalling?
Because Man U have been trying to sell him for two years now. Utd PR team are having us linked with Dier, Kane, Rose etc. the narrative to be spun would be an impending swap deal, just as they did a few months ago when they wanted Rose and then said we were interested in Shaw. Nothing came of that because we weren't interested in Shaw (Rose is injured, expected that story to have also been rattling along nicely had he not got injured. All points to Man U PR not ours).Why are we linked with Chris fucking Smalling?
Ahh the classic 'we've no chance in signing him so we didn't want him anyway' postFrom RedCafe.
"I seriously believe that Harry Kane would flop at UTD in a manner similar to Gary Birtles or indeed Berbobtov to a lesser extend did , both arguably more talented than he is .To compare him to Ronaldo even at 32 is laughable in the extreme."
Just as well you're not getting him you bitter twats. Gary fucking Birtles indeed.
Only this time, we get to write him a nice letter saying why he's not coming?When we were shit we were linked to Rivaldo.
Now we are good we are linked to chris smalling.
whats the fucking point.