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He had a negative bluety on a quackhandle and was quadraspazzed on a lifeglug.
I look forward to your all knowing and likely sarcastic and unhelpful reply.
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Fair play - Probably 60k footy fans in Madrid - no real trouble.
Not a great game but great emotions. LFC deserved a trophyComment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostMy landlord is a huge football fan. Visits every home game and most of the games abroad.
He, and most of the football fans he knows, are astonished at how much nonsense the English will put up with. Top 6 clubs all foreign owned and with non-english managers.
They consider it much to the detriment of England in general and England football in particular.
Apparently the World Cup was an abberation. Only super thickos think England are in top 4 in the world.
Certainly paying players like Alexis Sanchez north of £400,000 a week is not at all helping English football one iota. I'd be quite happy with a mandatory 'x' amount of British players mandated to come through the system and be in the squad each season (even if it meant less competitiveness in the Champions League for a few seasons). IMHO, England seem to be doing quite well at the moment. Certainly if you look at the players they have at the moment, most have Champions League experience and can be considered 'good' players with a manager who seems to know what he is doing for once... Perhaps if England can win the Nations League then they must be taken a bit more seriously.
As for the top 6 all foreign owned, I struggle to reconcile the criteria 'fit and proper' persons to most of the owners of those clubs, including my own.Comment
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Originally posted by gnarledcontractor View PostI think there is a tipping point for even British football fans.
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As for the top 6 all foreign owned, I struggle to reconcile the criteria 'fit and proper' persons to most of the owners of those clubs, including my own.
qhHe had a negative bluety on a quackhandle and was quadraspazzed on a lifeglug.
I look forward to your all knowing and likely sarcastic and unhelpful reply.
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Originally posted by gnarledcontractor View PostI think there is a tipping point for even British football fans. For instance, the most expensive season ticket at Spurs is £2200, which for circa 19 games is ridiculous. The most expensive at my own club Man United is £950.
Certainly paying players like Alexis Sanchez north of £400,000 a week is not at all helping English football one iota. I'd be quite happy with a mandatory 'x' amount of British players mandated to come through the system and be in the squad each season (even if it meant less competitiveness in the Champions League for a few seasons). IMHO, England seem to be doing quite well at the moment. Certainly if you look at the players they have at the moment, most have Champions League experience and can be considered 'good' players with a manager who seems to know what he is doing for once... Perhaps if England can win the Nations League then they must be taken a bit more seriously.
As for the top 6 all foreign owned, I struggle to reconcile the criteria 'fit and proper' persons to most of the owners of those clubs, including my own.
But I reckon Spurs, Arsenal and Chelsea got alot of city corporate clients pushing up prices? Maybe teams dont care about average fan any more?Comment
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Originally posted by quackhandle View PostFair comment. Unfortunately clubs find a way to circumvent the rules. I remember being told for Sir Trev Brooking at a coaching clinic that Wenger at Arsenal used to have kids at his Belgium feeder clubs and he would move them over here before they were 16 so they could be classed as "home grown". He did also say that Wenger loved the passion and commitment of British players over other nations however we just weren't as skillful. Even the basics such as twisting and turning we aren;t as good as other nations.
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Originally posted by saptastic View PostFair play - Probably 60k footy fans in Madrid - no real trouble.
Not a great game but great emotions. LFC deserved a trophy“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Originally posted by darmstadt View PostA Portugal supporter threw a drink in the air to celebrate after which several drunken England fans retaliated by hurling bottles at the locals and then the police.Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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