Football The 2010/2011 Season Thread

[megadave]

With him, Lindegaard and Amos, we have a ridiculous selection of keepers. Feel sorry for Kusaczk, but he should be a regular at a smaller team, he'll never be top choice for us.

He's been shocking lately, even in last nights friendly he looked like a liability.

 

[Corran]

He's been shocking lately, even in last nights friendly he looked like a liability.

Understatement that. He looked shakey all year and i got no idea how he thought he should get the #1 spot

 

[Vasconcelos]

Wth happened to Asenjo!?

2 knee injuries in a row, poor fella got the worst of lucks

 

[Lethul]

ManU signed one of the best goalkeepers of the next decade.

Mark my words.

At least they didn't get Neuer

 

[Ch3tan]

Chelski fans; Rafa has done an interview with Sky promoting his ability to manage in England. I wonder if Roman is watching?

 

[eksdee]

If they employ that fat, incompetent piece of dogshit I will become a Spuds fan.

 

[megadave]

i'd just stop watching football until he got fired, which probably wouldnt be very long

 

[Everz]

2 knee injuries in a row, poor fella got the worst of lucks

Remember watching him play for Valladolid against Madrid, where he easily outshone Casillas, shame to see injuries have halted the lads progress but at least with De Gea gone he'd be no 1 at Atletico.

 

[Lethul]

If they employ that fat, incompetent piece of dogshit I will become a Spuds fan.

Why? You just might win CL then, you don't want that?

 

[megadave]

my mate is a Utd fan but had a season ticket at atleti last season and hes disappointed about the signing

 

[megadave]

Why? You just might win CL then, you don't want that?

as if he can fluke it another time

i'd like to win the league anyway

 

[Lethul]

as if he can fluke it another time

i'd like to win the league anyway

He's got a quite good europe record don't he? And I think Roman want to win that

 

[eksdee]

Why? You just might win CL then, you don't want that?

I'd rather never win a trophy again than have that piece of shit disgrace our club with his presence.

 

[Embattle]

Chelski fans; Rafa has done an interview with Sky promoting his ability to manage in England. I wonder if Roman is watching?

I think Roman is smart enough to know the general feeling towards Rafa.

 

[Vladamir]

You give him that much credit?

 

[Lethul]

I think Aoln meant to post this here, and not the random spam thread:

The Swiss Ramble: Liverpool's Future Strategy

and so it begins!

Spoiler

 

[Ch3tan]

More on the shambles at QPR: BBC Sport - QPR vice-chairman Amit Bhatia quits over board fall-out

 

[Cerb]

Interesting little thing

round thoughts » Premier League v. La Liga. By the numbers

 

[Vladamir]

So basically, the PL mops the floor with La Liga

 

[Ch3tan]

Yep, more proof La Liga is going the way of Scottish football, and has not learned any lessons from Italian footballs demise.

 

[Everz]

Yes and no, alot of Spainish clubs are getting taken over by rich Middle-East investors, for example see Malaga and Getafe. Theres alot of change inc.

 

[Ch3tan]

Yes, but not enough in the area's that matter - there sharing of wealth amongst the league, TV rights, and passing money down to the lower leagues. Their pace of change is too slow.

 

[Everz]

Oh yeh, If I'm right Barce/Real also have negotiated their own TV deals away from the other clubs?

 

[Ch3tan]

Yes, there is talk to try and stop them doing that, but they have no incentive being offered to them to agree. Vasc can tell us more

 

[Everz]

I agree it's going to go the way of the SPL, the quality of other teams around them is pisspoor, the likes of Villarreal, Valencia, Atletico, Bilbao, Sevilla etc just are going to get weaker and weaker.

 

[Ch3tan]

The debt levels are ridiculous as well, especially more so considering they earn less income.

 

[megadave]

premier league has strength in depth
la liga has the two biggest clubs in the world
bundesliga cares about the fans

way i look at the best leagues

 

[megadave]

He's got a quite good europe record don't he? And I think Roman want to win that

doesn't mean shit, Ancelotti had a great record in Europe but for us he's the worst european manager we've had

 

[DaGaffer]

Yes, but not enough in the area's that matter - there sharing of wealth amongst the league, TV rights, and passing money down to the lower leagues. Their pace of change is too slow.

Ah, but look at the overseas TV revenues, Prem has five times the rev of La Liga, which makes for a lot more to share around. Problem for Barca/Real is that if they do share with the other teams there's a much smaller net amount available, but if they don't, its pretty unlikely that overseas revenues will grow (who the fuck wants to watch Getafe v. Hercules? But I've seen Vietnamese people sat around watching Bolton v. Wigan...). I've watched Premier League football on every continent, and even in places where you'd expect La Liga to be more popular (like South America), everyone watches the Prem. You even see it with the shirts people wear.

Unless Spanish football can figure a way to make their whole league more popular while still giving the big two the revenue they need to stay competitive in the CL, they're fucked. Maybe that's why its no surprise Real have been one of the biggest advocates of a European Super-league; its their only long-term option.

 

[megadave]

The Premier League's draw is immense. Watching some shitty comic relief with celebrities in Africa, one of them went into a bar where you had to pay to get in, it was a few days wages for the locals but the entire place was completely packed. All to watch one average Premier League game on a single 12 inch screen.