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benitez coaching real great news for a barca fan
being a spaniard and having brought the best out of two former real starts (higuain/callejon) bodes well
but
not making CL in serie A with lazio and a fumbling Roma outdoing you..not reaching Europa final and Coppa Italia final...it seems like his resume this year is 2nd place as max objectove and thats not good enough for real. His team with a strong squad messed up all the big games. lose to chelsea/bayern/juve in the semis, lose both classicos, lose copa del rey i think thats what we can expect from rafa even with a supergalacticos bolstered squad and ronaldo firing on all cylinders
being a spaniard and having brought the best out of two former real starts (higuain/callejon) bodes well
but
not making CL in serie A with lazio and a fumbling Roma outdoing you..not reaching Europa final and Coppa Italia final...it seems like his resume this year is 2nd place as max objectove and thats not good enough for real. His team with a strong squad messed up all the big games. lose to chelsea/bayern/juve in the semis, lose both classicos, lose copa del rey i think thats what we can expect from rafa even with a supergalacticos bolstered squad and ronaldo firing on all cylinders
pcmr said:benitez coaching real great news for a barca fan
being a spaniard and having brought the best out of two former real starts (higuain/callejon) bodes well
but
not making CL in serie A with lazio and a fumbling Roma outdoing you..not reaching Europa final and Coppa Italia final...it seems like his resume this year is 2nd place as max objectove and thats not good enough for real. His team with a strong squad messed up all the big games. lose to chelsea/bayern/juve in the semis, lose both classicos, lose copa del rey i think thats what we can expect from rafa even with a supergalacticos bolstered squad and ronaldo firing on all cylinders
He coached Napoli. I think he will do better than you predict if supported by the board.
being a spaniard and having brought the best out of two former real starts (higuain/callejon) bodes well
but
not making CL in serie A with lazio and a fumbling Roma outdoing you..not reaching Europa final and Coppa Italia final...it seems like his resume this year is 2nd place as max objectove and thats not good enough for real. His team with a strong squad messed up all the big games. lose to chelsea/bayern/juve in the semis, lose both classicos, lose copa del rey i think thats what we can expect from rafa even with a supergalacticos bolstered squad and ronaldo firing on all cylinders
He coached Napoli. I think he will do better than you predict if supported by the board.
ppadilha said:Okem said:Looks like Blatter has stepped down. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/32888180
this shit won't get better overnight but I think we can all agree that this is a glorious day
YES! YES! A THOUSAND TIMES YES!
Will this actually change anything?
Don't know how to embed tweets but there's been some good ones. Neymar: thanks America from all football fans. Have to agree!
Blatts All Folks is another good tweet.
this shit won't get better overnight but I think we can all agree that this is a glorious day
YES! YES! A THOUSAND TIMES YES!
Will this actually change anything?
Don't know how to embed tweets but there's been some good ones. Neymar: thanks America from all football fans. Have to agree!
Blatts All Folks is another good tweet.
badder_than_evil said
cmr said:benitez coaching real great news for a barca fan
being a spaniard and having brought the best out of two former real starts (higuain/callejon) bodes well
but
not making CL in serie A with lazio and a fumbling Roma outdoing you..not reaching Europa final and Coppa Italia final...it seems like his resume this year is 2nd place as max objectove and thats not good enough for real. His team with a strong squad messed up all the big games. lose to chelsea/bayern/juve in the semis, lose both classicos, lose copa del rey i think thats what we can expect from rafa even with a supergalacticos bolstered squad and ronaldo firing on all cylinders
He coached Napoli. I think he will do better than you predict if supported by the board.
i know thats why i said he coached higuain/callejon and lazio goes to CL not him
if they get aguero its a gamechanger
he should have finished tpo 3 in serie A and made the europa/coppa final, ancelotti would have done that with napoli
we will see how rafa gets along with ronaldo/pepe, etc
cmr said:benitez coaching real great news for a barca fan being a spaniard and having brought the best out of two former real starts (higuain/callejon) bodes well
but
not making CL in serie A with lazio and a fumbling Roma outdoing you..not reaching Europa final and Coppa Italia final...it seems like his resume this year is 2nd place as max objectove and thats not good enough for real. His team with a strong squad messed up all the big games. lose to chelsea/bayern/juve in the semis, lose both classicos, lose copa del rey i think thats what we can expect from rafa even with a supergalacticos bolstered squad and ronaldo firing on all cylinders
He coached Napoli. I think he will do better than you predict if supported by the board.
i know thats why i said he coached higuain/callejon and lazio goes to CL not him
if they get aguero its a gamechanger
he should have finished tpo 3 in serie A and made the europa/coppa final, ancelotti would have done that with napoli
we will see how rafa gets along with ronaldo/pepe, etc
Isco would be a steal. Brilliant player.
I could see them at least attempting to buy Aguero. There aren't any other great players for them or Barca to purchase in their annual Premier league kidnap.
I could see them at least attempting to buy Aguero. There aren't any other great players for them or Barca to purchase in their annual Premier league kidnap.
Excellent piece on the reporter Andrew Jennings who we have to thank for bringing down Herr Blatter - http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/03/how-a-curmudgeonly-old-reporter-exposed-the-fifa-scandal-that-toppled-sepp-blatter/?tid=sm_tw
It was this guy who led to Blatter accusing the British (or more specifically the English) of being racists for criticising FIFA. Just a shame that only our press and FA have complained, while David cunt-face Cameron was busy brown-nosing with the corrupt bastard.
Okem said:Excellent piece on the reporter Andrew Jennings who we have to thank for bringing down Herr Blatter - http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/03/how-a-curmudgeonly-old-reporter-exposed-the-fifa-scandal-that-toppled-sepp-blatter/?tid=sm_tw
Thanks for this.
I remember watching that Panorama episode and thinking, surely something will come of all this now... Only took 9 years!
Glad to see there are people out there recognizing Jennings in all this.
Thanks for this.
I remember watching that Panorama episode and thinking, surely something will come of all this now... Only took 9 years!
Glad to see there are people out there recognizing Jennings in all this.
Please to Qatar losing their joak of a World Cup.
England will be ready in 6 months.
Save us qualifying
Next FIFA gaffer? Please not Platini - hates England and let us not forget his utterly OTT celebration when he scored the winner for Juve in 85, against a Liverpool side who didn't want to contend a final with 50+ corpses lying around the ground.
Zico alas comes from a country with a less-than-pristine record for transparency, but Figo would have my full respect.
England will be ready in 6 months.
Save us qualifying
Next FIFA gaffer? Please not Platini - hates England and let us not forget his utterly OTT celebration when he scored the winner for Juve in 85, against a Liverpool side who didn't want to contend a final with 50+ corpses lying around the ground.
Zico alas comes from a country with a less-than-pristine record for transparency, but Figo would have my full respect.
I'm hoping for someone with a bit more to them than being an ex-player.
It's a massive job, even more so with the mess that needs to be cleaned up.
It's a massive job, even more so with the mess that needs to be cleaned up.
I think it's fair to say that it will take years before FIFA rights the ship, and I really hope the DOJ, FBI, IRS and any other 3-letter acronym continue to press these dirt bags --- I wouldn't put it past Blatter to try and step down, only to hope that the attention blows over and come back later on (suggesting that it would take 6-9 months to convene a FIFA conference for a vote is in itself very sketchy in my book).
But I have been thinking/day dreaming of the next best steps to put FIFA back in the good graces. Surprisingly, there are a few things they have done under Blatters' reign that I don't mind. I [strong]do like[/strong] the idea of moving the WC to different continents every 4 years where it makes sense (i.e. not in the F*cking desert). So to that extent, I'm hoping even if 2022 get rescheduled, it goes to a continent that hasn't had a WC in a while.
I also don't even hate the idea of spreading the money earned from a WC in a rather equitable manner across all member countries. Unfortunately, the graft is pretty bad for many of these smaller countries, but ideally, that distribution would help build out the sport to countries that could really benefit from more investment. That said, I don't think Solomon Islands necessarily deserve as much as Ivory Coast/Chile/Poland, etc....so I think some revenue sharing should be completed by a coefficient of either population or performance on the pitch.
My main hope is that FIFA moves to a representative parliament/congress for future voting of leaders, officials and WC hosts (again, perhaps using population and performance coefficient). That is the only way I see making sure the undeniable levels for corruption potentially become something more in line with the acceptable corruption we all expect ;-)
But I have been thinking/day dreaming of the next best steps to put FIFA back in the good graces. Surprisingly, there are a few things they have done under Blatters' reign that I don't mind. I [strong]do like[/strong] the idea of moving the WC to different continents every 4 years where it makes sense (i.e. not in the F*cking desert). So to that extent, I'm hoping even if 2022 get rescheduled, it goes to a continent that hasn't had a WC in a while.
I also don't even hate the idea of spreading the money earned from a WC in a rather equitable manner across all member countries. Unfortunately, the graft is pretty bad for many of these smaller countries, but ideally, that distribution would help build out the sport to countries that could really benefit from more investment. That said, I don't think Solomon Islands necessarily deserve as much as Ivory Coast/Chile/Poland, etc....so I think some revenue sharing should be completed by a coefficient of either population or performance on the pitch.
My main hope is that FIFA moves to a representative parliament/congress for future voting of leaders, officials and WC hosts (again, perhaps using population and performance coefficient). That is the only way I see making sure the undeniable levels for corruption potentially become something more in line with the acceptable corruption we all expect ;-)
J i m s t e r saidlease to Qatar losing their joak of a World Cup.
England will be ready in 6 months.
What about USA? Seems a fair reward for shafting Blatter.
lease to Qatar losing their joak of a World Cup. England will be ready in 6 months.
What about USA? Seems a fair reward for shafting Blatter.
Duderonomy said:J i m s t e r saidlease to Qatar losing their joak of a World Cup.
England will be ready in 6 months.
What about USA? Seems a fair reward for shafting Blatter.
I know a lot of us Yanks were hoping we'd get it for 2022 -- thinking that Russia was quasi Asia Region, it seemed like a N. America 2022 WC was a logical next place (even if it was Mexico or Canada). That said, the idea that we as a nation were so bothered by getting shunned that we started to finally investigate FIFA for racketeering, etc. is ridiculous.
Prior to FIFA imploding, the assumption over here was that FIFA actually wanted to play nice with the U.S. because they saw how popular the sport was becoming (and thus saw us as a potential cash cow for their coffers). But I think a lot of people in the States really got peeved about Qatar --- not because of just getting looked over for at least 4 more years, but because that it was too obvious that Qatar paid off FIFA.
To be fair, USA could host the World Cup next week if we needed to (/hyperbole) --- we have at least 50 stadiums across the states that could be morphed into very [strong]SOCCER[/strong] friendly stadiums, and that could each hold 50-75K plus people.
Not to mention that we now have at least 15-20 [strong]SOCCER[/strong] specific stadiums in the MLS that could be used as training (and hold at least 15K).
lease to Qatar losing their joak of a World Cup. England will be ready in 6 months.
What about USA? Seems a fair reward for shafting Blatter.
I know a lot of us Yanks were hoping we'd get it for 2022 -- thinking that Russia was quasi Asia Region, it seemed like a N. America 2022 WC was a logical next place (even if it was Mexico or Canada). That said, the idea that we as a nation were so bothered by getting shunned that we started to finally investigate FIFA for racketeering, etc. is ridiculous.
Prior to FIFA imploding, the assumption over here was that FIFA actually wanted to play nice with the U.S. because they saw how popular the sport was becoming (and thus saw us as a potential cash cow for their coffers). But I think a lot of people in the States really got peeved about Qatar --- not because of just getting looked over for at least 4 more years, but because that it was too obvious that Qatar paid off FIFA.
To be fair, USA could host the World Cup next week if we needed to (/hyperbole) --- we have at least 50 stadiums across the states that could be morphed into very [strong]SOCCER[/strong] friendly stadiums, and that could each hold 50-75K plus people.
Not to mention that we now have at least 15-20 [strong]SOCCER[/strong] specific stadiums in the MLS that could be used as training (and hold at least 15K).
