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Football Thread |OT17| Jordan Henderson for Ballon d'Or
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Give us 20 mil in cold hard cash and no monthly payment shit. We will gladly hand him over.
Under Ventura, I think Toro can rise up to the top 5-6 in the league. It depends on Cairo (Toro Chairman) if he wants to open his chequebook.
I'm also happy with Toro youth, we have some top players coming through our ranks. Our youth team have been doing pretty well so far in the Primavera.
It's time for the Glazers to milk their cow
They played a blinder. The only owners who will make money from a football club.
Our annual interest payments went down when we used the IPO to buy back some of the debt. And they'll only go down more with the incoming new sponsorship deals and TV rights deal. We'd also buy back more of our debt too. Then we could refinance our loan and reduce our interest payments even more.
By then I'd like to think that it would free up cash for some high profile signings. But I think it would just free up more cash to line the Glazer's pockets.
FootballFan
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You post it then. lol
AndresON777
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I wish I had learned how to ride a bicycle
You can still learn it you know
FootballFan
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Yeah Andres. It's pretty easy and once you learn it's really hard to forget how to lol.
Unless you do it while drinking, which will be an issue for him.
FootballFan
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Worst insult ever, Cuntga! LOLZ
AndresON777
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Lol and I have no depth perception which hurts my balance.
I can skate though!
-you need to watch the director'st cut Messi lol
Why?
I've been expecting something like this for a while. It was only a matter of time until Carrington's naming rights were sold. The rumours about Qatar Airways(?) a few months back replacing DHL as the training kit sponsor for a few extra measly million pounds didn't make any sense. I'm not sure where that info came from, but it was obviously way wide of the mark.
You have got to admire the Glazers on some level. They obviously recognised the potential growth of the sport in general and Man Utd in particular, maybe not to this extent, but they are fully exploiting it.
I'm surprised Aon have decided to stick with Utd after losing out on the jersey sponsorship.
£15m a year for the combined training clothing and complex sponsorship seems low in comparison to the £10m per year DHL contract that we bought out. That's why I would tend to go with Mark Ogden's figure of £180m which would put the annual return at over £20m, and makes much more sense.
Mark Ogden also says that a £100m+ deal with a major airline (Qatar) is in the pipeline. I don't know what else can be packaged into that deal, so maybe it's solely to be the official Man Utd airline.
FootballFan
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Hm skating is harder than riding a bike. don't really know what to tell you lol.
AndresON777
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Bo-Locks Viva alt?
Almost time for Mad Men!!
-orange county California FF. I had neon Rollerblades
Almost time for Mad Men!!
-orange county California FF. I had neon Rollerblades
Lol.
Aren't Viva and Clegg Economics majors? They understand finance a lot better than anybody else in this thread.
FlutterPuffs
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Sleeplessnights
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I've just switched to 100 earlier this week to try it, it's good for large threads but when gifs like this happen it's a nightmare. Especially on mobile!
pulga
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No need to get messy, being a farca fan is more than enough insult.
FootballFan
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That's the way Pulga, release the jealousy. Not good to bottle it up.
:lol that is awesome. Thanks.
That was hilarious. Wish that was our keeper.
:lol that is awesome. Thanks.
That was hilarious. Wish that was our keeper.
Awesome Animals
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Lowton:
Benteke:
Benteke:
pulga
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God you've gotten stale, this isn't fun anymore.
AndresON777
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adriano999
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hahahaha GOT SCREWED :lol Already forgot about the red card?
Don't worry dude, they just remembered how much they were helped by refs during the season(penalties every week, zapata and mexes playing handball etc) and just decided not to cry like little bitches like they did last season after muntari's goal, yeah they actually cried and moaned for weeks after that, even while Milan was playing like shit and being favoured by refs.
At least in those semibullshit penalties vs Fiore there was some kind of contact, tonight's penalty is one of the most non-existant penalties i've ever seen, no one knew wtf happened, even Atalanta's players weren't asking for it, in fact, Denis was going for a corner kick.
On berlusca tv commentators were focused on Ranocchia(since he got the yellow), saying that he was clearly fouled by Livaja, turns out at the end of the game that it was supposed to be an handball from Samuel, which is also total bullshit. I don't think we would have lost if it wasn't for the pen, untill that we were playing a decent game, Rocchi was better than i expected(he's also our only forward since Cassano got injured), alvarez was pretty good and Kovacic was beast
Other than bonaventura's random goal, atalanta really didn't do shit and they weren't looking to score another one AT ALL, penalty totally killed us, Ranocchia being a pussy, samuel's awful performance and a clueless stramaccioni did the rest.
Don't forget our weekly penalties not given though: 1, 2...we don't spend enough time in the opposition box, right? RIGHT?
Yeah, man, keep believing that shit, a milan fan shouldn't even complain about calciopoli since you were lucky you got a ucl spot that year.
It seemed to me like Schelotto was actually punched in the face(not a bad thing, i know) by Raimondi during the game and kicked by someone else afterwards, not sure if he started this at all, unless he said something we don't know.
Speaking about class, did you see our reaction to the penalty? If Juve got that kind of pen against them, even Pepe would be running on the pitch with his crutches just to complain.
This is awesome :lol
FootballFan
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:lol the comment section. Everyone has dolphin avatars.
Chelsea qualified for the CL twice and won 4 trophies in the 7 years before Abramovich's arrival.
I know they were overspending then too which led to financial trouble but I don't think you meant that.
Your weekly warning, if you spoil GoT's episode, I'll write my thoughts on Bioshock's ending without spoiler tags.
Speaking about class, did you see our reaction to the penalty? If Juve got that kind of pen against them, even Pepe would be running on the pitch witch his crutches just to complain.
I would love to see that
The_Hitcher89
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Your club status pre-Abramovich was roughly level with Tottenham now I think. City were nothing before the Sheikh picked them out of a hat
I believe Roman only bought Chelsea because of the CL qualification.
I watched the Spurs game now. Hmm... Everton are going to be a problem for Arsenal. Mirallas is a very dangerous player and the way they cross and play the ball in with Baines, Osman and co are going to be concern.
We will have to be at our best to get anything out of a game against them.
Watched highlights of the Liverpool game. From what I gathered West Ham came for a draw and to make a nuisance of themselves. In the highlights it looked like they were sitting deep and defending with majority of their team. Is that what they done for the whole game? The boring fucks.
We will have to be at our best to get anything out of a game against them.
Watched highlights of the Liverpool game. From what I gathered West Ham came for a draw and to make a nuisance of themselves. In the highlights it looked like they were sitting deep and defending with majority of their team. Is that what they done for the whole game? The boring fucks.
The_Hitcher89
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Meh, they played effectively. We only had one shot which I expected to end up in the back of the net
How many shots did West Ham have?
Pretty much, although it has to be said that they defended very well and had a chance to nick it at the end. We were just guilty of making poor decisions in the final third.
Coutinho is a little star though.
That Suarez flick when he had two players outside: lol.
Yeah Suarez was particularly guilty of it, but I can't really criticise him for it when he has pretty much been expected to make things happen on his own for the majority of the season.
The_Hitcher89
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2 good chances. One from Diame when he weaved through our entire defense and clipped the top of the bar when he should have got it on target at least. Also had a header cleared off the line by Lucas in the final minutes.
Our only great chance fell to Gerrard, who for some reason side-footed it into the Tomkins on the line rather than smashing it through the gap
Some right shite being chatted in that 'what sport is most likely to have a successful woman' thread
FootballFan
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I was disappointed with Suarez in that game tbh. I can barely remember since it was on at like 2 am but he kept losing the ball or doing something dumb. I wanted some magic.
If Wigan play like they did today and fail to get into the FA cup final I am going to be so upset. More I think it will damage the youngsters in the team and affect their league campagin. Really have to beat Millwall.
So disappointed with how Wigan played against QPR. They are a much better side than that and to not dominate a QPR team who only have 10 men is very disappointing. Only positive is I think they've killed QPR now, failure to win that game means they along with Reading are guaranteed to go down.
So disappointed with how Wigan played against QPR. They are a much better side than that and to not dominate a QPR team who only have 10 men is very disappointing. Only positive is I think they've killed QPR now, failure to win that game means they along with Reading are guaranteed to go down.
Ah okay. Interesting from Liverpool given they are now further behind 5th spot which they need for Europe. I thought they would throw the kitchen sink at West Ham but it appears they throw the kitchen sink only at the top 5 clubs. Everyone else gets a free pass. Wankers.2 good chances. One from Diame when he weaved through our entire defense and clipped the top of the bar when he should have got it on target at least. Also had a header cleared off the line by Lucas in the final minutes.
Our only great chance fell to Gerrard, who for some reason side-footed it into the Tomkins on the line rather than smashing it through the gap
Aye.
The Australian cricket XI could incorporate some sheilas without dropping quality.
The_Hitcher89
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That's absolute bollock tbf
Man Utd - 6/6
Man City - 2/6
Chelsea - 1/3
Tottenham - 3/6
Arsenal - 4/6
While we've got a few decent draws, we've only won once in those 9 games. Its the teams like West Ham that we've been generally okay against this season.
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