posted Jul 21, 2009

Many on here should take off their team glasses and look for a little balance in their views

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posted Jul 21, 2009

Recent transfer figures are a strange beast. On the one hand we have the biggest recession since 1930s (yet how much did the Nazis spend on olympics in 1936?), and on the other we have the biggest wages & transfer fees for footballers ever. Football has become a social pacifier in times of economic misery - the real question is: What price socio/political stability? Real Madrid isn't a just a football club, it's the Gazprom of Spain (though perhaps not an extension of national foreign policy), rather, a domestic soma to ease the burden of 20% unemployment. Heh, we might be poor/unemployed & homeless, but we have the best football club in the world.. bit like Nottingham Forest when the miner's strike was rolling along.

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posted Jul 21, 2009

"I see fat guys on the MLB scene week in week out playing a game of rounders and getting contracts 10 times the size of Ronaldos. Sport is a global game unlike baseball (just look at the 'world series' if you don't believe me."

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GodisnotfromToxteth, how much do you know about baseball?

If you knew anything about it then you would know that it is massive in the following countries: USA, Canada, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico, Dominican Republic, and most of Latin America, just to name a few places, and in many of these countries/regions its popularity far exceeds that of football, the supposed "world game"!

By the way, have you ever been to watch a baseball match and do you know anything about the sport?

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posted Jul 21, 2009

I follow the MLB on a regular basis. The world series that does not include even part of Europe struggles to be a World championship. It is why the champions league is a European one rather than a world one. My point is that any one watching can se that whilst there is a fair degree of skill in pitching the ball, these guys lack the physique of footballers like ronaldo who is a top footballer and deserves what he can get. Baseball or rounders is a game introduced in schools for girls or boys who could not play football (that was tongue in cheek by the way)

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posted Jul 21, 2009

to be fair footballers lack the fitness levels of boxers and rugby league players for example.

The worst thing about footballers is what bad roll models they are - abuse of refs, diving, faking injuries etc.

What annoys me is when a player dives and stays down and andy gray or some other fools says "oh that looks bad!" then they limp off - when the replays show they didnt even get touched, but andy gray or whoever not say anything!

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posted Jul 21, 2009

100,000 MU fans welcomed their team and to watch their favourite players played "live". What an atmosphere at the Bukit Jalil Stadium, in Malaysia. Again another 50,000 came to cheer their favourite team for a return match. Never mind Malaysia lost the two games as expected.
SAF and his club must make a point to come to Malaysia as an annual affair in order to keep their fans happy. Worth the effort of coming to Malaysia to show their appreciation to loyal supporters here. It will generate more revenue for MU and maintain its strong brand name as the most richest and successful club in the world. SAF must be a very proud manager getting the maximum attraction and exposure. Congratulations!!

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posted Jul 21, 2009

the problem is the president set by spanish clubs,, they buy players based on loans they never have to pay back-- spanish banks dont care .. man u and the rest have to allways refinance loans.. spain are the problem, the prem just being part of the free competition of england, just beat them at there own game- problem is the spainsh wont lay down for long,, and have trumped us this year-- thing is tho we have 5 crazy teams at presnet spain will only ever have 2

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posted Jul 23, 2009

JustPaulAfc

Imagine how much charlie he'd have shoved up his nose on todays wages! Ha ha ha ROTF

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posted Jul 23, 2009

"the problem is the president set by spanish clubs"

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What did the Spanish clubs do? Did they get together and hatch a plan to kidnap Zapatero and then set him in stone? Or are you talking about another President? Maybe Sarkozy?

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posted Jul 28, 2009

Roy Keane a legend!! I suggest you look up the definition in your dictionary.

He's a person who is always ready to walk away when the heat gets too much or things don't go his way.

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i think you'll find thats kevin keegan. a bottler of the highest order.

roy keane is a utd legend and one of the best players in the history of the PL. re: leaving sunderland, at least he was decisive and left early enough for a new managers to have a decent amount of time to change things. he bought badly though and at £15M for darren bent that seems like continuing. spurs must be giggling like defenceless overexcited children. i like roy keane but then i am incredibly biased.

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