Year Round The Football/Soccer Thread v3

[Zehahaha]

Indeed.

Gerrard getting laughed out of England in his final match.

Fucking hell, Brendan is a joke of a manager ffs
No results + foul mouth... Got carried by Suarez and now that he's gone, he's been exposed as the fraud he is

Feel bad for Gerrard tbh

 

[FrostyMouse]

Fucking hell, Brendan is a joke of a manager ffs
No results + foul mouth... Got carried by Suarez and now that he's gone, he's been exposed as the fraud he is

Feel bad for Gerrard tbh

Yeah, Brendan clearly was carried by Suarez.

I did feel a bit bad for Gerrard, but...

 

[Zehahaha]

Lmao Ancelotti sacked
I'd like to thank Perez for being Barça's greatest ally, thank you Perez

 

[goldb]

The board at Real Madrid make some of the most incomprehensible decisions in football. Why would you sack Ancellotti? yes, he's not won you anything did season, but what about last season? Not all the blame can be put on the manager here, for a long while they were running away with the title while on their winning streak, so if anything some of those players need to go.

I think clear favourite for the job is Klopp, then Benitez. My personal choice would be Sam Allardyce from rags to riches!

 

[FrostyMouse]

Klopp says he's not taking a job in the summer, so it means Rafa.

 

[Doraku]

So it seems some high ranked FIFA officials have been indicted for corruption. Good news, fuck Blatter and his cronies.

 

[FrostyMouse]

Unless Blatter is arrested, nothing changes, so...

 

[xi0]

Not sure if it's the media overreacting or not...but a lot seem to think this is going to have huge repercussions

 

[Doraku]

Eh, it's definitely better than nothing, if I'm allowed to be optimistic. Besides, the guys who were arrested are high ranked officials, IIRC FIFA VP is also one of them.

 

[FrostyMouse]

There are a lot of FIFA VPs.

 

[goldb]

At least 3 of the ones who were arrested were FIFA VPs and most of them also being federation presidents and sitting on multiple committees. Seems the IRS and FBI raided the CONCACAF offices yesterday too.

But as Frosty said, as long as the election is allowed to go ahead and Blatter remains in power, nothing really changes for me. The head has to come off, so to speak.

 

[Hardy]

If Ali doesn't campaign with this song I'll be so dissapointed.

 

[goldb]

So, 4 more years of Blatter .

In the end, every candidate then withdrew....how pathetic.

 

[Philia]

Liverpool signed Milner & Pedro extended his contract with Barcelona.

 

[Zehahaha]

Liverpool signed Milner & Pedro extended his contract with Barcelona.

I feel bad for Milner... When you have Brendan as your coach
RIP Milner

 

[xi0]

So, 4 more years of Blatter .

In the end, every candidate then withdrew....how pathetic.

Don't worry, the FBI is here to nuke it from orbit

That blurb about the Irish FA being paid 5 million to not protest Henry's handball.......JUST WOW ROFL

 

[FrostyMouse]

Don't worry, the FBI is here to nuke it from orbit

That blurb about the Irish FA being paid 5 million to not protest Henry's handball.......JUST WOW ROFL

I don't know how true that is. The Irish FA protested as far as they could, but FIFA said that they wouldn't replay a match or reverse a result without something that would normally nullify a result, such as ineligible players being fielded.

 

[goldb]

I don't know how true that is. The Irish FA protested as far as they could, but FIFA said that they wouldn't replay a match or reverse a result without something that would normally nullify a result, such as ineligible players being fielded.

I'd usually be skeptical to believe such stories before too, but with what has unfolded in the recent week and all that we know about the level of corruption in FIFA, I wouldn't refute the claims.

 

[FrostyMouse]

I'd usually be skeptical to believe such stories before too, but with what has unfolded in the recent week and all that we know about the level of corruption in FIFA, I wouldn't refute the claims.

Potentially, Bob, but 5m is worth less to the Irish FA than whatever else. Unless FIFA told them, "You're never winning, but so that you stop bitching, here's some money."

 

[xi0]

Potentially, Bob, but 5m is worth less to the Irish FA than whatever else. Unless FIFA told them, "You're never winning, but so that you stop bitching, here's some money."

I'm pretty sure that's what the allegation is about