Football 19/20

[jyoung]

4 hours ago, pink_triangle said:

I am no fan of the sun, but for the sake of balance I know of protests that have taken place outside chairman/owners house before which have been peaceful and nobody has broken the law.

[DareToDibble]

Well... this winter break sucks. 

[The Nal]

2 hours ago, DareToDibble said:

Well... this winter break sucks. 

Depends. Milan derby was great last night. As was the Barca game. Both Madrid and Barca suffered shock defeats in the semis of the cup last week. 

How about this for an assist from Messi.

 

And this happened in France yesterday.

 

Edited February 10, 2020 by The Nal

[DareToDibble]

56 minutes ago, The Nal said:

How about this for an assist from Messi.

 

This is obscene. As with everything he’s made it look so easy though.

[TheGayTent]

Fair play to the Mickeys and the Spirit of Shankly - the 24th should be good

[jyoung]

Madrid game against Sociedad was great. Real couldn't defend to save their lives. An on loan player scoring again his parent club. Two disallowed goals and almost a late comeback.

Hope Conte pips Sarri to the title in Italy as well.

[lost]

article in the new york times this week on the power play in the premiership which lead to the chief exec being appointed and the transfer window being moved: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/09/sports/soccer/premier-league-ceo.html

The article also suggests Liverpool and Man Utd have an unofficial veto on who gets the job.

[jyoung]

Looks like Ziyech is off to Chelsea in the summer. Exciting move!

[charlierc]

On 2/10/2020 at 5:17 PM, The Nal said:

And this happened in France yesterday.

 

Vid is blocked, but equally, given how PSG have made Ligue 1 their property of late, it feels like its tricky to get excited about their domestic results.

On 2/11/2020 at 2:29 PM, lost said:

article in the new york times this week on the power play in the premiership which lead to the chief exec being appointed and the transfer window being moved: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/09/sports/soccer/premier-league-ceo.html

The article also suggests Liverpool and Man Utd have an unofficial veto on who gets the job.

There was an intriguing piece by Miguel Delaney in the Independent about the concentration of wealth among the top end of football clubs - think its like 13 or so cited. Seems to be in the same ballpark about the discussions about how the big clubs are gaming football to be even more in their favour.

[TheGayTent]

Taking advantage of the w*nky ridiculous winter break to take in some La Liga action this weekend. The single upside to the number of TV games these days allows for 3 games in 2 days - and no worrying about the scores back home 👍

[jyoung]

Exciting.

[Gromite]

18 hours ago, jyoung said:

Exciting.

Very exciting, happy to see us doing business early. I was really hoping for Sancho though, which this doesn't rule out, but i think it makes it a lot less likely. If i was a Man U fan I don't think I'd be too disappointed with this.

Edited February 14, 2020 by Gromite

[jyoung]

1 hour ago, Gromite said:

Very exciting, happy to see us doing business early. I was really hoping for Sancho though, which this doesn't rule out, but i think it makes it a lot less likely. If i was a Man U fan I don't think I'd be too disappointed with this.

Let's see. I wouldn't say it rules it out completely. I reckon he has a soft spot for us anyway.

[pryce]

Off to Fortuna Dusseldorf vs Mönchengladbach tomorrow! Done Fortunas stadium already albeit in the 2nd division about 1/8th full.. So this should be a much better experience 

[zahidf]

😯

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/feb/14/manchester-city-banned-from-champions-league-two-seasons-ffp-uefa

 

Anyone heard from easy

[Wooderson]

Happy Valentines Day, Easty.

[charlierc]

I did think that there was going to be a penalty of some description but blimey this is huge.

Its very much a "win this season's Champions League or bust" scenario then.

[zahidf]

Is pep going to be off in the summer then? He said in an interview that he was told by the owners that there was nothing in the charges against man city....

 

 

 

Edited February 14, 2020 by zahidf

[DareToDibble]

I can’t seen anything than an appeal to Court of Arbitration for Sport and it being overturned. 

[zahidf]

7 minutes ago, DareToDibble said:

I can’t seen anything than an appeal to Court of Arbitration for Sport and it being overturned. 

Why?

 

 

 

 

 

[jyoung]

Roses are red,

City are blue,

Banned from the CL?

Too good to be true!

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, DareToDibble said:

I can’t seen anything than an appeal to Court of Arbitration for Sport and it being overturned. 

An appeal to the CAS is certain, which is why I believe there won't be a ban next season purely because its going to be tied up in litigation with armies of Man City and UEFA lawyers arguing for yonks over the merits of the other side's argument. Season after, maybe.

Wonder if PSG might also get excluded as a consequence. I know there were similar implications against them.

Seem to be the case in the Championship as well. Sky and a few other reports are claiming a number of Championship clubs want Sheffield Wednesday to have points deducted over the sale of the clubs' stadium to the owner.

[zahidf]

2 minutes ago, charlierc said:

An appeal to the CAS is certain, which is why I believe there won't be a ban next season purely because its going to be tied up in litigation with armies of Man City and UEFA lawyers arguing for yonks over the merits of the other side's argument. Season after, maybe.

Wonder if PSG might also get excluded as a consequence. I know there were similar implications against them.

Seem to be the case in the Championship as well. Sky and a few other reports are claiming a number of Championship clubs want Sheffield Wednesday to have points deducted over the sale of the clubs' stadium to the owner.

CAS rulings are normally done in a few months. Will be done by may I reckon 

[pink_triangle]

Financial fair play is the establishment trying to keep thing a closed shop. They want to stop the Man City and Chelsea’s of the future costing the big teams. I don’t see this as anything to celebrate.

[charlierc]

4 minutes ago, zahidf said:

CAS rulings are normally done in a few months. Will be done by may I reckon 

Maybe they've sped up the process since I last checked then.

Assuming Man City don't try and bring in other legal bodies as well... although I'm not sure who they could be.