The on topic thread

[Bojan KantKick]

Best I could think of for Arsenal:

Fabianski
Sagna(has he been released by City yet?)- Kyle Bartley - ???? - ????
Seb Larsson-Isaac Hayden-Flamini (still at CP?)
Jerome Thomas-Nasri
Afobe

Manager: ????? (Mikel Arteta?)

needs more Kane

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/juan-mata-manchester-united-common-goal/

great story on the cuddly juan

 

[go you pups]

Unlike Harry who became an Auror

Meh

He was already an auror in his first year at Hogwarts

 

[FAITH]

http://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/spor...s-of-all-time/ss-AApgyKl?li=AAgg0Zv#image=100

thought the great ronaldo @ 10 was way off. the rest pretty good

 

[Cruyff14]

Glad the FA is tackling all the important issues that are wrong with English football.

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2017/08/03/pitch-patterns-banned-fa

 

[kangaspurs]

Dunno how many A-League followers there are on this part of the Football board, but this is absolute ****ing garbage from Steven Lowy. Just an excuse t hold on to as much power and as much of the revenue as possible.

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2017/08/05/lowy-explains-ffa-position-fans

Football Federation Australia chairman Steven Lowy has warned that the code risks slipping back into the dark days of the NSL if an independent A-League is allowed to form.

Three days before a FIFA delegation arrives to rule on the future structure of the sport, Lowy issued a 2000-word statement spelling out how the game would be damaged if more money was poured into the competition.

Lowy said that the game must decide whether it is "managed on behalf of all of those who participate in and love the game or is controlled by narrow interests".

"Will we work together and take Australia's largest participation sport to a new level of success on the local, national and international stage or will we return to the bad old days of self-interest and suffer the inevitable results?," he questioned in the statement.

Clubs are essentially pushing back against FFA and want a new congress structure to get more say and ultimately more money into the competition.

But Lowy said the game simply couldn't afford to go down that path.

The delegation from FIFA will rule on whether compromise can be reached on the sharing of power in FFA's Congress -- the annual meeting that elects the board.

The A-League clubs have been offered only three votes out of a proposed 13 by the FFA.

The National Soccer League or NSL ran from 1977-2004 and was Australia's first national competition but was plagued by disjointed governance and cliques within the code.

 

[Jatz]

Glad the FA is tackling all the important issues that are wrong with English football.

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2017/08/03/pitch-patterns-banned-fa

Disappointing, I always enjoyed our pitches.

 

[Established1870]

Dunno how many A-League followers there are on this part of the Football board, but this is absolute ******* garbage from Steven Lowy. Just an excuse t hold on to as much power and as much of the revenue as possible.

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2017/08/05/lowy-explains-ffa-position-fans

He has a point but that ****wit shouldn't even be in the FFA. Talk about nepotism at its finest.

 

[Cruyff14]

Disappointing, I always enjoyed our pitches.

Beyond a joke.

 

[RPCB]

Yeah, VAR is going to be confusing as hell.

 

[Jatz]

Yeah, VAR is going to be confusing as hell.

I honestly don't understand what the big deal is here. Yes, the other team scored but once the correct outcome was made, it doesn't matter.

I'd far prefer the correct outcome and a bit of a delay than what happened in that clip where the other team score. In a game of such small margins, that would have been a 2 goal swing if they hadn't stopped it.

 

[RPCB]

I honestly don't understand what the big deal is here. Yes, the other team scored but once the correct outcome was made, it doesn't matter.

I'd far prefer the correct outcome and a bit of a delay than what happened in that clip where the other team score. In a game of such small margins, that would have been a 2 goal swing if they hadn't stopped it.

On the other hand VAR didn't need to be used at all because the penalty was clearly the correct decision from the beginning.

So I propose robot referees. [emoji106]

 

[kangaspurs]

He has a point but that ******* shouldn't even be in the FFA. Talk about nepotism at its finest.

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Nah, I don't think he does. The FFA's control of the A-League is a deeply flawed system. They go on about clubs not being sustainable, yet they hold all the intellectual property of the clubs/franchises and allow them very little control. They monopolise sponsorship and only allow tightly controlled amounts of money back to the clubs. They also only allow the clubs to have 3 votes out of 13 which leaves them with very little control over their own future.

The lack of transfers between the clubs was intended to prevent the bigger clubs from buying all the good players from the smaller clubs, yet all that has lead to is players asking to be released from their contract, the club having no choice but to accept and the player signing for teh big club anyway while the small club gets absolutely nothing for their trouble. There's no incentive to develop young players because of the way the salary cap and transfer system work.

The sooner they relinquish control and allow an independent A-League with transfers between clubs and the clubs actually having control the better.

 

[jod23]

So is VAR meant to be used at the next stoppage. The next stoppage was the the goal. Tough one but correct in the end.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

The dream is saving for a new diamond encrusted bathroom. 3k for a brass is too much for a kid on 150k a week.

 

[jod23]

The dream is saving for a new diamond encrusted bathroom. 3k for a brass is too much for a kid on 150k a week.

Wonder what his Mrs thinks haha.

 

[RPCB]

A prostitute only into it for the money?

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p...e6mXuEbrrraVe5_U7mB1ypvY5cv5vUnI=w300-h225-nc

Wonder what his Mrs thinks haha.

 

[Established1870]

Lille thrashed Claudio Ranieri's new side Nantes 3-0 with CR7 2.0 Anwar El Ghazi putting in a masterclass. Ligue 1 will be good value with El Loco around.

 

[Jatz]

I worry for Claudio. I don't know this will end well for him.

Wonder if he'd be interested in international management.

 

[Established1870]

Wonder if he'd be interested in international management.

His last venture into international management led to that epic encounter with the Faroe Islands...........

 

[Jatz]

His last venture into international management led to that epic encounter with the Faroe Islands...........

Well yes but I think Greece were in trouble after him as well. He's not far off retirement truth be told.

 

[Established1870]

Well yes but I think Greece were in trouble after him as well. He's not far off retirement truth be told.

You aren't wrong, Greece have been shit for awhile.

And I thought after you guys canned him that he'd just retire then. Certainly has the luxury to do so.

 

[Jatz]

You aren't wrong, Greece have been shit for awhile.

And I thought after you guys canned him that he'd just retire then. Certainly has the luxury to do so.

Must be hard for them. Would be the perfect way to go out but then he also wouldn't want to just let go of the career he's loved for decades.

 

[Fryer Tuck]

His last venture into international management led to that epic encounter with the Faroe Islands...........

To be fair, the next bloke didn't do much better against the Faroes. Underrated side, that lot (and Greece were in trouble.)

I thought he said he was going to retire after us? That's what he said.

Ah well, hope it gets better for him. Would be quite an anomaly, especially considering everything around the triumph.

 

[FAITH]

http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/fo...e/news-story/22c2f1e17b9df73f2a5641d1306145df