Champions League Thread 2013/14

[Munchies]

@FootballFunnys
Mourinho playing 6 defenders is nothing. Ferguson once started with 7 and still beat Arsenal 2-0!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmfUPhJIUAAqhwt.jpg

:getcoat:

[Munchies]

Maradona :bow:

[Power n Glory]

Legend!

[Marc Overmars]

Come on Atleti. :pray:

[Munchies]

Cmon Atletico :pray:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Have a bad feeling about this game.

[Özim]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWAURHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHH

Neville's Torres commentary played in the build up :haha:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fBhlVVpBV_c

:lol:

[Özim]

Let's hope Diego (Gonna) Costalot isn't sh*t again.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Torres. :haha:

Always finds a way to end up looking like shit.

[Munchies]

FUCK!!!

[Özim]

Here comes the luck, I remember this last time they won it.

[GP]

Someone should tell Hazard that a neckbeard is not a good look.

[Niall_Quinn]

Hazard is a fucking scum.

[Özim]

I've decided I don't want Simeone at Arsenal. I don't like his haircut.

[Niall_Quinn]

I've decided I don't want Simeone at Arsenal. I don't like his haircut.

Wouldn't matter - he'd be bald within a year managing us.

[Niall_Quinn]

Chavs are mega diving scrotes.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Costa. :doh:

Selfish there.

[Niall_Quinn]

Greedy by Costa

[Munchies]

Costa :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Costa is not exactly mobile is he?

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Ref desperately trying to make it known to everyone that he's the chavs' 12th man.

Atletico really can't get a tackle in without the whistle going for a foul to the pikey cunts.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Hazard. :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Ref ruining it - buying every chav dive.

[Özim]

Costa is not exactly mobile is he?

Not mobile no, more coffee.

[Özim]

Ref ruining it - buying every chav dive.

No Oscar today.

[GP]

Cahill is hilarious.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Cahill booked for taking out Costa.

Free kick Atletico in a dangerous area. :pray:

[Niall_Quinn]

Torres thinks if he sprints around a lot he'll look decent.

Terry half dead after not being touched.

[Munchies]

Maradona and his daughter (Aguero's wife I think )
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmfgGIOCQAAErYY.jpg

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I don't like her earrings.

Shit.

[GP]

Wow...

Thought he might have preferred pretty girls.

[Niall_Quinn]

Farmyard footie from the chavs.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Ffs

[Özim]

Oh dear, suddenly that stat that Mourinho has only lost 9 games in 457 when his team has taken the lead becomes a problem.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Chavs 1-0 Atletico, Torres.

Football. :rose:

[Niall_Quinn]

Fucking cunts fluke one in again.

[Niall_Quinn]

Was a backpass by that useless shit Torres until it got the deflection.

[Munchies]

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Marc Overmars]

Fuck this shit.

[Niall_Quinn]

Big bus engines warming up now.

[Marc Overmars]

Maradona and his daughter (Aguero's wife I think )
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmfgGIOCQAAErYY.jpg

Butters.

[GP]

Butters.

Innit.

Segrio Opposite can do better than that.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[Özim]

LOPEZ!!!

[GP]

GET IN!

[Özil's Panoramic View]

:patrice:

[Munchies]

YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Özim]

I've just spotted a lout celebrating on the sidelines.

[Power n Glory]

It ain't ova!

Turning out to be a good tie.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Chavs 1-1 Atletico, Adrian!!

Get In!

[Niall_Quinn]

Excellent - and it was King Rollo who fucked up.

What a magnificent team the chavs are. Their defence never ever makes a mistake. Cahill should definitely be in the team of the season.

[Özim]

Cole with his beard looks like the one from Beavis an Butthead.

[GP]

Excellent - and it was King Rollo who fucked up.

What a magnificent team the chavs are. Their defence never ever makes a mistake. Cahill should definitely be in the team of the season.

Cahill is utter shit. He's made about 8 mistakes this half.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Chavs 1-1 Atletico, HT.

[Niall_Quinn]

HT 1-1

Adrian Lopez had a bus pass.

[GP]

Butters.

apparently they split up.

Here's his new girlfriend.

https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2vtJPv1oiMjOb0hLN4e00w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/futbolita/kun.karina.jpg

The fucks wrong with him??

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Atleti. :bow:

Football still requires saving.

[Niall_Quinn]

Atleti. :bow;

Football still requires saving.

Mr Job :haha:

[Munchies]

'No Racism'

Messi's face :haha:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Job has really taken its toll on Maccy already.

Can't even post a proper smiley these days. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mr Job :haha:

You won't be laughing when I get fired!

[Munchies]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/11/28/article-2239657-163FCE5E000005DC-57_634x523.jpg

She looks like Tevez

[Marc Overmars]

Missed the goal. Damn.

Atleti. :bow:

No stupid mistakes now please.

[Munchies]

You won't be laughing when I get fired!

Is it PC based ? Can you go on here to kill time ?

[Niall_Quinn]

You won't be laughing when I get fired!

It's me. You know I'll be laughing my arse off.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Missed the goal. Damn.

Atleti. :bow:

No stupid mistakes now please.

What's Spanish for "this doesn't fucking slip now"?

[Munchies]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmfnWghCcAAWBVN.jpg

:haha:

Gervinho wearing 'woman' shoes

And wtf is this trophy meant to be on their shitty card dsiplay before the game ?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmflH2vIIAA20dw.jpg

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Is it PC based ? Can you go on here to kill time ?

PC based but never an opportunity to fuck about. One of my more daftest decisions.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmfnWghCcAAWBVN.jpg

:haha:

Gervinho wearing 'woman' shoes

:haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

PC based but never an opportunity to fuck about. One of my more daftest decisions.

Do you have a cubicle?

[Niall_Quinn]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmfnWghCcAAWBVN.jpg

:haha:

Gervinho wearing 'woman' shoes

And wtf is this trophy meant to be on their shitty card dsiplay before the game ?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmflH2vIIAA20dw.jpg

That's what he used to wear on the pitch for us.

[Marc Overmars]

PC based but never an opportunity to fuck about. One of my more daftest decisions.

Rookie error.

I'd like a new job but I'm not sure how easy it will be to convince them to write 'access to GW' in my contract.

[Master Splinter]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmfnWghCcAAWBVN.jpg

:haha:



Rick James :bow:.

[Niall_Quinn]

Rookie error.

I'd like a new job but I'm not sure how easy it will be to convince them to write 'access to GW' in my contract.

European Court of Human Rights trumps any employment contract.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Do you have a cubicle?

Kinda. It's a shame really, I have the fastest PC but wasted on shit like UNIX.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Rookie error.

I'd like a new job but I'm not sure how easy it will be to convince them to write 'access to GW' in my contract.

I will just have to become MD.

[Niall_Quinn]

Kinda. It's a shame really, I have the fastest PC but wasted on shit like UNIX.

Any nice tarts?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Any nice tarts?

A few yes. Want their extension number?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Schwarzer saves from Arda. That was probably ages ago but nobody mentioned it.

[Özim]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmfnWghCcAAWBVN.jpg

:haha:

Gervinho wearing 'woman' shoes

And wtf is this trophy meant to be on their shitty card dsiplay before the game ?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmflH2vIIAA20dw.jpg

They told him it will improve his shooting.

You should know, that's clearly a 4th place trophy.

[Munchies]

Courtois :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

A few yes. Want their extension number?

No thanks, but I'd quite like somebody to smash that scrote Ramires in the face.

Chav keeper keeps out the chavs. Had to happen seeing as they have 380 players on loan.

[Niall_Quinn]

Chavs are making the spaniards appear manly. Never seen a team so accomplished at dramatic diving.

[Niall_Quinn]

Torres :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Schwarzer saves from Arda. That was probably ages ago but nobody mentioned it.

One of the saddest posts in GW history.

Maccy is even flaunting his new-found tardiness.

GW :rose:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cashley hauled off, Old Man Eto'o on.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

PENALTYYY

[GP]

omg :haha:

[Munchies]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Pen :haha:

Old man gets done by a Costa dive.

[GP]

Just kick it you fanny!

[Niall_Quinn]

Chavs have rigged the penalty spot. Every little trick.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

COSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[GP]

YES!

[Munchies]

:haha:

Take the fuckin kick!

[Özil's Panoramic View]

:patrice:

[Power n Glory]

Yes!

[Master Splinter]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

1-2

Nice.

[Munchies]

GET IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FCK OFF MORUINHO!!!!!!!!

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

DIEGO COSTA!!!

[Niall_Quinn]

Chavs have to find the keys for their bus now.

[Marc Overmars]

GET IN!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mourinho sure does love a semi-final exit.

[Niall_Quinn]

Hazards first instinct is to dive.

[Niall_Quinn]

LOL hit every post and out.

[Munchies]

phew :haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Mourinho sure does love a semi-final exit.
You could say he was an expert in not succeeding.

[Niall_Quinn]

Hazards pain threshold seems to be very very low.

[Niall_Quinn]

Torres :haha: off - Ba face on

[Munchies]

Could be 2 years without a trophy Maureen :lol:

[GP]

Hazards pain threshold seems to be very very low.

Give him a break he's probably on his period.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

You could say he was an expert in not succeeding.

This would be the sixth time. Fourth in a row. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

Could be 2 years without a trophy Maureen :lol:

You could say he was an expert in not succeeding.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

3-1!!!

[Özim]

Turan finishes it!!!!

[GP]

OMFG :haha:

[Munchies]

THATS IT !!!!!!!

[Master Splinter]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!S

:haha:

[Marc Overmars]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Niall_Quinn]

And it's all over. Bye bye chavies.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Also, Simeone. :bow:

Incredible job he has done. Copa Del Rey, Europa League, UEFA Super Cup. And possibly the double this season.

[Power n Glory]

A beating!!

[GP]

Mourinho :lol:

What a fraud

[Niall_Quinn]

Lazy King Rollo gets done again. Best player ever tbf.

[Marc Overmars]

Another really awesome final on the cards. All German last year and now a Madrid derby. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:haha:

Do the right thing and sack him Roman.

Three Spanish teams in European finals this season.

La Liga. :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Simeone the WUM :bow:.

Chelsea to buy him and his entire playing and coaching staff?

[selassie]

Also, Simeone. :bow:

Incredible job he has done. Copa Del Rey, Europa League, UEFA Super Cup. And possibly the double this season.

Yep, he's built that team with next to no budget too. They are so well organised, solid in every position.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Wonder if anyone will be talking about a Simeone marsterclarss...

[Munchies]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmfuUz6IYAAoW1r.jpg

[Munchies]

Why would Costa leave for anything other than money ?

IAMFRIMPONG26

The bus driver must have run out if Diesel

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmfvEkvIYAAU9Wl.jpg

[Master Splinter]

What tactics from Jose.

The back six will go down in history.

What a tactical genius.

[Master Splinter]

Why would Costa leave for anything other than money ?

He wouldn't.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Tactical genius. :haha:

Mind games. :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Ozil has been anonymous.

[Niall_Quinn]

Tactical genius. :haha:

Mind games. :haha:

Leave the little pony alone you rotter.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ozil has been anonymous.

Still MOTM though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Stealing a living!

[Özim]

Why would Costa leave for anything other than money ?

To win the CL

[Marc Overmars]

Mourinho. :lol:

Great tactix.

[Özim]

Wonder if anyone will be talking about a Simeone marsterclarss...

They will, Marcelinho, Ardiles and the Irish bloke will.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Needs more Bulldozer pics.

[Munchies]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmfwkM4CIAAcIwb.png
HD Jpeg :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Martin Samuel - it will be a downbeat blow job on Maureen tonight. But I'm sure he'll gobble on bravely.

[Globalgunner]

Looks like Big man wont be lifting the big cup this season then.

[Özim]

Keown has had a mare, he predicted Bayern and Chelsea would make it through :lol:

[Özim]

Looks like Big man wont be lifting the big cup this season then.

He's got a furry cup as backup.

[Ernesto]

Schurrle Ameobi

[Munchies]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmfyHEzIMAAHKES.jpg

[Niall_Quinn]

Schurle with a pathetic dive

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I finally managed to reach the station
Only to find that the bus replacement service had broken down
After wondering to myself whether or not it should actually be called a train replacement service
I walked out onto the concourse and noticed the giant screen seemed to have been tampered with.

[Power n Glory]

Versatile performance from Atletico! A well deserved win. Responded when a goal down, kept pressing for a 2nd, finished with the 3rd and now closing out the game with a mix of solid defending and good possession play. Great stuff from Diego's men.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Commentators trying to defend Jose now......

He's come back to Chelsea, not in full control of transfers, FFP rules coming in to play.....

Give me a fuckin break!!

[Özim]

Athletico through great result!

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Sprint up the touchline now you gobshite.

[Niall_Quinn]

FT 1-3 easy in the end. Chavs hadn't a clue what to do once they had to come out of their shell.

[Marc Overmars]

Chelsea. :haha:

Mourinho. :haha:

Masterclasses. :haha:

[Özim]

Madrid the best city in football!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

LOLrinho. :haha:

Home now so can see the crying commence. :popcorn:

[Master Splinter]

Mourinho :haha:.

Chelsea :haha:.

Simeone :bow:.

Atletico :bow:.

Football on the verge of being saved.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Chavs 1-3 Atletico, FT. :haha:

Maureen :haha:

Chavs :haha:

Football saved from the enemies of football.

[Power n Glory]

Turn out the lights, the parties over! :lol:

Solid performance. Diego stamping his mark.

[Munchies]

Maureen intv :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jeff Stelling plugging Game of Thrones. :lol:

Sky are shameless.

[Niall_Quinn]

Just need them to beat the filthy doping marketing shits and this will be a real result for footie.

[Marc Overmars]

Madrid derby. :popcorn:

Come on Atleti.

[Ollie the Optimist]

In the last four years, mourinho has won a possible 2 trophies out of 14. Been knocked out in the last four consecutive champions league semi finals and spent 272 million pounds on players.


Please tell me how he is such a proven winner and tactical genius,

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chelsea 1-3 Atletico Madrid (Agg: 1-3)

Posted at 21:40

Chelsea are devastated at the final whistle, particularly John Terry who is in tears as he shakes hands with Atletico players.

:haha:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eVOsvi7Tokc/SmChiW5gbDI/AAAAAAAAC10/9gFh64s_g4E/terry.jpg

[Ollie the Optimist]

Once again, mourinhos lack of plan b is exposed. Used his one and only tactic, Madrid out thought him and he has no answer.

[Munchies]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G_qzs5tUk40/UiWXqFe7ONI/AAAAAAAAAP0/omRrQXY1NG4/s400/wenger.jpg

[McNamara That Ghost...]

No, specialist in failure will be the most popular phrase around West London tonight.

Mourinho on to cry.

[Munchies]

Maureen :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

Specialist in failure and being a ****. Impressive combo.

[Munchies]

'impossible save' from Courtois

didnt u let him go on loan again ? :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Mourinho. :haha:

Shut up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

http://www.theanfieldwrap.com/uploads/2011/12/cleflag.jpg

:haha:

[GP]

He does talk an extraordinary amount of shit.

[Niall_Quinn]

Why doesn't the commentator ask him if he regrets being a loud mouth classless cunt who will never get any sympathy as a result so don't try it on now mate?

Would have thought that was the obvious question.

[Niall_Quinn]

Carragher - first goal would be massive and it was! But then they got that goal before half time.

[Munchies]

Basically, he's going to spend more money in the summer :lol:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bmf2vkrCUAEGpVV.png

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Goalkeeper makes save.

Seriously?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Simeone heading it in with Arda. :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

So hold on - is Maureen the best tactical genius in the whole universe, or not? Sounds like the pundits who were lapping as his crack last week are now suggesting there were tactical errors. So is he only sometimes the best tactical genius in the whole universe?

[Niall_Quinn]

Senna :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Khaleesi :bow:

[GP]

Senna :bow:

:gp:

20 years :(

[Master Splinter]

Chelsea need more playa.

Another £100m+ should suffice.

For the summer window alone.

[Ollie the Optimist]

David moyes is likely to end this season with more trophies then the proven winner mourinho....

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Big Man crying! :haha:

[GP]

David moyes is likely to end this season with more trophies then the proven winner mourinho....

David Moyes has zero trophies.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

So hold on - is Maureen the best tactical genius in the whole universe, or not? Sounds like the pundits who were lapping as his crack last week are now suggesting there were tactical errors. So is he only sometimes the best tactical genius in the whole universe?

You can't blame Mourinho, no Stevie Me to rely on falling over tonight. What's a tactical mastermind to do?

[Munchies]

Tiago :bow:

Remember him

[GP]

'When it was zero-zero...'

Just say nil nil you berk!

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

You can't blame Mourinho, no Stevie Me to rely on falling over tonight. What's a tactical mastermind to do?

It is kinda apt the minute Mourinho opened up and actually tried to play football, they fell apart.

Even better that it was his sub, his bastard son, who was responsible.

[Niall_Quinn]

'When it was zero-zero...'

Just say nil nil you berk!

Then it is onezero, oneone, onetwo, then onethree, this is football, we are proud, but in three moments we narrowly do not win, also Wenger is a big shit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It is kinda apt the minute Mourinho opened up and actually tried to play football, they fell apart.

Even better that it was his sub, his bastard son, who was responsible.

Went two up front, conceded soon after. :lol:

Old Man Eto'o will be gone.

[GP]

It is kinda apt the minute Mourinho opened up and actually tried to play football, they fell apart.

Even better that it was his sub, his bastard son, who was responsible.

Samuel Snow :lol:

[Heisenberg]

Chelsea :haha:

Maureen :haha:

Big Man :haha:

Abramovich :haha:

[Heisenberg]

Big Man crying! :haha:

:haha:

[fakeyank]

Rafa won more with Chelsea than Mou has this season! :haha:

[Letters]

Don't let Chelsea score!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmdY_oRCAAA_TqX.jpg

Needs updating tbh.

Mourinho :pal:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZgfojS4Od0

:haha:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Boring final. Madrid will win

[Niall_Quinn]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/05/01/article-0-1D7C3DAD00000578-812_634x544.jpg

[Özil's Panoramic View]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZgfojS4Od0

:haha:

:haha:

Cunt.

[LDG]

:haha:

That is all.

[Özim]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/05/01/article-0-1D7C3DAD00000578-812_634x544.jpg

Is Simeone friends with the Inbetweeners lads then? Also where's Jay :unsure:

[Kano]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/05/01/article-0-1D7C3D9900000578-694_634x560.jpg

lolz

[Munchies]

Champions League gives Man City £50m fine & limits size of next season's squad to 21 players for breaking Uefa finance rules [Sky]

That's it ? :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

50m is a huge fine in fairness, never heard of one so big. At least it's some sort of punishment along with the squad restriction.

But yeah, so much for kicking teams out.

Uefa. :rolleyes:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

To be fair Wenger made a good point, there is no willpower to punish teams by kicking them out.....especially when your trying to sell the champions league television rights at the same time.

[Niall_Quinn]

This is classic.

One of the greediest and most corrupt organisations in football finds a way to shake down a bottomless money pit for £50mill? Give them a few more years and they'll be scamming on a par with the banksters.

None of this has anything to do with football. Just look at it logically. How does fining a club that has lost money solve any problems? Now they have lost even more money, right? So this won't affect money dopers like the gypos, but what about an Arsenal or a Liverpool, or a Dortmund or Seville? These are clubs that have to somehow both compete with the money dopers as well as keep their house in order financially or risk a huge shake down from the crooks in authority. This is just a way to further advantage the dopers and for fat criminals like Platini to get a slice of the action. £50mill is what, one transfer fee for the gypos? They'd waste that amount just to buy up a player to prevent their rivals signing him. Same with the chavs. And the 21 player thing is meaningless. Now that the cost of breaching the rules is a quick bung to UEFA, signing up 21 of the best players and chucking 500K a week at each is no big deal, right?

All that guff, all the build-up and it turns out as just another grubby money deal again. Of course it was always going to be that way given the bastards involved, but still, there was a chance to fix football or at least patch it up. Platini and his goons have gone in the opposite direction. There are no adequate words to describe these bastards.

[Özim]

Yeah, no they have a possible wage cap as well which will affect them.

[Niall_Quinn]

Yeah, no they have a possible wage cap as well which will affect them.

The "wage cap" is the same thing as the 21 player limit - it's craftily worded so they could leave out players from a final 21 man squad for the CL so the total wage bill for those selected doesn't breach a threshold. In other words, they may lose vital players such as Lescott or Jovetic. Oh wait...

You watch how high that threshold will be. Fact is, if a club with limitless resources accepts the sanctions then you know they have written them themselves. Otherwise they'd hire 10,000 lawyers and have the whole thing overturned. How does a fine against an unlimited money doper compensate the clubs they cheated against, who didn't break the rules? It doesn't, it just benefits greedy bureaucrats. Same stink of shit you get from government and their corporate mates. Like Goldman Sachs being fined 2% of the money they stole from interest rate rigging.

The Euro authorities should be working in tandem with the national authorities. A 3 point fine for every £5mill loss above the threshold would be a real punishment and proper compensation for the clubs the gypos have cheated against. That would present them with a problem where the more money they dumped the more they'd lose out - the actual purpose of the ruling would be fulfilled, their doping would be curtailed, their money drug cut off. Now they can just keep spending their way to success. £50mill to them, or a hundred mill or a billion, it's nothing. The crooks in charge make that much every day on interest on their stolen money.

The anticipated farce in all its glory.

[AFC Leveller]

The "wage cap" is the same thing as the 21 player limit - it's craftily worded so they could leave out players from a final 21 man squad for the CL so the total wage bill for those selected doesn't breach a threshold. In other words, they may lose vital players such as Lescott or Jovetic. Oh wait...

You watch how high that threshold will be. Fact is, if a club with limitless resources accepts the sanctions then you know they have written them themselves. Otherwise they'd hire 10,000 lawyers and have the whole thing overturned. How does a fine against an unlimited money doper compensate the clubs they cheated against, who didn't break the rules? It doesn't, it just benefits greedy bureaucrats. Same stink of shit you get from government and their corporate mates. Like Goldman Sachs being fined 2% of the money they stole from interest rate rigging.

The Euro authorities should be working in tandem with the national authorities. A 3 point fine for every £5mill loss above the threshold would be a real punishment and proper compensation for the clubs the gypos have cheated against. That would present them with a problem where the more money they dumped the more they'd lose out - the actual purpose of the ruling would be fulfilled, their doping would be curtailed, their money drug cut off. Now they can just keep spending their way to success. £50mill to them, or a hundred mill or a billion, it's nothing. The crooks in charge make that much every day on interest on their stolen money.

The anticipated farce in all its glory.

As you say, UEFA are as corrupt as the Russians at Chelsea and Arab princes at City and this 50m "fine" is so fucking rediculous its funny.

Financial fair play my fucking arse.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Martin Samuel doesn't even believe there should be any sanctions facing clubs that make huge losses, apparently these kind of restrictions only end up hurting young english players? (you mean by discouraging clubs from spending ridiculous amounts on transfers for players that prevents the development of players in the youth side). Fat stupid fuck, bought and paid for journalist doing the bidding of the oligarch clubs in the hope of exclusivity.

[Niall_Quinn]

Fat stupid fuck, bought and paid for journalist doing the bidding of the oligarch clubs in the hope of exclusivity.

I don't think he uses that in his bio any more, it was drawing negative attention.

[Munchies]

Dedryck Boyata set for massive pay boost as Man City fight to meet homegrown quota


Manchester City have offered Dedryck Boyata a massive 133 per cent pay increase to stay at the club, despite the fact he has played just one Premier League game this season.

The title contenders are in advanced talks with the Belgian over a 12 month contract extension, which will see his current £15,000-per-week deal rise to £35,000-per-week.

Boyata, 23, has played just 55 minutes of top-flight football under Manuel Pellegrini, with his other five appearances coming in domestic cup competitions.

He should just leave tbf, either that or hold out for even more :lol:

[Letters]

50m is a huge fine in fairness
It is for a proper club. It's pretty pointless fining a club who are flouting the rules because they've got so much money they can do what they like.
It's more like a bribe to UEFA so they can keep on doing whatever the hell they like.

[Munchies]

Bale and Ronaldo should be fit for the final.

Diego Costa is a big doubt.

:popcorn:

[GP]

Football could be on life support tbh

[Marc Overmars]

Think Real Madrid will win it unfortunately.

Sky are showing the 2006 final today. :(

[Munchies]

Think Real Madrid will win it unfortunately.

Sky are showing the 2006 final today. :(

Still haven't gotten round to watching it fully.

Probably never will..

[Marc Overmars]

I thought I'd try to be brave but as soon as I turned it on I thought fuck this shit.

[fakeyank]

I thought I'd try to be brave but as soon as I turned it on I thought fuck this shit.

That game along with the Birmingham Eduardo leg break, are two of the most painful games for me to watch.

[Letters]

As painful as it was the disappointment of the result was somewhat offset by the excitement of being there.
Although...as FY is to the Emirates, I am to European finals. Missed the ones in 94 and 95 'cos of Uni (therefore no-one can blame me for '95) but I was at the UEFA Final in 2000 and the CL Final in 2006.

So...sorry everyone. :(

:getcoat:

[GP]

You monster.

[Munchies]

How Real Madrid spent one billion to get to another Champions League final:


Season by season guide to Real's spending since 2002

13/14
Gareth Bale (Tottenham) £85.3m, Asier Illarramendi (Sociedad) £34m, Isco (Malaga) £23m, Daniel Carvajal (Leverkusen) £5m, Casemiro (Sao Paulo) £4.8m = £152.1m

12/13
Luka Modric (Tottenham) £33m, Diego Lopez (Sevilla) £3m = £36m

11/12
Fabio Coentrao (Benfica) £26.4m, Nuri Sahin (Dortmund) £8m, Jose Callejon (Espanyol) £5.5m, Raphael Varane (Lens) £11.5m = £51.4m

10/11
Angel Di Maria (Benfica) £29m, Mesut Ozil (W Bremen) £16.4m, Sami Khedira (Stuttgart) £15.5m, Pedro Leon (Getafe) £8.1m, Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea) £6.7m, Sergio Canales (Racing) £4m = £79.7m

09/10
Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) £80m, Kaka (Milan) £56m, Xabi Alonso (Liverpool) £30m, Karim Benzema (Lyon) £28m, Raul Albiol (Valencia) £15m, Alvaro Negredo (Almeria) £5m, Estaban Granero (Getafe) £4.5m, Alvaro Arbeloa (Liverpool) £4.5m = £223m

08/09
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Ajax) £23.8m, Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth) £20m, Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburg) £13.4m, Ezequiel Garay (Racing Santander) £10m, Ruben De La Red (Getafe) £3.8m, Javi Garcia (Osasuna) £3.2m = £74.2m

07/08
Arjen Robben (Chelsea) £31m, Wesley Sneijder (Ajax) £25.7m, Pepe (Porto) £24m, Royston Drenthe (Feyenoord) £11.5m, Gabriel Heinze (Man Utd) £8m, Christoph Metzelder (Borussia Dortmund) Free, Javier Saviola (Barcelona) Free, Jerzy Dudek (Liverpool) Free = £100.2m

06/07
Mahamadou Diarra (Lyon) £22.8m, Gonzalo Higuain (River Plate) £18m, Fernando Gago (Boca Juniors) £15m, Ruud van Nistelrooy (Man Utd) £11m, Marcelo (Fluminese) £7.8m, Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus) £6.9m, Emerson (Juventus) £6.9m = £88.4m

05/06
Sergio Ramos (Sevilla) £23.7m, Robinho (Santos) £21m, Julio Baptista (Sevilla) £17.9m, Cicinho (Sao Paolo) £6m, Carlos Diogo (River Plate) £5m, Antonio Cassano (Roma) £4.2m, Pablo Garcia (Osasuna) £2.5m = £80.3

04/05
Walter Samuel (Roma) £20.2m, Jonathan Woodgate (Newcastle) £13.4m, Michael Owen (Liverpool) £8m, Thomas Gravesen (Everton) £2.5m = £44.1m

03/04
David Beckham (Man Utd) £30m = £30m

02/03
Ronaldo (Inter) £39.6m = £39.6m

[Munchies]

I've always liked Real Madrid, but Atletico winning the double would be amazing.

:scarf:

[Niall_Quinn]

It is for a proper club. It's pretty pointless fining a club who are flouting the rules because they've got so much money they can do what they like.
It's more like a bribe to UEFA so they can keep on doing whatever the hell they like.

Apparently UEFA are discussing distributing the fine among the other PL clubs. Whether this is an idea that will never see the light of day and a cynical ploy to deter accusations of bribery or whether this is an idea that will never see the light of day and a cynical ploy to deter accusations of bribery I'm not sure. Time will tell.

[Niall_Quinn]

How Real Madrid spent one billion to get to another Champions League final:

Saw that and just laughed. What an achievement if they win it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Atleti. :pray:

Please save football. Again.

[Marc Overmars]

Big fan of Ronaldo me, so I wouldn't mind if his WPotY award is rubber stamped with a win.

Atleti winning would be an amazing achievement though, arguably the greatest in modern history.

[Maestro]

coverage starts, fuck these pundits

[Master Splinter]

With Crooknapp having blemished a promising week for football and threatening to undo ours and Atletico's good work in attempting to save the sport, Real Madrid/The Spanish Government must be stopped to avoid a return to complete darkness.

One final push from Atletico is needed. Hope they use every trick in the book against a doped-up failure of a team who are also perhaps the biggest cheats in the history of the game alongside Barcelona and Chelsea.

Come the fuck on football.

[Master Splinter]

Real XI: Casillas; Carvajal, Ramos, Varane, Coentrao; Khedira, Modric, Di Maria; Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo
Subs: Diego López, Pepe, Marcelo, Arbeloa, Morata, Isco, Illarra

Atletico XI: Courtois; Juanfran, Godin, Miranda, Filipe Luis; Gabi, Tiago, Koke, Raul Garcia; Villa, Diego Costa
Subs: Aranzubia, Mario Suarez, Adrian, Rodriguez, Alderweireld, Diego, Sosa

[Munchies]

:popcorn:

[Rors]

Gerrard. Pundit. Yeah, that'll work.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ehhhmmmm.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Wages the same as Fulham's :haha:

2005. :cloud9: Of course.

[Rors]

"Yeah I've seen this hehe errrrjhhhhm"

[Master Splinter]

Stevie Me with great On Paper analysis.

Chiles continually painting Atletico as a one-dimensional completely defensive unit. That's Chelsea, you moron.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Waddle. :haha:

Yeah who has heard of David Villa?

[Rors]

Abort Mission.

[Rors]

Waddle. :haha:

Yeah who has heard of David Villa?

Dare I ask what this is a reference to?

[fakeyank]

How Real Madrid spent one billion to get to another Champions League final:

What is the net spend?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Champions League music.

:bow:

[GP]

The trophy is bigger than I remember.