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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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
It's more like a bribe to UEFA so they can keep on doing whatever the hell they like.
Bale and Ronaldo should be fit for the final.
Diego Costa is a big doubt.
:popcorn:
Football could be on life support tbh
Think Real Madrid will win it unfortunately.
Sky are showing the 2006 final today. :(
Still haven't gotten round to watching it fully.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Probably never will..
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
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:
You monster.
How Real Madrid spent one billion to get to another Champions League final:
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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
I've always liked Real Madrid, but Atletico winning the double would be amazing.
:scarf:
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Saw that and just laughed. What an achievement if they win it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Munchies
Atleti. :pray:
Please save football. Again.
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.
coverage starts, fuck these pundits
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.
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
:popcorn:
Gerrard. Pundit. Yeah, that'll work.
Ehhhmmmm.
Wages the same as Fulham's :haha:
2005. :cloud9: Of course.
"Yeah I've seen this hehe errrrjhhhhm"
Stevie Me with great On Paper™ analysis.
Chiles continually painting Atletico as a one-dimensional completely defensive unit. That's Chelsea, you moron.
Waddle. :haha:
Yeah who has heard of David Villa?
Abort Mission.
Dare I ask what this is a reference to?Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
What is the net spend?Quote:
Originally Posted by Munchies
Champions League music.
:bow:
The trophy is bigger than I remember.
Estadio da Emirates :bow:
No stars apart from Costa...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rors
Not sure it worked live though...!Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Pearls of wisdom there from Mr "If it had gone in..." FaceQuote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Come on Atleti!
Clear pen :lol:
Not.
Come on Atleti. Not sure I can put up with Neville for the whole game.
Benzema fucks it up.
Bale the thug.
There goes the one star..