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imo there is no way those guys would invest in football clubs if there wasn't so much money already in the game, all generated in one way or another by global fan interest, but they could support a very small, concentrated version of the current setup if they really wanted to (a la horse racing, which is kept alive primarily by the money that the horse owners put into the sport).
 
ilmaestro said:
imo there is no way those guys would invest in football clubs if there wasn't so much money already in the game, all generated in one way or another by global fan interest, but they could support a very small, concentrated version of the current setup if they really wanted to (a la horse racing, which is kept alive primarily by the money that the horse owners put into the sport).
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That might be the case but in Chelsea and Man City it is the owner's money that is keeping them running - Chelsea paid around £15m transfer fee for a new manager at the start of the season and sack him before the end of his first season - how many other clubs do that*?

Do you think clubs like Chelsea & Man City meet the financial fair play rules?

* Don't forget that compensation has to be paid for sacking him as well.
 
Mutsumi said:
Why would someone, when referring to the team one supports, say 'we' and not 'they'?
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Do you always have to find fault with this thread? Stop questioning every little thing for the sake of looking for an argument.
 
MaxonTreik said:
Mutsumi said:
Why would someone, when referring to the team one supports, say 'we' and not 'they'?
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Do you always have to find fault with this thread? Stop questioning every little thing for the sake of looking for an argument.
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I politely asked a question, which in turn was politely answered by others. If this is a problem for you, I suggest you take your concerns and shove them back up your arse. Stop trying to cause more trouble. Go bother someone else.
 
Bayern Munich v Chelsea it is then. Guess Jose Mourinho was spot on when he predicted that it wouldn't be a Real Madrid v Chelsea final.
 
In such a good mood right now. Haven't had a night this good in a long time. Hanging out with the favourite uncle, watched the girl with the dragon tattoo, had a great cheeseless pizza, had german beer and watched the football team I love get through to the champions league final!

Tonight has been fantastic :D
 
mangaman74 said:
Do you think clubs like Chelsea & Man City meet the financial fair play rules?
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This is a pretty interesting discussion, it is all too regular to see clubs doing things to get around financial restraints if they can. You see it all the time in US sports which have theoretically quite rigid pay structures and such, although they are constantly making rule changes (the most recent one being in baseball to rule out payments being guaranteed to players after they retire to bump up the value of their contract) to try to keep the playing field as level as possible. I do wish there was some sort of salary cap in the Prem.

Ath said:
Jose Mourinho was spot on
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I see what you did there. :lol:
 
So, Middlesbrough are staying in the Championship. Probably just as well. We kept giving away matches we should have won.

On the plus side, at least Middlesbrough is going to be the home of a footballing first, as the first Team GB warm-up matches are taking place at the Riverside Stadium (Brazil for the men, Sweden for the women).
 
I've just learnt that Darlington, who were relgated from the Blue Square Premier League, are now playing in the same division as Norton and Stockton Ancients, which now means there is a Stephenson's Rocket derby. I find that strangely pleasing.
 
So, Euro 2012 is underaway. That first match between Poland and Greece was one bumpy ride. It had just about everything except a victor.

My problem is that I only watch these matches while thinking of Hetalia. To me the reasons why Greece failed to win was because they were too busy thinking about cats.
 
Ian Wolf said:
So, Euro 2012 is underaway
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So that's what it is. I thought it was the first episode of a documentary series on how racism in Eastern Europe contributed to the Holocaust, presented by Roy Hodgson.
 
I think Putin's Russia is aiming more to be an emulation of the 1930s. Russian boys, in the Gulag, copies of the Communist Manifesto for goalposts, isn't it?
 
I'm glad Russia gave the Czechs a good arse kicking. Those pricks dived to deny Scotland a place in the Euros. Poland Greece game was rather dull and the ref was terrible.
 
I'll be supporting Germany mainly, then Spain. I really don't want England to win; they won once in 1966, and people still go on about it. If they win again, it'll be years before we hear the end of it.
 
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