johnnythefirst

I don't know. I would just like to see him eat his balls in public.

Besides all of the other stuff, I would absolutely love a forced public apology by Mourinho.

Whether Trump wins the nomination or not, he'll destroy the Republican party for years to come... He doesn't stand a chance in a general election, but if he doesn't get the nomination to run, his massive ego will force him to go independent and 99% of the votes he'll get will come from Republicans.

Did you see the brilliant piece on Trump by John Oliver? It turns out the guy literally changed his mind completely on every major issue. The point with Trump is that no one has a clue what he actually believes or what he actually will do. Hillary, who I don't like as well, will just continue Obama's policies if you ask me. And while Obama has his faults (and he should give back his Nobel Peace Price straight away), he did a lot of decent things as well, seeing what a mess he received from the previous administration and seeing how the republicans would rather see the country go bankrupt than having him succeed. -He tried to get a decent healthcare system running but failed because they made him water it down too much. -Deficit is down -Jobs are up -Universal gay rights -He posed some very good questions on the American gun culture -He didn't START any new major wars. There were interventions, but there are no new massive clusterfuck invasions like Afghanistan and Iraq. -Better relations with Cuba -Better relations with Iran -Essentially outsmarted Putin every chance he got (despite what all the Russian internet trolls on 9gag will say, Putin seriously fucked himself and his country). -Better relations with the EU (it's true) Essentially history will see him as a decent president, while Bush will obviously still be seen as a terrible one. Now imagine what clowns like Trump (does someone really want that guy as the main representative of his country, the guy is a cartoon character) or Cruz will do.

You are completely right in all of those cases. The Saudi alliance with almost every major power in the world is absolutely disgusting (they're bombing Jordan in our name as well these days), and it's about damn time someone told Erdogan to go fuck himself. He's actually helping ISIS by demolishing the Kurds (the only guys who have been fighting them since the start). An independent peacekeeper army under UN rule (and no more UN security council veto rights) would be the best idea ever, but it will not happen in our lifespan.

Because I believe people in need should be helped. Ideally, we should have an actual UN Peacekeeper army with a good mandate to stand in between warring parties, specifically to prevent these kind of civil wars from escalating. I'm very aware that interference from national armies like the US are not beneficiary. But hey, I can dream. ;-)

Could you tell me why you would support someone like Cruz? I'm not attacking you, I would just like to know...

Remember the previous eight years a republican ruled? I'd love to see Sanders get the presidency, he's the only decent person in the whole pack, but I'm afraid that's very much not going to happen.

Apparently there was a Bayern scout present for Lukaku... Don't think he'd fit in actually.

Black guys are just ridiculously good at sports. That's why 80% of the NBA is black.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Funnyman. Tell me how many of your prized youngsters made it to the first team and stayed there for more than a couple of games since John Terry in the late nineties? There you go.

It's not about being in a bigger league at that age in my eyes, it's about playing as much as you can and about getting experience playing against non-U21 teams. He still wasted time, since any smart manager would have given him either a chance or a loan more than a year ago.

I'm no expert on Libya, but the question is what you should do when a president starts to shoot his own people and a major part of the country rises up against him. I don't believe the whole Arab spring was orchestrated by the US. Ghadaffi for example had been in power unchallenged for decades, and was minding his own business. Let's pick a more clear example: Assad is obviously a mass murderer. The largest number of civilian casualties are still made by the Syrian army, not by ISIS. What should be done about him? Nothing? Invasion? The half-hearted stuff we are doing now? It's not an easy decision. The country is going to be in ruins whatever option you choose. The difference with Iraq is that it was a dictatorship too, but a stable one, posing no threat at all to its neighbors and certainly not to the US or any NATO Members. Bush and his cronies decided to pull a massive invasion anyway. Costing thousands of American lives, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives and essentially creating a breeding ground for terrorists. It's proving to be one of the absolute worst decisions of the century and it was made because no one in the republican party seems to understand foreign politics. Trump is an insecure buffoon who puts his golden lettered name on penis shaped skyscrapers just to make himself feel better. Hillary might be establishment and working for "wall street in stead of main street" but Trump IS Wall Street. He's a billionaire who probably washes his hands after touching any of his blue collared fans. He doesn't want to make America great, he wants to make himself great and earn himself a statue. He doesn't know a flying fuck about the world outside of the US, doesn't have any political experience whatsoever, inherited all of his wealth and get endorsed by the KKK and doesn't mind. If I take a look at these candidates I'll gladly pick or Sanders or four more years of Obama. With all his faults, he's still a more qualified and more gracious leader than the lot of them. You're always going to have blood on your hands as the US president, the question is how much.

How exactly is she a war criminal, (unless you're talking about US foreign policies in general which would make every modern President technically a war criminal)? Not that I'm a fan, but she's obviously better than any of the current republican candidates running. That party has been on the wrong side of history since the Reagan days... Hillary is plastic, but any of those guys except maybe Kasich are very very scary, whether it's a ruthless but dangerously insecure business man like Trump who will say literally anything, or a ultraconservative Christian lunatic like Ted Cruz. Don't forget which party was in power when they lied to the UN about the reasons to invade Iraq, one of the main reasons for the current unsolvable fuck-up we've got with ISIS and the likes. If GW Bush ran today, he'd actually be one of the more progressive Republican candidates...

Well I don't know, since we never heard of them.

I'm not blaming Chelsea, I'm blaming most of the richest teams. They want to reap all the profits without actually having to put in any effort themselves. Look at my latest post in the European Leagues forum. It's appalling.

Actually your Russian mobster boss has the money. But hey, all is fair I guess. Enjoy ruining world football in the process. ;-) (I can joke on this forum right?)

The saddest thing is actually thinking about how many potential Charlies England has ruined in the past 15 years.

I would suggest you take a look around London, find your own talented youth and actually make them into good players in stead of roaming Europe to pluck away the almost finished product just to store them in your youth academy fridge for three years doing absolutely nothing with them. Brussels has 1 million inhabitants and keeps producing gems on an annual basis because we nurture them. London has ten or more times the people. There must be some good ones in there, no? Go find them and leave us alone.

This would be the ideal season to actually play them extensively. There is nothing left to win in the league, so you should have played has much youngsters as you possibly could. If none of them can get a permanent starting place, they'll be gone the first chance they get. RLC, Kenedy, Traore. All of them. Football players want to play, it's only natural. I respect this club, but as a Belgian, I sincerely hope none of our biggest talents get shipped to the Premier League before making it in our national league anymore. Musonda wasted two years. There is no denying it. Look at Tielemans at Anderlecht if you want a comparison. He'll probably be at Juve next year; after winning titles and after playing 12 CL matches. Charly is a year older hand has played a measly four matches on the highest level. Waste of fucking time.

Read this article please. It's absolutely disgusting, sorry. "The Champions League doesn't NEED Leicester" http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/04/champions-league-leicester-relevent-sports-charlie-stillitano They want to create a separate competition breaking away from the CL that would allow the biggest teams to compete every year. Chelsea is part of the talks. “What would Manchester United argue: did we create soccer or did Leicester create [it]?” said Stillitano, who met United’s executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, on Tuesday. “Let’s call it the money pot created by soccer and the fandom around the world. Who has had more of an integral role, Manchester United or Leicester? It’s a wonderful, wonderful story – but you could see it from Manchester United’s point of view, too.” “This is going to sound arrogant and it’s the furthest thing from it … but suddenly when you see the teams we have this summer in the ICC you are going to shake your head and say, ‘Isn’t that the Champions League?’” Stillitano said. “No, the Champions League is PSV and Ghent.” This is so insulting since PSV actually BEAT MAN UTD TO REACH THE SECOND ROUND. Fuck this fucking shit, if you want to play in the CL, WIN THE FUCKING LEAGUE

That was awesome...

Same here. I just wanted to say it's a very good thing he's already personally scouting him. He needs to be a NT regular in 2 years as far as I'm concerned. Just too talented and versatile, and he could learn from the best there.

Wilmots is going to be attending the Betis game tonight. He wants to find out what position Charlie is played and which tasks the manager actually gave him. I hope to see him in the NT squad after Euro 2016... Much better option for the future compared to the likes of Mirallas, Chadli and a bunch of others... None of them are going to be regular starters in the next few years, so might as well integrate Charlie. We're so lucky these days...

Apparently broke Everton's goal scoring record in one PL season. Is this true?