johnnythefirst

This is why I will always like this guy. Did it straight after the final penalty without going to his teammates first.

One decent game and the English newspapers change their opinion almost completely. What a mockery.

Nice first half all in all. Also, I spotted OG Ronaldo. Still better than that crybaby in Madrid.

So, why didn't Baba play for more than half a season? Not ready I guess.

The fucking dude didn't fucking say anything and the papers have been going crazy for the last 24 hours. I could be considered a journalist in a way, and I'm disgusted by my own profession. Also HLN is a shit paper, they'll write anything.

Would putting him in the centre make him more or less prone to accidents? I'm guessing less, right?

Yeah, and he'll win three of them in London, right? ;-)

Essentially there would be a bigger chance for him to win some CL cups waiting (as things are now, let's be realistic) and a chance to live in Paris in a city that speaks his language. Essentially there's no difference in playing for PSG in France than it is to play for Bayern in Germany. You'll get yourself a lot of titles unless you completely screw up the season. This said, If he ever leaves; it will be to Madrid.

Which world class players that everyone else wants as well will you buy for 40 million each, especially in a season without European Football.

He actually was much more effective with the Belgian team this season than he was with Chelsea. Which is a first... Didn't say that he played exceptionally well, but he scored and opened up games, even with his dip in form.

The whole team has been awful the whole season. Have you been watching any games? I don't know about Lithuania, but having to watch the Mourinho games this season could be considered torture in some countries.

Some people are really too stupid to understand how our media works. Hazard spends a whole article essentially saying nothing at all and being nice to everyone, they take one line out of context and put it in the title: *BAM* HAZARD WANTS TO GO TO PSG!!! Idiots.

I wouldn't buy him now. He started the season very well, but the whole team is going through a tough couple of months now. It's a mentality problem and I think they're tired of the manager. Bit of the Mourinho story. Keep in mind, this dude is only 18 and he's in his 3rd first team season. Anderlecht is not Championship level btw, since they qualified i a EL group with Tottenham and Monaco. Anderlecht and Ghent would most likely not relegate in the current PL. They'd be mid to low mid table.

Damn, just saw the pictures. Sickening injury, poor guy...

Seems like he needed a full 30 minutes to adapt to the La Liga level, got bullied quite a bit in that period, but by the second half his rushes could only be stopped by fouling him, eventually getting someone sent off. Looking at the poor quality of players Betis has, he'll probably start most games and get a year and a half of experience playing some of the world's best teams. He made a very smart move.

Someone put his match on a VHS-tape or something and ram it up the ass of whoever was responsible for him not getting a single minute of game time in 2 years. Chelsea wasted two years of his career. I've said it enough.

Proud people who want to make their own league great. They don't care about Europe, they want top football right next door.

There is absolute poverty in every city in the world. Check your local train station at night, for a start.

Also, and then I'll shut up again: poverty is a worldwide problem. It's our responsibility as well. This is obviously coming from someone who thinks nationalism is an idiotic sentiment (well, it's okay during the world cup but that's about it).

The British Empire got rich by sucking all the wealth out of half of the rest of the world. Same goes for the Belgians btw. So yeaaaaaaah, poverty might not be a problem here (I don't agree with that statement btw), but we sure helped keeping Africa and half of Asia poor. Also, every PL match gets broadcasted in China, they're crazy about it, they just don't have a decent league.

I was just mentioning the situation in Russia is almost identical. Yes, the lowest of the lowest labour might be less cheap ok, but poverty is a very real thing in Mother Russia as well. Why should English teams be able to spend 50 million on a player but not Chinese clubs? They could have fed a lot of hungry stomachs with the KDB transfer fee as well. It's a complete non argument.

Are you serious? Your own club is being sponsored by a Russian oligarch/mobster (probably :p). I know several people who left Russia for China to teach English, making three times the money they would have made at home. This said, the fact they can get a player in his prime for that money is kinda scary. That league is complete shit, so I thought they would only be able to get the 36 year olds wanting some quick cash before their retirement. Also, there's a big difference between the Chinese countryside and the major cities. Shanghai & Beijing (the two main ones I've visited) are basically first world cities (with lots of poverty hid away between the skyscrapers, but without any real slums you'd see in India for example). The city centres look awesome. Hong Kong on the other hand is one of the richest cities on the planet. They have less poverty than we do.

No offense, but didn't he pork a teammate's wife and then secretly paid for the abortion? I'd say that's pretty shitty. Not that it matters.

The smart thing to do with people like Terry (and Lampard) would be to keep them at the club in a sub-role and I don't know, teach the kids while keeping them focused at the same time. He's not worse than any other defender you have and Ivanovic gets a new fucking contract. And then people get mad when Lamps signs for City.

Thank fucking god.