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Ten Hag may be the new Bayern manager

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wooot nil nil at the Camp Nou FT Slavia bossed them

we need tp bring in a DMF thi summer or next to groom and to give a rock rib option for a game we play fall back dump Barkley, replace with a hybrid DMF/CMF like the more than likely potential superstar (and so young, he only turns 17 in 5 days) Camavinga he will be a difference maker for ages and better to pay £50-60m or so than 125m or more down the road the lad is otherworldly in talent he single handedly destroyed a superb PSG team Kante is the ULTIMATE mentor to him 16-Year-Old Eduardo Camavinga's Man Of The Match Highlights Vs PSG Are Out Of This World https://www.sportbible.com/football/reactions-take-a-bow-16-year-old-eduardo-camavinga-put-on-a-masterclass-against-psg-20190819

Alonso starts

Barca look like dogshit v Slavia Praha so far

I am aware of the huge gulf between peak Messi and all but maybe 10 players in history I only tossed those stats out to show the INSANE gap in quality 200 MORE goals in what for peak Messi was 3 or 3.5 seasons minutes is CRAY 700% more productivity

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perhaps exhibit A Eriksen! Zaha at £40m, fine (IF we fail on the only actually available non-Mbappe winger I truly rate, that being Sancho) Zaha at £80m? Palace can fuck off

As a winger, I would have to say dud given what is reputation is versus what his production is PLUS, as you said, IF we did buy him next summer, we only get 2 full sub 30yo seasons out of him, he turns 30 in only 3 years, 5 days, so say 3 peak (if you count a 2//3rds of a season at 30yo as a peak year, which I probably would, although for most wingers it would be the last or near last year before a significant turndown in play, as most players are not genetic freaks like CR7 or Messi or Zlatan) years left, MAX, and a vastly reduced resale value after that Zaha literally has NO GOALS this season, in almost a thousand minutes, on a fairly decently performing Palace team Zaha has 32 total EPL goals in close to 15,000 MINUTES!!!! (to put that into perspective, in Messi's top 15,000 minute run in his career he scored 234 goals, all comps for club and country, which is over TWO HUNDRED MORE, roflmaooooo) <<<< and Messi was putting in SILLY, insane total minute seasons (so cray cray stress and fatigue) on occasion in that time, more than double some of Zaha's total season minutes whilst still scoring at an average strike rate that is 700% (no not 70%, SEVEN FUCKING HUNDRED percent) GREATER Zaha's rate is one league goal every 457 minutes (in other words it takes him more that 5 full games to score a league goal, and more than 5 games in reality as he never comes close to averaging a full 90 minutes for every league game in a season (which would mean 3420 minutes for a full 38 game season) To be fair no wingers play every single minute of all 38 league games, especially at a world class club level like we are at, what with 2 domestic cups and Europe (EL or CL) also in the mix, plus an occasional CS and/or Super Cup and/or FWCC tossed in too, but it is madness to think that an extra 500 to 1000 minutes more (in non PL games) a season will make him score MORE league goals, he already has durability issues

I think we need to reach higher than Aké and go for a killer, truly WC CB I do not want to start to worry that Rudiger is headed down the path to multiple injuries year after year that clog his career (I will be fucking gutted, he is one of my favourite Chels players in the last 10 years), but it still makes sense to grab a top CB, and Aké is not that, he is a 'settle for' Zouma is a disaster waiting to happen against a very strong pressing team, and he utterly lacks the passing skills as well, save for a VERY rare occasion he is a very large physical lad, and offer aerial skills (to a point, he is NOT a Terry, not even close) but he simply is not top class and if we can get around £40m for him from Everton, then we are mad as ass to not bite their hand off IMHO my number wants, crucial needs (with my dream signings for each) are CB (Konate or Romagnoli) Winger (Sancho, and unless you count the pure pipe dream (I could make the money work, lolol) of Mbappe as a winger, then it is a huge drop off after Sancho as I no longer trust Ousmane Dembélé atm ) LB Chilwell (I have went from open to him to now a must must buy, only other truly class option who will not be outrageous price (think Alaba and Gaya) would be Alex Telles, and this coming summer is the last go round for him in my book, as he turns 28 in the middle of next season and I refuse to recco fullbacks who we will not get at least 3 full or partial under 30yo seasons out of, as 95% of them drop off the edge once they hit 30, as I have documented multiple times since I joined the board) BTW, Alaba (very near same age as me) is 6 months older than Telles, so he is probably off my board for a 2021 move along with Telles (unless they were offered at a superb price, which is a zero chance with Alaba, because BAYERN, roflmaoooo). then 2 positions that are not CRUCIAL for next year, but do need to be addressed very soon (surely by 2021) CF (I am wide open as to whom to go after, and a lot depends on what we do with Bats (seems to be becoming the eternal question, lolol) If we could pinch Vardy for 2 years that would sort it, but he will not want to give up being the man at Leicester, and we simply cannot spend a lot on a soon to be 33 year old player IF Watford get relegated, I would make a play for João Pedro (18yo Brasilian wunderkind on Fluminense, who they (Watford) own the rights to) or Donyell Malen (20yo from PSV Eindhoven, 16 goals, 7 assists in 19 games, including Europe) or maybe 22 yo 1.92m beast Jean-Philippe Mateta from Mianz (14 league goals in only a little over half a season) or finally Pedro (Guilherme), a 22yo 1.85m very skilled young Brasilan striker from Fiorentina. ...............................In terms of NOT completely super young and and already HQ, Werner is 95% going to Bayern, so he is off the board, Piatek has fallen back down to earth, Iñaki Williams has a 130 million euro release clause now, so that leaves a reach like Richarlison (and he will NOT sit on the bench) or maybe Lautaro Martínez (will cost insane quid to prise him off of Inter) or Moussa Dembélé from Lyon or finally, wild card, Andrea Belotti, who is ON FIRE again for Torino DMF (Thomas Partey of Atleti is a STEAL at his £45m release clause and is WC now, at peak now, or go full massive superstar youth potential and grab Camavinga from Stade Rennais (my number one choice) or Florentino (Shitty all over him) or Sandro Tonali (he WILL move this summer, Brescia may well get relegated).. Any of those 4 is a HUGE and smart buy Watford teenager Joao Pedro granted work permit year after signing https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50229832

Aké turns 26 in the middle of next season, so he damn well better be developed at that age. As to who should be replaced, it simply must be Zouma, Everton will be even more desperate for him, so £40m is hardly a stretch. There si zero chance we can win the league or go deep, deep in the CL with Zouma as a mainstay CB. He is simply not up to the grade on ball handling and passing. Romagnoli is ripe for the taking next year. AC Milan are pure shit atm, and at his age, in his prime years (he is 5 weeks older than Aké) he simply needs to be convinced to not have a decent team around him until he is possibly 30 years old. The other main option (Skriniar is going to be a huge target of Shitty, and I finally found confirmation that José Giménez does indeed now have a 120 euro release clause, so no go there) is one I prefer even more, the beast (1.94m pure slab of muscle, super pacey, 21 years old the end of May 2020) named Ibrahima Konaté of RB Leipzig. He is Zouma on steroids, with a far better ball playing and passing ability. Koulibaly (and is 6 or 7cms taller than KK) level potential (KK turns 30 right after next season, so not worth the insane money Napoli and the poison dwarf will still demand next summer) and already has years of starting and playing in the CL. The only other truly WC CB's who would be remotely available would be Marquinhos (intriguing as he is also a great DMF) , Rúben Dias, and the hardest to pull of all of these, Raphaël Varane (who does turn 28 near the end of next season, and propbaly only could be pulled if we had some sort of swap (Varane plus another player) deal for Kante (and even that is doubtful, as Real are pure Cunts when it comes to selling. Ibrahima Konaté

CIES Football Observatory Monthly Report n°49 - November 2019 The demographics of football in the European labour market 1. Introduction The 49th Monthly Report of the CIES Football Observatory analyses clubs from 31 European top divisions from the standpoint of the demographic characteristics of their players. The study covers the period from 2009 to 2019. For this last year, the sample is made up of 11,692 footballers spread out over 463 teams (25.3 players per club). To be included, a player has to be present on the 1st of October of the year of reference in the first team squad of the clubs analysed. Moreover, he must have already played in domestic league games during the current season or, this being not the case, to have played matches in adult championships during each of the two preceding seasons (B-teams not included). The second and third goalkeepers are taken into account in all cases. Figure 1: study sample Date: 01/10/2019 2. Age The average age of players in the leagues analysed has changed little since 2009. On the 1st October 2019, it was 26.07 years compared to 25.90 ten years before. The lowest value was measured in 2014 (25.83 years of age). The average age then increased slightly (+0.24 years). In 2019, the most numerous age class was that of players aged 24. Players of 21 years of age or under account for 20.8% of clubs’ squads in the sample studied. Figure 2: age pyramid 2009 vs 2019 Almost four years separate the youngest league (Slovakia) from that made up of the oldest players (Turkey). The French Ligue 1 is the only big-5 league where footballers are younger than the average measured for the 31 championships studied. Several Eastern European countries are among those whose clubs are made up of the most experienced players (Hungary, Bulgaria, Russia or Czech Republic). Figure 3: average age per league Date: 01/10/2019 3. Training The training analysis is based on the notion of club-trained players. In accordance with the UEFA definition, the latter are those having spent at least three seasons between the ages of 15 and 21 in their home team. After having fallen sharply up until 2018, the presence of club-trained players in the leagues studied has stabilised. On the 1st October 2019, it was 17.2% (+0.2% in comparison to the historic minimum of the previous year). Figure 4: % of club-trained players Evolution 2009-2019 The highest percentage of club-trained players was recorded in Denmark (27.4%). In only three other countries was this proportion over a quarter: Slovenia, Norway and Switzerland. At the other end of the scale, club-trained players only accounted for around 9% of squads of Turkish, Portuguese and Italian teams. As for the five major championships, the highest value was measured in Spain: 20.9%. Figure 5: % of club-trained players per league Date: 01/10/2019 4. Importation The internationalisation level of the football players’ labour market can be measured through the notion of expatriates. It defines players having grown up outside of the national association of their employer club and having gone abroad for football-related reasons. This definition has the advantage of isolating migrations directly linked to the practice of football. Indeed, the foreign players having grown up in the association of their employer team are not considered as expatriates. Figure 6: % of expatriate players Evolution 2009-2019 For the fifth consecutive year, a record value was recorded for expatriates. The latter henceforth account for 41.8% of players in the sample. Ten years previously, this percentage was only 34.7%. The increase observed over the last year was, however, the lowest recorded since 2014: +0.2%. The highest levels of expatriate players were measured in four Mediterranean countries: Cyprus, Portugal, Turkey and Italy. Greece also has many players imported from abroad. The other leagues where expatriates represent a majority of squads are to be found in Great Britain (England and Scotland) and in Western Europe (Belgium and Germany). Figure 7 : % of expatriate players per league Date: 01/10/2019 5. Stability Between 2009 and 2017, the average length of stay of players in the first team squad of their employer club has progressively fallen to reach an all-time low of 2.22 years. This value has little changed since then. In 2019, 42.9% of players in the sample had been recruited during the year. This percentage does not include players freshly promoted from a youth academy. In total, 63.9% of players present on the 1st October 2019 were recruited after the 1st January 2018. Figure 8: year of recruitment pyramid* 2009 vs 2019 All the countries where the players recruited in 2019 accounted for a majority of squads are situated in Eastern Europe (Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria) and Southern Europe (Cyprus, Turkey, Portugal, Israel and Greece). Conversely, most of the countries where clubs have the fewest new recruits are located in Western and Northern Europe. This finding reveals different cultural approaches to squad management and the transfer market. Figure 9: % of players recruited during the year per league Date: 01/10/2019 6. Conclusion Particularly noticeable between 2009 and 2018, the trend in the European labour market for footballers towards less stability and a greater international mobility has declined over the past year. Although the level of expatriates in the leagues studied has reached a new record, the increase observed was less marked than in previous years: +0.2% as opposed to an average of +1.2% between 2014 and 2018. For the first time since 2009, when the CIES Football Observatory started gathering the data presented in this report, the percentage of club-trained players has grown. However, this increase remains very limited (+0.2%). As a result, it is very difficult to claim that the tendency towards fewer club-trained footballers has reversed. In the same vein, the halt in the decrease in the average length of stay of players in their club does not necessarily imply a return towards more stability. From next year onwards, it will be very interesting to monitor if the increasing economic disparities between teams from different countries will push a greater number of clubs with limited means to concentrate on the promotion of locally trained talents. This holds particularly true in Eastern Europe (Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, etc.) and Southern Europe (Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, etc.), where transfer market activity is particularly prevalent.

Bayern, Arsenal, Real Madrid? Which club will push the panic button marked 'Jose Mourinho' next? https://www.espn.co.uk/football/english-premier-league/story/3981190/bayernarsenalreal-madrid-will-jose-mourinho-ever-get-another-big-job-again

I can see that, except Fiorentina are absolute CUNTS to deal with (Chiesa for instance)

thanks so much! It was in 2000, when was 7 years old, so it has been almost 20 years. I idolised him, he was a DJ, which is partially where I got my love of music from (my parents too, my mum was a part-time jazz singer, and my father a part-time jazz clarinettist, which is how they met) My other brother can play multiple instruments and my sis is a great singer (she never did much with it) I am the only one with no real innate musical talent, other than I can dance me arse off, roflmooo.. I can spin a bit too, but nothing super serious. grew up listening to things like this coming from my father's library Jimmy Giuffre 3 Flight, Bremen 1961 Goodbye (Live)

Thanks (about my brother)

Thanks so much

They are a joke. They can just fuck off.

I had 2 brothers (the oldest one one died years ago in really bad circumstances ) They are/were both close to (the oldest) and over (2.01m) 2 metres tall, so yes not quite trees, but pretty close, It is hard on women who are 1.90m and taller, for the reasons you said, and if you are lesbian, it is even worse (as women are overall much shorter than men), lolol. My sis is straight and has had some really tall BF's in the past, and some who were a wee bit shorter (only 2 that I recall). Her kids (she is almost 20 years older than me, I am a REAL baby of the fam) are going to pass us all up, I think, or at least some (my oldest niece and nephew are taller than me and the other too soon will be as well!) The tallest overall countries (height of people wise) I have been in are the Dinaric Alps region. The Dutch are also very tall on average, and Swedes too (our numbers are bit skewed downward, as we have such a high rate now of non European immigrants, who are shorter and drag the average down). As a Londoner, I was very tall for a female, as is my wife (she is like a half a cm taller than I am, but I am so often in heels and she is a trainer-first girl, so many think I am the taller one,, lolol)

it is massively changing games and the race for the top 4, top 7 and relegation and all in between it is fucked up badly