The General Football Thread

[Special Juan 28,089]

Johann Cruyff has died aged 68

[AWorriedChelseaFan 151]

32 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Johann Cruyff has died aged 68

RIP

 

Man, cancer's a bitch.

[pHaRaOn 2,131]

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One of African football's best-known figures, Stephen Keshi, has died at the age of 54, the Nigeria Football Association has said.

A former captain of the Nigeria national team, Keshi was one of only two men to win the Africa Cup of Nations both as a player and a coach.

He also managed Togo and Mali, and his playing career included a spell for Belgian club side Anderlecht.

He is thought to have suffered a heart attack, local media reported.

The former international football player and coach had lost his wife of 35 years, Kate, last year after a prolonged battle with cancer.

 “He was not ill at all, never showed any signs of illness, but we suspect he never got over the death of his wife,” a friend said.

 

This is so sad. He was some character.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

36 minutes ago, pHaRaOn said:

This is so sad. He was some character.

It's so painful, he's one of the best coaches we've had in Nigeria. I never knew why we didn't keep him, and now he lost his wife and dies few months later, life is tough.......

[Kieran. 6,317]

6 hours ago, kellzfresh said:

It's so painful, he's one of the best coaches we've had in Nigeria. I never knew why we didn't keep him, and now he lost his wife and dies few months later, life is tough.......

That is really sad, RIP to Stephen and condolences to his family & the Nigerian people

[Special Juan 28,089]

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2016/aug/18/david-squires-on-hope-solos-inglorious-exit-from-the-olympic-games

[Unionjack 7,531]

Theres been a few moans just lately about Diego wanting to move back to AM and he had tried last summer to get the move done.

Obviously this didn't happen. ?But he got his head down and has scored a few goals for us.

The moans are along the lines of Diego is a traitor, Diego is selfish, Diego can do one cause I only weant players here who want to be here etc etc,

But just imagine playing with some diva who comes out saying that he wants the club to get rid of6 of his own team mates for various reasons!

Now how would you think the dressing rooms atmosphere is like after those statements?

Would you keep him on or cut the poison out? Or is he bigger than the team and what he says goes?

Cristiano Ronaldo wants Real Madrid to sell these players: Man United and Chelsea on alert

CRISTIANO RONALDO reportedly wants Real Madrid to sell up to six players this summer.

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/783651/Real-Madrid-News-Cristiano-Ronaldo-Karim-Benzema-Raphael-Varane-Man-Utd-Morata-Chelsea

[Special Juan 28,089]

Monaco have been excellent this season and deserve to win Ligue1 but fuck me what a disaster for PSG, right up there with failure on Man City and United scales.

[Special Juan 28,089]

Cheick Tiote has died after collapsing during training. Horrendous.

[Leif 6,006]

Both stress & genetic predisposition are the main causes of heart attacks. It's a myth that obesity, inactivity, etc, is as bad as they make out. Inactivity may increase your chances of heart attack by 40%, so athletes are safe from that, but stress can put your chances of 'something' to over 200% - it's just Russian Roulette which decides if you're lucky enough to have a breakdown only, or if you go further into heart attack, stroke, or whatever. 

None of us can escape predisposition though, that's 1 thing I wish more people took to heart. We can do everything in the world, but nature's nature, and we can't control it or our body's future - we can just line up our ducks carefully and hope it improves our chances at health.