lluubbeenn 182 Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago 1 hour ago, Reddish-Blue said: Guessing there will be a mutual termination next season between the club and Sterling. Maybe something like Lukaku who agreed to lower his demands to get a permanent move to Italy. To be fair to Lukaku his first priority was to play, not the money. For Sterling it seems the most important thing is staying in London and not moving his family. He has played/won enough to be satisfied. We got ourselves in this mess. Hope we find a way to get out of this situation without too much financial pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,982 Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago (edited) 2 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said: You know exactly why the club, and therefore its fans, have had to pay attention to making a profit on a section of our transfer activity. I'm sure you watched at least our matches in the CWC so I don't understand the basis for your, "glorified preseason tournament", claim. Teams gave their all in every game, coaches picked their top XIs, none rotated for the sake of it, fans whose tradition is for loud passionate support produced some of the loudest most passionate support imaginable. Not a single team invited to take part, refused. Some fans and ex players of unqualified teams cried and coped by pretending not to care but two of the world's truly great clubs, Barcelona and Liverpool, gave the game away by begging for invitations despite failing to qualify. Your attitude towards the CWC is out of step with its reality. Like I said, it’s nice to say we have won it all but that competition holds about as much merit as it did before when we won it in it’s previous format…I’m not getting sucked into this hype that we won something truly special because it was our club that won it. I’ll shamelessly brag about it when giving it to rival fans.. that’s a given but deep down we all know, it’s just a cash grab. Edited 5 hours ago by DDA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,085 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago (edited) 42 minutes ago, DDA said: Like I said, it’s nice to say we have won it all but that competition holds about as much merit as it did before when won it… I’m not getting sucked into this hype that we won something truly special because it was our club that won it. I’ll shamelessly brag about it when giving it to rival fans.. that’s a given but deep down we all know, it’s just a cash grab. Like all of us I'm delighted with the financial lifeline CFC earned by taking part in the CWC. Going into it I had no expectation that we might become world champions. My ambition was that we would maximise our income by reaching the quarter final before being eliminated there by PSG. At no point however did I feel towards the competition what you are now trying to tell me that I did. It is far, far, more valid than its predecessor and, unless damaged in the way I describe below, will only grow in prestige. The biggest threat to the future of the CWC might come from the top players because it would make no sense without them. While the financial incentives for clubs are overwhelming, the players bonuses won't mean as much to already super wealthy footballers. They would, I'm confident, love to continue participating in the CWC but may well request that the overall number of games they play be reduced by shortening or eliminating other competitions. Only if these conflicting interests cannot be resolved do I see a threat to the CWC and its status. I believe that people belittling the CWC are in the same boat as those who poo-pooed the nations World Cup when it was first introduced. That's to say one which is destined to sink without trace. Edited 4 hours ago by OhForAGreavsie Thor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,395 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 17 hours ago, Vesper said: I have been ranting about CB and GKer for years. Our spine is weak. Fact . CB is not good enough even GK - Sanchez at best is backup , Donnarumma was there, Maignan but people still believe cuz he have one good game with PSG who was shit anyway Sanchez is class they obviously forgot that he had the most mistakes that led to a goal last year . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,343 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Rock solid keeper and defenders are crucial. Mourinho in his first term the mantra was 'start at the back -you need a 100% safe pair of hands, then a rock defence, part of a spine' Two for every position. Utds rot set in after demise of Schmeichel, Van de Saar, Barthez and De Gea never had that consistency Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 17,961 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 12 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said: Rock solid keeper and defenders are crucial. Mourinho in his first term the mantra was 'start at the back -you need a 100% safe pair of hands, then a rock defence, part of a spine' Two for every position. Utds rot set in after demise of Schmeichel, Van de Saar, Barthez and De Gea never had that consistency ‘Attack wins you games. Defence wins you titles.’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,343 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Just now, Milan said: ‘Attack wins you games. Defence wins you titles.’ So true 💯 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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