islingtonclaret Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Milner has been absolutely shit in the past 2 England games. Has your footballing experience been as rewarding as your salary Jimmy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Anyone else get pissed off with these T-shirt messages that seem to out after every goal. I can see the FA getting fed up with it too soon. Carlos Tevez with the name of hios childhood neighbourhood Tevez again with a more specific reference to building he grew up in and Nasri with a reference to Ramadam. Ballotelli being a c0ck. I think pre-printed 'messages' after every goal is a bit too much now. Anyone agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Don't see what so wrong with it tbh?? :? I agree after EVERY goal it becomes ridiculous.. But every so often is not so bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Up until recently it has been 'now and then' but Man City seem to be having pre-printed (complete with kit manufacturers logo) shirts displayed after every goal for stupid places like the area Tevez grew up. The football field is not the place and after a goal is not the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Guttierez at Newcastle has to be the worst with that Spiderman mask. Took him something like 2 seasons to finally score for them having had it shoved in his pants the whole time. He earned his **** salary the day he scored having to put that over his head..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted August 20, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted August 20, 2012 I thought the Balotelli one was excellent. All the others are just shite though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 I thought the Balotelli one was excellent. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Maybe something like a salary cap would help ? Good point. If Man United can only offer the same wages as Wigan Athletic then maybe a player would be more likely to be loyal and stay at Wigan. If Man Utd can only offer the same wages as Wigan Athletic then the player would go and play for Inter Milan or Bayern instead, who could pay more. Salary cap will only work if all the countries agree to do it at the same time. Even then you'll have to convince all the players currently on contracts that they'll have to sign a new contract on considerably less money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I thought the Balotelli one was excellent. All the others are just shite though. Apparently Heskey had some absolute corkers lined up under his shirt. He just never got to reveal them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted August 21, 2012 Moderator Share Posted August 21, 2012 Maybe something like a salary cap would help ? Good point. If Man United can only offer the same wages as Wigan Athletic then maybe a player would be more likely to be loyal and stay at Wigan. If Man Utd can only offer the same wages as Wigan Athletic then the player would go and play for Inter Milan or Bayern instead, who could pay more. Salary cap will only work if all the countries agree to do it at the same time. Even then you'll have to convince all the players currently on contracts that they'll have to sign a new contract on considerably less money. It would be almost impossible to implement a salary cap, the number of inducements or outside influences would be a nightmare to track - I wouldn't have the first clue how to track the tax and legal minefield of player earnings, but what I can do is count to 20. We should reduce all squads to 20 players (plus as many under 20's as you like) and reduce the number of subs available in any game to 5. Then City could still have the very best 20 players in the world and keep the league full of celebrities and strong in foreign TV markets, but then when they have injuries, they're affected in the same way as anyone else. It would mean that having the right blend of players and using them properly would matter a whole lot more than it does now - it'd make the manager a little bit more important to success and the owner a little bit less important to success. Which is how it should be. It'd mean that teams like us could afford to compete with the bigger teams on the continent in terms of salary - reduce the number of big salaries you're paying out and you can pay the group that's left more on average. A Premier league with less £20k a week fillers and more £80k a week players would mean the big names would stay put in England. Of course, when you're currently allowed to have the kind of squad Utd have, and you can afford it like Citeh can or Chelsea can, then there's not going to be any real support to change that to the detriment of these teams - and from a TV perspective these sides are the movie equivalents of Tom Cruise, Batman and Star Wars - easy box office; SKY don't pay all that money to sell Villa vs Wigan - that means they have way too much influence and it means that even the slightest move towards parity just isn't going to happen in the current climate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 The NFL draft system is much better. Whoever finishes lasts gets the first pick (of the best young players) in the draft. Whoever finishes first gets the last pick. There's no relegation/promotion though. So ultimately small clubs will always remain small clubs, big clubs will always be big clubs. How is that fair? Not really. The "small clubs" will get access to the best young players in the draft which help them them improve and catch up with the "big clubs." The big clubs never get relegated in England anyway. Depends on your definition of big clubs. If you use the Sky definition then that only relates to Man United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea as well as now, Man City. However, Leeds United are a big club, Sheffield Wednesday are a big club, Sheffield United to a slightly lesser extent, Nottingham Forest could be argued as a big club, Blackburn - not what I would class as big club but nevertheless one of only five teams to win the Premier League. Compare these to some of the current incumbents of Premier League spots - Wigan, Swansea, QPR, Fulham, Stoke, Reading, Norwich - none of these are big clubs. Point being, you're wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 However, Leeds United are a big club, Sheffield Wednesday are a big club, Sheffield United to a slightly lesser extent, Nottingham Forest could be argued as a big club, Blackburn - not what I would class as big club but nevertheless one of only five teams to win the Premier League. also Newcastle were relegated only 3 years ago and they are a big enough club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 What the hell is going on there this yr. Looking so shaky at the back....missing the steel of De Jong in CM. Wouldnt be surprised to see Jose Mourinho in charge next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted October 4, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2012 They need to stop playing 3 at the back. There's no need for them to change from the formation last year. Seemed to work for them. Though, Kompany has been off form which is really surprising. Was an absolute monster last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Man City are starting to feel the downside of having 20+ top class players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I find it really odd that they hired a manager who never did well in the Champions League. I mean his record is really bad, always got out of the group but never made it pass the Quarters.. And then Jose comes in and wins it within the next 2 years.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 in fairness at Inter he had one tactic. pass to Zlatan. good enough for Serie A but not big European games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Mancini held secret talks with Monaco last season before signing his five-year deal at Citeh. Citeh's new director of football and the new chief executive previously worked at Barcelona so maybe it's a matter of time before Guardiola's arrival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Yep, I can't see Mancini lasting beyond this season, regardless of what they might win. If they get bounced from all three cups, and they hit a rough patch in the league, he might even get the sack during the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Yep, I can't see Mancini lasting beyond this season, regardless of what they might win. If they get bounced from all three cups, and they hit a rough patch in the league, he might even get the sack during the season. Well, they've certainly been bounced from one cup mate. Heard they got shafted 2-4, at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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