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[FootballFan]

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UEFA fiddle while Bayern kill German football

Bayern Munich are 20 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga table after just 23 games.
They average 2.8 points per match, compared to the 1.9 from nearest rival Borussia Dortmund.

The Bundesliga, hailed by UEFA chief Michel Platini as a beacon of fairness, is becoming a one-sided farce.

Succeeded in being 0.9 points per game behind Munich every weekend, succeeded in selling or losing its best players to them; succeeded in being steamrollered as the Bundesliga slides towards irrelevance. Just how UEFA designed it.

The person who wrote that article sounds very salty. Probably a Dortmund fan. I respect his opinion though.

 

[3Sixty]

Jagielka is injured and Phil Jones is Phil Jones.

Surely Wes Brown is due a recall.

 

[bone_and_sinew]

I didn't even know Gibraltar had a national team until I looked at today's list of fixtures.

 

[Lambda Pie]

these bans are magical.
2 weeks i was gone, 2 weeks Benfica kept clean sheets, Arsenal collapsed into 4th, Porto didn't win a single match, Real climbed to first in the league...

CAN'T WAIT to play Spurs, we always do well vs these shite mid-table PL sides.

 

[3Sixty]

I didn't even know Gibraltar had a national team until I looked at today's list of fixtures.

2nd ever official UEFA game.

Drew the first 0-0.

 

[FootballFan]

Oh god, this is amazing.

Craig Bellamy on Charlie Adam when he signed for liverpool for a second time:

Surely that is not real. Because it is amazing.

"Who is this cunt?" LOL

 

[3Sixty]

Surely that is not real. Because it is amazing.

"Who is this cunt?" LOL

|OT17| - cos this cunt's wank

 

[FootballFan]

An English article on how Bundesliga is shit and Bayern is horrible and unfair? Why, that's something new.

I suppose we should just buy the best players from other leagues? Where do the crowds tend to dwindle here in Germany? He's making shit up.

Yep.

"Oh shit Bayern's getting too good, I better make up an excuse now, so that after they destroy my team I can point to it. Because teams are not allowed to be this good, not fair"

Bayern has done everything within the rules and fairly right? If so, people need to build a bridge. I am almost certain the crowd numbers won't change. Writer is just a baby lol.

 

[Elchele]

Has this been posted?

UEFA fiddle while Bayern kill German football

Bayern Munich are 20 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga table after just 23 games.
They average 2.8 points per match, compared to the 1.9 from nearest rival Borussia Dortmund.

Next season Munich will take Dortmund’s best striker, Robert Lewandowski, on a free transfer, having already deprived them of Mario Gotze. They are also interested in Dortmund midfielder Ilkay Gundogan.
Carry on this way and very soon German domestic football, and a league that had been won by four different clubs in the last seven seasons, will be dead.

The Bundesliga, hailed by UEFA chief Michel Platini as a beacon of fairness, is becoming a one-sided farce.

If Michel Platini succeeds in killing one of the greatest leagues in Europe, if the crowds begin to dwindle as Munich’s unmatchable strength grows, if talent begins to drain from the land as German players realise unless they play in Bavaria they will never win, maybe the arguments against UEFA’s competition wreckers will become so obvious, so irresistible, that FFP will die.

We wish. Munich’s power is particularly dangerous as the club is intent on a German identity.
Barcelona and Real Madrid have always been international in outlook. Their biggest stars are foreign: Lionel Messi, Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale.

Munich love Franck Ribery but their ideal has always been the German powerhouse. It is the home players who are given positions of prominence at the club in retirement, not the imports.
So, by the time they have bought the best from every rival, and those rivals have been prevented from investing heavily in order to match them, what is left?

Jurgen Klopp — Dortmund coach and sure to leave soon because who wants to lose a league by 20 points and counting? — has compared the Bundesliga to Scotland.

Some thought he meant in the days of Old Firm domination. He didn’t. He was referring to Scotland now. One club, Celtic, that is so unhealthily strong its competitors are powerless.

Yet this week, UEFA secretary general Gianni Infantino held up Klopp’s Dortmund as the model of a club that had succeeded within the rules of financial fair play.

Succeeded in being 0.9 points per game behind Munich every weekend, succeeded in selling or losing its best players to them; succeeded in being steamrollered as the Bundesliga slides towards irrelevance. Just how UEFA designed it.

A lot of BS. Bayern has always tried to sign the best german players, and the best foreign ones, in the Bundesliga. This has happened all the time and will continue to happen because Bayern will always want to have the best german (german internationals) in their team.

The difference in points is that big because this is the best team in the world right now, it's obvious that nobody could compete with Bayern in a league system right now, unless you bring RM or Barcelona to the league. But how many seasons will this last? two more at best?

German clubs model is to make players in their academies, play them for a few years while they make some money in EL/CL and then they sell them to a foreign club or to Bayern/Dortmund for a profit. Then the circle restarts.

 

[bone_and_sinew]

|OT17| - cos this cunt's wank

|OT17| through |OT9,999| - I can't believe we've signed this useless cunt

 

[rvy]

who's this?

Cunt.

Have you heard the news?

It's a fucking lie.

 

[Yurt]

Marotta "Today I paid Real Madrid a visit, and even if I had in fact discussed Pogba and Vidal, I would not tell you." - SKY

For Di Maria or that underrated Coentrao lad.

 

[Elchele]

Jansen is the starting LB for Germany







:lol

 

[Lambda Pie]

Cunt.

Have you heard the news?

It's a fucking lie.

what news brother?

 

[MrKaepora]

these bans are magical.
2 weeks i was gone, 2 weeks Benfica kept clean sheets, Arsenal collapsed into 4th, Porto didn't win a single match, Real climbed to first in the league...

CAN'T WAIT to play Spurs, we always do well vs these shite mid-table PL sides.

You know what you have to do.

 

[rvy]

Marotta "Today I paid Real Madrid a visit, and even if I had in fact discussed Pogba and Vidal, I would not tell you." - SKY

For Di Maria or that underrated Coentrao lad.

pls

Coentrão would be murdered in Italy.

He could be great in the EPL, seeing as their defenders don't defend.

 

[FortuneFaded]

Oh god, this is amazing.

Craig Bellamy on Charlie Adam when he signed for liverpool for a second time:

Being a Coventry City fan I will always have a hatred for Craig Bellamy. Anyone he doesn't like is tops in my book.

 

[rvy]

what news brother?

Portuguese press is reporting that Marco Silva, Estoril's manager, will be announced on Monday as the new Porto manager. Not sure how much of that is true, I can see him accepting the job for next season but it's a bit silly for him to go there now. The team is in shambles, they have a terrible schedule in the next weeks and they are extremely close to finishing the league behind Benfica and Sporting, something that never happened since Pinto De Costa became their president.

RTP confirmed it, Estoril's president denied it. O Nojo claims they'll use Luís Castro till the season ends.

 

[Mr.Marston]

An English article on how Bundesliga is shit and Bayern is horrible and unfair? Why, that's something new.

Crowds dwindle? Best players leave Germany? FFP is evil now? Bundesliga is unfair because one team dominates the league? What cunt wrote that piece of shit article? Would buying the best players from other leagues suddenly be fine?

Bayern must've really scared the English fans.

Martin Samuel wrote it.

 

[dc89]

What a goal Fernandinho.

 

[Meier]

Portuguese press is reporting that Marco Silva, Estoril's manager, will be announced on Monday as the new Porto manager. Not sure how much of that is true, I can see him accepting the job for next season but it's a bit silly for him to go there now. The team is in shambles, they have a terrible schedule in the next weeks and they are extremely close to finishing the league behind Benfica and Sporting, something that never happened since Pinto De Costa became their president.

Nailed it. I agree that it would be surprising for him to make the move during the season. They should have him wait and get a fresh start IMO. I guess if it goes poorly though during this "trial" period, maybe that's for the best.

Fuck City. If they wanna be a big English club they should invest in English players and English youth.

I don't really see the need personally. Unless there are strict requirements, teams should be more concerned with their own success. It's what happens when you're in the biggest league in the world for a sport. Survival of the fittest.

What a goal Fernandinho.

NICE! How good must that have felt for him? ESPNFC said Luis Gustavo came on for him at HT.. I guess they got their inhos mixed up though since I see it has been changed to him being subbed in for Paulinho.

 

[survivor]

That's a pretty nice goal by Fernandinho

 

[Elchele]

Martin Samuel wrote it.

Don't know who he is, but he must be shit

 

[FootballFan]

Great goal for Fernandinho

 

[Yurt]

pls

Coentrão would be murdered in Italy.

He could be great in the EPL, seeing as their defenders don't defend.

his work-rate is immense he could make a decent wing back!

and I want a former Benfica player

Spoiler

let's forget about Tiago pls

 

[bjaelke]

 

[arkon]

lol at Bellamy considering himself one of the cleverer footballers.

 

[rvy]

his work-rate is immense he could make a decent wing back!

and I want a former Benfica player

In Italy?

Maybe if you kidnap him for an entire year and force him to hit the gym every single day.

Maybe.

You want a former Benfica player you should sign Saviola to a one year deal. Better than Tévez and the useless dude you signed.
Just one season though, he stops giving a fuck in his second season.

Spoiler

Or get Gaitán.

 

[FootballFan]

lol at Bellamy considering himself one of the cleverer footballers.

Man, imagine how dumb the rest of them are if Bellamy is a clever one lol.

 

[rvy]

Man, imagine how dumb the rest of them are if Bellamy is a clever one lol.

#DEAD

 

[hiroshawn]

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/arsene-wenger-voted-world-coach-of-the-decade


Wenger voted World Coach of the Decade
Arsène Wenger has been named World Coach of the Decade.
The Arsenal manager edged out Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho to take the award handed out by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics.
The organisation conducts an annual Coach of the Year vote. Results from the last 10 polls were aggregated to find an overall winner. Wenger ended up with 156 points, Ferguson 148 and Mourinho 135.
The Frenchman will receive a certificate and golden trophy at the World Football Gala later this year.

 

[bjaelke]

Get French Football @GFN_France
Confirmation that Manchester United manager David Moyes is expected at the Stade de France tonight to watch France vs Netherlands. #MUFC

France XI vs the Netherlands: Lloris, Debuchy, Evra, Mangala, Varane, Pogba, Matuidi, Cabaye, Valbuena, Benzema, Griezmann. #EDF

Netherlands XI vs France: Cillessen, van der Wiel, Vlaar, Martins Indi, Blind, Clasie, Sneijder, Strootman, Promes, Van Persie, Boëtius #EDF

 

[Zabojnik]

So apparently Rugani had another great game with Italy U21 and even managed to score. I know he's been beasting for Empoli, good to see him performing well with Italy as well. Future Barzagli. <3

 

[confuziz]

Get French Football @GFN_France
Confirmation that Manchester United manager David Moyes is expected at the Stade de France tonight to watch France vs Netherlands. #MUFC

France XI vs the Netherlands: Lloris, Debuchy, Evra, Mangala, Varane, Pogba, Matuidi, Cabaye, Valbuena, Benzema, Griezmann. #EDF

Netherlands XI vs France: Cillessen, van der Wiel, Vlaar, Martins Indi, Blind, Clasie, Sneijder, Strootman, Promes, Van Persie, Boëtius #EDF

Ugh, Martins Indi & Clasie. V. Gaal pls

 

[KidA Seven]

Heard Daehli has been bossing the game.


Fuck Hojbjerg

 

[Meier]

http://gfycat.com/WhiteShabbyJay

Another view of the Ferna goal.

 

[Lambda Pie]

RTP confirmed it, Estoril's president denied it. O Nojo claims they'll use Luís Castro till the season ends.

oh, he's gone, for sure. believe or not the man we're looking at to replace Jesus is Rui Vitória from Guimarães.

 

[FootballFan]

Neymar hat trick!!





For Brazil

 

[Yurt]

Cellino loool. His face is begging for a smiley/avatar.

In Italy?

Maybe if you kidnap him for an entire year and force him to hit the gym every single day.

Maybe.

You want a former Benfica player you should sign Saviola to a one year deal. Better than Tévez and the useless dude you signed.
Just one season though, he stops giving a fuck in his second season.

Spoiler

Or get Gaitán.

Former Barca, fuck him. Where's Aimar? I'll take him!

So apparently Rugani had another great game with Italy U21 and even managed to score. I know he's been beasting for Empoli, good to see him performing well with Italy as well. Future Barzagli. <3

don't do this to me.

 

[Broder Salsa]

http://gfycat.com/WhiteShabbyJay

Another view of the Ferna goal.

Wow look at that run the referee makes. If that isn't a world class player in the making right there, he draws the defenders to him. Truly amazing, wonderkid.

Former Barca, fuck him. Where's Aimar? I'll take him!

Malaysia.

 

[Zabojnik]

I remember when people were going 'Shakhtar lol' when I was saying how great Fernandinho and Will.I.An were. Who's lulzing now?

 

[Lambda Pie]

Former Barca, fuck him. Where's Aimar? I'll take him!

Aimar is old and tired and old and slow.

fits right in with Serie A.

 

[FootballFan]

Wow look at that run the referee makes. If that isn't a world class player in the making right there, he draws the defenders to him. Truly amazing, wonderkid.

LOL

 

[bjaelke]

Heard Daehli has been bossing the game.

They're still losing to Russia.

 

[wedward]

golden trophy

You are as good at posting as you are at gambling.

Article is from 2011.

 

[FootballFan]

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/arsene-wenger-voted-world-coach-of-the-decade


Wenger voted World Coach of the Decade
Arsène Wenger has been named World Coach of the Decade.
The Arsenal manager edged out Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho to take the award handed out by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics.
The organisation conducts an annual Coach of the Year vote. Results from the last 10 polls were aggregated to find an overall winner. Wenger ended up with 156 points, Ferguson 148 and Mourinho 135.
The Frenchman will receive a certificate and golden trophy at the World Football Gala later this year.

Does this count as a trophy?

 

[rvy]

Former Barca, fuck him. Where's Aimar? I'll take him!

Some wannabe football club in the middle east. Or whatever it was.
Keep getting dem checks.

oh, he's gone, for sure. believe or not the man we're looking at to replace Jesus is Rui Vitória from Guimarães.

pls kill me now

 

[Lambda Pie]

the true and only 19 year old prodigy:

 

[K1LLER7]

Get French Football @GFN_France
Confirmation that Manchester United manager David Moyes is expected at the Stade de France tonight to watch France vs Netherlands. #MUFC

France XI vs the Netherlands: Lloris, Debuchy, Evra, Mangala, Varane, Pogba, Matuidi, Cabaye, Valbuena, Benzema, Griezmann. #EDF

Netherlands XI vs France: Cillessen, van der Wiel, Vlaar, Martins Indi, Blind, Clasie, Sneijder, Strootman, Promes, Van Persie, Boëtius #EDF

Moyes should be having a look at Matuidi.

 

[KidA Seven]

They're still losing to Russia.

He's not playing for the u21s.