Bayern fans!! who else would make up the 1,000 to have a look and obviously they have no taste considering that 80's crap euro pop Germans just love.
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Bayern fans!! who else would make up the 1,000 to have a look and obviously they have no taste considering that 80's crap euro pop Germans just love.
300 views already :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agKMSZsYCuo
Did you put all of the contents of your IceSave account on Barca tonight? You're more anti-Deutscher than normal tonight.
Unlike yourself Bonnie, I do not gamble under any circumstances. It's a fools game especially for those who include Shamrock Rovers on their coupon.
I can't quite grasp the concept, actually gambling money on SR and hoping they will win.
Bonnie's 299 don't count in the real world.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Just make your 10000th post count.
Eh ?? Okay i'll give you 9.999Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Come on Dortmund!!
Come on Klopp!
They say Madrid have you sussed, 'say it ain't so!'
You know they think they have you sussed and you have a plan B, don't you??
Luckily this season you just have to bet on a draw and it's free money.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Except when I did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
AFAIC, a Shamrock Rover's fan would gleefully bet on them losing, if it mean't them winning a few Euros,Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
but for a non Shamrock Rovers fan (like Bonnie) to bet on them winning, is just ... quite frankly I have no proper words on hand to describe such an action.
But I'm sure Bonnie has been putting his money where his mouth is and has been cleaning up on Dortmund'd CL run.
But the trouble is, gamblers lie through their teeth to make out they actually win.
After been comprehensibly caught with my pants down last season I actively avoided betting on Dortmund this year. So far so good.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Betting against your own team is reprehensible.
I hear some of them are drawing the social welfare and aren't actively seeking work.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Rightfully Tito is taking a bit of a hammering about some his selections. Though injured centre halves were only a part of the problem, I think Darren O'Dea would have shown more composure than Bartra at centre half. It's a pity we didn't get a naturally fired-up Barca performance to give the tie the feel of a true battle between 2 of the best teams in European football. In the past, Barca didn't need to be fired up in order to perform, but this season is different, they totally got what they deserved last night with that limp performance and coaching decisions.
Bayern's obsessive stalking of the Barca model since they were well beaten by them in 2009, has payed off handsomely. Do they really need Pep Guardiola now? I can imagine Heynckes will have a few profile offers.
Whatever they teach at La Masia it certainly isn't how to defend a corner. They really need to sign some top class defenders as they are not producing them via the academy. Even the lauded defenders like Alba, Pique and Dani Alves offer more going forward than at the back, the full backs can bail themselves out with their pace against mediocre attackers, but against top class attackers they are a bit too niave. It's a strategy of pretty much playing wingers at full back (and at times midfielders as centerbacks) that invites good opposition to expose them. It works wonderfully well going forward as you have in effect an extra 3-4 midfielders so can saturate the center (middle third) of the pitch and win everything there and keep the ball easily, but it leaves them very frail defensively. They've been suspect at corners for a while, but it's not really surprising given they have a keeper who is very reluctant to get off his line for corners, a lot of short players who are suspect in the air, and no real defensive organisers except Puyol.
There was talk of a bid for Vincent Kompany from Barca. Would suit both parties I reckon.
There's talk of Hummels going to Barca too, which I think makes more sense. He's a better footballer for a start, which would suit Barca's style more.
They've been linked with Thiago Silva, Kompany and Hummels. I can only see the latter as plausible, given the first two are probably already earning top dollar at clubs who are more or less assured of CL football (and should be realistic candidates for the quarters and semis at a minimum). Neither City nor PSG would have a need to sell, both have massive budgets. Kompany has a contract to 2018 and Thiago Silva to 2017 so even if they didnt renew their contracts City and PSG wouldnt have to consider bids for 3 years, if Barca want to sign them this summer I think it would take a monumental bid (north of €45m) and I dont think they have that kind of money especially if they are keen to get Neymar. Hummels's contract is to 2017 but there might be a release clause Barca could trigger (like Bayern have just done with Götze) which would take it out of Dortmunds hands, even so you would expect the release clause to be fairly high given he renewed just before Euro 2012. Dortmund might struggle to convince him to stay if they keep hemorrhaging players (like Götze, Kagawa, Lewandowski). But the usual Barca approach of hoovering up players from lesser La Liga sides and Arsenal doesnt look like it will work this time as there arent really any great out and out defenders of a decent age at those clubs.
Are Dortmund any less assured of CL football than City or PSG? Even if they do haemmorhage players, they are still the financially dominant club in Germany outside of Bayern. I'd say they're all assured of CL football and, of the three, Dortmund still have the most realistic prospects for getting to finals. Get your point about wages though, I doubt Dortmund could or would compete with what's on offer elsewhere.
Dortmund are the second best team in Germany at the moment, and with all the player sales they should have some money to re-invest. But there are other big clubs in the country who could close the gap. HSV and Schalke regularly draw crowds as big as Dortmund and if they can recover from bad director/financial decisions they could certainly challenge Dortmund. Equally if Hertha ever sorted themselves out they have the fanbase and stadium to be a threat. Dortmund's problem is they could end up as coming across as a selling club, despite having a good financial base, simply because their best players keep leaving not for financial reasons per se but for slightly more high profile clubs (a bit like Arsenal in the last decade) it all depends on how Dortmund re-invest the Kagawa/Götze/Lewandowski money. Dortmund's current team is good enough to have a chance of the CL, but edges of the squad are a little thin and you wonder how it will pan out with the departures, whereas with City and PSG's finances you have to assume they definately will get stronger and in the long run should have as good a chance at the CL if not better.
I see your point but I don't think players are looking five years down the line and wondering if their club will still be competitive. Dortmund are very competitive now and don't look like slipping from that position any time soon. I'm not entirely convinced Manchester City and PSG can rely on their revenue streams any more than Dortmund can - in fact, I think Dortmund's revenue base is far more stable than either.
Most players from City, PSG or Dortmund would jump at the chance of going to a higher-profile, higher-paying club like Real or Bayern or Barca. The only thing City and PSG have on their side is ridiculous money, whereas Dortmund can at least point to footballing pedigree.