7 hours ago, Bobbywoodhogan said:

I’m not buying this Karius had a concussion story for the CL final. It reeks of Liverpool trying to cover up to protect the player. I bet they don’t want to buy a new keeper and this is their way out.

IF he had a concussion, from personal experience I can't imagine he didn't feel the adverse effect. He should have asked to be taken off, for his own health and for the good of the team. 

I can't recall the incident, was he hit that hard btw?

does this rumor have any credence?

 

 

Arsenal have signed Stephan Lichtsteiner. A good stop gap for a year or two. Could have been useful for us and allowed Azpi to stay at CB. 

For some reason I don't feel people would have been overly enthused at news of signing a 34 year old CB lol.

Just now, Stim said:

For some reason I don't feel people would have been overly enthused at news of signing a 34 year old CB lol.

Transfers aren't made to make people feel enthused, they're made to improve the squad. Would have been a useful RB to have for a year and better than Zappacosta. For free we could have made a tidy bit of money on Zappa to invest elsewhere. Similar to what PSG did with Alves. 

Lichsteiner is well past it though. 

He won't cope with the pace of the Prem, or he'll just sit back, thus offering no width - something required from the modern FB.

 

Fred has signed for United.

1 hour ago, Valerie said:

IF he had a concussion, from personal experience I can't imagine he didn't feel the adverse effect. He should have asked to be taken off, for his own health and for the good of the team. 

I can't recall the incident, was he hit that hard btw?

I don’t know when it was meant to have happened tbh.

20 minutes ago, Bobbywoodhogan said:

I don’t know when it was meant to have happened tbh.

I think he caught an Elbow from Ramos at one point.

Have Liverpool fans now started to retract the death threats they sent to Karius?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44275380

1 hour ago, Zeta said:

I think he caught an Elbow from Ramos at one point.

Which was caused by vvd shoving Ramos, which could have been a penalty. 

and still undefeated, Sergio Ramos

23 minutes ago, robdog said:

and still undefeated, Sergio Ramos

A submission in 32 minutes? Not that impressive. 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/snubbing-sol-campbell-frank-lampard-12646561 

Ahhh another summer, another Sol Campbell victim lapse. Campbell couldn't land a Premier League job and he blames it on racism, now it's the same way again in the Championship. Who the f**k would want to hire an egotistical maniac who constantly says "but I am Sol Campbell" then claims he has the greatest mind ever in football. The bloke sounds like Donald Trump, I feel sorry for the next poor sods who actually hire him as a manager, although I think that'll be unlikely.

But if he is as good as he says, then surely he wouldn't mind proving that in the lower leagues. 

I mean a guy who disappears for 8 years after retirement and does 0 punditry and wants to play without wingbacks in a 3 at the back formation. It's insane how he's not headhunted by Real Madrid and Barcelona. 

Edited June 5, 20188 yr by Slojo

48 minutes ago, Slojo said:

A submission in 32 minutes? Not that impressive. 

did you ever see The Royce Gracie vs Kazushi Sakuraba I fight? That fight was 90 minutes long

Edited June 5, 20188 yr by robdog

4 hours ago, Slojo said:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/snubbing-sol-campbell-frank-lampard-12646561 

Ahhh another summer, another Sol Campbell victim lapse. Campbell couldn't land a Premier League job and he blames it on racism, now it's the same way again in the Championship. Who the f**k would want to hire an egotistical maniac who constantly says "but I am Sol Campbell" then claims he has the greatest mind ever in football. The bloke sounds like Donald Trump, I feel sorry for the next poor sods who actually hire him as a manager, although I think that'll be unlikely.

But if he is as good as he says, then surely he wouldn't mind proving that in the lower leagues. 

I mean a guy who disappears for 8 years after retirement and does 0 punditry and wants to play without wingbacks in a 3 at the back formation. It's insane how he's not headhunted by Real Madrid and Barcelona. 

His team is so ridiculous it belongs on a FIFA video game or someone put names on a random team generator.

Cram all flavour of the month names onto a teamsheet and there you go instant Sol Campbell team

18 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Arsenal have signed Stephan Lichtsteiner. A good stop gap for a year or two. Could have been useful for us and allowed Azpi to stay at CB. 

Azpi as a CB in a back 4? Sorry but he stays at RB all day for me.

3 minutes ago, ducavis said:

Azpi as a CB in a back 4? Sorry but he stays at RB all day for me.

Played CB in a back 4 for Spain a few days ago. If he can play it at a high level like every other position thus far i'd keep him there.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44394226

Besiktas have been fined 34,000 euros (£29,880) by Uefa after a cat wandered on to the pitch during their Champions League last-16 defeat by Bayern Munich in March.

English referee Michael Oliver stopped play in the second half at Vodafone Park until the cat left the pitch.

The Turkish club have been charged with "insufficient organisation", and have also been penalised for fans throwing objects and blocking stairways.

Bayern won the tie 3-1 on the night.

It finished 8-1 on aggregate as they progressed to the quarter-finals, with fans of the German club voting the cat as their man of the match.

How does the fine compare?

From 4-7 June, Uefa's Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body issued 13 disciplinary decisions, including those against Besiktas.

On Monday, three fines were issued to Liverpool, amounting to a total of 29,000 euros (£25,486) after fans set off fireworks in games against Manchester City and Roma, as well as "the throwing of objects, acts of damage and crowd disturbances".

Bayern Munich must pay 25,000 euros (£21,970) for a pitch invasion and the display of an "illicit banner" during their home Champions League semi-final with Real Madrid, while Atletico Madrid were fined 18,000 euros (£15,819) after stairways were blocked during their Europa League last four match with Arsenal.

The Russian Football Union was fined £22,000 for racist chants by fans in a friendly against France in March.

Chelsea got fined £85,000 after the ovrebo game.

Uefa truly are the worst c**ts about. 

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/worldcup/danny-rose-goes-from-fury-to-numbness-over-racism-as-he-forces-family-to-stay-away-from-world-cup-a3856926.html

Interesting read on the whole racism issue regarding the WC. 

Couldn't think of anywhere else to post this. Amazon to show 20 games a season from 2019 to 2022.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44396151

5 minutes ago, Boyne said:

Couldn't think of anywhere else to post this. Amazon to show 20 games a season from 2019 to 2022.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44396151

Once again fans are the ones who get hit hardest. 

Want to watch all of the televised matches? You need three separate subscriptions, Sky, BT Sports and Amazon Prime. It's little wonder more and more people have been turning to online streams.

I would love for the clubs to offer an in house subscription service, an online season ticket type thing. Chelsea say pay £xxx at the start of the season and you can stream all of our matches through a log in on our website. 

On 05/06/2018 at 21:03, robdog said:

did you ever see The Royce Gracie vs Kazushi Sakuraba I fight? That fight was 90 minutes long

Classic! Gracie hunter :D

 

2:24 

 

 

Edited June 7, 20188 yr by Bogga