Liverpool are awful

oh, and everton, but they spend less than sheff utd, so scratch that

2 minutes ago, Casino said:

theres been a few at united that have disproved that

Good point, well made.

I guess there’s also been those who managed on a tight budget but couldn’t replicate when given a blank cheque.

3 hours ago, L/H White said:

at least tag me in the post you shithouse

do you want some?

Youre an hilarious wind up you are 

2 hours ago, tomski said:

The story of Salernitana is quite remarkable nearly going to the wall and being 12 points from safety.
 

Sad for Cagliari as they are a Serie A mainstay and hopefully them and Genoa can bounce back quickly.  

read this if you're into your itallian stuff mate

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/075152753X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

37 minutes ago, MickyD said:

They can all be great managers when money is no object. 

Doesn't really work like that though.

See United and half a Billion Everton for example. 

2 hours ago, tomski said:

The story of Salernitana is quite remarkable nearly going to the wall and being 12 points from safety.
 

Sad for Cagliari as they are a Serie A mainstay and hopefully them and Genoa can bounce back quickly.  

Wife's family in a state of delirium. They can't quite believe it. Keep seeing their banner (Torriones) at the Arechi when the games are shown. Only a few weeks back they were resigned to Serie B next season.

Over there in 4 weeks - they'll still be fucking celebrating! Dread to think what the atmosphere will be like in the Alba di Luna bar with a few of the GSF (Granata South Force). Expecting a few hangovers!

33 minutes ago, L/H White said:

read this if you're into your itallian stuff mate

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/075152753X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Nice one. Will have a mooch. 

1 minute ago, bolty58 said:

Wife's family in a state of delirium. They can't quite believe it. Keep seeing their banner (Torriones) at the Arechi when the games are shown. Only a few weeks back they were resigned to Serie B next season.

Over there in 4 weeks - they'll still be fucking celebrating! Dread to think what the atmosphere will be like in the Alba di Luna bar with a few of the GSF (Granata South Force). Expecting a few hangovers!

Haha hope they enjoyed. Great story ball round. 
 

Poor old Davide Nicola has some walk to be getting on with too.

In other news annoyingly Milan deserved the title in the end and 3 different winners in last 3 years bodes well for the rejuvenation of Calcio.

3 hours ago, MickyD said:

Here’s an eye opener.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_owners_of_English_football_clubs

Hector Bellerin, a vegan, putting his money where his mouth is at Forest Green. Fair play to him.

1 minute ago, tomski said:

Haha hope they enjoyed. Great story ball round. 
 

Poor old Davide Nicola has some walk to be getting on with too.

In other news annoyingly Milan deserved the title in the end and 3 different winners in last 3 years bodes well for the rejuvenation of Calcio.

Fair point. Obviously the family over there identify as Campanians and see Napoli as the flagship for the region. Local rival yes but they would all love Napoli to get there eventually instead of having to self award the spoof 'Campione del Sud' scudetto most years. Of course, they only do this to wind up the northern giants and the two Roman clubs and it works a treat!

9 minutes ago, bolty58 said:

Fair point. Obviously the family over there identify as Campanians and see Napoli as the flagship for the region. Local rival yes but they would all love Napoli to get there eventually instead of having to self award the spoof 'Campione del Sud' scudetto most years. Of course, they only do this to wind up the northern giants and the two Roman clubs and it works a treat!

Haha.

Was hoping Napoli would do it with Insigne moving on but that home form isn’t gonna win you anything but seeing the ground full again was great to see.

good to have the milan sides back

 

1 hour ago, Zico said:

I reckon Kloop is better 

undeniably Guadiola is a great and I'm not saying otherwise - he takes already very good teams at the top and makes them better in his own way

Klopp though reinvents them - Dortmund and Liverpool were bumbling along when he rocked up and he turns them into title challengers/winners

he's taken Liverpool to the final game in every competition this season

he may or may not win it next season, but when Guadiola does one, Liverpool will dominate the lot whilst he's there

I just think they are both good at what they do. Man City can now be classed as dominant though after winning 4 of the last 5. Takes some doing that when Liverpool push them as far as they do. 

3 minutes ago, L/H White said:

good to have the milan sides back

 

Aye. Never really took to Juventus and I’m glad they’ve been knocked off their perch. Think they’ll be back with a bang next year.

1 hour ago, tomski said:

I just think they are both good at what they do. Man City can now be classed as dominant though after winning 4 of the last 5. Takes some doing that when Liverpool push them as far as they do. 

oh aye, they certainly are

but I would like to see Guadiola take on a team that's not already the best in their country, to see if he could build up a squad of winners like Klopp has

interestingly I just found this, the first squad the Klopp put out

 

compare that to Guadiolas

6 hours ago, Spider said:

Only Spurs, Brentford and Brighton have British owners (or have owners with majority shareholdings that are British)

all the rest are foreign.

Liverpool - American club

City - UAE club

Manu - American Club

Leicester - Thai

 

etc….

So the “foreign money” claim that scouse nonces have is an argument that’s thick as fuck given they are owned by an American investment manager.

Wait until Newcastle get properly spending in a couple of years….

 

There is a difference in an American Investment Fund and a front for sportswashing for regimes that murder folk for having a different opinion.

Newcastle, Man City, PSG and formerly Chelsea - all drink from the same tainted pot.

No one is saying Fenway sports are a charity, but a bloke who inhereted his cash from Soyabeans and a royal family who like chopping up journalists is slightly different. Its not foreign investment that is the issue, its who and why they are investing.

I mean look at this touching photo;

 

Really funny that 🤣 

1 hour ago, Not in Crawley said:

There is a difference in an American Investment Fund and a front for sportswashing for regimes that murder folk for having a different opinion.

Newcastle, Man City, PSG and formerly Chelsea - all drink from the same tainted pot.

No one is saying Fenway sports are a charity, but a bloke who inhereted his cash from Soyabeans and a royal family who like chopping up journalists is slightly different. Its not foreign investment that is the issue, its who and why they are investing.

I mean look at this touching photo;

lets not forget, you would sell tickets for a show promoting saudi if offered the chance

7 minutes ago, Casino said:

lets not forget, you would sell tickets for a show promoting saudi if offered the chance

Never Forget 😁

6 hours ago, gonzo said:

Doesn't really work like that though.

See United and half a Billion Everton for example. 

aye

and for all Chelsea's billions spent, whilst they've won stuff, there was only really Mouriunho who took them to the next level

which is what we're talking about here (well I am anyway, next level shit)

7 hours ago, Zico said:

I reckon Kloop is better 

undeniably Guadiola is a great and I'm not saying otherwise - he takes already very good teams at the top and makes them better in his own way

Klopp though reinvents them - Dortmund and Liverpool were bumbling along when he rocked up and he turns them into title challengers/winners

he's taken Liverpool to the final game in every competition this season

he may or may not win it next season, but when Guadiola does one, Liverpool will dominate the lot whilst he's there

Klopp will be off to city when Pep goes.

Huge offer to Liverpool, and he'll look enviously at city's current riches with the addition of whoever else comes in this season (Haaland for example) and think bugger this, I'm off for a bit of Saudi oil cash whilst it's available. 

30 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Klopp will be off to city when Pep goes.

Huge offer to Liverpool, and he'll look enviously at city's current riches with the addition of whoever else comes in this season (Haaland for example) and think bugger this, I'm off for a bit of Saudi oil cash whilst it's available. 

I really don't think that'd happen personally  

And FWIW he recently signed a new deal 

I think he's looking forward to a Pepless City

7 hours ago, tomski said:

Haha.

Was hoping Napoli would do it with Insigne moving on but that home form isn’t gonna win you anything but seeing the ground full again was great to see.

Aye, the Fuorigrotta is something else when full. First time I ever went was in 1977 in the middle of the 'off' season. Deserted stadium with grass very long and loons driving around the stadium in Fiat 500's with the roof rolled back waving flags and chanting. In the middle of the closed season! When it comes to fanaticism, they are in a different league.

7 hours ago, tomski said:

Aye. Never really took to Juventus and I’m glad they’ve been knocked off their perch. Think they’ll be back with a bang next year.

In the 70's they had a great team with the likes of Romeo 'Smiling Assassin' Benetti, Franco Causio, Marco Tardelli, Zoff, Bettega etc. I enjoyed going watching them when I got chance. Unfortunately the Agnelli's and FIAT are bent bastards and there is a list of proven cheating against them (bribing referees etc) which devalues anything they have achieved.

They became Italy's equivalent of those dirty red bastards up the road so hope they continue to go without silverware for as long as possible.