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This is the best place in the world to be young! The government pays for your education up to PhD level. You get given a free house when you get married. You get free healthcare, and if it's not good enough here, they pay for you to go abroad. You don't even have to pay for your phone calls. Almost everyone has a maid, a nanny, and a driver. And we never pay any taxes. Don't you wish you were Emirati?"

Transatlantic Gulp posted:

Is it loving Groundhog Week in TRP

(what I mean to say The Mash is someone else linked that article and we had a bit of discussion about it in the Qatar thread)

luvd posted:

http://gunnerblog.com/?p=2714

Bovine Delight posted:

TomSellek posted:

Aside from the fact I can't read most of the text I don't see whats so bad about that infographic

TomSellek posted:

It's talking about the Concacaf champions league which is a 2 leg final, Mr. Danish Manchester United fan. Of course they would explain things like that, the majority of people here don't know anything about the sport.

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Yet Hodgson took Fulham to a UEFA Cup final, meaning that Fulham, yes Fulham, ended up higher than 13th, yet was out of his depth when he went to Liverpool. It's strange that a manager that was out of his depth when he left Newcastle 13th in the league isn't out of his depth at Liverpool, but I suppose that you've all got a little bit too used to mediocrity all round to the point that you're all a bit brain dead.

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My questions are:

i. Could this be his BEST season? A commentator on todays game v Chelsea suggested this and it completely caught me off guard, I had thought I missed Giggs in his prime, as a winger. Some people even went as far in recent years as to say " Giggsy we love you - now go away" calling for retirement. I think this season he's at least proved he's still valuable.

Oh Em Gee posted:

I would love to be a famous athletes secret boyfriend.

TyChan posted:

Are these worthy of derision?

Ninpo posted:

Jollzwhin posted:

Well I can't top that.

lomzus posted:

I feel sorry for FIFA, the press have a real hatred for them and keep making scurrilous accusations. Last wek the BBC did a dreadful documentary accusing all and sundry of bribery and corruption, this week both candidates for presidency and the whiter than white Mr Warner has have been accused of offering cash incentives, it's fucling ridiculous.

These ambassadors at the top of footballs governing body work tirelessly, sometimes for hours at a time to make football more better. Bringing countries like Qatar into the fold With it's massive population of nearly a million and a half people is a stroke of genius. Qatar have too much money and quite like a bit of a kick about after drilling for oil, by taking some of their money, FIFA officials can now fly to more places and spread the word to other nations who should host the world cup, like Andorra or Greenland.

And don't even raise the nonsense about goal line gadgetry, when sep blather was young, football was a gentlemans game where honesty and integrity were the technology that mattered. Also the stuff available today is not supplied by any companies owned or represented by a FIFA member so it can't be trusted. They have also allegedly refused point blank to help with the associated costs of getting the FIFA boys together to make a decision, and Lear jets don't run on chip fat you know.

I think we should take a long hard look at what these guys bring to football and show them a little more respect, they know what they're doing and they know what's best, and the best costs money

Next week I will be doing an article on how the Italian prime minister is trying reenergise politics by touching the younger generation

lomzus posted:

i´m sorry the mash

K U N T Z posted:

For the EPL, I'm a bigamist. I enjoy watching the best teams play, but I hate Man City just for the sheer amount of money spent. My favorite players over the years are mostly tough guy, but I've always had a soft spot for Steven Gerrard (no good reason why and I've never understood it). I loved Roy Keane, and I love Jack Rodwell and Phil Jones as up and comers. As far as English players, I really enjoy Jack Wilshire and I wish he was playing on a team that I could stand watching. I despise Arsenal's play and I think that they whine too much.

When I lived in Europe, I enjoyed live stuff...Hamilton Accies (even worse back then they are now), Motherwell, Sparta Praha (soccer and ice hockey). Czech league ice hockey is fantastic and super cheap, but that's not what we're talking about.

Mickolution posted:

I just wish American sports writers would accept that football doesn't need fixing.

PirateBob posted:

JoeForro Joe Forrest
Im all about the positives.. The only one I can take from the Suarez situation is the chance for Carroll to step up and prove himself. #YNWA

Gr31lly posted:

8raz posted:

No