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Jippa posted:Apparently mourinho has "fans" as well (who follow him club to club). From what I've read, a big part of Mido's career issues came from the fact that he was an idol for so many Egyptians. It was like the wrong mix of adulation and pressure for him. https://thesefootballtimes.co/2017/11/21/the-rise-and-fall-of-mido-egypts-volatile-son/ It's part of why I'm amazed at how Salah has been able to hold it together.
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the sex ghost posted:Amr Zaki was unplayable for a week and then became the least professional footballer Steve Bruce ever managed Wigan looked unbeatable with Amr Zaki banging in the goals and brutalizing defenders
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Eric Cantonese posted:From what I've read, a big part of Mido's career issues came from the fact that he was an idol for so many Egyptians. It was like the wrong mix of adulation and pressure for him. The oft-repeated line I used to hear was that he came from money and that was what contributed to the spoiled antics and work ethic issues. He simply didn't need football, or the money that comes with it, as bad as others did, he just happened to be good at it. That article doesn't mention any of that and I'm wondering if that was always apocryphal
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the sex ghost posted:Jonathan Wilson will not be permabanned in this forum unless he starts posting about contemporary modern football instead of weird niche footy stories from the 1930s He would probably just get frustrated by the 80,000 character limit of posts here
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Eric Cantonese posted:From what I've read, a big part of Mido's career issues came from the fact that he was an idol for so many Egyptians. It was like the wrong mix of adulation and pressure for him. lol, drat, I had forgotten that he AND Zlatan were at Ajax at the same time, not enough room in the changing room for both of their egos
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The Finn posted:The oft-repeated line I used to hear was that he came from money and that was what contributed to the spoiled antics and work ethic issues. He simply didn't need football, or the money that comes with it, as bad as others did, he just happened to be good at it. That article doesn't mention any of that and I'm wondering if that was always apocryphal He definitely came from money but I don't know if it was Pirlo, my dad owns a steel mill and a vineyard, wealthy.
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The Finn posted:The oft-repeated line I used to hear was that he came from money and that was what contributed to the spoiled antics and work ethic issues. He simply didn't need football, or the money that comes with it, as bad as others did, he just happened to be good at it. That article doesn't mention any of that and I'm wondering if that was always apocryphal I never knew about the rich family bit. This Vice piece gets into that a little: quote:But as similar as the two were in persona, all boisterousness and bravura, their backgrounds could hardly have been more different. Mido was born into a hugely wealthy Cairo family, his business executive father funding his way through private sports college. Ibrahimovic's route to the top started in the Malmo ghetto of Rosengard. "Beer tins, Yugo music, empty fridges and the Balkan war, that's what we had at home," he later wrote. All I can find from some extra Googling through our SEO-compromised information hellscape is that Mido's dad owns a travel agency, but also used to be a professional footballer.
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Ulesi posted:Welcome to my ride as a Liverpool supporter from 2005 to 13/14. Yes I was a glory hunting kid after Istanbul but I paid dearly for those years. Worlds tiniest loving violin
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Butterfly Valley posted:Worlds tiniest loving violin Manchester United have only won four major trophies in the past decade, how do you think I feel?
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Eric Cantonese posted:I never knew about the rich family bit. This Vice piece gets into that a little: Like the famous crouch line about being asked what he'd be if not a footballer mido said nothing because he was rich
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Aren't Newcastle using Castore as well, are they having the same problems, or is it just the ones filled with claret ink that are broken?
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:Newcastle are back to adidas Not this season they aren’t.
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:Newcastle are back to adidas Too many stripes imo
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cant believe world renowned AAA sports brand castore (sp?), who've been in the game for more than 7 years, could have quality issues with their kits
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I think my Dad owns some castore stuff so I just assumed it was a brand for old men who play Tennis/Golf
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Jippa posted:
It's not a natural fibre. I think they would prefer cotton.
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I was under the impression that Castore exists solely to be bought out by someone else.
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If the league carries on like this, it feels like a team might stay up on like 25 points.
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frameset posted:If the league carries on like this, it feels like a team might stay up on like 25 points. I was thinking this the other day, Southampton would be staying up if they were playing this season
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every time Castore's lovely kits come up I look at their Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castore quote:The company was founded in 2015 by brothers Thomas (born September 1989) and Philip Beahon (born November 1992) when they were 25 and 22 years old respectively.[7] Tom had been a professional youth football player for Tranmere Rovers between the ages of 17 and 21 before spending time at Jerez Industrial in Spain and attending the Glenn Hoddle Academy.[7] Phil played semi-professional cricket for Cheshire and Lancashire cricket clubs.[7] "lol posted:: Every garment has a five-year performance guarantee. laughing at the idea of two 20something failsons of some rich dickhead leaving their whimsical sports careers to do lines in Canary Wharf for a couple years and raising millions of pounds to sell this poo poo 
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Xabi posted:It's not a natural fibre. I think they would prefer cotton. Not letting this reference go unappreciated
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frameset posted:If the league carries on like this, it feels like a team might stay up on like 25 points. I’m going to personally blame Sheffield United and Luton if Everton manage to stay up
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Ziggy Tzardust posted:I’m going to personally blame Sheffield United and Luton if Everton manage to stay up same but chelsea
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Nuclear Spoon posted:every time Castore's lovely kits come up I look at their Wikipedia page Nice the 30 under 30 fraud pipeline continues.
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Isn't that whole thing pay to win anyway? Not even metaphorically.
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Castore didn't just give everyone the same template all their Newcastle kits have been nice imo
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i mean, proper sports brands do non-template kits for big clubs... so yeah I can see why newcastle would go for castore
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Word on the streets (the villa forums I visit) is that Newcastle see villa as their biggest threat to top 4 so they paid off Castore to sabotage us by giving us poo poo kits.
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Frankston posted:Word on the streets (the villa forums I visit) is that Newcastle see villa as their biggest threat to top 4 so they paid off Castore to sabotage us by giving us poo poo kits. Makes you think.
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Jesus Christ I actually looked. Outside of the Luton game, Chelsea have scored 2 (Two) goals in the league.
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Dudley posted:Jesus Christ I actually looked. Outside of the Luton game, Chelsea have scored 2 (Two) goals in the league. lol
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Dudley posted:Jesus Christ I actually looked. Outside of the Luton game, Chelsea have scored 2 (Two) goals in the league. With Fat Frank it was funny, now it's sort of sad. The fact that I'm feeling any sympathy for Chelsea is proof that we're in the bizarro timeline.
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It is funny. I'd be tempted to agree with people saying that they're only six games into the season and to give it time, but they're back to playing completely different teams each week when they'd probably be better just sticking with a squad for a few games even if a couple of individuals turn out to be shitter than the bench options. Utd have a pretty tame run of PL games which could take all the pressure off ten Hag in the sack race, leaving room for Poch to step up.
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They’d be doing really well if they blew some of that cash on one or two marquee players you could really build a club around. Imagine if they skipped three of those up-and-coming players and splurged on a Leao or Osimhen.
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J Hume posted:With Fat Frank it was funny, now it's sort of sad. The fact that I'm feeling any sympathy for Chelsea is proof that we're in the bizarro timeline. It is still very funny op and not the least bit sad
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