Today’s Football 2021/22 Season

[abcdef]

Lol, can it get any lower

I think their head office is in Walsall.

 

[Littlesue]

I think their head office is in Walsall.

Yes, think the Manager a Walsall fan.

 

[FrenchDarrenBent]

City wil ease past Real in 2nd leg, I'm shocked how a defence like that has gotten so far in the CL as Real leak goals for fun, Militao is the Brazilian Maguire and Alaba is not a CB in a back 4, he's better in a back 3, he got exposed badly by City that made Carlo haul him off at HT.

City will score 3 over there and will have Cancelo back from suspension, 3-0 win.

Spanish football is generally declining.
Pretty soon it will be harder to win the FA Cup than the Champions League.

 

[EverTheOptimist]

Spanish football is generally declining.
Pretty soon it will be harder to win the FA Cup than the Champions League.

Comes in cycles, now it's the PL era dominating European competition.

Spain had their time now it's England's clubs turn.

I remember the 90's when Serie A had a stranglehold in UEFA competitions.

 

[barneygumble]

Few rumours on the socials that super agent Mina Raiola has died.

The original super agent.

 

[DanEFC92]

 

[GrandOldTeam]

BREAKING NEWS: Mino Raiola, football agent to superstars including Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Erling Haaland, has died aged 54 after illness and recent surgery - say reports in his native Italy;

Mino Raiola's assistant denies football agent has died

Raiola has worked with the likes of Paul Pogba, Erling Haaland and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

metro.co.uk

 

[summerisle]

 

[carolinablue232]

City wil ease past Real in 2nd leg, I'm shocked how a defence like that has gotten so far in the CL as Real leak goals for fun, Militao is the Brazilian Maguire and Alaba is not a CB in a back 4, he's better in a back 3, he got exposed badly by City that made Carlo haul him off at HT.

City will score 3 over there and will have Cancelo back from suspension, 3-0 win.

Oh no you didn’t! @emir please educate this fool about context and what will happen as a result.

 

[carolinablue232]

Comes in cycles, now it's the PL era dominating European competition.

Spain had their time now it's England's clubs turn.

I remember the 90's when Serie A had a stranglehold in UEFA competitions.

It’s a money game. Outside of England only 4 or 5 clubs can compete financially now. This current cycle could go on for some time imo. England monetized the game better than any other league.

 

[EverTheOptimist]

It’s a money game. Outside of England only 4 or 5 clubs can compete financially now. This current cycle could go on for some time imo. England monetized the game better than any other league.

Its why they those mainland European giants want a Super League, they want those EPL tv contracts and the EPL fans in Asia Africa Australia and North America.

Bundesliga international tv deal revenues are £160 million per season, the EPL international revenues per season for the next 3 seasons are £5.3 billion, Italy are even worse than the Bundesliga, the La Liga deal with US tv networks is about 30% of the PL one.

EPL is in a country with massive soft power, England is such a cultural giant and has the world language English, the likes of Spanish German French Italian clubs know they cannot compete and that is why they are envious of the EPL, every summer they complain about the spending power, La Liga boss Tebas mentions PL turning into the NBA eventually, Agnelli complaining about how much TV money the EPL gets every summer transfer window, Laporte and Perez the same.

 

[mahermi1]

Excellent news two of the worst refs in the league, can they take Kevin Friend with them.

 

[Grogu the blue]

Hopefully Chelsea win tonight and pick up 3/4 niggling injuries tonight

 

[PITA]

Chelsea have recently beat Madrid ( on the night ) in their own backyard. Completely dominating massive portions of this game. The season before, they failed to beat Chelsea at home again in the knockout stages and were knocked out. The season before that, City came away from the Bernabeu with a win in the knockout stages, eventually knocking them out. Going back yet another season, Ajax punted them 4-1 at the Bernabeu despite Madrid leading from the 1st leg and were knocked out.

Not to mention CL home defeats against Shaktar Donetsk, CSKA Moscow, Shefiff Tiraspol and Club Brugge in the last couple of years alone.

You saying home advantage favours Madrid ' greatly ' isn't at all accurate when looked at more closely.

Context lad, it's all about context.

 

[PITA]

It's not mad, it's just incredibly good luck, and often. Then you add in the 50/50 VAR calls that ultimately all go in their favour, the fact that they are play an unchanged starting xi virtually all season with about six/seven 30m+ players sat on the bench each week, pretty easy to see why they're doing what they're doing. Their luck seems to never end. They played Henderson and some other cart at centre back for about 3/4 of the season last year and still almost won under the league. I sure enjoyed the 'dry' years they had in the early 2000s, but it seems a long way away now, and to be honest even when they were crap they ended up winning the Champions League with the likes of Dudek, Biscan and Djimi bleedin' Traore representing them. The devil's club.

They finished 17 points behind City.