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Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 21 Sep 2016, 14:46
by AdrianBelmonte_
https://twitter.com/Tebasjavier/status/ ... 9487119360"I formally presented my resignation as La Liga president"
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 21 Sep 2016, 19:08
by EuroBrun
AdrianBelmonte_ wrote:https://twitter.com/Tebasjavier/status/778593279487119360
"I formally presented my resignation as La Liga president"
From the outside, he didn't seem so bad.
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 22 Sep 2016, 18:04
by AdrianBelmonte_
EuroBrun wrote:AdrianBelmonte_ wrote:https://twitter.com/Tebasjavier/status/778593279487119360
"I formally presented my resignation as La Liga president"
From the outside, he didn't seem so bad.
Crappy match fixture schedules, poor and biased referee designations, awful management of open-air TV matches, absolutely ridiculous management of ticket prizes which led to half-empty (or even lower attendances, see Real Sociedad's last match yesterday) stadiums, constantly making provocative statements and ALWAYS pointing out he's a Real Madrid fan to excuse himself (Which shouldn't be that bad if he were doing an acceptable job, which is obviously NOT the case) and, despite signing several sponsorship contracts, STILL not solving (he slightly reformed it, but still not enough) the endemic problem with TV rights money
Maybe from the outside, he didn't seem so bad, but from the inside, he not only DID, but he managed to be even worse
To him: "Tanta paz te lleves como descanso nos dejas" as we say, and PLEASE, if you want to make something good for the league, don't present yourself for the elections, take the first flight to China and STAY THERE, for the rest of YOUR LIFE
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 22:11
by Nessafox
Oh gosh. When last year AA Gent finally could restore the reputation of Belgian teams in the CL, this year Club Brugge is really making a huge mess of it
When you're losing 4-0 to - with all respect - the puny Copenhagen, you're just not CL material. #StillbetterthanCelticthough
Meanwhile in the JPL it's #ZulteWaregemWinsLol, and i most certainly wouldn't mind if it stayed that way! I'm curious to see how far they'll get in the play-offs though.
And Tommy: Sprimonts debut on the highest amateur level so far is a disaster. Hide in a cave. Or in the UK, but that's more or less the same as a cave.
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 22:28
by Ataxia
As I'm sure you've heard perhaps, Sam Allardyce has lost his job as England manager after one game. He was filmed talking to undercover reporters posing as rich businessmen looking to invest in English teams. Allardyce offered them advice on how to overcome some of the transfer regulations in English football (such as third-party ownership, which was banned after Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano somehow ended up at West Ham in 2006), and offered to become their advisor for transfer dealings for a fee of £400,000.
Big Sam is a big idiot.
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 27 Sep 2016, 23:04
by tommykl
This wrote:And Tommy: Sprimonts debut on the highest amateur level so far is a disaster. Hide in a cave. Or in the UK, but that's more or less the same as a cave.
Considering we made it to that division through play-offs having finished sixth in our division, literally the worst of any team in the First Amateur Division, I'd say it's not that surprising, but it's still a bit disappointing.
But hey. At least we're not Coxyde
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 28 Sep 2016, 07:19
by CoopsII
Ataxia wrote:As I'm sure you've heard perhaps, Sam Allardyce has lost his job as England manager after one game. He was filmed talking to undercover reporters posing as rich businessmen looking to invest in English teams. Allardyce offered them advice on how to overcome some of the transfer regulations in English football (such as third-party ownership, which was banned after Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano somehow ended up at West Ham in 2006), and offered to become their advisor for transfer dealings for a fee of £400,000.
Big Sam is a big idiot.
But what a win ratio...
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 29 Sep 2016, 22:24
by dinizintheoven
It's odd, you know - when I first heard that Sam Allardyce had been given the England job my immediate thought was that Mike Bassett, England Manager was about to play itself out in real life.
And then, the truth became stranger than fiction...
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 30 Sep 2016, 18:38
by Nessafox
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 02 Oct 2016, 06:28
by EuroBrun
Looks like top-level football is collapsing under its own gravity. I've always admired Spanish and English Leagues and Federations, but they are not problem free as appear from the recent events.
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 03 Oct 2016, 01:15
by Nessafox
We welcome back
Only In Belgium with a bang.
That being, the name of the divisons being screwed up.
In the professional league we have:
-1A (first pro division)
-1B (second pro division)
Things in provincial leagues work different, as A and B (and other letters) are equal level. But the inconsequences don't stop here.
We have the following national divisions:
-1 amateur
-2 amateur A
-2 amateur B
-2 amateur a
-3 amateur A
-3 amateur B
-3 amateur a
-3 amateur b
Looks ridiculous right? Well, the capital letters represtent teams with a Flemish membership, the lower case letters represent teams with a Walloon membership. So for example the team i support (Hades) is now in 'second amateur capital B'
You want to know why i got such a confusing personality? Look no further than my
Only in Belgium section here.
In other rejectful news, Anderlecht had decided to put Olivier Deschacht who's been a defender for all his life, as a target forward in their game against Standard.
A bluff substitute? Probably, coach Weiler seems to be the type of guy who does that kind of stuff every now and then. (interestingly, Deschacht has been named in the current matchfixing scandal). To put things more into context, the regular strikers were not injured at all.
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 04 Oct 2016, 00:24
by DemocalypseNow
Everyone who says Serie A is rubbish...does not watch any Serie A.
This is just a weekly example of how bananas the games can be sometimes. Milan - Sassuolo is
always eventful. You should watch this just for Locatelli's exquisite goal!
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 06 Oct 2016, 10:21
by dinizintheoven
This wrote:In other rejectful news, Anderlecht had decided to put Olivier Deschacht who's been a defender for all his life, as a target forward in their game against Standard.
Paul Warhurst approves of this post.
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 07 Oct 2016, 23:34
by Nessafox
And Faroe Islands is now second in their group, well above Portugal!
After a home draw against Hungary, which has a habit of strange results, and an away win against Latvia, not a world-beater, but several years ago, this would be a chanceless scenario for Faroer. Qualifying? Probably will never happen,but embarrassing bigger teams? Yes they can!
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 09 Oct 2016, 18:25
by FullMetalJack
Fourteen years after the club's formation, thanks to the original Wimbledon FC's relocation to Milton Keynes was approved, AFC Wimbledon have climbed above Milton Keynes Dons in the league table for the first time.
Long may it continue.
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 18 Oct 2016, 08:25
by Nessafox
Meanwhile in Belgium Jocn Bico, the Cameroonese broker who became manager, technical director, physical coach, owner, sponsor, bartender and the only fan of White Star Brussels (also on the blacklist list of Chelsea, the Hazard family, Zulte Waregem and Kortrijk for other reasons) suddenly this weekend get announced as manager/trainer of Antwerp. In older posts you might have noticed that Antwerp is one of the other clubs where if anything weird can happen, it usually will. Let's also not forget that Antwerp is currently owned by Patrick Decuyper, the guy infamous for trying to move Zulte Waregem and Kortrijk to the city of Antwerp (just on a map to see how much sense this makes). Also famous for refusing to tell who his investors are. Both of them sworn arch-enemies after the title loss of Antwerp and win of WS in second level last year (nevertheless the totally unrelated Eupen got promoted), but before that they shared involvement, and suddenly became friends again.
At the moment, it still looks like he's in function at WS Brussels, though (who are now relegated to the third level, because of their shambles)
Well... this proves to become an interesting drama again... And Mogi Bayat, a broker, son of former Charleroi owner Abbas Bayat (old posts will explain) is also rumoured to be involved. When that amount of shady figures team up at a team that has been shady and a complete mess since the early nineties...
What are these guys up to? Expect firework! Especially considering that other team in the city of Antwerp is now winning everything on the third level and they've been historical sworn enemies, and have had plenty of shady moments themselves.
It all looks like a poorly executed comedy movie, but it's the reality for football fans in the cities of Brussels and Antwerp. They make Standard look like Cercle Brugge.
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 20 Oct 2016, 12:14
by watka
This wrote:
It all looks like a poorly executed comedy movie, but it's the reality for football fans in the cities of Brussels and Antwerp. They make Standard look like Cercle Brugge.
Oi, leave my favourite dull team in Belgium alone! The Cercle will rise again!
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 21 Oct 2016, 20:11
by DemocalypseNow
watka wrote:This wrote:
It all looks like a poorly executed comedy movie, but it's the reality for football fans in the cities of Brussels and Antwerp. They make Standard look like Cercle Brugge.
Oi, leave my favourite dull team in Belgium alone! The Cercle will rise again!
If Cercle Brugge is the rival team to Club Brugge, then is Standard Liege's opposite number Abnormal Liege?
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 22 Oct 2016, 07:02
by Nessafox
Biscione wrote:watka wrote:This wrote:
It all looks like a poorly executed comedy movie, but it's the reality for football fans in the cities of Brussels and Antwerp. They make Standard look like Cercle Brugge.
Oi, leave my favourite dull team in Belgium alone! The Cercle will rise again!
If Cercle Brugge is the rival team to Club Brugge, then is Standard Liege's opposite number Abnormal Liege?
Well, punny jokes aside, their rival is called Club Liège, coincidentally.
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 22 Oct 2016, 15:25
by tommykl
This wrote:Biscione wrote:watka wrote:Oi, leave my favourite dull team in Belgium alone! The Cercle will rise again!
If Cercle Brugge is the rival team to Club Brugge, then is Standard Liege's opposite number Abnormal Liege?
Well, punny jokes aside, their rival is called Club Liège, coincidentally.
I think you'll find it's Royal Football Club Liège, who hasn't been anywhere near the top level for about 20 years
If Standard were to have actual rivals, it would either be Anderlecht or Charleroi
Re: The Ali Dia Football/Soccer Thread
Posted: 22 Oct 2016, 23:15
by DemocalypseNow
Locatelli scores nothing but screamers. This kid sure is something.