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Wednesday's B*ll*x

Postby Chinners » Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:01 am

THE BOLLX

Following on from yesterday lead Bollox ....

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(L-R) Fernandinho, Gabriel Jesus, Philippe Coutinho, Willian, Ederson and Roberto Firmino on jet ahead of trip back to England

Alexis Sanchez: Man City to pay JUST £20m for Arsenal star, club confident of January deal
Sanchez, 28, was close to joining Manchester City from Arsenal in the summer transfer window.
Pep Guardiola's side made a deadline day bid totalling £60m, which the Gunners accepted.
However, Arsenal blocked Alexis Sanchez's proposed move to the Etihad at the last minute after they failed to land Monaco winger Thomas Lemar.
The Chile international has less than ten months remaining on his current contract at the Emirates.
He has already rejected a new and improved £300,000-a-week deal to remain at the club as he is demanding closer to £400,000-a-week.

Manchester City are reluctant to pay anymore than £20m for Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez in January
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However, the former Barcelona man looks destined to leave on a free transfer as it appears he has no intention of putting pen to paper on fresh terms in north London.
And The Sun say Manchester City will now be reluctant pay anymore than £20m for Sanchez when the transfer window reopens in January.
It is said this is because he will have just six months remaining on his contract at Arsenal, so City are determined to not pay over the odds for him.
Despite this, City remain confident of reuniting Sanchez with Guardiola - with the manager himself refusing to rule out a move for him last month.
When the Spaniard was asked about his interest in the Gunners ace – as well as Jonny Evans and Kylian Mbappe – he said: “Alexis is an Arsenal player.
“Like Mbappe is a Monaco player, like Jonny Evans is a West Bromwich Albion player.
“Normally I don't talk about players from other clubs."
The report adds Guardiola will hold talks with Fabian Delph and Eliaquim Mangala this week to reassure them they still have a part to play at the club.

Sterling up for grabs?
Raheem Sterling will be soon be offloaded by Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, a number of the Sky Blues' Premier League rivals reportedly believe.
According to Matt Law in the Telegraph, despite City insisting the English winger still remains part of Guardiola's plans, some top Premier League clubs believe Sterling will be sold, perhaps as early as January, if the Manchester outfit successfully land Alexis Sanchez.
Law added City plan to go back in for Sanchez following their pursuit of the Chilean in the recent summer transfer window, and Sterling's Etihad Stadium future could then come under threat.
Certainly the 22-year-old former Liverpool forward has already come under pressure in earning a starting role at City after Guardiola signed Bernardo Silva in the summer, another attacking midfielder to join the likes of Kevin de Bruyne, David Silva and Leroy Sane.
Per football writer Paul MacInnes, City can already deploy a remarkable attacking unit and have cover on the bench even without Sterling in the squad:
Should Sanchez, 28, move to the Etihad Stadium as well it would be almost impossible for all the front men to be accommodated.
Given Sterling was not a Guardiola purchase—he was signed for £49 million from Liverpool in 2015 during Manuel Pellegrini's tenure—and is not an indispensable part of the first-team squad, it would be likely he would be let go.
Law explained the most likely scenario would be Arsenal and Chelsea would battle for Sterling's signature, as City would not sell to Manchester United, he would not return to Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur "could not afford his transfer fee or wages

Manchester City in Premier League first: Club set to appoint anti-doping staff
MANCHESTER CITY are to appoint the Premier League’s first anti-doping tzar after being hit with an FA fine earlier this year.
Pep Guardiola's Man City will make history by appointing anti-doping staff
Pep Guardiola fell foul of the FA’s rules that require clubs to keep drugs testing authorities up to date with their players whereabouts.
City were fined £35,000 and warned about their future conduct by the FA in February after failing on three occasions to make sure that “whereabouts” info was accurate.
But City and a number of other rivals are to appoint full-time staff to avoid it happening again.
City’s Dr Matt Brown said: “I’m not just talking about our club.
"I know chief execs at a lot of clubs are looking if we need somebody to take ownership of that, get somebody employed to be a whereabouts administrator.
“We need somebody to take ownership of that”
“That’s great for the clubs in the Premier League and clubs with a lot of money but at lower leagues I don’t think that feasible.
“At the moment we have a team that works with it but it’s everybody’s problem.
“But it’s something we’re in the process of doing. I don’t think any other club has employed anyone yet.”
Former City defender Kolo Toure failed a drugs test and was suspended for six months in 2011, although the club doctor was keen to stress the latest FA punishment was on a technicality.
He added: “We’re obviously not happy as a club because it does bring our badge into disrepute.
“But these have been administration errors. There have been no specific anti-doping offences. This is all whereabouts issues.”

Man City's Gabriel Jesus shares throwback picture
Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus has shown fans a throwback picture of himself as a child on his Instagram page.
Gabriel Jesus has already shown how far he has come from the favelas in Brazil to the Etihad but despite all that in a recent post on Instagram he's shown not much has changed.
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In a throwback picture on his social media he posted a picture of himself now doing exactly the same pose as when he was a child .
Next to the photograph he wrote the caption: 'Did I change?'
While the 20-year-old has clearly grown up and covered himself in tattoos the Brazilian international still looks the same.
It's not the first time Jesus has shared a throwback picture on his social media.
In the summer he returned to Brazil and shared pictures of himself painting the streets in 2014 before the World Cup in his home country.
He was playing for Palmeiras in Sao Paulo’s under-17 championship before his big move to City in January.
Jesus is currently with Brazil as they are playing Colombia in a World Cup qualifier before joining up with City again ahead of the game against Liverpool at the weekend.

Meet the Manchester City super scout who unearthed Jadon Sancho and the next generation of English talent
Manchester City did not want to lose Jadon Sancho but last week the 17-year-old did earn them the largest ever transfer fee paid for someone yet to play a single minute of senior football.
Borussia Dortmund paid £8million for Sancho, a serious profit for City given they signed him from Watford for an initial £66,000 two years before.
City put more resources into their youth recruitment than anyone else in the country and no-one is more important to their work than Joe Shields, the brilliant young scout who found Sancho and brought him to City in 2015.
Shields is City’s UK academy scouting manager, having previously covered the south of England for them. Even with Sancho gone he has brought a new generation of English youngsters to City, in their pursuit of having the best academy teams in the country.
Next up there is Taylor Richards, the 16-year-old attacking midfielder signed from Fulham. Then there is 17-year-old Ian Carlo Poveda, eligible for England and Colombia, who joined from Brentford having spent time with Barcelona and Arsenal. And Rabbi Matondo, another 16-year-old, a fast, skilful winger signed from Cardiff City last year.
All of them were found for City by Shields.
Most striking is Yeboah Amankwah, the 16-year-old centre-back City signed last December. They did not take him from another club, but from Croydon side Kinetic Foundation. That is where Shields found him, and when Manchester United found out they tried to sign him, but City got him first. He is now starring for their Under-18s.
It should be no surprise, though, that Shields, at the top of one of the best-funded scouting departments in the country still goes to watch local football in Croydon. Shields, still just 30 years old, is from Thornton Heath and is rooted in the football community of the area.
He started coaching from the age of 15 at Melwood FC, the Croydon team before doing part-time schoolboy scouting for Crystal Palace.
Shields’ reputation grew and in 2010 he was offered a full-time role at Fulham by academy coach Colin Omogbehin, who had previous been at Palace. He worked there for one year and it was only when Palace could free up some money that they could offer Shields a full-time role to leave Fulham for.
Even in that early work Shields’ work ethic was clear and his commitment to finding the best players wherever they may be. “Youth scouting is harder than senior scouting because you never know where the best players will be,” explains Gary Issott, Crystal Palace academy director.
“In senior football the best players are at the best clubs but in youth football they could be playing somewhere because their mates are there or their dad. Joe had the incredible work ethic to find them.”
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City's youth team setup is regarded as one of the best in the country
South London is one of England’s biggest talent factories now but one of Shields’ most important skills has been the ability to spot players in any park or playground – and in urban, rather than leafy areas - who could make it at an academy too. “Joe has the ability to spot players in a disorganised environment who have the talent to succeed in an organised environment,” says another former colleague.
“He has that eye for the best players.”
In practice that means looking beyond who might be the quickest or strongest boy in any age group and understanding the technical skill and intelligence that make a footballer able to jump from one level to the next. It is a knack more than a learned skill but the evidence of his career so far is that Shields has it.
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Poveda is another highly-rated young player on City's books
That is the skill that saw Manchester City sign Shields from Palace in 2013 as their London youth scout, a job he did for three years before moving up into his current one. Scouting is a very human job and everyone who has worked with Shields speaks about his people skills and the strength of the connections he makes. He is strikingly popular with all of his players and their families, because of his supportiveness, trust and encouragement.
Word gets around in youth football and Shields is so popular that players at under-15 or under-16 level will play better because they know Shields is watching. Even if they know they will never get a move to City.
That in part is why he is already in such a big role at Manchester City. There would be interest from every big club if he ever wanted to leave City but for now there is a new cohort of his signings on their way through. Sancho has gone but others will take his place.

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OTHER BOLLOX
Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea, 26, has asked Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos to sort his move to the Bernabeu. (Diario Gol)

Brazil midfielder Philippe Coutinho, 25, was never going to leave Liverpool this summer, says the club's former managing director Christian Purslow. (Sky Sports)

Diego Costa, 28, has arrived back in London as he bids to end his Chelsea stay and arrange a return to his former side Atletico Madrid. (Marca)

The Spain striker's club-mates believe he is giving serious consideration to returning to the Blues and taking his punishment for going AWOL in a bid to sort out his future. (Daily Telegraph)

Bayern Munich chief Karl-Heinz Rummenigge claims that Inter Milan made "no offer" for 30-year-old Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal this summer. (Premium Sport)
French midfielder Blaise Matuidi, 30, rejected Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester City to join Juventus from Paris St-Germain this summer. (France Football)

Midfielder Andres Iniesta, 33, will sign a new deal with Barcelona, says the club's president Josep Maria Bartomeu. (Mundo Deportivo)

Former Arsenal and Brazil forward Julio Baptista, 35, is set to sign for struggling Championship side Bolton on a free transfer. (Sun)

Everton striker Henry Onyekuru, 20, who was loaned out to Anderlecht this summer, says he has no regrets about rejecting Celtic during the transfer window. (Liverpool Echo)

Free agent midfielder Josh Wright, 27, is in talks with Southend United about a move to the League One club. (Sky Sports)

Aston Villa chief executive Keith Wyness says the club were close to signing two "big" players from the Premier League on deadline day. (Birmingham Mail)

Chelsea winger Eden Hazard says, jokingly, if Paris St-Germain forward Neymar is worth 222m euros then he is worth 1bn euros. (La Gazzetta dello Sport )

Southampton have allowed Liverpool and Chelsea defensive target Virgil van Dijk to train with the first team. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester United have looked at Celtic's safe standing pilot scheme, according to the Scottish club. (Manchester Evening News)

Aston Villa have revealed plans to increase Villa Park's capacity to 60,000 if they return to the Premier League. (Express and Star)

France will win the World Cup in 2018 according to French football journalist Julien Laurens, despite their 0-0 draw with Luxembourg on Sunday. (BBC Radio 5 live In Short)

Spain midfielder Isco's emergence at Real Madrid is making things "difficult for Gareth Bale", according to European football writer James Horncastle. (BBC Radio 5 live In Short)

GOLDEN BOLLOX
On this day - 2012

Manchester City Made Staggering £158m Bid To Sign Real Madrid Star Cristiano Ronaldo This Summer
City made world-record Ronaldo offer.
Manchester City made a phenomenal £158m bid for Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo this summer, according to Spanish newspaper AS - a publication with strong links to Los Blancos.
The Premier League Champions were prepared to make Ronaldo the highest payed footballer on the planet, with a contract worth £15m per year, but the bid was rejected by Real president Florentino Perez.
It is not the first time Man City owner Sheikh Mansour has tried to buy the Portuguese superstar after offering £142m for the 27-year-old last year and he is reportedly desperate to land Ronaldo before UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations come into force in 2014.
Mansour and Perez will come face-to-face twice before the turn of the year, with Real hosting City in the Champions League group stage on 18 September, with the second meeting in Manchester on 21 November.
Ronaldo recently admitted he was ‘sad’ at the Bernebeu but is yet to explain why, amid reports that he was forced to play on the anniversary of his father’s death and that he wants more money from the La Liga Champions.
City are keen to take advantage of Ronaldo’s unease to bring him back to the Premier League but it is understood that Ronaldo is reluctant to join the Eastlands club after spending six years with their fierce rivals Manchester United.

Mario Balotelli welcomes Richard Wright with blinding goal and banter
Goalkeeper Richard Wright was given a special welcome at Manchester City in the form of a lethal Mario Balotelli free-kick and some sarcastic encouragement from the club’s coaching staff.
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Wright, who was perhaps the biggest surprise mover of the transfer window, was given little time to settle as Balotelli, Aleksandar Kolarov, Scott Sinclair and James Milner were unleashed on him.
After one shot by the Italian whistled past the keeper at break-neck speed into the top corner, someone is heard laughing and shouting ‘welcome!’
Wright, perhaps trying to disguise his nerves, boasted that he ‘had it covered’ as a Balotelli bullet bounced off the post earlier in the session.
Balotelli seemed not to be suffering from the eye problem which led to surgery on Monday, although he is heard suggesting that Andres Iniesta, Xavi, Lionel Messi and Alexis Sanchez were standing in the yellow practice wall.

Manchester United’s Premier League plan to curb Manchester City’s spending
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini with the Premier League trophy which City beat United to last season following investment from owner Sheikh Mansour
A bid by United to limit the spending of ‘noisy neighbours’ City is set to be discussed by the Premier League for the first time today.
The proposal, launched by the Reds at a meeting earlier this summer, centres on whether Premier League clubs should be hit with sanctions if they spend more than they earn.
It mirrors the Financial Fair Play rules UEFA have introduced for clubs competing in the Champions League and Europa League, which will kick in next season.
The league’s top executives have produced a discussion paper on financial controls for the 20 Premier League chairmen to consider.
It could eventually lead to clubs being forced to break even every year or risk facing penalties.
It would be a serious blow to clubs like City and Chelsea who, at the moment, return significant losses.
According to City’s last published accounts in 2011, the club made a loss of £197m. Chelsea lost £68m in the same year, while United made a £12m profit, despite them being heavily in debt following the takeover by the Glazer family.
There is strong support from other clubs for the proposals.
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan is in favour despite the Latics recording a £7.2m loss for the year ending May 2011.
Critics, meanwhile, insist the rules only favour clubs like United and Arsenal who make a profit while penalising clubs with wealthy benefactors like City.
Whelan said: “This proposal has come from Manchester United – I think City have shaken them up a little bit – but I think there should be some controls on spending.
“Some clubs are spending way more than they can afford and get into trouble – look at Portsmouth.
“The Premier League is so big and powerful and there is so much money around that the clubs try and chase it. Something has to be done.”
United’s chief executive David Gill has been one of the driving forces behind UEFA’s financial fair play rules and he wants the Premier League to follow suit.
The Football League have introduced a similar system in the Championship and Gill believes the top flight should bring in similar measures.
Two groups of 10 clubs, each with clubs mixed up to reflect size and region, are set to discuss the options in more detail today.
No decision will be made just yet but Gill insists it’s a step in the right direction.
He said: “A lot of clubs would be happy just to introduce the financial fair play regulations into the Premier League now, some wouldn’t, but that’s a debate that has to have happened.
“And it will happen.”

OTHER BOLLOX
Manchester United winger Nani, 25, ruined any chance of a move to Russian club Zenit St Petersburg with "unreal" wage demands. Various

Chelsea and England defender Ashley Cole, 31, is set for a move to French club Paris Saint-Germain in January or at the end of the season. talkShit

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger wants defenders Bacary Sagna, 29, and Kieran Gibbs, 22, to sign new contracts. Sagna will be offered a fresh deal despite his criticism of the Gunners' transfer policy. Daily Mirror

Colombia forward, Radamel Falcao, 26, has dismissed reports that he will leave Atletico Madrid for the Premier League with either Manchester City or Chelsea. talkShiT

Everton defender Leighton Baines, 27, says he was left slightly confused by Manchester United's apparent lack of interest in him during the summer's transfer window. Metro

Captain Steven Gerrard, 32, is urging England to carry on believing they can win the World Cup in Brazil in 2014. "Miracles do happen, it's been proved. We must have faith," he said. Times

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says the shortage of senior strikers at the club will mean opportunities for under-21 players such as Suso, a Spaniard signed by Rafael Benitez in 2010 who impressed on the club's pre-season tour. Independent

QPR midfielder Samba Diakite has returned home to France to undergo treatment for depression. The 23-year-old will be given as much time as he needs to recover. Daily Mail

Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew is awaiting further news of Fabricio Coloccini after the defender suffered a hamstring injury while on international duty with Argentina. Daily Star

The Premier League is considering bringing in measures to control escalating player wages before the cash influx from the 2013-16 television contracts. the Guardian

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas missed out on the Burnley job in 2010 because Turf Moor chiefs were left confused by his PowerPoint presentation. In his forthcoming autobiography, former Burnley chief executive Paul Fletcher writes: "The language and jargon of football gets worse by the day. Villas-Boas uses a lot of it. Would Burnley players have ever understood what he wanted if he'd told them to 'solidificate' or some of his other terms?" Daily Telegraph

Michael Owen said turning up for his first training session at Stoke felt like going back to school. the Sun

Fiorentina want Fulham striker Dimitar Berbatov to pay for the deadline-day flight he never took to Florence after the 31-year-old decided against a move to Italy. London Evening Standard
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Re: Wednesday's B*ll*x

Postby nottsblue » Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:22 am

Nice work Chinners. I can't see us signing Sanchez for £20m either. Unless the player has gone on strike or been useless. And in that case, would we really want him?
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Re: Wednesday's B*ll*x

Postby CrownPointBlue » Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:09 am

nottsblue wrote:Nice work Chinners. I can't see us signing Sanchez for £20m either. Unless the player has gone on strike or been useless. And in that case, would we really want him?


It feels like he's on loan to Arse until Pep decides whether he still wants him for next August.

12 months is a long time for a player to train & play at a sub optimal level,particularly a player like Alexis & particularly in a World Cup year.

If he's in elite condition,motivated to play a squad role & FREE he's a good addition.

lots of 'IFs'.
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Re: Wednesday's B*ll*x

Postby Chinners » Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:59 am

For me, if we get Sanchez then Augero will be deemed surplus and leave due to lack of playing time. I rate Sanchez as a player and think he would be a great addition to the squad, but if it means discarding/demoting a player of the same age who has publically committed himself to City "until we win the Champions league" and has scored 25+ goals in 5 of his six full seasons for us then I hope we don't. Sanchez could/will do the same to us if Pep walks or he gets rotated every other week. I'd take Augero all day long over him.
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Re: Wednesday's B*ll*x

Postby Foreverinbluedreams » Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:11 am

Chinners wrote:For me, if we get Sanchez then Augero will be deemed surplus and leave due to lack of playing time. I rate Sanchez as a player and think he would be a great addition to the squad, but if it means discarding/demoting a player of the same age who has publically committed himself to City "until we win the Champions league" and has scored 25+ goals in 5 of his six full seasons for us then I hope we don't. Sanchez could/will do the same to us if Pep walks or he gets rotated every other week. I'd take Augero all day long over him.


I don't see it that way at all.

Sanchez is primarily a wide player that scores goals so I believe he would take the pressure off Aguero as well as providing cover for him.

He'd also take pressure off Sane and Sterling to perform consistently.

His tenacity would be an added bonus.
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Re: Wednesday's B*ll*x

Postby Chinners » Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:29 am

Nah, imo, Sanchez would be our new 'Rodney Marsh' great player but fucl up the team as a whole ... maybe
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Re: Wednesday's B*ll*x

Postby City64 » Wed Sep 06, 2017 10:05 am

Fed up with the whole Sanchez thing to be fair . Aguero is our legend Sanchez still a gooner ........ let's move on !
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Re: Wednesday's B*ll*x

Postby Mikhail Chigorin » Wed Sep 06, 2017 10:37 am

Further stories about Sterling being off-loaded.

Yawn, yawn......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Re: Wednesday's B*ll*x

Postby Chinners » Wed Sep 06, 2017 10:59 am

EXTRA BOLLOX

This really needs to be fucled off as soon as possible!

Premier League 39th game plan 'not unnoticed by clubs' American owners'
Premier League clubs Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham took part in the International Champions Cup tournament in the USA during pre-season
The man behind the International Champions Cup, the pre-season tournament featuring Europe's biggest clubs, says his promotions company wants to host Premier League matches in the United States.
Charlie Stillitano, executive chairman of Relevent Sports, says the success of exporting NFL games to England has not gone unnoticed by American owners of Premier League clubs.
However, plans to play a so-called '39th game' abroad have been shelved by Premier League chiefs.
Referring to the NFL, Stillitano told the BBC's World Football programme: "It seems like half the season is played in England.
"That's what NFL owners look at. And don't forget, you have a couple of NFL owners that own teams in your Premier League."
The Glazer family own Manchester United and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Arsenal's majority shareholder Stan Kroenke also owns the Los Angeles Rams.
"When they see NFL teams play [in England], they think maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea for our team to play somewhere else, to bring the gospel there," said Stillitano, speaking at the Soccerex Global Convention, the football finance event being held in Manchester.
And Stillitano says Relevent Sports is ready to take the Premier League to the United States.
"We have our hand up. We'd love to host these games - but it's up to the leagues and confederations."
In 2008, Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore proposed the so-called '39th game' but said in July he said too many obstacles remain in the way of playing league matches outside England.
"The clubs would like to do it - but we're also realistic that until the fan reaction, the political reaction and the general media reaction is more warm towards it, it's not going to happen," he told journalists in Hong Kong.
"I think there would still be a desire to do a round of fixtures internationally, but there is no prospect of it happening any time soon.
The International Champions Cup - which this year featured Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Paris St-Germain, Juventus and Roma all playing three games each at 11 venues in the United States - has attracted large crowds.
In 2014, Michigan had a US soccer record crowd of 109,318 for the game between Real Madrid and Manchester United.
Stillitano says it has caught the attention of Stephen Ross, the billionaire owner of Relevent Sports and the Miami Dolphins.
"Our owner refers to the Glazers and Stan Kroenke as partners. The NFL mentality is one of true partnership. They've certainly talked among themselves about things like this happening. People get excited when they see the real thing live.
"Now, there are the league rules, there are regulations - so I could never speak for the Glazers or Stan Kroenke - I'm just saying, from our perspective, we would love to have regular season games."
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Re: Wednesday's B*ll*x

Postby CrownPointBlue » Wed Sep 06, 2017 10:59 am

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:Further stories about Sterling being off-loaded.

Yawn, yawn......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


It's the stupid scouse press mafia trying to unsettle Raz pre match.

The dumb feckers probably don't realise he's suspenders.
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Re: Wednesday's B*ll*x

Postby Chinners » Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:03 am

CrownPointBlue wrote:
Mikhail Chigorin wrote:Further stories about Sterling being off-loaded.

Yawn, yawn......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


It's the stupid scouse press mafia trying to unsettle Raz pre match.

The dumb feckers probably don't realise he's suspenders.


Its mainly (ironically) from MuEN and their owners to be fair!
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Re: Wednesday's B*ll*x

Postby Mikhail Chigorin » Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:09 am

Why has De Gea supposedly asked Sergio Ramos "to sort his move to the Bernabeu" ??

Has he now become De Gea's agent ??
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Re: Wednesday's B*ll*x

Postby Foreverinbluedreams » Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:12 am

Chinners wrote:
CrownPointBlue wrote:
Mikhail Chigorin wrote:Further stories about Sterling being off-loaded.

Yawn, yawn......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


It's the stupid scouse press mafia trying to unsettle Raz pre match.

The dumb feckers probably don't realise he's suspenders.


Its mainly (ironically) from MuEN and their owners to be fair!


The Fail seem to have a hard on for him too.
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Re: Wednesday's B*ll*x

Postby Justified logic » Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:30 pm

If there is ever a 39th game or any PL game played in the US football will have died.
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Re: Wednesday's B*ll*x

Postby iwasthere2012 » Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:31 pm

Chinners wrote:Nah, imo, Sanchez would be our new 'Rodney Marsh' great player but fucl up the team as a whole ... maybe


Nah. that'll be Messi.
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