Football Thread 2016 | August | A Little Nonsense, Now And Then, Is Relished By The Wisest Men

By Shanks D Zoro Go To PostSeeing that picture yesterday has me depressed. :(((

Ricky Hatton was a fantastic boxer, but hen he wasn't fighting he was getting fat. Then getting into shape. All that up and down took a toll on him.

At the highest level, you need to be at your best all the time. I am kinda worried that Higs will be a bust in two years if he keeps swelling up and down. Kinda like how Rooney has dropped off.

By Lego Go To PostPlease I always keep an eye on our loanees

By n8 the gr8 Go To PostFucking hell yurt's smileys are killing me inside

By Yurt Go To PostI dont know if I'm double posting for the millionth time (sorry) or if my double digits ignore list are going rampant on this page. I've added like 4 last night 😂

We will keep him in check :) remember how anemically thin TEVEZ looked after a few months with us?

Fucking Tevez of all fat fucks

By Yurt Go To Postwhat about Giudain


at least he isnt skipping leg day

By Mister0079 Go To Posti wish jese all the best, we'll miss his super sub role for sure

go teach those ligue 1 cunts how to play football

By CCS Go To PostAbsolutely incredible banter from the Manchester Airport Twitter account: https://twitter.com/manairport/status/762603601009188864

By CCS Go To PostAbsolutely incredible banter from the Manchester Airport Twitter account: https://twitter.com/manairport/status/762603601009188864

By Freewheelin Go To Post"Loose"

Kidjr pls lol

By Kidjr Go To PostAnd I'm tempted to agree with you Brazul, but cant really comment till both Pog, Xhaka have settled in and we see if we are getting Euro form Ramsey or pirouette in front of your back four and loose the ball Ramsey

By Zabojnik Go To PostFor Sal.

By Kidjr Go To PostI dont get why people are trying to belittle or downplay this transfer.

In market where pretty much every world class player is at a club where they are highly unlikely to move Man Utd have still managed to secure the services of one of them. Whether the players was there's or not, whether its 89 or 110 million, does he significantly improve that man utd team? fuck yes.

Jury is out on still who has the best midfield in the prem but yeah there is no downsides with this signing imo

Arsène Wenger goes into possibly his final season as Arsenal manager admitting he is “scared” by the prospect of retirement and uncertain he will be able to cope as well as Sir Alex Ferguson without the daily fix of football management.

Wenger, approaching 20 years in charge of the London club, talks about how difficult it will be to break “the addiction” in a far-reaching interview in which the 66-year-old also explains why he is so cautious to show more muscle in the transfer market and bemoans the lack of hunger among some of his younger players.

“It’s been my life and, honestly, I’m quite scared of the day,” Wenger says. “The longer I wait, the more difficult it will be and the more difficult it will be to lose the addiction.

“After Alex retired and we played them over there [at Manchester United] he sent a message to me to come up and have a drink with him. I asked: ‘Do you miss it?’ He said: ‘Not at all.’ I didn’t understand that. It’s an emptiness in your life, especially when you’ve lived your whole life waiting for the next game and trying to win it.”

Arsenal’s reticence to part with vast sums, he explains, goes back to leaving Highbury – “the love of my life” – to move into the £390m Emirates Stadium in 2006. “We had to pay back the debt. We knew we had limited money and we had to be in the Champions League to have a chance to pay off the debt. That was the most difficult period for me. For a while it was very bad, but today the club are financially safe.”

He adds: “I personally believe the only way to be a manager is to spend the club’s money as if it were your own because if you don’t do that you’re susceptible to too many mistakes. You make big decisions and I believe you have to act like it’s your own money, like you’re the owner of the club and you can identify completely with the club. Because if you don’t do that I think you cannot go far.”

One of the questions for Wenger is about how the game has moved on since his appointment in September 1996 and the Frenchman, citing “the power of the agent”, refers to a change in attitude among young players at Premier League clubs. “I’ve fought all my life for footballers to make money but when you pay them before they produce it can kill the hunger. I’m scared we now have players under 17, under 18, who make £1m a year. When Ian Wright was earning that, he’d scored goals, he’d put his body on the line. Now, before they start, they are millionaires – a young player who has not even played.”

“What I think will happen is that you will have more and more players coming out of the lower leagues who have had to fight their way through,” Wenger says. “Compare that with a player who has been educated here, who has had Champions League for 17 years, who has not known anything else. It’s not a dream [for that player], it’s normal for him. But if you play for a team in the lower leagues and watch Real Madrid or Barcelona on Wednesday nights you think: ‘I’d love to play in games like that.’

“I’ve said to our scouts to do the lower leagues because the good players are there now. Don’t forget we have many foreign players in the Premier League, but good English players have to go down to develop.”

By Xele.gif Go To Post
One less striker available on the market.

By Francis Go To Posthttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/aug/08/arsene-wenger-scared-arsenal-retirement
Go on. Give him a new contract.

The man deserves it.

He adds: “I personally believe the only way to be a manager is to spend the club’s money as if it were your own because if you don’t do that you’re susceptible to too many mistakes. You make big decisions and I believe you have to act like it’s your own money, like you’re the owner of the club and you can identify completely with the club. Because if you don’t do that I think you cannot go far.”

By Laboured Go To PostI refuse to believe that Wenger quote is recent, or possibly even real.

By Laboured Go To PostI refuse to believe that Wenger quote is recent, or possibly even real.

He adds: “I personally believe the only way to be a manager is to spend the club’s money as if it were your own because if you don’t do that you’re susceptible to too many mistakes. You make big decisions and I believe you have to act like it’s your own money, like you’re the owner of the club and you can identify completely with the club. Because if you don’t do that I think you cannot go far.”

By Laboured Go To PostI refuse to believe that Wenger quote is recent, or possibly even real.

Edit: Oh my:

nonsense Wenger excuses for everything

He adds: “I personally believe the only way to be a manager is to spend the club’s money as if it were your own because if you don’t do that you’re susceptible to too many mistakes. You make big decisions and I believe you have to act like it’s your own money, like you’re the owner of the club and you can identify completely with the club. Because if you don’t do that I think you cannot go far.”

By Oddinho Go To PostMeh, I have respect for Wenger like no other manager in the game. I think he's a phenomenal manager. Not that he doesn't have his shortcomings, but I rate him over Guardiola, Simeone, Klopp even.

Conte when asked about Pogba's 100m+ move to Man Utd "When I was 13, Lecce signed me in return for 8 footballs, 3 of which were deflated!"

By Yurt Go To PostSo when Wenger spent 40 million on Ozil, that was form his OWN MONEY. What a fucking legend, and it just shows you how much he believes in his boys <3


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