That Bob Dylan Nobel prize for literature is, erm, an interesting pick.
Apropos of nothing, I think I hear the sound of a bar being lowered somewhere.
Apropos of nothing, I think I hear the sound of a bar being lowered somewhere.
By Laboured Go To PostThat Bob Dylan Nobel prize for literature is, erm, an interesting pick.
Should have been Javier Marías.
President Vladimir Putin has called for politicians, high-ranking figures and their loved ones to return home to the "Motherland" as relations with the West weaken, local media reported.
Russian newspaper, Znak, said the top level order applies to "administration staff, regional administrators, lawmakers of all levels and employees of public corporations".
Workers were also told to pull their children out of school immediately, even if it was in the middle of term and those that do not obey the edict "will put their chances of promotion at risk".
The exact reasoning for the order is still unclear but one analyst has suggested it is to prepare for “big war”.
Well I have always loved post-apocalyptic scenarios.
Only just saw that Porto announced they had a 58M€ loss on the 15/16 season. UEFA had warned them they could only present a maximum of 8M€ to prevent penalties related to Financial Fair Play, they had 50M€ more.
By LFMartins86 Go To PostOnly just saw that Porto announced they had a 58M€ loss on the 15/16 season. UEFA had warned them they could only present a maximum of 8M€ to prevent penalties related to Financial Fair Play, they had 50M€ more.
You think they will be docked points?
By Kidjr Go To PostYou think they will be docked points?Well, something will happen. Either points deduction, withholding revenue from European competitions, banning registration of new players in Europe or even disqualification and exclusion of European competitions for a few years.
They need an extreme change and quickly, their players and staff wages reach 75M€, that's nearly 30M€ than Sporting. The club hasn't won a single trophy in 3 years and that's something they aren't used to. While Benfica and Sporting had huge sales, Porto barely sold anyone and still spent 30M€ in transfers this past window (4M€ more than Sporting).
By Laboured Go To PostThat Bob Dylan Nobel prize for literature is, erm, an interesting pick.I'm just happy they didn't give it to Haruki Murakami and hopefully never do.
Apropos of nothing, I think I hear the sound of a bar being lowered somewhere.
By LFMartins86 Go To PostOnly just saw that Porto announced they had a 58M€ loss on the 15/16 season. UEFA had warned them they could only present a maximum of 8M€ to prevent penalties related to Financial Fair Play, they had 50M€ more.jts in 3, 2, 1 ...
By Zabojnik Go To Postjts in 3, 2, 1 …jts doens't watch football any longer.
By Zabojnik Go To Postjts in 3, 2, 1 …To be fair, Sporting had a 32M€ loss but Slimani and João Mario's sales weren't counted.
By Perfect Blue Go To PostWhatever happened to jtb? He was chill despite being have pretentious opinions on movies.He's still doing streams on Twitch. I've never heard his opinion on movies.
can you blame jts? Football peaked with Heynckes' Bayern. Everything else since then has been pure shit
Where is Porto's money going
Always thought they were hugely profitable in the transfer market with the fees they got for the players they sold, in the CL more often than not, and filling their stadium.
Were they actually spending a lot of money on failures, and not receiving much for the successes due to the third party ownership?
Always thought they were hugely profitable in the transfer market with the fees they got for the players they sold, in the CL more often than not, and filling their stadium.
Were they actually spending a lot of money on failures, and not receiving much for the successes due to the third party ownership?
Rush, I know exactly what you mean dude. This "consent" thing that the left made up is way out control these days. They even use it to stop good-natured pastimes like "grope-the-random-girl" and "walk-in-on-teenagers-while-they're-changing". #justicefortrump
You guys got any tips for cancelling Sky Protect?
Don't wanna be stuck on the phone for an hour batting off discounts and pleads. Would cancelling the direct debit work, or could that effect my Sky subscription?
Don't wanna be stuck on the phone for an hour batting off discounts and pleads. Would cancelling the direct debit work, or could that effect my Sky subscription?
We're going to lose a great flag :(
Results of another Brexit referendum is one of those interesting things we'll never get an answer to. Would tell us just how short sighted and reactionary people were the first time around, since the immediate results are nothing that weren't predicted.
Results of another Brexit referendum is one of those interesting things we'll never get an answer to. Would tell us just how short sighted and reactionary people were the first time around, since the immediate results are nothing that weren't predicted.
By Kidjr Go To PostDid we scare Guthrang ofOne can hope
By Laboured Go To PostThat Bob Dylan Nobel prize for literature is, erm, an interesting pick.
Apropos of nothing, I think I hear the sound of a bar being lowered somewhere.
After Steve Bruce, Bob Dylan is the greatest poet of all time.
By Cleff Go To PostI see the SNP have published another Referendum Bill.Don't worry. If Scotland votes for independence, there will be a third vote as tiebreaker.
Boy has Brexit been a fuck up.
By Hitch Go To PostWhere is Porto's money going
Always thought they were hugely profitable in the transfer market with the fees they got for the players they sold, in the CL more often than not, and filling their stadium.
Were they actually spending a lot of money on failures, and not receiving much for the successes due to the third party ownership?
In part, yes. They spent 8M€ in José Sá, Suk and Maraga last January, 2 of them have gone out on loan. Adrian Lopez was 11M€ and has played very little, 7M€ for Indi who is out on loan, 3M€ for Abboubakar who has been loaned, Quintero was 10M€ and it's another who is loaned, 7M€ for Diego Reyes who's also out on loan, 4M€ for Ghilas who is loaned...
They also have the biggest wage bill in Portugal, Casillas and Maxi might be the two best paid players in Portugal. There's also agent fees. They spent 15M€ in agent fees last season.
Things aren't going well on the presidency, Pinto da Costa is getting old and there's a lot of fighting backstage between his son and other people on the club. Their football director quit a few weeks ago, their scouting director has also left.
They need stability, they need a trophy this season to appease the fans and give confidence to the team, they need good performances on Europe to show off their players and hope for good sales in the summer. They need to cut down wages and have a more restrict and well thought out transfer mentality.
Sporting was on a similar place a few years ago but our President came in and cleaned house, cut down on expenses, got better sponsorship deals, raised membership numbers from around 80k to 150k and attendance has been great with the past 10 home games having more than 40.000 fans on every game.
By Laboured Go To PostThat Bob Dylan Nobel prize for literature is, erm, an interesting pick.
Apropos of nothing, I think I hear the sound of a bar being lowered somewhere.
Bloody hell. I apologize on behalf of my comrades on this one. #NobelExit
I can't help but feel that the award going to Dylan is evidence of a declining interest in contemporary poetry and literature.
I'm not scandalised by it, because literary prizes are bollocks.
Better than giving it to fascists. There's progress.
Better than giving it to fascists. There's progress.
Good article- https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/13/bob-dylan-deserves-to-win-nobel-prize-literature
I mean, I agree with Sal. It's all bollocks. But thwn, if it is, who cares whether he wins or not?
I mean, I agree with Sal. It's all bollocks. But thwn, if it is, who cares whether he wins or not?
The fact that they still don't have an award for mathematics makes the Nobel prize irrelevant in my eyes.
By Oddinho Go To PostI don't, but it does seem like giving it to Dylan is admission that you don't know what's out there
Too many fucking books anyway
It's largely a circular PR exercise for the Nobel, tbh. Just planet-sized institutional hubris, masquerading as a serious, useful constituent of literary culture.
By Kikarian Go To PostOne of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan.
By FortuneFaded Go To PostThe fact that they still don't have an award for mathematics makes the Nobel prize irrelevant in my eyes.Wouldn't make sense to create a mathematics Nobel since there is already the Fields Medal.
By sohois Go To PostWouldn't make sense to create a mathematics Nobel since there is already the Fields Medal.The Fields medal is awarded every 4 years and is limited to mathematicians under 40.