yiddo37
Didier Zokora
Had no idea about that, surely far too many bunkers to make it playable?
Back on topic though, football is becoming a joke with clubs and players whoring themselves.
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Had no idea about that, surely far too many bunkers to make it playable?
Back on topic though, football is becoming a joke with clubs and players whoring themselves.
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
For a lot of footballers it is just a job. Also I suspect that Saudi has some pull for Muslim footballers (and there are lots of those). That’s why I suspect Saudi will establish itself far more as a destination for players than China did.
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
If we all know it happens then surely it doesn’t matter if somebody ‘confirms’ it?
Grays_1890
Chris Jones
It doesn't and its not a major complaint, I just personally think as optics the England manager shouldn't be coming out saying he can't stop players tapping each other up.
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
Better that he is just honest about it and laughs it off no?
Grays_1890
Chris Jones
Yeh maybe, I probably prefer the national manager to discourage it or at least create the illusion he is but like I say its not that big a deal, was a passing comment
It's basic professionalism, amazing that it's so hard for the figurehead of the national team to understand that.
Grays_1890
Chris Jones
You send your players on international duty in good faith, I just don't think the comment at worse is very helpful. Especially as he has moaned about managing in a window before and how it was an unhelpful distraction, can't have it all ways.
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
WTF is he going to do?…. Ban the players from talking to each other?
There were massive club based cliques in the England team and squad for a few managers prior to Southgate and it told when it came to the performances, Southgate finally has England them operating as a decent, close-knit team.
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
So you didn’t know that players tapped each other up prior to Southgate making his comments?
He can not comment on it, you don't comment on office gossip
Southgate is the definition of a mediocre manager, yes he has improved the dressing room and engagement with the team but his favorites model of selection (Maguire & Sterling) and his absolute lack of tactical ability, how to affect games means England will be England, easy walk through qualifiers, get through group stage, with a little luck get deep in tournament and then go out meekly after failing to dominate an opponent.
The best defense of this guy is "he's a nice guy", so was Nuno ..
Bedfordspurs
Vinnie Samways
The joke with football is what’s happening with Chelsea
They are owned by so many parties
One of them is Clearlake capital
Who are in turn mainly “funded” by the Saudi Government
Who also own Saudi Sportswashing Machine
Chelsea need to offload players so….
They are being sold to Saudi government owned teams
That clears some finance issues as one side and elevates the status on another
It’s wooden dollars
Grays_1890
Chris Jones
Na that's not what I'm saying.
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SpurMeUp
Les Howe
If the PL had some ethics they’d ban petro dollar owners.
What happened with Newscastle was suspect too. The PL didn’t approve the new owners. Then goodness knows what happened behind closed doors, but it was approved suddenly and pushed through before anyone could make a fuss. That Saudi Arabia buy billions of our arms and invest heavily into our country was no doubt used as leverage. You can’t take billions for the latest fighter jets or ask them to bail out a faltering bank when it suits you, then deny them a mere football club.
Grays_1890
Chris Jones
Its a tactic that works, you basically create a network that then turns into a reliance and then you have leverage in the future. They knew the Russians were laundering money in the UK banking system, they knew that the money that certain figures had was from from illegal activities BUT if it props up industry then you end up having to weigh up the pros and cons. Do you sanction them knowing them pulling their money out will cause the collapse of deals and industry that will see 1000s of jobs go? Took a war for us to deal with Russia and that was probably as much international optics than anything.
There was talk of UK horse racing acting on the Sheikh Mohammed situation on kidnapping his own daughter and his wife etc but his money and operations here employ 1000s of people and he has diplomatic relations with the Royals, knowing if they acted he would pull the plug would cause a multi million pound hole in the industry which would see it collapse they did nothing. Money is power
"If you don't I will pull out my money"...........best bargaining tool anyone can have in this modern world, proven to work
Bedfordspurs
Vinnie Samways
To clubs owned by the people who own Chelsea
Grays_1890
Chris Jones
I think he has a duty to the clubs they effectively borrow the players from to say "Its not helpful, its distracting and we actively discourage it, its hard but we try and create an England culture", and thats not saying you tell players not to talk, its just a general framework like anything else you set out as standards to the players that you have no real control on. The throwing your hands up in the air to say "I can't do jack" is not great but alas, no one died.
Anyway we move on haha