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Yeah that is a good point. He is shy and retiring it seems. At the same time though, I don't think he's a very naive, innocent little wallflower either. He can still be strong in his views and know when what he is doing might be wrong. He doesn't strike me as stupid. Maybe easily bowing to peer...

Admittedly I am nowhere near as informed on this matter as the actual Barca fans on here. But my impression is that Messi argued for the others to have an increase in salary because they were his friends. Is that true? If it is then you would have to say he is complicit. Sure that quote above...

Yeah I have eaten that garbage and it feels awful, When I eat salads and vegetables and fresh non-processed 'cool' stuff I feel so much better on the inside. My diet has taken a bad turn again, but hope to clean it up soon. I need to. I will join the gym soon. I was always slim but a...

Hope you can beat the habit and thanks for sharing this piece of info. To be fair, I have been drunk once in my life and been teetotal for almost 20 years. And my face was still bloated as fuck a few years ago. Mainly cos I was a fat bastard who couldn't stop eating. So don't feel bad lol.

Let's be honest, if Ronaldo had done this, I'd be piling in on him and slagging him rotten. Fair is fair with Messi. So the same has to be said of the 'amigos' (if that is true). The other players' salaries shouldn't have been increased. That is very bad by Messi and them.

Yes that is what I meant by the horse has bolted. Admittedly, me throwing my weight behind nation states in football was in error (as I said earlier). But what I would like will (salary caps, more balance, more of the pre Bosman type of finances, while still respecting players right) never come...

Things can change. Longevity could increase. I doubt this will happen but maybe in 15 years 45 will be the new 35 for a player. Unlikely but you never know. So maybe he can play to 40 as it will be seen as more 'normal' by then. Either way, it doesn't really matter. As long as he does the...

Happy birthday.

Man United had 7 league titles before 1992, and one European Cup, it was hardly a huge haul. Plus Man City relegated Man United (Denis Law) in 1974. Yes, United were overall the more successful club, but it's not like they were amazing themselves. Based on this logic I can easily say Liverpool...

Think he's targeting the World Cup. Hope he can have one good final go at it, but not optimistic for the lad.

To be fair, Walton Goggins would probably make more impact than Mount in the Barca team.

I get your point but to take Man United - as an example - they have only really had two successful periods in their history - under Busby and Ferguson. Otherwise they have been non-entities in the success area. Man City were a bigger club than them for decades after both were founded, and Man...

I didn't actually watch the game but bit surprised Sweden pumped the Germans, though would be tighter than that. Tonight's group to confirm the last 8 will be interesting, with one of France, Netherlands and England having to miss out (likely Netherlands).

Aye I had something of a meltdown, which I apologise to everyone for. I just feel passionately that there should be more equality in football. But obviously that isn't achieved by having state-backed clubs either.

LOL more proof (as if it was needed) that Lewandowski is a low IQ moron.

He doesn't run around aimlessly like a blue arsed fly though, so apparently wouldn't make it in Europe. Never mind passing, dribbling finishing when you can 'work hard and press' (yawn). Be better off with Mason Mount, he will run the hard yards.

@serghei What I am really arguing for is what you mentioned in passing before - a salary cap and more balance. And (rough) NFL style structure. The way I wanna see football is with wealth and player distribution, and where any (or most) of the 20 teams can go into a league and have a realistic...

Also (sorry for the multi posts). The Federer point is more like if the Middle East pumped a fortune into tennis in Africa, unearthed previously unfound talent, then all of a sudden Somalians started winning everything, destroying the grand slams, a few years down the road. And people were...

Anyway, I have had something of a meltdown (jamrock is right on that) and thrown out a few digs that were unnecessary and uncalled for. I got too heated as I sometimes do. So apologies for those. I still maintain my general argument though about clubs not deserving to just rule forever because...

'100% of great tennis champions for example were born into wealth. Why do you think there's no Kenyan or Somalian multi slam winner? This doesn't mean Federer is a fraud or doesn't deserve his success. Just because he had conditions others didn't. It's still meritocracy in an imperfect world.'...