Search results

Yeah I heard that too. These cigarette companies are evil when you think about it. However, the mighty dollar trumps all in our society.

He should have won an Emmy award for that. Brilliant TV.

Meanwhile Ten Hag has been at United nearly three years, spent £600m and look at the state of them :lol:

True, and I agree yeah. It stinks and turns things yellow. The smoking ban came into effect in the UK in 2007. Before that if you went out socially you would stink even as a non-smoker. I don't go out much socially now in terms of to a pub or a pool hall (too old for a lot of that) but that is...

That miss in the first half was criminal - when he was 6 yards out, just wide of the post, and tried to shoot to the near post. He had so much of the other side to curl it into. Tried to be too clever. Top players make mistakes but a player of his reputation has to score. It was the second-worst...

I wouldn't say I find smokers disgusting, but smoking disgusting. I despise the act, but some very nice people unfortunately smoke. Sadly many of them are addicted and frustrated by the fact they cannot stop too. Of course you get the dickheads who smoke near kids etc, and that is unforgivable.

Rodri deserves it more.

Yeah. A lot of them crumbled. The likes of Man City, Bayern and Juventus snatched defeat from the jaws of victory against Real Madrid several times.

Yeah if Barca could have met them more and eliminated them by bringing in Clasico Liga form it would have been great. Only happened in 2011.

The comedy show is back tomorrow. 2 pm kick off UK Time vs West Ham at the London Stadium. To be fair to them, West Ham have been poor under Lopetegui and are missing Kudus. United might well win in London. However, even if they do, you can almost guarantee they will do it without convincing...

I just can't be bothered arguing much about something as inconsequential as football - especially with someone who is likely a decent lad away from the game (Gato). I did the forum arguing a few times since I joined in June, and it has now become boring. So I would rather see if other people...

Fair enough. You have given me food for thought, and a different perspective. Take care and goodnight.

Bayern have a mental block against Real Real have a mental block against Barca Barca (had) a mental block against Bayern. Some kind of weird hate triangle.

Fair enough. I still think Beckham was an unnecessary transfer in and of itself though, regardless of Makelele. But it seems we agree on some stuff and disagree on others, so we have reached some level of consensus. It's been great doing business with you. Night. Edit: btw, 'sacrifice' made...

Yes, there's some top players there in the making, but they and the side collectively are years away from peaking. They really shouldn't be hammering elite teams by three and four goals at this point.

It doesn't matter. Michael Owen was never going to be good enough to be a main player in a team winning the league or CL. His entire career proves it. You know it and I know it. You know it was a stupid signing. 'Playing well as a rotation player while living in a hotel and bagging some goals'...

I said it at the time so it isn't hindsight. I rated Beckham but even then I knew he got a significant boost as a player due to his 'profile' off the pitch. Plus, we all knew Makelele was good there. So it was a case of Perez being a fame worshipper and getting rid of the guy who isn't glamorous...

He was never gonna be good enough to start for Real Madrid, if they wanted to win big trophies, no matter how you try and defend it. Far too one-dimensional.

Makelele likely cost you four years, though. After selling him it took your four more seasons to win one of the big two trophies. It's nothing major against Beckham, who was a very good player - it's that he should never have been signed and Makelele should never have been sold.

Maybe. But Beckham was still a case of too many cooks. Owen did okay but he was never gonna be a Real Madrid starting striker long-term, let's be serious. He was already in decline by then as his main and only weapon - his pace - was already declining due to the injuries. Either way Owen was an...