Sports Discussion

[JoostLamers]

Real Madrid deliberately getting people sent off isn't breaking any rules, and is impossible to prove or disprove. I don't think they ssould take action against them frankly, they found a loophole in the laws and exploited it.

Wrong. It is breaking the rules: unsporting behaviour is not allowed!

But they can't prove it

But they did prove it. Mourinho has to stay out in the next 2 international games.

deserved punishment

This is exactly what Real wanted: No suspension for their players. Crazy business

[phil1993]

Maybe he'll have a washing bin handy again...

[JoostLamers]

Maybe he'll have a washing bin handy again...

Maybe he'll hire a messenger boy

[phil1993]

German football

Maybe that shows the difference between level of competition in England and here...

Yeah, I think in terms of European football you have

- La Liga/Barclays Premier League - very difficult to choose. EPL has more top players and its more competitive but La Liga has Barcelona
- Serie A/Bundesliga - Both very good leagues even if Italian football is so boring
- Ligue 1
- Eredivisie
- Portugese league/Greek league/Scottish league

[JoostLamers]

Yeah, Spain has Barcelona (and Messi)

[corry]

So then Russia and Qatar have won the bids. England had the best bid by far i heard its a joke how bent Fifa are! and Qatar in 2022 i mean come on there average temperature in June alone is 50 degrees there world cup will be the worst in history!!!!

Not happy never going to see a world cup in England in my lifetime.

[swca92]

BBC - "England miss out on hosting the World Cup"
The Guardian - "England humiliated in World Cup vote".

And I thought the BBC was supposed to be this socialist organisation which spends all taxpayers money on champagne and cigars. FIFA are bent - yes we know. We knew it when we offered to host the tournament, and if we won we would not care less.

[swca92]

Giving the World Cup to Qatar though is ridiculous - its half the size of Wales, 5o degrees in the summer and has a population less than 1/5 of London. And homosexuality is banned there, meaning any player who comes out will cause enormous legal ructions.

[JoostLamers]

Ah well.. As I said before: Money talks. It's all about dirty cash

[JoostLamers]

A player of FC Utrecht is named 'De Kogel' which means 'The Bullet'

[swca92]

That guy called Wolfswinkel is hilarious. "Winkel" is a synonym for "Winkle", which isn't a bodypart that should be mentioned on a family forum

[JoostLamers]

That guy called Wolfswinkel is hilarious. "Winkel" is a synonym for "Winkle", which isn't a bodypart that should be mentioned on a family forum

If you translate 'winkel' to English it means 'shop'

[phil1993]

Blackpool vs Manchester United has been postponed.

[phil1993]

Form (Last 6 games in EPL):

Man Utd - 14
Arsenal - 12
Man City - 12
Spurs - 11
Chelsea - 5

Worrying times for Chelsea, their next three matches are against Spurs, Man Utd & Arsenal.

[JoostLamers]

We just can't win anymore... 1-1 against NEC

Now we're going to Milan... It will probably mean a 5-0 defeat