Bastard.Swansea Football club?![]()
Bastard.Swansea Football club?![]()
So...what do we think collectively of the off-season transfers, thus far?
Also - how do we feel about Mr Rooney taking the helm at DC?
I think a few clubs still have some buying to do and the preseason will see them weeding out the players they don't think will fit the systems.
I see also that Ten Hag has said that Maguire is an "experienced captain and remains captain at this point" (or words to that effect). Thoughts? Personally, I'd move him on, if anyone was willing to pay for him.
Barcelona‘a transfer business of late indicate that they have learned nothing from their recent financial meltdown.
Couldn't agree more. What happened to UNICEF? One of the most uplifting shirt 'sponsor' deals, it made Barcelona truly feel like 'more than a club.' Now they just look like a failed pyramid scheme.I've lost all respect for Barca over the past few seasons, and especially this summer. One of the biggest and greatest clubs in football history is being run like a total clown show, and their treatment of Frenkie de Jong should be a case study for any young footballer to think twice about following their dream to play at the Nou Camp.
To be honest, I have felt that way about the great game for a while.Couldn't agree more. What happened to UNICEF? One of the most uplifting shirt 'sponsor' deals, it made Barcelona truly feel like 'more than a club.' Now they just look like a failed pyramid scheme.
It's getting harder and harder to beat back the cynical feeling that everything about the sport is fake and greed-based, especially at the elite level. The only thing left is the talent, which nobody has (yet) discovered how to manufacture. But they've managed to monetize the hell out of it.
I do however agree that that there is an economic barrier to going pro for many players. The US is actually a great example - since the explosion of interest following the '94 World Cup, the professional game has come on by leaps and bounds. BUT there has been a lingering criticism that the best youth development academies are skewed heavily towards white, middle class kids. This demographic/racial disparity in pro development is still an issue, though as the pro game continues to grow we are seeing an increasing number of paths to professionalism. Still a long way to go to reach the kinds of working class communities that, elsewhere in the world, produce much of the best talent.To be honest, I have felt that way about the great game for a while.
There's greed and nepotism and cronyism at every level, but especially at the competitive level, in every country.
It's no longer the very best players at the top. It's the very best players that are well connected, have the money to travel and trial and pay to play at the best academies etc. Meanwhile, talent GOES WASTED And big clubs get richer and agents make more and more and more money, while wielding more and more and more power.
They need to have those kinds of penalties available for pitch invaders up to no good (plenty of examples of that recently), but in this case it sounds pretty darn harsh. Sigh. It's the world we live in.If you saw our(NSC) game there was a kid who ran on the field at the end of the game to get a selfie with Gareth Bale.
He's a family friend. My kids played soccer with him.
He received a 2 year ban from MLS matches and a $10,000 fine.
Ya know, I love him and his family. They are good people. He and his older brother play in our adult league now. I hate it for him but as a parent, and an elementary educator, I appreciate the hard line/consistency they are taking. I'll keep you posted as to how it all plays out as best I can.They need to have those kinds of penalties available for pitch invaders up to no good (plenty of examples of that recently), but in this case it sounds pretty darn harsh. Sigh. It's the world we live in.
This is a situation where I can see both sides of the situation, but I am in agreement with @Lord Blackadder.Ya know, I love him and his family. They are good people. He and his older brother play in our adult league now. I hate it for him but as a parent, and an elementary educator, I appreciate the hard line/consistency they are taking. I'll keep you posted as to how it all plays out as best I can.
The video is on his insta:
@deens.nimajneb
I'd say maybe? I've no idea how, or where, you could do that but I bet there is a spot.This is a situation where I can see both sides of the situation, but I am in agreement with @Lord Blackadder.
Was there any other way in which he could have acquired a selfie with Gareth Bale other than by running onto the pitch, or, in other words, invading the pitch?
Could he have waited outside, after the players had changed, before they boarded the coach, and requested the selfie then?
I'd say maybe? I've no idea how, or where, you could do that but I bet there is a spot.
He didn't really think this through.
Ya know, I love him and his family. They are good people. He and his older brother play in our adult league now. I hate it for him but as a parent, and an elementary educator, I appreciate the hard line/consistency they are taking. I'll keep you posted as to how it all plays out as best I can.
The video is on his insta:
@deens.nimajneb
www.instagram.com
Not sure if that link will work.
Look, if they are academy kids, then, they are more than fans, they have grown up in, been immersed in, the world of football since childhood.Similar story here in NZ - kid was a prospect with a local academy - ran onto the edge of the pitch while there was another incident happening at the other end, then posted it to his IG.
Got released immediately by the academy and can't pick up a team anywhere.