The 2015-16 World Fitba Thread!

Tubechop is invisible on my phone

 

I think Antnee should make a rule that the Glory of Fightbeat is not to be besmirched via Phones and shit.

It is a rule, forthwith, that Fightbeat {Peace and Blessings Upon Him} is to be viewed only on 20" Flatscreens, minimum.

 

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32579316

Fans got their money's worth.

 

Fakking ell.

 

https://twitter.com/aldocam/status/549535425074053121

 

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Most likely. It was St. George's Day. I went to a party at a pub that looked more like a house at the town barbican. They were into it. Dragons, costumes, and England flags everywhere.

When I was getting off the train at Sandwich I was thinking to myself "I wonder if a Hispanic person has EVER been in this town?" Minutes later the very first person I talked to (the lady who gave me directions to the hotel) was Venezuelan.

 

Irish, do you know about Port Sunlight, Merseyside. It's on the Wirral and full of rich fucks. Interesting history though.

 

For any other sadcases who share my obsession with abandoned Underground/Railway stations:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-england-32497975

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32382231

 

Not at all Sad. I love British Engineering and I love the underground, hate sharing it, is all.

Brick, rail, very nice.

 

:bears:

...and Portland cement.

Ah like all o' the above good stuff too but Ma personal favourite is the Metropolitan sewerage system, designed and delivered ba a hero o' mine: Sir Joseph Bazalgette. More can be foond oot aboot him in the book 'The Great Stink o' London'.

Silas - As well as effluence management, Bazalgette alsae made wee Fer much o' the Victoria Line tae be constructed

WEE YOU!

 

"wee Fer".....sounds like a Scots mans attempt to talk about steel in French.

 

Aye. Here we fucking go.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32702585

[h=1]Sajid Javid: Significant changes to strike law[/h]

• 5 hours ago
  
• From the section Business

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Newly appointed Business Secretary Sajid Javid has said there will be "significant changes" to strike laws under the new Conservative government.
A strike affecting essential public services will need the backing of 40% of eligible union members under government plans, he said.

Currently, a strike is valid if backed by a majority of those balloted.
Unions said the plans "will make legal strikes close to impossible".
Mr Javid told the BBC's Today programme: "We've already made clear, in terms of strike laws, that there will be some significant changes... it will be a priority of ours.

"We need to update our strike laws. We've never hidden away the changes we want to make. I think it's essential to make these changes," he added.
A strike affecting health, transport, fire services or schools will need to be backed by 40% of eligible union members.
There will also need to be a minimum 50% turnout in strike ballots.
The government will also lift restrictions on the use of agency staff to replace striking workers, he said.
The changes to the law are to be announced in the Queen's Speech, he added, which will take place later this month.
<figure class="media-landscape full-width has-caption"></figure><figure class="media-landscape full-width has-caption"> <figcaption class="media-caption"> Mr Javid said people were "fed up" of strikes that had not been properly supported by union members </figcaption></figure>Changes to trade union rules will be part of one of the first bills brought forward by the government, Mr Javid told BBC business editor Kamal Ahmed.
"The changes that we want to make to strike laws are... proportionate, they're sensible. If you look at other countries and what they've done they're not too dissimilar," he said.
The Conservatives had wanted to change strike rules during the coalition, but had been blocked by the Lib Dems, he said.
"What people are fed up of is strike action that hasn't been properly supported by the members of the relevant union.
"We've seen, including in the last five years, strike action that took place where perhaps only 10% to 15% of the members of that profession actually voted for it, and that's not right, it's unfair, especially when it comes to essential public services.
"Think of the impact it has - transport, health services - on ordinary people, going about their daily jobs - they should be in people's minds."
He said the alterations to the law would make it harder for people to go on strike.
"By increasing the thresholds it will certainly increase the hurdles that need to be crossed, but that's the right thing to do, it's the fair thing to do."
<figure class="media-landscape full-width has-caption"></figure><figure class="media-landscape full-width has-caption"> <figcaption class="media-caption"> The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union said that trade unions would "unite to fight these attacks" </figcaption></figure>[h=2]'Oliver Twist'[/h]The TUC said the changes to the law would favour the UK's "worst bosses".
"This is a government not so much on the side of hard working people, but Britain's worst bosses - those who want their staff to be on zero-hours contracts, poverty pay and unable to effectively organise in a union so that they can do something about it," said TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady.
"The government's proposals on union ballots will make legal strikes close to impossible. Union negotiators will be left with no more power than Oliver Twist when he asked for more.
"After five years of falling living standards, the prospects for decent pay rises have just got a whole lot worse."
The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT), which has voted to strike over pay and conditions, said that trade unions would "unite to fight these attacks".
"These proposed new laws would mean one form of democracy for the greedy political class and another for the organised working class," said RMT general secretary Mick Cash.
However, the CBI business lobby group said that "strikes should always be the result of a clear, positive decision by those balloted".
Katja Hall, CBI deputy director general, said: "The introduction of a threshold is an important - but fair - step to rebalance the interests of employers, employees, the public and the rights of trade unions.
"For nearly five years the CBI has been saying that recruiting agency workers to plug gaps during a strike is not about threatening strikers' jobs, but providing essential cover during periods of action so businesses can continue to serve their customers.
"The abolition of this restriction is long overdue."

 

TOO RAGING TO CHEERS

 

Aye - forty percent but they cunts dinnae need forty percent tae form a majority government, the sleekit bassas. It alwees fills ma bones wi' dread when Tories start talking aboot the 'fair thing tae dae' or 'simplifying' things... simplify Yer selves, no-chinned wankers.

 

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The fuck has happened to Bayern? Having no domestic competition seems to have seriously weakened them. Defensively they are fucking rank.

mTF

 

Lahm is the only world class defender on the squad and Guardiola usually likes playing him in front of the back line for more midfield control often in a 3-4-3. I'm glad Low didn't adopt that tactic for the national team at the World Cup.

I didn't watch the games (just the highlights) but I'm not sure what they could have done differently anyway. With Messi, Suarez and Neymar up front even the most organized defense you can put together is going to have major problems. To top it off they had to try to overcome a deep deficit without an away goal for that extra bit of help.

 

Suarez and Neymar were both signed during a period that the club should have been BANNED from signing players.

 

Oh yeah... how the fuck did that happen again? ::

 

The ban came out of their flaunting of transfer regulations. They appealed the ban and made their signings for the long-term. Then the appeal failed and they were banned from signing any players. :wack: :wack: :wack:


The signings of Luis Suarez, Thomas Vermaelen, Claudio Bravo and Marc-Andre ter Stegenwere all made after the ban was suspended while Barcelona made their appeal.

Altogether, the club spent over £100m on players in the summer and prepared for their upcoming ban knowing full well it was likely their appeal would be rejected.

 

Luis Suarez (£75m from Liverpool)
Thomas Vermaelen (£15m from Arsenal)
Claudio Bravo (£7.2m from Real Sociedad)
Ivan Rakitic (undisclosed from Sevilla)
Marc-Andre ter Stegen (undisclosed from Borussia Monchengladbach)
Jeremy Mathieu (undisclosed from Valencia)
Jordi Masip (free from Barcelona B)
Rafinha (recalled from loan at Celta Vigo

 

Neymar was before the ban, no?

Anyway, am hoping for a Juve-Barca final. Wouldn't mind either of those teams winning now that Barcelona no longer play like dickheads

 

Neymar was when the ban was coming down. In fact, his signing on its own was wrong, totally wrong.

 

FORZA JUVE!!! :bears:

 

Ronaldo pulled a disappearing act during that second half

 

I didn't watch it but heard the same. He scored a goal though, so that's probably enough for him to be happy.

 

^Any thoughts on that, SLICE, YOU FUCKING WALLOPER???!!!!

 

Ronaldo is probably out celebrating as he tied Di Stefano's Real Madrid scoring tally.