SEE YOU! A brand spanking new modern fitba thread 2024/2025

Yet another tough fortnight for Liverpool. PSG, a cup final, then the arseholes are visiting.

Ideally Chelsea do us a favour but Cole Palmer has decided to be a useless cunt recently

 

Which is your favorite and which ones do you own?

 

Man utd demanding the government builds them a stadium

Manchester United to leave Old Trafford as Sir Jim Ratcliffe announces plans for new 100,000-seater ground

 

This happens regularly in sports over here. Billion dollar owners demanding the local government pay for a new arena/stadium for the team or threaten to move the team. At least you know the owners wouldn't try the second part of that in Europe with a big club.

 

Yup. Taxpayer funded stadiums.

It's the reason teams pack up an move. And was the central plot of a popular baseball movie from the 90s.

 

How many Marquinos' are there?

I know Arsenal signed one and have had him out on loan his whole time there. There's one on PSG. I think the PSG Marquinos is the guy who was playing in the WC for Brazil.

 

That's the only one i know of?

 

The Arsenal Marquinhos is also Brazilian. They keep loaning him to Brazilian clubs.

 

Only Sir Paul gets to do this:

 

Maybe he should be called Marquinos number 2 like "Arriaga"

 

He should buy Everton.

 

You know what? The Govt will do it too.

Looking forward to Nevilles comments ...

 

Extra time. Great.

 

That wentbl about as well as it could have for Newcastle United. Physically and emotionally draining night. Beaten at home (albeit penalties) and TAA injured.

 

It's over!

Now Liverpool can concentrate on the Premier League. Such a tight race.

 

Liverpool played OK but it's a fair reflection of the way they peaked earlier in the year unfortunately, it's a shame but the Premier league is wrapped away so it's won't matter. PSG seemed to be getting better relative to group stages but Liverpool in opposite trajectory. Hopefully Atletico can produce at least one pleasant surprise in this round of 16.

 

I'd like Kane to win it now. Spurzy!

 

I'm very tempted to bet on Newcastle now in the final. 19/5 are their current odds with Sky Bet.

 

He's counting his money getting ready for a 5 week holiday in Santa Riviera De La Coachella on St Tropez and they're mixing cement for the foreseeable wondering where their country went.....

 

Fuck off

 

Great game, wrong outcome. Arsenal won't have much for Madrid IMO, in fact the only end to this story which I could savour is Barca humiliating Real in the final. And I don't even like this Barcelona.

 

Horrible penalty incident. Absolutely horrible. Atletico must play on an ancient burial ground or something.

 

Arsenal with a full squad would have a real chance imo, but yeah the current team not so much.

 

Yep. Villa got a better shot imho and in fact Villa could win it all

 

Being an Arsenal fan must be insanely frustrating. Post-2004 under Wenger it was so clear to everybody that all they needed was a bit of steel in midfield to compete again, but he kept buying technical, yet soft, Fabregas types. Now under Arteta it's obvious all they need is a genuine striker to finish the jigsaw and he refuses to sign one.

 

It wouldn't surprise me if they got past PSG, but I suspect they'll shit the bed at some point, ala Leeds against Valencia. They're definitely a tough proposition for anyone at Villa Park.

 

I used to call them "the fruit flies".....identikit indistinguishable from one another....Nasri,Hleb, Rosicky etc. All very neat and precise but they needed somebody like Mascherano.

 

I never understood why they gave Yaya Toure a trial but didn't sign him. His bro was already there and he would have been a perfect replacement for Viera/Gilberto Silva.

 

Watching Great British Menu with Denise Lewis as a guest. She's a really good looking woman at 52.