Soccer Discussion

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:43 pm

Finally

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:56 pm

Well that was fun. #COYI

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Jan 12, 2021 7:15 am

Kazuyoshi Miura signs contract to play past 54th birthday in Japan's top flight
https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... top-flight

Postby **Gaucho** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:56 am

Wayne Rooney hangs em up

Postby **willeyeam** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 4:16 pm

Wtf is this

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Fri Jan 15, 2021 4:25 pm

85MM is a hefty price tag.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:50 am

Big Sam is going to do it again.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:51 am

We’re having a nice little season, yeah let’s definitely transfer Rice.

I don’t claim to understand the whole soccer transfer process but why would they do that? Apart from the 85 mil....

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:08 am

Every time I've watched Leeds this season they look like they're about League Two quality.

Postby **Gaucho** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:10 am

85 million is a pretty compelling reason. Plus Rice will want to play for a top club.

Postby **willeyeam** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:06 pm

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:12 pm

I don’t claim to understand the whole soccer transfer process but why would they do that? Apart from the 85 mil....

Simplest explanation is that players are assets. Selling Rice for 85MM would plug a lot of balance sheet issues caused by the pandemic. In a perfect world you sell your best player who wants to play at a top club for big money and buy a bunch of up and comers to hopefully help grow the club. Spurs sold Bale for what was at the time a record fee and bought 7 new players with the money. Totally transformed the look of the club, though unfortunately they only hit on about 1.5 of the players they purchased.

Rice is going to want out sooner or later. For WHU fans my concern would be that it’s being done in a compressed financial market at a sub optimum price to plug financial gaps and won’t be funneled to improving the on-field product.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:09 pm

So happy to see KWP doing well with So’ton. Poch royally **** up his development.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:54 pm

COYI

Woot woot

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:21 am

Ndombele is soooo **** good.

Postby **willeyeam** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:57 pm

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 3:03 pm

COYI

BLOW THOSE **** BUBBLES!!!!!

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:26 pm

What the **** division is Alcoyano in?

Postby **Gaucho** » Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:33 pm

Segunda B (3rd)

Postby **Gaucho** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:37 pm

So is Cornella. 0-0 vs Barca so far, thanks to two missed penalties.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:40 pm

Barca is a **** tire fire.

Postby **Gaucho** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:42 pm

It is.

Postby **Gaucho** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:43 pm

Liverpool sort of is, too.

Postby **willeyeam** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 5:42 pm

Burnley!

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Thu Jan 21, 2021 6:07 pm

That doesn't help Big Sam.