08-06-2015, 10:25 AM
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NOT breaking news
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Giovinco and Dos Santos being in MLS is good for the league.
I do see the Ukraine point of Champions League football. They used to qualify just 1 team but now they have 2 (thanks to recent deep runs in the Europa League) so that helps.
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08-06-2015, 06:05 PM
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It's money too, they get on huge wages
going to the MLS would be the opposite of that, the MLS pays aging stars, not young up and comers
I don't really see any reason why the MLS would be more desirable than Shakhtar, can't even really argue living conditions, Id imagine 50k Euros a week produces a much better life than 50-100k American a year in a major US city
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08-07-2015, 05:45 AM
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#43
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Champions League playoffs:
FK Astana (KAZ) - APOEL Nikosia (CYP)
BATE Borisow (BLR) - Partizan Belgrad (SRB)
Lazio Roma (ITA) - Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
Manchester United (ENG) - Club Brugge (BEL)
Sporting Lissabon (POR) - CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Rapid Vienna (AUT) - Shakhtar Donezk (UKR)
Valencia (ESP) - AS Monaco (FRA)
KF Skenderbeu (ALB) - Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Celtic Glasgow (SCO) - Malmö FF (SWE)
FC Basel (SUI) - Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR)
I really hoped that Rapid would draw Man United ... would have been great to see United play in Austria again. Oh well.
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08-07-2015, 10:10 AM
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#44
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Dinamo Zagreb with a favorable draw. Although they will get destroyed in the group stage, it's always good for football in a nation to have a club in the competition proper.
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08-07-2015, 11:29 AM
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#46
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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I think hes just trolling you guys now.
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08-07-2015, 12:39 PM
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#47
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Bastian looked mediocre in the U.S
Rojo is exhausted from Copa.
de Gea's head isn't in it. (see that boot to boot pass to Ibra)
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08-07-2015, 02:42 PM
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#48
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Originally Posted by cam_wmh
Bastian looked mediocre in the U.S
Rojo is exhausted from Copa.
de Gea's head isn't in it. (see that boot to boot pass to Ibra)
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Ugh, it makes me sick seeing Schweini in that hideous United kit. 
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08-11-2015, 04:02 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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so that Super Cup game was not so bad I guess 
really sorry for Sevilla, scoring 4 vs Barcelona and still losing is brutal
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08-17-2015, 09:17 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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So after all the bankruptcy issues for Parma they were disbanded and will now reboot at Parma Calcio 1913 in Serie D!
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/18/sp...ampaign=buffer
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Now, Parma (the new version) has fewer than 10 employees on the business side, a master plan that seeks to overhaul the core philosophy of Italian club ownership and, ultimately, grand designs on earning promotion this season from Italy’s fourth division, Serie D. It is simultaneously trying to figure out how to operate (and pay for) an enormous training complex on the outskirts of town.
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Where'd all the money go!?
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08-18-2015, 09:38 AM
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well they already went bankrupt 10 or 11 years ago when Parmalat (who owned the club) crashed and burned, and they've struggled ever since. It's sad really, but Italian football has generally been on the decline for a few years now.
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08-18-2015, 10:39 AM
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#52
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Originally Posted by devo22
well they already went bankrupt 10 or 11 years ago when Parmalat (who owned the club) crashed and burned, and they've struggled ever since. It's sad really, but Italian football has generally been on the decline for a few years now.
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Italy is going through the same cycle that Spain went through, a handful of small struggling clubs that just get pounded by the few powerhouses and rotate through the divisions.
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08-18-2015, 11:03 AM
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Location: Calgary
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Quote:
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well they already went bankrupt 10 or 11 years ago when Parmalat (who owned the club) crashed and burned, and they've struggled ever since. It's sad really, but Italian football has generally been on the decline for a few years now.
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Amazing how they went bankrupt when they sold all those players. The Buffon transfer is still a record! Seems every year they sold more than they bought.
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08-18-2015, 02:18 PM
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#54
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Come on Brugge!
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08-18-2015, 03:08 PM
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#55
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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already in love with Memphis. Two fantastic goals and an assist tonight.
http://gfycat.com/TemptingPitifulIsopod
http://streamable.com/o9c9
very important goal by Fellaini at the end, 2-1 would have been a pretty dangerous result. United should have won this game much earlier, Brugge was non-existent when it came to attacking ... attempts were 19 to 1, I believe ...
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08-18-2015, 04:39 PM
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#56
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Bah! One can hope.
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08-19-2015, 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Locke
Italy is going through the same cycle that Spain went through, a handful of small struggling clubs that just get pounded by the few powerhouses and rotate through the divisions.
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Aren't the larger clubs going through some financial troubles of their own?
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08-19-2015, 10:05 AM
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#58
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Originally Posted by Addick
Aren't the larger clubs going through some financial troubles of their own?
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I was referring more to the mid 90s early 2000s.
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08-19-2015, 10:26 AM
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#59
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Ugh, it makes me sick seeing Schweini in that hideous United kit. |
I was more sad about Schweini leaving Bayern than Iggy leaving Calgary 
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08-19-2015, 10:37 AM
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#60
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I was more sad about Schweini leaving Bayern than Iggy leaving Calgary |
I was sad seeing Schweini leave, but I also know its for the best. Bayern have too many up and coming defensive mids that are younger, healthier and cheaper.
And as good as Schweini is, now United get to pay for the privilege of his health care and he'll get more playing time and be ready to kick ass and take names for Germany at the Euros.
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