Danny

Give it a few years

I think Southgate would have separated the two because of the different positions they play, but on the left hand side we have Sterling, Rashford and Grealish alone. I think it would have been difficult for him to get ahead those 3

Space wars here we come

I think if we're being honest there are a number of players ahead of Barnes anyway, brilliant player with a lot of potential, but with all the striking and attacking midfield options I'm not sure he makes the squad.

Would be mad to leave this group of players, with the potential for more investment, to go to Spurs. Big step down

In terms of your first 11 who would you like to see come in next season/what position needs strengthening?

Yes and that is what has created a monopoly for a select group of clubs in the Champions League, it is why in t he last 20 years there have been 9 different winners and in the 20 before that were was 15. Winning silverware shouldn’t guarantee you a shit tonne of money to take into the competition the season after, consistently competing in the Champions League should create a wealth gap in your domestic league, that is how you stifle competition. The current model has literally created the need for a Super League, the current model is the inspiration for the Super League, it is simply one rung below a super league.

To say the current format of the Champions League is fine is to be ignorant as to why the ESL existed in the first place. For the past 16 years the Champions League finalists have all been clubs offered a place in the ESL. For the past 16 years it has not deviated away from those clubs. For clarity and just to pick an easy round number, of the last 20 finals, both finalists in 17 of them have been occupied by clubs who were offered a spot in the ESL. Of the 20 finals prior, only 6 of those finals were contested by two clubs eventually picked for the ESL. Conveniently the beginning of the ESL offered clubs domination in Europe began as TV money started to run football and started to drive the Champions League’s business model. The Champions League as a competition has been shaped so that it continuously benefits the biggest clubs financially, prolonging their dominance in the competition. UEFA and the Champions League competition are not for fair competition, they were just upset that the clubs were going to take the money for themselves. The fact that the new Champions League format’s biggest changes revolve around making more money for the ESL clubs through more games and allowing big clubs who fail to qualify a way back into the competition is indicative of the elitist mentality that UEFA have been encouraging for the past two decades. UEFA aren’t annoyed that the notion of fair competition was eroded by the formation of the ESL, they themselves have continuously encouraged it by financially doping these clubs for years, they’re just upset that their competition is not involved.

So the BBC have an article about potential replacements and one of the names they mentioned was....Diego Simeone? Baffle me, please. Someone tell me why Simeone would leave a much bigger club in Atletico, at the top of La Liga, who are competing against the two biggest sides of the last decade, one of them the biggest side in the world......for Spurs?

Glad to see I was trying to dismantle the wheels

In terms of entertainment value it should be knock out competition all the way, but this format essentially gives the biggest clubs the opportunity to overcome an unexpected loss and still finish half going into the knock out stages. The brilliance of European football is seeing sides like Celtic, Ajax, PSV, Benfica, Porto, Lyon put up real fights and going on to win silverware as well as the richer clubs. These changes will just continue to strengthen the monopoly, centralising the best talents to a small number of clubs, ensuring those clubs receive more money. BTEC Super League and it needs scrapping.

Aherm.

Brendan Rodgers is very close to doing for Leicester what Mourinho was brought in to do for Spurs

Football clubs/companies going for engagement is the worst

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Thought it initially was going to be very predictable but then it turned itself on its head and was fucking class

I've been enjoying playing Fifa 20, I never play online so Ultimate team doesn't effect me. I've been setting challenge recently for career modes, the current ones I've got are: Southampton: Essentially make the entire 11 an academy graduate side and try and win silverware, Saints have so many players that came through their academy that you can buy back that you can not only build an 11 but make a decent squad. Currently got Chamberlain, Bale and Obafemi ripping up defences. Jacob Maddox is an average rated academy player but he is very good at dribbling and even though rated low-mid 70s, his ability to run the ball down the line and drag back at the byline forces him into my team. The only position I couldn't fill with an academy player as of yet is GK. On top of the players below there are other older and younger academy players moving in and out of the 11, Hansen, Smallbone, Lallana and Armstrong off the top of my head. I survived relegation by the skin of my teeth in the first season, first half of second season found myself in a battle for 4th place so signed Bale in the January to help with the push. Obafemi Maddox - Chamberlain - Bale Ward Prowse - Reed Shaw - Mings - Chambers - Valery Henderson Fenerbache: I wanted to take a giant from another country who's on a downer and turn them into a European powerhouse, into my second season with Fener. They start with no European football and not a lot of money, finished the season in 3rd, qualified for the EL and managed to bring a couple players in. Aiming for either Turkish players or players of Turkish descent, signed Arda Turan early on and then realised he's an old Gala academy graduate so had to leave with that mistake, but he's helped score important goals to secure me European football and win the Turkish Cup. As of my second season in charge my team looks like the below, I'm hoping in my 3rd season I can sign Gundogan and one or two others so I can compete for the Champions League, but Kokcu specifically is a wonder kid on Fifa and his dribbling on there is Messi-like. To sign more players I'm going to have to sell Wijndal who originally came in for about £15mish and is agfter one season worth £40m+, so that should do the job. Also Aurelio Buta is one of the best wing backs in the game if you train him consistently. Unal Calaghou - Kokcu - Rodrigues Sahin - Serdar Wijndal - Soyuncu - Kabak - Buta Bayindir I have recently started games with Marseille, Sporting and Aberdeen and the Marseille one is a good challenge because of Monaco and PSG so I'll be diving deeper into that one, mainly signing French and French born/raised players. Currently got Payet, Taarabt and Benrahma in my team.

Think it’s the same in 21, it was one of their dumbest edits

It doesn’t make sense in career mode, you have to preset your formations which is annoying because I don’t always want to go ultra attacking in the same formation. Basically I just play on normal all the time

Will have to lean towards that next time, think it was a recipe the missus found. Personally I was thinking something a bit more Greek tonight but we had souvlaki yesterday so this was a good change.

I also have to point out that the missus cooked the meat and I done the veg

I love coriander me, that and mint are probably my favourite herbs. The marinade was made of ground cumin, paprika, ground ginger, ground coriander, cayenne pepper, turmeric, black pepper, salt, crushed garlic and olive oil. I agree about the yogurt but the lamb wasn’t actually that spicy, but the minted green veg did give the heat that was there a bit of balance. Would definitely go spicier next time, my favourite thing about some Indian food is the use of yogurt with spice and citrus. Links into my love for Greek/Turkish/Lebanese food.

My boy Chazza, he’s passed now but what an absolute maker of chaos he was. (He did have a tail, just hidden in this pic)

“Moroccan style” lamb, mint greens and roasted potato, sweet potato and butternutsquash seasoned with s+p, ground coriander and oregano. Topped with parsley, coriander, mint, cherry tomatoes and feta. Lovely fucking jubbly

He also did nothing to prevent Hitler as has previously been state in another topic, so much for a good guy huh