Viva la FCB

Speaking of that what ever happened with Max? i dont remember seeing him around here?

Thats good to hear hope all is well. Status quo for me, excited to go on my first vacation in a few years in the fall, thats about it! No he will come next summer is what the agreement is all about, it just cant be made official until Jan as its concidered tampering/tapping whatever you want to call it unless they have 6 months left on their contract (currently he has 1 year) So he will be an addition for next summer, which i think works out perfectly give him another year as a guranteed starter and keep progressing. Especially with a worldcup year coming up it gives him some extra seasoning and motivation. Früchtl has been very interesting. Theres been alot made of him for along time but i think your right the future looks very bright for the kid and hopefully he keeps progressing. It feels like its been a while since we've had an academy product break through.

Welcome to the new forum mate! I was wondering what happend to you in the shuffle Pretty much my sentiments exactly. At this point it seems a bit of a stretch that Sanches will work out here, he wants to play but he hasnt earned that and is way too far down the pecking order at this point. When hes played hes been inconsistent at best, cheaply giving the ball away far to often for me but part of that is he hasnt been given a good run of games, the problem is there is too much competition for him to be given that big a leash to play into form. For both parties i think it makes sense to move on. Right now (i may eat my words in the future) I would rather have Goretzka in a heartbeat.

Hongistein says its done, its been talked about for a bit and the dots do connect. Surely means the end for Sanches i would think and with everything being thrownabout in the last few days about him Id say hes come to this conclusion as well.

The whole battle scene at the end was rushed and choppy. Hard to follow and they just tried to make Euron the ultimate badass too hard. Killing the snake girls whatever, although ill miss the random nudity from that one cutey. The opening with the draw bridge crushing a guy and him jumping in was a tad much. Other then that i thought the episode was good, the scene transition from ripping off Jora's greyscale to the soup kind of felt like a Guy Ritchie type transition, same with the poop cleaning scenes from the first episode; kind of funny but weird to be in game of thrones. Above all im all for Missandei getting naked, shes gorgeous and should do this more often but that was one awkward scene holy hell.

So "Ultimate predator club" is an odd choice of words then. I mean your right in regards to noone being able to compete financially. The way things stand i dont see this changing anytime soon either, it is a bit of a worry. I dont know what can be done either, the gap in my eyes is only growing wider. As the goal is now to compete for CL glory year in year out with the likes of Real and Barca.

I would say so, yes

The finances are true, but how is that Bayerns fault? They've run the club proper to which is a rarity in todays game. The reward for doing so is financial stability which allows a great youth setup and the ability to fill out the squad how the manager/brass see fit. What would you suggest? If all things are equal we would be referring to a different sport in how the model is but thats irrelevant anyways. Stockpiling the best german talent? somewhat guilty, as been the Uli influence for the past number of years. Comparing leagues is a bit of a stretch, the Bundesliga is quite different. Our rivalries we are not buying from, league wise sure sometimes but not in even the same league comared to Pool and ManU. As far as buying from within the Bundesliga we are midtable when it comes to that. On a side note Bernat underwent succesful surgery on his ankle ligament. 6-8 Weeks i think was what i read. Unfortunate because even in preseason he was outdoing Alaba yet again.

Not sure if serious.

I agree with everything your saying pretty much, Robbens worn the armbad in some cases but full time i just couldnt see it. Other then Neuer the only ones i would say are possibly captain material are Boateng (somewhat iffy), Hummels and Müller and i think Neuer is the easy choice over those three for so many reasons.

I think being German is part of the factor but the two you mentioned have had character issues in the past as well.

Kind of known for a bit but officially confirmed now, makes sense.

Ed Sheeran was random af. Ive been bugging my gf for the past month whenever the radio is on i swear his song is always playing. She hates him and that song she was just hoping Arya killed him Solid first episode, touching up on most things and setting up as per usual. Il expect it to ramp up quickly now.

I seen your badge, did you lose a bet?

This is what ive read from a few reliable sources. Theres no official confirmation yet though. But if this is true yes, its crazy good business. Douglas Costa will be announced very shortly, 1 year loan at €6m with an obligation to buy for €40m

I just posted in the generic transfer thread. Basically we're exchanging the money we get for Douglas Costa for James, so theres no bad way to look at it. its €5m per year for the loan with the option to buy for €35m. The place we where lacking the most was probably creativity up front and hopefully this fulfills that need plus if theres anyone that seemingly can get the most out of James it was previously Ancelotti.

Crazy that this was almost 10 years ago. A little back story, this was before the Vancouver Whitecaps joined MLS and back when Beckham coming over to NA was a huge deal. The stadium was sold out at 48000 tickets. It turned out the streaker was my old neighbour. I was friends with him for about 8 years growing up until the end of high school where we moved away and lost touch. His parents where from england and his dad was a big Sheffield Wednesday fan. After the game i remember seeing a facebook status update of his something along the lines of "Beckham saw my schlong" so i asked him about what happend. The video doesnt show but when he first headed down to the field he slid down a railing on a big staircase and bailed on it where he actually broke his wrist. He didnt notice being full of adrenaline and whatnot but you see at the end a female security guard tackles him to the ground. Well they thought he broke his wrist when he got tackled and he didnt say otherwise so they let him go without charges in exchange for him not pressing charges.

At this point hes a future starter, and probably near future. We just made his loan move permanent roughly a month ago so thats €28m excluding wages so i would think he will probably get away with it at the club level. As far as the law you're probably right as well.

So from the reports ive read ill summarize what ive gathered about the Coman ordeal. His ex girlfriend apparently logged into his twitter account to promote some sponsors to which he got mad and beat her up for lack of a better term. They're both idiots, i mean theres never really a reason to lay a hand on a woman but what she did is stupid as well. Im still curious to see how management handles this as they have yet to officially comment on the matter.

If youre talking about Uli's words i would advise you to take it with a grain of salt. Otherwise ive heard nothing pertaining specifically to this possible transfer. I have read its stalled a bit as your lot is looking to extend him instead, either way this will be resolved shortly.

I mean if that was the case why would he leave? Barca need a RB now, so meh.

What can you spaniards tell me about this lad?

Theres lots of varying reports, nothing concrete at this time. The only thing that seems sure is he was charged with something, plead guilty and will appear in court. There where some sources saying it could even be a form of psychological abuse

Thats unfortunately how it seems to go for these athletes. I was reading some rumours about this being an 8/10 on ITT scale something about a scale of how bad it was. Disgusting really.