I get one new pool shirt every year, but I'm so torn on whether get a home or away. I'm not as big on the home kit as everybody else and the aways are just 😍.
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I get one new pool shirt every year, but I'm so torn on whether get a home or away. I'm not as big on the home kit as everybody else and the aways are just 😍.
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lol I was honestly asking because he seems to only think that Liverpool is the only team that does it but turning a blind eye to the other teams that are doing the same thing even as I type this reply. I mean did you see the paper from Span about Coutinho, Dybala and Dembele are ready to sign for Barca because they all agreed terms with them?
I usually get one kit myself but this year I might have to bite the bullet and get both.
JonnyDBrit
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...So I just took a look at this season's away kit for Reading and good lord.
Is there some secret deal with calippo going on?
Is there some secret deal with calippo going on?
You love Southampton players though. Tbh we haven't got many good players left.
Damn, that's a cool shirt Reading has.
Love the Carabao logo.
His presentation was like two days ago, or yesterday.
Love the Carabao logo.
But why?
His presentation was like two days ago, or yesterday.
Audioboxer
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Post the away for me again so I'm not confused as to what it is. Home is what I really like, the retro inspired red kit. Obviously as a Man Utd fan I'm drawn to classy looking red strips, and I prefer both Liverpool's and Arsenal's over United's. Our sponsor logos are always trash as well. Chevrolet is an eye-sore.
Yeah a lot of them do do it, but we need to remember in GAF football topics the bantz is supposed to just be reserved for the Arsenal fans. Or for the fraud managers which reside at Man Utd and City.
I've always been interested in lower tier English leagues but could never watch because fuck paying for BeIn. This has be excited, tuning in rn.
McMoneyman
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Beaten.
Reminds me of this a bit:
Reminds me of this a bit:
Audioboxer
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Yeah, I'm not as keen on that, so I'd be getting the home strip. It's not bad, but the red retro is what I prefer.
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RocknRola
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I'ts becoming rather normal for these big players to have a regular press presentation and a fan presentation at their respective stadium.
It's a way of getting everyone hyped I guess. Also free footballs that they kick at the audience
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OOOOHHH!!! PSG is actually playing in about an hour against Amiens, at home! This is basically a large pre-match show!! Kinda cool actually!
Not every one does it, just the bigger teams that can get away with it. The reason I see Liverpool as worse is kind of obvious as it effects the club I support. If Barca did the same I would say the same about them.
JonnyDBrit
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You certainly won't miss them on the field in an away game.
Baconsaurus Rex
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I don't know why you would say that.
Audioboxer
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We're on borrowed time anyway, a little bit of breathing space to let the rest of the board know football has an OT, then we'll be booted to community before the Arsene/Pep/Mou GIFs get unleashed on opening week. Moderation is the key, as is "rival friendly" behaviour. No nonsense chaps. However, as soon as AFTV clips hit the topic, we're done.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Yeah I got a size up
Bits N Pieces
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I'm here to represent the backwater that is Scottish football.
Let's hear it for the shite teams with no money!!
Let's hear it for the shite teams with no money!!
JonnyDBrit
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Well shit, QPR got their first goal of the season.
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Prediction time.
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League: Premier League
1. Chelsea
2. Manchester City
3. Liverpool
4. Tottenham
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5. Manchester United
6. Arsenal
7. Everton
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18. Swansea City
19. Brighton & Hove Albion
20. Huddersfield Town
User: WadiumArcadium
League: Premier League
1. Chelsea
2. Manchester City
3. Liverpool
4. Tottenham
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5. Manchester United
6. Arsenal
7. Everton
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18. Swansea City
19. Brighton & Hove Albion
20. Huddersfield Town
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
cartographer
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Specifically to what went down with VvD, I don't think it gets that bad all to often.
First, Liverpool tried to win public opinion in March / April by having the club mouthpiece reporters all come out with articles about the 3 or 4 names Liverpool will sign this summer. This part is pretty common, but is usually more a Barca tactic.
The celebrating over reaching an agreement from those same mouthpieces is the odd part. Other clubs tapped VvD up. Any decent club tapped other players up. What most clubs didn't do was publicly celebrate signing a player before even contacting the selling club. This is far more uncommon.
The source matters, too. There are endless tabloids and sites across Europe who will report Coutinho is signed or Can is off to Juventus. But it's usually not from sources recognized as club mouthpieces like James Pearce. At least not in the PL.
So yeah, in a sense everybody does it. But the degree Liverpool took it with VvD is far less common. Barca takes it it to that level all the time, but it's not done run of the mill thing.
Lols, damn it!
thehypocrite
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Wenger out.
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Actually the major media outlet that reported the news about Coutinho is a known to be fed news like that from Barcelona and the same paper that did it for Can is also known to be fed stories from Juventus. So no its not some random small tabloid.
The thing that got Southampton upset about the VvD drama was the fact it was reported he preferred Liverpool to Chelsea. They felt because of that they they lost their bargaining chip. It wasn't the fact that he was tapped up, because Southampton themselves have been guilty of doing it and getting reported and it wasn't the fact that it was reported a deal was agreed. It was the simple reason of them reporting that he had picked Liverpool.
immortal-joe
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As I said before, please accept that Benz is untouchable. Ronaldo and Bale will both leave before he does. Hell, there's still way too much noise about Bale, and Ronaldo's fate is still up in the air as long as the tax case is open.
Guileless
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The Championship is a good change of pace from just watching the big clubs in the Premier League over and over again. This first half has been fantastic, Fulham is really fun to watch.
Nope. The fact they didn't want to sell was the reason. Now they have a player that doesn't want to play, so they are even more pissed. It's why we have offered contracts to nearly all our players. We want to keep this team together and only add just one or two players. That with the academy lads stepping up is what Southampton is looking for now.
bobnowhere
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The other 25% are dodgy money lenders.
I got a Real Madrid shirt with v. Nisterlrooy on the back from Turkey years ago, it's a pretty convincing fake.
Clubs shouldn't be allowed to be sponsored by betting companies
They can't even spell his name right.
I got a fake AC Milan shirt with van Basten before the Euro even existed. It was 1000 lira maybe? Shame I lost it.
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I disagree. I think they knew a lot of teams would come in for him in the summer and its the reason they got him to sign a new contract. With that in place, they knew for a fact they could get a lot for him if he was on a long contract and they would spark a bidding war. But when it was reported he wanted a Liverpool move that angered Southampton higher ups because they know they lost their bargaining chips.
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The difference here is the veracity of those claims. Even if the sources sometimes get it right, how was this particular story reported and was it correct? The Can and Coutinho ones gave been incorrect so far.
The VvD celebration was a real thing. By all accounts he did choose Liverpool. That wasn't in dispute. Other clubs backed away. But instead of nailing the transfer down, Liverpool mouthpieces all reported that he chose Liverpool and Liverpool had no competition now. And these weren't reported as rumors but as factual happenings.
I agree it's not about tapping up. It's about Liverpool's media strategy here, which embarrassed and infuriated Southampton. And it's a terrible look for Liverpool because bone of it was necessary. They didn't need to have James Pearce and co. write all that. But they potentially ruined a transfer over cheap PR.
You can disagree, but it's a fact. The board have been saying it for over a season now, it's why all but Yoshida and Davis have been given 5yr deals. They want to keep this team together and not just have to replace 5 players a season. It's why they gave Van Dijk a 6 yr deal last year. They want to move away from being seen as a selling club. That and we have new owners coming in soon.
JonnyDBrit
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Got curious about this, and Reading has:
An energy drink
Booze (both domestic and foreign)
A Thai importer of European food
A Private healthcare firm
Insurance
Car leasing
Clothing
Interior decorators
Really the dodgiest aspect of the club financially is who exactly owns it now. The new Chinese owners have something of a... obscure history, and previously when they had tried to buy a Premier League club, they got shot down because the PL couldn't verify just where exactly they keep and make all their money, IIRC.
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