2011-2012 football (soccer) thread - Page 43

On August 22 2011 09:56 Liquid`Drone wrote:
I said financial doping, not good finances. united, liverpool, arsenal, real madrid and barcelona all make shitloads of money, and could afford to pay more for players and give higher salaries than the second tier clubs from the income they themselves generate through selling tickets and apparell. I guess chelsea also makes significant amounts now, but they only got where they are through several huge injections of money. I also guess huge debts (which applies to most good clubs) can also be considered financial doping, but what you see in manchester city is wholly different from what you see in manchester united.. I have no problems with a club like manchester united building a team over a 25 year long period and increasing their income and thus their possible expenditures through great management - having some teams that are consistently good isn't necessarily a bad thing. the problem arises when a team becomes good because a billionaire wants to play real life football manager, because 1: once/if said billionaire stops injecting money, the club isn't self-sustainable, and 2: that much money being artificially pumped into some teams, means that other second-tier teams that want to become first-tier teams have no way of accomplishing it without teaming up with billionaires of their own.

On August 23 2011 22:41 Vin{MBL} wrote:
$amir Na$ri officially gone to city.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/terms-agreed-with-man-city-for-nasri

On August 24 2011 03:10 malcram wrote:
Thoughts on Mata making an impact in Chelsea? I hope he can bring that creativity and flair that's missing from Chelsea's midfield. And if he does, hopefully that can rub off onto Torres because he certainly needs someone who can feed him well.