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Greg_J
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
China4409 Posts
May 18 2015 13:05 GMT
#14201
Why would anyone want to employ Rafa Benitez. I wouldn't pay him to flip burgers for me.
RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6263 Posts
May 18 2015 13:05 GMT
#14202
How trustworthy is that? I can't imagine Real Madrid wanting Mourinho back, he didn't do well for all the time he spent there.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-18 13:08:12
May 18 2015 13:07 GMT
#14203
Perez "is in love with him" according to Ballgue.

Link to Article
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Deleted User 26513
Profile Joined February 2007
2376 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-18 13:31:48
May 18 2015 13:31 GMT
#14204
On May 18 2015 21:32 haitike wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2015 20:21 Salteador Neo wrote:
- I read today in MARCA -

"So CR has won the same number of Ligas in the last 6 years as Vermaelen has won in 0 minutes of play: One."


Florentino is the biggest flop of history. 1 league and 1 champions in 7 years. R.Madrid is the team that more money wasted on transfers in this 7 years in he world.

And R.Madrid can't change of president because nobody has money to compete with him.

Actualy it's 2 CL and 3 La Liga in 12 years for Perez.

Also Real can get rid of him at the next elections. As long as there are other candidates... Last time there were none. The elections will be in 2017, if Florentino doesn't win a couple of titles until then, he will not be the next president.
BeaTeR
Profile Joined March 2003
Kazakhstan4130 Posts
May 18 2015 13:31 GMT
#14205


any portugese here to explain what happened?
haitike
Profile Joined June 2009
Spain2723 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-18 13:36:10
May 18 2015 13:35 GMT
#14206
On May 18 2015 22:31 Pr0wler wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2015 21:32 haitike wrote:
On May 18 2015 20:21 Salteador Neo wrote:
- I read today in MARCA -

"So CR has won the same number of Ligas in the last 6 years as Vermaelen has won in 0 minutes of play: One."


Florentino is the biggest flop of history. 1 league and 1 champions in 7 years. R.Madrid is the team that more money wasted on transfers in this 7 years in he world.

And R.Madrid can't change of president because nobody has money to compete with him.

Actualy it's 2 CL and 3 La Liga in 12 years for Perez.

Also Real can get rid of him at the next elections. As long as there are other candidates... Last time there were none. The elections will be in 2017, if Florentino doesn't win a couple of titles until then, he will not be the next president.


I was talking about his last term, but yes, the first one was equally bad. The problem is that he manages R.Madrid as one of his companies, only looking for profit and expanding R.Madrid image (he is very good at that) but he is terrible building a stable project. He fired del bosque and sold Makelele because they were not "galacticos".

On May 18 2015 22:05 RvB wrote:
How trustworthy is that? I can't imagine Real Madrid wanting Mourinho back, he didn't do well for all the time he spent there.


I think it is false. Why would Perez contact Mourinho, when he is in bad terms with most of the players of the team, including Ronaldo.
sneirac
Profile Joined July 2012
Germany3464 Posts
May 18 2015 13:36 GMT
#14207
On May 18 2015 22:31 BeaTeR wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=puL2-2kuOng

any portugese here to explain what happened?

Quick googling: Dailymail article
possession wins games, kante is washed up and shit - pande
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-18 13:51:20
May 18 2015 13:42 GMT
#14208
LOL just looking at that. I noticed another article....

Article of interest

Real Madrid confirmed in Pot 2 for next season's Champions League group stage

Real Madrid could be paired with another European heavyweight in the group stage of next season's Champions League after they became the biggest losers in UEFA's seeding rule changes.
The dethroned European champions will be placed in Pot 2 in the draw for the opening round of Europe's premier competition, leaving them open to a pairing with Bayern Munich or Chelsea.
Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Zenit St Petersburg and PSV Eindhoven are their other potential opponents


So pot 1 = all domestic champions of Germany/England/Spain/Russia/Portugal/Netherlands/France/Italy
pot 2/3/4 = seeded order of coefficient ranks

Hahaha champions league group stage going to have like 4 groups of deaths and like 4 easy groups what a joke xD

Bayern Munich
Real Madrid
Man City
pot 4 team

Barcelona
Arsenal
Napoli
pot 4 team

Juventus
Man Utd
Sevilla
pot 4 team

Loool wow possibilities are endless. Every pot 2 team going to be begging to get into PSV group XD
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
imre
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
France9263 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-18 14:06:27
May 18 2015 14:04 GMT
#14209
On May 18 2015 22:42 Pandemona wrote:
LOL just looking at that. I noticed another article....

Article of interest

Real Madrid confirmed in Pot 2 for next season's Champions League group stage

Real Madrid could be paired with another European heavyweight in the group stage of next season's Champions League after they became the biggest losers in UEFA's seeding rule changes.
The dethroned European champions will be placed in Pot 2 in the draw for the opening round of Europe's premier competition, leaving them open to a pairing with Bayern Munich or Chelsea.
Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Zenit St Petersburg and PSV Eindhoven are their other potential opponents


So pot 1 = all domestic champions of Germany/England/Spain/Russia/Portugal/Netherlands/France/Italy
pot 2/3/4 = seeded order of coefficient ranks

Hahaha champions league group stage going to have like 4 groups of deaths and like 4 easy groups what a joke xD

Bayern Munich
Real Madrid
Man City
pot 4 team

Barcelona
Arsenal
Napoli
pot 4 team

Juventus
Man Utd
Sevilla
pot 4 team

Loool wow possibilities are endless. Every pot 2 team going to be begging to get into PSV group XD


Napoli won't be in CL to begin with. Idk if it'll change something, a Benfica pot 1 wasn't really scarier than PSV. If it can actually help a dominant Ajax to keep some of its player it'd be good for the Eredivisie but I doubt it.
Zest fanboy.
Ferrose
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States11378 Posts
May 18 2015 14:04 GMT
#14210
Yeah, I'm not a fan of it. The fact that a club with a less than stellar European resume could get pot 1 status, while clubs that have gotten to pot 1 (or to the brink of it) with consistent results in Europe (like Arsenal, Schalke, Porto, etc.) get punished doesn't seem very fair to me.
@113candlemagic Office lady by day, lonely woman at night. | Official lolicon of thread 94273
sneirac
Profile Joined July 2012
Germany3464 Posts
May 18 2015 14:09 GMT
#14211
On May 18 2015 22:42 Pandemona wrote:
LOL just looking at that. I noticed another article....

Article of interest

Real Madrid confirmed in Pot 2 for next season's Champions League group stage

Real Madrid could be paired with another European heavyweight in the group stage of next season's Champions League after they became the biggest losers in UEFA's seeding rule changes.
The dethroned European champions will be placed in Pot 2 in the draw for the opening round of Europe's premier competition, leaving them open to a pairing with Bayern Munich or Chelsea.
Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Zenit St Petersburg and PSV Eindhoven are their other potential opponents


So pot 1 = all domestic champions of Germany/England/Spain/Russia/Portugal/Netherlands/France/Italy
pot 2/3/4 = seeded order of coefficient ranks

Hahaha champions league group stage going to have like 4 groups of deaths and like 4 easy groups what a joke xD

Bayern Munich
Real Madrid
Man City
pot 4 team

Barcelona
Arsenal
Napoli
pot 4 team

Juventus
Man Utd
Sevilla
pot 4 team

Loool wow possibilities are endless. Every pot 2 team going to be begging to get into PSV group XD

While it is an idiotic change, isn't the amount of great games going to remain the same?
They are just going to be moved from the late knockout stages to the group stage and round of 16. And a semi final of Basel vs PSV would be good for a few laughs.
possession wins games, kante is washed up and shit - pande
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-18 14:21:10
May 18 2015 14:19 GMT
#14212
But there could be groups (haven't got the exact teams and pots yet due to not all leagues have completed or qualifiers happened) like;

PSV
Bayer Levekusen
Ajax
Pot 4 team

Benfica
Valencia
Shakthar Donnesk
pot 4 team

Zenit
Valencia/Bayer Leverkusen
Olympiacos
Pot 4 team

Rather dull 3 groups with nothing interesting unless your a fan of said club. Then you start bringing fairness into it. Real are top of the club rankings but are now in pot 2. PSV are 30th and in pot 1. Yet the PSV group could find themselves in the RO16 and you could see Real finishing 3rd if something went wrong in a group of death for them


Oh yeah the Napoli thing xD I thought 4 spots in Serie A oops. They still have a "chance" to pip Lazio to 3rd place but its a long shot
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6263 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-18 14:23:52
May 18 2015 14:21 GMT
#14213
The new seeding system is okay imo. It spices things up instead of the same teams in to ro8 and onwards all the time.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
May 18 2015 14:25 GMT
#14214
Whilst i can agree with that to an extent, dont you want to see Barcelona vs Chelsea or Real Madrid vs Bayern in the knock out stages rather than PSV vs Barcelona one way stomps. Also this competition is the best of the best vs eachother i agree but if they want it that way, why let 3rd and 4th place teams into the competition in the first place then and just have it as the "champions league" in the first place lol.
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
imre
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
France9263 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-18 14:27:58
May 18 2015 14:26 GMT
#14215
On May 18 2015 23:21 RvB wrote:
A bit of randomness is okay imo. It spices things up instead of the same teams in to ro8 and onwards all the time.


Considering how structured the draw is it won't be too much random anyway. Just taking Pande example: you can't have PSV/Ajax in the same group iirc. You could already have dumb groups (benfica/zenith/schalke/monaco) or death groups (Man City group basically), which are still better than 1 big club and 3 fillers imo.
The only weird thing would be one or two upsets in the big leagues (like Wolfsburg + Lyon champion) and then you get at least 5 top clubs in the second pot and things can be explosive.

On May 18 2015 23:25 Pandemona wrote:
Whilst i can agree with that to an extent, dont you want to see Barcelona vs Chelsea or Real Madrid vs Bayern in the knock out stages rather than PSV vs Barcelona one way stomps. Also this competition is the best of the best vs eachother i agree but if they want it that way, why let 3rd and 4th place teams into the competition in the first place then and just have it as the "champions league" in the first place lol.


I'd love to get the real C1 back and an exciting C2. But it's never gonna happen.

And you already had 1 or 2 "average" team in the pot 1. Porto/Benfica this year ie.
Zest fanboy.
haitike
Profile Joined June 2009
Spain2723 Posts
May 18 2015 14:26 GMT
#14216
On May 18 2015 23:21 RvB wrote:
The new seeding system is okay imo. It spices things up instead of the same teams in to ro8 and onwards all the time.


I agree, I'm tired of the same similar matches all the years in both group stage and knock-ups.
bObaZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
Portugal862 Posts
May 18 2015 15:01 GMT
#14217
On May 18 2015 22:36 sneirac wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2015 22:31 BeaTeR wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=puL2-2kuOng

any portugese here to explain what happened?

Quick googling: Dailymail article


That article says it all. To sum it up it was caused by some stupid border-line hooliganism by Benfica Supporters... Every club has them, and as we are a big club we have more of them. But in the end it was all triggered by some unjustified police brutality. All in all it was a great day and Benfica won 2 back to back championships which didn't happen since Erickson coached the club

Still you can find some beautiful pictures from the party on the streets of Lisbon on the daily mail article.
aseq
Profile Joined January 2003
Netherlands3994 Posts
May 18 2015 15:03 GMT
#14218
On May 18 2015 23:26 haitike wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2015 23:21 RvB wrote:
The new seeding system is okay imo. It spices things up instead of the same teams in to ro8 and onwards all the time.


I agree, I'm tired of the same similar matches all the years in both group stage and knock-ups.

I definitely don't agree. The best 16/8 teams should make it to the 2nd round/QF, not 16/8 random teams. With this system, 2nd round and quarter finals will generally be much more one-sided, while only a couple of groups will be interesting. The weaker groups will not attract much attention anyway, since people know the advancing teams will be eliminated shortly. So the only exciting matches left will be semifinal/final and those 2 strong groups without Barca/Real/Bayern.
BeaTeR
Profile Joined March 2003
Kazakhstan4130 Posts
May 18 2015 15:51 GMT
#14219
On May 19 2015 00:01 bObaZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2015 22:36 sneirac wrote:
On May 18 2015 22:31 BeaTeR wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=puL2-2kuOng

any portugese here to explain what happened?

Quick googling: Dailymail article


That article says it all. To sum it up it was caused by some stupid border-line hooliganism by Benfica Supporters... Every club has them, and as we are a big club we have more of them. But in the end it was all triggered by some unjustified police brutality. All in all it was a great day and Benfica won 2 back to back championships which didn't happen since Erickson coached the club

Still you can find some beautiful pictures from the party on the streets of Lisbon on the daily mail article.

thanks for explanation. looks like dailymail is banned in my country lol
RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6263 Posts
May 18 2015 15:58 GMT
#14220
On May 19 2015 00:03 aseq wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 18 2015 23:26 haitike wrote:
On May 18 2015 23:21 RvB wrote:
The new seeding system is okay imo. It spices things up instead of the same teams in to ro8 and onwards all the time.


I agree, I'm tired of the same similar matches all the years in both group stage and knock-ups.

I definitely don't agree. The best 16/8 teams should make it to the 2nd round/QF, not 16/8 random teams. With this system, 2nd round and quarter finals will generally be much more one-sided, while only a couple of groups will be interesting. The weaker groups will not attract much attention anyway, since people know the advancing teams will be eliminated shortly. So the only exciting matches left will be semifinal/final and those 2 strong groups without Barca/Real/Bayern.

The best teams can still make it if they actually play well. The only difference is that they can now get in a group of death as well instead of ajax being in one every year. Seeds are a way to give the good clubs another advantage they don't really need.
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