2019 - 2020 Football Thread - Page 141

On February 12 2020 00:08 Wombat_NI wrote:
It’s a strange season Europe wide, there are few teams who don’t (relatively) suck compared to what their usual level is or have some kind of deep flaw.

Outside of Liverpool who are a team both performing to potential and to the very highest European level, I’m struggling to think of many teams who are ticking both boxes.

The teams that are having good seasons are a bit lower down, I’d say the likes of Atalanta, Sheffield United who are punching well above their weight.

On the plus side if Liverpool lose, the Champions League will be pretty wide open in terms of a potential winner.

On February 12 2020 00:46 Acrofales wrote:

Nah, then Real Madrid will snooze their way to yet another trophy. It's just what they do. And they have recovered some of their form.

On February 11 2020 22:58 sharkie wrote:
Dortmund higher than Napoli? What? They both suck balls atm

Internazionale have won a key battle in a trademark infringement lawsuit against Major League Soccer, claiming the term ‘Inter’ is synonymous with the Serie A club, which also goes by Inter Milan.

Inter Miami CF, the new MLS club owned by David Beckham set to make their debut next month, suffered a setback in the first round of the proceedings when the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) dismissed one of the team’s two arguments, according to a report published Monday.

Miami attorney David Winker, writing for Law.com, said the Italian club appears to have overcome the significant legal threshold of “likely confusion”, adding he believes the ruling “will result in Miami having to change its name”.

“The USPTO found that MLS’ claim that there are a number of clubs around the world that use Inter in their name – SC Internacional of Porto Alegre, Brazil, Inter Nashville FC, Inter Atlanta FC, FC Inter Turku (Finland), NK Inter Zapresic (Croatia), Inter Leipzig (Germany) and Inter de Grand-Goave (Haiti) – did not meet its burden to show that MLS has valid proprietary, or ownership, right in the name, Inter,” the report said.

The Miami New Times reported Internazionale submitted a trademark application to the USPTO in 2014 to make ‘Inter’ and exclusive brand in the United States, barring other clubs from marketing themselves with the same shorthand, while Inter Miami CF’s subsequent application in 2018 has been suspended.

MLS’s outlined a two-pronged argument in a notice of opposition filed last year against Internazionale’s application: that ‘Inter’ is a widely used shorthand in soccer and that a trademark on the term will cause a “likelihood of confusion” among the various teams that already use it. But last month, the patent office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board dismissed the “likelihood of confusion” claim and said the league didn’t meet those requirements, Winker wrote.

The trademark battle is the latest bump in the rocky gestation for Beckham’s club, including a protracted struggle over stadium construction, objections from cruise lines, ludicrous demands from private landowners, calls to build a high school on the complex and, most recently, the discovery of arsenic contamination at the golf course where the 25,000-seat Miami Freedom Park will be built.

Inter Miami (for now, anyway) are scheduled to play the first home game in club history on 14 March against LA Galaxy after opening with back-to-back road matches at LAFC and DC United.

On February 09 2020 22:09 Melliflue wrote:
As a West Brom fan I am more nervous about Forest than Fulham, but Brentford are scary. I am amazed we are still top after our awful run. I think we have the best midfield in the division but we have struggled to score at times. I was hoping for more from Austin, and I have no idea why we signed Zohore.

And there is absolutely no way this match at Millwall should go ahead today.

On February 12 2020 21:31 smr wrote:
Just read about that spanish rule that allows a team to buy players outside the transfer window. I know in Germany you can hire players without a contract but buying because you made a mistake planning your roster? Cmon do a better job. Scout your youth team and play those guys for half a year.

On February 12 2020 21:41 haitike wrote:


Only one player and only if you have a long durantion injury (minimum 5 months). And of course only in Spanish clubs. It is a "emergency transfer" and the rule have always been there.

On February 12 2020 21:31 smr wrote:
Just read about that spanish rule that allows a team to buy players outside the transfer window. I know in Germany you can hire players without a contract but buying because you made a mistake planning your roster? Cmon do a better job. Scout your youth team and play those guys for half a year.

Does anybody know how that works? Do you register players for a position and if none is left you're allowed a transfer? Is it whenever you fall below X eligible players for next match? Is it the same if you lose Dembele or a random youngster that plays for the 1st team since summer?

On February 12 2020 21:48 Acrofales wrote:

"that spanish rule"... I live in Spain and have never heard of it. Can you link what you read?

Insofar as I know, you're allowed to buy players who are without a contract and start them at any point in the season. Not just in Spain, but anywhere in Europe. If Germany is more strict than that... then I dunno. Fix it? But if you're saying Spanish clubs can buy players under contract outside the transfer window, I've never heard of that.

I mean, clubs do that too, but the bought player is not allowed to play professional football for the team. Thus it's almost always referring to: (young) players outside of Europe, and they join early to acclimatize and train with the new team. They aren't allowed to play any professional games (which for a team like Barcelona is both the A and B teams).

EDIT: ok, so that rule does exist. I'm guessing the player is not allowed to play CL/Europa League, because regardless of what the Spanish FA says, it still goes against UEFA guidelines.

On February 12 2020 21:48 Acrofales wrote:

"that spanish rule"... I live in Spain and have never heard of it. Can you link what you read?

Insofar as I know, you're allowed to buy players who are without a contract and start them at any point in the season. Not just in Spain, but anywhere in Europe. If Germany is more strict than that... then I dunno. Fix it? But if you're saying Spanish clubs can buy players under contract outside the transfer window, I've never heard of that.

I mean, clubs do that too, but the bought player is not allowed to play professional football for the team. Thus it's almost always referring to: (young) players outside of Europe, and they join early to acclimatize and train with the new team. They aren't allowed to play any professional games (which for a team like Barcelona is both the A and B teams).

EDIT: ok, so that rule does exist. I'm guessing the player is not allowed to play CL/Europa League, because regardless of what the Spanish FA says, it still goes against UEFA guidelines.

On February 12 2020 21:02 bObaZ wrote:


What's your opinion on Krovinovic and Matheus?

On February 13 2020 03:50 Pandemona wrote:
Chelsea about to sign Ziyech from Ajax....interesting....Frank wants him and Frank is getting him, i don't think he is what we need though, we need a goal scorer and Ziyech stats might be good but a lot of players have come from Eredivisie with "good goal stats" and fallen flat on their faces lol. Hope he is good as his Ajax form suggests and for the price its quite cheap so, lets hope he does good!

(£38 million is the fee around €45 million)