Football/Futbol/Soccer thread

[AkydefGoldberg]

^Ha, the Zaha rumours are bullshit. It's because he's not as good as he thinks he is and very very RAW to play in the PL. He wouldn't be a major improvement on Valencia, Nani. But Moyes' daughter ain't all that anyway. He's off to Cardiff on loan it seems.

De Gea's error underlined one thing: concentration.

It was what Van Der Sar perfected during his time and despite a few penalty saves, it will knock DDG abit and I hope he'll be able to resume his confidence gained. Woods, the GK coach, will need to get him back up.

TBH, good on Sunderland to win because Poyet took the competition seriously unlike other managers scrapping for relegation, and wish them luck for the final but in another way, kinda glad it won't be us on the receiving end of a potential City battering at Wembley.

Penalties were all cack - none of our players besides Fletcher probably taken one and Welbeck was probably inspired by Puncheon's spot kick few weekends ago.

Mata deal nearing close - £37m and now, we can focus on making sure we attain top four and reasonable progress in the CL. Chelsea probably hope they will sell Mata and we will sell Rooney in the summer but don't think Moyes would allow it especially Rooney's improved form this season. Probably likely to sell abroad if Madrid come in.

[PorkChop]

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[PorkChop]

Double post, but whatever, I'm mad. As a preface to this rant I should add that my dad is a Coventry fan, and if I had to support a second team, it would be Coventry.

When Arsenal play Coventry in the cup tomorrow night, several Coventry supporters will be using the occasion as a platform to protest against the ownership of the club, and rightly so. It's being shown live on BT Sport so it's a good platform to have their voices heard.

In brief: Coventry's current owners, 'Sisu' who are a hedge fund, use money from shady, anonymous investors. In 2012, Sisu decided that the rent they were paying to ACL (Arena Coventry Limited, who own the Ricoh Arena) was too much and so they refused to carry on paying. The off-pitch struggles messed up the whole club, and they got relegated into League One and went into administration. They then relocated to Northampton's ground as the rent would be cheaper - however, the club are only allowed to stay there for 3 to 5 years maximum. Northampton is 35 miles from Coventry.

The situation as it stands:

- Sisu have claimed that they have been looking to build a new stadium for the club since 2012, "in the Coventry area". Despite this, they haven't purchased land, haven't discussed the project with any building authorities and haven't submitted a planning applications.

- As I said earlier, the people behind Sisu are anonymous investors. There is very little information as to who is making their decisions, aside from one woman, Joy Seppala. However, she is very secretive and again, there is very little information about her.

- Sisu do pretty much what they want with no regard to the heritage and identity of the club, or the interests of the supporters who have stuck by the club throughout these hard times.

- ACL offered Sisu a deal which could have seen Coventry return to the Ricoh Arena rent-free for the rest of the season. Sisu turned this offer down.

- A majority of City fans are boycotting games at Northampton and attendances there are hitting record lows with an average of around 2000 (including visiting fans) but there’s been a huge increase in numbers going to away games.

- There is no indication of when, if ever, Coventry City FC will return to Coventry.

A positive note is that the manager, Steven Pressley, is performing miracles - Coventry have scored 55 goals in 26 league games and if it weren't for the 10 point deduction as a result of going into administration, they'd be in the play-off places. Several members of the side are academy players as Pressley can't make any new signings, so that's quite an achievement.

I hope Wenger puts out the Arsenal B or C squad tomorrow night, and Coventry get through. They need the payday, even if Sisu would just waste the money - but most importantly, they need further platforms to bring attention to the injustices going on behind the scenes at their club. People need to get behind Coventry and force these corrupt owners out - we've seen it plenty of times before, people who take over a club and have no idea how to run it. Look at the Venky's for example - they took the heart out of Blackburn. The same is happening here and regardless of what team you support, you should rally behind Coventry City and pray for this mess to be sorted out.

[prophet]

Just wow.

[AkydefGoldberg]

Just wow.

That is clearly a troll.

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Hope Coventry fans and the opposition groups are able to, whether they win or not, the right 'result' for them in their battle. I've not actually kept abreast of how Coventry are doing but Pressley seems to have done amazingly well. Sad days to see Coventry in this shit of a situation - miss the days at Highfield Road with the bald dudes Dublin and Ndlovu, and the dodgy nose keeper - can't remember his name.

[PorkChop]

^ Steve Ogrizovic

[AkydefGoldberg]

^ Steve Ogrizovic

Oh yes! Thanks for the confirmation.

He wasn't a bad keeper though tbf - decent.

FA Cup games this weekend - hope Coventry can pull off a shock but think Arsenal will have too much.

[Viazon]

Arsenal playing a fairly strong team. We should win this. I am so tired from work, I feel like I can fall asleep right now. Hopefully I can stay awake to watch the match.

[SKS]

Apparently Juve declined a $70M offer for Pogba.

[AkydefGoldberg]

Manchester United confirm it on Friday night. Terms and medical to be done.

I honestly feel Mourinho thinks that under Moyes, United are not going to be long-term rivals and that they'll take a few years to really compete for the title hence why he's been so generous in selling Mata. Also, he said something along the lines of, in his press conference, that "If United don't sell us Rooney, we don't sell Mata? That's not how we act." So, another hope for him that United will be more easier to deal with as expected they return for Rooney in the summer. But rumours are that he's signed a new deal worth £300k a week.

300,000 a week. Man, Rooney and Stretford are going to be downing the pints tonight! He has been brilliant so far this season but hope he'll carry his form and not let it dip because he's got a new deal he wanted. Jose will be gutted.

[SKS]

$300K a week? Bloody hell.

[Romo]

AHAHAHAHAHA Rooney has bent United over here and is currently buttfucking you all, he could care less about United and the fans and twice has asked to leave and twice United and twice you've fell for it and offered him shit loads of money to stay he must be laughing himself to sleep over how stupid you've been

[PorkChop]

City 2-0 down to Watford

[SKS]

Comeback complete

[Viazon]

AHAHAHAHAHA Rooney has bent United over here and is currently buttfucking you all, he could care less about United and the fans and twice has asked to leave and twice United and twice you've fell for it and offered him shit loads of money to stay he must be laughing himself to sleep over how stupid you've been

I remember the first time Rooney started asking for a transfer. After he signed a new contract, the papers were saying how Rooney went against Fergie and lost. One paper even had the headline, "Rooney 0 - Fergie 1." But I fail to see how that was a win for Fergie. Rooney wanted more money. Rooney got more money. That's a win for him in my book. Fergie was the one who had to splash more cash on him to keep him.

[Romo]

Horror injury for oviedo, hope he has a speedy recovery

[AkydefGoldberg]

AHAHAHAHAHA Rooney has bent United over here and is currently buttfucking you all, he could care less about United and the fans and twice has asked to leave and twice United and twice you've fell for it and offered him shit loads of money to stay he must be laughing himself to sleep over how stupid you've been

TBH, I'm not as keen to keep him considering his antics in 2010 and towards the end of last season. But tbf to him, he's played well this season, scored goals, assists, shown maturity in some of his play and tbh - I'd rather we keep him than sell him to Chelsea. His wage 300k is in line with similiarly what we are paying RVP so not a major issue. But tbh - I wouldn't have been upset to see him go as Mata is a fantastic number, more clinical IMO.

I remember the first time Rooney started asking for a transfer. After he signed a new contract, the papers were saying how Rooney went against Fergie and lost. One paper even had the headline, "Rooney 0 - Fergie 1." But I fail to see how that was a win for Fergie. Rooney wanted more money. Rooney got more money. That's a win for him in my book. Fergie was the one who had to splash more cash on him to keep him.

I'd say that was accurate. Rooney and his cunt of agent Stretford played the game perfectly and they got what they wanted. But not getting too carried away by these contract talks, might be a ploy for Chelsea to try and offer him more.

Aguero - lovely player I must say even though he plays for City.

[SKS]

Who is the current face of the Premiere League?

[Romo]

Who is the current face of the Premiere League?

Jose Mourinho

[Romo]