Someone just needs to explain to him that he's freakishly athletically gifted and he's wasting himself on cricket. Hopefully get him into some Olympic non-sports like running in a straight line instead.

Straight to jail, judging by that moustache.

>>5400

U wot m8

>>5401
Be fair mate. Ya did go ter jail, yeh Chop?

>>5402

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHIOaP3Vga0

>>5284
Definitely going down with Villa and Wet Spam.

>>5285
>>5286

Even Hammam has stuck his boot in.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25530214

He had to go. He's hasn't really done anything wrong, but his position became untenable. If you fall out with the owner, something's got to give, and it almost certainly won't be the owner. Hopefully he'll clean up at tribunal.

"Some men just want to watch the world burn"

I'd 3-0 be a Cardiff fan right now.

And to top it all off, the mother of all glories...

>>5088
too*

>>5089
Alfreton Town Season Ticket holder here.

Good run to begin being let down by our away form. But 3rd season in the top non leauge and we're well established.

>>5104
Cambridge've slipped up a bit, drawing two games in a row, still way out ahead in #1 though. I used to train as goalkeeper for Cambridge, when I was about 12 I did practises with the up and coming young keeper called John Ruddy, second to Shaun Marshall, Ruddy will probably be in the England squad for the world cup now. Funny how things change.

BACK IN THE LEAGUE, BACK WHERE WE BELONG.

I have no idea what to do this week.

It's the semi-finals (actually the Conference Championships) in the NFL tomorrow if you're the streaming type. Winners go to the Super Bowl in a fortnight.

Been quite a good season actually, lots of competitive teams and great games.

>>5352

I don't mind streaming. Links are welcome at the discretion of the mods, otherwise I'll just search on my own accord. I've never sat down to watch the NFL, but I do have some idea of just how influential the sport is in the states. What's drawn you into it, if you don't mind my asking?

Speaking of U.S. sports, I've always wanted to try getting into baseball, but it seems like it requires a good working knowledge of specific cities and their teams. I also recall a really popular hockey thread somewhere on .gs, was quite surprised at that.

Well the wheels are well and truly falling off now, for fucks sake.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

>>4651
>>4652
8th isn't that bad.

A bit harsh, wasn't it? He was a good manager.

>>4651
Not so much the wheels falling off as the chassis snapped in two and the driver threw himself in the incinerator.

>>5236

Mid season? What manager would go to a club where they know they don't get to pull the strings?

>>3756

Looks like Malky is on his way out too (one way or other).

>>5238

Shit, forgot the link.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25457024

>>5239
Kim Jong-Tan certainly knows how to get the comrades onside.

>>5239
Cardiff are not doing that bad. What's Tan's problem?

>>5225

Posting to hide.

>>5225
You really are a cunt.

>>5227
?

>>5225

Sports!

https://www.youtube.com/v/l7u9hP4r1S8

>>5178

They should drop Rooney altogether. He has flashes of brilliance, but he doesn't quite cut the mustard.

>>5181
Yeah, what we really need is Danny Welbeck.

Think about what you're saying in future, lad.

>>5182
your gay. Why don't you think about that ?

(A good day to you Sir!)

Watching the world cup draw now.

Sepp opened it up by speaking Spanish. N1M8!

>>5217
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

>>5175

He bowls to the left...
He bowls to the rightttttttt
That Mitchell Johnson
His bowling is shite

Gabba 3 years ago - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjoGpmqrJMk

>>5179

Well done ladm8 - you fucking jinxed it!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25046958

>>5175

Kevin?

It's amazing the amount of chirping the Aussies will do when they finally win a match against us. They have an incomparable ability to forget all of the times they have been completely shat upon.

>>5187
They are incredibly sore losers, especially when it comes to cricket. They must win, even if it involves resorting to unsportsmanlike behaviour.
https://www.youtube.com/v/K65_spUU05s
For this incident, the ICC issued a citation for bringing the game into disrepute to the batsman for flinging his bat.

It's just rugby for ladyboys. Play a real man's sport!

>>5070
No mate.

>>5071
No mate.

Anyway in addition to the muscle ache I've got a cut on my hand, a blood blister on my foot and the point of the ball smashed into my hand and now it doesn't work quite properly. I wasn't even involved in tackling today.

Oh well. Good fun.

Beginning of the second training session and I've pulled a muscle in my quad. Fucks sake.

Aaand they didn't want me. Fucks sake. Time to get drunk.

>>5086

Get the to Envy, lad. I'm sure a few top lads will buy you a pint or three if you tell them you failed in your dream of becoming an American football player.

Those are some lovely classic cars.

>>5084
There's an informal gathering once a month at a local villahe green of loads of classic cars in the area. Everyone is white. BRITISH CULTURE FOR BRITISH PEOPLE.

>>5014
>Will he be have to negotiate his wages with Real then
Yes.

>Is that usually kept a secret?
Sometimes. Often. Wages aren't always disclosed.

>What I couldn't get my head around was how much a player costs is also linked to the contract said player has with his current employer.
If a player has a contract with one club, then he cannot play for another unless he breaks that contract with the other club. For that to be valid, the other club has to agree to make the contract-breaking valid. This is why money is paid.


Fucking hell he looks like a moron in that image.

>>5015
>>5016
Wow, thanks. That clears up a lot. Have there ever been cases where clubs simply refuse any money and keep their players?

>>5018
Yes, it happens regularly. If Tottenham didn't have fucktonnes of debt to service wanted to keep Bale, they could refuse his move, regardless of whether he wanted to go or not. In fact he's still in contract and didn't turn up for training today or yesterday, and they're considering fining him for not doing so.


100 million beans is a lot of beans.

>>5018
Pretty much any deal that doesn't go through will be because the clubs can't agree terms. Look at the case of Luis Suarez. Arsenal want him, Liverpool are adamant he's not for sale. Whenever you hear of an offer which "triggered a clause in the player's contract", it's almost certainly one along the lines of requiring the club to notify the player if an offer above a certain value is made.

Something that happens more often than perhaps it should is players engaging in subterfuge to try and set up a transfer. Challenging the management, faking injuries, starting rumours, etc. Sometimes the first a club knows about its apparent interest in a player is when it appears in the press.

>>5020
Isn't that what happened to Modric and Berbatov? Tottenham didn't want to sell them without charging extortionate amounts, so the players started moping around and not playing properly.

Mounted cameras like that makes me feel seasick.

3 threads on the first page, can't you just stick to the one?