The European football thread

~~Cuthbert~~ · 03-12-2014, 02:22 PM

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Sky Sports 1, stream is so crispy.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 03-12-2014, 03:35 PM

Boring and cagey. As with last night the game badly needs a goal. Fucking shit.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 03-14-2014, 08:31 PM

Hoeness

Kartoffelbrei what do you make of it mate? Apparently this is massive news in Germany, like Ferguson going to prison here, but bigger, as apparently Hoeness was bigger than football and one of the most influential people in Germany.

Kartoffelbrei · 03-14-2014, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Christian Benteke

Hoeness

Kartoffelbrei what do you make of it mate? Apparently this is massive news in Germany, like Ferguson going to prison here, but bigger, as apparently Hoeness was bigger than football and one of the most influential people in Germany.

Hoeneß is so stupid, srsly.
Why to shovel more money, if you already have piles of it?!
I'm pretty angry at him, tbh

~~Cuthbert~~ · 03-14-2014, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Kartoffelbrei

Hoeneß is so stupid, srsly.
Why to shovel more money, if you already have piles of it?!
I'm pretty angry at him, tbh

Do you think it will affect Bayern much? They are basically just at the start of their dominance (European 09-12 Barca-esque 'smashing everything in front of them' greatest team of all time level of dominance, I mean. Aware they've dominated Germany since forever)

Kartoffelbrei · 03-14-2014, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Christian Benteke

Do you think it will affect Bayern much? They are basically just at the start of their dominance (European 09-12 Barca-esque 'smashing everything in front of them' greatest team of all time level of dominance, I mean. Aware they've dominated Germany since forever)

When I was young, about 10-15 years ago, it was always Bayern München against 1860 München. Back then I was an 1860 fan, because they were cool, and they had a Munich Lion as a mascott :P and I'm a lion as a star sign. But then Bayern München started to buy all the good players from all the German teams and started dominating the hell out of everything.

Well. Hoeneß was just the money spender for Bayern. There's going to be another guy who checks in and gives them money. They are the most popular team in Germany. And the important part about Bayern München is their tactic.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 03-14-2014, 08:58 PM

Yeah, I remember a period in the early 00's when Bayer Leverkusen were doing well, then Bayern just came along and pinched Ballack off them.

As a neutral this annoys me.

It's similar with Dortmund now, they've built this team on the cheap then lost Gotze and Lewandowski to them and Gundogan & Reus have been linked with moves away (obviously Gundogan linked with Bayern), it pisses me off. They are linked with Draxler from Schalke as well and may well get him.

It's bad enough when clubs who aren't yet at their domestic summit do it (Southampton are a good example, West Ham too with their Rio/Lampard/Joe Cole era) but Dortmund were champions and CL finalists ffs.

The days of building a team and creating a legacy are long gone.

**Goofle** · 03-14-2014, 09:04 PM

Bayern have absolutely no need for Draxler in fairness.

Kartoffelbrei · 03-14-2014, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Christian Benteke

Yeah, I remember a period in the early 00's when Bayer Leverkusen were doing well, then Bayern just came along and pinched Ballack off them.

As a neutral this annoys me.

It's similar with Dortmund now, they've built this team on the cheap then lost Gotze and Lewandowski to them and Gundogan & Reus have been linked with moves away (obviously Gundogan linked with Bayern), it pisses me off. They are linked with Draxler from Schalke as well and may well get him.

It's bad enough when clubs who aren't yet at their domestic summit do it (Southampton are a good example, West Ham too with their Rio/Lampard/Joe Cole era) but Dortmund were champions and CL finalists ffs.

The days of building a team and creating a legacy are long gone.

They do this with EVERY bloody good player they find.
This annoys me so much.
I mean Götze was born in München, and he was a Bayern fan since he was a kid..he would have gone there for even less money than Dortmund was giving him, just cuz of the honour of playin for Bayern. But they steal so many good players, which is srsly sad... I mean I love the team. But it's still ****ed up

~~Cuthbert~~ · 03-14-2014, 09:14 PM

@Goofle exactly their midfield is rammed.

Gozte
Thiago
Schweinsteiger
Lahm
Martinez
Shaqiri
Robben
Ribery
Kroos

They're all quality as well

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Originally Posted by Kartoffelbrei

They do this with EVERY bloody good player they find.
This annoys me so much.
I mean Götze was born in München, and he was a Bayern fan since he was a kid..he would have gone there for even less money than Dortmund was giving him, just cuz of the honour of playin for Bayern. But they steal so many good players, which is srsly sad... I mean I love the team. But it's still ****ed up

Yeah that is fair enough with Gotze he was always going to join them being from there. I just suppose I'd like to see a bit more honouring of contracts in football. And it's never a good thing when 1/2 clubs dominate a league as they will do what they want then, Klopp said recently the German league was like the Scottish league (and he meant post-Rangers, since it became a 1 team league).

I suppose that's one benefit of the sugardaddies in England, that they've broken the Man U monopoly, even if we don't agree with their methods.

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Boring and cagey. As with last night the game badly needs a goal. Fucking shit.

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Hoeness Kartoffelbrei what do you make of it mate? Apparently this is massive news in Germany, like Ferguson going to prison here, but bigger, as apparently Hoeness was bigger than football and one of the most influential people in Germany.

03-14-2014, 08:58 PM	#407 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Yeah, I remember a period in the early 00's when Bayer Leverkusen were doing well, then Bayern just came along and pinched Ballack off them. As a neutral this annoys me. It's similar with Dortmund now, they've built this team on the cheap then lost Gotze and Lewandowski to them and Gundogan & Reus have been linked with moves away (obviously Gundogan linked with Bayern), it pisses me off. They are linked with Draxler from Schalke as well and may well get him. It's bad enough when clubs who aren't yet at their domestic summit do it (Southampton are a good example, West Ham too with their Rio/Lampard/Joe Cole era) but Dortmund were champions and CL finalists ffs. The days of building a team and creating a legacy are long gone.