World football thread.

[Bettyboo]

Who?

Haven't looked at the fixtures. I'm not sure about the strength of their team either, but I'm not confident...

[hallelujah]

Neymar has signed for Al Hilal in Saudi!

What the fucking fuck is going on?

[harrybarracuda]

Neymar has signed for Al Hilal in Saudi!

What the fucking fuck is going on?

This is what's going on:

L'Equipe report that Neymar will sign a two-year contract worth a total of 160m euros personally.

[hallelujah]

This is what's going on:

I see his dilemma.

He was only on 25 million Euros a year at PSG.

[Stretchy]

Where are the teams in the Saudi Professional League suddenly getting their money from?

[hallelujah]

Where are the teams in the Saudi Professional League suddenly getting their money from?

The government.

[harrybarracuda]

Where are the teams in the Saudi Professional League suddenly getting their money from?

[harrybarracuda]

I see his dilemma.

He was only on 25 million Euros a year at PSG.

Yes, obviously the poor lad's struggling to pay the rent. Probably uses food banks too.

[Bettyboo]

Drugs or alcohol?

Surely neither or he'd be stoned to death or some such judgement... Maybe, I just don't understand different cultures well; especially the abusive, murderous, lowly educated ones. ???

[harrybarracuda]

Drugs or alcohol?

Surely neither or he'd be stoned to death or some such judgement... Maybe, I just don't understand different cultures well; especially the abusive, murderous, lowly educated ones. ???

Huh ?

[Bettyboo]

Looks like an abusive situation to me, 'Arry - Saudi/Emirati women don't dress like that - not at weddings, not in social situations being filmed...

Probably Lebanese women in clubs/hotels where the men are supposed to watch from afar (?). (I've been to a couple in Oman, very weird. I even got to know an owner who called the women working there "slaves, that he'd bought".)

The fella acting like a psycho is probably rich enough to act like a psycho and have all the other men (apart from his "crowd" and club staff) removed.

All the women look afraid.

It's impossible to know the context for sure, but it looks like hugely abusive and abnormal "cultural" behaviour.

Where's your "huh" come from?

[harrybarracuda]

Yeah, stick with:

Maybe, I just don't understand different cultures well

[cyrille]

Plymouth / Southampton has been good value so far.


EDIT: And that’s relatively ‘on topic’.

[hallelujah]

We're gonna have to set up a Championship and other leagues thread for Spamdreth.

[Bettyboo]

Some good news for top tier sports fans:

[harrybarracuda]

Plymouth / Southampton has been good value so far.


EDIT: And that’s relatively ‘on topic’.

I suppose that's interesting to you these days.

[Bettyboo]

^ The Championship is a far better division than years ago, imho.

Apart from the Spanish, Italian and German leagues, perhaps (?) half or more of the Championship teams could be competitive (mid table?) in most other European leagues. I wonder how Plymouth and Southampton would do, in say, the top French league? I doubt either of them would be relegated.

(It's hard to say, and I could be miles off...)

[cyrille]

I suppose that's interesting to you these days.

In marked contrast to your posts.

[harrybarracuda]

In marked contrast to your posts.

Yet they seem to attract your attention.

[VocalNeal]

Some good news for top tier sports fans:

Are you an Ipswich man?

[harrybarracuda]

It's the hope that kills you Boo, ask sybille.

[Bettyboo]

^ There is no hope. We could easily have lost all of our first three games, and our players are average with a shallow squad - the playing style/tactics are good.

^^ No, but my father is, so from a young Betty, I got taken to most (some seasons, all) of the home games and the local ones such as West Ham and Arsenal, as well as cup games further afield. Once I got my first car, I went to a lot of the midweek games, as it was only about an hour up the A12, cheap at the time, and easy enough to get a ticket more often than not.

[harrybarracuda]

I was talking to Gillingham fan yesterday. He said his team reminded him of George Graham's Arsenal:

P4 W4 D0 L0 GF4 GA0

[VocalNeal]

^^ A friend of mine is from Hadleigh. He is very enthusiastic.

[malmomike77]

cheap at the time, and easy enough to get a ticket more often than not.

Could still get pie eels and mash and change from a tenner