The Football.....

[nickyboy]

Invalid post/wind up. It's Atlético. I don't know who Athletico are so, as a Man Utd fan, I'm not effected by your ribbing.

Whatever they're called...I'm behind them 100% tonight. Having brought up my two City-supporting sons properly, they will also be supporting Atletico tonight

 

[jowwy]

So why did he apologise on twitter?

He only apologised about the comment were he said parents are given jobs as scouts………the rest was his opinion and hes sticking by it.

 

[AndyRM]

Chelsea have withdrawn their ridiculous request.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

He only apologised about the comment were he said parents are given jobs as scouts………the rest was his opinion and hes sticking by it.

It was a bit more than that:

https://metro.co.uk/2022/03/15/jamie-carragher-apologises-for-slanderous-chelsea-comment-16276378/

Tbh, he is now an established part of the media, who appear to have forgiven the spitting incident, and he is employed to increase ratings and controversy fulfills that need.

Seems like everyone and their dog is jumping on the back of the anti-Chelsea bandwagon when it suits their narrative. And pathetically he did the same.

Carragher is particularly annoying as he is hardly in a position to invoke any moral superiority. He spat at a 14 year old girl and let's be honest played for a club whose history has at least one very low point. Stones and Greenhouses comes to mind.

 

[Deleted User]

and thats why we love the sport, so many different views and opinions.........good job he's not on here, he would get mullered by the anti liverpool mob for not living in liverpool

Why are you a Liverpool fan as a matter of interest?
I do struggle with people who have no connection with the club they supposedly 'support ' and even more so when not even paying to watch them?

I have a pal from Telford who is a Man Utd fan because his Father was, he has a season ticket, as does his Son and his Dad so that I can accept, but you?

 

[Dayvo]

Chelsea have withdrawn their ridiculous request.

Common sense prevails!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Chelsea have withdrawn their ridiculous request.

I have to admit that it was an odd request.

 

[jowwy]

Why are you a Liverpool fan as a matter of interest?
I do struggle with people who have no connection with the club they supposedly 'support ' and even more so when not even paying to watch them?

I have a pal from Telford who is a Man Utd fan because his Father was, he has a season ticket, as does his Son and his Dad so that I can accept, but you?

I do pay to watch them……….never knew there was rules and regulations around who you can support, must have missed that some how.

i pay for sky tv, i pay for amazon, i pay for BT sport…all those companies pay millions upon millions for the tv rights to show premier league games from my and everyone else subscription fees, so yes i do pay to watch them. When i can i have also been to anfield and watched them live. But as i played football myself all my adult life until i broke my leg, i put my team and team mates ahead of going to watch liverpool at anfield, when i should be on the pitch playing myself. Also i have a disabled partner to look after and me going off on weekends for jollies to watch the football and shelling out hundreds of pounds for tickets wouldnt be fair on her.

The last time i went to anfield was in 2016 for my 40th birthday against spurs on saturday 2nd april, it was a 1-1 draw…..the tickets cost me £650 for 2 and then a further £300 for 1 night at the Malmaison hotel, along with fuel and food, it was a very expensive weekend. But thats ok, your only 40 once right, but there is no way i would pay that every weekend to watch them live, as i would like to stay solvent.

The reason i support, because i want to and have supported them since a 4yr old kid watching live football on sunday afternoon on the BBC like every other football fan back in the very very early 80s.

hope this helps and its not the first time i have said this in this forum. Who and why i support a particualr team is of no business of anyone but mine. Whether you like it or not, or struggle to accept it.

 

[AndyRM]

I have to admit that it was an odd request.

I don't really understand how they thought it would result in anything other than backlash.

The owners of football clubs make seriously weird decisions sometimes.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Just out of interest do we think that our new 'whiter than white' approach to club owners will be retrospective?

I'm of a mind that some owners will be crapping themselves at the moment.

Five minutes on Google and I can identify one club chairman whose business is currently advertising a role for someone to further develop business in Russia and allied states.

No doubt a legitimate business but will all these linkages be thoroughly scrutinised?

Ditto any club with Chinese, Arabian, Thai connections (all with appalling human rights records) and, dare I say it, the home of political lobbying; the US of A?

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I don't really understand how they thought it would result in anything other than backlash.

The owners of football clubs make seriously weird decisions sometimes.

'tis a strange one and a backlash could've been predicted by a monkey.

Slight pedantry but it was our Chairman's decision as our persona non-grata owner has been relieved of such lofty decision making. 😁

But, yes they do!

 

[AndyRM]

I do pay to watch them……….never knew there was rules and regulations around who you can support, must have missed that some how.

i pay for sky tv, i pay for amazon, i pay for BT sport…all those companies pay millions upon millions for the tv rights to show premier league games from my and everyone else subscription fees, so yes i do pay to watch them. When i can i have also been to anfield and watched them live. But as i played football myself all my adult life until i broke my leg, i put my team and team mates ahead of going to watch liverpool at anfield, when i should be on the pitch playing myself. Also i have a disabled partner to look after and me going off on weekends for jollies to watch the football and shelling out hundreds of pounds for tickets wouldnt be fair on her.

The last time i went to anfield was in 2016 for my 40th birthday against spurs on saturday 2nd april, it was a 1-1 draw…..the tickets cost me £650 for 2 and then a further £300 for 1 night at the Malmaison hotel, along with fuel and food, it was a very expensive weekend. But thats ok, your only 40 once right, but there is no way i would pay that every weekend to watch them live, as i would like to stay solvent.

The reason i support, because i want to and have supported them since a 4yr old kid watching live football on sunday afternoon on the BBC like every other football fan back in the very very early 80s.

hope this helps and its not the first time i have said this in this forum. Who and why i support a particualr team is of no business of anyone but mine. Whether you like it or not, or struggle to accept it.

£650 for two tickets? Jesus wept. That's an outrage.

 

[jowwy]

Just out of interest do we think that our new 'whiter than white' approach to club owners will be retrospective?

I'm of a mind that some owners will be crapping themselves at the moment.

Five minutes on Google and I can identify one club chairman whose business is currently advertising a role for someone to further develop business in Russia and allied states.

No doubt a legitimate business but will all these linkages be thoroughly scrutinised?

Ditto any club with Chinese, Arabian, Thai connections (all with appalling human rights records) and, dare I say it, the home of political lobbying; the US of A?

No because none of those owners support a regime that is bombing an independant country. Your club got in bed with the russians and are now paying the price.

 

[jowwy]

£650 for two tickets? Jesus wept. That's an outrage.

Correct it was an outrgae, but an outrage i was awilling to pay for my 40th birthday. my partner bought the tickets for what she thought was £250 for two, only to find out it was for 1, so i then had to go back on the site she bought it from and explain the situation and they said no problem we can get another ticket for you, but its now an extra £400…..we bought so called premium tickets as advertised, but when they arrive the two tickets were season tickets for two chinese fans. But they were defo not premium seats. So i rang the site and informed them i wasnt happy with the tickets they sent me. I then received a call from a scouser within 15mins saying as i wasnt happy, he would supply 2 new ticketd and we could swap them on game day. I travelled upto liverpool on the morning of the game and met teh scouser in a derilict pub car park and swapped the two tickets there and then. He then said, heres my number next time come direct to me………we then drove to the malmaison, booked in, called a taxi and set off for anfield a few hours later.

But i bet i could give you 100 guesses and i bet you wouldnt get who the tickets came from???

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Just out of interest do we think that our new 'whiter than white' approach to club owners will be retrospective?

I'm of a mind that some owners will be crapping themselves at the moment.

Five minutes on Google and I can identify one club chairman whose business is currently advertising a role for someone to further develop business in Russia and allied states.

No doubt a legitimate business but will all these linkages be thoroughly scrutinised?

Ditto any club with Chinese, Arabian, Thai connections (all with appalling human rights records) and, dare I say it, the home of political lobbying; the US of A?

FWIW I've every sympathy with Chelsea fans, though I think in the circumstances the government have done a decent job in making sure the club can keep going in the short term.

The finances of English football are seriously farked up in every way. From the gambling addiction to the sportswashing to the attempt to protect a cartel to the... ...well, I could go on.

But Russian oligarchs are now on another level to the rest of the scum, unfortunately for Chelsea fans. Some of whom, alas, are doing themselves no favours, though I've no idea how representative the Abramovich chanters are.

[minor edit for accuracy]