Activate Another Lever and Still Lose to a Madrid Remontada - The Small Teams Thread

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  1. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    I remember us being out of the title run and lobbing ball after ball to an absolutely livid Ronaldo who was trying to bash minnows to win a golden ball.

    Absolutely miserable.
     
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  2. Digital

    Digital Member+

    Dec 10, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    He has, not sure i've ever heard that but is it in a genuine way or a random PR kinda way, some of what he's shown hasn't been backed by those words and you know what they say......

    True, and what i said was mostly aimed at his fans and pundits....., also to be honest it doesn't just happen with Ronaldo, that happens with a few superstar players, it's always a team game for me though

    That was totally annoying to watch
     
  3. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    A journalist that blasted Florentino for saying "young people are abandoning football" published an article that "FIFAs corruption is making young people leave football and the numbers prove it" .

    All federations that protested leaving the UEFA and forming a Superleague, among them Germany and England, are holding a meeting about the prospect of leaving FIFA and forming a new federation. They had a lawyer on television analyzing how this could look like in the future.

    You couldn't make this sh*t up.
     
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  4. Ahmadi8

    Ahmadi8 Member+

    Apr 14, 2005
    Bahrain
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Bahrain
    Lol
     
  5. J-Mezzy

    J-Mezzy Member+

    Oct 14, 2013
    Orlando
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    #2530 J-Mezzy, Nov 28, 2022
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    Lol

    No arguments here. You threw James in the discussion when the point has been that every club Cristiano has gone to after leaving us got worse with him. That is an un refutable point. The game is done. James has been irrelevant in the world of football for a while now and is several levels below Cristiano as a player and as a professional athlete. Not really the best example to use lol

    I’m just throwing shade at Hazard for extra gravy
     
  6. Lyra

    Lyra Member+

    Apr 29, 2013
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Actually what’s unrefutable is the point that one person doesn’t make the team worse, he can, however, make them better as judged by personal goal contributions to the team goals and assists statistics and all such stats and his performances prove beyond any doubt that he’s been doing excellent everywhere he goes cause he still has got it at 37. So your argument of Bayern signing him and then somehow losing the league is baseless and laughable as they’ve been doing brilliant in all other departments (outside an attacker’s jurisdiction) as well.
     
  7. Umar

    Umar Member+

    Sep 13, 2005
    One step ahead
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Palestine
    Actually one player can make the team worse.

    Eg when Hazard replaced Ronaldo he made the team worse.

    Unless you’d like to argue that Ronaldo leaving made the team better…
     
  8. celito

    celito Moderator
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    Palmeiras
    Brazil
    Feb 28, 2005
    USA
    Club:
    Palmeiras Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    #2533 celito, Nov 28, 2022
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    "I don't chase records, records chase me" :ROFLMAO:
     
  9. Lyra

    Lyra Member+

    Apr 29, 2013
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    We had Mariano wearing no 7 before him lol

    and no, Hazard was pretty bad but he didn’t drag the team down. The other players were still performing to their max which didn’t happen with Ronaldo’s mates at United
     
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  10. MiamiNative0722

    MiamiNative0722 Member+

    May 25, 2013
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Will be very weird if I have to buy a Messi Miami shirt :confused:

    But i'll believe it when I see it. Beckham announced the franchise back in 2014 and it didn't start playing until 2020. Oh, and they play in Fort Lauderdale in Broward County, not even in Miami Dade. They are still in the process of trying to get permits to build a stadium in Miami.

    The best player they have gotten in this club's history is the likes of Higuain and Yedlin. The ownership group has been disappointing, to say the least.

    But one can hope. Maybe a new horizon is coming for this franchise.
     
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  11. YOUNGSTARS87

    YOUNGSTARS87 Yellow C@rd Bandit

    Dec 21, 2005
    What is the name of the journalist?

    One of my main issues with society is no accountability. When you are wrong admit it. People would rather create strawman and evade than to admit they were wrong.

    Why isn't this journalist being held accountable? Why aren't other journalist and media's holding people like this accountable?

    This is why we have the convoluted situation of life we have now. Literally no integrity
     
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  12. Glide84

    Glide84 Member+

    Jan 10, 2012
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Agree but as you know accountability in general is questionable in lots of fields including journalism current day. That said Florentino was thinking ahead and while the execution could have used some work the concept made sense. Like other visionary type concepts, many/most will laugh at them then later be all over it. Lots of examples of that happening in the past.
     
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  13. Shay Z

    Shay Z Moderator
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    Jan 3, 2007
    There’s many occupations where accountability is little to non existent but the profession of journalism really does sit atop of the shit pile. It annoys me that these people make money for it too. While others are working so hard to earn a living.
     
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  14. Akramzizou

    Akramzizou Member+

    Feb 13, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Wow, Agnelli and entire Juve board resigns. Seems like something fishy was going on and investigation findings about to be publicly released.
     
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  15. natenate101

    natenate101 Moderator
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    Dec 16, 2006
    California, US
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Dang. Popcorn time.
     
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  16. Saeta Rubia

    Saeta Rubia Member+

    May 28, 2010
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Entire Juventus board including president Andrea Agnelli resigns

    Italian club has been under investigation

    Vice-president Pavel Nedved among resignations

    It comes after Juventus’s financial statements underwent scrutiny by prosecutors and Italian market regulator Consob in recent months for alleged false accounting and market manipulation. The company has denied any wrongdoing.

    Agnelli and vice-president Pavel Nedved, who is also stepping down, were among those under investigation. The Serie A club finished fourth in the league last season and made a €254.3m (£220m) loss - a record in Italy.

    https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...rd-including-president-andrea-agnelli-resigns
     
  17. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
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    Real Madrid
    Napoli board was/is in jail because of similar issues, overvaluing transfers and making up false numbers.

    Usually when one club goes down using a cheat code, they're not the only ones doing it.

    Remember when the emails leaked and Florentino had calls from Barnett and Mendes to do the tax trick Messi was using and he was furious and said something along the lines of "these guys are trying to put us in jail".
     
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  18. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
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    Real Madrid
    The funny thing is, this world cup is actually more successful than the ones before.

    Fifa is going to earn over a billion more than last time during this 4 year circle, so when the donations to all those small federations go out for development and structure deals, a few big federations not supporting Infantino means absolutely ZERO.

    Even in the UK, despite the armband controversy, viewership is booming.
     
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  19. OMM13

    OMM13 Member

    Real Madrid
    Spain
    Feb 5, 2021
    I know Agnelli & Juve have been under investigation for quite some time now, so it's probably unrelated.

    But I was wondering whether Liverpool and Man United both being put on sale in such a short time has anything to do with the Super League ruling expected next month? It would make no sense for them to sell if the Super League was still alive and there was still a real possibility of being freed from the shackles of UEFA and making a huge increase in revenue.

    I'm no expert but putting the clubs on sale tells me that they see the Super League as a dead project that won't come to fruition any time soon. Or am I missing something?
     
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  20. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
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    Real Madrid
    The idea is the teams are starting to cost more to operate than they generate.
     
  21. OMM13

    OMM13 Member

    Real Madrid
    Spain
    Feb 5, 2021
    Yeah but if the Super League was still feasible by 24/25 like they say, wouldn't it have been better to wait it out for 2 more years until they start generating more money?
     
  22. YOUNGSTARS87

    YOUNGSTARS87 Yellow C@rd Bandit

    Dec 21, 2005
    A literal world crippling recession is going to happen soon and you are wondering why billionaires are trying to shield themselves before it happens?
     
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  23. Saeta Rubia

    Saeta Rubia Member+

    May 28, 2010
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--


    On topic:

    PSG splurge gonna reach next level.
     
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  24. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
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    Real Madrid
    #2549 4x4s, Nov 30, 2022
    Last edited: Nov 30, 2022
    The protest the football team doesn't care about is actually this one:

    https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...emanding-solidarity-energy-relief-2022-10-22/

    In the real world nobody cares if a poor soul fell off a construction site. So it doesn't surprise me that public protest became private pleading.

    The German media are insulted at the phrasing used in the press release.
     
  25. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    The Superleague doesn't generate more money by being more valuable within itself, it generates more by draining all interest from competing federations and tournaments and leaving the teams out to dry financially.
     
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