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

Discussion in 'Real Madrid' started by MiamiNative0722, Sep 2, 2022.

  1. Ahmadi8

    Ahmadi8 Member+

    Apr 14, 2005
    Bahrain
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Bahrain
    So why was nothing done and why didn't teams abandon the league?
     
  2. HZinho

    HZinho Member+

    Apr 2, 2013
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Haha, sure. I can respond in a similarly childish manner, but I'm okay. Keep moving those goalposts though!
     
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  3. Umar

    Umar Member+

    Sep 13, 2005
    One step ahead
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Palestine
    A game can be only a little bit rigged.

    Have you heard of spot fixing?
     
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  4. temesgen

    temesgen Member+

    Jun 27, 2004
    Disagree, rigged implies the refs are consciously going to do things to advantage a side. But outcomes can be tampered with by assigning officials who tend to view things a specific way.

    For example, here in the States, conservatives tend to file cases in certain courts where judges are more sympathetic to their POV. Similarly liberals do better with other justices.
    That doesn't mean our judicial system is rigged.


    However if we had cases assigned to judges from a supposedly nonpartisan judicial body in a way create these outcomes that would be problematic.

    This is what Barca did, I doubt they get penalized but the ridiculous arguments their club is making is bad faith. They are cheating.
     
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  5. Zidane05

    Zidane05 Moderator
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    Jul 18, 2005
    Toronto
    Not to mention that even if no payment was made to the ref, you could exercise pressure on the officials that will result in unconscious bias. And you had his son following these refs from hotel to the stadium…
     
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  6. temesgen

    temesgen Member+

    Jun 27, 2004
    Barca defense force: many people follow stars to the stadium
     
  7. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    FC Köln gets a transfer ban. Players are still allowed to transfer away from the club though.

    Financial Fairplay. :coffee:
     
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  8. Lyra

    Lyra Member+

    Apr 29, 2013
    Club:
    Real Madrid
     
  9. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Football players should be paying the most. Not the least.
     
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  10. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Not sure if true but this is mind blowing :

    De Bruyne has apparently never won PL player of the month.
     
  11. dooda

    dooda Member+

    Jun 8, 2005
    Kuwait
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Thats even crazier when you realize he's won Prem Player of the season twice.
     
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  12. YOUNGSTARS87

    YOUNGSTARS87 Yellow C@rd Bandit

    Dec 21, 2005
    That tax rate is scary. Definitely wouldn't want to do business there
     
  13. MiamiNative0722

    MiamiNative0722 Member+

    May 25, 2013
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    United States


    Ok this can potentially be pretty big. Arthur is a right back. I think this suggests Jeremie Frimpong is on the move this summer.

    Get it done Florentino.
     
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  14. saadomar

    saadomar Member+

    Real Madrid
    Mar 21, 2013
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    I suggested Frimpong in the summer. Nothing materialized. Not even a sniff. Madrid aren't replacing until Dani Carvajal is retired.
     
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  15. arcane

    arcane Member+

    Aug 18, 2005
    Philippines
    Madrid only goes for midfielders and centrebacks lol
     
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  16. Lyra

    Lyra Member+

    Apr 29, 2013
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    And Brazilian forward kids
     
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  17. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    It's not like we didn't put the budget of an entire small nation on the table for one of the best players in the sport and he swerved us at the last minute.
     
  18. Lyra

    Lyra Member+

    Apr 29, 2013
    Club:
    Real Madrid
     
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  19. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Article is behind a paywall btw.
     
  20. Deep Pal

    Deep Pal Member+

    Jun 19, 2013
    India,Kolkata
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    India
    Barcelona are the second coming of Jesus, just stop with the trolling now.
     
  21. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    I'm assuming you didn't click on the link and just got emotional: What i'm saying is you have to pay/subscribe to the athletic to read the article. I've considered it for a while now, but on the other hand, they often bait big headlines and the content isn't all that great.
     
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  22. Ahmadi8

    Ahmadi8 Member+

    Apr 14, 2005
    Bahrain
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Bahrain
    Wasn't behind a pay wall for me.
     
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  23. dooda

    dooda Member+

    Jun 8, 2005
    Kuwait
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nothing new in the article TBH. If anything mimics what you've been saying, lots of smoke but no fire. Investigation on going - more unethical than corruption.

    They avoided mentioning any of the circumstantial evidence - given that it's written by their Barca correspondant, I can see many claiming it's a pro barca article. I'd say we've discussed it in more detail on this forum despite their hundreds of leaked documents claim.
     
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  24. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid

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    I've considered it for a while, but with the way news coverage works now, it's hard to justify up to 20 Euro to read their work.
     
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  25. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    They posted a Ronaldo article recently where they headlined it with stuff like that Ronaldo "...was laughed off by Real Madrid after mentioning his intention to return to the club" and i figured they were being kind of economic with the facts.
     

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