Watched Sporting/Manchester United there. Poor enough game. It looks like ManU will again by relying on Vidic and Ronaldo as their two main players this season. The result is the main thing at this stage as form will improve as the season progresses so theyâll be fairly satisfied win an away win despite being ordinary enough.
Quite the dose of irony on RTE there. Dunphy went off on somewhat of a rant lamenting how clubs like Sporting, Benfica and Ajax used to be able to compete at the highest level in Europe but now that thereâs exorbitant amounts of TV money floating around the game in England that this is no longer possible.
Instead teams like these are feeling the pinch with even their young players like Nani, Ronaldo et al being taken away from them before theyâve achieved anything of note in the game.
Dunphy said the gameâs poorer for this âscorched earthâ policy of the big clubs in England, Spain and Italy stockpiling all the talent meaning there was less of a spread of young players across all the teams nowadays.
He vowed to come back in a couple of weeks with a solution as he hadnât yet thought how the situation could be rectified.
Does he not realise RTE are part of what he regards as a problem paying millions of euro of licence payers money on the product and adding to these clubsâ armoury?
What was the story with that pitch last night. It looked like a maniac had got on the pitch with a shovel. Very poor. Even the Sporting(thanks Bandage) players were getting pissed off with it. I remember a pass being played to Veloso and it hit a patch and went completley off course. He threw his hands up in desperation. Shite.
What was the story with that pitch last night. It looked like a maniac had got on the pitch with a shovel. Very poor. Even the Porto players were getting pissed off with it. I remember a pass being played to Veloso and it hit a patch and went completley off course. He threw his hands up in desperation. Shite.
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Everything Dunphy said was true, I just donât see the point in giving out about it. Let the money machines roll, I cant do anything to change it.
Go Yankees
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Youâre a Celtic fan Rock. What exactly are you doing to help solve this âproblemâ.
Have you ever heard of the Eircom league, itâs a little league we have in Ireland thats right on your doorstep, maybe you should take a few games in?
When Belfast Celtic return to the league then Iâll resume my support of them. Until then Iâm happy to use their Glaswegian brethern as an alternative.
You support franchises, you think clubs with the most money are the biggest clubs in the world, you have no interest in anything outside the EPL.
When Belfast Celtic return to the league then Iâll resume my support of them. Until then Iâm happy to use their Glaswegian brethern as an alternative.
You support franchises, you think clubs with the most money are the biggest clubs in the world, you have no interest in anything outside the EPL.
âFerguson loves Ronaldoâ