Football 2023 Discussion Thread

[rafalgorka 1,821]

Barca-Real at Montjuic this season. Oh, I love this stadium. Barcelona 1992 Olympics were best ever for me!!!

[rafalgorka 1,821]

Barca defenders went sleeping in 92 min. I want Carlos Puyol back!

[LDOG 2,477]

Bellingham is the best player in the world right now. Unlike Mbappe and Haaland he can do everything in attack, like all the goats from the past did.

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[heywoodu 16,460]

PSV beat Ajax 5-2 and now, I kid you not, Ajax is in 18th and last place in the competition  

 

They were absolutely destroyed by German Sven Mislintat, who for whatever reason was appointed technical director last summer, used his shady contacts to come up with a lot of very shady deals for unknown players through one of his own companies (20 million for Josip Sutalo of GNK Dinamo, 16 million for Georges Mikautadze of FC Metz, 12.5 million for Gaston Avila of Antwerp, 8 million for Borna Sosa of Stutgart etc...he spent a whopping 92 million for a bunch of players, almost all of whom actually said they never expected to end up at Ajax (duh, nobody did)).

 

When the shady dealings through his company came to light, it didn't take long for Mislintat to be kicked out, but that really was too late and now they've gotten a grand total of 5 points in 8 matches  

[Noorderling29 238]

Not unimportant to mention that Ajax has two fewer matches than most of the other teams.

 

Jong Ajax is also bottom of the Eerste Divisie (the 2nd highest division).

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11 minutes ago, Noorderling29 said:

Not unimportant to mention that Ajax has two fewer matches than most of the other teams.

 

Jong Ajax is also bottom of the Eerste Divisie (the 2nd highest division).

True, although 5 points in 8 matches is still incredibly pathetic (and incredibly funny considering how a lot of Ajax fans often act and talk ). Ajax relegating would honestly be one of the funniest things I have ever seen in Dutch sports. It's not happening, but boy it'd be hilarious.

Edited October 29, 2023 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 16,460]

Australia has withdrawn for the 2034 World Cup and now Saudi Arabia is the only one left, just like FIFA wanted....surprise  

 

It's getting so pathetic it's just almost funny  

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Surprise surprise, apparently FIFA confirmed Saudi Arabia has 2034 hosts. Obviously entirely expected, but the most hilarious thing is Infantino apparently actually said the following bit of nonsense  

 

"Football unites the world more than any other sport. The World Cup is the perfect stage for a message of unity and diversity."

 

Lovely statement about going to a country where 7th century stuff is still the 'law' and local police can kill you for being, well, you. Infantino showing again that FIFA was actually a nice federation under Blatter's rule  

[Monzanator 5,111]

Well, at least there is no bribery among the selection vote anymore  Once Saudi Arabia decided to bid die Sache war gegessen

 

Like the Oprah meme, everyone gets to host a World Cup these days, from Paraguay to Saudi Arabia. It's all about the money and football is business more than a sport. Welcome to XXI century.