PL shit that doesn't need it's own thread.

[Abertawe]

He was sick. Love you Michu, it was nice to meet you.

 

[Blitzballer]

thought this was pretty cringe

 

[Blitzballer]

Ryan Giggs really gone down the pan. Now working in McDonalds

 

[Benji]

Found his level, he'll do well there.

 

[Stevencc]

thought this was pretty cringe

Arsenal have a tendency to do the most cringeworthy shit on these pre-season tours. There's always pictures of Mertesacker dressed as a ninja or Koscielny in a crab outfit being released. It's weird.

 

[JoshBCFC]

thought this was pretty cringe

Tinpot thread?

 

[Benji]

https://twitter.com/BigSportGB/status/889229723397758976

Oh football...

 

[HarvSFC]

At least we discovered what Giggs' work at McDonalds entails.

 

[Stevencc]

Manchester City have broken the record for money spent on transfers during a single window. The previous record was held by Real Madrid for their massive 2009 spree.

Do we reckon they've even finished spending yet?

 

[JimJams]

Not if they can buy another good striker.

 

[HarvSFC]

They're looking at Ryan Bertrand from us apparently to add to their mass full-back recruitment this summer. However, we are also apparently looking at £40m for him, which I'm glad as I'd prefer him to stay. So, depends how much silly money they want to throw around.

 

[Bilo]

Manchester City have broken the record for money spent on transfers during a single window. The previous record was held by Real Madrid for their massive 2009 spree.

Do we reckon they've even finished spending yet?

Considering the escalating inflation since, you have to say it's quite remarkable that the record stood for eight years. Goes to show how bloody nuts their spree was back then.

Meanwhile in Liverpool our transfer record is still £35m but we're gonna compete at the top level we're just gonna be smarter hehe

 

[Stevencc]

Considering the escalating inflation since, you have to say it's quite remarkable that the record stood for eight years. Goes to show how bloody nuts their spree was back then.

Meanwhile in Liverpool our transfer record is still £35m but we're gonna compete at the top level we're just gonna be smarter hehe

Absolutely, that was one hell of a splurge.

 

[SALTIRE]

For Steven...

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...anchester-citys-premier-league-transformation

 

[AFCB_Mark]

I'm fairly indifferent to the whole streaming debate, but some news of interest today:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/40727972

The Premier League has been awarded a High Court order for the forthcoming 2017-18 season, which will help it combat the illegal streaming of games.

The blocking order will require UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to prevent people from illegally accessing streams of its matches.

It will allow the league to combat the illicit sale and use of devices such as pre-loaded IPTV and Kodi boxes.

 

[St. Juste]

The fact they won isn't surprising at all, incredibly wealthy incumbents tend to do that, but similar orders have historically been won by the film or music industry.

It's not as if anyone streams, listens to or downloads movies or songs illegally.

Oh.

The package for watching football is prohibitively expensive, for as long as this is the case (and stream quality improves) more and more people will watch games online where you have actually have more choice and less idiotic punditry.

 

[Benji]

Manchester City have broken the record for money spent on transfers during a single window. The previous record was held by Real Madrid for their massive 2009 spree.

Do we reckon they've even finished spending yet?

He didn't pull up any trees, but signing Granero for under a fiver is shrewd business.

 

[Stevencc]

A Liverpool-based newspaper has been forced to apologise after publishing a piece online which compared the German football club RB Leipzig to Nazi Germany’s SS.

The piece, published in the Liverpool Echo and written by columnist Derek McGovern, entitled “Who in God's name are Leipzig? - the kind of club who knock Everton out of a Europa League qualifier before finishing bottom of their group”, was published in the ‘Anfield Extra’ section of the website on Monday.

A section of the piece on Liverpool's continued pursuit of Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita - which has now been edited out - drew widespread criticism.

“[RB Leipzig] are hated in Germany because they are designed for profit rather than football. In fact they are the most hated outfit in Germany since the SS,” it read.

“Liverpool have made two bids for Keita and the only response they got from Leipzig was: “Show me your papers.”

The Schutzstaffel, more commonly known as the SS, were a key force within Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime who ruled through terror and oversaw concentration camps during the Second World War.

After readers of the column complained about the content on social media, the passage referring to the SS was removed from the piece.

However, screenshots of the offending section had already been shared widely on social media, and as of Tuesday afternoon Google search results were still displaying the reference.

Readers of the piece also complained that another passage, referencing an outbreak of Ebola in Keita’s native Guinea, was offensive.

It read: “Guinea is one of those places you are vaguely aware exists but you could never imagine yourself visiting. A bit like Goodison.

“It is the world's second-largest producer of bauxite. I will let you know which country is the largest producer of bauxite just as soon as I find out what bauxite is.

“Guinea is of course in Africa, just above Sierra Leone and just below £1.06p. It doesn't strike me as a hotbed of football. In 2014 there was an outbreak of Ebola in Guinea which led the government to ban the sale and consumption of bats, so I suspect it's no longer a hotbed of cricket either.”

When contacted by The Independent, the editor of the Liverpool Echo apologised for the comment and said a review into the newspaper's vetting procedures would now be carried out.

"We sincerely apologise for any offence caused," Alastair Machray said. "The reference was in poor taste and unfortunately it got through our vetting procedures. These procedures will be reviewed to ensure this cannot happen again."

The article was widely criticised, with a number of readers complaining about the nature of the content in the comments section below. One user commented: “To compare EB Leipzig with the SS was bad taste to say the least. How did this get past the subeditors?” “Thousands lost their lives to Ebola and you just made it a joke,” added another.

A number of readers meanwhile complained about the article on social media. “Can't comprehend someone thinking it's okay to compare a football team with war criminals who were responsible for the Holocaust,” wrote one Twitter user.

TL;DR - An upset Liverpool-supporting journalist compared RB Leipzig to Nazi Germany's SS.

 

[SALTIRE]

I did laugh at this windup though “Guinea is one of those places you are vaguely aware exists but you could never imagine yourself visiting. A bit like Goodison."

 

[Super_horns]

Clearly not happy - RB have hit a nerve somewhere clearly by not bowing down to the Liverpool demands?

 

[SALTIRE]

The sods want to tie Keita down to a new contract that eliminates this £48 mill buyout clause next season too! The rogues!!

 

[JimJams]

Modern slavery innit? That's what Sepp tells me.

 

[SALTIRE]

Modern slavery innit? That's what Sepp tells me.

#freeKeita

 

[Dirk]

Clearly not happy - RB have hit a nerve somewhere clearly by not bowing down to the Liverpool demands?

Exactly, Super_horns . How very dare they.

The piece, published in the Liverpool Echo and written by columnist Derek McGovern, entitled “Who in God's name are Leipzig? -

In God's name: Leipzig is (a) bigger (city) than Liverpool.

 

[SALTIRE]

Exactly, Super_horns . How very dare they.



In God's name: Leipzig is (a) bigger (city) than Liverpool.

The only thing I know about Leipzig is that Wagner came from there.

 

[Bilo]

Saying something is "the worst since" isn't comparing it to that, it's just giving a time reference. It's a fucked up thing to say still, but paraphrase it fairly. It's dumb enough as it is.

 

[Stevencc]

If that's the kind of thing the journalist says it might be better if he were, in fact, "dumb".

And there is clearly a comparison there, Bilo. He didn't choose that specific example to refer to an amount of time. Don't be deliberately obtuse.

 

[Dirk]

The only thing I know about Leipzig is that Wagner came from there.

Götterdämmerung (for Liverpool in Munich just now? I am just watching this friendly)
It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings....

 

[Bilo]

If that's the kind of thing the journalist says it might be better if he were, in fact, "dumb".

And there is clearly a comparison there, Bilo. He didn't choose that specific example to refer to an amount of time. Don't be obtuse.

Do you know the journalistic principle of generous interpretation?

Here you don't need it. Just read the words and focus on what they mean. Good luck, we're gonna smash Bayern now.

 

[Stevencc]

Do you know the journalistic principle of generous interpretation?

Here you don't need it. Just read the words and focus on what they mean. Good luck, we're gonna smash Bayern now.

Go and watch the match, I hope it is the worst thing ever witnessed since the Nazi concentration camp atrocities.

By which I'm clearly referring to the span of time between 1933 and today rather than implying anything else at all related to the example I plucked from the air. Of course. Ahem.