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    That’s a relief

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    Quote Originally Posted by Balinkay View Post
    So many new words I'm learning on this thread.

    @james

    I don't know if "welcome" is in order, since you've technically been around longer than me, but good to see more people posting. We could get a nice separate thread about UEFA's preference for the Spanish giants going if there's a discussion to be had there.

    Thank you. I come on here usually to follow matches - unfortunately I don't have Sky or BT and the updates here are way quicker (and more entertaining) than the BBC, Guardian, etc... What I love about following the match day threads here is that it's proper football supporters' stuff - whenever I'm watching a game, any misplaced place incurs my wrath, whereas you switch over to the BBC and everything is sweetness and light - they just don't feel the pain!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nineteenx View Post
    Anyway, speedy full recovery Naby
    +1

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    Quote Originally Posted by miller0863 View Post
    That’s a relief
    Touché!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jamesugw View Post
    I'm beginning to think that you don't know what these words 'jealous' and 'bitter' mean. Again: Jealous of what? Bitter about what?
    Your mini-rant - "Unfortunately for us everyone else is bitter/jealous of England/Britain/UK and the Premier League, and as such they will do whatever possible to f-us over" - gets to the heart of what has gone awry in this country in recent years. Your delusional, paranoid, self-pitying spew, saturated as it is in a chronically low self-esteem, is the type of baloney which, unfortunately, has now taken centre-stage in the body politic of this country. Among other things, I recommend Fintan O'Toole's 'Heroic Failure' - a good read
    Thought this thread was about Naby and Football???
    We get enough of this shite e everywhere else..

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    Quote Originally Posted by jamesugw View Post
    I've lived here for over half my life, my children were born here, all my closest friends are English, it's a country - well, until it took leave of its faculties c. June 2016 - rooted in noble characteristics: tolerance, a sense of fair play, a wariness of ideologies of all descriptions.
    But if you can't see the one-eyed, self-pitying, jingoistic, delusional Little Englander claptrap that RedNoodle spouted for what it is, then I have nothing more to say to you on this, I'm afraid...
    Me think thou doth protest too much. Usually the OTT response by someone who is the exact opposite of what they claim to be.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Balinkay View Post
    Err, that's not really the most reasonable explanation I think.

    Uefalona and Real have got help in the past because they're guaranteed to the be domestic champs once every two years, pay higher wages than the rest and are traditionally clubs that play flairy football that's likely to draw big crowds and good players. But since there's two of them, they're ideal as the league isn't boring. Factor in the lower taxes and better (for them two) TV money distribution in Spain and you can easily see why they're the safer bet for UEFA to build their CL brand around and not the English clubs. The only thing of which the Spanish could be jealous when it comes the UK football is the TV money.

    Compare them to United or City who have tougher domestic games, no winter break and have six teams competing for four CL places each year and it's easy to see why they're not ideal "franchise carrying clubs".
    Do the likes of Real and Barca 'cheat' both on and off the pitch? Yes. Do those in charge both on and off the pitch clamp down on these clubs/antics as much or as hard as they do/would with English clubs? No.

    Are the rest of Europe bitter/jealous/envious of the PL. Yes.

    That's all I'm saying. Do those in charge "do anything/everything they can to f-us over"? Possibly/probably not, but there is enough evidence out there to suggest that the scales of 'favouritism' definitely tip further in favour of the likes of the two clubs I mentioned.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RedNoodle View Post
    Do the likes of Real and Barca 'cheat' both on and off the pitch? Yes. Do those in charge both on and off the pitch clamp down on these clubs/antics as much or as hard as they do/would with English clubs? No.

    Are the rest of Europe bitter/jealous/envious of the PL. Yes.

    That's all I'm saying. Do those in charge "do anything/everything they can to f-us over"? Possibly/probably not, but there is enough evidence out there to suggest that the scales of 'favouritism' definitely tip further in favour of the likes of the two clubs I mentioned.
    It's all business - they're jealous of the TV deal, nothing more, nothing less. They're going about constructing their own. They're certainly not jealous of the quality of the sides in the league.
    Etiam si omnes, ego non

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    Quote Originally Posted by Balinkay View Post
    It's all business - they're jealous of the TV deal, nothing more, nothing less. They're going about constructing their own. They're certainly not jealous of the quality of the sides in the league.
    Those first three words say it all. You'd think by now that people's eyes would be open to the fact that when it comes to money and power, many individuals and organisations will do all they can to get those things for themselves, even if it means engaging in some very dubious, even illegal practices.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jamesugw View Post
    I've lived here for over half my life, my children were born here, all my closest friends are English, it's a country - well, until it took leave of its faculties c. June 2016 - rooted in noble characteristics: tolerance, a sense of fair play, a wariness of ideologies of all descriptions.
    But if you can't see the one-eyed, self-pitying, jingoistic, delusional Little Englander claptrap that RedNoodle spouted for what it is, then I have nothing more to say to you on this, I'm afraid...
    There's a Brexit thread in the off topic section

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