Ars.enal haven't played badly tonight, however they've lacked composure and quality in the key areas. Barca have too much of those attributes for the Gunners.
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Amsterhammer said:Report - ' 7 out of 10 football fans have no faith in FIFA'
God knows what the other three were thinking.
Gooner - your lads obviously couldn't keep up that kind of pressure in the second half. Didn't do yourselves justice when your were bossing it. I lost count how many of your final balls were either too slow, behind the man, or misplaced entirely. That's what killed you, should have scored a couple out of the first half pressure. Professional yellow by Pique.
sniper said:Appreciate the updates, gooner, though I must admit, persoanlly, I can't be bothered too much by the FIFA candidacy issues.
The whole structure of FIFA and other sporting bodies invites corruption and so I expect nothing less, regardless of the name of the future president.
Or have you seen any signs/reasons for optimism? (honest question)
sniper said:cheers, interesting.
put Mertesacker against MSN and you're always gonna get in trouble.
still, if ar$enal go 1-0 up, it's a different game.
against any club other than Bayern and Barca, Ar$enal would've had a decent chance.
It's a pity they cross swords so early on in the knockout, and I feel Ar$enal has been particularly unlucky in the knock-out draw in the recent 5 to 10 years or so.
FIFA presidential favourite Sheik Salman of Bahrain arranged for the ‘gift’ of a national football coach to be given to the Pakistan FA (PFF) in March 2013, a month before a crucial election, Sportsmail can reveal.
The PFF subsequently voted in April 2013 for Sheik Salman to become the president of the Asian confederation (the AFC) though his representatives categorically denied that the coach was provided to secure support for his campaign.
The coach in question, a Bahraini called Mohammed Al Shamlan, began work as Pakistan’s international manager that summer.
gooner said:First round.
Salman 85, Infantino 88, Prince Ali 27, Champagne 7.
Amsterhammer said:gooner said:First round.
Salman 85, Infantino 88, Prince Ali 27, Champagne 7.
We're forked, whatever happens.
Pricey_sky said:Terrible day in the title race for Ars.enal Losing to Man United youth team and Spurs coming from a goal down to win 2-1. Next Saturday's North London derby is huge. A defeat for the gunners there and it's all over.
Gabriele Marcotti @Marcotti 2h2 hours ago
Wow. Alleged identity, home address, etc. of guy behind Football Leaks has been revealed. Not going to post link, but it's out there
ebandit said:bad becomes worse......going down....get the mac clown....out ..Mark Lebandit said:....crushed! chelsea 5 toon 0 going down........going down......................
Mark L
rumour is Moyes is being courted as the replacementAmsterhammer said:ebandit said:bad becomes worse......going down....get the mac clown....out ..Mark Lebandit said:....crushed! chelsea 5 toon 0 going down........going down......................
Mark L
My sympathy, Mark. McLaren is a waste of oxygen, get rid pronto, find a decent manager, come straight back up.
Who has not asked themselves the following question in recent months: Who is behind Football Leaks? Football Leaks is a popular website which publicises private documents related to some of the world's biggest football clubs. Transfers, deals, wages... Very few teams have prevented Football Leaks from going public with their documents, but now, according to Football Leaks Revealed, the man behind the website has a name.
That name is Rui Pinto, a 27-year-old Portuguese Budapest resident with a criminal past, and present it would seem, as a hacker. Rui Pinto has used a string of hacking techniques to gather information and leak details related to players' contracts at a number of teams. On top of that, he has received plenty of help from, amongst other people, his lawyer Aníbal Pinto, with whom he used to communicate with using Tor, in order to avoid detection.
The lawyer contacted several Portuguese clubs demanding money in exchange for not going public with the documents. In doing so, Rui and Aníbal allegedly extorted and blackmailed a string of clubs. When these did not pay up, they posted the documents on Football Leaks. Even though the website advocates transparency in football and advertises itself as a place where any fan can access documents relating to their team, there were clearly financial motives behind its creation.
Merckx index said:An LC fan who put 20 pounds down on the 5000:1 odds at the beginning of the season decided he couldn't stand the suspense any more. He cashed out early, getting 29,000 pounds. If he had stayed in, and the Foxes went all the way, he would have made 100,000, but a 1450-fold return on his money ain't bad.
http://www.espnfc.com/blog/the-toe-poke/65/post/2822000/leicester-fan-who-stood-to-make-100k-cashes-in-29k
gooner said:The guy behind Football Leaks is a hacker from Portugal and has been named.
Who has not asked themselves the following question in recent months: Who is behind Football Leaks? Football Leaks is a popular website which publicises private documents related to some of the world's biggest football clubs. Transfers, deals, wages... Very few teams have prevented Football Leaks from going public with their documents, but now, according to Football Leaks Revealed, the man behind the website has a name.
That name is Rui Pinto, a 27-year-old Portuguese Budapest resident with a criminal past, and present it would seem, as a hacker. Rui Pinto has used a string of hacking techniques to gather information and leak details related to players' contracts at a number of teams. On top of that, he has received plenty of help from, amongst other people, his lawyer Aníbal Pinto, with whom he used to communicate with using Tor, in order to avoid detection.
The lawyer contacted several Portuguese clubs demanding money in exchange for not going public with the documents. In doing so, Rui and Aníbal allegedly extorted and blackmailed a string of clubs. When these did not pay up, they posted the documents on Football Leaks. Even though the website advocates transparency in football and advertises itself as a place where any fan can access documents relating to their team, there were clearly financial motives behind its creation.
http://www.marca.com/en/football/international-football/2016/03/07/56ddf93122601dd6758b45d5.html