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[flyeed]

Just watched that loop like 15 times

 

[tomdiginson]

Also Douchbg of the day award goes to Michel Platini.
Lots of people were hoping he'd take over FIFA (Blatter) in 2015. I didn't understand why people thought that, this dude is just as worse but even more arrogant. FIFA & UEFA

Dudes a big scum bag

 

[dvsonm]

All those FIFA officials and representatives are scumbags. It's politics as usual. Smh


It's really sad they're still going with the WC at Qatar.

 

[rook]

Hahaha there will never be another like him

i love that guy. coolest athlete ever

 

[sfc415]

@ the nervous soft push at the end to pretend like he wasn't doing anything wrong. Dude knew he @#$@$@ up

 

[Coupé It]

Wish we could have see Zlatan in the EPL. Would have been great entertainment.

 

[ballahb]

Hahaha there will never be another like him

"You may watch Zlatan score. You may listen to Zlatan's wise words. You may admire Zlatan's flowing mane and intricate tattoos, too.

But you must not touch Zlatan. "

 

[mastamind89]

Celebrated with his new teammates

 

[mastamind89]

Found this on Reddit

The Article is in german. They argued about the grass length. Guardiola pleaded for it to be changed from 3cm to 1,5 cm and also that is should be watered before the match, for the football to be faster and more pleasant to watch.
Mourinho was against that idea and said :"Everyone has his own style [of playing football] that should be respected. Football can be spectacular in different ways."
Pep countered: "The elegancy of football depends on the manager. It seems to me that Mourinho prefers results over a spectacle."
(sorry for my sh__ty translation)

 

[nomadicsole21]

Is it true Messi has a contract with FIFA/EA Sports that nobody can be ranked equal or higher than him in order for him to be on the cover?

I just saw the FIFA player ratings - they're okay. Wayne Rooney still up there tho

http://www.easports.com/fifa/news/2014/fifa-15-player-ratings-top-50

I know Messi has a contract with EA but not the rating thing. Ronaldo deserves to have equal or higher rating than Messi. But everyone knows Ronaldo was the better player in FIFA last year. Overall ratings are overrated to me because each player plays different in their positions. The one thing I'm pissed at EA is for downgrading Ibra's skill moves and weak foot from 5* to a 4*

 

[miketysonthekiller]

I don't even care about the rankings.

As long as EA keeps overpowering their asian players, I won't give a ****!

That korean squad

 

[Coupé It]

I know Messi has a contract with EA but not the rating thing. Ronaldo deserves to have equal or higher rating than Messi. But everyone knows Ronaldo was the better player in FIFA last year. Overall ratings are overrated to me because each player plays different in their positions. The one thing I'm pissed at EA is for downgrading Ibra's skill moves and weak foot from 5* to a 4*

I don;'t know where I read it. I thought i was on here, maybe it was 101.com. But the kist of it was - Messi's contract to be the cover boy with FIFA excludes any other player from rated equal or higher than him. As if those were one of his conditions of the contract. Could be bull-ish but nothing surprises me when it comes down to FIFA.

The ratings system has always intrigued me tho, how are they coming up with these conclusions/ratings? I don't play much so I can't say "well this players rating is low but he makes up for it here in this ______ category.."

All I know is that Pique was the best defender in the game last season, Ronaldo isn't rated higher (after his best season), and Wayne Rooney is rated higher than Aguero.

- That alone just makes me question a lot of things Like I feel we (most of the people in this thread) can all do a better job given the opportunity.

 

[heggsy]

If Messi does have that condition in his contract with EA, fair enough, but surely the most logical thing to do was keep Messi as a 94 and at least upgrade Ronny to a 93.

 

[eiddyfouw]

In FIFA I know there's some guys who beast with Messi and Barca but 9/10 when I used to get online regularly I would find Madrid with Ronaldo playing as striker

My mans should be rated higher than Messi.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

So do we call Welbeck the Fresh Prince of London Town now?

Very glad Valencia's Paco Alcacer got a chance to shine. He almost came to Camp Nou in '11. A deal was in place but Alcacer decided to stay with the club he's been with since 12.

Damn so 2 British researchers investigating labor conditions in Qatar were arrested for not having their papers in order...

 

[captaincrown3]

low key I bet messi told fifa that he should be rated higher than Ronaldo. It's been that way since what fifa 11. They should be at least even but messi is always 1 pt higher.

If Messi does have that condition in his contract with EA, fair enough, but surely the most logical thing to do was keep Messi as a 94 and at least upgrade Ronny to a 93.

That's no different man. Ronaldo could be 99 like the old days of ps2, but messi be 100.

 

[flyeed]

Messi should have been -1 and Ronaldo +1, making their ratings equal for the start of this season.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

New promo vid from the "fine folks" at Camp Nou for the new campaign. Everything Starts again...





Edit - Good return to club footy this weekend in La Liga... Barca vs Athletic & then the Madrid Derby.

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[Kimchi Papi]

Joe Flacco's Colombian cousin plays for United too...

United store spelled the name wrong when they sent this shirt to a supporter...

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Sports Direct sent these lads Newcastle back packs for the start of the new school year but they unfortunately had Fulham printed on the zippers... They look heated...

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[Coupé It]

Messi should have been -1 and Ronaldo +1, making their ratings equal for the start of this season.

Right, that's what I was thinking was going to happen. They'd be tie for the first time.

But that's where that FIFA rumour comes in that "No player is allowed to be =/+ rated than Messi while he's on the cover" starts to smell like its true. If that is indeed on the contract, smh

FIFA is even corrupted in video games

 

[eiddyfouw]

Joe Flacco's Colombian cousin plays for United too...

United store spelled the name wrong when they sent this shirt to a supporter...

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I came in here just to post that picture

 

[Kimchi Papi]

"Flacao" kinda has a better ring to it... Imagine an announcer yelling it after a goal...

 

[Kimchi Papi]

QPR could be relegated to Conference unless they pay £40m FFP fine
• QPR fighting penalty after breaching financial fair play
• Football League chief says ultimate sanction could be applied
• Tony Fernandes: the chairman who’s a fans’ favourite
• Why Championship teams are crying foul

The Football League has confirmed QPR could be consigned to the Conference in the event of relegation from the top flight if they refuse to pay a huge fine incurred under its financial fair play rules.

QPR are expected to face a fine of up to £40m when they reveal their financial results later this year, covering the season they spent in the Championship following relegation from the Premier League.

The club posted record pre-tax losses of £65.4m for the year ending May 2013, when they were relegated from the Premier League. The losses for the last financial year, expected to be made public in December, are also expected to be sizeable.

The QPR chairman Tony Fernandes has vowed to fight any fine imposed by the Football League, which would have to go to charity rather than the other clubs under an agreement with the Premier League over its solidarity payments.

The Football League chief executive, Shaun Harvey, said he was “satisfied” that it would be able to charge QPR for a breach of the rules while they were still part of the competition and that the ultimate sanction would be to refuse re-admission.

“Theoretically, that is the position but I would hope there would be resolution long before that option even had to be considered. The one thing for certain is that most clubs [in the Premier League] will become a Football League club again,” said Harvey, speaking at the Soccerex conference in Manchester.

“Now QPR will of course be hoping it does not happen for some considerable number of seasons but the chances they will need to return to the Football League fold at some point. Certainly, three of the 20 clubs that are in the Premier League will be in the Football League next season.”

Clubs that remain within the Football League that breach the rules, introduced in 2012, face a transfer embargo but those that win promotion are fined instead.

“Will we fight the fine? What do you think? After all we’ve been through, it’s my middle name – ‘Fight It’ Fernandes,” said the QPR chairman after the club won promotion.

“My view has been consistent, that it is very unfair for a club that has been relegated as the wage difference between the Premier League and Championship is impossible. There should be a time period for clubs to rectify their salaries.

“If we were in the Championship in two years with that wage bill it wouldn’t be right. I’m in favour of FFP but it is unfair for a club coming down.”

The Premier League chief executive, Richard Scudamore, is also on record as saying the rules needed to be amended. Harvey said there was little chance of them being altered before the FFP declarations had to be made on 1 December.

Harvey said: “Unless the 24 clubs vote to change the rules, the rules as they are now will stay in place. I don’t suspect there is any form of rule change that would be considered or brought forward that would see the current circumstances we potentially face changing.”

He added that discussions with the Premier League were continuing over trying to standardise their financial fair play rules.

“There’s a long-standing discussion that’s taken place between the Football League and the Premier League as to how to try to ensure that we have regulations that actually work for clubs regardless of which division they’re in,” he said.

“We do talk to them periodically about any number of issues and this features – being topical – relatively high on that agenda.”

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/sep/09/queens-park-rangers-football-league-ffp

 

[eiddyfouw]

"Flacao" kinda has a better ring to it... Imagine an announcer yelling it after a goal...

Flacao Flame

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Enrique's hat trick vs. Athletic back in 2000...





Even more old school, here's Enrique playing for La Roja when he got his nose broken by Italy's Mauro Tassotti....