Recent content by Rickdog

yes, I also find it to be annoying, to say the least, as they didn't even consider with what team to replace that 4th placed team from the suposed association that could also have some of their teams be the champions of both the EL and CL, in order to comply to that rule you quoted (maybe they...

https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2499801.html#/ It clearly says that current champions of both EL and CL, get direct entry to group stage, and in case they qualified through their domestic leagues, their places are replaced by teams of other associations, whom if not would...

For next CL the teams that won the CL and EL the year before , get direct spots to group phase regardless on how they finish in their respectful local leagues. So if the Premier league gets 4 teams to group phase for next CL, and also happens that 2 other teams diferent to those whom finish...

asuming following a team for 4 matches at the WC (reaching round of 16), starting from London . (about +9.000 kms) 1st match, Guadalajara, Mexico or Vancouver, Canada . (about -4.000 kms) 2nd match, New York, USA . (about another 4.000 kms.) 3rd match, Los Angeles, USA . (about another +4.000...

That's almost full nonsense Among all their players, lots of them have played, or are still among those players regularly being called up for their national teams, of which many will also be playing in the next WC to be played in Russia, a few months later. For their National teams, many of...

And what makes you think that the owners of that club are really willing to pay for lots more, than what they currently do ? Fact is, Wenger only wasted the money his bosses were willing to give him to pay. Above all, their main goal as club owners was to make huge profit by basicly not...

Mikhi never would have made that long cross, run towards the goal, and play the ball in perfect timing to leave both the defender whom was stuck to him and the goalkeeper behind, so no point in putting out foolish comparisons in the first place. As posted by the @Adam-Utd , after Alexis did...

Still doesn't mean they are friends. Both know pretty well what the other is capable of doing in the pitch, and as both always have in mind that their main goal as players for whichever team they play in, is to win at the end, it's not improbable that they will use all their influence to try...

Only common issue in almost all those few 7 away matches that Arsenal won or had a draw, scoring goals in them, is that Alexis Sanchez scored in most of them (only against Southampton didn't happen, as the only goal was scored by another outcast player : Giroud, but whom gave the assistance was...

Who cares how their personal relationship really is? In fact, they are not precisely buddies and most probable is that outside of the pitch, they hate each other. The one thing important though, and the one that really matters, is that when both have played for the same team (basicly for the...

We agree to disagree. Diferent opinions are like "grains of sand in a desert". Everybody can have their own.;)

True or fake, one fact never changes. When Sampaoli was in charge of the chilean national team, the first player in all his lists of selected players for the team, was always Vidal (Alexis was his next prefered player and not the other way around). He didn't even doubt in playing him, during...

Now that you mentioned it, there was a "super blue moon" last night..... In no time, people round here are also going to start blaming it, for what happened yesterday.... :D

Maybe so, but not the reason why Mou wanted him in the team. Mou, really expects more mobility from the players up front, and the only way to achieve that is to have players whom can adapt themselves to play at the whole front of attack. Alexis already does it, as that is how he has been doing...

Why not create a sub-forum, specifically for Rant related to the team. These type of threads, will probably not bring much meaningful aspects regarding team and players, but incredibly generate lots of answers in a very short lapse of time, where to everyone's astonishment, it's not unlikely...