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    Quote Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET View Post
    http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/25/cadbu...-football.html

    Dear god this is actually legit. What the **** has happened to football
    A multinational corporation sponsoring a sporting competition? Unheard of.

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    Yeah but being called the Cadbury Premier League is just weird
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    Quote Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET View Post
    Yeah but being called the Cadbury Premier League is just weird
    What is the difference between that or 'Barclay's' or 'Carling' or 'Barclaycard'?

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    Quote Originally Posted by idontwannaplaywithhowey View Post
    What is the difference between that or 'Barclay's' or 'Carling' or 'Barclaycard'?
    Yeah I don't see anything different or wrong with it..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bon View Post
    Yeah I don't see anything different or wrong with it..
    Spesh when its the best choccy in the world. Can stick ya Euro stuff, fking whitmans was the worst

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    Quote Originally Posted by hawk View Post
    Spesh when its the best choccy in the world. Can stick ya Euro stuff, fking whitmans was the worst
    Don't know about that. Plenty of better choccy around

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    Xavi Alonso retiring.
    Man I love watching that guy play football.
    Liverpool cocked it all up letting him go and keeping Gerrard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
    Xavi Alonso retiring.
    Man I love watching that guy play football.
    Liverpool cocked it all up letting him go and keeping Gerrard.
    Xabi was pissed because the season previous to the one he was sold, he had a bad year and the club tried to sell him to fund a move for Gareth Barry. At the time, it was generally seen as a good deal.

    Then he becomes an integral part of the squad the following year, Liverpool fans and Rafa say "Gareth who" and he then goes to Real Madrid.
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    Great. He's gone from Liaoning Whowin to Newcastle Wholose.
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    Quote Originally Posted by StannyCFCJET View Post
    Yeah but being called the Cadbury Premier League is just weird
    Nah, Cadbury are already deverloping club specific flavours.

    The Arsenal Fruit and nut bar tastes great for most of the season, but one week a year it causes unexpected choking.
    The Spurs top deck, only actually has one layer and it's never the top one.
    West ham claret and blue bar makes you burp bubbles and tastes like shit if you move house.
    Liverpools chocolate promises great flavour, but is soft centred and is disappointingly bland.
    Chelsea's bar was bitter and expensive, but they changed the wrapper and now everyone seems to love it.
    The Man United bar has nostalgic hints of red wine that seem to hinder any other flavours having a real impact.
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    I tend to agree with Gav.

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    Has anybody looked at the details regarding new rules for 2016-17 EPL season and the FIFA law changes?
    I've just been having a look and there's some interesting calls.

    Particularly the Direct On Goal Scoring Opportunity. Basically it is encouraging referees to use a bit of in game reasoning to make their decisions.
    A player gets taken out, outside the 18 yard box - Red card.
    Same tackle in the box, could be a yellow card.
    They explain the rule by saying if a player is taken out of play with a goal scoring opportunity in the box, a penalty, restores that chance, so further penalty, a red card, is not necessary.
    While if a player is denied an Obvious GSO outside the box, a free kick is a lot harder to score off, so a red card is reasonable.
    Obviously, referee discretion is applied still, and red/yellow cards can be given at will, but just interesting that this is an explanation.

    I can't say i particularly agree with these changes.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/uir0x4bs95...DOGSO.mp4?dl=0

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    One of the beauties of football was there were so few rule changes. Unfortunately in the 21st century culture demands change and what is ruining cricket and has already ruined NRL is constant rule changes and pushes for technology.

    It was just supposed to be about kicking a ball around.

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    https://www.theguardian.com/football...ld-cup-playoff

    proposed allocations for 2026:

    UEFA - 16
    CAF - 9
    AFC - 8
    CONCACAF - 6
    CONMEBOL - 6
    OFC - 1
    subtotal - 46

    and then we go into some stupid playoff series for the last two positions

    "The proposed play-off will feature one team from each confederation with the exception of Uefa, plus one from the host nation’s confederation, with two of the teams being seeded based on the world rankings.
    The unseeded teams will be involved in a two-match first round, with the two winners from that then facing a seeded team each for a World Cup berth. The play-off will be contested in the same country as the World Cup and used as a test event, and Fifa specified November 2025 as the likely month in which it would be played."

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    IMG_5713.JPGMBP29 is going to be a BIG star .... ask Buffon if you don't believe me...
    Last edited by lquiquer; 04-05-2017 at 11:12 PM.
    Dare to Zlatan

    Originally Posted by Grimario

    He won't make that mistake at Newcastle since our team is full of number 2's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by De-Champ View Post
    Don't know about that. Plenty of better choccy around
    piss off choccy snob.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GazFish35 View Post
    Nah, Cadbury are already deverloping club specific flavours.

    The Arsenal Fruit and nut bar tastes great for most of the season, but one week a year it causes unexpected choking.
    The Spurs top deck, only actually has one layer and it's never the top one.
    West ham claret and blue bar makes you burp bubbles and tastes like shit if you move house.
    Liverpools chocolate promises great flavour, but is soft centred and is disappointingly bland.
    Chelsea's bar was bitter and expensive, but they changed the wrapper and now everyone seems to love it.
    The Man United bar has nostalgic hints of red wine that seem to hinder any other flavours having a real impact.
    Chelseas new flavour is much sweeter

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    Cheick Tiote passed away at training with his Chinese team overnight.

    http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40167213
    Quote Originally Posted by Grimario View Post
    Great. He's gone from Liaoning Whowin to Newcastle Wholose.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeterpool View Post
    Cheick Tiote passed away at training with his Chinese team overnight.

    http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40167213
    That goal against Arsenal though!

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