general soccer lighthearted bullshit topic: where chums can chit-chat

Discussion in 'Soccer Board' started by Taques, Jul 4, 2010.

  1. Wu

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    This would qualify as TMB being minority owners IMO...

    @thcoast: According to Corriere dello Sport, Pornhub are looking to sponsor a team in Italy for one year, covering all of the team’s expenses.
     
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  2. Andy Reocho

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  3. Ace Boogie

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    Torquay’s mascot has been banned from their match with Forest Green Rovers on New Year’s Day – because he can’t stop swearing.

    Gilbert the Gull will not be allowed in the stands or on the pitch for the clash which will be shown live on BT Sport.

    It’s all down to his foul language, with Gilbert being accused previously of calling fans a ‘bunch of c***s’ while he’s also offered to fight some supporters.

    And BT don’t want him anywhere near their cameras when they broadcast The National League to family viewers.

    http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/31/torqu...-he-cant-stop-swearing-5594515/#ixzz3w9iIxDZJ

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  4. three stacks

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    paul pogba's new haircut

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  5. IAHusk

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  6. miles

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  7. zeberdee

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  8. visa

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    Hull playing Sheffield Wednesday today, gotta love the difference between the official and unofficial version of the same event :roll:

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  9. Heavy Mental

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    lol that's great
     
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  10. Ace Boogie

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    #1210 Ace Boogie, Mar 12, 2016
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  11. SugarShaun

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    Thought this belonged here too

    https://twitter.com/fourfourtweet/status/709086029223952384
     
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  12. IAHusk

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  13. IAHusk

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    Lol the only video I've ever uploaded to youtube gets blocked in under 5 minutes.
     
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  14. Corky Bucek

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    PSG won 9-0 and Zlatan had 4 goals.
     
  15. SugarShaun

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    Clinched Ligue 1 title also
     
  16. Pasta88

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    Lineup of players born in France but who play for other teams. Higuain shouldn't really count though as he didn't grow up in France.

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  17. WillySaliba

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    Last paragraph, if I was fully awake I would have never made it. In any event, it's an interesting theory. Europe will certainly cash in with a competition where they could double their market/TV deals.

    What’s Left to Watch on Chinese TV?
    Mar 16, 2016
    Invigorating as it is to watch hours on end of political leaders doing what they do, too much of a good thing is just that.

    And after new regulations on what can be shown on broadcast and online TV dramas in China came into force recently, it is not clear that much more than the official daily activities of Party leaders is left to watch. So drastic and sudden are the changes that highly popular programs were thrown off their network overnight. What these regulations ban cover many elements that are integral to a compelling drama:

    • No smoking
    • No drinking
    • No affairs, one night stands
    • No homosexuality
    • No vulgar, immoral and unhealthy content
    • No displays of violence or murder
    • No sharing of police techniques that might assist criminals
    • No ambiguity between truth and falsehood, good and evil
    • No drugs, alcoholism or gambling
    • No vulgar language
    • Nothing to contradict accepted historical facts
    • And much, much more
    Prominent Chinese actors and producers spoke out at the annual session of China’s parliament on this topic over the last few days, talking about the many approvals from multiple ministries that are required to get anything onto the screen.

    Yet their criticisms were fairly polite – more about the approval process than the rules and boundaries themselves. Unlikely that anything will change. In the end, there are likely to be fewer viewers which will lead to advertisers accelerating the shift in their spend away from TV and towards online, and then less revenue for the broadcasters themselves.

    I do see this as a bit of a risk for the government as it prides itself on its broad based popularity. Many of their consumer-facing initiatives have been framed as populist such as taking on big business, reducing prices, supporting the stock market and bailing out poor consumer investments, overall showing a pretty high sensitivity to broader public opinion.

    But this TV censorship move will have upset many and for very limited upside in return. Imposing such constraints on still the most popular form of mass entertainment in China doesn’t feel totally thought through. Indeed, I do wonder if it was the work of people lower down in the government trying to imagine what their leadership would like them to do and coming up with this.

    To close with a positive, there is one group that does benefit from the clampdown. They are producers of TV content that is still permitted. There is still sport to watch, even though it can be prone to occasional vulgar language and violent tackling.

    Perhaps, instead of showing more anodyne TV drama, broadcasters will switch to more hours of soccer and other sports. That would help to justify the massive increase in the price paid for the TV rights for Chinese soccer last year, and the recent bidding war to bring world-class international soccer players to China, which saw Chinese clubs spend more than those from any other country in the Winter transfer window.
     
  18. Ace Boogie

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    So you can basically show nothing on Chinese television.
     
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  19. teel

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    Wut?

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  20. Gunners

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    Dortmund fans are the best

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  21. Det. Frank Bullitt

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    lol at the away fans bringing that
     
  22. Wu

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    Why do you think I'm here?
     
  23. SugarShaun

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    Saw the International Champions Cup is being announced tomorrow and there will be a match in Columbus at the Shoe. Pretty excited for that.

    Then had a friend send me this. That would be cool

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  24. nexus

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    I assume you have a guest room?
     
  25. SugarShaun

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    I do
     
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  26. nexus

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    I'll bring my own pillow.

    On a serious note, any chance you or someone you know will get a presale opportunity either through the school or Crew?
     
  27. SugarShaun

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    As a Crew STH I may. Most STHs I know would probably be going but if any aren't and we do get anything on it I'll let you know
     
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  28. nexus

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    lol :respek: Appreciate it. Between the 3 threads we're discussing this in and the Rivals & Reddit OSU pages we're bound to find something.
     
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  29. SugarShaun

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    Just sent my ticket rep an email to ask if she had any info
     
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  30. IAHusk

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    Spain is wearing these disasters right now. Lol adidas.

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  31. H/T

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    Seems better than a black USA top.
    :killme:
     
  32. SugarShaun

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    Update. STH rep says we will be getting an email next week with a code. But it sounds like that would be after OSU STH presale so if DJ Bosa is able to get a code I'd likely want to text you and work something out to buy tickets using that code if you'll be cool with that

    If he doesn't get a code I'll let you know when my presale code is for and how many I can buy. I'm only looking for 2, how many are you looking for?
     
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  33. nexus

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    That's cool, I appreciate the effort. I'm only looking for 2 as well so either option works me too. Anything that grants access before the lame ICC "presale" bullshit goes out to 10 million people would be a Godsend.
    I haven't gotten confirmation that the university is even offering a presale at this point. It was negotiated as part of the agreement between UM & the ICC back in '14 and again this year so I assumed OSU would do the same thing but perhaps not.
     
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  34. nexus

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    And thanks again for keeping your eyes peeled
     
  35. Ace Boogie

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    Here Shaun is doing you a favor and you make hurtful Asian jokes at his expense. Shocking behavior IMO.
     
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  36. Ace Boogie

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    How was I unaware that Harry fucking Redknapp is the new manager of the Jordan national team? Started his stint with a resounding 8-0 win over Bangladesh.

     
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  37. SugarShaun

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    Someone told me yesterday that they had seen the priority order was OSU then Crew then ICC so it sounds like yes they will have access
     
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  38. nexus

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    Oh nice, when I called the OSU box office yesterday morning the guy said there wasn't any info on a student presale at that time. 2 shots is better than 1 although any access before that bullshit ICC code goes live is good by me, even if it's just by a few minutes.
     
  39. Clutch

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    So im debating to go see either PSG or Juve next weekend. PSG game is $50 all together with the round trip being all in one day. The Juve game will cost around $100 all together, but i have to stay in an AirBnB for a night. What do i do?
     
  40. SugarShaun

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    Do Juve and wait for PSG for the CL match with City
     
  41. SugarShaun

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    But seriously, staying in Lyon will you have another chance to do a PSG match? I'd think with them winning the league already it'd make it easier to get tickets the rest of the way
     
  42. Clutch

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    Only problem is the game vs Man City is on a Wednesday when i have class. This is more of just a weekend thing
     
  43. H/T

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    Uhhh fuck class dude. That's once in a lifetime stuff. Get sick.
     
  44. Ace Boogie

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    What H/T said, you are a mainborder. Skip class, get some blow, and bang a few hookers after the match.
     
  45. Wu

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    Be a hero and jinx Man City like you did to your beloved Toffees.
     
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  46. SugarShaun

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    :crossedarms:
     
  47. SugarShaun

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    Actually based on what I'm expecting "jinxing us" might make us play well and win
     
  48. Gunners

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  49. Corky Bucek

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