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A Pringles can works too. Drill a whole in the bottom, put the antena trough it, and point it at the source... There's also antenas you can buy, that boost the signal ALOT...

Sunderland, you're gonna see much of the regulars on the bench. As for the yesterday, United have no one to blame but themselves. They've underestimated porto before, and look what happened. Sure, now there's no mourinho, but that doesn't mean they don't have a solid team with quality players. Unless united come into the 2nd leg ready for bussiness, they're probably gone...

The problem with cycling is drugs. It's so widespread, because of the level of performance those guys have to have for an entire week or more, that the body simply can't handle it by itself... The way that they tried to clean everything up, I don't know if they succeded, but there's a dark cloud above the sport now, and we'll see if it can be lifted again...

Villa, Silva and Joaquin are the names beeing most often mentioned. Villa as said he'd like to stay in Spain, so maybe a move to Real or Barça... But since everybody knows they're desperate for cash, the prices are gonna get low, so a few others might go as well. And Fernandes played 60 minutes with that broken leg, he didn't even notice it till after the game... :whaa:

Your point is valid, but remember that united had 2 losses before that game, so morale wise, they weren't flying high either. Villa knew that that game was their last hope to get into CL this year, since another loss meant 3 more points down to arsenal, and Everton at their heels. Just before another CL game, united needed the win, to get a morale boost, and since they stil have a game in hand, it means liverpoo needs united to slip twice, while winning all their games.

Manuel Fernandes broke his leg and is gonna be out for the rest of the season. Prediction is that he'll be out for 4 months, meaning next August. Could this mean a change in Valencia's position, especially giving the fact that they're very short on cash, forcing them to sell players?

United still have a game in hand, meaning they can go a confortable 7 points clear. As for Villa, 7 defeats in the last 7 games, their morale might be low, but the game they played at OT just might give them a boost, since their next game is decisive, loose, they go down to 6th. Arsenal have regained their form, so they might hold on to 4th, but CL is back this week, and FA isn't that far off. lots of games and pressure on those top teams, I see them loosing more points still.

He's on our U-17 squad, and truth be told, I don't know much about him... Just know he's a midfielder, but i haven't seen him play regularly, maybe because of some injury (?)... I mostly pay attention to our U-19 team, since those are the ones that are either gonna join the main squad or be loaned out to get experience. But anyways, since that law prohibiting minors from transfering out is comming, might as well try to get some young talent while it's possible... anyways, so you know just how many players and work go into the Academy, you can check this link: Academia de Alcochete

Good race for Brawn and Jenson especially. Now there's a Brit pilot I like and can see myself supporting. Unlike Hamilton, whom I don't like at all, Button has the appeal of former champions like Mansel and the Hills.

I don't think so. We renewed his contract in 2007, making him (at the time) the best payed footballer in the squad. His contract his valid until 2013.

I get your point. Now look at it from his prespective. 4 years from now, he'll be 27, with one or 2 good seasons behind him, and a history of professional misconduct and rebellious nature against his club, manager and team mates. Who's gonna sign him? Besides, he's (and in this I see his point) one of the lowest payed players. He gets about 1/4th of what Moutinho gets. So now the question is wether or not he wants to ruin his future because of his lousy attitude... A similar situation happened with Vukcevic. Regular primma donna, with a history of past problems in his last clubs, and so he comes here, shows his quality, and then shows his arrogance, demanding 1st team football. The manager, obviously, benched him, he protests, his agent protests, the manager of his country's team protests, and then he says he's leaving in January, like it's his decision... He didn't, of course, so he keeps doing crap, faking injuries, while playing for his country without any apparent problems, until he makes a mistake. He asked to leave for his national side appointments one day earlier, and was denied. He left anyway, and was of course suspended and fined. I think that's when it finally dawned on him that, at 21 years of age, beeing benched for (at least) half a season more, with the history of insubordination he already had, his carrer was pretty much over unless he grew up. So he did, swallowed his HUGE ego (must have been hard), started doing his job during the week, and is now back in the squad, in the starting 11, which he does deserve, 'cuz he's great quality, but you don't demand a spot, you work for it. So now this little upstart, whose father was an icon for that "other club", a club so insightful that they didn't want Veloso because he was a little chubby as a boy, and which Sporting more than welcomed, because fat goes away, but talent is innate, turned him into an excelent footballer, who now thinks he's a primma donna too, and pretty much spits on the club that allowed him to be what he is today. So to answer your question, yeah, I'd bench him for 4 years. If nothing else than to show him and others coming through the academy that Sporting is not a stepping stone into more money. You want more, you work for it. We've been great at forming talent, we need to start working on maturity as well.

You have a point there. But to give you another example, Miguel Veloso wanted to leave this last winter transfer season, to Bolton, of all places, who'd pay 10M£, for a player with a release clause of 30. He's been playing shite this season, the coach needs him sometimes as left back, but he prefers DM. H'es been acting like a prick, he and his red-assed dad were all annoyed about Sporting not letting him leave for the monsters that are bolton, for a 3rd (or at least half) of what he's worth, and he's running a temper tantrum. The thing is, the boy has a contract until 2013. So what do you figure is going to the interest in him come 2013, if he's benched till then...? No one wants emo kids, clubs want PROFESSIONALS. When he figures that out, we'll see if it's too late for him...

Yeah, that's American Billions and Trillions. A billion, to the yanks, is one thousand million, were as to the rest of normal people, that know how to count, a billion is a million millions. therefore, a trillion is a million billions. or is it a billion billions...? too many zeroes

Well, not when they sign a contract, it isn't... I don't know how the Russians protect themselves, but here there's the release clause. If a club (or someone) comes and pays that release value, he's gone. If they don't, in order for the contract to be severed either both parts agree on compensations, or it's a one sided severing, which will have to be judged by the proper authorities, and if rulled unlawful, again, proper compensation will have to be payed. As for citeh, don't know, really... Don't know if they're that interested in him, the sheik wants big names. Well, of course, Sporting wanted to keep him, he's been instrumental on our team for years, and both the manager and the club wanted to keep him. In the past, we've had to settle for less value on players because we needed the cash, simão, quaresma, ronaldo, hugo viana, etc. This year, we got to the point where we could say that instrumental players are to be held on to, otherwise were constantly having to get replacements, and all that experience we gave the player is gonna profit someone else. So we held our ground. For example, there's talk now of west ham, and the news reports have him rated at 8,5 million £... I mean, come on. If Everton couldn't get him for what, 15, 16M, is west hamBolton gonna get him for 8??? Who in here believes that???

Yeah, they got phlegm

Same. And they last quite a bit, them blades...

I think he knows what he meant to say, just didn't have the grammar to actually SAY it

Then why didn't he leave last summer? He clearly wanted to. No, a player cannot unilaterally sever is contract without just cause, and that would mean a severance pay, both for the years the club spent training him and the years still due on his contract. Which would pretty much ammount to roughly his release clause... Players have a lot of freedom, too much, if you aske me, while clubs are left defenseless. And while some can afford to that, and have the monetary issue on their side, others don't... I too, doubt he'll go to west ham, unless of course, they can afford him and Everton can't, but I don't see that happening. Also, I don't see him wanting to go there. Unlike his idiot friend veloso, who cried because we didn't let him join giants Bolton Wanderers, Moutinho knows that, appart from the big 4, Everton is the only club where he'll be equal or better than where he is. Of course, I don't see it like that, but I'm not a professional footballer...

We're going to enter european game weeks again, after this week's break. That should put extra pressure on arsenal, and villa have tough games, namely United next round. A focused end of season can garantee at least 5th, and with luck, maybe even 4th.

All valid points, but if the choice is made, it will be basically because of his agent, Zahavin, who's a big chum of EFC. As for that bit, it's not up to him, otherwise he'd be there already. The fact is, his contract runs out in 2013 or something, so unless someone pays what Sporting want, or the release fee, he stays put.

I have no idea who'll stay and who'll go, and to where. I just want the club back on the hands of it's associates. Us. We've always been a multi-sports club, ranging from football to snooker, rugby to ciclism, gymnastics to track and field, handball to rink hockey, and much, much more.. Sure, our European glory in Football was a Single Cup Winners Cup, but there's only one club in the world with more national and european titles in all the sports it has had since it's creation, and that's FC Barcelona. But we've been reduced to mere shadow of what we once were, because of poor management and lack of dedication and love for our club. So I don't know what's gonna happen, I do hope for change. As for players, that's the least of my concerns.. We've made it quite clear that we've got a pretty good talent scouting team and an amazing proving ground for young players to unlock their potential. Unfortunately, it seems we also lack in terms of making them adults. So mostly they're boys with with the hope of beeing the next Ronaldo, or the next Quaresma, or maybe they're just blinded by own much more money they'd make in clubs like Bolton...

-Well then, try loosing 5-0 at home and 7-1 away with all of Europe watching; -Try having 3 (going on 4) years of the same boring football, with practically no results and no end in sight; -Try having Primma Donnas in your squad that get all cry-baby when the manager makes them play in a different, position, or they're not allowed to leave for a team fighting not to get RELEGATED; -Try having 12 years of the same kind of honorless leadership, disrespecting the fans and members of the club, and quite possibly destroying one of the clubs with the most history in the country and Europe, across dozens of sports; -Try having the police deny you your freedom of speech and right to protest because the jackasses that run your club are afraid of bad publicity. Now imagine all that, and think again if you would or wouldn't demonstrate your anger and dissaproval...

PSG - Braga

1st, I can tell it's from Brazil, and they're always hot heads. 2nd, he left the pitch because he pretty much had to send off every player on that team, leaving them with less than 7 field players, and forced to forfit the game. 3rd, I don't know if his refereeing carrer didn't end right there, I don't think there's anything in the rules about a ref slaping a player...

Luck does play a part in this, and the way braga lost those points, well, it's just though luck that Liege had the short end of the stick this time. The next round against PSG is gonna be interesting, I think Braga can go through. After that, depends on what they get, really...