Football thread 2013/14 season

[El Pibe]

I read elsewhere that Brentford have paid a fortune to land a friendly with Celtic and are charging lots for that.

£60 is a lot to see your team get hammered!!

The wife's family are Bomo fans and her Dad's very excited.

[Fry Crayola]

£60 for a football match - and a friendly at that - is a disgrace.

[jimmmUK]

It's not even my team...it's my local team ever since I moved down here for university.

I'm a Chelsea fan, and I don't think I've ever paid that much to watch them!

[Naysonymous]

It would be hilarious if Real Madrid put their U21s out or something.

[dizogg]

The capacity at Bournemouth is 9,600. That's nowhere near £1.5m. I can't believe they'd pay that much.

Lol there's no way in hell they've paid that much. Think about it.

[neoELITE]

Lol there's no way in hell they've paid that much. Think about it.

I was responding to someone else who'd 'rumoured' that figure and used evidential figures to suggest it was unlikely. I think that's thinking about it.

Naturally, over on my fan forum, people are bemoaning that we've got Yeovil and MK Dons in friendlies (at £10 a ticket). £60 is sheer lunacy. Ronaldo is contracted to play but none of those players who featured in the Confederations Cup will.

[The Fox]

I paid £60 to see Arsenal get dicked on at Carrow Road last season, so I'd be comparatively happy to pay £60 to see them get dicked on by Real Madrid.

[Naysonymous]

In a pre season friendly where you have absolutely no idea what kind of team they are going to put out?

[El Pibe]

I am sure there is an agreement/contract re team selection.

[Pants McSkill]

Ghana knocked Portugal out of the U20's world cup earlier today with this. THRRRRIIIIKER!

[SeanR]

"he must have lead in his boot today!"

[The Fox]

He's got a lot of power in his shot for a 31-year-old.

[aidey6]

the new physio at AC Milan...

[milko]

looks a bit like Michael Jackson.

[Timmo]

She could touch my kids (balls) up anytime.

[Timmo]

I mean my balls, not my kids' balls. I don't want her anywhere near my kids if she's like that.

[Timmo]

In fact, it's not worth it, she can forget the whole thing.

[emjay2kay]

I thought she'd been there a while? I've certainly seen her picture before along with jokes about Milan players suddenly getting a lot of groin strains etc.

Either way, she can physio my football, eh lads?

(That's how you do it, right?)

[Timmo]

Are you thinking about the Chelsea physio, perhaps? She basically looks the same.

[The Fox]

After reappointing their sociopathic manager, everyone's favourite second club Chelsea are apparently continuing their PR offensive by lining up a bid for racist cannibal Luis Suarez

[toythatkills]

Anelka is going to West Brom. I think it's now quicker to list the Premier League teams he hasn't played for than the ones he has.

[JamesTW]

If you google Suarez it says he could be going to Arsenal, Arsenal fans wouldn't want him playing for their club though right?

[toythatkills]

I doubt it's just Arsenal fans.

[Commander Jameson]

Wait. Chelsea fans wouldn't want Suarez playing for Arsenal either?

[toythatkills]

Yes, that is precisely what I meant.

[ryodi]

Chelsea are also in for John Ruddy which with Cech and Courtois (on loan in Spain for another season admittedly) there already a move there would be a nice way to ruin his top flight career.

[milko]

How would that even work, didn't he leave Everton to get first team football? I guess Chelsea's bench-warming money is still gonna be a temptation though.

[Revival]

William Hill has closed the bets on Suarez to Arsenal

[rumblecat]

I love this video- the clash of the music and Anelka's miserable face is brilliant...

[SeanR]

keane struggles with gravity... to win a "pk" for LAG in the 90th.

skip to 5:30 if that doesn't work.