Lol, sorry I’m off by 500,000 euros. Got me!

Right. That’s a good way to send your team down a division.

Really seems like he’s been more of a Bad Boy.

winning the title was obviously not in those plans anytime soon, but doesn’t make change the nature of the plan.

I’m not too sure of the point you’re trying to make. That the club “owed it” to the players who won last season to give them a Champions League run-out?

Also, the politics of last year won’t be the politics of 2018/2020. Christ, we went from Democratic sweep in 2008 to a fucking Tea Party congress in 2010. Why the fuck are we still talking about Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders?

It doesn’t get achieved by making it possible for people like Donald Trump to be elected president, either.

Atletico’s been there more than Barca the last 3 years but going back to 2008 Barca’s been a steady presence in the SF.

The owners have repeatedly said they want a good side in Leicester and are not using the team to make profits for non-football purposes.

Never said they could remain contenders, just perennially inside the top ten.

What do you mean by “sorta-bad”, exactly?

If only Real were to lose now, and Bayern were to lose to whoever they face in the second round. It would be nice to take a break from those 3 constantly making the semi-finals of this competition. A final four of Sevilla-Napoli-Monaco-Porto would be fantastic.

Eh, Porto made the Champions League R16 the season after they won it despite selling Deco, Carvalho, Paulo Ferreira and Pedro Mendes.

Being a lifelong Porto fan, the first thing I said after they clinched was “they’re gonna make a killing this summer”. I saw my own team do it two or three times from 2004-2012, figured they would be smart like that. Guess not.

Seriously though:

I said it at the time and it warrants mention now - not selling Vardy and Mahrez last summer is going to cost that team millions. A team of their stature needed to use the Porto model for what to do after a surprise competition victory - capitalize on your assets and use the funds earned to plant seeds for…

He’s been the best player in the league. It isn’t unreasonable at all to suggest they’re down anywhere from 3-5 positions in the standings based solely on the fact he’s not winning them balls in midfield and getting them to Vardy/Mahrez.

That, plus last year was a particularly bad year by English clubs. Chelsea nosedived, City announced they were firing their good manager in January but holding onto him until June and things went in the can. United were Van Gaaling all over themselves. Arsenal and Spurs are Arsenal and Spurs. It was just a perfect…

I will use this argument next time a Muslim blows himself and dozens of innocent people up in the name of Islam.

Watching this made me realize it’s been ten years since Torres signed for Liverpool and I’m going to cry myself to sleep tonight.