It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Saw some of the first half.....Man City were hopeless......Barca were were made to look better than they were because of lack of calamitous defending,.....what ? they have never heard of tackling and making sure they don't get overlapped...most of the time they were ball watching....very poor....Messi has lovely touches...but Barcelona were not fantastic in my opinion....anyway....I question what british footballers are taught on the training grounds.

Arsenal 2-0 down...(can't see the game).....but when will football clubs understand that it is best to have 7-8 British players and only 3-4 Overseas players..: that's a good mix....beyond belief that nobody can see the longterm effects...

Longterm RF? that word is not in their vocabulary... or the Politicians that most of you lot vote for.

1-3....what can you say except : well done Monaco !.....you see in the premier league ; the ball is like a ping-pong ball....kick it...hits players...bounces back..lose it...get...it back... and so forth....it works for bigger teams that have certain players in form....but and this a big BUT : in the champions league it doesn't work like that....the ball isn't bouncing all over the place because the teams you come up against won't let it and have it under control and seldom lose possession......Liverpool in their better days understood that and concentrated on retaining possession no matter what.....coupled with a few great players like Rush and Dalglish that made the difference....the premier league is going backwards at the moment !...

Every cloud, with a bit of luck Liverpool will get knocked out of Europa League tomorrow night, leaving them both free to concentrate on Beating Man U to 3rd and 4th spot in Prem. Situation normal for Arsenal. Even as an Evertonian I would prefer Liverpool to pip Man U to a Champions League spot. :0)

Not every English club is the same now are they RF?

Look at our European record and test your English to Overseas player ratio thinking - I think you'll reach a different conclusion

For anyone who still thinks that Ashley Barnes fowled Matic on Saturday, here is the evidence that he did nothing of the sort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrBPnAdzIps

Now find the film or watch MOT on iplayer of the match and you will see what I mean.

Matic was neither in possesson and it was he who was at fault in that his tackle was wrong, he then gets himself injured (so he claims and then rolls about on the ground) because of his reckless tackle... The ref then quite rightly sends him off.

ashley barnes foul

If you watch the "videos" I have referred to then the evidence clearly shows that if a fowl was committed, that it was carried out by Matic.

I can't seem to find it online - but I did watch MOD.

You are in the minority there Stan, and as for the chicken--string him up. Ha! Ha!
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Watch all the real time evidence some of which I have just demonstrated , "think" and then comment, not to do so may give people the wrong impression (which it obviously has in some cases, Shearer and Savage on MOD for example).

More evidence, this is the "pass" without the reckless Matic in the pic. https://vine.co/v/OQErZv6bJpj

MOD 1st occasion @4.10.

Thanks Skinny, more evidence of Shearer and Savage just reacting without thinking things through which as they are both ex. pro's in the game makes it even more odd.

Oh dear Spurs out, Liverpool out, Celtic out. Everton up 7-2 at half time :0)

Cardiff City: Bluebirds report £12m Premier League loss


By Rob Phillips
BBC Wales football correspondent.

Cardiff City lost nearly £12m during their debut season in the Premier League.
The club's latest accounts, for the year ending May 2014, also show the Bluebirds owe around £174m - most of it to owner Vincent Tan.
This was despite revenue increasing more than five fold to almost £80m.
The club's annual report says support from Malaysian investors "will continue" as long as "the business develops as planned".
The financial figures showed that the club's broadcasting and commercial income rose from from £8m to more than £70m.
Wages and salaries went up from just over £27m to £46m.

Severely IQ challenged Stan thinks they weren't fouls despite the overwhelming agreement of fellow players, pundits and ex refs

No hope for some

Clearly you are also in denial JS.

That 12 million is a paper loss due to a right down of assets. Also not included are the sale of Caulker , Medel and Mutch for around £20 million after the year end and a further 5 million due to us for tv rights.

Parachute payments and reduction in playing staff will see the debt reduce this year but who cares as its due to Tan not outsiders so if he puts us in administration its him that loses as net debt is about 81 million.

Happy days , more chance of Burnley going bust :)