What wages is Messi on? According to the first figure tat came out when I did a search, he earned 71 million Euros last season. Has it not occurred to him thatperhaps Barcelona's project for this coming season might be a tad more competitive if the wages of one player were not roughly £1m a week? Not that I'm too bothered. As BB would say he's over the hill and he's only got one leg. We wouldn't want him
Looks like Stevie G is losing the plot... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58172917 Referred to Dundee United as "Dundee" more than once, before and after Rangers lost to United. Last season is beginning to look like a flash in the pan.
An FA Cup tie featuring the oldest football Club in the world... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58204300 Well done the BBC for televising this. Sheffield FC, formed in 1857 - 164 years ago. That's about 8 generations. There may be a few proud families who can claim their great great great great great great grandparents were Sheffield FC fans. Old school Sheffield FC's very early history must have been somewhat lacking in variety though. For some while they presumably had nobody else to play
Great comeback win for the Wombles yesterday against Oxford. All 3 goals were scored and assisted by their Academy products. Way to go.
A clever chap has traced some of the trolls who sent racial abuse to England's penalty-takers after the Euros final. and found one in the UAE, a couple of Russians, and a woman from the far-right.
Were they ex-pats in those countries, or non-brits? I imagine the abuse would be in English, and presumably look as if it was the work of English people, rather than foreigners who speak/ type the language.
I'm glad if they aren't English, and obviously not England fans. The next time England players are trolled with racist abuse they have even another reason to disregard it now. It's unlikely to be their own countrymen turning on them. The bile and filth from foreigners who have no claim to English values is much less worthy of attention in my view, even if it is just as nasty.
Great counter-attacking goal. That's how to deal with forwards hassling your defenders. We end up passing back to the goalie who hoofs it away under pressure.
I hate to out myself by the sounds of it, but from someone who genuinely has no clue why this matters, what is the story with saying Dundee or Dundee United ? Isn't it blatantly obvious who one is referring to in general conversation ?
It's football etiquette. Matters a lot to the fans in the city of Dundee. Getting it wrong out of casualness / carelessness / distractedness / tiredness / ignorance, can easily be interpreted as arrogance and/or deliberate disrespect. Like when football fans of other Clubs use the term "Notts Forest". Some do it simply because it takes less time than saying "Nottingham Forest", though everybody would know who they meant if they simply said "Forest". 999 times out of 1,000 they aren't going to be talking about Waltham Forest, or FGR. Dundee United is not Dundee FC. Effectively mixing them up like it doesn't matter is very poor form.
Ok, so on that. The 'Forest' example, is that not standard or acceptable either ? In Australia, the use of shortened versions of names, whether it be football teams or locations, is largely accepted, only the elite/pompous would say its for the plebs amongst us. I get it in some scenarios, like how could you say 'Manchester' only when there are numerous possibilities as to who you are talking about.
If I was describing Nottingham Forest in informal terms I would say "Forest". Everyone would know who I meant, and nobody would take offence. If I said "Notts Forest" many Forest fans would be annoyed, as they regard the abbreviation "Notts" should only be used to describe their rivals Notts County. Having part of your rival Club's name to describe your Club is bound to annoy. "Notts" is not part of the name Nottingham Forest. As far as the residents of Dundee are concerned, if anyone refers to a Club as "Dundee" but does not add "United" then they are referring specifically to Dundee FC. Or they are insulting Dundee United FC by missing part of their name out, thereby associating them with their rival Club. If I wanted to refer (politely) to either of the big Manchester Clubs I would call then "United" or "City". Nearly everyone would know my meaning. Granted some people use "Man United" or "Man City", which does clarify a bit more. It's just convention within the game here. Few people would refer to Dundee United as "Dundee". It's not expected, particularly from an experienced ex-player and manager in Scotland.
