Is the signing of Diof , if true, a bad thing? I have no problem with it. Should I have?
Michael Dr Michael Benjamin, Community Psychiatrist ------------------------------- myRay: On-line Self-Help CBT http://www.myRay.com http://www.myRay.org ------------------------------ Mental Health: http//www.MyDoctorExplains.com -------------------------------- Auditing || Quality Control http://www.MyDoctorExplains.com/alamo/ -------------------------------- Blog: http://www.DrMichaelBenjamin.com On 26 April 2012 18:01, Chris Briggs <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree about the atmosphere, both games I have seen (AC Milan and Ath > Bilbao) had good sized crowds (99k and 88k respectively) and even though > folk were in full voice it was very quiet, I was expecting it to be better, > I presume that the open bowl design with a lack of roof makes the > difference. > > The thing that surprised me most though was the lack of alcohol in the > ground. > > > On 26 Apr 2012, at 12:26, "Brendan McWilliams" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hmmmm, i have to disagree slightly. > > > > FCB and RM are both sides of the same coin: enormous, big histories, > huge support, devour the majority of the tv rights from La Liga making it > evermore uncompetitive and neither are true businesses - at least if we > consider the debt they carry. > > > > I came to Spain as a neutral and in fact went to the Bernabeu 2 days > after my arrival in Madid for a cup match with an entirely open mind and > without prejudice....now several years later, the lesser of the two evils > by any measurement is FCB. RM are tedious beyond belief. > > > > This week apart, this present FCB team and squad are the best I've seen > at any time and i'd like to know of what team has ever played with style in > the modern era. Their squad has been in large part developed from their > youth teams and surely that is the aim of all clubs? > > > > RM on the other hand dominate EVERYTHING in Spain, you'll find more > coverage regarding them on the main news (i.e. equivalent of BBC1) than > you'll find on e.g. Syria, Afghanistan, you name it. Their fans are wildly > disloyal and expect Harlem Globetrotter levels of performance and see > conspiracies everywhere when a team has the temerity to put it up to them > and shock horror beat them. > > > > The atmosphere in both grounds is usually pitiful - but that's more due > to their being all seating - and if anything you'll find that in the > Bernabeu the fans will quite often start whistling or booing at half time > if they have not scored. > > > > The common charge that RM were "Franco's XI" is not strictly true as > other teams won just as much domestically - although di Stefano > mysteriously went to Madrid and not Barcelona... - but it's a charge often > levelled due to their main competition at the time being Athletic Bilbao > and FCB - both nationalist strongholds. > > > > Anyhow, i was disappointed that FCB were knocked out by Chelsea - a club > that is the anithesis of all that football should be about.... and whilst i > wasn't too disappointed last night when RM got knocked out, it's impossible > to say anything bad about Mou this year (poking his finger in the FCB coach > apart): great powerful football and CR7 is only a whisker behind Messi. > > > > Mario Gomez will charge through Chelsea and Bayern should easily win it, > plus it's in their stadium. > > > > > >> To: [email protected]; [email protected] > >> From: [email protected] > >> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:24:04 -0400 > >> CC: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [LU] 2-1 > >> > >> Yeah, but no Leeds supporter can support Barcelona either. Whining > sods, always getting favour from the refs and UEFA. I will never forget how > somehow they managed to get FOUR MINUTES of injury time at Elland Road in a > half when the physios hadn't come on once (not to mention getting Gordon > McQueen sent off in 1975). And I can't stand how so many folks in the news > media just fawn over them, not to mention the way people all over the world > who've never been to Spain, let alone Catalonia, declare themselves > "Barcelona fans." Good riddance. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leedslist mailing list > > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate > > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
