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MyMwell, fifa will check this match... because this situation... this penalty is just not understandable
didnt know about the homegrown player thing. how the F are Arsenal and chelsea gonna survive? theyre youth squads are french/dutch/danish etc.
They need to be registered X years with the English FA before they turn 18 (21?) which is why players like Fabregas etc are counted as homegrown players. But yes, Chelsea are in trouble if you look at the FFP rules coming in aswell. But good luck to them!
Arsenal probably have less problems with this than most other teams, to qualify as part of the 8 player homegrown rule you need to have trained for at least 3 years between 16-21 at an English club. I think 3/4 of Arsenals team qualify as homegrown which is kind of ridiculous (Cesc, Clichy, Song etc are by definition of the rules all homegrown
)A team either has to have a good youth development or buy in some British players, I would guess that will be driving up the prices on good young British players for a while just like it has done with Carroll.
As if the prices on young british talent wasn't ridiculous enough to begin with.. :<
really wish spurs would accept chelsea's bid for modric, he's really not worth 22 million we should snap it up 
liverpool have made a few nice signings and with daglish there will be interesting to see how they play next season imo!
and scholes is a legend and i can see all his points about england haha, it's so true
http://www.clubcall.com/international-football/scholes-slams-laughable-england-1237684.html
liverpool have made a few nice signings and with daglish there will be interesting to see how they play next season imo!
and scholes is a legend and i can see all his points about england haha, it's so true
http://www.clubcall.com/international-football/scholes-slams-laughable-england-1237684.html
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really wish spurs would accept chelsea's bid for modric, he's really not worth 22 million we should snap it up
liverpool have made a few nice signings and with daglish there will be interesting to see how they play next season imo!
and scholes is a legend and i can see all his points about england haha, it's so true
http://www.clubcall.com/international-football/scholes-slams-laughable-england-1237684.html
I came across this article on the mirror site, the article is a few week old, but quite accurate (See yesterdays game!)
Alexis Sanchez has completed his protracted move to Barcelona and as part of his medical had the essential Barcelona DNA implanted into him. This is the same Barca DNA that Xavi worries is eating up Cesc Fabregas while he is held hostage at The Emirates.
We all know Barcelona are special and we’ve heard the phrase Barca DNA many times, but has anyone ever tried to actually find out what this stuff is?
To help Mirror Football readers enhance their excellent football knowledge, we've enlisted the help of Catalonia's foremost genetics expert. And after just five minutes with Professor Hogboglinez, things became much clearer...
MF: So what does Barca DNA actually do?
PH:The Barca DNA it is unique. It makes a player different and special. More than a player, more than a club
Yes, that’s all well and good but doesn’t actually mean anything. What specific advantages does it give a player?
It helps the players work as a team, they are like a family. For example, if a player gets fouled then many others will run to the referee to demand action is taken against the offender.
Isn’t this just unsporting behaviour, trying to get players sent off?
No, it is Barca DNA. We are more than a club.
Tell us more...
Well sometimes when I watch our team I think to myself, “Barca, you have the world’s best players, go for the jugular rather than passing it five yards to each other for eternity and waiting for a mistake. Aaarrrgghhh!”. I get very frustrated but then many people will say it was one of the best games they have ever seen in the history of sport; that having 99.9984% of the possession and scoring one goal is a thing of remarkable beauty. Even though it’s infrequent I am not allowed to say Barca had a bad game without being told I have no idea about football.
You're saying Barca DNA can influence the minds of others and even the reporting of football in general?
Of course, Serigo Busquets is a good example. Remember when he was alleged to have used racist remarks on the pitch? Well, despite there being video evidence we managed to convince UEFA he was saying something totally harmless even though he was covering his mouth with his hand as he said it.
Then there’s Xavi, who literally oozes Barca DNA, he makes many comments about Cesc Fabregas coming to Barca and yet escapes widespread criticism or sanction. I won’t mention Messi sulking and refusing to train, the last time I did that I had to change my address and have extensive plastic surgery to alter my appearance.
Interesting, so what can Alexis Sanchez expect now he has Barca DNA?
Well, he won’t dive anymore, that’s a given, he’ll merely have gone down due to the effects of several earlier tackles. He won’t be labelled petulant even if he kicks a ball into the faces of opposition supporters. He gains an ability to walk on water and can probably heal sick children.
So there you have it, Barca DNA is truly a magical thing. We did try to speak to English clubs about whether they had their own DNA systems but were met with a frosty response.
On ringing Harry Redknapp, it got a bit confused. We wanted him to speak about Spurs and DNA “No, I’m afraid I can’t. We’re always interested in top top players and de Annay is certainly that, ‘triffic boy, but we can’t talk directly about other team’s stars.”.
Chelsea just seemed to get angry when asked if we could chat about player’s DNA “Listen, if I’ve told your kind once then I’ve told them a thousand times, John Terry has done his quota of parental tests for the year and won’t be doing any more.”.
Alexis Sanchez has completed his protracted move to Barcelona and as part of his medical had the essential Barcelona DNA implanted into him. This is the same Barca DNA that Xavi worries is eating up Cesc Fabregas while he is held hostage at The Emirates.
We all know Barcelona are special and we’ve heard the phrase Barca DNA many times, but has anyone ever tried to actually find out what this stuff is?
To help Mirror Football readers enhance their excellent football knowledge, we've enlisted the help of Catalonia's foremost genetics expert. And after just five minutes with Professor Hogboglinez, things became much clearer...
MF: So what does Barca DNA actually do?
PH:The Barca DNA it is unique. It makes a player different and special. More than a player, more than a club
Yes, that’s all well and good but doesn’t actually mean anything. What specific advantages does it give a player?
It helps the players work as a team, they are like a family. For example, if a player gets fouled then many others will run to the referee to demand action is taken against the offender.
Isn’t this just unsporting behaviour, trying to get players sent off?
No, it is Barca DNA. We are more than a club.
Tell us more...
Well sometimes when I watch our team I think to myself, “Barca, you have the world’s best players, go for the jugular rather than passing it five yards to each other for eternity and waiting for a mistake. Aaarrrgghhh!”. I get very frustrated but then many people will say it was one of the best games they have ever seen in the history of sport; that having 99.9984% of the possession and scoring one goal is a thing of remarkable beauty. Even though it’s infrequent I am not allowed to say Barca had a bad game without being told I have no idea about football.
You're saying Barca DNA can influence the minds of others and even the reporting of football in general?
Of course, Serigo Busquets is a good example. Remember when he was alleged to have used racist remarks on the pitch? Well, despite there being video evidence we managed to convince UEFA he was saying something totally harmless even though he was covering his mouth with his hand as he said it.
Then there’s Xavi, who literally oozes Barca DNA, he makes many comments about Cesc Fabregas coming to Barca and yet escapes widespread criticism or sanction. I won’t mention Messi sulking and refusing to train, the last time I did that I had to change my address and have extensive plastic surgery to alter my appearance.
Interesting, so what can Alexis Sanchez expect now he has Barca DNA?
Well, he won’t dive anymore, that’s a given, he’ll merely have gone down due to the effects of several earlier tackles. He won’t be labelled petulant even if he kicks a ball into the faces of opposition supporters. He gains an ability to walk on water and can probably heal sick children.
So there you have it, Barca DNA is truly a magical thing. We did try to speak to English clubs about whether they had their own DNA systems but were met with a frosty response.
On ringing Harry Redknapp, it got a bit confused. We wanted him to speak about Spurs and DNA “No, I’m afraid I can’t. We’re always interested in top top players and de Annay is certainly that, ‘triffic boy, but we can’t talk directly about other team’s stars.”.
Chelsea just seemed to get angry when asked if we could chat about player’s DNA “Listen, if I’ve told your kind once then I’ve told them a thousand times, John Terry has done his quota of parental tests for the year and won’t be doing any more.”.
Joe Cole loan to Lille. How the mighty have fallen. Wasn't so long ago he was the "signing of the summer"
So we've signed Raul Meireles. Not the creative midfielder we were after but I hope to be proved wrong and he turns out to be a good buy. Also means less playing time for Josh McEachran