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Money or Trophies

franky — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:08:03 +0000

Anfield sensation Fernando Torres on the rumored deal around Mancester City and Kaka. A transfer worth 108m GBP and a possible 500k GBP/week:

It would be a fantastic contract, yes, but there are other things more important than money. A player wants to be remembered for what he has won.

Imagine 10 years after you stop playing, you go back, you look around, you are not in any picture, you have no medals, no trophies; it is like you played for nothing.

You may have a fantastic car, a fantastic home, but what does it matter?

You can have a contract that is better than your friends, but no player looks back and says, ‘I won more money’.

Being a Manchester United fan I obviously do not fear Man City or see them winning trophies anytime soon. I must admit that the prospect of seeing Kaka in the Premier League is an interesting one, but at that price?
No one is worth that kind of money. And to be honest, I kind of ‘gave up’ on football some months ago after realizing how negative fans, me included, think. I want to be entertained and enjoy what players offer me, not scrutinize their every move.

18 Years

franky — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:54:46 +0000

It’s a beautiful day today: 18 years ago the Dippers celebrated their last English League title. As Liverpool die hards say themselves:

Next season will be Liverpool’s.

Promises.

We’ll knock them off their Champions League perch as will. That is if they reach the finals. Looking forward to play them in Moscow in May. Days after Manchester United lifted the Premiere League Cup for the tenth time. :)

Today Is A Sad Day

franky — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:19:14 +0000

Today would be the day we resurrected, the day the soccer Phoenix, Manchester United would show the world, 50 years after the Munich disaster that we are a bunch of figthing heroes.

Instead we lost against Citeh. At Old Trafford. For the first time in 34 years we lost against City at home.
Allowing City to do the double for the first time in 39 years.

We didn’t put up much of a fight, even not to commemorate 23 lives, our history.

And no, Cristiano Ronaldo is not the best player in the world. The best player in the world can turn around a game like this. Cristiano’s role against top teams is rather inexistent. The situation is the same as last year, when we were close to the CL final: we need Wayne Rooney more than anyone else and we still need a striker.

If I were upset when we lost at the Council House, today I am devastated. Not just because we lost from City, more because I have been looking forward to today’s game for months now. To pay tribute to our fallen heroes and their family.

I’m devastated.