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I'm in NRW heading to the Alt Stadt Düsseldorf to grab some Gambas and a cold beer down by the Rhein!Its overcast in the south.
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I'm in NRW heading to the Alt Stadt Düsseldorf to grab some Gambas and a cold beer down by the Rhein!Its overcast in the south.
Edit- Would be happy to join either way![]()
He did a facebook live with questions about the testimonial and other stuff. Don't think there was anything about the who would play in the testimonial though.
This tour help our business side of club, Asia is big Market.
Its also show our fan following in world base, which means more sponsors and more sponsors means more money to spend.
There is nothing wrong with this tour unless you do your preparation wrong.
Good old Louis. Glad he got it down to a week. Can you imagine if we were stuck out there for another week, dealing with shit weather, pitches, humidity etc etc.? Can't say LVG never did us a favourSomewhere in Portugal a certain guy by the name LvG has a sarcastic smile of his face thinking aloud " I Told you so"
Louis van Gaal says Manchester United’s China trip ‘not good preparation’
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/apr/02/louis-van-gaal-manchester-united-china-trip
I was involved in every step of the planning, the club wanted to go for a fortnight but I got it down to eight days, which is more like six days,” he said. “I have played as a player in a tournament in Shanghai and we could not train. It is only because of the commercial reasons that we are going. I know a club like Manchester United must do that, but it is not a very good preparation, because we will have a lot of players involved in the European Championships who will be tired.”
“I shall try to do some training but the humidity is so high that when I was there we could only do it at seven in the morning or nine in the evening,” Van Gaal said. “Having said that, when I was with Sparta Rotterdam we won the tournament. Then we went home and won the next six league matches. The training was no use, but it seemed to work from a team-building point of view.”
FFS, I've drawn turf out of fields that would have made for better football pitches than that.The pitch
That doesn’t look great
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FFS, I've drawn turf out of fields that would have made for better football pitches than that.
There was one with Luke Shaw too, but it got deleted.
Why is he swaying his hips so much in the video?
Did it give any negative impact?I dont give a nuns furry chuff about any of that when it starts to have a negative impact on the team.
Somewhere in Portugal a certain guy by the name LvG has a sarcastic smile of his face thinking aloud " I Told you so"
Louis van Gaal says Manchester United’s China trip ‘not good preparation’
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/apr/02/louis-van-gaal-manchester-united-china-trip
I was involved in every step of the planning, the club wanted to go for a fortnight but I got it down to eight days, which is more like six days,” he said. “I have played as a player in a tournament in Shanghai and we could not train. It is only because of the commercial reasons that we are going. I know a club like Manchester United must do that, but it is not a very good preparation, because we will have a lot of players involved in the European Championships who will be tired.”
“I shall try to do some training but the humidity is so high that when I was there we could only do it at seven in the morning or nine in the evening,” Van Gaal said. “Having said that, when I was with Sparta Rotterdam we won the tournament. Then we went home and won the next six league matches. The training was no use, but it seemed to work from a team-building point of view.”
There was one with Luke Shaw too, but it got deleted.
Feck me, he's like a prophet in this.
I dont follow?Yes, because he did such a fine job overseeing the Club moving a few miles around London for the Spurs and West Ham matches last season.
Sound like textbook Communist defensive stance: it's not bad unless our expert say so. Our expert is better than them despite they're best in the world.I loosely translated this article:
Management of Bird Nest does not agree that it is the bad condition of the turf that caused the cancellation of the match, they need 3rd party agency with authority to ascertain this point
The cancellation of the friendly match between Manchester United and Manchester City is very much due to the bad condition of the turf, both teams were not willing to play in such conditions. Tenxun Sports contacted the person in-charge of stadium/match operations of Bird Nest regarding this, and he does not agree with it.
When contacted, Mr He said "there is no problem with the turf". He said they need an evaluation from a 3rd party agency to ascertain that the turf is really not suitable for match, or not. At the moment, it is only of the opinions of the 2 clubs that the condition of the turf is bad, "but we do not agree that it is the turf that caused the cancellation".
Upon being shown the photos of the turf, he said they still need a 3rd party agency to evaluate. Now, it is very subjective, they need to see figures from the evaluation of the 3rd party agency.
In preparation for this match, they started laying new turf in early July. They used grasses for the winter/cold seasons. Those grasses is definitely not as good as those of summer/hot seasons in this time of the year, but he still insisted that they do not agree that it is the conditions of the turf that caused the cancellation.
Gotta love the irony of Mou complaining about the state of the pitch
Gotta love the irony of Mou complaining about the state of the pitch
Barca fans and their obsession with Jose...
Mou fans and their obsession to accept spin
What spin are we taking about now.
Ah yes, classic Chinese face saving too!Sound like textbook Communist defensive stance: it's not bad unless our expert say so. Our expert is better than them despite they're best in the world.
All those years of potato patch pitches, failing to cut or water to slow down Barcelona's passing game. Now suddenly pitch condition matters, so yes massive hypocrite
So you don't want to sign Pogba? If we didn't do the commercial side of the game we wouldn't have the money to break transfer records and sign players like Pogba.I dont give a nuns furry chuff about any of that when it starts to have a negative impact on the team.
You do know that even city complained about pitch and they decision was made together?
Not surprising though given your love for conspiracy theories.
Pep also complained about this pitch hence both sides agreed to cancel the game. If Mourinho is hyprocrite for calling this one right (Pep agreed), then Pep is a spoiled brat for not being able to play on any pitches and Barcelona players are massive twat.All those years of potato patch pitches, failing to cut or water to slow down Barcelona's passing game. Now suddenly pitch condition matters, so yes massive hypocrite
Perhaps it's your own love for conspiracy theories you profess since I mentioned none, I marveled at the hypocrisy of Mou - that's not a theory, it's a fact
Why did City cancelled the game?
you would have a point if it were a decent pitch and he was complaining about it not being watered, or uneven slightly, but the pitch looks worse than a horse running trackAll those years of potato patch pitches, failing to cut or water to slow down Barcelona's passing game. Now suddenly pitch condition matters, so yes massive hypocrite
I didn't realize City had the power to cancel it on their own. Still, some strange logic to link that to Mou's hypocrisy - he messed with the pitch for years and lampooned those who were critical and yet he's here complaining about it again. Definition of hypocrisy.
you would have a point if it were a decent pitch and he was complaining about it not being watered, or uneven slightly, but the pitch looks worse than a horse running track, it's literally unplayable. Jose is a hypocrite, he's our hypocrite but he's not being hypocritical this time.
But somehow you believe Jose alone cancelled the game. Definition of obsession.
There is messy pitch and there are pitches that are unfit to play.