Because it makes money. It's like someone on £100k a year compared to someone on £15k a year, one of them is going to be given a mortgage, one probably isn't. It's all about money and people don't care enough about athletics outside big events to put money into it. It's a worldwide issue, not just here.

West Ham won't sell out without significantly reducing ticket prices, they don't even sell out Upton Park each week, though I go back to my previous point. Who signs these things off for F sake? If the business model was to give it to a football stadium because that's the only sport the government deems worthwhile then why was there a £115m overhead on top of what was initially paid (with public money), whilst at the same time having no one to cover these costs, fully. Where the club in question only wants to produce 10% from their assets to pump into the global figure. If not for the investor there would have still been £100m left over, least it's slightly reduced but it's still £60m.

With the state of the country and the economy that sort of public spending really shouldn't be put into something just to appease the footballing world. It should have been factored into development and sustainability of the project. If football wants it just give it to them but tell them to pay whatever it is to update the ground for this and when it doesn't work don't bail them out, let them liquidate and they can have the risk attached to their 'loan' just as any other consortium would.

Guess it just sums up this tin-pot government.

Yeah I agree with this point.

Tevez payslip leak.

I guess they didn't seal it when it was still warm from the laser printer.

I imagine someone found it, not the people who printed it.

Eh, I was kidding. Obviously there are only two possibilities. Someone found it, like you say. Or the someone in the source (meaning from where it was originally printed) leaked it out. Interesting, nevertheless.

Over £408,000 net each month, jesus.

1-0, Rooney.

2-0, Rooney again. United look great on the counter.

United have goal wrongly disallowed, City go down the other end and score.

Should've been 3-0 United, now 2-2. And people say refs help United.

Rvp!

Tevez gave away the free kick for the winner. Love it. U mad Tevez!?

Boy that coin that hit Ferdinand, was quite some aim, eh?

As people keep saying on Twitter... City love throwing money at players

Great game for a neutral.

Nice!

After the goal Rio went towards the United fans, how could a City fan hit him from that far away?

I thought he went towards the City fans? He's been known to celebrate in front of opponent fans.

When it goes in you see him run straight to the United fans. Unless he went to the Citeh fans after?

City 'fans' when Rooney scores...

Would it be wrong of me to point out they're all Asian...

This from the game.



Great pic, apparently not shopped or anything, just a perfectly taken pic!

Could very well be. Still, good thing it did not hit him straight in the eye. Ouch!

Cup QF - Lambert's first return to Norwhich since he left them for Villa in the summer.

Norwhich 1-4 Villa. Semi-finals here we come.

Bradford knock Arsenal out on pens.

Dare I say 2 Englishmens cored for Arsenal, all 3 foreigners missed.

Bradford? Really, Arsenal?

Very classy Norwich fan. Who is this man, I want to buy him a beer.

...and then you'd steal his girlfriend!

Benteke is going to be worth a few pennies me thinks.

If I defended like this when I was 11 I'd have been kicked off the team.

Man, Liverpool have fallen really low, haven't they...

Yanks Out v2.

Dad just text me a pic of his betting slip. Had Benteke 1st scorer with Villa winning 3-1 at 450/1, shame he only bet 50p! Won £225 though.

So, Chelsea lost today the CWC final to Corinthians. Anyone care to comment on that?

PS: I already know what Kurt will have to say.

Forgot about the competition until I saw your post.

Exactly.

European teams should always win though, pretty embarrassing result. Rafa.

He was used to winning it against mediocre African teams.

Did he win it with Liverpool?

Nope, they lost to Sao Paolo.

I dont get it, why does wenger play podolski on the left wing?

Because the left side is where he usually plays?

hes got a great shot and hes left footed though... and he sucks at crossing...

Löw plays him there as well, but I think he can be a decent CF, too.

I don't know, he usually played on the left, even with Bayern (not at Köln though). I think this is his natural position.

From Liverpool forum in a thread titled "Where has it all gone wrong?". The sad thing is, this is what Liverpool fans are like.

Chelsea 8 - Villa 0. WOW

Should've been 13/14 to be honest.

The ups and downs of having by far the youngest team in the league. When confidence is up they'll be a match for anyone. When it's low we're in for a few batterings.

Yeah, but 8 goals? Hmh, that's really, I mean really bad.