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MadVillain wrote:Actually, in fairness to Barca, they're relatively frugal with their wages.

I was just looking at Marquez on wiki

Rafael Márquez renovated his contract to €38.5 million for the following 4 years at Barcelona which will see his contract end in June 2010.

I'd bet the likes of Eto'o, Henry, and Messi are on the upper end of 100k a week aswell.

Kimbo wrote:

MadVillain wrote:Actually, in fairness to Barca, they're relatively frugal with their wages.

I was just looking at Marquez on wiki

Rafael Márquez renovated his contract to €38.5 million for the following 4 years at Barcelona which will see his contract end in June 2010.

I'd bet the likes of Eto'o, Henry, and Messi are on the upper end of 100k a week aswell.

Renovated?

He wanted laminated or something.

Khadrim wrote:

Kimbo wrote:

MadVillain wrote:Actually, in fairness to Barca, they're relatively frugal with their wages.

I was just looking at Marquez on wiki

Rafael Márquez renovated his contract to €38.5 million for the following 4 years at Barcelona which will see his contract end in June 2010.

I'd bet the likes of Eto'o, Henry, and Messi are on the upper end of 100k a week aswell.

Renovated?

He wanted laminated or something.

In Spanish you say "renovar" when you are renewing someones contract. Not a very good translation.

Kimbo wrote:

MadVillain wrote:Actually, in fairness to Barca, they're relatively frugal with their wages.

I was just looking at Marquez on wiki

Rafael Márquez renovated his contract to €38.5 million for the following 4 years at Barcelona which will see his contract end in June 2010.

I'd bet the likes of Eto'o, Henry, and Messi are on the upper end of 100k a week aswell.

Henry makes 7.5m euro net so that's like on the scale of 150K per week?

Kimbo wrote:

Jaime wrote:

toon h wrote:

Kimbo wrote:Well whatever, whether they manage to buy him or not, the fact they have the money for such a move is why the rest of La Liga is in such a shitty position.

the largest part of our current success is based on our youth products as well as shrewdly purchased players for moderate amounts, similar to what many clubs in England spend, like Toure, Eto'o, Marquez, Abidal, etc. We are very different than this grotesque Madrid circus.

€15m for Eidur Gudjohnsen
€17m for Martin Caceres
€24m for Samuel Eto'o
€25m for Thierry Henry
€40m for Dani Alves

Dont act like you don't spend any money...

€15m Abidal
€14m Hleb
€14m Keita
€20m Milito

Plus the giant wages.

you act as if we bought all these players in one season. And at the exchange rate of the time, it wasn't as much as it looks now, compared to English clubs. I read Newcastle have 15 players earning over £ 50K per week. At least we have world class players earning this kind of money.
And I didn't say we didn't spend money, I said our success is not based on this.
Barcelona are also good at marketing, and we have a large stadium. We have had bad times, but it seems the club is being run correctly now and we aren't just splashing out. Barcelona or Madrid for that matter can hardly be blamed for the fact that Almeria have a small budget.

Why not ? You hog most of the tv money.

DS wrote:Why not ? You hog most of the tv money.

Yeah, but let's be honest, who the f*ck wants to watch Almeria?

DD wrote:

DS wrote:Why not ? You hog most of the tv money.

Yeah, but let's be honest, who the f*ck wants to watch Almeria?

Almerians?

So ? who wants to watch Stoke but they get money because of the collective deal.

toon h wrote:

Kimbo wrote:

Jaime wrote:

toon h wrote:

Kimbo wrote:Well whatever, whether they manage to buy him or not, the fact they have the money for such a move is why the rest of La Liga is in such a shitty position.

the largest part of our current success is based on our youth products as well as shrewdly purchased players for moderate amounts, similar to what many clubs in England spend, like Toure, Eto'o, Marquez, Abidal, etc. We are very different than this grotesque Madrid circus.

€15m for Eidur Gudjohnsen
€17m for Martin Caceres
€24m for Samuel Eto'o
€25m for Thierry Henry
€40m for Dani Alves

Dont act like you don't spend any money...

€15m Abidal
€14m Hleb
€14m Keita
€20m Milito

Plus the giant wages.

you act as if we bought all these players in one season. And at the exchange rate of the time, it wasn't as much as it looks now, compared to English clubs. I read Newcastle have 15 players earning over £ 50K per week. At least we have world class players earning this kind of money.
And I didn't say we didn't spend money, I said our success is not based on this.
Barcelona are also good at marketing, and we have a large stadium. We have had bad times, but it seems the club is being run correctly now and we aren't just splashing out. Barcelona or Madrid for that matter can hardly be blamed for the fact that Almeria have a small budget.

I've read that we have 15 players earning over £ 50K per week aswell, i've no idea who these players are, and it doesn't matter, no one will claim Newcastle are well run. Just because my club has been stupid with money it doesn't mean i'm in favour of it. My only point here is that Barce are not the angels their fans pretend they are, just like Real they are part of the group that has squeezed the life out of football in the past few years.

Also, what "bad times" have Barcelona had?

toon h wrote:

Kimbo wrote:

Jaime wrote:

toon h wrote:

Kimbo wrote:Well whatever, whether they manage to buy him or not, the fact they have the money for such a move is why the rest of La Liga is in such a shitty position.

the largest part of our current success is based on our youth products as well as shrewdly purchased players for moderate amounts, similar to what many clubs in England spend, like Toure, Eto'o, Marquez, Abidal, etc. We are very different than this grotesque Madrid circus.

€15m for Eidur Gudjohnsen
€17m for Martin Caceres
€24m for Samuel Eto'o
€25m for Thierry Henry
€40m for Dani Alves

Dont act like you don't spend any money...

€15m Abidal
€14m Hleb
€14m Keita
€20m Milito

Plus the giant wages.

you act as if we bought all these players in one season. And at the exchange rate of the time, it wasn't as much as it looks now, compared to English clubs. I read Newcastle have 15 players earning over £ 50K per week. At least we have world class players earning this kind of money.
And I didn't say we didn't spend money, I said our success is not based on this.
Barcelona are also good at marketing, and we have a large stadium. We have had bad times, but it seems the club is being run correctly now and we aren't just splashing out. Barcelona or Madrid for that matter can hardly be blamed for the fact that Almeria have a small budget.

My point is that your current success is a mix of your home grown talent (Xavi, Iniesta, Messi), some shrewd buys (Toure), and also some very big money, high profile signings (Alves, Henry). Plus a couple of isolated sh!t, expensive signings (Caceres!)

Gaspart era.
Not so long ago, you're old enough to remember.

TITO wrote:Gaspart era.
Not so long ago, you're old enough to remember.

We won't even start on that...

It's not right, but it's not socialism either. I don't want or need to watch certain teams in equal amounts. I don't find it strange that Barca get more TV money.
In fact Barca probably deserves most TV money, as they're usually the most pleasing football team to watch (of all leagues).

TITO wrote:Gaspart era.
Not so long ago, you're old enough to remember.

You finished 6th once and 4th a couple of times, oh god, woe, WOE!!

And where are these supposed posts by nutters?

Isn't he allowed to bid farewell to his lover

Nutters was back? And I missed it!?!?!?!?!?!?!!???!

It's not about in which place we finished those years, but the way the club was run.
Absolute disaster.

TITO wrote:It's not about in which place we finished those years, but the way the club was run.
Absolute disaster.

You don't know what absolute disaster is, you're spoilt.

Jaime wrote:Nutters was back? And I missed it!?!?!?!?!?!?!!???!

Cesc banned him

Kimbo wrote:

TITO wrote:It's not about in which place we finished those years, but the way the club was run.
Absolute disaster.

You don't know what absolute disaster is, you're spoilt.

It is hard to compare misery but after thinking about it....Kimbo wins on all of these accounts. If we get relegated then we can talk to him about absolute disasters.

Fey wrote:

Jaime wrote:Nutters was back? And I missed it!?!?!?!?!?!?!!???!

Cesc banned him

What did he do?

Jaime wrote:

Fey wrote:

Jaime wrote:Nutters was back? And I missed it!?!?!?!?!?!?!!???!

Cesc banned him

What did he do?

Floaded the threads with "heart broken" pictures.


Like:

Kimbo wrote:

TITO wrote:It's not about in which place we finished those years, but the way the club was run.
Absolute disaster.

You don't know what absolute disaster is, you're spoilt.

I can't compare it with going down to 2 division of course, but to Barca standards that was disaster. And i think they are set a little bit higher than Newcastle's.

TM wrote:

Jaime wrote:

Fey wrote:

Jaime wrote:Nutters was back? And I missed it!?!?!?!?!?!?!!???!

Cesc banned him

What did he do?

Floaded the threads with "heart broken" pictures.

Nice one!

TITO wrote:

Kimbo wrote:

TITO wrote:It's not about in which place we finished those years, but the way the club was run.
Absolute disaster.

You don't know what absolute disaster is, you're spoilt.

I can't compare it with going down to 2 division of course, but to Barca standards that was disaster. And i think they are set a little bit higher than Newcastle's.

So what you're saying is, if Barca were to finish say 8th, that would arguably worse than what has happened to Leeds, because Barca has got high standards?

Floaders

Kimbo wrote:

TITO wrote:

Kimbo wrote:

TITO wrote:It's not about in which place we finished those years, but the way the club was run.
Absolute disaster.

You don't know what absolute disaster is, you're spoilt.

I can't compare it with going down to 2 division of course, but to Barca standards that was disaster. And i think they are set a little bit higher than Newcastle's.

So what you're saying is, if Barca were to finish say 8th, that would arguably worse than what has happened to Leeds, because Barca has got high standards?

Yes.

You need to get a grip, there are clubs literally going broke and fading into oblivion, even i don't know what disaster is yet.

Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.
So I took what's mine by eternal right.
Took your soul out into the night.
It may be over but it won't stop there,
I am here for you if you'd only care.
You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
And love is blind and that I knew when,
My heart was blinded by you.
I've kissed your lips and held your hand.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well, I know your smell.
I've been addicted to you.

[x2]
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

I am a dreamer and when i wake,
You can't break my spirit - it's my dreams you take.
And as you move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we used to be
I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile.
I've watched you sleeping for a while.
I'd be the father of your child.
I'd spend a lifetime with you.
I know your fears and you know mine.
We've had our doubts but now we're fine,
And I love you, I swear that's true.
I cannot live without you.

[x2]
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

And I still hold your hand in mine.
In mine when I'm asleep.
And I will bare my soul in time,
When I'm kneeling at your feet.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow.
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow.
I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow.
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow.