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19 minutes ago, Livertool said:

JS benched already? That was faster than i thought 😄

 

Injured with muscle problems. Quite understandable if you consider that he's been out of game action since August. 

Also great to see Mateu Morey being back for the first team after almost 3 (!!!!!) years. 

5 minutes ago, SShcherbyna said:

I read Tarle a lot. Although he did not write much about the topics raised in the "history lesson", in his books he distinguishes between Ukrainians and Russians, whose languages and cultures are quite close, but still develop in parallel, and not one follows from the other.

Igor Danylevsky - Ancient Rus'. He is considered a rather good expert of these times. It very clearly divides Poles, Lithuanians, Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians, although it says that the last two peoples have always lived between two forces, so they were under constant pressure and their identity may seem contrived.

I also read a lot of Petro Tolochko, I consider him a Soviet historian, but he is still Ukrainian, so maybe he was also paid by Poles and Austrians). The view on the history of Kyivan Rus is similar to that of Danylevskyi.

Oleksiy Shakhmatov is a Russian linguist and historian. I read (partially and abbreviated) at the university. He is considered one of the best specialists (both in Ukraine and in Russia) in linguistics. It quite clearly separates three languages (Ukrainian, Belarusian, Russian), which arose almost simultaneously from the Proto-Slavic language and each developed in parallel (of course mixing with the languages of its neighbors, especially the Slavic group).

Interesting, what about the historic data mentioned? What about Ukraine being neutral yet moving towards Nato?

6 minutes ago, SShcherbyna said:

I do not understand your attack. I only wrote that today Russian PR is better than Ukrainian, but I did not say that Ukrainian PR or propaganda does not exist)

My point is that your leadership offers nothing but smoke and mirrors for the Western audience in order to defraud the Western taxpayer to send money and weapons into the 2nd most corrupt country in Europe to keep a war going you have already lost. Kuleba fever dreaming of taking back Crimea , Zelenskyiii and his "spring offensive 23", Melnyk demanding trillions (with a t) of Euros in weapon deliveries while his son is chilling in Berlin.

It's just funny that you mention PR in case of the interview.

17 minutes ago, Livertool said:

 What i do care is our own western propaganda fed to people so they can't vote based on what is really going on. 

That's the point.

3-0 for the BVB against an injury plagued Freiburg!

Man of the match:

75 M plus boni won't be enough, I'm afraid, especially when you see what Antony and Mudryk were bringing in. Malen now with 9 Buli goals. Fülle with 10 goals and 7 assists in the Buli for the BVB this season. Maatsen with an incredible assist for the 3-0. How he was ignored by Chelsea is completely beyond me.

Tomorrow we have the Topspiel between Leverkusen and Bayern. 

The BVB gets Wolfsburg next and then its on to PSV.

7 hours ago, Livertool said:

Overall Putin did lot of cherry picking pretending to be holier than thou and innocent one himself and Russia as nation but lot of it made sense too, as we already have talked lot of this is just west/nato/russia elite power struggle and we common people are just meaningless ants between rock and hard place taking the hits.

As dick as Putin is and wouldn't trust him, got to give it to him how well he articulates and don't wonder why russians swallow his propaganda. Despite western media has suggested that he suffers lots of things from cancer to mental illness he seems very clear headed especially comparing to US president talking to dead people.

I have to agree with most of the things @Livertool says here as well and the contrast in sharpness and intelligence to the clowns on the other side of the conflict is astounding. Be it Sleepy Joe, Mr Scholz, actor Selenskyyyi... Yes, most of the things he talked about, we talked about here for 2 years and basically confirms almost everything Prof Mearsheimer published.

The main giveaways for me are:

• Putin sees Ukraine as part of Russia. At least it's deeply connected to Russia, so the war of attrition won't stop.
• Once support for Ukraine halts, he's open for negotiations.
• Nato won't expand into Ukraine.
• Still willing to send gas.

I'm looking out for Prof Mearsheimer reacting to the interview and giving his opinion.

46 minutes ago, SShcherbyna said:

Of course, I am not the kind of person who can speak objectively enough on this topic, but my modest knowledge of history is enough to understand that this is not a "history lesson" but a bucket of shit with the addition of well-known facts to create credibility.

In my defense against the possible "you are also under the propaganda of Ukrainization" I can only say that I have read most of the literature on history in the Russian language and written by Russian historians.

Care to elaborate?

36 minutes ago, SShcherbyna said:

In any case, this is the best PR move from Russia in recent times. While the Ukrainian authorities make quite a lot of mistakes in this matter.

Says the guy from the country that is doing nothing but PR moves for the Western audience.

On 2/6/2024 at 11:12 PM, Livertool said:

There ain't enough different like emotions in community platform that i could describe how i feel about this but popcorn for sure and lets see how it turns out...

Great interview, a little over 2 hours long: First 35-40 minutes Putin is giving a history lesson about Russia, which I found really interesting. With 30 minutes to go, Tucker then asks some questions about AI and wants to initiate a prisoner exchange , the last 10 minutes are about Ukraine once again.

@Livertool

Women usually vote for this, so who cares?

On 2/6/2024 at 10:56 PM, Livertool said:

Seriously, dems pretend to be high and mighty with their moral posing yet they abuse this old fella like no tomorrow. Felt sorry for him already before last elections but this is getting really ridicolous and sick, they really got no better candidate than him???

First Mitterand, now Helmut Kohl as well? 

https://nypost.com/2024/02/08/news/biden-says-he-discussed-jan-6-capitol-riot-with-former-german-chancellor-helmut-kohl-who-died-in-2017/

2 hours ago, Livertool said:

Most likely but Pool needs someone who can cook Michelin quality bouillabaisse

Oh Lord @Livertool is a gourmet!  To me UEFA Conference League sounds more like Fish'n'Chips and fried Snickers....

Speaking of which, Meunier to Trabzon for free, he was our RB starter for the past 7 matchdays! 

We're not winning the title anyway, Ryerson is coming back and Wolf is not that much worse. Another 3-4 M saved in salary!

Interesting interview with Deniz Undav about his development:

Translated

13 goals and 5 assists in the Buli so far, despite Guirassy playing on the same team. One scorer in 63 minutes.

23 hours ago, jerry said:

He got more charisma than Emre THE CAPTAIN AND BULI PLAYER OF THE SEASON JUST FOR LOLZ Can 

National Team player of the year! 

3-2 for Leverkusen in a great match against Stuttgart. Now it's on to Bayern on Saturday. Wirtz is one heck of a player, just check out his assists for the 2-2 and the 3-2. 

2 minutes ago, Livertool said:

Seriously, dems pretend to be high and mighty with their moral posing yet they abuse this old fella like no tomorrow. Felt sorry for him already before last elections but this is getting really ridicolous and sick, they really got no better candidate than him???

https://nypost.com/2024/02/05/news/biden-confuses-french-president-macron-with-ex-leader-mitterrand/

 

Sleepy Joe, picking up the "London Times" after chatting with Francois Mitterand from Germany...

4 hours ago, Livertool said:

Something to do with frenchies planning to buy kindred and they get rid off markets that frenchies got no interest of before sales?

Just a thought and connecting dots.

10 % for the Big Guy  20 % for the little guy.

Back on top! #545 overall.

Grimaldo is the current topscorer in Buli fantasy with 312 points. 

Four titles, they said.

Money well spent, they said.

Give us more sugar daddies, they said.

At least my boy Erik Ten "Inch" Hag knows how to run a first class organisation, dominating the league and even getting Lidl-Haaland back on track! Time for a contract extension!

@jerry

Interview

Nnamdi Collins, the pride of Polska, still staying with Eintracht Frankfurt 2. 

10 hours ago, Livertool said:

When season is over, we will have 1-4 brand new shiny trophies... how many BVB will get 🤭 

 

Conference League or Cocoa Puff Cup don't count! 

6 hours ago, jerry said:

Oh and i watched BVB yesterday. That backpass from BVB player to Heindenheim striker in first half was amazing.

Matthias Sammer, consultant to CEO Watzke, 2 years ago: "Salih Özcan will surprise a lot of people."

Mainly surprising his own team-mates with the "passes" he dishes to them...

7 hours ago, jerry said:

And i stick with my opinion that Malen is good player but not top team material, not even for a sub. Bynoe-Kittens had some moments but he is missing in the game too much for now. With Old Man i think age is slowly catching up 

Did we watch the same game? I didn't see much from JBG. Malen and Atomic Kittens need someone like Brandt or Reyna at the #10. Sancho maybe. Reus would also be OK. Maybe even Nmecha. All 5 were not available yesterday. Malen also needs someone strong on the other wing, with Brandt and Sancho playing again, his performance will go up. Similar situation with Old Man Moukoko.

Alonso rested Frimpong today with his replacement Tella scoring twice. Bayern might have lost Davies to an injury. Levekusen has to go for the win next week.

8 hours ago, Livertool said:

Poor BVB playing with cents. "If we can sell this we might get money for better players" Buli 2 approaching...

Champions' League approaching in 2,5 weeks. Who is Pool playing against in the Conference League? Inter Turku, Agadam Qarabag, Izmirspor?

Seems like the BVB sold Blank to Red Bull for 4+3 M Euros with a buy back clause of just 12 M Euro. If so, that's excellent cooking from GM Kehl. With Maatsen emerging, we can keep Bense as another CB backup and save money along the way for Maatsen/Sancho in the summer. 

Hardly anything good today in the Buli, but next Friday we have BVB-Freiburg and next Saturday Leverkusen-Bayern in the Topspiel!

0-0 vs Heidenheim. I'm feeling like Brocky's girlfriend: Disappointed and unsatisfied with the result! 

There's a reason why I only watched the 2nd half and ignored all offensive BVB players in fantasy. This lineup was pure Terrorzic-ball again.

                              Fülle-Old Man

JBG                                                       Malen

                            Sabitzer- Özcan

Absolutely no creativity, absolutely no connection between the different parts of the team, not even a hint of playmaking on the pitch. Fülle was all over the pitch, moving to the wings, playing as a #10, but these are not his strengths.

9 hours ago, jerry said:

His career in BVB is also weird cause he is exactly the player what BVB needs and they letting him go.

Edin hates the way he plays. During the press conference he was asked about it and said that we still have Pohlmann (BVB 2) and Wätjen (17 year old youth player) who could fill in for Gio. Let that sink in. Pohlmann was getting minutes today, but that would have been Gio's spot, for sure. However once Brandt and Reus are back, there's no room for Gio on the team.

Today, we would have been better off with Maatsen starting in central midfield. Speaking of which, the BVB sold some of its young players at the deadline:

Blank, who debuted just 2 matchdays ago, goes to Red Bull Salzburg for up to 7 M Euros. Gio nets us 1 M in fees and saves us 2 M in salary. Dutch youth player Rijkhoff was sold back to Ajax for 1,5 M Euros. In Germany there's a proverb which can be roughly translated to "Little animals poop as well" . If you consider that we might get 12 M for Coulibaly (starter for Antwerp) and some Bellingham boni from Real, we might already have the money for Maatsen. 

Now we only need to find an idiot to take Malen and we have the money for Sancho as well.

Leverkusen supporters in Bremen:

"There are many styles of music, but only two genders!"

Leftist German FA is fining Bayer Leverkusen 18.000 Euros.

Corporate cucks at Bayer accepted the fine and paid!

Green politician in the Bundestag calls Leverkusen supporters "inhuman". 

15 hours ago, Livertool said:

That was fast visit.

9 M Euro option to buy, while the BVB let him go for 0. Herr Flick is the Empty Stadium Merchant when it comes to coaches, Dahoud is the equivalent when it comes to players. Nice guy, but mentally weak. One of the most vocal players during games in the corona era, but shitting his panties once more than 10.000 people watch him play.

In Stuttgart he'll be meeting Zagadou again, who tore his ACL yesterday. Sad situation for him, but the main reason why the BVB let his contract run out.

Gio Reyna to Nottingham for half a year, however the BVB bosses were cooking again, having extended Gio for another year and excluding any kind of option to buy. To me, that could mean two things:

• They're looking to sell him in the summer, without pressure and Gio can pick a spot that suits him best.
• They know that Edin Terrorzic and/or Marco Reus will be gone after the season and he wants to have a shot to audition for Nuri/Nagelsmann.

The BVB is playing tomorrow evening vs Heidenheim. 

Welcome to my world!

18, 45, 180 man turbo SNGs on jokerstars usually run for around an hour and have some slight Unibet MTT feeling to it. However they're full of regs.

Couldn't resist:

12 hours ago, Livertool said:

We demand and deserve better!!!

According to tm, the BVB is at #29 in the world when it comes to spending on transfer fees since 20/21.

The top-10 are all cheaters, sugar daddy and oil sheik clubs. RB at #12 spent more because they took in more (Gvardiol, Nkunku, Szobo). Benfica, Rennes, Inter, Atalanta and Ajax all made money selling players and had to reinvest. The BVB even spent more on transfer fees than Real Madrid! Bayern is the only respectable club here with a big transfer deficit (-150 M) and they cannot even field a team right now, since they blew it all on Kane.

Gio Reyna taking the medical in Nottingham today! Don't have high hopes for him in the EPL. Yes, Edin did him dirty, but this is not the league for him. But yeah, in order to keep Maatsen and Sancho, we need all the money we can get from him and Donny Malen.

11 hours ago, jerry said:

Maybe Watzke/Zorc were in Panama papers  Someone is stealing the money at BVB cause the club is operating like before getting this money. Maybe salaries went up a little, but im not so sure. Amoroso etc were also on semi-big contracts also. Weird is all. Generally other than english clubs +Real/PSG/Bayern no one have money in the Europe. 

If this was FM with all that money those clubs would be on the level on sugar daddy clubs. But in FM you dont steal your money 

I think the BVB lost 150 M Euros during the scamdemic, definitely 4 M per home game. In addition to that, the BVB blew a lot of money on high profile transfers:

Schürrle, Götze, Nico Schulz.

Adeyemi, Haller and Nmecha did not show the results you'd expect from 30 M Euro transfers so far.

This summer, Meunier, Wolf and Morey will turn free agents and free up 15 M Euro per year. 15 M Euros!!!!!!!

Back in FM 2003, I always operated at a deficit in order to spend more money on salaries, thus fielding a better team. At the end of the year I always sold one of my stars to balance the books again, preferably one who's looking for a new contract with a higher salary anyway. I then tried to replace the star from within and signed new youngsters for depth.

I think the BVB is running a similar scheme.

11 hours ago, jerry said:

20mln for Reyna are probably not enough

On Sunday, we missed both Reus and Brandt and Reyna still wasn't getting the start, only being subbed on when things were looking bad in the second half. I think, he's gone.  

9 hours ago, Livertool said:

Yet another player had enough already 😉 

Oh nooooo, not Lalo Salamanca Jota. Anybody, but him! Who's now going to warm the bench and serve cold drinks during the games?

Red Bull starting 2024 with 3 losses in a row. Bremen beating the Bayern curse, winning once again. Leverkusen with a 0-0 with Loldecky being benched (for now?). With a win tomorrow, the BVB could be looking at a 3 point lead on then 5th place Red Bull. We're never ever going to get rid of Edin...

14 hours ago, Livertool said:

Does Pool need head to head replacement for Mo if he leaves depends on next manager and his plans. If they want to go for more possension then Mo like player ain't best type for it but surely they need some new player for right side.

The top-15 right wingers between 23-30 in the world according to transfermarkt:

Over his last 27 Buli matches, Donny Malen scored 15 goals and 5 assists. 75 M Euros + boni and he could be all yours!