SBW

Be nice to Honda! They brought us the Ricer boy cars like the Integra Type R, Civics, Prelude and this super sexy red and black NSX!

SO after watching the game last night... I think its safe to say these players will not be going to the WC. James Troisi That Karecic guy Jamie Maclaren Josh Brillante

They look like a guys who are ready for a bank heist rather than Football ultras

I do not know what or how to describe Karius's performance in goal especially in the 2nd half, he's the German Redmayne, I doubt he would be playing for Liverpool again. As for Liverpool's performance itself, they kind of had Madrid on the back foot, making them defend deep for 25 min until Salah's injury, then Madrid pressed forward for the rest of the game and Liverpool couldn't string passes nor could they keep possession.

Trolling through the Transfermarkt website I think I can see that we can sign a couple of players from Germany but they would most likely be BL2 players and they will be within the cap Some like these guys https://www.transfermarkt.com/georg-niedermeier/profil/spieler/31570 https://www.transfermarkt.com/fabian-kalig/profil/spieler/153184 https://www.transfermarkt.com/dennis-daube/profil/spieler/39240 (maybe good replacement for Roly Poly Oly) As far as Marquees go, we really wouldn't say no to this guy right? https://www.transfermarkt.com/samir-nasri/profil/spieler/18935

This could be an easy win for Real Madrid, as much as I want Liverpool to win tomorrow morning, I don't think this will be possible, up front, maybe the front 3 can compete but midfield and backline, RM have too much class in those areas. Going for a 3-1 win for RM

Back from my Euro trip this morning, missed all the news about our coaching appointment... it was a very ninja signing by the clubs to sign Markus Babbel. I had no idea we were going to announce our new coach so soon. However in saying that, I am very happy with this signing, he has a far better track record than Gombau had, coaching int he Bundesliga, coaching a team into the CL and making the final 16 is a huge achievement, he would have been one of the up and coming coaches in Germany alongside the Klopp. I am very excited in what kind of football he would bring in this season... we already have made some signings in Kamau, Elrich, Fitzgerald etc, I am sure he will make some very astute signings, especially from Germany. With FCB already looking very giddy about Babbel, I wonder how Manfred is feeling right now... And lets hope the Bavarian Bier Cafe come on board as our sponsor

That was a great podcast to listen to. Listening to Greg O'Rourke, I am not sure if half the things he says are complete BS for example, him talking about the reasons for heavy police presence. Good to hear Simon Hill talking about his experience of Football culture of the 1980s in the UK

Why does Tony Rallis on SST call Gombau the Catalan bus driver?

Was that before Popa left?

Glad I didn't watch this game live, I was too vested in the F1 race watching Dan Ricciardo do something that we can't and that's stealing a win. Caught the 2nd half after the race and the first thing I see is Baby Bacchus lashing on that Adelaide player and getting a red card from the VAR. Seriously WTF is wring with him? You can obviously do that playing for Sydney FC but not for us or any other team. A lot was at stake today and that was just unnecessary to do. I also saw that Riera missed the pelanty in the first half which we would have taken a 3-2 lead going in at half time. And KGJ, seriously, how the **** is he reffing at the top level? He is by far the worst ref in the A-League.

Think FIFA were trialling an 'Orange card' or something like that as a form of Sin Bin in Italy.

**** THE NRL! They have had over $100m in grant from both State and federal to redevelop their shitholes to appease their fans. NRL threatening to ditch ANZ is an empty threat, it wont happen even if ANZ does not get knock down. NRL would lose too much money if they move the game to Brisbane.

This maybe non-WSW related however, Classic Sportswear has a huge investment behind them and they have secured the ICC (International Cricket Council) as apparel partners (similar to FIFA's partnership with Adidas), they've got Penrith Panthers, they have recently signed with the Bulldogs and what is described by former WSW board member, Anter Isaac as the biggest sporting apparel deal in Australia, they already have a partnership with the FFA to make A-League merchandise like our non Nike merch, and now they are targeting A-League clubs as part of their campaign. The 2 clubs they are targetting are Newcastle Jets and Brisbane Roar but apparently Brisbane Roar looks like its a done deal for next season so expect the Roar to be wearing Classic Sportswear next season

I am not sure how Twitter algorithm works, I don't follow this person but their post showed up in my feed with a few retweets of this. If I see it again, I'll post the link up. But in saying that, its not really a coincidence that this is happening against the RBB? If that's what the club wants and as banana is suggesting that they are getting 0 support from the club then I can hazard a guess that the club wants the RBB to go the way of the NT?