ADG Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 Now the Blackburn Rovers of Germany! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMarrio Posted April 16 Report Share Posted April 16 Added time, penalty to tie it....does that 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lanky316 Posted April 19 Report Share Posted April 19 That, in turn leave Vitesse on -1 points for the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonM Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 The story of Vitesse is one of continued incompetence and hubris in the face of reality. After the Russian sanctions hit the club's owner, they had multiple options to trim down and accept that they aren't able to toss money up the wall, and rather than doing that they continued spending big whilst the team itself was getting worse every transfer window. They let themselves believe some American consortium on a white horse would save them, get a suspicious loan of 15M from them, but unsurprisingly the takeover was nixxed by the FA because the consortium couldn't in any way prove they had actual money streams. Then they also got a predatory loan from sports loanshark Tifosy, which has put them on the hook for a second multi million loan at like 15% interest. They chucked money at Davy Propper (Former BHA, Former Vitesse Academy) to come out of his early retirement, and then proceeded to chuck even more money at PSV to sign Davy's classmate, Marco van Ginkel. But both of them are arguably washed, and they had zero actual attacking talent to make use of those two midfielders. So again, massive losses, at some point they also fired Philip Cocu as their head coach and had to pay him a big severance. So after all this, they still have a Russian owner who isn't there because of the sanctions, and even more debts than they had post COVID. This is a club that twice over in this century had been saved from the brink, once by the city, and once by their fans with loans that were wiped away. And still they're in the shitter, because Vitesse is a compulsive gambler. So after 24 years of acting and spending like a top 5 club, what do they have to show for it? 8 European seasons, 1 Conference league best of 16, 1 Dutch cup win and one cup final. Not even a decade of being Chelsea's backyard did anything for them. This moment is a long time coming, and I am biased because I live in the city of one of their arch rivals, but "Hollywood on the Rhine" is finally over. And if they're not careful, they won't even make it to relegation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Colly Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 I'm not a fan of the phrase "farewell tour" like he's David Tennant leaving Dr Who. There probably isn't a better option but feels very weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMarrio Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 Happy 5th "Corner Taken Quickly" day!!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Colly Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 Couldn't do the accent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted May 18 Admin Report Share Posted May 18 Leverkusen did it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnar hendershow Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 It's easy to try and say "Bayern and Dortmund had down years" but both were Champions League semifinalists and one is in the final. This Leverkusen season is truly there with all of the all-time performances. Greatest German club season ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szumi Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Inter have been taken over by an American hedge fund company after their Chinese owners failed to make the loan repayments. I would imagine it's not going to be detrimental to Inter - AC Milan had the same thing happen a few years ago - as they'll run it until finding a buyer, but obviously the type of situation where it could impact the club potentially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFF Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Gyokeres has has an insane season at Sporting. 43 goals and 15 assists in 49 games for Sporting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gunnar hendershow Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Their last act was losing a friendly to Southampton in the boiling Spanish heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Jack Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 1 hour ago, gunnar hendershow said: Their last act was losing a friendly to Southampton in the boiling Spanish heat. And the last player to score in that game was Sekou Mara, who they sold to Southampton two seasons ago due to financial issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szumi Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 That's really awful to see. This is a team who just 15 years ago won Ligue 1, and still competing in Europe 5 seasons ago. Really sad to see this happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnar hendershow Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 6 minutes ago, Szumi said: That's really awful to see. This is a team who just 15 years ago won Ligue 1, and still competing in Europe 5 seasons ago. Really sad to see this happen. They were also the club where Zidane came to fame in the 90s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 Premier League clubs have a better financial safety net than any those in any European top flight, but this is still an alarming example that even major clubs elsewhere aren't immune from going under. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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