totalfutbol96
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Didnt want him anyway
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Aymeric Laporte
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Dribble
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You're so wrong on so many points, I can't even be arsed to tackle them. Needless to say though, you're nothing but a jealous, xenophobic prick.Matt Le Tissier: "To play in the best clubs is a nice challenge, but there is a much more difficult challenge. Play against them and beat them. I dedicate myself to that".
Reading you guys made me understand that you don´t know anything about us or about proper football. Football is not the amount of trophys or the exchange of players from all over the world. Fuck that.
As Jon Uriarte said once: "Athletic Club, this is our Club. Everyone's and no one's. As singular in philosophy, as plural in followers . So respected as misunderstood. Some teams make history , Athletic becomes a legend . And that's because an undetermined day in an unwritten agreement , we decided to follow a peculiar way. We chose to be David when everyone wanted to be Goliath. That day we decided to be less victorious but to win more. And we understood that Athletic is a family matter. Football, believe me, has a secondary role."
Keep blaming Laporte about not signing for you. Maybe you should take a look at yourselves and ask the question again. Keep playing monopoly with the arab sheikh. And try to show some more respect.
And yes, the signing is OVER. We don't want or need the stupid money. All for you. Get over it.
By the way, how many mancunians in your squad?
ianw16
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Aymeric is such a silly name, anyway. Sounds like a character from one of the Asterix books. Mind you, they were Gauls, not Basques. Either way, I'm sure we'll survive.
the_game_161
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So who else are we targeting in defence?
mosssideblue
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Care to elaborate on such a ridiculous commentTxiki pulling a blinder, as per.
mosssideblue
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Why is it embarrassingNot sure how people are blaming Txiki here. The lad is turning down a chance to play at the highest level under Pep freaking Guardiola for considerably more money. He clearly wants to stay at Bilbao and that's not Txiki's fault at all.
It's gut wrenching and all too embarrassing, but City needs to move on.
tenententen
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Matt Le Tissier: "To play in the best clubs is a nice challenge, but there is a much more difficult challenge. Play against them and beat them. I dedicate myself to that".
Reading you guys made me understand that you don´t know anything about us or about proper football. Football is not the amount of trophys or the exchange of players from all over the world. Fuck that.
As Jon Uriarte said once: "Athletic Club, this is our Club. Everyone's and no one's. As singular in philosophy, as plural in followers . So respected as misunderstood. Some teams make history , Athletic becomes a legend . And that's because an undetermined day in an unwritten agreement , we decided to follow a peculiar way. We chose to be David when everyone wanted to be Goliath. That day we decided to be less victorious but to win more. And we understood that Athletic is a family matter. Football, believe me, has a secondary role."
Keep blaming Laporte about not signing for you. Maybe you should take a look at yourselves and ask the question again. Keep playing monopoly with the arab sheikh. And try to show some more respect.
And yes, the signing is OVER. We don't want or need the stupid money. All for you. Get over it.
By the way, how many mancunians in your squad?
We respect Laporte's decision. Maybe the entire saga was a ploy by his agent to get him a better contract.
Had Txiki lowballed for just £1m, then sure that would have been disrespectful. But no, the potential deal (if true) was huge, especially for Athletic. A very handsome compensation was in the works, so where's the disrespect in that?
No one at the club were publicly stirring the pot, and they are always professional with their pursuit of players.
But is unfair to accuse the club of being disrespectful when nothing atrocious has been commited.
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blueinsa
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Matt Le Tissier: "To play in the best clubs is a nice challenge, but there is a much more difficult challenge. Play against them and beat them. I dedicate myself to that".
Reading you guys made me understand that you don´t know anything about us or about proper football. Football is not the amount of trophys or the exchange of players from all over the world. Fuck that.
As Jon Uriarte said once: "Athletic Club, this is our Club. Everyone's and no one's. As singular in philosophy, as plural in followers . So respected as misunderstood. Some teams make history , Athletic becomes a legend . And that's because an undetermined day in an unwritten agreement , we decided to follow a peculiar way. We chose to be David when everyone wanted to be Goliath. That day we decided to be less victorious but to win more. And we understood that Athletic is a family matter. Football, believe me, has a secondary role."
Keep blaming Laporte about not signing for you. Maybe you should take a look at yourselves and ask the question again. Keep playing monopoly with the arab sheikh. And try to show some more respect.
And yes, the signing is OVER. We don't want or need the stupid money. All for you. Get over it.
By the way, how many mancunians in your squad?
Says the red dipper pmsl.
What's it got to do with you anyway?
Hi
London-based Athletic fan here, I've been following Bluemoon for the last few days to try to keep up to date on the Laporte situation.
I'm not Basque, been a fan of the club since living in Bilbao for a while in the 1990s. I just wanted to respond to some of the recent posts about the club.
I obviously get how the club's philosophy can be seen as xenophobic, but I think that to the majority of Athletic fans, it's about supporting a team that is made up of players who just as much fans of the team as they are.
The philosophy of the club is to sign players who are either basque or were "formed" as footballers in the Basque Country, so are likely to share the fan's passion for the club. Laporte isn't French basque, like Bixente Lizarazu (for those who remember him) or Didier Deschamps in fact. Laporte moved to a French basque team when he was 14.
When David Beckham was at Real Madrid, a journalist asked the then president of Athletic Club if Brooklyn Beckham could ever play for Athletic. The reply was yes, if he moved to the Basque Country as a young player so could learn what the club means to the fans and the players.
I went to watch Athletic U19s play Arsenal U19s a few years ago, and watching the youth teams made the philosophy make more sense in my mind. The Athletic players were all kids who had grown up supporting the club. The majority of the Arsenal players probably hadn't ever thought, let alone dreamt, about playing for Arsenal until they were recently signed from whatever club they were previously at.
Anyway, all of this isn't to say that the Athletic way is a "better" way, and there are obviously Athletic fans out there who would swap the "philosophy" for more success. But I don't think it's fair to write it off as racist or xenophobic.
I'll stop boring you all now!
London-based Athletic fan here, I've been following Bluemoon for the last few days to try to keep up to date on the Laporte situation.
I'm not Basque, been a fan of the club since living in Bilbao for a while in the 1990s. I just wanted to respond to some of the recent posts about the club.
I obviously get how the club's philosophy can be seen as xenophobic, but I think that to the majority of Athletic fans, it's about supporting a team that is made up of players who just as much fans of the team as they are.
The philosophy of the club is to sign players who are either basque or were "formed" as footballers in the Basque Country, so are likely to share the fan's passion for the club. Laporte isn't French basque, like Bixente Lizarazu (for those who remember him) or Didier Deschamps in fact. Laporte moved to a French basque team when he was 14.
When David Beckham was at Real Madrid, a journalist asked the then president of Athletic Club if Brooklyn Beckham could ever play for Athletic. The reply was yes, if he moved to the Basque Country as a young player so could learn what the club means to the fans and the players.
I went to watch Athletic U19s play Arsenal U19s a few years ago, and watching the youth teams made the philosophy make more sense in my mind. The Athletic players were all kids who had grown up supporting the club. The majority of the Arsenal players probably hadn't ever thought, let alone dreamt, about playing for Arsenal until they were recently signed from whatever club they were previously at.
Anyway, all of this isn't to say that the Athletic way is a "better" way, and there are obviously Athletic fans out there who would swap the "philosophy" for more success. But I don't think it's fair to write it off as racist or xenophobic.
I'll stop boring you all now!
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