Barclays Premier League 2013/14 - Real World Football - FM24/25 Update

Hmmmmm...
Winners: Chelsea
Overachievers: Norwich. Possibly us too if we remember how to play coherently
Underachievers: Spurs if they lose Bale, though I can imagine City slipping out of the top 4. Possibly West Brom too.
Going Down: Crystal Palace, Hull, one of Cardiff, Stoke and Sunderland

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By Number 1 | Permalink | On 28 July 2013 - 21:38 PM

Hmmmmm...
Winners: Chelsea
Overachievers: Norwich. Possibly us too if we remember how to play coherently
Underachievers: Spurs if they lose Bale, though I can imagine City slipping out of the top 4. Possibly West Brom too.
Going Down: Crystal Palace, Hull, one of Cardiff, Stoke and Sunderland

Seriously?

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28 Jul 2013 21:52:08

It'd be a huge thing if City didn't finish in the top 4 especially given their outlay

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28 Jul 2013 22:58:08

By bluemoon. | Permalink | On 28 July 2013 - 22:16 PM

Seriously?

Somebody has to lose out. Logic dictates the team of last season's top 4 most likely to not finish back there is Arsenal but Wenger seems to have ring-fenced permanent UCL for them and, hey, who knows. Weirder things have happened and its not exactly guaranteed things will pan out the way they appear.

Still, if Spurs lose Bale, the top 4 becomes fairly predictable.

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28 Jul 2013 23:17:58

There's no way City will finish outside the top 4.

And even if Spurs do lose Bale, if they get 51m, Di Maria and Coentrao for him as is being reported, plus Soldado, then they'll have a better team than last year.

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29 Jul 2013 00:15:06

I'm sure I've read Di Maria isn't keen on leaving for Spurs.

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29 Jul 2013 10:15:09

Di Maria probably will have to leave if Bale comes in, but I am not sure if he'll choose us as his new club. Still 80m as it's reported would be damn huge so we can build on the basis we had last season and bring in two or three classy players. Should not forget that Bale's excellent season happened because of AVB.

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29 Jul 2013 13:07:46

Ex-Brum striker Cristian Benitez has died aged 27.

Life's gone mad, lads.

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29 Jul 2013 13:12:44

Bugger, was always quite cheap and good on FM.

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29 Jul 2013 13:13:54

mental, big shame R.I.P

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29 Jul 2013 13:27:20

Complications with appendicitis apparently

Edit: now it's saying car accident

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30 Jul 2013 00:12:26

The best thing about Bale gonna Madrid is, whoever Tottenham bring in with the money, it'll make them a better team anyway.

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30 Jul 2013 07:17:16

It's a win-win situation for us. If he stays, we'll have a quality player next season, if he leaves, we'll buy two or three classy players with the money.

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By Esprit Vanilla | Permalink | On 30 July 2013 - 17:17 PM

It's a win-win situation for us. If he stays, we'll have a quality player next season, if he leaves, we'll buy two or three classy players with the money.

Perfect time to be selling him though after the season he's just had. Wont be easy to back it up and if that's the case could mean any future offers will be substantially less.

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30 Jul 2013 11:33:50

The problem could be with Levy though. If the player wants to leave, then Levy shouldn't let it happen in the last hours of the transfer window or we'll end up losing Bale to Real and not buying any replacement.

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30 Jul 2013 19:07:01

Liverpool FC have issued all staff and stewards with a list of “unacceptable” words and phrases.

Under the new rules, they will no longer be allowed to tell anyone to “man up”, or comment that they “play like a girl”.

A leaked copy of the staff handbook also reveals that “princess” and “don’t be a woman” are not allowed.

And the document lists examples of banned racist words.

The guide, part of a wider education programme run by the club, details terms that employees should deem offensive under the headings of race/religion, sexual orientation, gender and disability.

Liverpool’s list of what is “usually offensive and the club considers unacceptable” has been given to all full-time and casual members of staff who have contact with the public on matchdays or on a daily basis.

The club were criticised for their support of Luis Suárez when the striker was found guilty in December 2011 of having used racially abusive language towards Patrice Evra but view their education programme as one of several proactive measures taken to combat discrimination.

However, the guide has not been issued to Liverpool players - they receive separate guidance from the Premier League.

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30 Jul 2013 19:26:49

"Man up" is the only ridiculous banning there

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30 Jul 2013 21:05:54

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Clubs/Club_Home/2013/7/30/1375198489160/Liverpool-FC-produce-a-do-001.jpg

There's a few ridiculous ones.

All in all, I don't think there's anything wrong with it as long as it is used sensibly and contextually as advised at the top.

My experience of stewards though would worry me that they'd probably use this as an easy cop out for escorting people from the ground.

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30 Jul 2013 21:10:35

So I can still use the word honkey and cracker? Sweet!

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30 Jul 2013 21:13:21

Won't be allowed to say you like Coon cheese, disgraceful.

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30 Jul 2013 21:15:13

Can I wear my nigger brown pants?

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30 Jul 2013 21:26:18

better hope Sven or Lars Bender never plays there

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30 Jul 2013 21:31:32

By Ninja | Permalink | On 30 July 2013 - 22:05 PM

There's a few ridiculous ones.

What are the ridiculous ones?

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30 Jul 2013 21:44:32

By Shola | Permalink | On 30 July 2013 - 22:31 PM

What are the ridiculous ones?

'Midget', 'Handicapped', 'That's gay', 'You're gay' just to start. I mean, yes, they all could be used derogatorily but 90% of their usage is going to be completely harmless.

I'd also argue archaic terms like 'coloured', 'queer' and 'half-caste' would almost certainly be used by people who did not know better as opposed to anyone exhibiting particularly offensive terminology.

I can't be arsed to get in to the debate properly right now, but surely the important thing is not the words used but the intention of the use of those words. Just because someone refers to a black person as 'black' rather than 'coloured' doesn't necessarily mean that the sentiments they are going to express are less racist than someone using the term coloured.

Whilst I think its important that we crack down on derogatory behaviour and attitudes I think it's important that we address the behaviour as opposed to picking an arbitrary list of PC words and non-PC words.

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30 Jul 2013 22:09:52

'it's important to understand the context of what's being said'. 'Usually offensive' It's a guide, rather than a word blacklist. Although admittedly the list does look fucking stupid.

I can't see what good will come from this, if the stewarding is anything like at SJP, the stewards will ignore 99% of abuse. Not dealing with that on minimum wage.

Although football really needs to sort out its homophobia problem.

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30 Jul 2013 22:27:41

By Shola | Permalink | On 30 July 2013 - 23:09 PM

'it's important to understand the context of what's being said'. 'Usually offensive' It's a guide, rather than a word blacklist. Although admittedly the list does look fucking stupid.

I can't see what good will come from this, if the stewarding is anything like at SJP, the stewards will ignore 99% of abuse. Not dealing with that on minimum wage.

Although football really needs to sort out its homophobia problem.

I acknowledged that in my first post.

I also expressed doubt that stewards wouldn't abuse it to kick out those they didn't like, but you raise a valid point too. Between those that will do nothing and those power tripping you have to be very sceptical about the effectiveness of a list like this.

Liverpool should at least be commended for doing something but I'm not sure a football club is ever going to be able to address what is clearly a deeper lying social issue simply by banning a list of words.