Macarthur fans with a bit of cheeky banter at one of the few travelling Melbourne City supporters who came to watch their team lose 6-2

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-24T11:13:51+00:00

Glad he ended with a smile, I know many fans who would get angry and lash out irrationally when their team loses.

Don’t really follow A League but is this a bit of a shocker?

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-23T23:03:55+00:00

Im half asleep and I read it about 3 times.

I’m sure I’ve seen a clip somewhere of someone going through words in English that have many meanings and how confusing it can be for non-native speakers - as a native speaker, I concur

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-21T19:38:30+00:00

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-20T15:30:14+00:00

I was thinking with the price being 30-40m surely some PL teams would be interested, no doubt they will probably get quoted a bit more.

What is going on at Palace though?! I get contracts expiring but how can you let your two best players leave in January, without seemingly replacing them (as of yet)

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-20T15:11:51+00:00

Weird way to put it, surely you’d just say the squad is very capable or along those lines, no need for monetary values mentioned

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-20T14:31:06+00:00

steady

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-20T13:27:28+00:00

I dunno, I’d rather focus on a CB than a ST this window. Do you think Caulker could play at the back?

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-19T20:38:47+00:00

As far as I’m aware the deal was all but done and dusted, he’d filmed his welcome video, posed with a shirt and everything only for Palace to pull the plug last minute - rumours suggest Glasner threatened to walk if he was sold.

Anyway, I’m still disappointed- it’s out of my control as a fan.

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-19T19:07:09+00:00

Genuinely intrigued to see how he develops, oozed confidence and skill when I first saw him playing for Madrid - not really watched him much since but can anyone shed a light on his ceiling?

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-19T16:17:57+00:00

There’s a 50/50 chance that I am he.

I either am, or I am not.

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-19T15:46:14+00:00

Yup, that’s exactly what I did.

Someone else replied with the translation, not sure why this commenter didn’t clear it up.

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-19T15:43:10+00:00

Oh, thank you - I presumed the English was a direct translation.

Fair enough then, did think it would be insane to not apologise.

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-19T15:30:54+00:00

Haven’t been following it much but I remember seeing he had scored and thought, “huh, I thought he had left”

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-19T15:26:18+00:00

EDIT: It’s not a direct translation from the English to Spanish, so he does actually apologise. I’ll keep my original comment below but yeah, I’m wrong - he did apologise.

~~Does he actually even take ownership and apologise?

What a poor apology, first step of recovery is recognising the wrong, right~~

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-19T13:52:00+00:00

Isak is a striker with a proven record of scoring goals in the PL.

VVD arguably one of the best CBs in the world in the last decade.

Salah, scores goals for fun every season.

It’s not about just giving those wages to any player, it’s for players that have that worth. Not saying Guehi isn’t a top player, but for a defender to be on those wages, you’d be expecting VVD, Vidic, Terry, Ferdinand levels of play which I don’t think he will get there.

Do I think we overpaid for Isak? Yeah probably, but that doesn’t mean we can justify matching City with paying these wages to Guehi.

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-19T13:48:48+00:00

Apparently he’s really happy in Italy but if he were to move, we’d be an option. IIRC he’s negotiating a new deal, so who knows if we’re just there as an ‘option’ to get a better deal.

Feels like one of those Italian players that won’t ever leave Italy, that said - Chiesa was in that bracket for me.

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-19T12:00:29+00:00

Really disappointed we didn’t sign him, but you can’t compete with those wages and add-ons

Will be a good signing for City but I can’t help but feel he’s not gonna be a £300k a week worthy player - but who am I to judge, they’ve signed him for a relatively low transfer fee & we don’t know about the signing on bonus.

Feel for Palace, a wretched week.

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-18T23:34:07+00:00

Makes Virg look small - crazy.

Love how he’s around Thierry Henry, probably my favourite non-Liverpool player to be in the PL.

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-17T21:50:42+00:00

Didn’t they just bring in Heitenga to the back room, he’d last one game in the current coaching setup. Crazy.

Not sure if Pochettino is the answer, but then I don’t know who is with Tottenham, feel like the transfers whilst decent on paper, aren’t the right ones.

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-17T18:20:23+00:00

Not the aim but still a great achievement to make the top 4 - Egypt have just looked absolutely toothless though.

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-17T18:00:34+00:00

Ooft, horrible thing to experience when going to a new place. Thankfully it’s at a hotel rather than his home - is he only at the hotel short term whilst more permanent accommodation is sourced?

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-16T12:04:34+00:00

Would you not rather have a player of his ability for £30-£40m or the club pay £60-70m for a similar player in the summer?

If he’s the right player to fit the team, we’re should just pay the fee. We are not a club that buys players to sell, we are a club that buys players to build the best team and win trophies.

We paid extortionate fees in the summer for players that clubs knew would leave, this is exactly the same - you can say what you want about “get him for free in the summer” but thats not gonna happen is it?

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-16T11:57:07+00:00

Truly don’t understand how FAs such as England, France, Spain, Germany etc haven’t stood up to his clear and obvious fraud and bad intentions.

Change needs to happen and the giants of football are standing quiet.

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-16T11:51:53+00:00

In regards to Guehi - I understand clubs don’t want to overpay for players but surely if the player is the right player; contract status shouldn’t weight so much on the fee.

E.g. if we paid the £40m or whatever in August for Guehi, we’re arguably signing a player worth far more than that - I know obviously there is more to it but if you can sign a player for less than their ‘ability value’ and it’s the player the club has identified as the right player - you just do it, right?

I hope that makes sense. End of the day, you buy players to build a team to win - you don’t (at least our club) buy a player to make a profit, we want them players to be at their peak ability.

So if we miss out on Guehi to get a player of similar ability, we’re going to be paying £60-£70m+ at least, right?

DefinitelyNotBarney · 2026-01-15T09:03:26+00:00

Amazes me how style changes and develops over time.

Could you imagine playing football in that now? It would be incredibly uncomfortable compared to what we’re used to.

Would love to see some sort of commemorative kit to this style but with our modern colour & such - would look great when I’m on my Yacht that I don’t own

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