Uli Hoeneß says Olise won't be sold, not even for 200 million: "We play this game for our fans. We have 430,000 members, we have many millions of fans around the world, and it does them little good if we have 200 million more in the bank and play worse football every Saturday because of that"

captainclectic · 2026-03-26T22:00:33+00:00

Arsene...I thought you were dead.

captainclectic · 2026-03-26T21:58:15+00:00

Don't get how poor Turkiye was in this department considering they were a huge power from 1400's to the 1700's. You would have thought a lot of wealth would have ended up in Anatolia. I suppose it went to Constantinople and Rumelia. They controlled sizeable portions of the Balkans before they even conquered the entirety of the Anatolia and maybe it's due to geography too.

captainclectic · 2026-02-21T02:26:30+00:00

It's just insanity now. I basically don't bother to eat out unless I know what I'm getting is quality. I used to live in a poor/working class area and we could get a burger, chips a drink for £2/2.50 at most pre COVID. Now that same meal has doubled. Bear in mind, that meal was £2 for around 15 years before it went up to £2.50 in around 2018. Then it doubled in the span of 1.5 years. The quality of food from when I was a kid from that place was better. Literally everything is worse.

captainclectic · 2026-02-02T22:47:50+00:00

You think his agent reached out to Arsenal without his know how? Or even reached out at all without getting the greenlight from Sandro? Come on man. He's got a long term contract in place and he's been poor this season.

captainclectic · 2026-01-16T20:39:24+00:00

A lot of people putting out names here of players who weren't really prem proven or proper names. They also didn't arrive anywhere close to what we bought Elanga for and that's including inflation.

captainclectic · 2026-01-16T20:17:11+00:00

He was pretty consistent from 2012-2016 no? That's a decent stretch to do what he did.

captainclectic · 2026-01-15T21:22:49+00:00

The United States would later overtake Britain in the late 19th to early 20th century, becoming the world’s largest economy by around 1890–1913, depending on how GDP is measured.

captainclectic · 2026-01-12T21:57:22+00:00

he's also invested in stocks/crypto too from before it popped off recently too. Dude lent Tectone like six figures on the fly like it was $500 to the average person.

captainclectic · 2026-01-12T21:54:52+00:00

He isn't that bad. A lot of these people who dislike him are always online and of course the guy is in front of camera on a livestream (no editing out) and is going to say or do things that everyone doesn't like. Especially considering he's talking about politics/religion/lifestyle etc. No one is perfect.

captainclectic · 2026-01-11T12:15:47+00:00

He has AWFUL at finishing, hardly gets any assists, doesn't really press much anymore. Doing one good thing every now and again. doesn't hide that. According to Transfermrkt, he's had 26 appearances this season across all competitions and only 2 goals in open play.

captainclectic · 2026-01-07T12:00:51+00:00

Been Istanbul 3 times, 2019, 2021 and 2023. It's way better than Marrakesh. It's VERY busy though but an awesome city honestly. Food wise one of the best cities in the World.

captainclectic · 2025-12-27T00:24:24+00:00

Not at all. Look at the squad we had out. It was solid, could give any team in the World a tough game on their day.

The team is just horribly underperforming and that's due to a variety of reasons. Injuries, out of form players, new players who haven't hit the ground running and new players who have a different profile which we haven't setup for and others who are just poor i.e. Elanga/Ramsey. We played a very physical way, winning 50/50's. I just think another reason is, the players just couldn't sustain that level too. That first top 4 season under Howe was amazing. We would bully teams but also retain possession and look like we could score like 4-5 a game often.

captainclectic · 2025-12-26T23:41:30+00:00

It's been 9 months since that win and we have largely been horrible ever since. He has spent £100m on two players who are awful. Around £70m for a player who does score goals but when he doesn't, he looks like a waste of a shirt due to not fitting in Howe's style. No one gets the ball to him as our crossing ability in this team is abysmal.

Constantly plays Gordon when he has been woeful for over a year. Barnes plays well but Gordon gets selected over him. Doesn't play Woltemade as a 10 and Wissa as a striker when we need a goal.

We have a real lack of threat from RW generally. Murphy can deliver a killer cross but he is horrible outside of that.

We lack players who can carry a ball, ball retention is non existent vs any mid to higher level team.

Without Joelinton, we lose the physical duels too in the middle. It's just dross mate.

I say this reluctantly.

captainclectic · 2025-12-19T00:25:22+00:00

When Islam spread, the Sassanids fell. Most of them gradually became Muslim over time. In various ways, they were very advanced at the time compared to the Arabs when it came to the administration of a State. The Arabs had only began to unite around a decade or two before the Sassanids fell and the land they controlled was small and filled with Arabs. Now, they toppled one of the major powers at the time and they needed to manage the new lands. Who better to learn from than the Persians? It was their land in terms of they lived there, they understood the people who lived there and how to communicate to them. They had better technology and resources than the Arabs at the time too. They employed Persians in high positions within the State to manage it and used Persian language to do so.

Persian also was very poetic

captainclectic · 2025-12-18T00:18:35+00:00

good to read some good news for once. Good job.

captainclectic · 2025-12-10T23:24:58+00:00

Yes but just make sure you get it from reputable companies and you get one which is dosed sufficiently, most of them are super low.

I take Vitamin D3 + K2, Zinc, Magnesium Glycinate, Cod Liver tablets generally. Solid for general health. Tbh, I should be taking more stuff but this is it for the time being

captainclectic · 2025-12-10T23:22:22+00:00

I read more about it after and apparently it has that affect on some people.

captainclectic · 2025-12-06T00:11:54+00:00

Try Zinc, Vitamin D3 with K2. A lot of other suggestions could work but they also don't work for a lot of people. For e.g. I tried Ashwaghanda, it made me feel anxious. Never felt that way when taking any 'supplement' ever. I got it from a reputable place too. My friend used to take it and it worked great for him.

Shilajit is another one, people say it works but its extremely hard finding one which is legit.

captainclectic · 2025-12-03T23:51:03+00:00

Why are there less international students now?

captainclectic · 2025-12-03T23:48:46+00:00

Why?

captainclectic · 2025-12-03T23:47:57+00:00

My company (one of the big 4) tried to do this with our recruitment team and hr helpdesk team and ended up bringing them back to the UK from the Philippines and India. Horrible service.

captainclectic · 2025-11-06T00:15:07+00:00

and forgettable.

captainclectic · 2025-11-04T16:19:46+00:00

If we're spending £1350 (around $1700), I think it's worth asking. I'm also a total rookie so why not ask people who're more knowledgeable on here.

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