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A maximum wage for kids would go down like a lead zeppelin but might prove beneficial in the long term for all concerned.

All someone like the oil clubs need to do is to pay them or their parents out of another source and the issue's moot. Citeh's owners sponsor themselves as do Leicester. Only a complete idiot or someone who cares nothing for the rules would allow it. Only someone rich beyond measure would do it. It's obviously cheating but the governing bodies say not. I wonder why?

Everton's training ground [that nobody's ever heard of barring Everton fans and the bloke who delivers the milk] is sponsored by a Russian gas company [that nobody in England has ever heard of] for millions of pounds a year. Why? Could it be that the owner of the gas co. is Usmanov and that Moshiri, the Everton owner and Usmanov's bag man, needs to get money into Everton so that they can afford Rooney's bar bills. The deal is obviously a complete sham but the FA and UEFA don't see it. Usmanov puts millions in. Moshiri pays for the next few lunches and Bob's yer uncle. Everton can pay Roney's bar bills and legal fees.

All you need is the odd FA, UEFA or FIFA crook with a hole in their pension plan and it's game on. Hell, even Barca and Real Madrid are being made to beg for help because their rights to lead the officials around by the nose are being infringed.
 
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Sissoko has had a few half decent games apart from his finishing, give the bloke a break.
If Kane had finished the simple chance that Sissoko gave him against Swansea, we'd be hailing the turnaround. All you can ask of a player is to give their all, and he is doing that. If he's not the right player that is the fault of the club.
 
It was tongue in cheek...... Chill!!
We in the Mousa Sissoko fan club (how did I....?) take any negative comments about him very seriously. We would thank you to remember this with any future public utterances.

When he's one on one with the keeper, expletives are allowed.
 
Looks like you and I SD are the founder members of the Sissoko fan club, any other takers?

I think that Poch might be, he is definitely giving him more game time and we have seen glimpses of the footballer that was at the Euros last year, he is currently looking like an important squad player. A couple of key contributions might see his confidence improve too and then even more of us will be joining the club.
 
I was just doing my predictions for the week and was a little puzzled for a second.
"Arsenal are playing on Monday? But it's a Champions League week... oh!" <laugh>

I have to say though, I think it's wrong that they're playing that day, then they have a game on Thursday.
Fly back from Belarus and they've got a game midday on Sunday.
The Europa League scheduling is **** for teams in England, then everyone complains when they don't take it seriously or do badly.