pandarilla Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Surprised there wasn't a minutes silence before the Liverpool game tonight. You can't complain about that.It's a pretty big footballing tragedy. The Liverpool captain is Brazilian, of course they had a minute's silence.Yes teams and clubs go too far these day but not in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I watch hours upon hours of Air Crash Investigation and there's almost nothing you could offer me to get on a plan in South America or South East Asia. A parachute and million quid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 1 hour ago, throbber said: The PSG story has now been confirmed as bullshit. 3 minutes ago, G_Man1985 said: Cristiano Ronaldo has decided to donate €3 million to Chapecoense and families of the players who died. Reckon it could be another social media bullshit story much like the psg one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port-ton Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 even the story about their opponents asking for the trophy to be awarded to them i have only seen come up on stuff like the sport bible, so i will be calling that as bullshit until more reputable sources start reporting things. People will literally believe anything they read on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 even the story about their opponents asking for the trophy to be awarded to them i have only seen come up on stuff like the sport bible, so i will be calling that as bullshit until more reputable sources start reporting things. People will literally believe anything they read on the internet. The club they were playing have already confirmed that they haven't made an official request for this to happen, but they are considering it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 11 minutes ago, port-ton said: even the story about their opponents asking for the trophy to be awarded to them i have only seen come up on stuff like the sport bible, so i will be calling that as bullshit until more reputable sources start reporting things. People will literally believe anything they read on the internet. 5 minutes ago, Aidan said: The club they were playing have already confirmed that they haven't made an official request for this to happen, but they are considering it. http://www.atlnacional.com.co/ultimas-noticias/campeon-de-la-sudamericana-015298 Translation of the very first line is that they've requested to CONMEBOL that the title be awarded to Chapecoense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 http://www.atlnacional.com.co/ultimas-noticias/campeon-de-la-sudamericana-015298 Translation of the very first line is that they've requested to CONMEBOL that the title be awarded to Chapecoense. Ahh right fair enough, I was going by something I'd read on the BBC earlier, something along the lines of the players asking for the tie to be forfeited but the club hadn't made an official request at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 2 hours ago, MONKMAN said: A parachute and million quid? Go on then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Individual players donating varying amounts to them I can find plausible. Can also believe that their opponents would request that the trophy be awarded to Chapecoense. No idea where on earth PSG donating 40 million euro's would come from?! Could also see a few "common sense" bending of the rules taking place to help them rebuild over the next few years. I'm not entirely sure when the Brazilian leagues run from/to but there's absolutely no way I can see them being punished for being unable to fulfil fixtures or anything like that. Absolutely tragic story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 10 hours ago, Thistle_do_nicely said: Individual players donating varying amounts to them I can find plausible. Can also believe that their opponents would request that the trophy be awarded to Chapecoense. No idea where on earth PSG donating 40 million euro's would come from?! Could also see a few "common sense" bending of the rules taking place to help them rebuild over the next few years. I'm not entirely sure when the Brazilian leagues run from/to but there's absolutely no way I can see them being punished for being unable to fulfil fixtures or anything like that. Absolutely tragic story. Several clubs have offered free loan players and have also requested to the Brazilian FA that Chapecoense be safe from relegation for the next three seasons. http://www.saopaulofc.net/noticias/noticias/sao-paulo-fc/2016/11/29/nota-oficial-clubes-anunciam-medidas-solidarias-a-chapecoenseChapecoense / Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owsley Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 If it had been the second leg and not the first, I can't help thinking those stay at home players would probably have travelled to be with their team mates at what could have been a tremendous celebration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Speaking of the Torino disaster, has anyone seen the Superga memorial? It's about the least appropriate memorial ever. Inappropriate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 The Ronaldo story pops up everytime there's a major tragedy. Basically someone starts the rumour, it's confirmed as a load of shite then loads of arseholes condemn him for not donating and post pictures of him buying stuff, packed with angry emojis and way too many exclamation marks. Fucktards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 22 minutes ago, Salvo Montalbano said: Speaking of the Torino disaster, has anyone seen the Superga memorial? It's about the least appropriate memorial ever. Inappropriate For f**k sakes..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Utterly heartbreaking situation. Regarding a couple of posts above: Brazilian football runs January-December and so their only outstanding games were the 2 legs of the Copa Sudamericana final this midweek and next, and the last league game of the season a week on Sunday which is a dead-rubber other than for league positions (Chapecoense are guaranteed to qualify for next season's Copa Sudamericana and Atletico Mineiro are guaranteed to qualify for the preliminaries of the Copa Libertadores). Their opponents in the Copa Sudamericana final, Atletico Nacional of Colombia, had already qualified for next season's Copa Libertadores as title holders and for next season's Copa Sudamericana through the league. (In South America their equivalents of CL & EL run in the first half and second half of the season respectively and some clubs enter both). So their gracious gesture of offering to concede the Copa Sudamericana doesn't affect other competitions other than: (1) I don't think the Copa Sudamericana runner-up qualifies for the Copa Libertadores if the winner has already qualified domestically or as holders, so it would mean Chapecoense qualifying for CL whereas they wouldn't have if they'd lost the CS final. In the circumstances I suspect everyone would think that entirely reasonable, assuming they can rebuild the team. (2) had Atletico Nacional won the Copa Sudamericana then CS runners-up Chapecoense would have played-off with CL runners-up Independiente de Valle of Ecuador for the right to face Atletico Nacional in the Recopa Sudamericana (their equivalent of the UEFA Supercup). If they are allowed to concede then Chapecoense will qualify directly. (3) the winner of the Copa Sudamericana plays the winner of the Japanese League Cup, Urawa Red Diamonds, in the Japanese-South American Supercup. Brazilian domestic football runs almost all year, but with state leagues January-May and national league May-December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Well, that's another coupon screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Article about some of the bullshit stories coming out in the wake of thishttp://backpagefootball.com/fake-news-football-tragedies-profit-first-fact-check-late/112688/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Dougal McGuire Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Its a good thing that there is still a good percentage of people who don't take everything they have just read on Twitter/Facebook as gospel. Not sure what that percentage is though - 25%? I like your optimism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Ronaldinho has offered to sign for the club in order to help the club fulfil fixtures, as has Juan-Roman Riquelme. Initially thought it to be another bullshit story, but Ronaldinho's brother and agent, has confirmed the story to several media outlets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Terrible the way the rest of the passengers seem irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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