Comments on: Torneo Clausurado?

By: Seba

Seba — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:08:09 +0000

The ruthless dictator that is Grondona, the biggest cancer Argentine football has to suffer, will arguably (according to reports on dodgy and yellow “Infobae”) limit to only 2000 the number of away fans for every match in the First Division.

At the same time, Grondona would keep for the next four years the prohibition for away fans to attend matches in the lower divisions.

Grondona continues to make wonderful things for Argentine football.

Why Bobby Robson? Why not him?

By: Seba

Seba — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:52:32 +0000

As far as Racing Club is concerned, I think we’re off the hook.

My single most hated Racing Club player of all times, Diego Manicero, has gone one step farther and he sued the club together with the traitor that is Hilario Navarro and so Racing was unable to operate in the market for a few days. But that ban has been lifted and Racing is the club with the most new signings this term.

President Rodolfo Molina even said Manicero was not paid back in the day, simply because the player failed to turn up and claim the payment like other players did. See? Manicero is useless even off the pitch! He is yet to make a good decision since he was born! I can’t believe how much I hate that horrible horrible horrible “player”!

As far as I know, the new directors are doing things slowly but they are not very far from the mark.

If you look at our squad, most of the players we’ve got either belong to Racing 100% or we’ve got 50% of their rights (a percentage incredible high for the normal standards of Argie footy).

Lets not forget the new directors inherited a club that was in a deep mess and at least we’re not seeing the same atrocities of old when we would sell grandma’s jewels to buy crappy declining “stars” and increase our debt.

I wouldn’t be very wrong in saying that of all the Big 5, Racing are the ones less in debt.

By: icho

icho — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:12:04 +0000

Marcelo Tinelli the tv guy recently was in problems as he bought an illegally imported hummer from the classifieds (ya right), but he did manage to sell it before he got in trouble. He also is in the making of building up a pretty shady accounting history, almost as obscure as Carlos Menem… i wouldn’t too surprised if Tinelli gets found out for tax evasion eventually after all of this huffafuff with no futbol.
Huracan spent all of their credit-line getting the Thomas Duco open again and not even a De Federico transfer can cover that now.

At this rate La Guardia Imperial can pay Racing’s deudas purely for their own personal power grab, why not? being the main source of counterfeit merchandise for the country’s arguably most well supported by citizens behind boca and river should make good income however greedy they really are.

lower division teams live and die by budget bottom lines.

By: Matthew Gilbert

Matthew Gilbert — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:21:58 +0000

Only one surprise in that list in La Primera: San Lorenzo. I thought that TV guy paid for everything?

Huracán are technically bankrupt aren’t they? In fact, was Pastore ever their player, I read he was only on loan from Talleres and will get none of the money Palermo have spent on him?

As for Racing, the new regime hasn’t exactly covered itself with glory so far, but Caruso is doing a marvellous job considering.
I wonder where the Zucu money has gone, though.