I'm not really interested in making theoretical excuses for someone who doesn't pay child support though. It seems perfectly fair to me to go after him forcefully; especially since he escaped again. I feel the argument has shifted from "there are good reasons not to trust the police" to a more sinister "there are good reasons not to trust women you've gotten pregnant" too, which I can't say I agree with at all.

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

He's the best right back in the world in my opinion

I'd have to agree with you. Guy is an amazing athlete, and has excellent decision making all across the pitch. Can really get whip on the ball. 

All his antics make him quite entertaining off the pitch to boot. Wonder if he'll burn his bridges or if he can keep it together in the long run.

Klaus wrote:

I'm not really interested in making theoretical excuses for someone who doesn't pay child support though. It seems perfectly fair to me to go after him forcefully; especially since he escaped again. I feel the argument has shifted from "there are good reasons not to trust the police" to a more sinister "there are good reasons not to trust women you've gotten pregnant" too, which I can't say I agree with at all.

That's neither where the argument was in the beginning nor where it moved to afterwards, at least not for me. My only issue was with the silly idea that anybody who's accused of not paying child support has to be a piece of shit, I know good people who dealt with accusations of that kind and had their life turned into hell because of it despite loving their children more than anything else.

Anyway back on topic, agree with Dula and Coombs. Aurier is an idiot but he's top class, can't think of any better right back right now. Does a great job at centre half and even as a winger too, big Arsenal fan as well. Classic Aurier against Mali btw, save a bloke's life after ten minutes, score a goal after 30 and threaten to slit the audience's throat a minute later 😆

jones wrote:
Klaus wrote:

I'm not really interested in making theoretical excuses for someone who doesn't pay child support though. It seems perfectly fair to me to go after him forcefully; especially since he escaped again. I feel the argument has shifted from "there are good reasons not to trust the police" to a more sinister "there are good reasons not to trust women you've gotten pregnant" too, which I can't say I agree with at all.

That's neither where the argument was in the beginning nor where it moved to afterwards, at least not for me. My only issue was with the silly idea that anybody who's accused of not paying child support has to be a piece of shit, I know good people who dealt with accusations of that kind and had their life turned into hell because of it despite loving their children more than anything else.

Anyway back on topic, agree with Dula and Coombs. Aurier is an idiot but he's top class, can't think of any better right back right now. Does a great job at centre half and even as a winger too, big Arsenal fan as well. Classic Aurier against Mali btw, save a bloke's life after ten minutes, score a goal after 30 and threaten to slit the audience's throat a minute later 😆

so have i. there's plenty of scope for that system to be abused, whether you're rich or not.

don't know the ins and outs with this guy, but literally running away from paying CP doesn't paint him in a good light

Some extremely questionable tactics used in the trial.

Definitely, the guardian has a good write-up on it

jones wrote:
Qwiss! wrote:

Well we know that the police were after him for not paying his child support. So unless you can prove the police are wrong I think its fair to say the guys a scumbag. The burden of proof is on those claiming he doesn't need to pay it.

That sounds almost like a Savz post.

Only if you are trying to say that a millionaire not paying his child support being chased by the police is the equivalent of an innocent man getting out of a car and being shot by the police. Although I'm sure that's not what you mean because that would be an incredibly stupid equivalence.

5 days later

Totti's second assist tonight was pretty amazing:

His first assist was pretty good too:

El Shaarawy took that like a boss.

Klaus wrote:

Totti's second assist tonight was pretty amazing:

That's fantastic. Perfect.

Totti is such a legend

marv3llous wrote:

😆

The state of that league

It's Europa League (which, despite its name, is a cup).

Neither Özil nor Sanchez included in the 30-man Ballon d'or shortlist.

There's Vardy, Payet and Mahrez though.

He left for MLS too early.

Perplexing the Sanchez isn't on the list. Kos and Ozil should probably be there too.

Hope the slight spurs them on for this season.