Crimson wrote:He has also said in interviews he would like more children, his poor poor wife lmao

They say she's a champ, endures tons of children and still manages to look decent(more than decent I would say).



As for the topic, I think it's ok for Raul to leave because he played for 2 years with Schalke and enjoyed the Champions league last year and Europa league this year and played well. Raul is gonna turn 35 in two months and I think he's made a right decision. Since it's gonna be a helluva lot tougher to stay this competitive now, moving to a league where there's less league games would be great for the family + all the money he'll get is a nice bonus :shisha:

Why is Anelka is making more than Beckham Henry and Raul lol.

Anywayhe is a Madrista, basically everyone knows this , what club he plays for is of little importance.

I don't think it's a farce, even though it goes against the idea of retiring a shirt.

Thing is, he took Schalke on their biggest run ever, he bonded with them during this experience, and it was a rollercoaster ride for them. Doesn't matter if it was only 2 years. It was the experience that counts.



Btw, I heard that Schalke is the "people's club", like the working class, and thats why they are so down to earth. Is this true?

_LMG_10_ wrote:Btw, I heard that Schalke is the "people's club", like the working class, and thats why they are so down to earth. Is this true?

Schalke are located in Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhr Area, a former coal mining and steel industry area. Most fans come from the working class environment, so you could say so. It is different from Bayern as many Bayern fans are considered higher class. I mean, Bayern even have an ultra group called "Schickeria", with Schickeria meaning "in-crowd" /"the swells" or "the smart set" XD

In a way most Ruhr Area sides come from a worker environment. My team RWO which is located in the neighbourtown of Gelsenkirchen is not only called "the clovers" (a nick we have in common with Greuther Fürth, btw, as they have a 3-leaf clover in their logo, while we have a 4-leaf clover), but RWO is also called "Malocher" (Ruhr dialect for "workers"). If you look at our homepage http://rwo-online.de it says "Liebe - Maloche - Leidenschaft" - "Love - Work - Passion". In this area here (Gelsenkirchen, Oberhausen, Duisburg, Bochum, Dortmund) the workers indeed make out the big part of fans and thus both teams and fans are all very down to earth.

che wrote:that begs another question, why the hell would someone who's probably earned more than a 100 mil over his career go to a shit place with a shit league for a few extra bucks?

You are so full of it you know that?

_LMG_10_ wrote:



Btw, I heard that Schalke is the "people's club", like the working class, and thats why they are so down to earth. Is this true?

yes, at one point the Ruhrpott (Gelsenkirchen/Schalke, Dortmund, Bochum, Witten, Duisburg, Essen, Mühlheim, etc) was one of the biggest coalmining areas in the world. That's why all the clubs in the area take pride in being working-class clubs, and historcally they are...

ELO wrote:yes, at one point the Ruhrpott (Gelsenkirchen/Schalke, Dortmund, Bochum, Witten, Duisburg, Essen, Mühlheim, etc) was one of the biggest coalmining areas in the world. That's why all the clubs in the area take pride in being working-class clubs, and historcally they are...

You forgot Oberhausen!

sorry

btw: when i was a little kid i was a fan of SG Wattenscheid 09 with Fink, Souleyman Sane and Marek Lesniak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3QQxGNXIX0
i was in the Ruhrstadion for this glorious game

Wattenscheid 09! Not bad

So you are a proper child of the "Kohlenpott", too?

Would it be inconvenient if I were to mention Hitler at this point?

Saetablanca wrote:Would it be inconvenient if I were to mention Hitler at this point?

Yes. Back to Raúl.

BTW, he was given a piece of coal when he was unveiled at Schalke two years ago.

rwo power wrote:Wattenscheid 09! Not bad

So you are a proper child of the "Kohlenpott", too?

not really, but my father was born in essen, so there is a connection

Fair enough

rwo power wrote:

Saetablanca wrote:Would it be inconvenient if I were to mention Hitler at this point?

Yes. Back to Raúl.

BTW, he was given a piece of coal when he was unveiled at Schalke two years ago.

Raul

Best EVER IMHO

Raul was in tears today.

Can't wait until Schalke vs. Real Madrid happens. Our chance to give Raul a proper farewell

You know we being ran by moppets when we have to wait to play Schalke to give a proper homage to Raul, how ridiculous.

It would have been inappropriate to have such a match when he was still going to continue playing at the highest level.

Raul celebrating with the fans



he said that in Spain this doesn't happen and he loved it.