Euro 2008 (Official Man City LOL Thread) [Archive] - Page 10

woodsinho

02-05-2005, 12:58 PM

Another 0 - 0 victory for us. Although its far too little too late.

Be nice to know how our 'stolen' players did for Spurs today though. Ill find out tonight

Andy Reid hit the bar in the second half but other than that i know not how they performed.
England squad has been announced, Stu Downing and Andy Johnson have both been called up for the first time. It'll be interesting to see if Andy Johnson will become the new Micheal Ricketts one cap wonder or not...

Iai

02-05-2005, 01:03 PM

Looks like they've reacted pretty well. 3-0 up at the moment, Ljungberg, Henry and Cole the scorers.
****.

devils_night

02-05-2005, 02:01 PM

Yay, Newcastle lost a lead. AGAIN !
What goes through the players minds to lose a lead after 1 minute of scoring ?

I don't think it lasted long enough to be a lead lol. Stil I know what you mean it's disgraceful. Get rid of Souness thats what I say, he just isn't getting the results anymore

metal-militia

02-05-2005, 02:28 PM

It'll be interesting to see if Andy Johnson will become the new Micheal Ricketts one cap wonder or not...

:lol: Michael Ricketts

The biggest disgrace since Emile Heskey

Ganondorf

02-06-2005, 04:49 AM

Well, if saints don't get a result tommorow then i'll start thinking twice about staying up. It's a shame that WBA didn't draw with Norwhich becuase then the result tommorow would have been slightly less important.

Hopefully Saints lose, because then you're only one point ahead of us I think. That would keep our hopes slightly alive.

[/denial]

metal-militia

02-06-2005, 06:03 AM

The 3 that went up last season will be the 3 that go down :p

Scores today?

I think saints will win 2-1 with Camara and Crouch scoring and Beattie for them

devils_night

02-06-2005, 09:50 AM

Sains are up 2-1 but It's still being played, they look really good on the attack but I haven't been watching much

Ganondorf

02-06-2005, 09:55 AM

Yes, 2-2 now :p

metal-militia

02-06-2005, 11:51 AM

Rancid Dan

02-06-2005, 01:49 PM

So Chelsea drew, are they going to do an Newcastle in 1996 or is it just a one off ?

devils_night

02-06-2005, 01:49 PM

why

Why do Saints concede in the last 2 minutes? I worked out that if saints hadn't conceded in the last 2 minutes of the games this season they would have an extra 7 points. On the positive side though, Camara was amazing and i almost got the score and the scorers right :)

I know what you mean, Newcastle would have been in the Champions League this season if it wern't for all those late goals we conceded last season

Rancid Dan

02-06-2005, 01:50 PM

True

devils_night

02-06-2005, 01:51 PM

So Chelsea drew, are they going to do an Newcastle in 1996 or is it just a one off ?

What was the final score, my mum made me switch over at half time

Iai

02-06-2005, 02:08 PM

So Chelsea drew, are they going to do an Newcastle in 1996 or is it just a one off ?
You're talking about the year Newcastle were 12 points clear and threw it all away, right?

That was the funniest thing ever.

"Cheer up Kevin Keegan,
Oh what can it mean,
To a sad Geordie bastard,
And a **** football team!"

Apologies to devils night.

devils_night

02-06-2005, 02:13 PM

I forgive you

cough sad mackem* bastard cough

* I assume

My apoligies also :thumb:

Ganondorf

02-06-2005, 02:21 PM

metal-militia, if the matches were only 85 mins long, West Brom would be mid-table ;)

I feel your pain :p

devils_night

02-06-2005, 02:34 PM

West Brom were unlucky on Saturday. They made so many great chances

metal-militia

02-06-2005, 02:47 PM

metal-militia, if the matches were only 85 mins long, West Brom would be mid-table ;)

I feel your pain :p

yeah but Saints are better than WBA :D :p

If you saw the everton and liverpool games you'd have to agree that Saints were a mid table team, not 19th in the Premiership.

metal-militia

02-06-2005, 02:59 PM

West Brom were unlucky on Saturday. They made so many great chances

Yeah, that seems to be the way of things at the bottom of the league

unless your Norwich

Adam Jones is GOD

02-06-2005, 03:25 PM

You're talking about the year Newcastle were 12 points clear and threw it all away, right?

That was the funniest thing ever.

"Cheer up Kevin Keegan,
Oh what can it mean,
To a sad Geordie bastard,
And a **** football team!"

Apologies to devils night.

That speech he made taunting Alex ferguson will go down in legend for the funniest show of emotion from a manager.

And the piss take re-mix was funny too

The Essential

02-07-2005, 12:09 AM

ooh chelsea stumbled....
man u is gonna catch up...
arsenal? anyone?

Lord Abortion

02-07-2005, 03:51 AM

We could catch up
chelsea could lose at Old trafford or even against arsenal and draw at other teams, they don't really have to lose more than one game if atall , just draw as long as Man U keep winning we could overhaul them

metal-militia

02-07-2005, 11:23 AM

I think Chelsea are playing too well, and are too far ahead to be caught now

devils_night

02-07-2005, 11:38 AM

That speech he made taunting Alex ferguson will go down in legend for the funniest show of emotion from a manager.

And the piss take re-mix was funny too

lol I don't think I saw that when it actually happened (back then I was young and only cared about playing myself) but I always get a laugh out of it when i see it, even though I've never bothered to find out what it was about.

devils_night

02-07-2005, 11:39 AM

I think Chelsea are playing too well, and are too far ahead to be caught now

Yeah, they are way too experienced to lose it all now, they just need to keep their cool, win 2, draw 1, repeat etc they can afford to lose every now and then I suppose but I don't think they will to be honest

Ganondorf

02-07-2005, 11:49 AM

If we were playing as well as we are now throught the whole season, we would be doing better. Ah well, it's gonna be W.B.A season after next

We're . Back . Again!

devils_night

02-07-2005, 11:56 AM

N ewcastle U nited F ucking C rap

Sad, but it's the truth at the moment

metal-militia

02-07-2005, 01:09 PM

If we were playing as well as we are now throught the whole season, we would be doing better. Ah well, it's gonna be W.B.A season after next

Thats what i think about Saints. If anyone here says we still deserve to go down after he performances of the past few months, then you suck and i neg rep you to hell! :p

guitarbaz

02-08-2005, 01:46 AM

lol I don't think I saw that when it actually happened (back then I was young and only cared about playing myself) but I always get a laugh out of it when i see it, even though I've never bothered to find out what it was about.

we'd just won 1-0 at Leeds and before the match Fungusen had suggested that Leeds would lie down and let us win as they hate ManU (nothing new there anyway), as it transpired it was a belter of a match and we just got the win. Keegan was still worked up in the post match interview and let fly at what Fungusen has said, and rightly so. He just went a bit over the top, if he'd done it in the sly and sneaky fashion that other nameless managers would have done he would have got away with it, as it was he just got over emotional. hence all the parodies that ensued afterwards.

there ya go, a history lesson. :thumb:

devils_night

02-08-2005, 10:08 AM

Cheers Baz

jaymz_is_god

02-08-2005, 12:03 PM

When you say "a bit over the top", he did look ever so slightly deranged...I love Kevin Keegan though. Especially as he always tries to play the game in an entertaining way, which is great for the neutral fan to watch, and he comes across as a really quality guy as well. If he really does retire at the end of next season, it's going to be a sad day. :(

I'm not a fan of Kevin Keegan at all. But that's maybe because he played for Liverpool and he's the City manager now...

metal-militia

02-08-2005, 01:17 PM

I like Keegans attitude towards attacking, but his actual tactical skills are quite poor. I didn't know he was supposed to be retiring?

jaymz_is_god

02-08-2005, 01:24 PM

I like Keegans attitude towards attacking, but his actual tactical skills are quite poor. I didn't know he was supposed to be retiring?

Well, he hasn't signed a new contract with City and he says he has no intention of doing so. It runs out at the end of this season I think.

metal-militia

02-08-2005, 01:27 PM

But has he said he'd retire? It's a shame if he does becuase he's such a great character

Rancid Dan

02-08-2005, 01:34 PM

How long is Kluiverts contract ?

Iai

02-08-2005, 02:52 PM

I forgive you

cough sad mackem* bastard cough

* I assume

My apoligies also :thumb:
Nah, I live in Luton. :) My dad's a Man U fan though - he spent most of his teens in Germany and they were the only English team he could easily follow. He took me to the cup final that year, which is how I know the chant.

So how substitutions do you reckon Erkisson will make tomorrow?

Iai

02-08-2005, 02:56 PM

But has he said he'd retire? It's a shame if he does becuase he's such a great character
He's done commentary. As soon as he retires from management he'll walk straight into a job at Sky Sports.

woodsinho

02-08-2005, 03:04 PM

He's done commentary. As soon as he retires from management he'll walk straight into a job at Sky Sports.

They do need someone good to replace Rodney Marsh. As for tomorrow night Eriksson will make 6 substitutions because that's the most he's allowed to make. Doubt there'll be many defensive substitutions though...

jaymz_is_god

02-08-2005, 03:25 PM

They do need someone good to replace Rodney Marsh. As for tomorrow night Eriksson will make 6 substitutions because that's the most he's allowed to make. Doubt there'll be many defensive substitutions though...

Sven says he's definitely giving Downing and Johnson a chance, but I doubt they'll last because all he cares about is reputation and not actual ability. That's why Owen and Beckham have always been in the starting line-up.

metal-militia

02-08-2005, 03:43 PM

Nah, I live in Luton. :)

I live just up the road :D

Just outside of MIlton Keynes :)

I agree with you Jaymz, he gives into media speculation a lot and plays them just becuase they are in the spotlight, even if they don't have a lot of ability.

woodsinho

02-08-2005, 04:26 PM

Sven says he's definitely giving Downing and Johnson a chance, but I doubt they'll last because all he cares about is reputation and not actual ability. That's why Owen and Beckham have always been in the starting line-up.

Downing will last, he's playing for a team still in the UEFA cup and fighting for champions league football next season in case you hadn't noticed :) . It'll be interesting to see what happens to Johnson if Palace go down, will one of the bigger teams try and snap him up? What d'yall reckon?

The Essential

02-09-2005, 09:20 AM

England vs Holland.

devils_night

02-09-2005, 10:27 AM

Downing and Johnson are ment to be coming on at the start of the second half, thats what I read in the paper anyway

jaymz_is_god

02-09-2005, 10:32 AM

Downing will last, he's playing for a team still in the UEFA cup and fighting for champions league football next season in case you hadn't noticed :) . It'll be interesting to see what happens to Johnson if Palace go down, will one of the bigger teams try and snap him up? What d'yall reckon?

Alan Thompson got one chance and was never picked again, and he was playing for a team in the Champions League.

woodsinho

02-09-2005, 10:34 AM

Alan Thompson was not 20 years old when he made that appearance.

jaymz_is_god

02-09-2005, 10:39 AM

Alan Thompson was not 20 years old when he made that appearance.

Fair point, but he still could've been given more of a chance. The players pretty much have to either play for one of the big 3 or have a blinder on their debut for Sven to give them any sort of a chance.

woodsinho

02-09-2005, 10:50 AM

Spurs aren't one of the big 3 and they have King, Robinson and Defoe there. The other two goalkeepers are from Man City and Norwich.
Matthew Upson: Birmingham
Jenas, Dyer: Newcastle
Shaun Wright-Phillips: Man City

It would appear that i disagree with you here. These players are not here as a one off and none of them had particularly massive debuts.

Of course the top teams are going to have a larger representation of players at the national level because they generally have the best players from the country playing for them. That's the very reason that they are at the top.

jaymz_is_god

02-09-2005, 11:04 AM

They may not be one-offs but none of them have really established a starting role (except Robinson, but there aren't many good English keepers about at the minute). These players are all fringe players in the England squad and are drafted in when there are injuries or suspensions. I just think Sven has a team in his head and is hesistant to give new players a decent chance.

I'm not English but I would like to see Sven give more players a chance. There are a few young players about that could become great players for England, but I can't see them getting a chance to prove themselves under Sven.

woodsinho

02-09-2005, 11:10 AM

The point is that for England to be successful they need a settled side so they can learn to play together as a team instead of a group of individuals and although there are young players that might do well given a chance they aren't better than the players that are regularly in the first 11.
Friendlies like this are the opportunity for these secondary guys to stake a claim at one of these positions and the current squad shows that Sven is giving these players the chance they deserve.
Nevertheless I think that Sven knows his strongest team and most of the time he's spot on with it.

duffroxmysox

02-09-2005, 11:11 AM

England vs Holland.
Holland to win :D

jaymz_is_god

02-09-2005, 11:13 AM

Holland to win :D

There's a lot of new faces in the Holland squad. Well, they might not be, but I've never heard of them. Be interesting to see how they get on.

Rancid Dan

02-09-2005, 11:14 AM

England will win 3-1.

Scorers :

Rooney - 2
Johnson - 1
Makaay - 1

duffroxmysox

02-09-2005, 11:15 AM

haha, it wasn't a prediction, just what I want to happen :p

/people might remember the Euro 2004 thread and um...yeah, we'll stop talking there :D

jaymz_is_god

02-09-2005, 11:19 AM

What about the big clash of international footballing giants?!

Northern Ireland vs. Canada!

:upset: Christ, I'm ashamed to be Northern Irish. Such a crap team. But things seem to be on the up recently with Lawrie Sanchez. Sammy McIlroy was a clown.

metal-militia

02-09-2005, 12:34 PM

My prediction is England 1 - 1 Holland

Johnson and some bloke for them

I've never liked these pointless international. They should be close to a major tournament otherwise they postpone the important thing (premiership). I know its good to give youth a chance, but i hate it when Premiership matches get postponed!

Untitled

02-09-2005, 01:32 PM

haha, it wasn't a prediction, just what I want to happen :p

/people might remember the Euro 2004 thread and um...yeah, we'll stop talking there :D
I lvoe that thread.

My prediction, 2-2 win to england as ran atkinson would say.

Nah, 2-1 England.

Rancid Dan

02-09-2005, 01:41 PM

SWP will be one of Englands greatest players.

jcxstargazer

02-09-2005, 01:44 PM

Hes already a legend at City

Untitled

02-09-2005, 01:47 PM

Yeah, and dont you let me know about it.

I dont think itll be long before BWP gets a game, well subed on the for last 10 minutes or sumet.

Rancid Dan

02-09-2005, 02:39 PM

Wht's up with SWP ?

Beckhams playing better.
Owen will score unless he gets subbed.

metal-militia

02-09-2005, 02:49 PM

Hopefully we will see Downing in the second half.

Alost strange to see a half with no added time

Untitled

02-09-2005, 03:48 PM

That second half was very boring i thaught, i had no idea what was going on with the formation and nothing interesting happend.

duffroxmysox

02-09-2005, 03:54 PM

I am severely disappointed, I finally get to see a Holland match again, and its poor :(

eugh, Andy Johnson wasn't even anything to talk about :upset:

jaymz_is_god

02-09-2005, 03:57 PM

What an incredibly boring match that was.

And Northern Ireland have been beaten by Canada :( We have reached a new low.

OI!Tricky

02-09-2005, 04:58 PM

Come on Rochdale-You can make them play-offs!

Untitled

02-10-2005, 07:40 AM

Come on Rochdale-You can make them play-offs!
Rochdale fan eh?

Bury are better :p

MILF Hunter

02-10-2005, 10:48 AM

Rochdale fan eh?

Bury are better :p

Darlington 1 - 0 Bury

:p:p:p:p:p:p

woodsinho

02-10-2005, 11:02 AM

Come on Rochdale-You can make them play-offs!

Rochdale aren't allowed to be promoted or relegated it's tradition :rolleyes:
Spotland has to be one of the best ground names in the country.

Untitled

02-10-2005, 11:12 AM

Darlington 1 - 0 Bury

:p:p:p:p:p:p

/pionts.

Whats that over there.

/runs away

MILF Hunter

02-10-2005, 11:12 AM

Hahaha, did you go to the game.. I think there was more of us than there was Bury fans! :lol:

Untitled

02-10-2005, 11:18 AM

No, ive not been in a few years, i used go all over the contry watching them, but burys fan base has shrunk quite a lot, im honestely not surprised that there was more of you.

There was proberly more players on the pitch then bury fans in the stand :(

Ganondorf

02-10-2005, 11:29 AM

What as AJ doing on the right wing?

jaymz_is_god

02-10-2005, 11:44 AM

What as AJ doing on the right wing?

Not much.

metal-militia

02-10-2005, 11:59 AM

Not much.

:lol: Not sure why i found that so funny :D

Nice to see some lower league supporters :)

That England match was so dull last night, and it shows that these friendlies are pointless as no one gets stuck in becuase risk of injury

Untitled

02-10-2005, 02:09 PM

:lol: Not sure why i found that so funny :D

Nice to see some lower league supporters :)

That England match was so dull last night, and it shows that these friendlies are pointless as no one gets stuck in becuase risk of injury
I dont like higer league football, it feels to me as if its missing somthing, the lower league is true football at its best i think. Oh and i watch internationals too.

Rancid Dan

02-10-2005, 02:09 PM

I can't wait for the world cup now.

ENG-ER-LAND !!

jaymz_is_god

02-10-2005, 02:24 PM

I can't wait for the world cup now.

ENG-ER-LAND !!

I had a great dream about the World Cup the other night. I dreamt that Ireland won it, beating Holland 1-0 in the final and John O'Shea scored. But I didn't watch any of it and was a bit irritated. Then my gran showed up and made me some sausages. I don't know what goes on in my head when I'm asleep.

Kingadamx

02-10-2005, 02:51 PM

^Haha, very strange. I would like to see Ireland win the World Cup this year.

Rancid Dan

02-10-2005, 02:54 PM

Next year.

I believe England could do it.
Only Brazil could stop them.

jaymz_is_god666

02-10-2005, 03:02 PM

I seem to have been banned from my old account for no apparent reason. But I'm back now :) My tip for the World Cup next year is Brazil again. But I can see Spain doing well.

Rancid Dan

02-10-2005, 03:03 PM

Ha, you've been banned.

Go to the site forum and ask why

jaymz_is_god

02-10-2005, 03:10 PM

Ha, you've been banned.

Go to the site forum and ask why

Haha, actually wasn't banned. Just wasn't able to post for a while because I had changed my e-mail settings or something. The friggers didn't send me the e-mail verification thing. Aw well.

metal-militia

02-10-2005, 04:47 PM

The friendlies are pointless, as Sven either takes no risks, or experiments, having never practiced the experiment before, and then writes it off as a failure, when, surprise surprise, it doesn't work. Honestly, I've given him a huge chance, but I'm starting to come round to the school of thought that he's the most overrated, absolutely overpaid manager in the world today. England seem to be stuck in a rut of beating teams who quite frankly aren't much good, and then failing against decent opposition.

/rant

rep+ :)

I agree 100% with that.

devils_night

02-11-2005, 10:14 AM

I hate friendlys, I get all excited by an England game, but there always such a let down

metal-militia

02-11-2005, 10:33 AM

I've never been excited about England, not even in big tournaments. Watching saints lose every week is far more exciting.

upthebracket

02-11-2005, 10:35 AM

home internationals would be nice. nooone really cares if their team draws with Holland or whatever... a derby international, at least every other year would liven things up.

anyone else feel a bit sorry for Reyes?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/4250173.stm

thems crafty Spaniards.

woodsinho

02-11-2005, 12:46 PM

devils_night

02-11-2005, 04:14 PM

T'would be funny if England won the world cup in Germany of all places.

Aye, by the looks of it though I don't think that'll be happenening :upset:

MILF Hunter

02-11-2005, 04:22 PM

Aye, by the looks of it though I don't think that'll be happenening :upset:

We'll do it! Have some faith woman! :cool:

MILF Hunter

02-11-2005, 04:23 PM

Whos everyone got tomorrow? We got Notts County at home *should* be an easy win for us

Ganondorf

02-11-2005, 04:25 PM

Tottenham in the FA Cup replay.

metal-militia

02-11-2005, 04:43 PM

Grrrrrrr. Spurs couldn't beat WBA, and its postponed WBA playing saints, which is one of the only games i could go to this season! :angry:

jaymz_is_god

02-11-2005, 05:16 PM

heh, I heard about that this afternoon. Harsh to say the least. Feeling a bit bad for Malcolm Christie too, he comes back for 2 games and now he's got a stress fracture in his foot that's ruled him out for the rest of the season.

Malcolm Christie has not had the best of luck with injuries. I hate to see any player get an injury, recover and then get injured again. It must be frustrating. Hope he can stay injury-free after he recovers from this one.

Untitled

02-11-2005, 05:25 PM

Whos everyone got tomorrow? We got Notts County at home *should* be an easy win for us
Boston Utd.

How was bury near the top of the table not long ago, just out side of playoff, and now near the fuking bottem :angry:

jaymz_is_god

02-11-2005, 05:35 PM

Whos everyone got tomorrow? We got Notts County at home *should* be an easy win for us

We have City on Sunday. ****ing bring them on. We want revenge for last season.

metal-militia

02-11-2005, 05:45 PM

Malcolm Christie has not had the best of luck with injuries. I hate to see any player get an injury, recover and then get injured again. It must be frustrating. Hope he can stay injury-free after he recovers from this one.

I feel sorry for him to, and its a shame cos i reckon he's a good player

Untitled

02-11-2005, 05:51 PM

We have City on Sunday. ****ing bring them on. We want revenge for last season.
City > Utd.

Do you happen to live in manchester by any chance? The theory is, Utd fans live outside of Manchetser, City fans live in Manchester. But obviously theres gonna be utd fans in the city too, but you know.

jaymz_is_god

02-11-2005, 05:57 PM

City > Utd.

Do you happen to live in manchester by any chance? The theory is, Utd fans live outside of Manchetser, City fans live in Manchester. But obviously theres gonna be utd fans in the city too, but you know.

No, I don't live in Manchester. I live in Northern Ireland, so I can't really support my local team in the Premiership. The only reason I support United is because my brother did when I started getting into football. There's a pretty big United fanbase here. I'm not sure about Manchester. I know most people from around the Salford area are United fans. Other than that I don't know.

Untitled

02-11-2005, 05:58 PM

No, I don't live in Manchester. I live in Northern Ireland, so I can't really support my local team in the Premiership. The only reason I support United is because my brother did when I started getting into football. There's a pretty big United fanbase here. I'm not sure about Manchester. I know most people from around the Salford area are United fans. Other than that I don't know.
Salford isnt manchester though, its a different city.

Out of them im a blue anyway :cool:

jaymz_is_god

02-11-2005, 06:01 PM

Salford isnt manchester though, its a different city.

Out of them im a blue anyway :cool:

Really? I never knew that. Aw well, shows what I know.

Untitled

02-11-2005, 06:02 PM

Really? I never knew that. Aw well, shows what I know.
Yeah, i dunno if its a city or a town, but im always that Man Utd arnt actully in manchester.

Kingadamx

02-11-2005, 11:11 PM

The City/Utd game will be very good. I can't wait.

woodsinho

02-11-2005, 11:14 PM

Can't say I'm too excited about it. Man Utd are clear favourites to win and the only way it'll be an even game is if it's scrappy in which case it's not much fun to watch.

devils_night

02-12-2005, 09:23 AM

Is the City - Utd game on TV?

woodsinho

02-12-2005, 09:26 AM

It's on sky somewhere tomorrow, it's a 1 o' clock kick off. Pub viewing for me.
I notice Everton lost against Chelsea, good news for the race for 4th, bad news for the race for 1st. So good news :)

jaymz_is_god

02-12-2005, 09:26 AM

Is the City - Utd game on TV?

I think so. Kick-off is at 1pm.

devils_night

02-12-2005, 09:52 AM

I'll be watching it then, and yeah your right, they'll go on about Glazer for ages

jaymz_is_god

02-12-2005, 09:52 AM

Yea, its on Sky Sports 1, the programme starts at 12. but the will just blab on about Malcom Glazer

Probably, I'm getting sick of that yank cunt. If he's gonna buy the club, just do it. If not, just **** off. I sincerely hope he does the latter.

jcxstargazer

02-12-2005, 09:53 AM

Can he just buy someone like...bury? they need money and its not as high profile so it wont be rammed down our throats.

devils_night

02-12-2005, 09:53 AM

Get in, Darlo winning 1-0, Pools are still drawing though in the cup

devils_night

02-12-2005, 09:54 AM

Ooh Ross was sent of for Hartlepool though early on, but Brentford missed the penelty :lol:

devils_night

02-12-2005, 09:56 AM

Can he just buy someone like...bury? they need money and its not as high profile so it wont be rammed down our throats.

He won't make any money out of Bury though, well a bit but not compared to Man U

jaymz_is_god

02-12-2005, 09:57 AM

He won't make any money out of Bury though, well a bit but not compared to Man U

Like he needs any more money. He has enough to buy Manchester United.

upthebracket

02-12-2005, 10:01 AM

How well off is this Glazer guy? obviously not an Abramovic... but would Man U really benefit from him or what?

/SPL fan

devils_night

02-12-2005, 10:01 AM

Yeah but you don't buy a football club for the hell of it, you buy it to make money.

jaymz_is_god

02-12-2005, 10:07 AM

How well off is this Glazer guy? obviously not an Abramovic... but would Man U really benefit from him or what?

/SPL fan

No, we are not gonna benefit from him. He is a cunt of the highest degree. He bought the Tampa Bay Buccanneers(sp?) in the NFL, and he changed pretty much everything. He went through numerous head coaches, changed the kit colour and other things I can't remember. He is just gonna disrupt the whole setup and the sooner he takes his fat, bearded arse back to the USA, the better.

upthebracket

02-12-2005, 10:10 AM

Man Utd could be the next Real Madrid then :eek:

(manager wise)

he'd be welcome at Celtic. we need some dosh, but the hoops stay.

devils_night

02-12-2005, 10:40 AM

Darlo are losing :upset:

jaymz_is_god

02-12-2005, 10:41 AM

Darlo are losing :upset:

So are Liverpool :lol:

devils_night

02-12-2005, 10:44 AM

So are Liverpool :lol:

Yeah, 2-0 to Birmingham :lol:

devils_night

02-12-2005, 10:47 AM

BlackBurn are 3-0 up against Norwich, I didn't think it would be that much

Rancid Dan

02-12-2005, 10:52 AM

Yeah, i'm glad Liverpool are losing.

devils_night

02-12-2005, 11:17 AM

Anyone watching the Spurs v WBA game at half five, I probablys will.

metal-militia

02-12-2005, 11:18 AM

Thank god Norwich lost, otherwise Saints would be in the ****!

metal-militia

02-12-2005, 11:19 AM

i might watch it, but it would just depress me about how i should be at WBA today :angry:

Untitled

02-12-2005, 11:24 AM

Can he just buy someone like...bury? they need money and its not as high profile so it wont be rammed down our throats.
Because ill make a one man protest outside. I dont want an american owning bury, theyll turn the posts in big h's and theyll be known as the "blue socks"

jcxstargazer

02-12-2005, 11:44 AM

Could he not just use his money to get a face lift? hes not exactly the best looking person in the world after all.

Yeehaw

Untitled

02-12-2005, 11:45 AM

Or he could give you one, and give you some guitar skills, and get rid of both of our consiances then we can tell ramo to fuk off :)

jcxstargazer

02-12-2005, 11:49 AM

Maybe he could destroy the rainforest on your head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)

Untitled

02-12-2005, 11:50 AM

Maybe he could teach you the short cuts for smileys

:) :p :( :mad: :angry:

sting-ray

02-12-2005, 11:51 AM

werder bremen beat borussia mönchengladbach this morning 2-0 :cool:

jcxstargazer

02-12-2005, 11:51 AM

what short names

sting-ray

02-12-2005, 11:57 AM

other bundesliga scores..

1.FC Kaiserslautern 2-1 Hansa Rostock
Borussia Dortmund 1-0 VfL Bochum
SC Freiburg 0-0 Hannover96
HSV 2-1 VfB Stuttgart
Werder 2-0 monchengladbach
Hertha BSC Berlin 2-1 Nurnberg
Schalke04 3-0 VfL Wolfsburg

MILF Hunter

02-12-2005, 12:46 PM

Darlo are losing :upset:

Worst ****ing game I have ever seen in my life. From halftome onwards was utter wank. Bye bye promotion hopes. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

metal-militia

02-12-2005, 02:42 PM

Anyone watch Spurs vs Albion? First half WBA were very unlucky not to have 3, andIi felt sorry for Russel Hoult :(

MILF Hunter

02-12-2005, 02:45 PM

Yeah, Defoes first goal was a scorcher, Albion should have had the game won in the first half though

upthebracket

02-12-2005, 02:51 PM

pretty good game it was... spurs were shocking in the first half. I'd have thought those 3 up front would've hammered albion...

jaymz_is_god

02-13-2005, 04:21 PM

United 2-0 City :D

Cheers to Richard Dunne :lol:

jcxstargazer

02-13-2005, 04:29 PM

Im so embarrassed to be a City fan.
the bad thing is, United would never have scored if it wasnt for richard dunne's body parts, we should have pwned them with the chances we had. What was Macca doing missing from 3 yards? my mum can score that and she had surgery on her knee's

woodsinho

02-13-2005, 05:01 PM

How well off is this Glazer guy? obviously not an Abramovic... but would Man U really benefit from him or what?

/SPL fan

He's a valuble man but it's mostly because he has a lot of assets not so much actual money. To buy Man Utd he's gonna have to borrow £200million or something around that figure and he would be pretty bad in general for Man Utd fans cos he'll put up ticket prices like he did at Tampa Bay and just sponge anything he can from it. He's pretty old though so he shouldn't be around too long :rolleyes:

sting-ray

02-13-2005, 05:23 PM

Inter won 2-0 yesterday :cool:

devils_night

02-13-2005, 05:30 PM

Worst ****ing game I have ever seen in my life. From halftome onwards was utter wank. Bye bye promotion hopes. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Yeah, it's a game of catch up now, not just holding our place, plus quite alot of the teams round us have a game in hand

Rancid Dan

02-13-2005, 06:16 PM

What are your predictions for the FA cup next round ?

mr snrub

02-13-2005, 06:42 PM

What was Macca doing missing from 3 yards? my mum can score that and she had surgery on her knee's

I bet she wouldn't. To be fair it was a good chance, but hard given the pace of the ball, and amount of time he had to get something on it. He just wasn't quick enough to get his body around it sadly, and had it gone in it would of been a different story completely. Bad luck to Richard Dunne though. Personally I would of given them both own goals as the first seemed to be going towards David James, so it was a rather influential deflection. The second was a great finish that any striker would of been proud of.

I haven't spoken on here for a while due to pressured work situations, but I haven't lost touch with my team Arsenal, of whom I have seen 4 times this season, and we have taken only 3 points from those 4 matches. 3 home games against West Brom, Southampton and Man City, all ending draws and then the match at Anfield where we were robbed by a Mellor wonderstrike in the last seconds. After a great start to the season we have crumbled. The pressure of unbeaten games was not with us until Old Trafford, and since then we have been awful. We seem to lack confidence and the ability to flow the ball as we use to. Also it seems that oppositions have read our style, and now know how to cope or even exert pressure on us, as Bolton did suprisingly, and we have lost too many matches, dropped too many points, and Chelsea have been laughing at our misfortunes. However, although Chelsea sit 9 points comfortably ahead, I remain optimistic that we will gain something from this season, maybe most promisingly European glory which we have yet to found in reason years. Also I am proud of Henry's loyalty to the club, which is helpful in this current time and is a better example than that of Ashley Cole, who is seemingly leaving Arsenal.

mr snrub

02-13-2005, 06:46 PM

What are your predictions for the FA cup next round ?

Winners in caps:

BOLTON v Fulham
SPURS v Nottingham Forest
Everton v MAN UTD
CHARLTON v Leicester City
Burnley v BLACKBURN
SOUTHAMPTON v Brentford
Newcastle v CHELSEA
ARSENALv Sheffield United

No shocks in my view. The only likely ones would be Everton, Leicester and Newcastle. Other than that, easy for the big guns.

Ganondorf

02-15-2005, 02:28 AM

Nice Arsenal, keeping Crystal Palace within distance :)

metal-militia

02-15-2005, 05:53 AM

Good old Arsenal doing us a favour by slaughtering palace :D

devils_night

02-15-2005, 08:25 AM

Winners in caps:

BOLTON v Fulham
SPURS v Nottingham Forest
Everton v MAN UTD
CHARLTON v Leicester City
Burnley v BLACKBURN
SOUTHAMPTON v Brentford
Newcastle v CHELSEA
ARSENALv Sheffield United

No shocks in my view. The only likely ones would be Everton, Leicester and Newcastle. Other than that, easy for the big guns.

Yeah I agree with that, I'm still living in hope that Newcastle can beat Chelsea, we have the ability to do it, but I don't think we will :upset:

guitarbaz

02-15-2005, 08:27 AM

Yeah I agree with that, I'm still living in hope that Newcastle can beat Chelsea, we have the ability to do it, but I don't think we will :upset:

have a bit of faith. terry is out and that tosser who scored against us too.
the plastic cockneys deserve a good kicking and i think one is about due.

either way, i'll be in a bar in italy fresh from the slopes when i watch it so life won't be too bad even if we do lose. as long as there's no pretend chelsea "fans" near me.

devils_night

02-15-2005, 10:07 AM

I'm debating whether to go or not. I went to the Carling Cup game against Chelsea, spur of the moment thing, me and my mates decided to go whilst walking home from school. We were pretty dissapointed and dunno whether we can be arsed to go again, it is on tele after all

jcxstargazer

02-15-2005, 10:13 AM

Depends whether you think they will win or not, theres not much point in spending money to see them lose, thats boring.

and watching it on tv is free!

Rancid Dan

02-15-2005, 10:18 AM

I think we should be able to beat Chlesea, Terry and Lampard are both out i think.

jcxstargazer

02-15-2005, 10:31 AM

Robben too, and if Gudjohnsen is out, Chelsea have no chance of scoring.

Rancid Dan

02-15-2005, 10:45 AM

Drogba ?

devils_night

02-15-2005, 10:49 AM

Now Im starting to want to go lol. Theres still tickets so if me and a few mates can scrape some cash together I reckon we will.

Shame I owe my mum £150 from various guitar related spending

jaymz_is_god

02-15-2005, 10:50 AM

Drogba ?

:lol: I'm still laughing at that. £24 million...comedy genius.

Rancid Dan

02-15-2005, 10:51 AM

I reckon' he's quality.
No tworth 24 mill though, 10 at the most.

devils_night

02-15-2005, 10:54 AM

Yeah, 10 mil, talking about Robben on the last page, I hate him with a passion. :thumb: He's always scorung against us

devils_night

02-15-2005, 11:02 AM

Rancid Dan

02-15-2005, 11:04 AM

Nah, I don't have Sky.

devils_night

02-15-2005, 11:08 AM

19:30 World XI v Europe XI Live - Football for Hope

World XI v Europe XI (Kick-off 8.00pm). Coverage of the charity game from the Nou Camp in Barcelona, as the finest players in the world gather to raise money for victims of the Asian tsunami. The European squad is captained by AC Milan's Andriy Shevchenko, and managed by Marcello Lippi and Arsene Wenger, and will feature the likes of David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Zinedine Zidane and Roberto Baggio, while the World XI is no less talented. Ronaldinho leads a team managed by Frank Rijkaard and Carlos Alberto Parreira, and will line up alongside fellow Brazilians Ronaldo, Cafu and Adriano

I found that, I was wrong, its Shevchenko, not Zidane as captain.

jaymz_is_god

02-15-2005, 11:12 AM

By the way, has anybody heard anything about that game on ITV2 tonight. It's Zidane's European dream team V Ronaldhino's Rest of World Dream Team I think. Should be interesting. I can't remeber any of the players apart from Becks, and obviuosly Zidane and Ronaldhino. Should be entertaining

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4264109.stm

There's a lot of big names playing and hopefully a good bit of showboating. :thumb:

jcxstargazer

02-15-2005, 11:15 AM

it also means we get to see Jar Jar binks play football, nothing funnier.

jaymz_is_god

02-15-2005, 11:17 AM

it also means we get to see Jar Jar binks play football, nothing funnier.

Jar Jar Binks?

jcxstargazer

02-15-2005, 11:18 AM

Ronaldhino

devils_night

02-15-2005, 11:19 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4264109.stm

There's a lot of big names playing and hopefully a good bit of showboating. :thumb:

Nice one, I was wanting a bit more info on it

jaymz_is_god

02-15-2005, 11:21 AM

Ronaldhino

Ah yes. He is quite the ugly mofo.

devils_night

02-15-2005, 11:23 AM

Collina's the ref, You gotta love him :thumb:
Thats pretty decent of that Joan Laporta as well.

No Shearer because he's got a game on Thursday, but do you reckon he'd of been in if he was free? I reckon so, with him being the England captain till he retired, and all the milestone's he passed.

devils_night

02-15-2005, 11:25 AM

Yeah, but Gianfranco Zola's there, how olds he?

And I wouldn't exactly call Shearer past it, when he' still regularly scoring goals. He's scored in all but one or two since he came back from injusry

Rancid Dan

02-15-2005, 11:28 AM

Zola's in it ?

What a joke.

devils_night

02-15-2005, 11:35 AM

tut tut, we'll have less of that round here

Untitled

02-15-2005, 11:37 AM

Ignore him, he supports City.

Untitled

02-15-2005, 11:40 AM

But "your the only team to beat chelsea this season" eh?

jaymz_is_god

02-15-2005, 11:42 AM

Haha, City...

Untitled

02-15-2005, 11:45 AM

Bury beat city last time we played them. Well, the last time i went to see them. And it was at mian road.

/Hasnt been to a football match in 4 years.

jaymz_is_god

02-15-2005, 11:45 AM

Exactly...LAST season.

jcxstargazer

02-15-2005, 11:46 AM

you wouldnt have beat us this season if it wasnt for Richard Dunnes left leg.
Even i laughed at that though.

jaymz_is_god

02-15-2005, 11:47 AM

:lol: That was pretty funny.

jcxstargazer

02-15-2005, 12:10 PM

Rancid Dan

02-15-2005, 12:13 PM

I read that.

I'm glad we didn't sell him as he is a great player and used to be one of the best in the world and i really want him to get back to the standard he was about 3 or 4 years ago.

jaymz_is_god

02-15-2005, 12:18 PM

I read that.

I'm glad we didn't sell him as he is a great player and used to be one of the best in the world and i really want him to get back to the standard he was about 3 or 4 years ago.

I really can't see that happening. There's no denying that he is a top quality player but to get back to that standard just ain't gonna happen.

Ganondorf

02-15-2005, 12:57 PM

WBA beat City this season too, btw :D

jcxstargazer

02-15-2005, 01:42 PM

/Blushes

Ganondorf

02-15-2005, 01:47 PM

Ah yes, go Baggies! :p

Rancid Dan

02-15-2005, 01:54 PM

What are/is the best team/player in the world at the moment ?

Ronaldinhio / Barcelona or Chelsea, we will find out next Wed/Thursday.

upthebracket

02-15-2005, 01:56 PM

I can see that being a low scoring game, they'll probably both end up cancelling each other out.

saying that, it could be a 3-3 job, with them still cancelling each other out. I'd say Barca are the better team, but Chelsea have the better manager. Then again Barca have Ronaldinho...

It'll be interesting.

Rancid Dan

02-15-2005, 02:09 PM

I'm off to play Football now, See ya later.

jaymz_is_god

02-15-2005, 02:10 PM

I'm off to play Football now, See ya later.

Have fun. :thumb:

metal-militia

02-15-2005, 02:29 PM

Im watching the RoW vs Europe game atm and its ok. Etoo and Ronaldinho have scored, but its really just a friendly atmosphere.

Chelsea Barcelona will be a draw I reckon.

jcxstargazer

02-15-2005, 02:47 PM

I think/hope Barca will win, purely because they have natural goalscorers in their squad, Chelsea dont especially with players like Robben out, Kezman and the rest just dont do it like they need to.

jaymz_is_god

02-15-2005, 02:50 PM

Barca will win and go on to win the Champions League.

metal-militia

02-15-2005, 03:24 PM

I can't see Chelsea winning the CL. Barcelona are my pick now

mr snrub

02-15-2005, 03:32 PM

barcelona are just too awesome for anyone. it will be a great match, and it will all come down to how well they both play away from home, because neither side will win away from home, it will all be about how many the concede, or even away goals.

troops_of_doom

02-15-2005, 05:38 PM

****ing brilliant, Wrexham are 1 game away from The Millenium Stadium :D , to bad I probobly won't have a club to support come July 22nd :upset: :angry: .

metal-militia

02-15-2005, 05:44 PM

How did all that Wrexham trouble start? :confused: Why are they so poor?

troops_of_doom

02-15-2005, 06:10 PM

How did all that Wrexham trouble start? :confused: Why are they so poor?

They were taken over by Alex Hamilton a Manchester based property developer who's only aim from the start was to liquidise to club and maximise the assests (The Racecourse, Colliers Park Training Ground and Stansty Park), bills were unpaid on purpose so the only way for the club to try to survive in the short term was to go into administration (no other option, otherwise everything would have gone **** up), there has been talk of a certain Andy Smith taking over this week but that also seems to have gone **** up according to some reports, therefore we get evicted from THe Racecourse on July 22, even if the club survives we get kicked out of the football league because we have no ground .

troops_of_doom

02-15-2005, 07:56 PM

Tough break.

People from Manchester can be dicks...
Looks in the mirror
<--------------

I think its Hale Barns to be specific near Altrincham. Ive got the exact address and phone number in a Wrexham fanzine somewhere.

jcxstargazer

02-15-2005, 08:56 PM

You know too much info about it. I know hes ruined your football team, but put the matches and petrol can down, arson is not the answer.

murder on the other hand is legal, and fun.

devils_night

02-16-2005, 04:16 AM

To Devils Night, would you be bothered if Newcastle sold Kluivert? I just read that they turned down an offer for him from Osasuna. I dont think that he has performed well enough for them, especially for the wages he's probably on.

I don't know to be honest, he's a class act but it isn't coming together for him at Newcastle.

If at the end of the season he's playing the same I wouldnt mind seeing him go, if Bellamy could be brought back into the first team from Celtic

upthebracket

02-16-2005, 06:39 AM

If at the end of the season he's playing the same I wouldnt mind seeing him go, if Bellamy could be brought back into the first team from Celtic

he's ours now :evillaugh:

hopefully he bangs a few in this weekend against Rangers... anyone gonna be watching? Might as well, there's no Premiership this weekend (I think..) and it may well be a cracking game.

guitarbaz

02-16-2005, 06:44 AM

he's ours now :evillaugh:

hopefully he bangs a few in this weekend against Rangers... anyone gonna be watching? Might as well, there's no Premiership this weekend (I think..) and it may well be a cracking game.

you're welcome to the irritating little tosser. if he'd learned to keep his fat gob shut and get on with playing football he'd have been fine. unfortunately he doesn't have that level of intelligence.

but there's FA cup this weekend tho. even so, if the old firm match is on when i'm in a pub (in italy...haha) then i'll watch it.

upthebracket

02-16-2005, 06:52 AM

you're welcome to the irritating little tosser. if he'd learned to keep his fat gob shut and get on with playing football he'd have been fine. unfortunately he doesn't have that level of intelligence.

:p I have a feeling he's gonna be a good player for Celtic... wasn't much of a goalscorer for Newcastle... he was a pacey bugger though. Then again, so was Henri Camara, and he was pish for Celtic. (but he's good enough for Southampton) :confused:

devils_night

02-16-2005, 07:12 AM

He did score goals http://www.nufc.com/html/fixtures.html

look at the goalscorers on there, he was scoring every three games for most of the time we had him. And that was from playing on the right for about 90% of the time as well, not upfront where he could have got more.

devils_night

02-16-2005, 07:15 AM

Is the Old Firm game on TV, what channel and day?

Better not be Sunday because I'm pretty sure I'm going to the Newcastle game (depends on whether my mates can scrape some money together or not)

upthebracket

02-16-2005, 07:18 AM

Sunday I'm afraid... probably a 12.30 job just to piss off the pubbers. Setanta as well so it'll have to be a dedicated pub

upthebracket

02-16-2005, 07:21 AM

He did score goals http://www.nufc.com/html/fixtures.html

wow so he did... I've been fed stats from jeallous Rangers fans, who seem to think he's s flop cos they didn't get him. thanks for the reassurances :)

guitarbaz

02-16-2005, 07:26 AM

Sunday I'm afraid... probably a 12.30 job just to piss off the pubbers. Setanta as well so it'll have to be a dedicated pub

that's quite good timing. i fly into italy in good time for me to drop my bags off and be in the pubs for about midday. i'm going to be wankered by the time the Toon match comes on.

devils_night

02-16-2005, 07:36 AM

Sunday I'm afraid... probably a 12.30 job just to piss off the pubbers. Setanta as well so it'll have to be a dedicated pub

Hmm, I would actually give up going to the Toon game, just to see Bellamy make his Celtic debut playing against Rangers. We have Setanta, we just need to pay like £6 for the game I think. And the Newcastle game's on TV afterwards.

It's a difficult decision though, I love going to Toon games

devils_night

02-16-2005, 07:37 AM

Ooh, just noticed, I'm the fifth top poster in this thread :thumb:

devils_night

02-16-2005, 07:46 AM

Get in, my mates just rang, he's booking the five a side court down the local sports center for tomorrow evening. Should be class, good game of 5 a side, then come home an watch the Newcastle UEFA Cup game on tv. Anyone here play five-a-side regularly, I want to get a team going but there isn't any youth leagues round my area apart from eleven a side.

jcxstargazer

02-16-2005, 07:51 AM

I used to play quite often, but then i got lazy and the other people decided to play at like 10pm, which is a bit stupid.

woodsinho

02-16-2005, 09:29 AM

I play for a team with some of my mates in a uni intramural league thing. Representing the physics department at leeds university, we suck so much :D
I want to play more 11 a side though, maybe one day i'll find a pub team to play for, that'd be pretty cool.

MILF Hunter

02-16-2005, 09:44 AM

devils_night

02-16-2005, 10:34 AM

jaymz_is_god

02-16-2005, 10:36 AM

I play in school once a week, and the odd time we get a couple of teams together and play outside school. I play 5-a-side sometimes on a Sunday. Basically when I can be arsed.

devils_night

02-16-2005, 10:45 AM

I would play 5-a side every week given the choice, but I cant

MILF Hunter

02-16-2005, 10:46 AM

I actually got the chance to play 5 a side with a load of 40 odd year old blokes my Dad works with, but I didnt know any of them so i pussyed out of it :upset:

jaymz_is_god

02-16-2005, 10:49 AM

I actually got the chance to play 5 a side with a load of 40 odd year old blokes my Dad works with, but I didnt know any of them so i pussyed out of it :upset:

Playing football with oldies is good fun. Go for the hips and they'll go down quicker.

duffroxmysox

02-16-2005, 11:31 AM

Anyone be so kind as to enlighten me as to how low palace are at the mo?

jaymz_is_god

02-16-2005, 11:32 AM

Anyone be so kind as to enlighten me as to how low palace are at the mo?

Palace are 17th. 2 points clear of the relegation zone.

devils_night

02-16-2005, 11:33 AM

I don''t think there in the relegation places, I'll just check

upthebracket

02-16-2005, 11:33 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/table/default.stm

pretty close.

devils_night

02-16-2005, 11:35 AM

17th, two points clear of Norwich in 18th

duffroxmysox

02-16-2005, 11:36 AM

Cheers everyone

:( I dont want them to go down, meh I suppose cheaper tickets if they do :p

jaymz_is_god

02-16-2005, 11:38 AM

Cheers everyone

:( I dont want them to go down, meh I suppose cheaper tickets if they do :p

I don't want them to either. I like Iain Dowie. That's maybe because I'm from Northern Ireland though. 3 from the bottom 4 will go down. I like Palace more than any of the rest of them, so I hope they stay up.

jcxstargazer

02-16-2005, 12:12 PM

Iain Dowie has done really well at Palace so it would be good if they stayed up coz they challenge teams quite well...(sometimes, lets forget the arsenal game!).

Werent Palace like 12th in the old 1st division when he came? and now theyre in the premiership.

mr snrub

02-16-2005, 04:17 PM

Anyone here play five-a-side regularly

I use to every week when I was at school. We had competitons with other houses in school and then once I left I played every week in the Leavers v Teachers game. It's great fun, but it gets you knackered very quickly!

jcxstargazer

02-16-2005, 04:28 PM

I'm thinkin slide tackles on teachers you hate.

mr snrub

02-16-2005, 04:33 PM

I'm thinking that would hurt. But yeah, with the teachers v ex-pupils game there was no ref, so no rules really. For the first few weeks we use to win it every time, because we had a Norwich Youth player in our team, so the teachers got annoyed and made it mixed teams after that so it was more even. Great fun though. Now that I live in London I get nothing like that anymore, which is rubbish. All I've got locally is an old gym and a disgusting swimming pool.

jcxstargazer

02-16-2005, 04:38 PM

Oh yes, same feeling. I dare not go in the swimming pool in fear of disease, and the gym is in the sports hall upstairs which is ready to collapse. When I play football with friends we always try and get onto the astroturf because the grass pitch is full of pot holes, bear traps, the usual.

jcxstargazer

02-16-2005, 09:51 PM

devils_night

02-17-2005, 03:53 AM

Annual Income for 2003-2004 season.

1 Man Utd £171.5m
2 Real Madrid £156.3m
3 AC Milan £147.2m
4 Chelsea £143.7m
5 Juventus £142.4m
6 Arsenal £115m
7 Barcelona £110.1m
8 Inter Milan £110.3m
9 Bayern Munich £110.1m
10 Liverpool £92.3m

Chelsea are the highest risers, the previous season they were 10th and are now fourth...I cant imagine why...

Not sure either.

No really I think it ruins football when one man can turn a clubs profit around like that in one season. And their playing as well, after all would Chelsea be top of the table and going for the quad without Abramovich providing the money for players. I don't think so

metal-militia

02-17-2005, 07:09 AM

Thats what I hate about Chelsea. Any rich bloke can walk into a club and give then vast amounts of money, and 9 times out of 10 they will win something. If Chelsea didn't have the money they'd go back to being a Uefa cup team. I saw on sky sports news this morning that the Italians clubs get loads of money from the TV deals, which is probably why they are so high up.