Euro 2008 (Official Man City LOL Thread) [Archive] - Page 57

RandyfromPennywise

06-05-2007, 02:07 PM

but your slightly biased tho randy

NEVER!

But do you remember what he did against Japan in the World Cup? That is one of the best moments in my country's footballing history. For those two goals he will always be a legend of Australian football. LEGEND! He is pretty good really, he and Arteta is a pretty formidable central, attacking midfield force.

Reading lots of transfer stories, here's some of the best:

Dani Alves to either Chelsea, Milan or Real, apparently Chelsea have bid €24m, Milan €20, but it's still likely that he's going to end up at Real.

Liverpool are apparently ready to bid £40m for Sami Eto'o.

Florent Malouda is leaving Lyon, and Liverpool and Chelsea are possible destinations.

Gamst is being trailed by all the big clubs in England.

Ribéry to Bayern apparently.

So out of that, I'd be well happy if Robben left and we got both Malouda and Gamst, but one of them would be good too. We need a good wide player. Morten Gamst, I wouldn't mind getting him. I'd prefer him in our squad so much more than Robben it's not even funny.

And Boulahrouz to Bayern as well. Good. So we've got Alex now, apparently, he's better than Boulahrouz anyway. And if we get Alves, that'd be a sick defence:

Čech
Alves Carvalho Terry Bridge

Except stupid Ashley Cole will play ahead of Bridge. Mourinho says maybe three more signings, I'd say two more, one of which will be Alex, so one more probably. Although if Boulahrouz leaves we'll need another defender. Get Glen Johnson back - he can be our 4th-choice centre-back - and sign Alves, sell Ferriera. Squad's not looking too bad, but when you look at how United have strengthened compared to us... The other winger is our problem, Robben - shyte, SWP, not really up to the standard all the time but a good squad player. Our formation too :upset: Ballack, thumbs down. The formation's gotta be 4-3-3, with the defence I said up there, plus the midfield of Maka - Essien and Lamps, then with Joe Cole, Drog and one other up front. Not this midfield with Essien, Lamps and Ballack.

ChodaBoy

06-05-2007, 05:37 PM

They dont seem to be here yet, so...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a66/modulate/00_l.jpg
So why the teaser pictures on the site? I could walk past a construction site and see about 50 look-a-likes of this.

http://www.bigozzy.com/acatalog/hvpj-2.jpg

RandyfromPennywise

06-05-2007, 10:08 PM

Oh dear, that is awful. That's worse than the grey-with-orange one from the early/mid 90s - I was fortunate enough not be a fan of the club at the time.

angry armadillo

06-06-2007, 05:23 AM

I heard Alves is keeping the door open for liverpool as long as the financial conditions are right (So he wants a big contract i assume)

there is hardly any gossip over liverpool, last i heard was rafa is frustrated that the americans are putting stipulations over the money he has been promised which is a bit rubbish, but we will see... id like to see some liverpool action on the transfer market though

RandyfromPennywise

06-06-2007, 11:38 AM

They'll spend and get rid of players, for sure. Expect some decent signings.

RockerGav

06-06-2007, 12:29 PM

Get in! Scotland are two nil up at the Faroes, with any luck Lithuania and Georgia will hold France and Italy to draws tonight :D

Frankie

06-06-2007, 02:19 PM

Get in Joe Cole puts up 1-0.

Shame I can't wait watch it thanks to ****ING SKY. ****ing hate the way they take everything.

Echleon

06-06-2007, 02:21 PM

Frankie

06-06-2007, 02:23 PM

It's not just that those bastards have taken up Lost, 24 and now ****ing Prison Break.

When will the madness end !

Britney Diva

06-06-2007, 02:25 PM

123.

If I had my own house, i'd get SkySports. It's really lame how they pretty much have a monopoly over football in the UK.

I think BBC should defiently have all the England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland games, aswell as BskyB
I dunno about the UK, but Setanta have taken a substantial number of Premiership games from Sky in Ireland for next season.

Echleon

06-06-2007, 02:27 PM

I think that may be true for next season in the UK.

I understand having to pay for the Permiership games on SkySports etc, but I think games from our national sides should be all on BBC, as it is the British Broadcasting Company.

ChodaBoy

06-06-2007, 02:28 PM

Its the same here, but its still a load of crap. Those channels are £15 per month, and if (like me) you're already paying £42 a month for Sky its just a complete joke.

Britney Diva

06-06-2007, 02:37 PM

Yeah we have a law that all competitive internationals need to be broadcast on a national station

Timm

06-06-2007, 02:44 PM

2 - 1 for germany, 44 minutes left

another 3 points tonight and we'd almost had our ticket for austria/switzerland :D

come on boys, it's the last game of the season :smash:

oh and since you probably didn't notice, FC St Pauli 1910 is officialy in the 2. Bundesliga =)
<-----championsleague winners 2009/2010 :cool: :lol:

Britney Diva

06-06-2007, 02:48 PM

Ugh, ****ing Slovakians are useless.

Echleon

06-06-2007, 02:49 PM

Yeah we have a law that all competitive internationals need to be broadcast on a national station

zomg, i want that law.

So England are 3-0 up, glad to see Owen finally get on the score sheet.

ChodaBoy

06-06-2007, 02:50 PM

Is Schweinsteiger playing? If so how is he doing?

He was my favourite German player

So England are 3-0 up, glad to see Owen finally get on the score sheet.
And Beckham with 3 assists in 2 games.
It must be like playing horse for McLaren.

goal 1 - f
goal 2 - u
goal 3 - c

Timm

06-06-2007, 03:07 PM

Is Schweinsteiger playing? If so how is he doing?

He was my favourite German player

nah he still has that borrelisiosoeisosis disease, dunno what it's called exactly. he's got an infection in his knee from a tick bite. doctors don't know when he will be able to play again. :(

he's definetly one of my favourites too among frings jansen and gomez :)

edit 19 points :D

edit edit:
goal of the year: the 5 - 0 in the game sweden iceland :lol:

RedMorningLight

06-06-2007, 05:15 PM

Beckham just has quality delivery but if you are very critical the estonian full backs were reluctant to actually close down and that was their downfall. Still, Beckham took advantage of that. I'm definately of the opinion he is world class, just a shame he was at a low in january and took the US option instead of playing on in europe.

KappaKid17

06-06-2007, 06:17 PM

ah, bit of a dumb question, but how many teams will compete in euro 2008? Is it just 16 including the hosts Austria and Switzerland?

Anyways, anyone see the David Villa bike today vs Liechtenstein? Brilliant.

angry armadillo

06-07-2007, 03:50 AM

They'll spend and get rid of players, for sure. Expect some decent signings.yeah i heard rafa is on holiday so when he gets back we shall see....

regarding TV i heard that setana have a bigger chunk of the prem next season but I don't know exactly what that means, you only ever got 1 or 2 games a week on sky anyway, sometimes nothing if there was no 'interesting' games... Liverpool are making a channel anyway so I am just going to subscribe for that so long as they broadcast allllll the games

the england match was ok, the problem with being england is we have the reputation in our group of being the best, so all the other nations in our quali group are just going to put 10 men behind the ball and nick a goal on the break or at least try, with the exception of maybe croatia who might be brave enough to attack us.

But when your opponents play like that, that is why you have john terry and rio ferdinand up on the half way line passing the ball around slowly trying to draw them out and it doesnt work.

which is why we need peter crouch, he has alright ball skill and can head the ball down ok, his key strength is that even michael essien can be quoted as saying he struggles to know what to do when you are marking someone 6'7"

the only other alternative is to play like brazil and pass like crazy around the edge of their peno box but england dont have the skills for that lol

RockerGav

06-07-2007, 05:46 AM

the england match was ok, the problem with being england is we have the reputation in our group of being the best, so all the other nations in our quali group are just going to put 10 men behind the ball and nick a goal on the break or at least try, with the exception of maybe croatia who might be brave enough to attack us.

Well you are the top seeded team in the group so its fairly reasonable to say you have the best reputation. I honestly don't understand how England have done so badly in their group so far, if you're talking the ability of individual players, then they should be able to play any tactics they choose and beat these other teams. I mean, most of the England first team play week in week out first team football for some of the best teams in what is now the best league in the world, so its pretty shocking if they can't beat the likes of Macedonia. There seems to be a serious lack of drive, something that is just intolerable in a Scotland team, where attitude is everything, because realistically we will never have the most skilled footballers, so you have to expect 110% from everyone every game or they shouldn't be playing for their country.

I do think that England will turn it around and Scotland will just fall short, I still think its impressive how well we're doing with 3 teams who got to the quarter finals of the world cup and are all in top 11 of the admittedly flawed FIFA rankings system.

angry armadillo

06-07-2007, 08:12 AM

one of englands fundamental problems is mclaren has lampard playing as a holding centre midfielder against defensive teams.

in theory he should employ more of a diamond midfield to alllow gerrard to hold and lampard to attack

when hargreaves is back he then has further options of either

hargreaves holding, gerrard and lampard attacking, 2 wingers crossing to a target man (ideally crouch)

or maintain the 4-4-2 with a holding and attacking centre mid

personally when hargreaves comes back i would imagine gerrard will get the drop as hargreaves is purely a defensive midfielder, so he will probably be paired with the attacking lampard

at the moment with gerrard and lampard, gerrard has the versitility to go back and forth and has somehow masked lampards failings in the defensive side of being a central midfielder, whereas when hargreaves is back it doesnt matter because lampard just stays forward and hargreaves takes care of everything at the back.

Frankie

06-07-2007, 08:13 AM

Scottish football is on the up. I think scotland have a chance I wouldn't write them off. As for england of course we'll qualify. I hope Northern Ireland do too. Healy's just phenomenal for them.

Lampard for me looks really dis-interested in playing for country and far more concerned with his ****ing £140,000 salary or whatever hes demanding.

RockerGav

06-07-2007, 08:28 AM

Scottish football is on the up. I think scotland have a chance I wouldn't write them off.

Yeah theres a lot of good players coming through, I think either Boyd or McFadden or even both could surpass the current goalscoring record for Scotland, Boyds a goal machine. Scott Brown could be a big player for scotland as well.

Did anyone see the 5th Sweden goal last night?

E sharp

06-07-2007, 09:06 AM

^^ haha. Play by the whistle Iceland

Echleon

06-07-2007, 12:37 PM

I really don't see how England never perform too well really.

We have some amazing players, but we just can't work as a team. I think people took Sven for granted when he came along and we started getting some good wins.

Frankie

06-07-2007, 12:44 PM

Kyle

06-07-2007, 12:52 PM

Sup football thread? Havn't posted here in ages.

So I'm really optimistic about Newcastle next season, fresh management, fresh ownership, fresh defence, Viduka coming in to join Martins and Owen.

Hoping to get back to a solid Uefa place.

RandyfromPennywise

06-07-2007, 01:34 PM

I dunno about the UK, but Setanta have taken a substantial number of Premiership games from Sky in Ireland for next season.

If you don't have Foxtel here in Aus, basically the only football you get to see is Champions League, two live games a week. Foxtel now have all the rights to Australian national team matches, A-League (our national comp), Premier League, and on ESPN (which is a channel on Foxtel) they show Italian and Spanish and sometimes MLS and German and Dutch games. Foxtel also have the rights to all the live Wallabies matches (Rugby Union), and four live games of AFL (Australian football, the most popular sport in the country) out of eight per week. Without Fox, you really can't be a sport watcher. With it, your arse is parked on the couch way more than it should be. Thankfully, I fall in to the latter category.

Ribéry to Bayern for £17m. Good buy.

Frankie - now that's a better avatar. :)

Pinhead13

06-07-2007, 01:58 PM

Did anyone watch the Gremio - Santos game last night? what a game, Santos was left out of the Libertadores cup by 1 goal.

rik

06-07-2007, 02:57 PM

So the scum have singed Viduka then. If it was any other team then I would say good luck to him. But since it's ****ing Newcastle I hope he gets booed when he comes back to play against boro. Cos I'll be booing.
Eh? And you really thought he'd sign another contract with you damn smoggies.

Heh, come on man. He's moved on to bigger and better things.

Echleon

06-07-2007, 03:41 PM

lol harsh

RandyfromPennywise

06-07-2007, 06:01 PM

Haha, yeah we don't get too much banter in here, it's well good!

Britney Diva

06-07-2007, 06:30 PM

at the moment with gerrard and lampard, gerrard has the versitility to go back and forth and has somehow masked lampards failings in the defensive side of being a central midfielder, whereas when hargreaves is back it doesnt matter because lampard just stays forward and hargreaves takes care of everything at the back.
I wouldn't say Gerrard is any better than Lampard defensively. Gerrard may try marginally harder but neither has any real interest in defending.

Dead Star

06-07-2007, 06:45 PM

to be honest, I rate Gerrard higher than Lampard at attacking too.

Frankie

06-08-2007, 06:41 AM

Eh? And you really thought he'd sign another contract with you damn smoggies.

Heh, come on man. He's moved on to bigger and better things.

We finished higher in the league than you this season. You've also won **** all in 50 years despite being well backed and are serial underachievers.

And despite this you still get 50,000 people watching your games. You could argue cos the geordie fans are passionate. However I just believe they're ****ing stupid and like watching ****.

angry armadillo

06-08-2007, 08:37 AM

I wouldn't say Gerrard is any better than Lampard defensively. Gerrard may try marginally harder but neither has any real interest in defending.
over the last 2 england matches there is numerous examples of gerrard winning the ball back, and gerrard, just looking lost waiting to be passed the ball really. Particularly in the brazil game.

rik

06-08-2007, 09:00 AM

We finished higher in the league than you this season. You've also won **** all in 50 years despite being well backed and are serial underachievers.
Yes, we had a poor season. But I congratulate you on finishing higher than a team plagued with injuries for the whole season and managed by someone who seemed far more concerned with having a positive outlook on life than managing a football team. This makes boro a better side, wait, no it doesn't.

We also had players like Owen and Ameobi out virtually the entire season, I wonder how well Boro would've done without, say, Viduka and Yakubu.

And despite this you still get 50,000 people watching your games. You could argue cos the geordie fans are passionate. However I just believe they're ****ing stupid and like watching ****.
I'll go with the passionate option, everyone knows the geordies are some of the best fans in the world.

Anyway, thanks for Viduka. Good luck next season without him.

Frankie

06-08-2007, 09:02 AM

He'll be hard to replace no doubt about it.

Minus The Flair

06-08-2007, 10:05 AM

All the Aussies are leaving Boro apparently. Well, maybe.

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=470872&CPID=8&clid=25&lid=2&title=Schwarzer+has+Boro+concerns

E sharp

06-08-2007, 10:12 AM

Its ok, They have Brad Jones!

Frankie

06-08-2007, 10:49 AM

Brad Jones is a good young keeper so fu'ck you.

Plus your all forgetting the small matter that Woodgate would rather stay with us then go back to the geordies.

Echleon

06-08-2007, 10:56 AM

I think next season I will buy my first Football shirt since 1998 hahaha.

Man United Sharp one with the zip, Giggs number 11 on the back :cool:

Frankie

06-08-2007, 11:11 AM

I have a boro shirt when ICI were still the sponsor. Retro as.

Echleon

06-08-2007, 11:34 AM

I went into JJB and they will still selling this seasons shirts for £35-40 :-\

rik

06-08-2007, 12:08 PM

I've got a newcastle shirt from when Newcastle Brown Ale were the sponsors. It's so little, can't believe I used to fit in it.

Echleon

06-08-2007, 03:29 PM

Hahaha I also have one of those from when I was about 7.

RandyfromPennywise

06-09-2007, 03:25 AM

I've got about 10 Chelsea shirts, not going to get another one for a while unless they come out with something that looks sick. It'd be a tough choice as to who I'd get on the back though, either Bridge, Essien, or maybe Joe Cole, or Carvalho. Wouldn't mind getting a 'keeper's shirt with Cudicini on it though, that'd be class.

Scored my first goal of the season today :) We lost though :( Ball fell to me in the box and I smashed it top corner. Scoring is good fun, I don't do it enough. I played so hungover today it was crazy, it's 6pm and I've still got a headache now. Some of my best sporting stuff has been hungover - i.e. twice scored 50s playing cricket, and now I've scored three goals hungover too. Strange in'it.

Minus The Flair

06-09-2007, 05:13 AM

Viduka out, Aliadiere in.

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=470996&CPID=8&clid=3&lid=2&title=Boro+reveal+Aliadiere+deal

Frankie

06-09-2007, 12:11 PM

Be good if we could sign geremi as well. But yeah I'm relatively happy about us signing Aliadere.

Minus The Flair

06-09-2007, 12:16 PM

Did anyone watch that charity football thing on Channel 4? I didn't see and was just wondering if anyone saw it, and who was willing to give up their pay for charity.

ChodaBoy

06-09-2007, 12:24 PM

I saw a bit at the beggining. It was taking far too long to actually show contact with players, but Andy Gray said he would give up a days wages. And he is the highest paid sports pundit in the country IIRC, so that should be a fair amount

rik

06-09-2007, 01:22 PM

I watched it, in the end half of premiership footballers agreed to give up their wages. Making something like £750,000.

Britney Diva

06-09-2007, 02:11 PM

Andy Gray ... is the highest paid sports pundit in the country IIRC
lmao he's an idiot

ChodaBoy

06-09-2007, 02:56 PM

Exactly what I have always said. Pretty much anything he has ever said during a game has been 100% rediculous.

This got me annoyed too
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6736783.stm

The England national team are to play for free from now on, instead giving the money to charity. Its a ****ing joke that any players get paid to play for the country, in the poorer countries I could understand, but when these players could be earning up to £140,000 in a week, they dont need more money when there would be thousands of the general public who would consider it an honour to play for their national team.

Frankie

06-09-2007, 03:05 PM

Good thing there donating this fee then ?

Echleon

06-09-2007, 03:08 PM

zomg,

Barcelona are drawing with Espanyol 1-1
Real Madrid 1-0 to Zaragoza.

50th minute

If Real don't step it up, they could throw away the title tonight. However, if both teams don't grab a win, it could leave the door open for Sevilla.

Echleon

06-09-2007, 03:18 PM

Van Nistleroy grabs one for Real to make it 1-1, but Messi also gets a 2nd for Barca to make it 2-1!

EDIT: omg... I can't believe it, a goal in each game in the last minute to keep Real at the top!

rik

06-09-2007, 03:56 PM

Man that Real Madrid match was great.

In the space of 20 seconds, Madrid scored to make it 2-2, and Espanyol scored against Barca to make it 2-2. Finished that way, so if Madrid win the last game of the season, the title is theirs.

Messi scored both in the Barca match, the first being a handball in a hand of god type fashion, second time hes done that.

Dead Star

06-09-2007, 04:20 PM

Must be an Argintinean thing.

ATM

06-10-2007, 10:17 AM

Haha yea I saw that.

rik

06-10-2007, 11:10 AM

Looks like Real are gonna try and keep Beckham

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=471152&CPID=23&clid=186&lid=2&title=Real+to+make+Beckham+offer

Minus The Flair

06-10-2007, 11:10 AM

So now Madrid have come crawling back for Beckham, they want him to stay.

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=471152&CPID=23&clid=186&lid=2&title=Real+to+make+Beckham+offer

It's very possible, I remember Beckham saying that he never wanted to leave, and they practically forced him to. I hope he stays for England's sake.

Echleon

06-10-2007, 01:46 PM

Hahaha, you posted the exact same article from the exact same site from the poster above you XD.

Anyway, I do hope he stays for his sake as a sportsman, and Englands sake.

I don't think Madrid will be able to break the contract though.

Minus The Flair

06-10-2007, 01:59 PM

I never noticed. You bastard rik! Anyway, I'm first to this news. Apparently he won't stay.

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=471164&CPID=23&clid=186&lid=2&title=Beckham+committed+to+LA+move

Echleon

06-10-2007, 02:12 PM

Yeah, I got SkySports news on the in background.

I know he doesn't want to stab Galaxy in the back, but I think that due to the sheer amount of traveling from the US, and the fact that MLS isn't as good as La Liga in quality of competition, will result in him not being able to retain his current form that is required for international level.

rik

06-10-2007, 02:19 PM

I never noticed. You bastard rik! Anyway, I'm first to this news. Apparently he won't stay.

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=471164&CPID=23&clid=186&lid=2&title=Beckham+committed+to+LA+move
Heh, actually came on the post that. You were quicker this time.

Minus The Flair

06-10-2007, 03:34 PM

Muhahaha!

I do wish he'd stay though. Or, ideally, be loaned back to the Premiership, that'd be awesome.

Britney Diva

06-10-2007, 03:58 PM

It'd be the most expensive loan ever if he was. I doubt many clubs would be willing to pay his wages as a temporary player, LA are paying him so much money because of his merchandising power- I doubt a club taking him on loan would be able to make full use of that, certainly not enough to justify a large portion of his wages.

RandyfromPennywise

06-10-2007, 06:17 PM

Spanish League is so awesome this year, what a finish. Same as the Dutch league, both leagues have been their most entertaining for some years. I want Real to win the league for some reason, now that Sevilla are out of the running. I normally am partial to Barcelona, what with Guddy playing for them, but yeah I want Real to win it after going four years without a thing.

Pinhead13

06-10-2007, 09:58 PM

There is a story in yahoo.com about English fans buying a Football team. I would donate if they take paypal.

http://www.myfootballclub.co.uk/

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070608/ts_csm/omyteam_1

angry armadillo

06-11-2007, 06:22 AM

There is a story in yahoo.com about English fans buying a Football team. I would donate if they take paypal.

http://www.myfootballclub.co.uk/

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070608/ts_csm/omyteam_1I am going to assume no club will accept their offer once they realise how they are going to run the club.

nitzguy

06-12-2007, 09:32 AM

here is a good artical on the whole thing. it basically says the truth.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/greg_lalas/06/11/beckham.real/index.html

Frankie

06-12-2007, 10:10 AM

That writer is a douchebag. But his points were valid.

But yeah becks is too good for MLS. And if we wanted to still play for england he'd realise that.

nitzguy

06-12-2007, 11:46 AM

Britney Diva

06-12-2007, 11:55 AM

I stopped reading when he started talking about shitty John Cusack movies from before he was talented. Now there's a Beckham analogy.

Frankie

06-12-2007, 12:21 PM

did you say that 6 months ago when he was ousted out of his captaincy of england, being ousted by the new england skipper and sitting and rotting on the bench for Real all before he signed for the MLS? i doubt it.

Yes, I was saying beckham was too good for MLS back in January. Because quite frankly it's a rubbish league and I'm probably better than half the players in it at present. But I didn't care as at the time for England he'd played poorly in the world cup for England. He's playing well for Real now so I want him back now that he can justify his place.

Btw he quit as captain and wasn't 'ousted' this also occurred well before he signed for LA.

Minus The Flair

06-12-2007, 12:33 PM

MLS is like the English Conference, maybe worse.

Frankie

06-12-2007, 12:45 PM

Northern/Southern Conference ;)

Echleon

06-12-2007, 01:40 PM

Northern/Southern Conference ;)

I've wondered, If teams get promoted out of the conference, how do new teams get in?

Frankie

06-12-2007, 01:55 PM

I've wondered, If teams get promoted out of the conference, how do new teams get in?

They're promoted from the north/south conference I believe. From the next season the premise will be basically 2 go up from the North/South and 4 are relegated from the conference back to their respective North or South.

Inspiration

06-12-2007, 02:09 PM

Northern/Southern Conference ;)

definitely, no question

RandyfromPennywise

06-12-2007, 11:14 PM

You guys have got no idea or you're just being ridiculously biased, or both, or you're just taking the piss. Probably the latter, but anyway, the MLS is actually quite a decent standard. From what I've watched and in my opinion, it's certainly comparable to some smaller European leagues, such as Belgium, Greece or - barring the Old Firm - Scotland. The standard is certainly better than League One, and probably comparable to, but less than the Championship. It's poor compared to the big European leagues, but really it's not too far down if you made a list of all the domestic leagues in the world. Anyway, who cares.

One of the youngsters Chelsea have just signed to our academy is a Czech goalkeeper, who is already as tall as Petr The Great. But get this, at his Czech club, he played as a striker as well as in goals. Now that is pretty cool. The next Chilavert, Barthez, Higuita?

EDIT: Plath, you crazy cat, that's gold.

Frankie

06-13-2007, 07:45 AM

Ah don't worry I was taking the piss. I'd put the MLS at middle range of Championship clubs.

RedMorningLight

06-13-2007, 08:37 AM

Tuncay is leaving fenerbache on a free transfer this summer and the only english clubs that have shown interest so far are Middlesborough and Birmingham, am I the only one who is abit suprised by this? I would have expected interest from clubs such as Newcastle, Spurs or even Arsenal.

angry armadillo

06-13-2007, 08:37 AM

Dave Nugent as a championship striker who has just moved into the lower echelons of the prem has illustrated that championship football is not at a high enough level to compete internationally

so i struggle to see how an aging beckham will maintain his form over in america

and that is not bias because i have though for a long time beckham is one of englands strongest players.

Frankie

06-13-2007, 10:17 AM

I must say I welcome the signing of Tuncay. I saw his hat-trick against Utd in 2004 and i was impressed then.

RandyfromPennywise

06-13-2007, 12:53 PM

Yeah, good signing I reckon. I didn't realise he was still only 25, I thought he'd be 27, 28, 'cause he's been around for a while.

Britney Diva

06-13-2007, 02:48 PM

Dave Nugent as a championship striker who has just moved into the lower echelons of the prem has illustrated that championship football is not at a high enough level to compete internationally.
He's not signed yet, has he? Besides, I'm not sure Sunderland will be in the lower echelons of the Premiership next year. I don't rate Nugent though, so maybe you're right.

Frankie

06-13-2007, 05:01 PM

Name change ey ?

Anyway yeah dunno about Nugent signing for the Mackems. I rate him quite highly, one to watch I think.

angry armadillo

06-14-2007, 04:26 AM

i dont think he has signed yet i must have read a strong rumour, he will be away with the u21's atm we will see when he is back i guess

also fixtures: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6742061.stm

The_Passenger

06-14-2007, 06:48 AM

I'm not so sure what the big deal about Nugent is. He's pretty good by Championship standards, but nothing I've seen from him makes me think "why haven't any Premiership clubs signed him yet?"

Wigga Stole My Bike

06-14-2007, 08:18 AM

Newcastle's first game of the season, away to Bolton, big Sam's return....I call rigged :P

Man U home to Reading should provide a good start for us.

angry armadillo

06-14-2007, 08:22 AM

we have got aston villa, which we ought to win

my other team (swindon) start off at northampton which isnt really special i suppose
although we have got charlton in the league cup 2nd and they play scunthorpe first so it will be interesting to see how charlton play against a team that came from league 1 to give us an idea in the cup (i hope)

rik

06-14-2007, 02:52 PM

Barton's finally signed for Newcastle, after a bit of a delay. I'm actually quite excited about him, he is actually a pretty damn good player, and as long as he keeps out of trouble he should be a great addition to the Newcastle squad.

Ben Haim signed for Chelsea, dissapointed. Would've liked to see him at Newcastle, instead he'll spend most of his days on the Chelsea bench.

RedMorningLight

06-14-2007, 05:00 PM

But he will have the chance for champions league football which probably swung it, aside from the money. Has anyone seen any of the U21 games? I cannot believe how much play acting is going on in those games, I saw a couple minutes of the Czech v Serbia game and even in that short time there were so many completely unreasonable reactions to challenges and attempts to con the officials.

ChodaBoy

06-14-2007, 05:26 PM

Barton's finally signed for Newcastle, after a bit of a delay.

Hahahahaha, he's you're problem now!

Although we may aswell start putting up the Coca-Cola Championship signs now

angry armadillo

06-15-2007, 05:00 AM

you might be laughing but with no manager, no season tickets sold yet and a takeover bid that has just been frozen i might reconsider

rik

06-15-2007, 07:50 AM

Hahahahaha, he's you're problem now!

Although we may aswell start putting up the Coca-Cola Championship signs now
Yer, really, you may aswell.

Call him our problem, but he was your best player.

Britney Diva

06-15-2007, 03:19 PM

No, Dunne and Distin were. Barton's a good player, but noone to write to Frank Lampard about. Add that to his obviously disruptive influence, he's not really a player I'd want at my club.

ChodaBoy

06-15-2007, 03:26 PM

I just doubt that Sam could tame him, if "Psycho" couldnt do it, "Heart Attack" Sam certainly shouldnt be able to. Distin probably was our best player, I cant remember a time he really let us down.

But of course, the club couldnt keep him, and he went for free.

RandyfromPennywise

06-16-2007, 03:29 AM

Yeah not really sure why we have signed Ben Haim. Man our squad looks shitter all the time.

Britney Diva

06-16-2007, 03:36 AM

Ben Haim > Boulahrouz

RandyfromPennywise

06-16-2007, 03:43 AM

Agree, totally. But Ben Haim < Alex. And Alex < Chivu.

We won 3-2 against the bottom team in the league today, now we're 4 wins and 5 losses. Really starting to recover after a 1-5 start to the season.

Hey this is completely unrelated to the world game, but where I live it has been so unbelievably cold lately, I have a question for you peopolies who live in the top half of the world where it's well cold. How do you stop all the windows in your car fogging up when you get in it when it's freezing but you're hot (i.e. after soccer training)? Obviously you can demist the windscreen but what about the windows and that? Surely this must happen all the time up there in the north.

RedMorningLight

06-16-2007, 04:55 AM

Ha, that happens to me every wednesday night without fail, you just have to put loads of hot air on your front and rear windscreens and it will clear really fast... it gets even hotter in the car unfortunately, but that can be remedied by putting down your side windows.

RandyfromPennywise

06-18-2007, 04:20 AM

Yeah but then if it's raining you can't put your windows down. Quite the conundrum.

angry armadillo

06-18-2007, 04:35 AM

Minus The Flair

06-18-2007, 08:51 AM

Madrid win the La Liga title then, exciting finish and happy for Becks, though it's sad to see him go now. Did anyone watch the U-21 England - Serbia game? Good win, but racism much? I know it's talked about a lot but I hate it.

angry armadillo

06-18-2007, 08:57 AM

i saw it and i can see why serbia were upset at the goal

but that was a silly reaction from them, especially considering they were past the group stage before the kick off even!

Frankie

06-18-2007, 01:55 PM

Apparently it all kicked off in the tunnel afterwards. Plus the ref had to stop the game so the racist chanting from the serbian supporters would end.

RandyfromPennywise

06-18-2007, 09:30 PM

i point the blowers at the side window and it seems to work
or just open the window anyway, its not so bad once you are rolling

i bought new boots and gloves on the weekend, i noticed the cost of gloves hasnt changed at all, but boots are wellll expensive now, although that could be due to i am wearing adult boots and not child sizes now

Haha child sizes. Yeah I just bought a pair of the predators with the metal studs, they are normally the most expensive boot you can buy - about $300 here, which is like £130 - but I got them for $180, which is still a LOT of money for boots. BUT it is so hard to get non-molded boots here, even in the best stores there is like half a dozen pairs of boots with studs, and like 200 with moldeds. Anyway, they are sick boots.

Spanish League was great, top finish. To be honest, for some reason I can't explain I'm happy for Becks that he finally won a trophy. Maybe it's because I would've felt sorry for him had he played four full seasons at Madrid and not won a trophy.

ChodaBoy

06-18-2007, 09:40 PM

They really made a show of it though. 1-0 down, 3-1 finish. Then when the game ended dimming the white flood lights and colouring the crowd in team colours as they held metallic paper. Looked great though

Frankie

06-19-2007, 01:48 PM

So arbitration hearings finished. Decision if Sheff Utd is re-instated or not should be by the end of the month. Can't see them being put back in the prem tho'.

rik

06-19-2007, 02:54 PM

Yer really, I think its a pretty hopless cause. I can't see anyway that they would be re-instated and having 21 teams in the prem next year, its just not going to happen.

Frankie

06-19-2007, 02:58 PM

In saying that I couldn't see Juve getting relegated last year and they were so.

ChodaBoy

06-19-2007, 03:01 PM

They dont deserve to be in the league, simple as. If they played well and scored goals, they would be in the Premiership now. The only reasonable decision would be compensation, and that is just to shut them up from whining all the live-long day

rik

06-19-2007, 05:57 PM

I've never wondered this until now, but when Juventus got relegated, did it make an extra team in Serie B or did another team get promoted into Serie A?

ChodaBoy

06-19-2007, 06:03 PM

Juve, Lazio and Fiorentina were relgated, and the teams who were originally to go down due to points, were left in Serie A

RandyfromPennywise

06-19-2007, 10:07 PM

So finally some good (better) news on the transfer front for Chelsea. Looks like Florent Malouda could be coming. I'd be pretty happy with this. Either he or Gamst-Pedersen, both would be top additions to the squad in an area we need some reinforcements. And at right-back, the talk of Alves has cooled but I read today about Miguel from Valencia, now this would be a very good move. I've rated him highly since Euro 2004. He is constantly picked ahead of Ferreira by Big Phil Scolari for the national team, that has to mean something, and he has been very good in the dozen or so Valencia games I saw last season. Either he or Alves would be great, then sell Ferreira, and get Johnson back as reserve and with Alex and Ben Haim in there, our defence is basicall sorted (provided we sell Boulahrouz...).

angry armadillo

06-20-2007, 04:03 AM

toooo much speculation i want to see actions pleaseeeeeeeee

rik

06-20-2007, 02:20 PM

Ah man, that England U21 v Holland was tight.

Something like 30 penalties taken at the end between the two teams, pretty gutted to see England go out actually.

Minus The Flair

06-20-2007, 02:48 PM

Ahhh, England just cannot win penalty shootouts, regardless of generation/age.

And the fact that they scored in the 89th minute pissed me off at first but then I read how they scored.

"With Taylor down injured inside the box the home side refused to kick the ball out of play and Ryan Donk headed a ball back across goal for Rigters to acrobatically volley home from close-range." (skysports)

Hahaha, Karma much?

RandyfromPennywise

06-20-2007, 08:20 PM

That's bs, I didn't see Taylor down in the box. Someone was down, I thought it was someone up the pitch. Taylor hurt his foot and was back on the goal line when the goal went in. Stupid English media bias bs.

I couldn't stay up any longer (4am) and went to bed at the end of normal time. Woulda been awesome to see a shoot out like that. Half the English team woulda missed the final anyway. Taylor's a good player, Reo-Cocker, not sure about him really, shows something at times, then other times he looks awful, but yeah there are some ok players coming through for England. Holland's youngsters looked pretty good, most people know Babel already, he's gonna be a star, and they had some decent midfield enforcers too. And they all seemed to have very nice footwork.

angry armadillo

06-21-2007, 03:29 AM

Wigga Stole My Bike

06-21-2007, 08:18 AM

holland were boring, they were lucky that got a last minute goal, they were not really playing with the passion to win the game

they were lucky england gave up, sat back and invited them into the goal pretty much

it was a bit harsh to make taylor take his peno but fair does he scored it haha

carson cant save penos to save his life though.

To be fair if taylor was too hurt he shouldn't of been on the pitch, the officials (eventually) got it right, if you're still on the pitch after extra time you have to take a penalty if it comes around to you. Taylor said it himself he was ready to take one but the 4th official messed up originally. Pearce also mentioned how he explained the rules to them because he knew he had to.

angry armadillo

06-21-2007, 10:00 AM

To be fair if taylor was too hurt he shouldn't of been on the pitch, the officials (eventually) got it right, if you're still on the pitch after extra time you have to take a penalty if it comes around to you. Taylor said it himself he was ready to take one but the 4th official messed up originally. Pearce also mentioned how he explained the rules to them because he knew he had to.
technically if he wanted to be an arse about it he could have just walked off the pitch (like you can when you get so injured in normal play) and said he was too injured to carry on so its a moot point

but fair play to him he went and put one away, id have laughed if it was the winner but o well

ChodaBoy

06-22-2007, 01:14 PM

So Barca apparently sign Henry, but for £16m? Shevchenko cost £30m and I dont think he was at the level Henry was

The_Passenger

06-22-2007, 01:59 PM

To be fair Sheva was bought by Chelsea, thus they were prepared to pay such an extravagent sum. I don't think you can really compare what they pay to what anyone else pays.

I would also say that seeing as each was arguably the best striker in their respective leagues at the time I'd say they were pretty much playing on the same level.

Minus The Flair

06-22-2007, 03:22 PM

The_Passenger

06-22-2007, 03:26 PM

That's ridiculous, not in the way that it might not be true, but that transfer fees are utterly stupid now. I heard Charlton saying that they will not sell Darren Bent for a penny less than £17m, yet one of the best players in the world goes for less than that?! Crazy.

That is insane. The worst thing is that clubs like West Ham are apparently willing to pay this sort of money for him.

I don't see how the valuation of Darren Bent can be £17 million and Henry's 'only' be £16 million. Charlton have probably just overpriced him in teh hope that they can use the money to bring in 4 new decent players or something like that.

Minus The Flair

06-22-2007, 03:31 PM

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=472855&CPID=8&clid=33&lid=&title=Addicks+play+hardball+over+Bent&channel=&

There's the article saying that.

It really would be a shame if Henry left the Premiership, I always felt he was the League's best player, obviously not this season, but he was unstoppable in previous seasons, great to watch.

Minus The Flair

06-22-2007, 03:34 PM

metal-militia

06-22-2007, 05:57 PM

This is retarded. How can a player of Henry's calibre be leaving for 16 million? As mentioned Bent was in talks with West Ham who offered 17 million, and he is no where near as good.

angry armadillo

06-23-2007, 06:50 AM

arsenal have done brill to get 16mil for someone who will be over 30 at the end of this coming season imo

Minus The Flair

06-23-2007, 06:52 AM

Umm. How old is Beckham?

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=473435&CPID=952&clid=4399&lid=2&title=Henry+explains+Gunners+exit&channel=Football+Home&

Theres his reasons for leaving. Apparently couldn't stand to be there without Wenger, who only has one year left on his contract and probably won't renew it after David Dein left. Do we know yet why he left? Cos it sure screwed Arsenal over in many ways.

I think the Premiership will miss Henry, he's been one of the League's best players IMO.

rik

06-23-2007, 10:57 AM

Ganondorf

06-24-2007, 12:14 PM

Over the past few years Arsenal have lost a truly world class side, including the player such as

Sol Campbell
Ashely Cole
Edu
Pires
Bergkamp
Viera
Henry

No wonder the team is in decline.....

Frankie

06-24-2007, 01:10 PM

But being replaced with world class youngsters e.g. Bendtdner, Fabregas, Walcott, Van Persie.

Don't doubt Wenger. The man is an amazing manager and his buys are legendary.

RandyfromPennywise

06-25-2007, 12:47 AM

I'm dissapointed Henrys left the premiership, such a great player to watch. Also, now I think Arsenal are gonna come sniffing around for Martins and Owen.

In other news it looks like we've nearly signed Rozenhal, anyone know how good a defender this guy is? I can't say i've seen him play much.

I saw him play in the flesh once, and have seen him play for Czech quite a few times. Anyway, he's pretty alright on FM, and yeah, not a bad signing. Mario Yepes, however, is the best defender from Paris.

fisker

06-25-2007, 03:51 AM

i don't support arsenal, but i hope they do continue to challenge this coming season to keep things interesting, and i'm sure they will.
they're just not quite top quality at the moment, but could be in a couple of seasons/with a few of good buys

Minus The Flair

06-25-2007, 06:35 AM

Don't doubt Wenger. The man is an amazing manager and his buys are legendary.

But don't expect him to stick around much longer either.

RandyfromPennywise

06-25-2007, 10:55 AM

Yeah, I would be surprised if Wenger is there for too much longer.

Frankie

06-25-2007, 12:19 PM

True, as this seems to be the reason why he quit.

RandyfromPennywise

06-25-2007, 12:28 PM

I honestly can't believe Henry has gone. Arsenal isn't Arsenal without Henry. At least not the Arsenal I grew up with. Read: grew up hating but admiring at the same time.

rik

06-26-2007, 10:02 AM

Sven has agreed a deal with Man City, though apparently wether he actually gets the job will depend on if the takeover is successful.

ChodaBoy

06-26-2007, 10:12 AM

I was very cautious about him, after little cup success with England. But he has quite a good record with domestic teams. Hopefully he can bring SWP back and get some magic on the wing again!

Oh, and get rid of the crap hanging around

David Trezeguet is only 29? He seems to have been around forever

RandyfromPennywise

06-26-2007, 12:23 PM

Yeah, someone really should have made a real effort to get him (Trez) last year, he's quality.

angry armadillo

06-27-2007, 08:41 AM

athletico are still saying liverpool havent bid for torres yet but its on the BBC and they dont usually post articles without foundation so hopefully its going to happen.

rik

06-27-2007, 10:50 AM

Lots of news about us going in for Geremi, i'd like to get him, hes a good versatile player. And he'd be a great signing to get on a free tranfer as well.

RandyfromPennywise

06-27-2007, 11:51 AM

I don't think it'd be on a free, he's got a year left on his contract.

Reports are that we've bid £12m for Malouda. It'll need to be at least £15m, but I'm happy with this, he'd be a decent signing.

Getting pretty pumped about the Asian Cup.

Frankie

06-27-2007, 12:08 PM

I've heard reports about boro signing Geremi as well.

rik

06-27-2007, 02:10 PM

I don't think it'd be on a free, he's got a year left on his contract.

Really? All the reports i've read have suggested his contract is nearly out.

'Allardyce is hopeful of quickly concluding a deal for the 28-year-old, who is approaching the end of his contract at Chelsea and, will be available on a free transfer.'

And from a different source.

The Magpies are hopeful of securing the 28-year-old Cameroon international on a free transfer as he approaches the end of his four-year deal at Stamford Bridge.

Cecillianne

06-27-2007, 10:49 PM

Getting pretty pumped about the Asian Cup.
heh i've got 6 tickets for the semis. i'm hoping that Australia do well enough to reach that stage, i'd love to catch a look at them.

we've got the champions youth cup coming here as well, 12 dollars per ticket and 2 games for each is a steal. malaysia has a football team of junk, but jeez we're getting some good teams over to play.

angry armadillo

06-28-2007, 03:35 AM

Reports are that we've bid £12m for Malouda. It'll need to be at least £15m, but I'm happy with this, he'd be a decent signing.I've heard that bid has been rejected, whatever chelsea bid any team is going to try and negotiate another 5mil out of them because they know chelski can afford it ahaha

Wigga Stole My Bike

06-28-2007, 04:34 AM

What's going on with the Copa America :|

First Uruguay lose to Peru 3-0

and now Mexico beat Brazil 2-0 :S

angry armadillo

06-28-2007, 05:42 AM

darren bent signs for spurs!

E sharp

06-28-2007, 06:13 AM

darren bent signs for spurs!

Omg what for. We have quality strikers already -- Berbs, Keano, Defoe, Mido (on his way out though). We're gonna have unrest between the strikers.

Frankie

06-28-2007, 07:23 AM

Defoe'll end up going I think.

angry armadillo

06-28-2007, 07:24 AM

probably signed him to keep him away from west ham haha

real sack capello too!

RandyfromPennywise

06-28-2007, 11:25 AM

To Rikky, yeah I was wrong, Gérémi is out of contract.

Bent, why would you go to Spurs???

Cecillianne, where are you? You're going to games??

angry armadillo - yeah, you're right, look how they got £24m out of us for Essien even though we only wanted to pay £18m... But he was worth every penny! But yeah, I hope we sign Malouda...

Cannot believe Real sacked Capello... Why? Give him a fking chance... Stupidest club in Europe. Stupidest big club at least.

Chris Coleman has taken over at Real Sociedad... Now THAT is surprising...

Frankie

06-28-2007, 12:06 PM

That shocked me a fair bit actually.

RandyfromPennywise

06-28-2007, 12:47 PM

Which one?!

Frankie

06-29-2007, 04:48 AM

Coleman taking over. I'm just slightly bemused at Darren Bent supposedly being worth more than henry. It's true what they say players prices are enormously inflated in this country. Bent would go for £10m in spain or italy.

angry armadillo

06-29-2007, 05:02 AM

Apparently sociedad had been recommended coleman by toshack although i dont know why...

There are big rumours that Liverpool and Athletico have agreed a deal for Torres with Luis Garcia going the other way, which sounds good to me.

The_Passenger

06-29-2007, 05:29 AM

I don't really think that the Torres/Garcia deal is that great, I mean Garcia has had his problems with injuries but I feel he's done fairly well for Liverpool. I think it's odd that a club looking to move forward should be swapping good players for otehr good players, taht's just moving sideways.

Torres is a good player but I wouldn't be surprised if he's another Morientes...

I can't believe the Darren Bent deal. Tottenham are doing fine for strikers as it is, I just don't see why they need Bent, especially for £16.5 million. For that price he's almost certainyl going to displace Keane as Tottenham's other first choice striker, even though he and Berbatov have played wonderfully together.

angry armadillo

06-29-2007, 05:50 AM

the problem with Garcia is that he will provide something special about once every half a year so I'm quite happy to see a young up and coming on their way in whilst getting 4mil (or so is speculated) for a player who is 29 and in the last year of contract, i think its a good deal.

rik

06-29-2007, 08:28 AM

Apparently we've agreed a deal for Edmilson.

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=474350&CPID=8&clid=4&lid=&title=Magpies+'agree'+Edmilson+deal&channel=&

Wigga Stole My Bike

06-29-2007, 09:37 AM

Apparently Tuesday is when Sheff United get the results from the whole West Ham thing.

I think West Ham should of been docked points, nothing to do with Sheff United here, it just so happens they would of been saved. But if you look at the punishment W.Ham got it's laughable.

Ok so they're found out doing something wrong, they get fined 5 million...but nothing changes, the whole matter of an illegal player playing for them carries on for the rest of the season. There is no punishment, because they still got to carry on the illegal act.

Atleast they should of stopped Tevez playing for West Ham aswell as the fine. Otherwise what's the point? 5 Mil and keep Tevez? While getting 20 mil for being in the prem + tv rights etc? Pretty sweet deal for West Ham.

rik

06-29-2007, 09:58 AM

Fark me, Edmilson's injury record since being at Barcelona...

2004/05 4 league appearances
Oct 2004 Operation on right knee

2005/06 24 league appearances
June 2006 Operation on right knee

2006/07 22 league appearances
June 2007 Operation on right knee

And will be a while to recover from that last one apparently.

Ganondorf

06-29-2007, 11:00 AM

lol Darren Bent cost more than Henry

poorquality

06-29-2007, 12:08 PM

lol Darren Bent cost more than Henry

lol! Oh yeah, man I guess age has a massive impact on transfer costs...unless your Chelsea.

Dead Star

06-29-2007, 12:30 PM

David Trezeguet is only 29? He seems to have been around forever

Hes like Raul. Hes only 30

RandyfromPennywise

06-29-2007, 01:28 PM

Abidal has joined Barcelona, I guess as a direct replacement for van Bronkhorst. Every year Lyon lose a bunch of top players, yet the still manage to win the League.

Edmílson is a good player when fit. Alardyce looks like he's making some good signings to be honest.

Clunge

06-30-2007, 06:03 AM

The French league is pretty dire at the moment though, quality wise.

Looks like Defoe to Villa now, woo :D!

Minus The Flair

06-30-2007, 06:59 AM

Liverpool are on a transfer frenzy it seems. Torres, Heinze, I hear rumours of Owen, and they've just signed 16 year old striker Dani "The Killer" Pacheco from Barcelona on a 3 year deal.

Incedently, City think that they can sign Torres over Liverpool. Bless.

rik

06-30-2007, 08:11 AM

Incedently, City think that they can sign Torres over Liverpool. Bless.
Yer, I "lol'd" when I saw that article.

RandyfromPennywise

06-30-2007, 08:39 AM

Geez, Viduka and Kewell on the same scoresheet. Haven't been able to say that for a while. Singapore 0 - 3 Australia. Viduka double.

Asian Cup next week, Australia v Oman on Sunday night.

Pinhead13

06-30-2007, 09:42 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx2iEaTkHe0

That was beautiful.

RandyfromPennywise

07-01-2007, 07:05 AM

Amazing goal.

What price on Barcelona winning the Champo this season? They will be massively hard to beat.

Frankie

07-02-2007, 12:52 PM

With henry I think they'll win it.

Ganondorf

07-02-2007, 02:43 PM

I hope Arsenal win it, and beat Barca in the final woo.

Dead Star

07-02-2007, 02:51 PM

Not unless Arsene gets his finger out and buys someone to replace Henry.

RandyfromPennywise

07-02-2007, 03:09 PM

I hope Arsenal win it, and beat Barca in the final woo.:lol: Arsenal are probably evens to avoid the drop this season.

ChodaBoy

07-02-2007, 04:04 PM

Well the Arse signed Eduardo da Silva, 73 goals in 104 apps for Dinamo Zagreb, not a bad record.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/6260864.stm

Ganondorf

07-02-2007, 04:14 PM

Arsenal are top of the Premiership atm what you fools talking about?

angry armadillo

07-03-2007, 08:44 AM

torres is in liverpool :cool:

ChodaBoy

07-03-2007, 09:05 AM

And the Blades got bitch slapped, lets hope they stop complaining and try and sort the team about before the season starts

poorquality

07-03-2007, 10:08 AM

Feel harsh for them tbh.

This selection of people have pretty much done exactly what the original board did....

"Yeah we agree with you, it IS wrong, if it were us originally we would of docked points.....buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut....we're not going to do anything now... "

Just like the whole 5.5 Mil fine...

"Yeah Tevez is playing illegally...shame on you, have a massive fine for doing something we've recognised as wrong...buuuuuuuuut we'll allow you to carry on doing what you're doing even though we have just said it's illegal and wrong...."

I don't personally care for Sheff United....I just feel it's wrong that there seems to be no real punishment, even though it's recognised as being illegal, I mean why are they still allowed to play Tevez? They said it was an illegal transfer....I don't get it.

Frankie

07-03-2007, 10:16 AM

he'll be leaving this summer don't worry :)

poorquality

07-03-2007, 10:24 AM

he'll be leaving this summer don't worry :)

True, but he helped them a lot after the trial hearing was over, that can't be fair, true you can't say W.Ham wouldn't of got the same points, because no-one can know if another striker could of stepped up....but he scored many vital goals for them AFTER he was discovered to be illegal, I don't see how that's right.

Frankie

07-03-2007, 10:35 AM

West ham wouldn't have beaten the drop without tevez imo. They should be relelgated

Britney Diva

07-03-2007, 02:26 PM

True, but he helped them a lot after the trial hearing was over, that can't be fair, true you can't say W.Ham wouldn't of got the same points, because no-one can know if another striker could of stepped up....but he scored many vital goals for them AFTER he was discovered to be illegal, I don't see how that's right.
The contract irregularities were ironed out, he was legal afterwards. The original decision was pretty clear: had West Ham not been taken over by an entirely new administration, they would have been docked points, but it would be unfair to heap that responsibility on the new owners. The latest panel said there was nothing irrational or unfair about that decision.

Funnily enough, had Sheffield United stayed up they could have faced a challenge from Wigan, since they've been accused of third-party interference in the Steve Kadda transfer.

poorquality

07-03-2007, 07:59 PM

Surely it's unfair to heap the pressure of Championship football on Sheffield United then. The people who buy the club get everything that comes with the club, they shouldn't of been lenient about it just because they were afraid of upsetting the new owners with such a burden.

But fair enough if he was legal afterwards then (about him continuing playing), they should still of been properly punished for the original wrongdoing despite new owners or anything like that.

My opinion anyway.

Minus The Flair

07-04-2007, 02:40 PM

lol at Sheffield taking up another appeal, this time all the way to the high court. GIVE IT UP ALREADY.

Britney Diva

07-04-2007, 03:09 PM

Surely it's unfair to heap the pressure of Championship football on Sheffield United then.
Well they should have beaten Wigan then. The contract irregularity wasn't one which benefitted West Ham at all- from the looks of it, with Tevez being left out for half the season, the third party didn't exert any influence over team selection, and if they had it would have been to the detriment of the side. Sure, the regulations say they could be deducted points, but the panel used their discretion not to overreact like that. Sheffield United were relegated because they're a Championship side and it's extremely unlikely they'll be promoted again next year.

poorquality

07-05-2007, 05:16 AM

I doubt they will either, but I don't like talking about this issue in regards with Sheff Utd because it always seems like I'm trying to defend them...when to be honest, neither team deserve to be in the Prem this season coming.

I think it's highly unlikely W.Ham would of avoided the drop without Tevez. Sure they didn't play him under the old manager but that was their loss in the end wasn't it, they play him, they started winning. It's fair to say he kept them up.

Minus The Flair

07-05-2007, 12:41 PM

Wow, probably bullshit, but apparently United are close to signing Tevez for 20 mil. And these are 'widespread' reports, but no real evidence. Loads of high signings for United this window then.

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=475296&CPID=8&clid=1&lid=2&title=United+close+on+Tevez+swoop&channel=football_home&

haha bullpoop. silly filters.

E sharp

07-05-2007, 11:28 PM

This season will surely be The Hammers' last in top flight.

Britney Diva

07-06-2007, 04:15 AM

I dunno, even with Tevez gone they built something in the last part of the season that was genuinely promising. They have all that Icelandic money obviously, and Neill and Upson are top-class defenders, which will hopefully solidify what was the Premiership's most woeful defence.

I can't see Wigan staying up next year, they're an appalling team and unless they get a massive cash injection, they're ****ed. Paul Jewell saw the writing on the wall, I reckon. Derby will struggle, I think, and Fulham will probably join them in relegation. I doubt any of the three relegated this year will return to the Premiership. Charlton seem the most likely, but they've only got half a team really. Wolves, West Brom and Preston/Southampton for promotion, I predict.

Minus The Flair

07-06-2007, 05:15 PM

Looks like we're very close to signing Tevez now, if we needed to sign anyone this window, it should of been strikers. But also it looks like we might sell Rossi, which is not cool. I could of seen him being a great replacement for Solskjaer as a super-sub, and Smith's also probably on his way out. Which means a highly injury prone Saha, a pretty much had it Solskjaer, a Rooney and maybe a Tevez. Are Anderson and/or Nani strikers or wingers? I can't remember.

ChodaBoy

07-06-2007, 05:21 PM

Both are midfielders IIRC, but i cant see Utd not buying at least one striker. It was their problem last season, so losing multiple strikers and not replacing any of them would be rediculous.

Sven signed today for City (man city), and already some of the tabloids were on his back. I've always hated tabloid journalists, but this shows they truely are arseholes

Cecillianne

07-07-2007, 08:20 AM

Asian cup kicks offffff :cool:

Thailand vs Iraq, 1 - 1. Iraq is playing really well, it's surprisingly a pretty good game.

Pinhead13

07-07-2007, 09:20 PM

Anybody else is watching the Brazil - Chile game?

Brazil is ahead by 5 goals, there is time for at least 3 more. :/

ChodaBoy

07-07-2007, 09:53 PM

I missed that game, its my own fault for watching stupid Live Earth. But the Suazo goal was just delicious

poorquality

07-08-2007, 07:52 AM

Anyone made a new team on Fantasy Premier League yet? I just made mine and was wondering if we're going to have the league set up again?

talk show host

07-08-2007, 06:11 PM

It's up already?

We should have a league again, I was pretty awesome last year if I do say so myself. I'll make a team in the next day or two if we're doing it.

angry armadillo

07-09-2007, 10:38 AM

Code to join this league: 65888-21627

join join join!

rik

07-09-2007, 12:04 PM

Just got back from holiday, nice to see we clinched a deal for Geremi while I was away. A good signing to get on a free.

Theres also rumours about Deco to Newcastle, and although I first completely dismissed this, I read this on NUFC.com

Monday bringing claims from credible sources that the player is expected on Tyneside for a medical this week.

Although i'm not going to get my hopes up whatsoever until anything were to actually happen, as it still seems very unlikely.

ChodaBoy

07-09-2007, 12:08 PM

I hope he doesnt. Cant stand that little cheat, probably falls over and holds his leg if he finds a spider in the bathroom

What site is this fantasy league on?

poorquality

07-09-2007, 12:12 PM

http://fantasy.premierleague.com/

:)

talk show host

07-09-2007, 12:26 PM

James
Shorey, Carvalho, Finnan
Ronaldo (c), Barry, Harper, Gerrard
Berbatov, Tevez, Lita

Subs: Niemi, Noble, Pearce, Boyce

that was pretty tough, I had to scrimp on some of those :(

i'll probably change it ten times before the season starts though anyway

poorquality

07-09-2007, 12:40 PM

Reina
Carragher, Terry, Carvalho, Vidic
Ronaldo (C), Harper, Carsley, Mullins
Rooney, Tevez

Subs: Niemi, Boyce, Johansson, Cole

:]

ChodaBoy

07-09-2007, 12:54 PM

Cech
Terry, A Ferdinand, Chimbonda, G Neville
O'Neil, Makelele, Petrov, Dyer
Kuyt, Tevez

Lehmann, Dunne, Barry, Mpenza

Some of those are from the auto-complete

angry armadillo

07-10-2007, 03:47 AM

Lehmann (Jaskelainen)
Finnan, Baines, Terry, Taylor (shorey)
Ronaldo, Essien, Mascherano, Noble (Reo Coker)
Tevez, Torres (lita)

ChodaBoy

07-10-2007, 10:22 AM

Looks as if City are about to buy Rolando Bianchi.

A striker who can score goals!? GTFO

Manticore Guy

07-10-2007, 09:38 PM

Cech
Ferdinand, Lescott, Finnan, Shorey
Ronaldo, Alonso, Mascherano, Reo-Coker
Rooney, Defoe

Subs: Niemi, Primus, Mullins, Cole

poorquality

07-11-2007, 06:33 AM

Hm seems no-ones willing to risk Nani or Anderson lol

rik

07-11-2007, 07:52 AM

Well Fergusons already said they won't play every game. I'm not sure either will regularly start to be honest.

Minus The Flair

07-11-2007, 09:19 AM

Hahnemann
Finnan, Ferdinand, Jagielka, Woodgate
Bentley, Hargreaves, Jenas, Alonso
Rooney, Berbatov

Subs: Kirkland, Lescott, Reo-Cocker, Nonda

Some from auto-complete, edit it later.

poorquality

07-11-2007, 09:56 AM

Well Fergusons already said they won't play every game. I'm not sure either will regularly start to be honest.

Didn't he also say that about Ronaldo though? After his debut he made it extremely difficult or impossible to not play him every game possible.

You never know.

Surtr

07-11-2007, 11:44 AM

Keeper: Van der Sar

Defenders: Neville, Hyypia, Rosenior, Shorey

Mid-Field: Ronaldo, Sidwell, Gerrard, Mullins

Strikers: Rooney, Davies

Meh, I hate that I couldn't take Giggs too..That killed me to cut him from my team. Goddamn you "Too many Man. Utd. Players" :lol:

rik

07-11-2007, 03:27 PM

Didn't he also say that about Ronaldo though? After his debut he made it extremely difficult or impossible to not play him every game possible.

You never know.

Well yer, but why take the risk when making a fantasy football squad?

poorquality

07-11-2007, 04:23 PM

It's free and fun B) no risk.

Though I'm not including them in my squad because I can't afford it haha.

People's choice :]

Anywhooooo we need to go back to real football issues :]

Leeds United resold to Bates...what do you think about that :\ can he even pay off thier debt? There's a chance they won't be allowed to play next season if they are not out of administration.

Minus The Flair

07-11-2007, 04:26 PM

hahaha

In other news, Portsmouth signed Nugent. And some Utaka guy. Rangers get McCulloch. And L'pool close to Benayoun and Babel.

ChodaBoy

07-11-2007, 04:31 PM

Completely pointless for Leeds. They have no money, are constantly falling down the leagues and wont have a future soon.

Minus The Flair

07-12-2007, 05:31 AM

It's such a shame, and so weird to think that only 6 years ago they reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Owen says he's happy to stay at Newcastle, and I think it's very possible that he'll stay. I think a Martins/Owen partnership would be quite interesting.

angry armadillo

07-12-2007, 08:45 AM

hahaha

In other news, Portsmouth signed Nugent. And some Utaka guy. Rangers get McCulloch. And L'pool close to Benayoun and Babel.I'd assume babel is coming:

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/07_01/babelDM1107_468x642.jpg

but not heard news on Yossi coming yet although it seems to be pretty certain (dont know why we are signing him though :()

rik

07-12-2007, 09:03 AM

I only just saw Messi's goal in Argentinas 3-0 win over Mexico. Such a beautiful goal.

angry armadillo

07-12-2007, 09:21 AM

..again :D

The_Passenger

07-12-2007, 10:46 AM

Owen says he's happy to stay at Newcastle, and I think it's very possible that he'll stay. I think a Martins/Owen partnership would be quite interesting.

Given his recent performances and injury record I wouldn't be surprised if no one was interested in signing him. He hasn't really done anything since he left Madrid.

sgrevs

07-13-2007, 12:40 AM

I'd assume babel is coming:

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/07_01/babelDM1107_468x642.jpg

but not heard news on Yossi coming yet although it seems to be pretty certain (dont know why we are signing him though :()

We got Babel for 11.5mil on a 5-year contract, and Benayoun for four years at an expected 5mil. Babel will hopefully be a good signing, Benayoun seems a bit of a waste.

Edit: Oh yeah for my birthday (today) my girlfriend got me a framed signed Liverpool shirt with about 16 signatures from the 06-07 season. It's ****ing amazing. I'll post pics when I can.

Ganondorf

07-13-2007, 12:57 AM

I just made my team, I'll join the league later.:p

Goalkeeper : Sorenesn

Defenders: Carragher, Woodgate, Ben Haim and Dawson

Midfielders: Ronaldo (C), Hargreaves, Nolan and Essien

Forwards: Van Persie and Tevez

Ganondorf

07-13-2007, 01:01 AM

We got Babel for 11.5mil on a 5-year contract, and Benayoun for four years at an expected 5mil. Babel will hopefully be a good signing, Benayoun seems a bit of a waste.

Edit: Oh yeah for my birthday (today) my girlfriend got me a framed signed Liverpool shirt with about 16 signatures from the 06-07 season. It's ****ing amazing. I'll post pics when I can.

I think the mai nreason he was signed was to replace Luis Garcia, as they can play similar roles, and to be honest Benayoun is better.