Re: The Football Thread - 09/10

by Makaveli Sat Jul 04, 2009 9:33 pm

It would also be good for England if Rooney & Owen can form some sort of partnership.

by Guest Sat Jul 04, 2009 9:45 pm

Makaveli wrote:It would also be good for England if Rooney & Owen can form some sort of partnership.

Indeed. I'm liking this move more and more by the minute actually.

by JKLever Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:00 pm

Owen is shot. No pace. Goner. Game over. Finito. Move on...

by Guest Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:09 pm

JKLever wrote:Owen is shot. No pace. Goner. Game over. Finito. Move on...

You make yourself sound a little ignorant there JKL. His pace has been gone for years yet his goalscoring record has remained very good.

by JKLever Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:11 pm

vilkrang wrote:
JKLever wrote:Owen is shot. No pace. Goner. Game over. Finito. Move on...
You make yourself sound a little ignorant there JKL. His pace has been gone for years yet his goalscoring record has remained very good.

He'll never win another England cap Wink

by Guest Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:14 pm

by LeFromage Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:29 am

Seems like the Saints have been saved by the Swiss.

Good times.

by JKLever Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:51 am

Tevez to Man Citeh Shocked

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/8148839.stm

by LeFromage Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:53 am

Even I'd slum it for five years in Manchester for £150,000 per week.

by PeterCS Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:56 am

Who's the biggest littel mercenary in world football today?

Ronnie? Tevvie? Robbie Savage?

by LeFromage Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:10 am

The winner is still Winston Bogarde who joined Chelsea on about £50,000 per week, only for the Blues to change managers almost straight away.

Bogarde was told he had no future at the club and should start looking around for new employers.

He said, "Nope. I've got a four year contract worth £10 million. I'll stay, thanks."

"But you'll only be playing for the reserves..."

"Don't care."

"For four years of your career?"

"Easy money."

by PeterCS Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:31 am

But to avoid egregious obloquy, he changed his name to Dirk.

by JKLever Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:36 pm

Farking Weird.......

Sven Goran Eriksson signs a 5-year deal at Notts County!!

Pity BBB's not around.

by Chivalry Augustus Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:38 pm

Ian McParland might as well resign now - Sven will be manager within a year. I suppose Notts County's epic £50k bid for Jack Lester convinced Sven of their ambition.

by Big_Bad_Bob Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:48 am

You Pies!

Our new owners are apparently worth £1.5bn. Shocked

Seem intent on spending a fair wedge of that on Notts too.

Will probably all end in tears, but it's going to be a fun ride along the way in the meantime.

Saying no more than that, I'll leave the hysteria (and barbed comments) to others.

by G.Wood Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:08 pm

Looks like Alonso is out of Liverpool over to Real Madrid.

That's 220M they have spent

by WIFAN Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:41 am

Big_Bad_Bob wrote:You Pies!

Our new owners are apparently worth £1.5bn.

Seem intent on spending a fair wedge of that on Notts too.

Will probably all end in tears, but it's going to be a fun ride along the way in the meantime.

Saying no more than that, I'll leave the hysteria (and barbed comments) to others.

Maybe Notts County are going to do a Posh and climb right up the leagues now. I was skeptical when we were taken over by Darragh Macanthony 3 years ago. We were mid table league 2 with that idiot Barry Fry having sold London Road to a greedy property developer. We were playing hoof ball with Keith Alexander as manager and watching Posh was horrible tbh.

Now we have 2 successive promotions, play awesome football, have one of the best young managers in the business and our first team has an average age of 23. We are playing Derby in the opening match of the Championship season on Saturday. Can't wait.

As you say, it may all end in tears but the last two seasons have been unbefugginlievable. If you go through something even half as good you are onto a winner.

by G.Wood Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:54 am

Does anyone know if Alberto Acquilani is any good?

by LeFromage Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:58 am

Neat, tidy passer (not as good as Alonso, I don't think) with a great shot from range. Bit Italian - more style than substance.

Don't think he's got the best injury record, but he's a good quality replacement, I'd say.

by LeFromage Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:02 am