Re: The Football Thread - 09/10

by DJ_Smerk Sun 06 Dec 2009, 15:48

Bobby Z is English?

News to me. Regardless, potential prospect to play the Heskey role alongside Rooney?

by JKLever Sun 06 Dec 2009, 16:10

DJ_Smerk wrote:Bobby Z is English?

Barking is in England, and he's represented the U21's. Don't think he's represented a caribbean side yet.

Why - who has been talking about him?

by JKLever Sun 06 Dec 2009, 16:10

Chivalry Augustus wrote:so long as we can stave off the challenge of Ipswich, who knows what could happen?

That's a big 'if' as well...

by Shoeshine Sun 06 Dec 2009, 16:45

JKLever wrote:
DJ_Smerk wrote:Bobby Z is English?

Barking is in England, and he's represented the U21's. Don't think he's represented a caribbean side yet.

Why - who has been talking about him?

Zamora? According to the BBC, he's opted to play for Trinidad and Tobago.

by DJ_Smerk Sun 06 Dec 2009, 16:49

Depends whether or not Capello sees any potential in Bobby. From an International perspective.

by Shoeshine Sun 06 Dec 2009, 17:05

I doubt it. He's never been a proper first choice player for any of his Premiership teams.

by DJ_Smerk Sun 06 Dec 2009, 17:09

He's been in my Fantasy XI since like week two of the season, and I think it's all speculation and hype from the BBC comms POV. He won the current game for Fulham and he's scored 6 goals this season.

Meh. shrug

England have already got like 9000 other candidates, so I doubt it's anything more than a rumour.

by DJ_Smerk Sun 06 Dec 2009, 17:39

Eight yellow cards in the Spurs/Everton contest.

by Jontyh Sun 06 Dec 2009, 22:35

I'd like to congratulate Alan Shearer for single-handedly upholding the footballers' tense.
He's went into overdrive tonight with that.

by Jontyh Sun 06 Dec 2009, 22:53

Great sketch of Ancelotti and Wilkins at the end of MotD2!

by LeFromage Sun 06 Dec 2009, 23:02

Jontyh wrote:I'd like to congratulate Alan Shearer for single-handedly upholding the footballers' tense.
He's went into overdrive tonight with that.

Not seen MOTD2 tonight yet (the wonders of PVRs), but Shearer's punditry last night was pretty much the epitome of banal.

He basically just repeated everything that the viewers had already seen. No insight. Nothing.

"Way-ay, that was a really exciting match. The winning team will be very happy to have won. The losing team, well, they'll not be happy about that."

He needs to get back to what he does best: elbowing people in the face.

by Jontyh Sun 06 Dec 2009, 23:19

Yes. Preferably Mark Lawrenson, before running in a semi-circle around the studio with one arm held aloft.

by Basil Mon 07 Dec 2009, 01:02

Dello wrote:
Jontyh wrote:I'd like to congratulate Alan Shearer for single-handedly upholding the footballers' tense.
He's went into overdrive tonight with that.

Not seen MOTD2 tonight yet (the wonders of PVRs), but Shearer's punditry last night was pretty much the epitome of banal.

He basically just repeated everything that the viewers had already seen. No insight. Nothing.

"Way-ay, that was a really exciting match. The winning team will be very happy to have won. The losing team, well, they'll not be happy about that."

He needs to get back to what he does best: elbowing people in the face.

At last, someone who agrees with me that Shearer is a nasty piece of work.

by Shoeshine Mon 07 Dec 2009, 01:27

Basil wrote:
Dello wrote:
Jontyh wrote:I'd like to congratulate Alan Shearer for single-handedly upholding the footballers' tense.
He's went into overdrive tonight with that.

Not seen MOTD2 tonight yet (the wonders of PVRs), but Shearer's punditry last night was pretty much the epitome of banal.

He basically just repeated everything that the viewers had already seen. No insight. Nothing.

"Way-ay, that was a really exciting match. The winning team will be very happy to have won. The losing team, well, they'll not be happy about that."

He needs to get back to what he does best: elbowing people in the face.

At last, someone who agrees with me that Shearer is a nasty piece of work.

And Jack Charlton wasn't? Yet everyone seems keen to buy into the charming Jackie idea whenever he's on telly.

by Basil Mon 07 Dec 2009, 01:31

Shoeshine wrote:
Basil wrote:
Dello wrote:
Jontyh wrote:I'd like to congratulate Alan Shearer for single-handedly upholding the footballers' tense.
He's went into overdrive tonight with that.

Not seen MOTD2 tonight yet (the wonders of PVRs), but Shearer's punditry last night was pretty much the epitome of banal.

He basically just repeated everything that the viewers had already seen. No insight. Nothing.

"Way-ay, that was a really exciting match. The winning team will be very happy to have won. The losing team, well, they'll not be happy about that."

He needs to get back to what he does best: elbowing people in the face.

At last, someone who agrees with me that Shearer is a nasty piece of work.

And Jack Charlton wasn't? Yet everyone seems keen to buy into the charming Jackie idea whenever he's on telly.

Charlton and the rest of that Leeds Utd side - had a visceral dislike for them ever since. I'm rather hoping a nuke falls on Elland Road between now and the end of the season, because that looks like the only thing that will stop them going up.

by JKLever Tue 08 Dec 2009, 21:43

9 Unbeaten - nobody can stop our charge!!!

by Shoeshine Tue 08 Dec 2009, 23:03

I was just reading an article in the Times about alternate sporting heroes of 2009, and given the (often justified) stick footballers get, I thought this little excerpt was worth including. One of their suggested alternate heroes is the much maligned Craig Bellamy. Find that hard to believe? Read on:

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This column enjoys being an unashamed, out-of-the-closet fan of Bellamy. And the fact that Ryan Giggs is shortlisted for SPOTY helps us return there. Giggs received a load of glowing media for his recent Unicef trip to Sierra Leone. And rightly so. Yet compared to Bellamy, his contribution was minimal.

Bellamy’s personal investment in Sierra Leone is going to cost him approaching £1 million. He has succeeded in putting in place the first ever structure for youth football in the country. He already has 1,600 players, he employs 40 coaches and 40 managers on the payroll and this is just the start. Next year, a new state-of-the-art football academy outside Freetown, the capital, will open. Early figures, through Unicef, show that while the average secondary school attendance rate in Sierra Leone is 21 per cent, Bellamy’s 1,600 footballers average over 80 per cent.

No, Bellamy is not going to be making money from this. No, he will not be selling players abroad. This is true genuine altruism. A heavenly act. One of the heroes of 2009.

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Worthy of high praise. aye-aye

by LeFromage Tue 08 Dec 2009, 23:42

Has to find something to do with his barely earned money as he's banned from pretty much all nightclubs across the land for beating up the womenfolk...

by Basil Wed 09 Dec 2009, 01:11

Craig Bellamy? - only slightly less deserving of a slap than Robbie Savage.

by Ash Wed 09 Dec 2009, 01:55

by Basil Wed 09 Dec 2009, 02:22

Ash wrote:

Those are the "real" MU supporters aren't they? how absolutely delightful!

by spangler Fri 11 Dec 2009, 16:00

Dean Ashton-Gate has retired due to injuries at the age of 26.

26?? he looks like he's 35.

shame though, could've done the 'Heskey' role in the summer.

by Brass Monkey Fri 11 Dec 2009, 16:14

spangler wrote:Dean Ashton-Gate has retired due to injuries at the age of 26.

26?? he looks like he's 35.

shame though, could've done the 'Heskey' role in the summer.

Yeah, it's the same with Kevin Gallen - so many injuries made them all haggard and f*cked up.

by JKLever Sat 12 Dec 2009, 17:31

9 unbeaten, soaring up the table further still. Forest quaking.

by Chivalry Augustus Sat 12 Dec 2009, 17:43

I've got bored of football, tbh. Every game it's the same - we either win or draw.

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