Re: The Football Thread - 2011/12

by Lara Lara Laughs Thu 26 Jan 2012, 21:27

There's not been enough hot Lamps chat on here recently.

by DJ_Smerk Sat 28 Jan 2012, 13:17

Dagger puts Lavorpel ahead.

Man Utd short of answers in attack. Will Berbagod make the difference?

by DJ_Smerk Sat 28 Jan 2012, 13:22

Mata puts Chelsea in front against QPR.

It's all going on.

by Lara Lara Laughs Tue 31 Jan 2012, 18:34

Anyone heard about this IPL football tournament India have set up?! Only just seen. Apparently Crespo the most expensive auctioned so far at 500k.

Weird.

by tricycle Wed 01 Feb 2012, 15:06

Aye, only five teams will play (all from Bengal). The five 'icon' players are Crespo, Cannavaro, Pires, Okocha and Fowler. I think Sorin went unsold.

As long as it doesn't usurp the real I league, then it's okay for generating some publicity.
Can't find the full list of players bought.

by Guest Wed 01 Feb 2012, 16:11

Fowler? As in Robbie Fowler? Laughing

If he manages more than 5 minutes I'll be shocked.

by tricycle Wed 01 Feb 2012, 16:16

The same- Perth Glory's legend. He received around half a million dollars for a tiny gig in India. Considering that the pay should be pro rata, the franchise owners must have the same feeling about him.

by Guest Wed 01 Feb 2012, 16:18

Half a million is a couple of weeks wages for a top footballer. Can't see how this is going to attract anyone decent/not well past it.

by tricycle Wed 01 Feb 2012, 16:28

I don't think that's the aim either. I'm sure more people will come out to watch Fowler and Cannavaro than Chika Wali and Okolie Odafa. As much as I'd rather see the real league be the only league, Indian football needs any newspaper space that it can muster.

by Guest Wed 01 Feb 2012, 16:30

Fair enough, but I can't see it attracting any interest outside of India.

by tricycle Wed 01 Feb 2012, 16:42

Aye, that won't happen.

by Brass Monkey Wed 01 Feb 2012, 16:51

Even it attracts a passing interest in India then surely it'd be a success.

by tricycle Wed 01 Feb 2012, 17:02

Yes, that's what the main aim apparently is and that's why I'm not against this, unlike the IPL.

by Guest Wed 01 Feb 2012, 17:27

Bit of a tangent, but what about Redknapp eh?

He does come across as a bit of a dodgy geezer, but I can't see why he would risk going to jail to save £30,000. That's obviously a sh!t load of money to the likes of us, but I imagine he earns more than that in a week.

by Brass Monkey Wed 01 Feb 2012, 19:00

Aye, he reckons he always pays too much rather than too little. I can't see him doing it myself, as you say he's most likely one of the higher paid managers in England.

by tricycle Thu 02 Feb 2012, 03:01

People take sport too seriously sometimes.
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by Merlin Thu 02 Feb 2012, 08:33

Brass Monkey wrote:Aye, he reckons he always pays too much rather than too little. I can't see him doing it myself, as you say he's most likely one of the higher paid managers in England.

Errrrrm, 'e's not dodgy, mate .... coz 'e's from the east end of Larndun.
'e said so 'imself, 'e did.

Yeah yeah yeah ...... like f**k he isn't!
Naming a Monte Carlo (or was it Swiss?) bank account (with £300,000 in it) after his doggie Rosie ...and then not reporting/declaring its existance to the authorities ?!!
I mean W.T.F. ?

Think if he's rapped on this charge, he's done for where the England managers job is concerned.

by Brass Monkey Thu 02 Feb 2012, 08:43

Aye agreed he'll be done, after hearing the situation, it sounds dodgier than I first thought.

by Guest Thu 02 Feb 2012, 14:24

If he is guilty then he's one of the stupidest men in England.

As I've said, I'd be suprised if 30k is even half of his weekly wage. It just seems unfathomable that he would risk so much over so little (relative to his wage).

Even when he was at Portsmouth I doubt whether that amount of money was a big deal.

by Brass Monkey Thu 02 Feb 2012, 14:30

Apparently it could be up to millions, though, for his helping Mandaric. So there'd have been quite a bit he syphoned off for himself. As I say, the more the trial goes on the dodgier it's looking.

by Guest Thu 02 Feb 2012, 14:44

Ah right fair one. I can't be arsed to read up on it so my opinions are probably best left for when chatting to weirdos the pub.

by tricycle Thu 02 Feb 2012, 14:52

Am I the only one thinking that Redknapp is the one who got caught rather than the only one who took bungs? Transfers and football finances seem as shady as Lalit Modi. Isn't Ken Bates just as shady as Mandaric?

by Guest Thu 02 Feb 2012, 15:05

I would have thought that if guilty he would be the most high profile. I just can't see the likes of Ferguson, Wenger, Mourinho etc. of having the need.

by tricycle Thu 02 Feb 2012, 15:14

I'm not talking just English football here, Spanish and Italian football are shady as fark.

If the top clubs were clean, why don't they disclose the monetary value of the transfers to the media? It's not the same as this but the larger issue of possible corruption in football. Just a thought.

by Merlin Thu 02 Feb 2012, 16:28

vilkrang wrote:I would have thought that if guilty he would be the most high profile. I just can't see the likes of Ferguson, Wenger, Mourinho etc. of having the need.

Fergie just got Fergie Jnr to act as the "broker's agent" on the juicy deals involving The Scum ....

So he dumped on interviews with the BBC for 2 years when they confronted him with the allegation ...

Funny that ...........

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