The Footie (UK) Thread: 2006/07

[Wish_Master2100]

Fair enough, I just remember he finished on MOTD and then landed an FA Job.

He's been there years and years. Both in official and unofficial roles. I'd ask him, but unfortunately I don't have access to him anymore!

[EvilElvis]

Paris St Germain look destined for relegation from Ligue 1.


Most Rangers fans are not shocked by this news. :D

PAUL LE GUEN'S season from hell continued yesterday. (http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/tm_method=full%26objectid=18796282%26siteid=66633-name_page.html)

An angry mob of Paris St Germain fans gatecrashed a kids' training day to quiz him over their relegation worries.

Le Guen, who quit Rangers in January after a disastrous seven months as manager, blanked the supporters as they approached him at the end of a soccer skills camp for 300 Parisien schoolkids.

PSG fans fear their club could drop out of the top flight in France for the first time in their 37-year history.

The team are second bottom of the league, two places worse off than when Le Guen took over from sacked Guy Lacombe in January, with nine games. But the manager still has the backing of the PSG board, at least in the short term.

President Alain Cayzac said: "I'm relaxed and positive about the future. We need to protect the players and the club and will do that as best we can.

"I'm fully concentrated on our job of survival and I will do everything I can along with Paul to achieve that."

Le Guen arrived at Rangers in the summer in a blaze of publicity after successfully masterminding three title campaigns at Lyon.

He left Scotland after a run of seven defeats and eight draws in his 33-game reign, including a CIS Cup exit to First Division St Johnstone.

But in France his stock remained high. And less than a fortnight after leaving Gers he was made boss at the club where he lifted the European Cup-Winners' Cup as a player.

[timesfooall]

Seriously fellas (and the 2/3 ladies that visit here), i'm rooting for England to fail to qualify for Euro 2008 so this penarse in charge gets the boot and someone remotely competent gets a shout. It's for the good of the future of English Football.

It still sickens me how Sven and Steve have/are wasted/wasting the most talented generation of players we have had since 1974.

I totally agree, I aint watched an england match since the world cup and wont until quiffster is no longer manager, hated him at United and Boro. We could all do a better job!

[EvilElvis]

Manager Glenn Roeder insists Michael Owen will not quit Newcastle in the summer - even if they fail to qualify for Europe. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is set to meet England's John Terry and Frank Lampard in Israel on Saturday night with a view to discussing plans for new contract talks. (Sun)

Arsenal could be set to make an offer for Roma defender Matteo Ferrari, who was on loan at Everton last season. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal have told Birmingham they will have to pay £4million to land midfielder Fabrice Muamba permanently next season. (Daily Express)

Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce still hopes to entice Sylvain Distin to stay at the club rather than leave on a free transfer in the summer. (Daily Mirror)

Celtic are to swoop for Motherwell striker Scott McDonald, also a target for Rangers. (Daily Record)

Aston Villa striker John Carew has been promised the club will launch a summer spending spree to strengthen the squad with Craig Bellamy and Steve Sidwell possible targets. (Daily Star)

Arsenal could be in line for an attempted takeover amid a huge recent surge in the share price. (The Sun)

Northern Ireland boss Lawrie Sanchez insists talks on his future can wait until after the next two Euro 2008 qualifiers. (Daily Express)

Southampton wonderkid Gareth Bale insists he is not fazed by talk of an impending big-money swoop from one of the Premiership big guns in the summer. (Sun)

Ruud van Nistelrooy has urged Real Madrid to tempt Cristiano Ronaldo away from Manchester United. (Daily Express)


AND FINALLY...
The Dutch Football Association has reminded its match officials not to show public shows of emotion or jubiliation in the wake of referee Eric Braamhaar's apparent delight at an Ajax goal against PSV last week. (The Times)

[Obiwan]

Seriously fellas (and the 2/3 ladies that visit here), i'm rooting for England to fail to qualify for Euro 2008 so this penarse in charge gets the boot and someone remotely competent gets a shout. It's for the good of the future of English Football.

It still sickens me how Sven and Steve have/are wasted/wasting the most talented generation of players we have had since 1974.

Amen :D

[EvilElvis]

Man City after Jiri Jarosik?


Most Celtic fans response to that news?:


"TAKE HIM!"

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

I predict 2-1 Israel tonight.

[EvilElvis]

The Israeli stadiums can be quite intimidating for opposing teams.

And be warned - their diving/play acting antics put Kewell, Drogba, Piries, FP Ronaldo and Garcia too shame.

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

My brother's going to the game. Cunt.

[Captain Stu]

Seriously fellas (and the 2/3 ladies that visit here), i'm rooting for England to fail to qualify for Euro 2008 so this penarse in charge gets the boot and someone remotely competent gets a shout. It's for the good of the future of English Football.

It still sickens me how Sven and Steve have/are wasted/wasting the most talented generation of players we have had since 1974.

As much as I still (sadly) love England, I think it'll take something like this happening to force McQuiffy out of the job and maybe, finally, prove that we need to take a gamble on a big name manager who's a little unconventional to get the best out of a damn good squad.

I predict 2-1 Israel tonight.

I can see that happening.

[F'jo]

Bentleys playing quite well for U21's, the pitch looks shit in places though. It'll be a tight game tonight, I can see a bore draw

[sunnydalehighdropout]

I predict 2-1 Israel tonight.

So do i.

[andrewdunne]

Anyone watching the Ireland Wales game? Pretty crap first half. OK we're one up but I nearly fell asleep watching it

[Mrs Poon]

3-1 england, rooney 1st scorer... 56/1 yes please

[F'jo]

Anyone watching the Ireland Wales game? Pretty crap first half. OK we're one up but I nearly fell asleep watching it

Its a bit bloody boring, Niall Quinn is doing my head in so i've muted the tv

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

I'm watching Brazil v Chile. Decent game. Robinho's a touch of class.

[andrewdunne]

Its a bit bloody boring, Niall Quinn is doing my head in so i've muted the tv

Just when you thought there couldn't be anyone more biased than Brain Moore on the BBC rugby, along come Quinny and tries to outdo him. He did talk a lot of shite alright.

Really shit game wasn't it? It was like watching sunday morning park football. Neither side could hold onto the ball and it only really livened up in the last 10 minutes or so

[F'jo]

Just when you thought there couldn't be anyone more biased than Brain Moore on the BBC rugby, along come Quinny and tries to outdo him. He did talk a lot of shite alright.

Really shit game wasn't it? It was like watching sunday morning park football. Neither side could hold onto the ball and it only really livened up in the last 10 minutes or so

Haha yeah, he was doing my nut in. He wouldn't shut up when Ireland scored, rambling on about how great it was for ireland! If Wales had scored, it would of been more of a meh..from him.

The game bored the pants off me, Amount of misplaced passes was stupid

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

It'll be a tight game tonight, I can see a bore draw

Winner.

[timesfooall]

Lolz. I didnt watch it as i was watching a better England team but I assume we were as wank as normal.

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Absolute disgrace.

[timesfooall]

Business as usual then

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

We don't have time to give McLaren more time.

[sunnydalehighdropout]

We don't have time to give McLaren more time.

BUT HE GOT MIDDLESBOROUGH TO THE UEFA CUP FINAL!!111!! THE PLAYED 2 GOOD GAMES ON THE WAY SO HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR ENgurLAND!!

[Novacane]

BUT HE GOT MIDDLESBOROUGH TO THE UEFA CUP FINAL!!111!! THE PLAYED 2 GOOD GAMES ON THE WAY SO HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR ENgurLAND!!


You better watch yourselves. At some point in the next few weeks, someone at FIFA will forget to carry the 1, and us mighty Scots will be above you in the world rankings :D

[sunnydalehighdropout]

You better watch yourselves. At some point in the next few weeks, someone at FIFA will forget to carry the 1, and us mighty Scots will be above you in the world rankings :D

Seriously, i pray for the day. Like the 'Irish' on St Patricks Day, my Dad being Scottish will all of a sudden become prevalent in my choice of Football Shirt :D

[F'jo]

Winner.

Wahey! sucks to be mclaren, he is v shit though!

Who would you have instead? English or Foreign? It would have to be someone in a completely different mould to Mclaren and Sven IMO. Someone who doesn't take any shit and will ring the changes!

[sunnydalehighdropout]

Wahey! sucks to be mclaren, he is v shit though!

Who would you have instead? English or Foreign? It would have to be someone in a completely different mould to Mclaren and Sven IMO. Someone who doesn't take any shit and will ring the changes!

Mourinho.

Seriously.

[Mrs Poon]

3-1 england, rooney 1st scorer... 56/1 yes please
oh well. another tenner down the pisser

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Realistically I'd let El Tel run the show until the domestic season is over and we know who we've got a chance of wooing.

[sunnydalehighdropout]

Realistically I'd let El Tel run the show until the domestic season is over and we know who we've got a chance of wooing.

yeah, cos he won 2 of 5 games at euro 96...

[EvilElvis]

As a Scotsman, can I recommend Paul Le Guen?! :p

[EvilElvis]

You better watch yourselves. At some point in the next few weeks, someone at FIFA will forget to carry the 1, and us mighty Scots will be above you in the world rankings :D



Especially with Beattie's nice new habit of last minute winners. :D

I like international Games - Esp when Scotland are at home. Get off the train and see queues at the taxi rank of fans heading to the game and you know that noone of the fans are going to cause a fight so there is less tension in the air.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Wembley is fucking magnificent

[Mrs Poon]

Wembley is fucking magnificent
asthetically yes. i for one don't like the fact it's under mortgage by a german bank one bit.

[Mikey]

My God, Estonia are shit.

[Captain Stu]

Wembley should've been moved to Birmingham. Fact.

And lolz at England, I'm so glad I was scoffing in a noodle bar and then watching Pulp Fiction instead of watching those wankers not score for the third consecutive qualifier.

Go on, someone try and defend McLaren, I double-dog dare ya.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Wembley should be at Wembley.

[EvilElvis]

Go on, someone try and defend McLaren, I double-dog dare ya.

As a scotsman, I find McLaren's management of England to be top notch at the present moment. :D



You'll hammer Israel at Wembley though!

[Wish_Master2100]

Wembley should've been moved to Birmingham. Fact.


Yeah, that doesn't make sense.

The national stadium belongs in the nations capital.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/ookie001/100_5795.jpg

for no real reason :D

[Wish_Master2100]

i took that picture.

[sunnydalehighdropout]

The pitch looks good enough to sleep on.

[Wish_Master2100]

The pitch looks good enough to sleep on.

It started to cut up a bit as the game went on, but the weather in London has been shit the last week or so.

[sunnydalehighdropout]

It started to cut up a bit as the game went on, but the weather in London has been shit the last week or so.

Was the roof open or closed for the match?

[Wish_Master2100]

Was the roof open or closed for the match?

Open

[andrewdunne]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/ookie001/100_5795.jpg

for no real reason :D

Looks pretty impressive. Now I hope I get a ticket for the NFL match in October

[timesfooall]

Wembley looks pretty boneriffic!

Please please England don't score again on Weds (Or Get beat!), then the FA sack Quiffy and get someone half decent to scrape us into Euro 2008.

[boxshapedheart]

Here's one where you can see the open roof and the 55,700 crowd.

Twas awesome. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/boxshapedheart/Wemberlee/DSCF1141.jpg)


Bentleys playing quite well for U21's, the pitch looks shit in places though.
Bentley was great.

[EvilElvis]

Manchester United want to sign Barcelona's Portugal midfielder Deco in a £15m swoop. (News of the World)

Regular trips to watch Ajax striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar have alerted Manchester United to his midfield team-mate Wesley Sneijder. (Sunday Express)

Manchester United are targeting Manchester City defender Micah Richards. (Sunday Mirror)

Everton will face a battle in the summer to hang on to striker Andrew Johnson, with Arsenal and Tottenham leading the chase. (Sunday Mirror)

German striker Miroslav Klose may arrive in the Premiership in the summer - if he fails to agree a new contract with Werder Bremen. (The People)


Newcastle are set to swoop for Benfica defender Nelson. (The People)

Aston Villa are also targeting Sneijder, along with Reading midfielder Steve Sidwell. (News of the World)

Arsenal are closing in on Roma defender Matteo Ferrari, who played for Everton two seasons ago after being loaned out by the Italian side. (Sunday Express)

Preston striker David Nugent, whose contract is up at the end of the season, will join Everton in the summer. (News of the World)

Derby will put Nugent at the top of their shopping list if they are promoted to the Premiership. (The People)


Newcastle's former Ipswich defender is being targeted by Norwich and Birmingham. (The People)

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was given short shrift by Tottenham when he suggested a swap deal involving Spurs striker Dimitar Berbatov and Anfield forward Peter Crouch. (Sunday Express)

Aston Villa midfielder Lee Hendrie, who will become a free agent at the end of the season, is a target for Sheffield United. (News of the World)


Brazil playmaker Ronaldinho has increased speculation that he may leave Barcelona in the summer by admitting that he does not know where his future lies. (Sunday Telegraph)


Manchester United and Liverpool are poised for a bidding war over Benfica's Portugal midfielder Simao Sabrosa. (News of the World)

Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky is a £10m target for Inter Milan. (Sunday Mirror)

Reading are set to snap up on-loan defender Andre Bikey in a £1.5m deal from Lokomotiv Moscow at the end of the season. (Sunday Mirror)

Liverpool and Birmingham are tracking Port Vale goalkeeper Joe Anyon, 21. (News of the World)

Senegal striker Henri Camara has hinted he could quit Wigan for Spain in the summer. (News of the World)

Fulham are lining up a summer move for Ghana international Hans Sarpei, who plays for Wolfsburg. (Sunday Mirror)

Everton plan to lodge a £7m bid for West Ham midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker in the summer. (Various)

Ipswich will this week give a trial to Accrington Stanley winger Sean Doherty. (News of the World)

Norwich are giving a trial to 37-goal Jon Main, who plays for Ryman Premier League club Tonbridge Angels. (News of the World)

Chelsea are bidding to sign Spain Under-19 international Emilio Nsue, 17, who plays for Real Mallorca. (Sunday Mirror)

Celtic are to sign Romanian teenager Marian Pop after the youngster impressed during a trial in Glasgow. (News of the World)

Rangers are lining up a bid for former Aston Villa striker Bosko Balaban, who is now at Bruges. (News of the World)


OTHER GOSSIP
Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky has labelled Chelsea "boring". (News of the World)

Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder has insisted that no-one could have done a better job than him at St James' Park this season. (Various)

Manager Jose Mourinho has pledged his loyalty to Chelsea - even if owner Roman Abramovich gives him nothing to spend on players. (News of the World)

Australian winger Harry Kewell will discover in the summer whether he has got a future at Liverpool after being plagued by injuries. (Various)

Stuart Pearce will be given another season as manager of Manchester City - as long as the club are not relegated during the current campaign. (News of the World)

The chief executive of the Scottish Football Association David Taylor insists the safety of travelling fans must be a priority for Uefa. Taylor leaves his post this month to become general secretary of football's European governing body. (The Observer)

Arsenal striker Thierry Henry says that manager Arsene Wenger will stay at the club for life. (News of the World)

Relegation-threatened Watford have drafted in former England rugby union fitness coach on a consultancy basis for the final two months of the season. (Various)

Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant has spoken of his frustration at being repeatedly overlooked by England in favour of players who are not first-team regulars with their clubs. (Sunday Telegraph)

Newcastle striker Michael Owen has pencilled in the game against Chelsea on 22 April as the target for his first appearance since picking up a serious knee injury last June. (Sunday Mirror)

Portsmouth are ready to offer keeper David James, 36, a new contract, which will take him into his 40s. (News of the World)

Goalkeeper Ben Foster will treble his salary when he returns to Manchester United in the summer following a loan spell at Watford. (News of the World)

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez's agent Manuel Garcia Quillon has hinted that the Spaniard is ready to listen to offers from Real Madrid. (Sunday Mirror)

Arsenal are close to agreeing new contracts with Emmanuel Adebayor and Emmanuel Eboue. (Sunday Mirror)

Sunderland manager Roy Keane has admitted that he would pay to watch in-form winger Cristiano Ronaldo play for his old club Manchester United. (Sunday Mirror)

AND FINALLY...
Southampton have pulled down the statue of club legend Ted Bates - a week after it was unveiled. Critics said it looked more like comic character Jimmy Krankie and it will now be "altered or completely reworked". (Various)

Argentina legend Diego Maradona is angry after he had to call a South American radio station to deny reports that he had been killed in a car crash with his nephew. (The Observer)

Arsenal plan to honour Arsene Wenger by installing a bronze bust of the manager at the Emirates Stadium. (Various)

Aston Villa forward Shaun Maloney has admitted he was unfit when he left Celtic to join the Midlands club. (Scotland on Sunday)

[EvilElvis]

Wembley looks pretty boneriffic!

Please please England don't score again on Weds (Or Get beat!), then the FA sack Quiffy and get someone half decent to scrape us into Euro 2008.

Quiffy is there till end of qualifiers. It's pointless sacking someone after 3 poor games and you stil have a fairly decent chance of making the Euro '08.

If he cocked it up big time and go 0 points of of the 3 games and England couldn't make it, then it's a bit more understandable.

[Jamie]

Newcastle's former Ipswich defender is being targeted by Norwich and Birmingham. (The People)
Bramble? What a waste of money if it is.

[EvilElvis]

Bramble? What a waste of money if it is.


Thats the only one I can think of.

[Jamie]

Thats the only one I can think of.

I lost track of who's still there after Bobby Robson raided our first team.

[EvilElvis]

I lost track of who's still there after Bobby Robson raided our first team.

Kieron "Find me on the injury table" Dyer

[rob3000]

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez's agent Manuel Garcia Quillon has hinted that the Spaniard is ready to listen to offers from Real Madrid. (Sunday Mirror)

Uh-oh.

[Jamie]

Kieron "Find me on the injury table" Dyer

Darren "How do I still get picked?" Ambrose.

That actually made me realise how many ex players are at Charlton at the moment: Ambrose, Hermann Hreidarsson, Marcus Bent, Darren Bent, Matt Holland.
They pretty much have our entire 2000/01 premiership team.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Bentley was great.

nearly as good as Richardson.

seriously, the Sunday Mirror gave him a 6 rating wise, the same as Leroy Lita, what was they on!? :D

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Richardson needs to leave United.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Richardson needs to leave United.

he needs to leave football

[Mrs Poon]

he's a bit of a cunt. used to go stalking him in 6th form lunch times in my mates car. he was ALWAYS driving around aimlessly around the streets of sale and altrincham in some fancy car with a bird in the passenger seat, every lunchtime without fail. used to go mcdonalds and then try and find him and follow him for a bit, never took long. sometimes he'd clock on and speed away.. was hard for a shit fiesta weighed down by 5 lads to keep up.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

he's a bit of a cunt. used to go stalking him in 6th form lunch times in my mates car. he was ALWAYS driving around aimlessly around the streets of sale and altrincham in some fancy car with a bird in the passenger seat, every lunchtime without fail. used to go mcdonalds and then try and find him and follow him for a bit, never took long. sometimes he'd clock on and speed away.. was hard for a shit fiesta weighed down by 5 lads to keep up.

that Richardson?

if so that disproves my cousins wild claim that he used to live near us

[Mrs Poon]

that Richardson?

if so that disproves my cousins wild claim that he used to live near us
ye, this was in about 2001-2

[timesfooall]

Portsmouth have joined Tottenham and Newcastle in the battle to sign West Brom defender Curtis Davies. (Daily Mirror)

Portsmouth may be ready to hijack 18-year-old midfielder Lester Peltier's move to Arsenal from Trinidad and Tobago club San Juan Jabloteh. (Various)

Watford are set to sell striker Steve Kabba at the end of the season - only months after signing him from Sheffield United. (Daily Mirror)

Motherwell striker Scott McDonald, who has been targeted by Rangers, looks set to clinch a move to Celtic. (Daily Record)

Cardiff have ended their interest in Hibernian striker Chris Killen. (Daily Record)

Reading midfielder John Oster is being lined up for a move to Wolves in the summer. (Daily Mirror)


Tell us your transfer rumours

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OTHER GOSSIP
England boss Steve McClaren and striker Wayne Rooney had a verbal bust-up in the dressing room after Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifying draw with Israel. (Various)

If the Football Association decides to sack McClaren, it will cost them £2.5m. If England fail to qualify for Euro 2008, it would cost the FA £100m. (Various)

England assistant boss Terry Venables is no longer working closely with McClaren after a damaging backroom split. (The Sun)

Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor says he may quit international football after getting death threats. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal's four main shareholders would not consider listening to takeover offers unless they received a bid that significantly values the club above the current level, with the suggestion that the figure would have to be £700m. (Daily Express)

Everton are ready to offer defender Alan Stubbs, who is a free agent in the summer, a new one-year contract. (Daily Mirror)

Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor, 20, is set to sign a new three-year deal this week. (Daily Mirror)

Kris Boyd, who scored in the win over Georgia on Saturday, is likely to be on the bench for Scotland's Euro 2008 qualifier with Italy on Wednesday. (Daily Record)



Ahem...If the Football Association decides to sack McClaren, it will cost them £2.5m. If England fail to qualify for Euro 2008, it would cost the FA £100m. (Various)

Enough said

[Captain Stu]

If the Football Association decides to sack McClaren, it will cost them £2.5m. If England fail to qualify for Euro 2008, it would cost the FA £100m. (Various)

Enough said

It really is.

Which is worse... having to be seen getting rid of another duff manager? Or, not qualifying for the Euros while much lesser nations have strolled through?

Yeah, let's all pack Steve's things away for him. :)

(Sadly, I can't see the FA sacking him)

[Two-Bob Peeters]

as much as i dislike McLaren, and i think the FA should cut their losses and realise they've made a mistake, it's probably still more to do the players thinking they're the dogs bollocks when they're not.

apart from perhaps JT (well, he is for a centre back anyway) i can't see another 'world class' player in that team

[boxshapedheart]

I'll put £2.50 in for him to fuck off. All I want is a tournament where I enjoy watching England again. Pretty please.

nearly as good as Richardson.

seriously, the Sunday Mirror gave him a 6 rating wise, the same as Leroy Lita, what was they on!? :D
Lita deserved a low rating for his yellow boots.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Lita deserved a low rating for his yellow boots.

they were 'Aubergine'!

[timesfooall]

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=456883&CPID=21&clid=120&lid=4163&title=Gattuso:+I+had+United+chance&channel=&

:( I heart gattuso

[Captain Stu]

l0lz.

[timesfooall]

You don't rate gattuso?

[Captain Stu]

Whaaa? Of course I do, he's fantastic... that's why I'm glad United can't have him. :D

[Two-Bob Peeters]

i like the way he says Darren Fletcher is good enough for Serie A

[Captain Stu]

i like the way he says Darren Fletcher is good enough for Serie A

Innit, by his logic most three-legged turtles would be good enough for Serie A.

[timesfooall]

Whaaa? Of course I do, he's fantastic... that's why I'm glad United can't have him. :D

Ahh good, well its not good for United :(

Darren Fletcher is Championship quality at best, he is a little weed. I was happy when he got injured.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Innit, by his logic most three-legged turtles would be good enough for Serie A.

Or Keiron Richardson.

the guy is definitely my new pet hate. Livingstone can count himself lucky

[Captain Stu]

URGH! I fucking detest Richardson! :mad: He scores a couple of goals against the fucking USA on a poxy faux-tour and he reckons he's an actual international class player.

What a little turd, I hope he gets a double leg break sometime soon.

[timesfooall]

URGH! I fucking detest Richardson! :mad: He scores a couple of goals against the fucking USA on a poxy faux-tour and he reckons he's an actual international class player.

What a little turd, I hope he gets a double leg break sometime soon.

I hope he doesn't get injured, again he is nowhere near international class of player and not really that good but he can play left back, left wing or centre and is cover for this time of the season.

[timesfooall]

Lolz at belgium, well done in pissing off one of the best players in the world before your meant to face him. Ronaldo scored twice, man of the match of the performance and took the mick all game:D

Ohhh and :D ....... http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=456881&CPID=8&clid=1&lid=4161&title=Ronaldo:+I+hope+to+stay

[Captain Stu]

Lolz at belgium, well done in pissing off one of the best players in the world before your meant to face him. Ronaldo scored twice, man of the match of the performance and took the mick all game:D

Ohhh and :D ....... http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=456881&CPID=8&clid=1&lid=4161&title=Ronaldo:+I+hope+to+stay

It's funny, he wants to stay so badly yet he won't actually sign a new contract unless they give him exactly what he wants?

Not the actions of a committed player in my book.

[Captain Stu]

HAHAHAHA! There's a dead good photo doing the rounds that's taking the piss out of David Nugent! :D He's said "I've always been an Everton fan and hopefully within the next five years I'll be playing for them"... so, care to explain the photo of him as a kid decked in a Liverpool kit and proudly waving a Liverpool scarf? :D

*

Also, my Dad Sky Plus'd the match for me and I just had a flick through the highlights.

What a bunch of cock.

I think, honestly, Gerrard was just about our best player, at least you could see he was always trying to inspire something because he had the security of Hargreaves sitting behind.

Lampard couldn't inspire himself to fucking fart, the useless fat cunt.

As for Rooney, fuck off you jug eared bender. One of the best players in the world? My crusty black arse! He hasn't scored a European goal since his debut for United and he hasn't scored a competitive England goal for three years now yet he is STILL the first name on the teamsheet. How's about we try a different combination?

Hargreaves had an alright game again too... and Lennon, why even be on the pitch? Seriously, how uninterested can one person look?

We are missing Joe Cole so much that it's not even funny anymore and, dare I say it, Michael Owen. :(

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Gerrard did sod all.

nobody played well.

if you watched the highlights of the other matches involving UK sides, you can see that the players are really putting in the effort and actually look like they want to play for their countries.

the only player that came close to that for us was Hargreaves

[rob3000]

Stu, I must see that Nugent photo!

There's the photo of Stevie G in an Everton kit but that's been around for ages.

[timesfooall]

It's funny, he wants to stay so badly yet he won't actually sign a new contract unless they give him exactly what he wants?

Not the actions of a committed player in my book.

To be honest though he has a contract till 2010, theres no rush, and i would try to get as much money as possible from a company who values me, as im sure everyone else would.

[Captain Stu]

Stu, I must see that Nugent photo!

There's the photo of Stevie G in an Everton kit but that's been around for ages.

I'll scan it when I get back from work. :D

[Two-Bob Peeters]

i'm sure all everton fans will be gutted?

[timesfooall]

What so Gerrard is a Toffee or just played for them? :confused:

[rob3000]

i'm sure all everton fans will be gutted?
No, but it'll be nice that when he does sign for him (assuming he does) we can bring that photo out when they bring the Gerrard one out.


Nugent used to be on Liverpool's books though as a schoolboy, so the photo might be from that.

[rob3000]

What so Gerrard is a Toffee or just played for them? :confused:

Neither. His uncle or someone got him a kit and took him to see the championship trophy. He was only like 7, didn't understand the liverpool/everton thing.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

No, but it'll be nice that when he does sign for him (assuming he does) we can bring that photo out when they bring the Gerrard one out.

Nugent used to be on Liverpool's books though as a schoolboy, so the photo might be from that.

it'd be a bit petty if there was a photo war. haven't we spoken about this before, aren't there dozens of players on merseyside that have supported the other colour whilst playing for the enemy! it could go on forever!

[rob3000]

it'd be a bit petty if there was a photo war. haven't we spoken about this before, aren't there dozens of players on merseyside that have supported the other colour whilst playing for the enemy! it could go on forever!

It's not a war or anything. The merseyside derby isn't like the old firm, everythings always been banter, nothing malicious in any of it.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

tch, you know what i mean.

[rob3000]

Honestly, you've lost me.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

i don't mean 'war' as in "WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR!?" i just mean banter/arguments or whatever

[timesfooall]

I was also under the impression the two sides of liverpool hated each other and are at each others throats

[rob3000]

...I see. Petty, sure. If you think so.

[rob3000]

I was also under the impression the two sides of liverpool hated each other and are at each others throats

Really? based on what? Every derby day I'm in a pub half red half blue, and I've never seen any trouble.

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

It's just a bit of friendly banter in my experience. There are few pubs that are considered exclusively red or blue but you wouldn't want to go there anyway.

[Captain Stu]

I was also under the impression the two sides of liverpool hated each other and are at each others throats

Nah, there are tons of families in Liverpool that are half-red and half-blue. There's "hate" and then there's hate. :mad:

[timesfooall]

Ahh right, you learn something new everyday.

[boxshapedheart]

England assistant boss Terry Venables is no longer working closely with McClaren after a damaging backroom split. (The Sun)

haha, Oooooh matron. Innuendo eh. :eek:


Really though, Venables knows it's all going wrong. He's prolly on his next cunning plan to become England manager again.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

it's a shame he had to quit in the first place. i dunno if he'd be able to do the job now though.

*still remembers euro 96.... sobs*

[Captain Stu]

Really though, Venables knows it's all going wrong. He's prolly on his next cunning plan to become England manager again.

Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if he was ill-advising McQuiffy, El Tel's as bent as a nine-bob note and the whole world knows it.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if he was ill-advising McQuiffy, El Tel's as bent as a nine-bob note and the whole world knows it.

he looks like a second hand car salesman.

saying that McClaren looks like Swiss Tony...

[Captain Stu]

"You know, managing the England national football team is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman... it's never as good as you think it'll be, it involves not scoring a lot of the time and usually ends in tears."

:cool:

[Two-Bob Peeters]

"You know, managing the England national football team is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman... it's never as good as you think it'll be, it involves not scoring a lot of the time and usually ends in tears."

:cool:

wahey!

[boxshapedheart]

haha was that Venables? I don't remember hearing that.

[Captain Stu]

haha was that Venables? I don't remember hearing that.

SWISS TONY! :mad:

My other one was:

"You know, managing the England national football team is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman... it's a waste of money and Frank Lampard always ruins it with his rubbish aim."

[boxshapedheart]

SWISS TONY! :mad:

haha! I see. :o

[Two-Bob Peeters]

SWISS TONY! :mad:

My other one was:

"You know, managing the England national football team is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman... it's a waste of money and Frank Lampard always ruins it with his rubbish aim."

"but it always deflects in somehow to his own personal satisfaction?"

damn i've got to think about these before i actually post them

NOT FUNNY OOKIE, NOT FUNNY.

oh, but lolz at sarah :D

[EvilElvis]

I heart gattuso

There was a great story a few weeks back.

When Gattuso joined Rangers, he didn't have any money or decent clothes - I think he was only 18 - so Gazza took him to the Italian centre (Versace shops etc) in Glasgow and told Gattuso he had agreed with Walter Smith to take it out of his pay.

When Gattuso's next pay packet arrived, there was no deductions - so he went to Walter Smith, who knew absolutley nothing about it.

He spoke to Gazza who just said "Don't worry about it"

[friartuck]

There was a great story a few weeks back.

When Gattuso joined Rangers, he didn't have any money or decent clothes - I think he was only 18 - so Gazza took him to the Italian centre (Versace shops etc) in Glasgow and told Gattuso he had agreed with Walter Smith to take it out of his pay.

When Gattuso's next pay packet arrived, there was no deductions - so he went to Walter Smith, who knew absolutley nothing about it.

He spoke to Gazza who just said "Don't worry about it"

Gattuso was average at best when playing at Rangers.

[F'jo]

There was a great story a few weeks back.

When Gattuso joined Rangers, he didn't have any money or decent clothes - I think he was only 18 - so Gazza took him to the Italian centre (Versace shops etc) in Glasgow and told Gattuso he had agreed with Walter Smith to take it out of his pay.

When Gattuso's next pay packet arrived, there was no deductions - so he went to Walter Smith, who knew absolutley nothing about it.

He spoke to Gazza who just said "Don't worry about it"

Ah thats awesome! I love little stories like this!

[sunnydalehighdropout]

There was a great story a few weeks back.

When Gattuso joined Rangers, he didn't have any money or decent clothes - I think he was only 18 - so Gazza took him to the Italian centre (Versace shops etc) in Glasgow and told Gattuso he had agreed with Walter Smith to take it out of his pay.

When Gattuso's next pay packet arrived, there was no deductions - so he went to Walter Smith, who knew absolutley nothing about it.

He spoke to Gazza who just said "Don't worry about it"

That's a nice story :)

My favourite Gazza story was him buying one of his black teammates at Newcastle a series of sunbed vouchers :D

[EvilElvis]

That's a nice story :)

My favourite Gazza story was him buying one of his black teammates at Newcastle a series of sunbed vouchers :D

When Newcastle signed a Brazillian player, Gazza decided to teach him English.

After a week, the Brazillian stood up in the dressing room and recited the days of the week

"Monday, Tuesday, Wankingday..."


He also hid a fish in Gordon Durie's car underneath the spare tyre.

2 weeks later, Durie had to take his car into get valeted, they pulled the fish out. The smell still didn't go away. Again, the car went into be valted nothing was found, yet it was absolutley stinking.

Durie took the car back to to dealership where he got it and complained. They found a rotting fish corpse in the door panel.

[sunnydalehighdropout]

When Newcastle signed a Brazillian player, Gazza decided to teach him English.

After a week, the Brazillian stood up in the dressing room and recited the days of the week

"Monday, Tuesday, Wankingday..."


He also hid a fish in Gordon Durie's car underneath the spare tyre.

2 weeks later, Durie had to take his car into get valeted, they pulled the fish out. The smell still didn't go away. Again, the car went into be valted nothing was found, yet it was absolutley stinking.

Durie took the car back to to dealership where he got it and complained. They found a rotting fish corpse in the door panel.

Haha, i remember you telling me about this in The Solid.

[Captain Stu]

Gattuso was average at best when playing at Rangers.

True to the max.

Shame really, he genuinely seems to have a love for Scawtland but I doubt he'd have stayed had he stayed and gotten as good as he is now. I think he'll return there when he's 32-33 or something and play his final couple of seasons for Rangers, I think he's always said that's what he plans on doing... same as how Keane said he always wanted to play for Celtic in his final season.

[sunnydalehighdropout]

Gattuso was always played at right back when he was at Rangers and it was made even worse by Dick Advocaat (shit, was it Advocaat or Smith?) insisting that he didn't get too far forward (whereas Arthur Numan on the left was free to roam and was very very good at it)

[EvilElvis]

Gattuso was average at best when playing at Rangers.

I can understand that - Gattuso arrived the season before Advocaat took over and in the final season of players like Gazza, Laudrup, McCoist and Goram. It was the end of one team and the start of a new team coming in.

I remember Smith signed a few Italians at that time Amoruso, Porrini and Marco "The Mood" Negri as well as Gattuso.


Shame really, he genuinely seems to have a love for Scawtland but I doubt he'd have stayed had he stayed and gotten as good as he is now. I think he'll return there when he's 32-33 or something and play his final couple of seasons for Rangers, I think he's always said that's what he plans on doing... same as how Keane said he always wanted to play for Celtic in his final season.

Gattuso's Wife is also Glaswegian - Which may be another reason he'd come back.

[EvilElvis]

Gattuso was always played at right back when he was at Rangers and it was made even worse by Dick Advocaat (shit, was it Advocaat or Smith?) insisting that he didn't get too far forward (whereas Arthur Numan on the left was free to roam and was very very good at it)

It was Advocaat - Smith had him as defensive midfield, Advocaat wanted him to play right back.

The way Numan was treated by Martin Bain and John McLelland was embarrassing. :(

[F'jo]

On a footballing note....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/fredjxl/fmshit.jpg

FUCK! :( Lucky Bastards.....

[Captain Stu]

On a footballing note....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/fredjxl/fmshit.jpg

FUCK! :( Lucky Bastards.....

Wargh! Unfortunate... I just finished my second season (having won the CL in my first) and won the CL, Premiership and FA Cup. :D

*grooves*

[F'jo]

Wargh! Unfortunate... I just finished my second season (having won the CL in my first) and won the CL, Premiership and FA Cup. :D

*grooves*

Ah Well Done, Is that with Liverpool yeah? I'm managing Man City on a rolling contract, well I was. After saving them from relegation and moving them to a midtable position, I resigned to focus on the euro championships :p

[Captain Stu]

It certainly is. :cool:

[friartuck]

It can be quite tempting to get the latest version of FM but I know my life would become non-existant.

Better than playing on shitty newly sanded astro turf though. I burned the fuck out of my knee this evening. Not looking forward to pulling my bedsheet off the sticky wound tomorrow morning.

[Mikey]

On a footballing note....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/fredjxl/fmshit.jpg

FUCK! :( Lucky Bastards.....

Haha. Even Buffon scored. Pwnd.

[Captain Stu]

It can be quite tempting to get the latest version of FM but I know my life would become non-existant.

Well, put it this way, I installed it on my work laptop and spend hmmmmm most of the working day playing on it. :D

Better than playing on shitty newly sanded astro turf though. I burned the fuck out of my knee this evening. Not looking forward to pulling my bedsheet off the sticky wound tomorrow morning.

Uh oh, good luck with that...

[Two-Bob Peeters]

i hate astro turf...

especially public astroturf which has glass on it and shit

[Captain Stu]

Oh christ, McQuiffy reckons we had a good game! :rolleyes:

Best scenario I can see is this: Lampard is struggling for fitness now so hopefully he won't make the team and Gerrard will be moved back inside alongside Hargreaves and he HAS to make a go of it because it may well be his one and only chance to show how he can dictate the game from the middle in a way that Fatty can't.

[timesfooall]

To be honest, after watching the HIGHLIGHTS i can't remember a decent chance, apart from carraghers header which wasnt really easy.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

To be honest, after watching the HIGHLIGHTS i can't remember a decent chance, apart from carraghers header which wasnt really easy.

fatty's scissor kick.

and that was about it.

[timesfooall]

fatty's scissor kick.

and that was about it.

Which he shinned, as usual. Surprised it didnt deflect into the net

[timesfooall]

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=457141&CPID=3&clid=114&lid=4161&title=Lamps+allays+fitness+fears

:( Lets hope quiffy drops him then

[Captain Stu]

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=457141&CPID=3&clid=114&lid=4161&title=Lamps+allays+fitness+fears

:( Lets hope quiffy drops him then

Fuck it, he NEEDS to not play! :mad:

Damn Rooney, if only he hit that shot hard enough to completely shatter his wrist.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/thumb/7/7d/Lamparduy2tl8.jpg/402px-Lamparduy2tl8.jpg

god bless uncyclopedia

[Mrs Poon]

Oh christ, McQuiffy reckons we had a good game! :rolleyes:

Best scenario I can see is this: Lampard is struggling for fitness now so hopefully he won't make the team
since when has fitness or form bothered recent england managers. always go for tried, tested (and failed on numerous occassions)... ITS WHAT THE COUNTRY WANTS. :rolleyes:

[Captain Stu]

Sad thing is... it's true.

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

always go for tried, tested (and failed on numerous occassions)... ITS WHAT THE COUNTRY WANTS. :rolleyes:

More like TIRED and TESTES!

[Bexster]

Apparently, McCunty is going to be punished by UEFA for refusing to attend a press conference.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

the FA wouldn't sign up a manager who wouldn't pick our 'world class' players. so we're always going to have this problem. the media would go ape shit as well, even though they're probably supporting dropping at the moment!

[Two-Bob Peeters]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6500217.stm

Yay, and well deserved too :)

FA Cup final will be at Wembley

Wembley has finally got the go-ahead for the FA Cup final
The Football Association has confirmed the new £800m Wembley Stadium will host this year's FA Cup final on 19 May.
Brent Council has given the stadium a general safety certificate after two successful "ramp up" events.

A community day was staged for 34,000 people and England under-21s faced Italy in front of nearly 56,000 fans.

The FA's chief executive Brian Barwick said: "I'm happy to confirm that the 2007 FA Cup final will be played at Wembley Stadium."

Barwick added: "It's the announcement that a lot of people have been waiting for and is great news for football fans in this country and indeed the world over.

"The Cup final and Wembley Stadium go hand in hand and everybody at the FA is looking forward to a great day."

Wembley Stadium managing director Alex Horne said: "We're delighted with the news and I would like to thank Brent Council for their help during this process.

"We received the keys to the stadium just over a fortnight ago, since then Wembley and the FA's staff have worked incredibly hard to put on two great test events in a very short period of time.

"We realise that there is still some way to go yet and are digesting the feedback we have received in order to ensure that coming to Wembley Stadium is a fantastic experience for fans."

Brent Council chief executive Gareth Daniel said: "We are delighted to be able to hand over this safety certificate, which will allow this 90,000-seat stadium to open, bringing back world-class music and sporting events to Wembley."

The FA also announced that finals of the FA Trophy and the FA Vase will be held at Wembley on 12 and 13 May respectively, at a capped capacity - as part of the build up to the official opening on 19 May.

[friartuck]

I liked the FA Cup finals at the Millenium Stadium. 'Tis a great venue.

[timesfooall]

Que sera sera :D

[Two-Bob Peeters]

I liked the FA Cup finals at the Millenium Stadium. 'Tis a great venue.

it's a bit near Wales though

[friartuck]

it's a bit near Wales though

Ah yea it's not to say I'm glad to see it back in Wemb-eh-ley though.

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

So, the FA have fined Arsenal and Chelsea £100,000 for the Carling Cup brawl. Not exactly detrimental to either party. What's the point?

[Bexster]

Quiz time

FA Quote of the day.

The FA's disciplinary commission described the incident as "serious, unacceptable and damaging to the image of the game".

Did they say it about...

a) The Arse/Chelski Handbags
b) McClaren's attempts to pretend he's a football manager
c) Fat Franks spare tire
d) All of the above.

[Captain Stu]

lolz. :D

[Bexster]

lolz. :D
I take it your vote is for "all of the above" :D

[Novacane]

Any predictions for the Scotland game? how many will we get humped by? And how many metres will Kenny Miller miss an open goal by?

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

3-0 Italy I reckon.

[Novacane]

Sounds fair. :(

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Alright, 3-1 Italy.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

So, the FA have fined Arsenal and Chelsea £100,000 for the Carling Cup brawl. Not exactly detrimental to either party. What's the point?

even funnier is nhat guy who tried to deck lampard only got a £300 fine and a 'banning order' for 3 years

[Captain Stu]

I reckon 3-0 sounds spot on... and I think Scotland will be denied a clear penalty.

[sunnydalehighdropout]

1-1

Scotland to go ahead in the first 30 mins, Italy to retalitate in the last 15. The greasy wop bastards.

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Anyone hear about Paul McGrath and his pint of bleach? Classic.

[Captain Stu]

Anyone hear about Paul McGrath and his pint of bleach? Classic.

ARF? :eek:

[Two-Bob Peeters]

is the scotland match being held in Italy? if so what stadium?

scratch that, i did the intelligent thing and checked the BBC.

Bari... V interesting, scotland may well have a chance

[timesfooall]

Scotland 1-0.....im sure i have some relatives in scotland :D

Ohhh and come on Andorra!!!!!!!!!!!

[Captain Stu]

So, there's talk of Rooney and Hargreaves being dropped tonight.

Right, I can half-see the logic in dropping Hargreaves because it's highly unlikely that we're going to need a holding midfielder against such a weak side... but, that said... FUCKING START HARGREAVES AND GERRARD!! Let them show what they can do and hell, it could give Hargreaves an opportunity to venture forward now and then too.

As for Rooney, he's not done it for England for so long - same as Fatty - so not starting him could well be a good thing but I reckon he will start. As we all know, McLaren doesn't have the balls.

Apparently, if (when) we don't win tonight - he's gone... with a lot of talk about Allardyce.

[timesfooall]

Rooney being dropped is very understandable (who would we play though who's any good) But HARGREAVES!!! No way, get fatty out of there :(

[Captain Stu]

Normally I'd suggest dropping Rooney and starting Crouch up with either Johnson or Defoe but of course we don't have Crouch at the moment so it'd just be Johnson AND Defoe running around, chasing the same balls as we've seen before with various combinations.

We don't have enough different strikers. We have Crouch as a target man and Rooney to drop off and play deeper... that's it. Everyone else - Defoe, Owen, Johnson, Bent - are all runners.

[timesfooall]

I'd be tempted to play Gerrard off the front, Lennon on the right and Barry on the left. That means fatpard would play and Gerrard out of position again but Gerrards better there than on the wing.

[Captain Stu]

Yeah, that might work against a lesser team like Andorra, give Gerrard more time and space to run forward.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

unfortunately, (moreso for england than for liverpool, i think) Crouch tends to drop back deep as well. Terry Butcher was saying yesterday, theat he rekons it's due to the lack of service from Midfield. which i guess is kinda true. But Rooney drops deep for United as well, but it works better because as soon as he does there are players there to help him straight away. Whereas for England i notice Gerrard and Lampard like to drop deep to pick up the ball from the defenders, i think perhaps they're a bit worried of getting in each others way... and therefore they do, catch 22.

Dunno about Gerrard helping the striker, it effectively makes it a 4-5-1 (4-4-1-1, whatever) i'm sure he can do it. but surely now we've got to realise shifting players about to accomodate others really isn't the way forward. just because we have a number of good players fighting for a certain position doesn't mean we have to use them all. Hear this Macca PLAY PLAYERS WHO ARE BEST SUITED TO THE POSITION YOU WANT THEM TO PLAY!

i can't bare to think what would happen if Totti, Villa and Henry were english! he'd be playing them in Midfield just to fit them in because they're 'world class'!

[Captain Stu]

Totti would be playing on the wing and Villa would be playing as a lone striker.

Yeah, Crouch does tend to drop deep for England for that exact reason, well spotted and it's a proper vicious circle... Gerrard and Lampard drop deep to get the ball leaving a massive gap in the middle of the park so Crouch has to come back to fetch the ball but then doesn't have the pace to get back where he should be.

Even Crouch and Rooney is no good, Crouch needs people to run PAST him not people to run in front of him, his best game is spent with his back to goal I reckon.

And yeah, take Rooney out for a bit. He hasn't done a squirt for England for years so why play him game-in, game-out? He doesn't seem to be enjoying his football at the moment so give him some time off, maybe then he'll learn to develop his game more and become more useful. Stick him with pretty much anyone apart from Saha and he looks a bit poo to me. He did alright with Larsson but that'd never work long-term unless Rooney planned to become a pacy forward to run past a target man.

Christ, even give Nugent a start tonight maybe, we need to fucking do something. Anything less than an absolute trouncing of Andorra tonight should cost Quiffo his job.

Natural solution, as we ALL know, is to play a holding man to come back to midfield which will naturally free the attacking GERRARD midfielder GERRARD up so he can push forward and not cause the forwards to play so damn deep. One simple personnel change could alter our entire style of play for the best. It's a simple formula that works, it just works.

Once more, the Chelsea 4-3-3 drifting into 4-5-1 formation is the only way Gerrard and Fatty can play together:

Crouch
Gerrard.............Lampard
Cole (when fit)............................Lennon/SWP
Hargreaves

Crouch plays the Drogba target man role, Gerrard and Lampard have a degree of freedom to support whenever possible in a more attacking midfielder role rather than second strikers. Cole and Lennon (enh) provide natural width and get CROSSES in for the target man and Hargreaves just sits back, where's the Makalele hat and keeps everything in check.

If we're really underfire, Lampard can drop in between the wingers and Gerrard can even drop back with Hargreaves as many people forget he actually started out as a defensive midfielder.

*

My god, I couldn't love Oliver Holt (from The Mirror) any harder if I tried. Yet AGAIN he makes a fabulous point about the appalling way Carragher is never given a fair crack for England... he has a solid game the other day, ok he's a bit poo at going forward, but he's a hard-working, dedicated PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLER who does his talking on the pitch but the second that money-hungry, poncey, showbiz grubbing cunt Ashley Cole comes back, he's back in the side despite his pathetic form this season.

Quote: What sort of a message does that send out? The wrong one.

DROP FERDINAND! PUT IN CARRAGHER!

[Obiwan]

For a one off game, like tonight which we should piss it, I would go all out attack stick 10 past em and get some godam confidence back.


ROBINSON
CARRAGHER
TERRY
FERDINAND
BARRY
HARGREAVES
GERARD
LAMPARD
LENNON
ROONEY
NUGENT:D 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 got to be worth a shot

[Bexster]

1-1

Scotland to go ahead in the first 30 mins, Italy to retalitate in the last 15. The greasy wop bastards.
I agree.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

incidently, the Italy v Sweatys game is somewhat of a unification match between the official and unnoficial world champions :)

http://www.ufwc.co.uk/

[Obiwan]

incidently, the Italy v Sweatys game is somewhat of a unification match between the official and unnoficial world champions :)

http://www.ufwc.co.uk/

Service Unavailable

:confused:

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Service Unavailable

:confused:

works for me :)

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

I think you've got to play Rooney in a game like this. He's a confidence player and he's almost guaranteed a pick-me-up goal here.

[timesfooall]

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=457392&CPID=3&clid=114&lid=4161&title=Lampard+laid+low+for+England

There is a god!!!!!! :D

I actually might watch the game tonight, Gerrard and Hargreaves in mid, hmmm tasty

[Obiwan]

Good ol Shrek :D

[Captain Stu]

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=457392&CPID=3&clid=114&lid=4161&title=Lampard+laid+low+for+England

There is a god!!!!!! :D

I actually might watch the game tonight, Gerrard and Hargreaves in mid, hmmm tasty

YEEEEEEEES!!!!

Now, for fucks sake Steven, take this chance and play a fucking blinder. Owen, back him up pls.

NICE ONE, ROOOOOONEY! :D

[Two-Bob Peeters]

this is Gerrards BEST chance, i hope he shines

[Two-Bob Peeters]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6495949.stm

bad news for the scots, Christian Dailly gets a re-call

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Oh Wayne, you beauty.

[Obiwan]

Oh Wayne, you beauty.

Now thats something he don't hear every day :D

[Bexster]

No. In fact I think Dave's the first person to ever say it.

Gerrard back in the middle without Fat Frank should be great. Not that McClaren will realise it's any good and keep FF out of the team.

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

I bet McLaren does something retarded like keep Stevie on the right and bring in Carrick or something.

[Bexster]

I bet McLaren does something retarded like keep Stevie on the right and bring in Carrick or something.
No bet.

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Come on, 3/1 on him doing something retarded. Those are great odds.

[Captain Stu]

He probably will as well, it's such a McLaren-esque thing to do.

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Flat back 10, anyone?

[Captain Stu]

Foster to start up front!!

[boxshapedheart]

Jeez he bloody better not arse it up. Suddenly this game could be mildly interesting. If he ruins that chance by making some twatty changes... :mad:

[sunnydalehighdropout]

I'll put a fiver on a 7-man midfield.

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

I fancy a flutter tonight. Ladbrokes are saying 80/1 for an Andorran win. Hmm...

[Captain Stu]

Ok, I'll bite the bullet... I'm saying 3-0 to England.

*lolz at own optimism*

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Alright, I've put 5 little £1 bets on:

England to win 4-1 @ 20/1
England to win 4-0 with Rooney to score first @ 16/1
Italy to win 3-0 @ 7/1
First scorer Gilardino @ 4/1
Italy to win 3-0 with Gilardino to score first @ 22/1


And, should I gamble myself into a hole, I can simply GAMBLE MY WAY OUT!

[sunnydalehighdropout]

JooUK, what odds on a 0-0 or 1-1 draw?

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Both 14/1. I can't see Andorra even considering trying to work the ball in the final third to be honest, but I have 100% faith in a spectacular oggy.

[sunnydalehighdropout]

Both 14/1.

Bloody hell. Worth a flutter on both.

Odds on a 1-0 England win?

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

14/1 again. Could be worth a shout with 21 men in one half of the pitch for 90 minutes.

[sunnydalehighdropout]

If i had £3 in my bank account (all hail destroying your overdraft limit for a bus pass), then i would put £1 on all 3 of them.

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

You have to deposit at least a fiver on most sites I think.

[sunnydalehighdropout]

Bah, even the hypothetics are out of the window.

[Captain Stu]

Just when I think I can't hate Ferdinand anymore... in the pre-match blurb he's offended when people say the players don't care and says they'd all do it for free.

Yeah, easy to say that when you're a mediocre player who gets paid £90,000 or more and plays for his country on reputation alone rather than actual form.

Fucking prick.

[Captain Stu]

Here's the team:

Robinson

Richards
Ferdinand :rolleyes:
Terry
Cole

Lennon
Hargreaves
Gerrard
Downing

Rooney
Johnson

[Novacane]

Here's the team:

Robinson

Richards
Ferdinand :rolleyes:
Terry
Cole

Lennon
Hargreaves
Gerrard
Downing

Rooney
Johnson

Elecrifying team selection. I fancy you guys to grind out a 2-0 win, in similar fashion to the world cup T&T game.

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

No Gilardino!? Gay.

[Novacane]

No Gilardino!? Gay.


FooUK - £1. Nice start.

[rob3000]

Which bookies did you place it with? because if the player doesn't play you get your money back with some.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Liverpool get groundshare request

Liverpool's new owners Tom Hicks and George Gillette have been asked by city council leaders to look again at sharing their new stadium with Everton.

The American tycoons want to make Liverpool's proposed new stadium bigger than the planned 60,000-capacity.

Liverpool have always ruled out sharing with Everton but council leader Warren Bradley wants them to reconsider.

He told the Liverpool Echo: "If they can consider an increase in size, why can't they consider a shared stadium?"

Liverpool have yet to confirm the decision to suspend preparatory work on the £215m project in Stanley Park, but have revealed a review will be undertaken.

And Bradley, a Blues season-ticket holder, feels Hicks and Gillette could be persuaded to allow Everton to share the new ground.

He added: "They have got their guys (Dallas firm HKS) looking at designs, infrastructure and everything.

"Are you telling me a commercial business in America doesn't sweat the asset? They sweat that asset until they can't get any more out of it.

Everton are considering moving to a new site outside Liverpool in Kirkby but Bradley also thinks redeveloping their current home Goodison Park should not be ruled out.

"I think in a few years' time they'll be playing in a new stadium and I think it will be in Liverpool," Bradley explained.

"I would be happy with a joint stadium, I've got to be honest, but my gut feeling is probably not.

"I don't see any reason why Goodison Park can't be redeveloped. You could quite easily fit an additional footprint and some commercial activity - a hotel, for example - into a new development."

[rob3000]

It won't happen. Of course the council want them to do it, but it's too controversial for it to actually happen.

It's got to be just Liverpool's ground, it has to be!

[Captain Stu]

Fuck off.

If they even consider it, they'll be lynched. Fucking stupid poncey council, just shows what these wanker fucks know about football.

If it's a choice between 60,000 capacity and, say, 76,000 and a groundshare with Everton, there isn't a single true Liverpool fan alive that would opt for a groundshare.

[Captain Stu]

Jesus christ, this is going to be a boring game... the cunts are playing 5-4-1 with a sweeper in between their two centre backs who are man-marking our forwards.

*prepares to yawn a lot*

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Oh, and I wonder what the odds are for Rooney to get sent off, he's already got sand in his vagina after about a minute. The guy who's marking him is just gonna keep picking at him until he explodes.

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Which bookies did you place it with? because if the player doesn't play you get your money back with some.

Yeah, Ladbrokes give you it back. Not fussed.

[Captain Stu]

BOOYAH! Fuck ya lad, get down. Go on Stevie. :D

There you go, some fuckwit just ran from this incident over to Rooney just to piss him off. Pa-the-tic.

I fucking hate weiner countries like this.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

i can't believe we got the free kick from that gerrard tackle...

you've got to laugh at us, why are our players allowing themselves to get wound up? loving Andorra's style! :D

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Alan Green is loving this on 5 live. "We're 1 quarter of the way to England's most embarrassing result ever."

[Wish_Master2100]

Not even watching it.

[Captain Stu]

Nice dive there from Cunto when Rio Ferdinand shoved past him.

Nice turn by "AJ" there.

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Fuckin hell, what a goal from David Healy though.

[Captain Stu]

Oh god, this is less fun than having a rash.

[Captain Stu]

BOOOOOOOO!!!!

What's funny though is that these pillocks paid money for tickets and to travel over there and expected any different.

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Just to put this in context, Andorra have never taken a single point in European competition and have only ever won one competitive match.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

lol

the best thing is, our players are being pansies just like they are

[Captain Stu]

If everything's going to plan, we're 45 minutes away from a new England manager hopefully.

[timesfooall]

lolz i cant believe this afternoon we had a glimmer of hope for a decent result, would be very surprised if we win.

reckon it will get ugly with the fans if we dont win? i can see pitch invasion written all over this

[Two-Bob Peeters]

If everything's going to plan, we're 45 minutes away from a new England manager hopefully.

and some book sequels! Gerrard/Lampard/Rooney: The McLaren months

[Captain Stu]

lolz i cant believe this afternoon we had a glimmer of hope for a decent result, would be very surprised if we win.

reckon it will get ugly with the fans if we dont win? i can see pitch invasion written all over this

Oh hell yeah, if we don't score about 5 in the next 45 minutes - it's gonna get uglier than a Spice Girls reunion... if Baby Spice didn't attend.

and some book sequels! Gerrard/Lampard/Rooney: The McLaren months

I'd buy that for a dollar!

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Obviously I'm not watching the game but it sounds like we're in for a couple of penalty shouts in the 2nd half.

[Captain Stu]

They should take Rooney off, soon, and bring Defoe on.

[timesfooall]

WTF N Ireland 2-1 up against Sweden!! All the other Home Nations are laughing at us :(

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Thank fuck for that.

[Captain Stu]

54 minutes, about fucking time AND LOOK! IT'S STEVEN GERRARD!!

Fuck off, Frank, you turd. That's how an attacking midfielder plays.

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

They're a fickle bunch, our lot. 'Booooooo' seamlessly blends into 'God Save the Queen'.

[Captain Stu]

"I was saying booo-urns."

Gerrard's playing a lot more effectively in the middle which is nice to see but this is still a shockingly poor performance.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

nice goal from stevie g, even better dive just then though!

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Come on Italy. One more and I'm rich beyond my wildest dreams (£7).

[Captain Stu]

Beeeeeautiful goal from Gerrard, gorgeous.

Double fuck off Frank. :D He missed from pretty much the exact same place against Israel... funny that...

1. Blimey, on comes Nugent.
2. Cole was lucky to stay on for that push, what a poofter.

[Bexster]

Beeeeeautiful goal from Gerrard, gorgeous.

Double fuck off Frank. :D He missed from pretty much the exact same place against Israel... funny that...

1. Blimey, on comes Nugent.
2. Cole was lucky to stay on for that push, what a poofter.

1. :cool:
2. Yes. Yes he is.

[Captain Stu]

Nugent's the first Preston player since Sir Tom Finney to play for England.

Quite an achievment... especially for a player yet to set foot in the top flight yet. :-/

[Captain Stu]

Ahahaha, Nugent's a bastard! A goal-robbing bastard!

[Captain Stu]

Rightly some boos there, that was still a very crap performance in a very crap game... apart from Stevie, he showed exactly why he needs to play in the middle.

More of that at the weekend against Arseanal, prease. :)

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

£2 back from a fiver. Relatively successful.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

great second goal from Gerrard, and a 'strikers' goal from Nugent :D

overall though that was piss poor. only in the second half did one player stand out and that was Gerrard, although i thought Dyer was good when he came on making the sort of moves and plays we should have been doing all match

[Captain Stu]

Dyer looked good, aye, but fuck that was a dodgy miss from him. Looked lively though, he's definately putting Lennon under pressure for the right wing and Lennon's not doing anything to cement his place whatsoever.

[rob3000]

That dive from Gerrard was a bit rubbish.

[sunnydalehighdropout]

With the exception of the guy who's not his baby's dad, none of them should be in an England shirt at the moment.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Lennon was poor, he really can't cross a ball which is disappointing

[rob3000]

Lennon was poor, he really can't cross a ball which is disappointing

Absolutely. He can beat a man, but he can't cross and he makes some poor decisions I think.

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Bring back Beckham?

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Bring back Beckham?

some of the fans were singing for him....

[Foo Fighters, United Kingdom]

Fuck these tapdancing wingers. Let's try being the Bolton of international football. Ugly and forceful.

[sunnydalehighdropout]

Lennon's first touch was worse than that of a leper with Parkinsons.

[Captain Stu]

Bring back Beckham?

Nonononononononononononononono!

No.