The Footie (UK) Thread: 2006/07

[Bexster]

How completely disappointing. I was really looking forward to an all English final, but United got totally beaten.

[EvilElvis]

Jose Mourinho could be set for another bust-up with Chelsea with PSV's Brazilian defender Alex on his way to Stamford Bridge in the summer. (Daily Mirror)

Lyon will make a £6m bid to prise Louis Saha from Manchester United. (Daily Express)

New Bolton boss Sammy Lee is keen to sign Preston striker David Nugent. (Daily Mirror)

Sunderland manager Roy Keane has also joined the race for England's newest goalscorer Nugent. (The Sun, Daily Star)

Turkish giants Fenerbahce want to sign Middlesbrough striker Yakubu. (Daily Mirror)

Everton goalkeeper Richard Wright could join Ipswich when his contract at Goodison Park ends in the summer. (Independent)

Watford defender Danny Shittu is a £3m target for West Ham manager Alan Curbishley. (Daily Mirror)

Celtic are also keen on the Nigerian-born 6ft 4in centre-half Shittu. (Scottish Sun)

Sunderland are tracking Celtic duo Artur Boruc and Thomas Gravesen (Daily Star)

Leeds boss Dennis Wise is in talks with Man Utd winger Jamie Mullan about signing for next season's League One campaign. (Daily Mirror)

Ipswich are lining up a move for Tommy Miller, who is no longer needed at Sunderland. (The Sun)

Huddersfield and Tranmere want striker Phil Marsh, 20, who has been released by Manchester United. (The Sun)

Stoke are keen to sign their former striker Chris Iwelumo from Colchester. (Daily Star)

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is keen to sign full-back Paul McShane from Championship side West Brom. (Daily Mirror)

Andrew Cole is set to be offered a 12-month deal by Birmingham City. (Daily Star)

Rangers have handed a trial to former Turkish international full-back Erol Bulut. (Daily Record)

Falkirk have invited former Swiss international defender Stephan Keller for a week's trial. (Daily Star)

Motherwell had Curtis McDonald (ex-Cardiff), Jamie McClen (ex-Newcastle), Australian Daniel Severino and released Rangers youngster Scott Agnew playing in a trial game on Tuesday. (Daily Star)


OTHER GOSSIP
Joey Barton's Manchester City career is over after he was allegedly involved in a bust-up with team-mate Ousmane Dabo. (Daily Mirror)

Everton striker Andrew Johnson will miss England's games with Brazil and Estonia after being told he needs an ankle operation. (Daily Express)

Premier League boss Richard Scudamore is doing a tour of the relegation-threatened clubs who were upset that West Ham did not get any points docked. (Daily Mirror)

Though the clubs threatened with relegation may sue the Premier League if West Ham stay up. (Guardian)

Newcastle - who will sack Glenn Roeder in the summer - believe they are favourites to land ex-Bolton boss Sam Allardyce. (The Sun)

Patrick Vieira thinks Arsene Wenger will walk out on Arsenal now vice-chairman David Dein has left the club. (The Sun)

Leeds veteran Gary Kelly is involved in talks with two consortiums interested in buying the club. (Daily Star)

Reading boss Steve Coppell says he will play his reserves if they qualify for the Uefa Cup. (Daily Star)

Chester chairman Stephen Vaughan wants Boston boss Steve Evans to replace sacked Mark Wright. (Daily Mail)

Hearts are poised to put one over rivals Hibernian by stealing their pre-season clash with Barcelona. (Daily Record)

AND FINALLY...
Michael Owen says he has been racked by guilt throughout his 10-month injury nightmare, especially for the Newcastle fans who have longed to see him in action. (Various)

[sunnydalehighdropout]

Leeds veteran Gary Kelly is involved in talks with two consortiums interested in buying the club. (Daily Star)

Not sure what i feel about this. On one hand, it would be great to have a man whose blood flows white at the head of the club but it would also mean Wisey goes. If you look behind the scenes at what Wise has done with the club, the results [almost] pale into insignificance. I'd like Ken Bates to stay on in some form though. He's a man who knows how to turn a former great around.

[EvilElvis]

How completely disappointing. I was really looking forward to an all English final, but United got totally beaten.

AC Milan were formed by Englishmen, technically it's still an all English final.


Though I have a feeling the thin English blood in the Italian's side will celebrate at the end.


Sorry Stoob and Rob.

[sunnydalehighdropout]

Besides from the handbags on 80 minutes, AC Milan were magnificent and no other team in the competition this season would have beaten them tonight. If they even come close to this against Liverpool, then it's game over.

I'm thinking of going to Liverpool for the final.

[Epic Failure]

please, please, please let liverpool win this.

we seriously cannot have a bunch of cheating, bribing cunts as the top team in Europe :(

[EvilElvis]

please, please, please let liverpool win this.

we seriously cannot have a bunch of cheating, bribing cunts as the top team in Europe :(

Hahahaha! Never thought of that.

A team banned by from European competition by UEFA win the CHampions League Cup Final...

[friartuck]

We were beaten all over the pitch tonight. Our team just never performs away from home in Europe.

Ronaldo was found out tonight. I hope all the praise quietens down so he can go about his business next season and stop getting ideas above his station.


Good luck to all the Liverpool fans. You're going to need it!

[Chandler]

please, please, please let liverpool win this.

we seriously cannot have a bunch of cheating, bribing cunts as the top team in Europe :(

perchè non te ne vai a fanculo, testa di cazzo? tu non sai nemmeno LA STORIA CHE C'E' DIETRO L'AC MILAN 1899. TESTA DI CAZZO. Tu pensi che siamo dei ladri? io penso che siamo la MIGLIORE SQUADRA EUROPEA DI TUTTI I TEMPI.Vattene a fare in culo, e prova a vincere una premiership, se ci riesci.
Perdente del cazzo.
FORZA MILAN

Ovunque andrò, io sarò, un ROSSONERO, io sarò, UN ROSSONERO, io sarò, finchè vivrò, io canterò, IO SARO' !!!!!!!


ORA, TUTTA QUANTA LA
CURVA, CANTERA' PER TE
MILAN
DEVI VINCERE
MILAN
DEVI VINCEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

SIAM VENUTI FIN QUA
SIAM VENUTI FIN QUA
PER VEDERE SEGNARE KAKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OHHH OOHHHOOOOOOOHHHH
OHHHHHHHHHO OHHHHHHHH
SIAM VENUTI FIN QUA
SIAM VENUTI FIN QUA
PER VEDERE SEGNARE KAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!


ENGLAND FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!!

[Epic Failure]

perchè non te ne vai a fanculo, testa di cazzo? tu non sai nemmeno LA STORIA CHE C'E' DIETRO L'AC MILAN 1899. TESTA DI CAZZO. Tu pensi che siamo dei ladri? io penso che siamo la MIGLIORE SQUADRA EUROPEA DI TUTTI I TEMPI.Vattene a fare in culo, e prova a vincere una premiership, se ci riesci.
Perdente del cazzo.
FORZA MILAN

Ovunque andrò, io sarò, un ROSSONERO, io sarò, UN ROSSONERO, io sarò, finchè vivrò, io canterò, IO SARO' !!!!!!!


ORA, TUTTA QUANTA LA
CURVA, CANTERA' PER TE
MILAN
DEVI VINCERE
MILAN
DEVI VINCEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

SIAM VENUTI FIN QUA
SIAM VENUTI FIN QUA
PER VEDERE SEGNARE KAKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OHHH OOHHHOOOOOOOHHHH
OHHHHHHHHHO OHHHHHHHH
SIAM VENUTI FIN QUA
SIAM VENUTI FIN QUA
PER VEDERE SEGNARE KAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!


ENGLAND FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!!


I''ve no idea what any of that means, but it doesn't change the fact that they are a bunch of dirty cheating cunts who should never have been allowed in the competition:)

[Chandler]

AC Milan were formed by Englishmen, technically it's still an all English final.


Though I have a feeling the thin English blood in the Italian's side will celebrate at the end.


Sorry Stoob and Rob.

YEAH you are right. We are the former Milan Football and Cricket Club, founded by a bunch of english guys. We have an english style, we are not like AS Roma or bastards like that. IM PROUD TO SUPPORT AC MILAN 1899

[Chandler]

I''ve no idea what any of that means, but it doesn't change the fact that they are a bunch of dirty cheating cunts who should never have been allowed in the competition:)

you are talking of shit you didnt know anything about it. Tonight there wasnt any cheating, we deserved to go in athens, we smashed down their asses. We are strong and powerful. I hope we are going to win our 7 champions league

[Chandler]

e non mi ROMPETE I COGLIONI.

KAKA'

PALLONE


D'ORO

[Epic Failure]

you are talking of shit you didnt know anything about it. Tonight there wasnt any cheating, we deserved to go in athens, we smashed down their asses. We are strong and powerful. I hope we are going to win our 7 champions league

i'm not disputing the fact that you were the better team tonight, or indeed that your team is arguably one of the best in Europe.

that doesn't excuse the match fixing one bit though, or the fact that Milan got away with not being chucked out of Europe. Hell, it isn't even the first time they've been done for match-fixing.

[Chandler]

i'm not disputing the fact that you were the better team tonight, or indeed that your team is arguably one of the best in Europe.

that doesn't excuse the match fixing one bit though, or the fact that Milan got away with not being chucked out of Europe. Hell, it isn't even the first time they've been done for match-fixing.

Im talking seriously now, you dont know shit of what happened in italy throughout this months. It happened that AC Milan is just a victim, we got 8 points of penalty and shit like that, but we are not juventus. FC Inter owners' Massimo Moratti and Tronchetti Provera took property of Telecom SPA, which provided wire tappings to Italian League. We were victims, indeed Shevchenko, our best player, moved to Chelsea. If we were cheaters, we shouldnt have been here, going to athens playing the uefa champions league final game. I WANT RESPECT, because we deserved it

[Chandler]

i like english football. It's the best one in europe. Manchester UTD is such a great team. IM PROUD to win against them

[boxshapedheart]

We were beaten all over the pitch tonight. Our team just never performs away from home in Europe.

Ronaldo was found out tonight. I hope all the praise quietens down so he can go about his business next season and stop getting ideas above his station.


Good luck to all the Liverpool fans. You're going to need it!
It's true, we can't play for shit away in Europe. Van der Sar was good (letting in 3 speaks volumes about our defence). Scholes was our only inspirational player, but even he couldn't do a Keano. And boy did we need a Keano.

Rooney started to pick up his game, but nowhere near good enough. Ronaldo, Giggs and Carrick were shite. Absolute shite. I completely saw that coming after the first few mins when Ronaldo tried a stupid unnecessary trick and lost the ball on the wing. Idiot.

Should I bother with the defence? O'Shea was ok. Vidic just wasn't ready. And what a fucking time to make a stupid decision from Heinze. Seriously. We totally could have come back but no, GIVE them another one.

[Captain Stu]

Joey Barton's Manchester City career is over after he was allegedly involved in a bust-up with team-mate Ousmane Dabo. (Daily Mirror)

Erm, the term "bust-up" might be a bit light... apparently he beat his face in, broke his jaw and had to be restrained as a blood-soaked Dabo was carried off.

Sorry Stoob and Rob.

Erm, why? I've been saying for weeks that I didn't want United in the final. I'd sooner have not made it to the final than make it and be beaten by United. The insults would never stop and I bet United fans secretly feel the same.

Even though the all-english thing is gone, who cares, the statistics are still impressive: 3 out of 4 teams in the semis were English and this is 3 seasons in a row with English teams in the final. :)

perchè non te ne vai a fanculo, testa di cazzo? tu non sai nemmeno LA STORIA CHE C'E' DIETRO L'AC MILAN 1899. TESTA DI CAZZO. Tu pensi che siamo dei ladri? io penso che siamo la MIGLIORE SQUADRA EUROPEA DI TUTTI I TEMPI.Vattene a fare in culo, e prova a vincere una premiership, se ci riesci.
Perdente del cazzo.
FORZA MILAN

Ovunque andrò, io sarò, un ROSSONERO, io sarò, UN ROSSONERO, io sarò, finchè vivrò, io canterò, IO SARO' !!!!!!!


ORA, TUTTA QUANTA LA
CURVA, CANTERA' PER TE
MILAN
DEVI VINCERE
MILAN
DEVI VINCEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

SIAM VENUTI FIN QUA
SIAM VENUTI FIN QUA
PER VEDERE SEGNARE KAKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OHHH OOHHHOOOOOOOHHHH
OHHHHHHHHHO OHHHHHHHH
SIAM VENUTI FIN QUA
SIAM VENUTI FIN QUA
PER VEDERE SEGNARE KAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!


ENGLAND FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!!

That translates as blah blah slime grease blah pizza cunt.

Im talking seriously now, you dont know shit of what happened in italy throughout this months. It happened that AC Milan is just a victim, we got 8 points of penalty and shit like that, but we are not juventus. FC Inter owners' Massimo Moratti and Tronchetti Provera took property of Telecom SPA, which provided wire tappings to Italian League. We were victims, indeed Shevchenko, our best player, moved to Chelsea. If we were cheaters, we shouldnt have been here, going to athens playing the uefa champions league final game. I WANT RESPECT, because we deserved it

Bollocks mate, if Milan did nothing wrong then there wouldn't have been sufficient evidence to involve them. There was. Deal with it. Everyone has known for decades how fucking bent and fucked up Italian football is. :rolleyes:

[Epic Failure]

Im talking seriously now, you dont know shit of what happened in italy throughout this months.

I'm going by what i've read in newspapers and on-line. why would english papers lie?

It happened that AC Milan is just a victim, we got 8 points of penalty and shit like that, but we are not juventus.

i'm sorry i don't buy the "we aren't as bad as juve" argument for one second. if you were innocent then you wouldn't have been punished at all. the original punishment was 15 points and being chucked out of Europe this year, was it not? I think 8 points and NOT being chucked out of Europe is quite a result.

FC Inter owners' Massimo Moratti and Tronchetti Provera took property of Telecom SPA, which provided wire tappings to Italian League.


wire tappings of match-fixing.

We were victims, indeed Shevchenko, our best player, moved to Chelsea.

boo-fucking-hoo. Shevchenko would have moved anyway.

If we were cheaters, we shouldnt have been here, going to athens playing the uefa champions league final game.

you are quite right, you shouldn't.

I WANT RESPECT, because we deserved it

you are missing the point. I already said the football derserves respect. as for everything else to do with the club, i've no respect for it whatsoever. the whole affair stinks.

[Epic Failure]

Bollocks mate, if Milan did nothing wrong then there wouldn't have been sufficient evidence to involve them. There was. Deal with it. Everyone has known for decades how fucking bent and fucked up Italian football is. :rolleyes:

you knows it. :)

[Captain Stu]

Oh, and I completely agree - Milan should NOT be in this tournament.

[boxshapedheart]

Erm, why? I've been saying for weeks that I didn't want United in the final. I'd sooner have not made it to the final than make it and be beaten by United. The insults would never stop and I bet United fans secretly feel the same.

Even though the all-english thing is gone, who cares, the statistics are still impressive: 3 out of 4 teams in the semis were English and this is 3 seasons in a row with English teams in the final. :)

Yep, losing to an English side, and a rival at that, would make it so much worse. I totally could understand all Liverpool fans wanting Milan to win our semi. I reckon I'd have been quietly supporting a non-English against English if your semi hadn't been all English.


And yeah, we should be proud. England still rules. :)



i'm sorry i don't buy the "we aren't as bad as juve" argument for one second. if you were innocent then you wouldn't have been punished at all. the original punishment was 15 points and being chucked out of Europe this year, was it not? I think 8 points and NOT being chucked out of Europe is quite a result.

Agreed. I wasn't too happy about this little factor during the game. Oooh can we sue anyone??!!

For anyone who's interested:



Anyone else thinking of going? And if there's 17000 available, the chances are pretty slim if you've not been to a previous match it seems.

Flights/hotels are pretty much impossible to getnow aren't they. I know flights are £300-£500 each way. If you stretch out the stay you can get some for £150 or so each way. But again, hotels and such. Even if you do somehow get a ticket.

[Epic Failure]

Agreed. I wasn't too happy about this little factor during the game. Oooh can we sue anyone??!!


you're owned by americans - i'm sure they can find SOMEONE to sue:D

[Captain Stu]

Me and Dan were saying about him coming up here for the final... but I can't watch it without my Dad. I think I'm just gonna ask a few mates round to ours, the last final was the greatest footballing moment with me and my Dad and I will NEVER forget that night.

[boxshapedheart]

you're owned by americans - i'm sure they can find SOMEONE to sue:D
SCORE! And after a long drawn out appeal, I'll expect the champs league to be awarded to us. :cool: :p

[Captain Stu]

OOH! And apparently Richard Scudamore is travelling to a number of clubs to try and calm the aftermath of the West Ham debacle.

There are said to be SIX clubs considering legal action against the PL and FA over the outcome. My money is on: Watford, Charlton, Wigan, Fulham, Sheffield United and one other team. Dunno who.

Great quote from my man, Olly Holt, in the Mirror about it:

"This league may be awash with money but, in many other ways, it is so utterly bankrupt."

So, so true.

[boxshapedheart]

Me and Dan were saying about him coming up here for the final... but I can't watch it without my Dad. I think I'm just gonna ask a few mates round to ours, the last final was the greatest footballing moment with me and my Dad and I will NEVER forget that night.

In all honesty, had we got through, there is no way in hell I could have gone home that night. Mum/bro huge pool fans. I really don't know how that would've worked.

Now I get to go home and watch it.


OOH! And apparently Richard Scudamore is travelling to a number of clubs to try and calm the aftermath of the West Ham debacle.

There are said to be SIX clubs considering legal action against the PL and FA over the outcome. My money is on: Watford, Charlton, Wigan, Fulham, Sheffield United and one other team. Dunno who.


That'll learn em for getting scared by Eggy's threat of legal action. What stupid sod didn't see this coming?

[Epic Failure]

SCORE! And after a long drawn out appeal, I'll expect the champs league to be awarded to us. :cool: :p

erm...okay, that'll go down well with my mates, maybe not so well with stu and rob though...

OOH! And apparently Richard Scudamore is travelling to a number of clubs to try and calm the aftermath of the West Ham debacle.

There are said to be SIX clubs considering legal action against the PL and FA over the outcome. My money is on: Watford, Charlton, Wigan, Fulham, Sheffield United and one other team. Dunno who.

Great quote from my man, Olly Holt, in the Mirror about it:



So, so true.

it's a fucking disgrace. they've totally shot themselves in the foot.

[Captain Stu]

I hope they get the piss sued out of them.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Should I bother with the defence? O'Shea was ok. Vidic just wasn't ready. And what a fucking time to make a stupid decision from Heinze. Seriously. We totally could have come back but no, GIVE them another one.

that's the problem right there, O'Shea was youir best defender :/ i mean, i have nothing against him, but he's not the quality you're looking for in an CL semi final!

i'm still debating whether or not to watch this match tomorrow...

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Besides from the handbags on 80 minutes, AC Milan were magnificent and no other team in the competition this season would have beaten them tonight. If they even come close to this against Liverpool, then it's game over.



strange though how things can change, who'd have thought anyone would beat united after they destroyed Roma

[Captain Stu]

Thing is, this Milan side isn't as good as 2005...

Even Ferguson... even though it was laced with excuses... admitted they were dicked.

[boxshapedheart]

Think the interviewer was asking him questions to get excuses out in the end. Seen it now and I thought he was fine in the interview. He said zee truth.

strange though how things can change, who'd have thought anyone would beat united after they destroyed Roma
ME. Pessimism can be thuper.


that's the problem right there, O'Shea was youir best defender :/ i mean, i have nothing against him, but he's not the quality you're looking for in an CL semi final!

i'm still debating whether or not to watch this match tomorrow...
Our defence did die a death a few weeks back now.

I wouldn't watch it. You'll see the goals on SSN or a highlights thingy at some point.

[Captain Stu]

Think the interviewer was asking him questions to get excuses out in the end. Seen it now and I thought he was fine in the interview. He said zee truth.

Sky often do that don't they? Instead of asking about performance, they'll focus on negatives to try and get a reaction.

[boxshapedheart]

Sky often do that don't they? Instead of asking about performance, they'll focus on negatives to try and get a reaction.
They wants the contraversial stuff to put on repeat innit.


Oh yeah, there was a story about someone 'trying to poison' Fergie today. Except there was no poison.

http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddballs/article.html?in_article_id=47534&in_page_id=46

[Captain Stu]

They wants the contraversial stuff to put on repeat innit.


Oh yeah, there was a story about someone 'trying to poison' Fergie today. Except there was no poison.

http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddballs/article.html?in_article_id=47534&in_page_id=46

lolz, lameo.

[Chandler]

im sorry my friends. Believe me. You dont live in italy and you dont know shit about us. I dont personally know if my team is ruled by a bunch of cheaters but i know we got 8 penalty points because of just two calls in which a minor manager talked about a linesman. The match they talked about was Siena-Milan in which we got an offiside goal canceled (and it wasnt offiside at all) and few yellow cards undeserved. I repeat, you dont know anything about this. And you cant even say tonight we didnt deserve this victory. I cannot say we are going to win this CL, maybe not, but i dont agree about what you are talking about

[Captain Stu]

Nobody said they didn't deserve to win tonight :confused: the point is that, after being found guilty of match fixing, the European ban that was imposed should've remained. The over-turning of that ban and the reduction of the point deductions just further highlights how bent the whole thing is.

[EvilElvis]

I dont personally know if my team is ruled by a bunch of cheaters

Berlusconi is the owner - he's up on corruption charges - that says enough.

[timesfooall]

Gutted. We were totally outplayed, outclassed and ran legless by a better team. I just can't believe we didnt put up any sort of fight. We had the lions share of the possession but doesnt matter when you can't pass for nothing!!

Also doesnt help when you gift them their goals, missing Ferdinand, Nev a lot.

The ref didnt really help us either, i was absolutely convinced it was a pen for us when rooney tried the overhead kick but nevermind.

Anyway come on you Scouse Gits!!! Heres hoping to you hammering the greasy cheating italian scum in the final :D

[timesfooall]

Just got a text from my mate who's a city fan.......

'What does the AIG on United's shirt stand for?........Almost in Greece' :(

[Captain Stu]

AC Milan are going to tell Chelsea to name their price for captain and inspiration John Terry, who is valued at around £25m. (The Sun)

Chelsea will turn their attentions to Man City defender Micah Richards (£15m) and Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe (£10m). (Daily Express)

Personally, I could see this happening. Terry will follow Mourinho out the door, for sure, along with a bunch of others and I'll still be amazed if the cunt is there next summer.

Richards 4 Liverpool.

Celtic could offer troubled Man City midfielder Joey Barton an escape route from his misery in England. (Daily Record)

I could see this... but seeing him leave the Premiership would be sad. :(

Valencia have set their sights on Newcastle's 17-goal top scorer Obafemi Martins as a replacement for Liverpool-bound David Villa. (Daily Mirror)

THIS WORKS FOR MEEEEEEEEEEE!!! :D

Chelsea have told Inter Milan they want Hernan Crespo back as they will lose Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou to the African Nations Cup for a spell next season. (Daily Express)

El Hadji Diouf could follow Sam Allardyce out of Bolton after insisting he is being chased by four top European clubs. (Daily Mirror)

Fuck off, no team worth its salt would touch that diving camel.

Everton are keen on signing Cardiff City hot-shot Michael Chopra. (Daily Mirror)

Reading will battle it out with Birmingham for talented Arsenal youngster Fabrice Muamba. (Daily Express)

Aston Villa will make a £2m summer move for Charlton defender Luke Young. (Daily Star, Daily Express)

Martin O'Neill is also in the hunt for Liverpool's Craig Bellamy and Celtic keeper Artur Boruc after being given a blank cheque book. (Daily Mirror)

Villa in? Bellamy out? THAT WORKS!!

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy wants to take Newcastle defender Peter Ramage on a season-long loan next term. (Daily Star)

Blackburn have taken Gunnar Nielsen, a 20-year-old goalkeeper from the Faroe Islands, on trial. (Independent)

Highly-rated Newcastle striker Andy Carroll is likely to start next season on loan at Carlisle. (Daily Star)

Derby boss Billy Davies has been told he will not have to sell Giles Barnes if they do not get promoted. (Daily Star)

Rams midfielder Seth Johnson has been offered a chance to resurrect his career at former employers Crewe. (Daily Mirror)

Goalkeeper Danny Coyne is set to quit Burnley after falling out of favour. (Daily Mail)

Leyton Orient midfielder Luke Guttridge is likely to leave the club when his contract expires this summer. (Independent)

Stuart Golabek is set to quit Inverness after eight years unless he is guaranteed regular first-team football. (Daily Record)

Jason Scotland's former club Dundee United and Hearts are set to join the race to sign the St Johnstone striker. (Daily Record)


OTHER GOSSIP
Jose Mourinho will be given just one more season to win the Champions League as manager of Chelsea. (The Times)

Sam Allardyce is set to be named as the new manager of Newcastle United on 14 May, the day after the Premiership finishes. (The Sun)

Yup, it'll happen.

Man City midfielder Joey Barton could face court action after his training ground attack on Ousmane Dabo left the Frenchman unconscious and with a damaged eye. (Various)

F.U.C.K.E.D.

Fulham chairman Mohamed Al Fayed has instructed his lawyers to investigate the Premier League's decision not to dock West Ham points. (Daily Mirror)

Ex-Arsenal midfielder Remi Garde wants to be the club's new director of football after being sounded out by Arsene Wenger. (Daily Mirror, Daily Mail)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Michael Owen could make his England return in a specially-arranged B international on 26 May. (The Sun)

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger claims Chelsea will be "grieving" when they visit the Emirates on Sunday. (The Sun)

Everton boss David Moyes is ready to risk injured striker Andrew Johnson as he tries to get the club into Europe. (Daily Star)

Left-back Gary Borrowdale has told Crystal Palace to offer him a better contract or he will quit in the summer. (Daily Mirror)

Skipper Lee Bullen is set to sign a new contract to keep him at Sheffield Wednesday for another season. (Daily Star)


AND FINALLY...
Peter Shilton deliberately left Diego Maradona out of his Perfect XI for FourFourTwo magazine because he has still not apologised for his 'Hand of God' goal in the 1986 World Cup. (Independent)

Damn right. :cool:

Liverpool keeper Jose Reina can emulate his dad by playing in the Champions League final - and exorcise the demons that have haunted his family for 33 years.

His father Miguel Reina was a Spanish international keeper in 1974 playing in the final for Atletico Madrid, and he let in a long-range shot with seconds to go to hand Bayern Munich a replay. Atletico lost the replay 4-0. (The Sun)

Come on lads, let's do it for Pepe's Papa!! :)

[Captain Stu]

I think Ferguson might retire this summer y'know. He always said after the debacle (love that word!) a few years ago that, when he actually retired, he'd do it with no warning - he'd just go to avoid the media circus.

If he'd won the CL, he'd have gone out at the top, I just wonder if he has the patience left to try again next season. He could still retire with a record 9th (?) Premiership title.

There are said to be SIX clubs considering legal action against the PL and FA over the outcome. My money is on: Watford, Charlton, Wigan, Fulham, Sheffield United and one other team. Dunno who.

I know think the sixth club is Boro, because they got a points deduction for a lot, lot less than what Wham did.

[Chandler]

Alex Ferguson is such a great person. He got a lot of fair play, any italian coaches wouldnt say what he said yesterday. I hope Manchester UTD will win this premiership, it's a great team and they deserve to win

[Two-Bob Peeters]

I know think the sixth club is Boro, because they got a points deduction for a lot, lot less than what Wham did.

unable to field a full squad wasn't it?

if only they had signed some players on the cheap from MSI!

[Epic Failure]

Alex Ferguson is such a great person. He got a lot of fair play

to paraphrase you - you clearly don't live in England and don't know shit about the man.

[Captain Stu]

My god, the Italian press are fucking grade-a morons.

Alex Ferguson is such a great person. He got a lot of fair play, any italian coaches wouldnt say what he said yesterday. I hope Manchester UTD will win this premiership, it's a great team and they deserve to win

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Dude, no way! He spent the entire 90's complaining at referees about extra time, he's the fucking reason they have to show boards now with the amount of extra time on!

He's always got an excuse, even last night - he was lacing his praise with complaints:

- They were outplayed by Milan... but they didn't have the luxury of resting players at the weekend.
- They lacked sharpness on the ball... but that's because they've been using the same players for 3-4 weeks.

He's successful, oh of course he is, and he'll go down as the second greatest manager in English football history... but a great person? Not a snowball in hells chance.

unable to field a full squad wasn't it?

if only they had signed some players on the cheap from MSI!

lolz, yeah, they lost about 25 players to illness and genuinely couldn't manage a side.

[rob3000]

For anyone who's interested:



Anyone else thinking of going? And if there's 17000 available, the chances are pretty slim if you've not been to a previous match it seems.

You've got no chance of being in the Liverpool end if you haven't been to an away game. You've got pretty much no chance if you haven't been to every european away game...

[Captain Stu]

If we play as well as we did away in Barcelona and PSV, it's ours. Milan will nowhere near get the space they did last night.

[rob3000]

Last time I saw Milan play that well was the first half of the 2005 CL final...

I'm kinda confident....

[Captain Stu]

I'm kinda confident....

NO!! We're the underdogs, remember? If we get built up, we'll get knocked the fuck back down by Kaka.

Underdogs suits me fine. :)

[rob3000]

Wonder what team Rafa will play on saturday...

I'm thinking could be reserves again, then bring out the full first team for the last game of the season?

[Renegades of funk 8]

Wonder what team Rafa will play on saturday...

I'm thinking could be reserves again, then bring out the full first team for the last game of the season?


i can see it being your "weaker side" so none of the first team pick up a slight knock - especially after playing 120 + mins the other night, then your last game will be a sort of warm up to the cl final

[Captain Stu]

Wonder what team Rafa will play on saturday...

I'm thinking could be reserves again, then bring out the full first team for the last game of the season?

I'd expect so too, pretty much the entire team worked their bollocks off and a rest would do them good - especially Carragher, Gerrard and Kuyt who, yet again, must've covered about 80 miles during that games. Love Dirka Dirka. <3

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Got this text off my Dad:

"Apparently they're doing a 3rd vs 4th Champions League playoff, it's called the FA Cup final!" :D

lolz.

[Renegades of funk 8]

"Apparently they're doing a 3rd vs 4th Champions League playoff, it's called the FA Cup final!" :D



:D

[Two-Bob Peeters]

in the interests of fairness, Liverpool probably shouldn't field a weaker side against a team battling relegation.

then again, it'll give fulham advantage over the hamsters, soi'm all for it!

[Captain Stu]

then again, it'll give fulham advantage over the hamsters, soi'm all for it!

That's the way to look at it. :cool:

[rob3000]

Yeah Rafa was asked about that before the Wigan game, when he was planning on fielding a slightly weakened team, he said it's not his fault if other teams have stumbled through a season and he's only interested in what's best for Liverpool. I loved reading it, it's exactly what I wanted to hear.

[Captain Stu]

Yeah Rafa was asked about that before the Wigan game, when he was planning on fielding a slightly weakened team, he said it's not his fault if other teams have stumbled through a season and he's only interested in what's best for Liverpool. I loved reading it, it's exactly what I wanted to hear.

Well yeah, the difference between 3rd and 4th place is about £500,000 or something - it's not exactly big money - but the prestige that comes along with winning the CL, of course we're going to throw all our eggs into that basket and, if we happen to help West Ham get relegated in the process, then we deserve another medal for that. :D

[sunnydalehighdropout]

Yeah Rafa was asked about that before the Wigan game, when he was planning on fielding a slightly weakened team, he said it's not his fault if other teams have stumbled through a season and he's only interested in what's best for Liverpool. I loved reading it, it's exactly what I wanted to hear.

And he is exactly right. As much as i grudge Sam Alladyce for recalling our best current defender, Ľubomír Michalík, from loan the day before the most crucial match in our club's history, i acknowledge that he had the right to do so as it served in Bolton's interests. The simple point is that we (like West Ham, or anyone else in a relegation scrap) weren't good enough to avoid this situation.

[Captain Stu]

Kaka 4 Liverpool's right wing pls.

[Captain Stu]

http://eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/ng/sp/empics/4619555

"Oi, Cris, 'urry up... me arse is gettin' cold!"

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http://eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/ng/sp/reuters/20070501/23/3900223687.jpg

CAPTION NOT REQUIRED! :D

[sunnydalehighdropout]

Anyone seen the photo on the back of today's Daily Mail? It's Kaka in the rain with his hands in an almost Jesus pose. It makes him look proper godlike.

[Captain Stu]

Anyone seen the photo on the back of today's Daily Mail? It's Kaka in the rain with his hands in an almost Jesus pose. It makes him look proper godlike.

http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/ng/sp/empics/4619352

[sunnydalehighdropout]

http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/ng/sp/empics/4619352

Aye, it was that one but face on. Great photo.

[Chandler]

My god, the Italian press are fucking grade-a morons.



HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Dude, no way! He spent the entire 90's complaining at referees about extra time, he's the fucking reason they have to show boards now with the amount of extra time on!

He's always got an excuse, even last night - he was lacing his praise with complaints:

- They were outplayed by Milan... but they didn't have the luxury of resting players at the weekend.
- They lacked sharpness on the ball... but that's because they've been using the same players for 3-4 weeks.

He's successful, oh of course he is, and he'll go down as the second greatest manager in English football history... but a great person? Not a snowball in hells chance.



lolz, yeah, they lost about 25 players to illness and genuinely couldn't manage a side.

wow... do you know what? i trust you.. i mean.. i could have seen him in a different way.. i always thought he was different, not even similar to fabio capello or a dick like mourinho.. anyway.. i can see a lot of you guys are liverpool fans. AC Milan supporters have respect for liverpool, we even sing "you'll never walk alone" to our players. In Instanbul 2005 we sang all together. It was amazing. I hope we could play this final match with honor and respect, proud of our teams, and i hope it could be a wonderful day of sport and fair play. The best could win :)

[rob3000]

What do you think of Liverpool Chandler? Not the club, but the team. Think they're a good side?

[Bexster]

Kaka 4 Liverpool's right wing pls.
Get yer greasy mitts off...

It would be fairer for all of us if he never came to England. We'd deprive ourselves of the godlike football, but at least we wouldn't be trying to kill each other over it :D

But he'd look stunning in Arsenal red :D :D

[Peace77]

Even though it was a truly awful performance by Man United, Fergie's excuses about not having the chance to rest players and having more fixtures are quite valid. Chelsea and Man United have had a fixture pile up since January and it has clearly taken its toll on both teams. Granted that in order to win more trophies you have to win more matches, but people must be truly biased to say that Liverpool haven't been at an advantage to have less fixtures in the last 4 months than the top 2.

Aside from Rafa's tactical genius in Europe, I doubt the Reds would have been in the final if they were competing in the FA Cup and Premiership. It's hard to believe a team is the best in Europe if they can't even compete for the top spot in their domestic league. However, I believe next year could be a very different matter.

[Captain Stu]

Even though it was a truly awful performance by Man United, Fergie's excuses about not having the chance to rest players and having more fixtures are quite valid. Chelsea and Man United have had a fixture pile up since January and it has clearly taken its toll on both teams. Granted that in order to win more trophies you have to win more matches, but people must be truly biased to say that Liverpool haven't been at an advantage to have less fixtures in the last 4 months than the top 2.

Aside from Rafa's tactical genius in Europe, I doubt the Reds would have been in the final if they were competing in the FA Cup and Premiership. It's hard to believe a team is the best in Europe if they can't even compete for the top spot in their domestic league. However, I believe next year could be a very different matter.

Lame. Seriously.

You know who says that? Mourinho. And you know why? Because he has a bug up his arse that he cannot do it in Europe and the same thing can be said about Ferguson - Benitez has done more in Europe in 3 years with us than Ferguson has in 20.

It's disappointing that we haven't challenged for the league (forget the domestic cups, they're not what's important really) but for anyone to suggest that we've "settled" for the Champions League is mornic. It's the biggest prize in club football. Yeah, we want the league, but you can be damn sure that we want this just as much. The simple reason we're not in the league title is because (A) we made a very slow start (B) our away form has been horrendous and, more importantly, (C) we don't have a big enough squad. Same as United don't right now and Chelsea don't either.

The same criticism about us ONLY being in Europe could be levelled back at both of those sides too - Ferguson has put all his eggs into the Premiership basket and so has Mourinho. KNowing that, Benitez has cleverly put his focus on something we can actually win. He could have not rested the big players in the little games and yeah, we'd get more points... but either way, we'd still finish in 3rd or 4th place only then we'd be out of Europe.

You cannot fault what Liverpool have done in Europe, you just can't, and anyone that tries to is an official Mourinho-sympathiser. Any smart manager hones in on the best chance of a trophy because the only league position that matters is 1st, anything less than that is redundant.

Do you think Ferguson would've been disappointed this season if they lost the league to Chelsea but won the Champions League because that's where they focussed all their efforts? No way, he'd gladly swap the league for the one cup he's never truly dominated... and that's why he will ALWAYS be second to Bob Paisley. :)

[EvilElvis]

Lame. Seriously.

You know who says that? Mourinho. And you know why? Because he has a bug up his arse that he cannot do it in Europe and the same thing can be said about Ferguson - Benitez has done more in Europe in 3 years with us than Ferguson has in 20.

Fergie's only had 16 years of European football at Man Utd. English clubs were banned till 1990/91 season



I still find it funny that the worst club in Britian couldn't handle him and thought it best to get rid of Fergie. D'oh!

[Captain Stu]

Apparently, Lampard's been named as a suspect in the burglary at Reina's house - Police would like to know of his whereabouts from 7:45pm on tuesday night. :D

[Epic Failure]

Get yer greasy mitts off...

It would be fairer for all of us if he never came to England. We'd deprive ourselves of the godlike football, but at least we wouldn't be trying to kill each other over it :D

But he'd look stunning in Arsenal red :D

innit. I've also decided over the last few weeks that i wouldn't mind Carlos Tevez

Apparently, Lampard's been named as a suspect in the burglary at Reina's house - Police would like to know of his whereabouts from 7:45pm on tuesday night. :D

yeah that one has been doing the rounds:D

[Captain Stu]

Sevilla are 2-0 (2-1 agg) up against Osasuna (just scored the second goal this second, beautifully setup by Dani Alves) and Werder Bremen are drawing 1-1 (1-4 agg) to Espanyol and Klose got sent off after 19 minutes apparently. :confused:

All set for an all-Spanish UEFA Cup final.

[Epic Failure]

am watching the game on ITV4. decent match

[Captain Stu]

am watching the game on ITV4. decent match

Yeah! Sevilla play some damn fine football when they want to.

Simao on the left, Joaquin on the right. That would please ol' Stu.

Shuttup Stu, what you meant was Simao on the left and Dani Alves on the right. :)

[EvilElvis]

Rangers have been fined £8,280 by Uefa for the behaviour of their fans during their match against Osasuna - but the Spanish club must pay £31,000.
The control and disciplinary section of European football's governing body said there were "serious deficiencies in the organisation of the game" by Osasuna.

Uefa added that there was "improper conduct" by both sets of fans at the Uefa Cup tie in Pamplona on 14 March.

It is thought that Rangers' fine was largely for fans' sectarian singing.

The two clubs have three days in which to appeal against the decision.

Rangers said on their website: "We expect to receive the full reasons for the judgement from Uefa in the next few days."

"The club understands that the penalty reflects mainly discriminatory singing at the end of the match.

"However, we believe that, in coming to their decision, Uefa has acknowledged the great efforts the club and our supporters have made in tackling sectarianism with measures including the fans' self-policing drive.

"We also understand Uefa has listened carefully to the very strong case the club and its supporters made in relation to the treatment of fans at the match and the woeful segregation arrangements."

Their last-16 match was played with a backdrop of violence in the stands as Rangers supporters clashed with Spanish police.

Many travelling fans accused the police of heavy-handed tactics, or even brutality.

But the Glasgow club admitted shortly after the second-leg match, which Walter Smith's side lost 1-0 to go out of Europe, that several supporters who were banned from Ibrox had made the trip to Spain and gained entry to the El Sadar Stadium.

Thousands of visiting fans obtained tickets on the black market for the match.

Footage - which emerged on the YouTube website - of Rangers supporters involved in sectarian chanting at the match was also examined by Uefa.

And chairman Sir David Murray said he would consider refusing tickets for away matches in Scotland and for European games if fans continued with distasteful chanting.

But Rangers had feared a heavier punishment, particularly after being fined £13,000 for a similar offence last season following their Champions League clash with Villarreal.

Uefa's website stated: "Osasuna have been fined 45,000 Euros for serious deficiencies in the organisation of the game on 14 March, as well as for the improper conduct of their supporters.

"Rangers, meanwhile, have been ordered to pay 12,000 Euros for the latter offence involving visiting fans of the Scottish team."

[Bexster]

Shuttup Stu, what you meant was Simao on the left and Dani Alves on the right. :)
See! You don't know what you're talking about most of the time. Tsk :rolleyes:

[EvilElvis]

Uefa admit they will not be able to satisfy the huge demand for Champions League final tickets.
Liverpool and AC Milan will each get more than 20,000 tickets for the 23 May final in Athens' Olympic Stadium.

There are plans for a fan park in the Greek capital, with giant screens, to cater for those without tickets.

But Uefa spokesman William Gaillard said: "Our advice to fans is not to travel without a ticket as we do not want them to be exploited by touts."

He added: "We know that however many tickets we provide it would never be enough - we could probably sell out a stadium with a million seats!

"But if supporters just want to savour the experience then they can use the fan park in downtown Athens."

Uefa, meanwhile, are not expecting trouble between the two sets of supporters.

Gaillard said: "There is no history of hostility between them and it gives us an advantage that we have the experience of these fans in a final in similar circumstances two years ago."

[Captain Stu]

See! You don't know what you're talking about most of the time. Tsk :rolleyes:

I have multiple personalities syndrome so I'm always part right. :)

Uefa admit they will not be able to satisfy the huge demand for Champions League final tickets.
Liverpool and AC Milan will each get more than 20,000 tickets for the 23 May final in Athens' Olympic Stadium.

There are plans for a fan park in the Greek capital, with giant screens, to cater for those without tickets.

But Uefa spokesman William Gaillard said: "Our advice to fans is not to travel without a ticket as we do not want them to be exploited by touts."

He added: "We know that however many tickets we provide it would never be enough - we could probably sell out a stadium with a million seats!

"But if supporters just want to savour the experience then they can use the fan park in downtown Athens."

Uefa, meanwhile, are not expecting trouble between the two sets of supporters.

Gaillard said: "There is no history of hostility between them and it gives us an advantage that we have the experience of these fans in a final in similar circumstances two years ago."

Yeah, coz that's gonna work.....

[Captain Stu]

WOW!! What a great dive with a full gator from the keeper! :D

[EvilElvis]

Martin's gonna splash some cash! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/6618575.stm)


Aston Villa chief executive Richard FitzGerald has promised boss Martin O'Neill "significant" transfer funds.
FitzGerald said: "We want to be around the top of the Premiership and playing Champions League football and you need world class players to do that.

"People might have thought we pushed the boat out signing Ashley Young (for £9.65m) but I can guarantee significant funds have been made available.

"Owner Randy Lerner has freed up a transfer pot for Martin O'Neill."

FitzGerald added: "No-one has put a figure on the sum but we wouldn't have come out and said we want to be competing at the top of the Premiership and be in the Champions League if we didn't know what that entailed."

O'Neill is already being linked with a host of players including Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy - he played under the Irishman at Celtic - and Tottenham forward Jermain Defoe plus Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc.

[Epic Failure]

this ricardo goalkeeper is the one that went to united, right? he was gash :D

[EvilElvis]

WOW!! What a great dive with a full gator from the keeper! :D

I really need to get SKY TV.


With multiroom. obv.

[sunnydalehighdropout]

"People might have thought we pushed the boat out signing Ashley Young (for £9.65m)

Good lord, you paid that much for him?

Back in the day, Leeds got Robbie Keane for £11m yet Ashley fucking Young cost nigh on £10m?

[Captain Stu]

Don't be so surprised, look at the chain of events...

1. Club is owned by very wealthy American.
2. Player is very young and very highly rated.
3. Selling club are dead certs to be relegated.

[sunnydalehighdropout]

I've never even heard of the cunt!

[Two-Bob Peeters]

wow... do you know what? i trust you.. i mean.. i could have seen him in a different way.. i always thought he was different, not even similar to fabio capello or a dick like mourinho.

in comparison to Mourinho, yeah :D

i think that as years have passed Fergie has become a lot more honest and humble, perhaps. in the past he was the biggest moaner in management, and still has the odd day. but at the end of the day i have a lot of respect for the man. and he's truly one of the best managers of all time.


Sevilla are 2-0 (2-1 agg) up against Osasuna (just scored the second goal this second, beautifully setup by Dani Alves) and Werder Bremen are drawing 1-1 (1-4 agg) to Espanyol and Klose got sent off after 19 minutes apparently. :confused:

All set for an all-Spanish UEFA Cup final.

gutted. i've got a thing for Bremen and Klose, must of had an off couple of games, they were the best team left in that tournament...

[Epic Failure]

in comparison to Mourinho, yeah :D

i think that as years have passed Fergie has become a lot more honest and humble, perhaps. in the past he was the biggest moaner in management, and still has the odd day. but at the end of the day i have a lot of respect for the man. and he's truly one of the best managers of all time.


he's an utter arse. i hate him with a passion. i actually like united as a club but have no time for fergie whatsoever.


gutted. i've got a thing for Bremen and Klose, must of had an off couple of games, they were the best team left in that tournament...

nah, Sevilla are a country mile better than Bremen

[Captain Stu]

he's an utter arse. i hate him with a passion. i actually like united as a club but have no time for fergie whatsoever.



nah, Sevilla are a country mile better than Bremen

Word on both counts.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

nah spanish football is overrated, i can't watch that shit. i'd watch Bremen play any day of the week

[EvilElvis]

I've never even heard of the cunt!

Strange, thats exactly what Stoob & I said when Villa signed him

[Captain Stu]

Yeah, he's a promising player alright but Watford definately saw a potential cash cow when they realised just how badly Villa wanted him.

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Tottenham boss Martin Jol says they would not sell striker Dimitar Berbatov for £40m. (The Sun)

Real Madrid will make a £20m bid this summer for Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho. (Daily Star)

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard is to pledge the rest of his career to the club for £6m a year. (The Sun)

Champions League hero Daniel Agger is also set to be rewarded with a new contract. (Daily Mirror)

Good! Start tying the crucial players down to long-term contracts, ASAP!

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp is ready to smash their transfer record with a £7m swoop for Tottenham's Jermain Defoe. (Daily Star)

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson wants £20m England defender Micah Richards. (Daily Mirror)

Never. Going. To happen. :rolleyes:

Matthew Upson has given West Ham a massive boost by agreeing to stay even if they are relegated. (The Sun)

Albert Luque is to end his Newcastle hell by joining PSV on loan. (The Sun)

The Premiership's big spenders are on alert after Alan Pardew admitted Darren Bent is for sale. (Daily Star)

Charlton will also sell defender Luke Young if they go down. (Daily Express)

Rangers star Nacho Novo is determined to prove he has a long-term future at the club. (Daily Record)

OTHER GOSSIP
Property tycoon Simon Morris has emerged as a possible bidder for cash-strapped Leeds. (The Daily Telegraph)

AC Milan midfielder Rino Gattuso has wound up Champions League final opponents Liverpool by telling them they are not as good as Manchester United. (The Sun)

Trust me, it won't wind us up - it will spur us on. Gerrard has clearly said, time and time again, that seeing Gattuso smirking as the players left for half time was one of the biggest factors in our come back simply because he wanted to wipe that smirk clean off his face... and he did.

Keep it up, ugly. :)

Fulham will host a four-club summit today in a bid to bring joint legal action against the Premier League over West Ham's points deduction let-off. (The Sun)

The Premier League is facing a mutiny after six clubs snubbed peace talks aimed at preventing court action over West Ham's punishment. (Daily Star)

Wigan chairman Dave Whelan says the bottom six clubs are preparing a £70m lawsuit. (Daily Express)

IF SO, THAT MEANS I WAS RIGHT WITH MY PREDICTIONS FOR THE TEAMS!! Although some papers suggest that there are top teams involved also.

Chelsea confirmed Andriy Shevchenko missed their Champions League clash against Liverpool with a groin injury. (The Sun)

The Football League will get an £80m injection over the next three years in a new deal to spread the TV riches of the Premiership. (Daily Mirror)

Bout time too.

Paul Ince wants Les Ferdinand as his number two if he takes over at Leicester. (Daily Mirror)

Reading director of football Nick Hammond is being considered by Arsene Wenger as a replacement for David Dein at Arsenal. (The Guardian)

AND FINALLY...
Patrice Evra asked to be housed near a church when he joined Manchester United so that he could "give thanks that he was able to play for the best club in the world each week". (Daily Express)

*vomits* CHEESEY!

Former England skipper David Beckham, who celebrated his 32nd birthday on Thursday, has thanked Simon Fuller for fixing him up with his wife Victoria. (The Sun)

Former Liverpool striker Milan Baros has been banned for three games for pretending that an opponent smelled. (Daily Mirror)

Hahahahaha, best reason to be banned ever - for suggesting black people smell! :D

[Two-Bob Peeters]

£80m over 3 yearsis about as much as the current sky deal! although that was a rip-off considering ITV digital spent 400odd million.

[stu250]

"Apparently they're doing a 3rd vs 4th Champions League playoff, it's called the FA Cup final!" :D

lolz.

and another one for ya.......

Man utd and chelski announce new sponsors for next seasons CL campaign - VIAGRA. they say it may help them get past a semi.

Last nights itv soccer night had guest couch comprising of manny (stone roses and man utd), ricky hatton and noel gallagher (both man. city fans).
Manny starts moaning about his players being tired from playing 2 games a week for the past few weeks , and ricky hatton jumped in with....."they wanna try gettin punched in the face for a living"

brilliant.

stu.

[Captain Stu]

Hehehe, my Dad forwarded me an email that's doing the rounds with his mates in Liverpool with some great attachments.

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4158/chelseadartboardzh1.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2766/chelseapricelessed0.jpg

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/1329/eurocuplookslikeks4.jpg

:D

(... continued in a couple more posts, can only have a few images at once can't ya...)

[Captain Stu]

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3219/historycp7.jpg

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/600/ladymourinhogu2.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7060/moneycantbuyoz7.jpg

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/7662/qvcpremiershipom5.jpg

[Captain Stu]

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1693/rafamourinhorc3.jpg

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/7861/savingprivaterobbenxw4.jpg

I encourage you to send them all to your friends and loved ones. :D

[Zippy Ate My Drumkit]

Joey Barton's on the run after assaulting his team mate recently.

He's left the country and is hiding in a golf resort somewhere or other.

[Renegades of funk 8]

brilliant pics

[Two-Bob Peeters]

what do the liverpuddings think of Rafa's desicion to take control of the academy? i agree with Steve Heighway. it's 'crazy' it's not going to help in any way at all.

[Captain Stu]

what do the liverpuddings think of Rafa's desicion to take control of the academy? i agree with Steve Heighway. it's 'crazy' it's not going to help in any way at all.

I'm very, very shocked... Steve's a legend and he's had a hand in some of our best players and you don't win the Youth Cup like that in two consecutive years without knowing something.

But, that said, Rafa wants to modernise the way it's done and he has ALWAYS shown an interest in the long-term future of the club by signing 15/16/17 year old lads and dropping them into the academy... while Steve prefers a more old school approach of youth team straight into the reserves/first team. I think Benitez is more in favour of sending the youngsters out on loan to get experience in the way that Spanish teams use their C clubs to give upcoming players some match experience. In that sense, it's a good idea, but it'll sure be sad to see Steve go.

I think Rafa also wants to keep a more watchful eye on the youngsters that HE rates to see if they're ready for a first team chance rather than working off someone elses recommendations but it sounds like a lot of extra work.

I'm disappointed he chose to make it public, he said after the Youth Cup final that he wanted to stay but in a different role. That can't happen now.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

i can't see any need to modernise it. if it ain't broke...

[Captain Stu]

i can't see any need to modernise it. if it ain't broke...

Well, my comeback to that would be... how many players have we produced over the last 19 years who've actually been good enough? The answer, not enough. Heighway played a first-hand role in the nurturing and development of Rowler, McManaman, Owen and Gerrard... but Gerrard was the last player to make the leap and stay and that was something like 9 years ago. Since then we've had a few people who're just off the mark, people like Ste Warnock who are alright but you wouldn't stick them in a tough European game or against United.

Benitez has said a few times that he's concerned about the lack of superb talent coming through the ranks although, that said, in this youth side we have some outstanding prospects in Robbie Threlfall (http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/squad/threlfall/), Jay Spearing (http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/youth/spearing/) and Craig Lindfield (http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/squad/lindfield/).

We've definately got one of the best youth setups in the world... I've been there and seen it and it's nothing short of breathtaking. I'm so awesome that I even got to train in the youth centre with the youth coaches. :D :D :D :D

[rob3000]

Yeah I'm not too happy with it. Heighway's way of doing things has been fairly successful so far....

[Two-Bob Peeters]

you really do need a really good youth coach though, there's a big difference between being a great manager (like Rafa) and a great youth coach...

[Captain Stu]

Yeah I'm not too happy with it. Heighway's way of doing things has been fairly successful so far....

It has, true, but doesn't it concern you that we haven't had anyone who can stay in the first team since that guy down there? *points at sig*

Frankly, it baffles me, because we put a fortune into the academy.

you really do need a really good youth coach though, there's a big difference between being a great manager (like Rafa) and a great youth coach...

Definately.

[Epic Failure]

ooh ooh i get to post this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6624731.stm) :p

can't say i'm toooo surprised.

[Captain Stu]

1. There are as-yet unconfirmed reports that Leeds have gone into administation today.
2. In order to effectively sue the Premier League, the Whelan-led mob have got to prove that the PL were not at liberty to show discretion by not docking points and that the maximum punishment HAD to be passed.

ooh ooh i get to post this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6624731.stm) :p

can't say i'm toooo surprised.

BASTARD!! SAME TIME!!

[Epic Failure]

BASTARD!! SAME TIME!!

i wasn't missing this chance :D

[Two-Bob Peeters]

PESFAN here i come :D

[Captain Stu]

i wasn't missing this chance :D

Cock off, mother cocker. :(

[Bexster]

Ha, ha. I always get in too late for exclusives. I'm used to it by now :D

I saw the QVC cup picture, and the one thing that made me laught the most was that it was only £7.95 postage :cool:

Well, it wasn't going to take long for Leeds to go. It's probably better for them to go now rather than to prolong it.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

if the FA even consider not deferring the 10 point deduction to next season it's an absolute disgrace

[Captain Stu]

I think they've called them in now because *technically* they've called them in this season and so would expect any deductions now... but bollocks, 24 hours of the season left to go... it has to be 10 points off next years.

[Bexster]

I think they've called them in now because *technically* they've called them in this season and so would expect any deductions now... but bollocks, 24 hours of the season left to go... it has to be 10 points off next years.
No, they could still be docked retrospectively. That's happened before I think in lower divisions.

This is what we did at Exeter. The supporters club banded together and bought out the club, and now we own it. Plus, there's more of a democracy into what we can and cannot do with the club abd the money, and I know we're just the lowly conference club, but we're picking ourselves up quite nicely.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

http://uk.download.yahoo.com/ga/fu/oa/happyref.gif

lolz

[sunnydalehighdropout]

ooh ooh i get to post this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6624731.stm) :p

can't say i'm toooo surprised.

I am very, very happy at this. Smart, legal (if unethical) business practice to remove the debts and doing it now (when relegation was certain) stops the points deduction being carried over to next season, which is within the Football League rules. And now, Ken Bates and his consortium outrightly own a debt free club with a 42,000 stadium and a world class (if rented) training complex. Result.

Realistically, whomever is in manager come August needs to do what Howard Wilkinson did for us in the late 1980's. Remove all traces of history and achievement from the areas that the players will see them to remind them that they aren't the past and make them realise that this is the harsh reality of now.

[rob3000]

http://uk.download.yahoo.com/ga/fu/oa/happyref.gif

lolz

Is that real? When did it happen?

[sunnydalehighdropout]

Is that real? When did it happen?

Not sure about that one, but when Liverpool beat Leeds 3-1 (may have been 3-0) at Anfield in the late 90's, the referee was clearly seen to do the same thing when Liverpool scored one of their goals (Mike Riley, i think the ref was) after he let a dubious advantage play on.

[EvilElvis]

Not sure about that one, but when Liverpool beat Leeds 3-1 (may have been 3-0) at Anfield in the late 90's, the referee was clearly seen to do the same thing when Liverpool scored one of their goals (Mike Riley, i think the ref was) after he let a dubious advantage play on.

It was Liverpool that scored - Can't remember who it was aginst - the the ref had to explain his decision, he just basically said "I played an advantage and my decision proved to be correct. I was pleased that I made the correect decision"

[sunnydalehighdropout]

It was Liverpool that scored - Can't remember who it was aginst - the the ref had to explain his decision, he just basically said "I played an advantage and my decision proved to be correct. I was pleased that I made the correect decision"

it was against leeds.

[Epic Failure]

Cock off, mother cocker. :(

bugger off, father bugger :(

:p

[Renegades of funk 8]

COYW


be gentle liverpool... for christs sake be gentle!!

[EvilElvis]

Arsenal are closing in on a £2m deal for Legia Warsaw and Poland keeper Lukasz Fabianski. (Various)

Wigan and Middlesbrough are set to fight it out for Monaco striker Mohamed Kallon this summer. (The Sun)

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez believes that Champions League glory will help attract the players his side need to win the Premiership. (Daily Mirror)

Newcastle defender Titus Bramble is close to joining Portsmouth on a free transfer. (Daily Mirror)

Reading have extended the loan of Hungarian midfielder Peter Mate until the end of the year. (Daily Mirror)


OTHER GOSSIP
Former West Ham chairman Terry Brown has been plotting a secret takeover bid for Leeds. (Daily Telegraph)

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho wants Michael Ballack sacked because he allegedly flew to Germany for his ankle operation without the permission of the club - and he also wants Andriy Shevchenko sold. (Daily Mail)


Fifa have told Scotland star Andy Webster to pay Hearts £625,000 for breaking his contract when he moved to Wigan. (Daily Record)

Sam Allardyce has been invited back to Bolton for next week's final game of the season. (Daily Mirror)

Bolton are ready to make their performance manager Mike Forde their general manager. (Daily Mirror)

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is trying to buy Man City, is reported to be facing a £11.8m fine for corruption. (Daily Mail)

Chelsea full-back Ashley Cole could face an ankle operation this month and miss England's Euro 2008 clash with Estonia in June. (Daily Mail)

Manchester United stars Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo, as well as manager Sir Alex Ferguson, have been sent hoax letters claiming to contain poison. (Various)

AND FINALLY
Liverpool star Steven Gerrard's fiancee Alex Curran originally refused a date because he was too scared to ask her out himself. (The Sun)

[EvilElvis]

Police get Barton 'attack' report (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6627567.stm)

[Two-Bob Peeters]

wes brown is mplaying his 250th game for united :eek:

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Premier Leagues repsone to my email to them

Thank you for your email.

I am sorry that you are disappointed with the Independent Commission's judgment.

It is important to understand that as a result of the potential Rule breach, the Premier League convened the Commission in accordance with PL Rules. The Commission conducted the proceedings and ensured consideration was given to due process.

The Premier League appointed the three panel members on the basis of their integrity, impartiality and expertise. Please see the attached Press release at the time the Commission was convened. This release details the qualifications of the panel members.

The judgment (a link to which is below) needs to be read as a whole to appreciate the outcome that has been reached. The fine of £5.5 million is unprecedented. Further, West Ham has fielded fully registered players throughout the current season, the rule breach was in relation to third-party ownership, not illegal registration.

http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?command=setSelectedIdandnextPage=enNewsLa testandid=1788816andtype=com.fapl.website.news.New sItemandcategoryCode=News

This is the first occasion on which a Club has been charged with a breach of Rule U.18 so the matter was unprecedented, making it difficult to draw comparison with the Middlesbrough points deduction ruling for failure to fulfill a fixture in 1997.

I do hope this will clarify the process for you and thank you for your support.

Kind regards,

Communications Dept

bull.

[Captain Stu]

Pffft, United's penalty... typical Ronaldo, stepover... stepover... stepover... leave his foot in... go down like the sack of shit he is. :rolleyes:

You can tell it's a cheat, he's looking straight at the referee as he's going down and he does that fucking irritating nodding/grinning shite that he always does. I'd love to brick his fucking face.

I am very, very happy at this. Smart, legal (if unethical) business practice to remove the debts and doing it now (when relegation was certain) stops the points deduction being carried over to next season, which is within the Football League rules. And now, Ken Bates and his consortium outrightly own a debt free club with a 42,000 stadium and a world class (if rented) training complex. Result.

Realistically, whomever is in manager come August needs to do what Howard Wilkinson did for us in the late 1980's. Remove all traces of history and achievement from the areas that the players will see them to remind them that they aren't the past and make them realise that this is the harsh reality of now.

Blimey, you're taking this mighty well! I thought you'd be gutted that Bates is still in.

I dont see how what he's done is legally possible, it's a sham.

COYW


be gentle liverpool... for christs sake be gentle!!

I wouldn't begrudge Fulham a point today if it helped put West Ham down.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

they'll have to change the rules, the whole reason the 10 point deduction was put in was to stop teams like leeds (leicester done it as well) from on purposely putting themselves in administration knowing that there's an endless list of buyers. how fair is it for teams like rotherham? who genuinely didn't have any money and went into admin, which ultimately got them relegated again.

[Captain Stu]

Yup, this has worked totally in Leeds favour.

My Dad told me about another one, can't remember who it was, but when the club was bought out - the debt was assumed at a lower rate, something like 10p on the pound so 90% of the debt was essentially erased. And, like the Leeds thing, it was all planned and rubber-stamped in advance.

[Bexster]

It's more than suss that they put the club into administration one day before the end of the season. Yeah, it may have been inevitable that they would have gone there anyway, but they' had an offer that morning to start talks for a buy out, and there were other buy out possibilities. Choosing administration yesterday was Leeds being jammy, and the league should suspend their deduction into next season.

[Captain Stu]

It was all sorted on monday, yesterday was just the day that was decided upon but yeah, it's a little too convenient that it was 1 day before the end of the season.

[Captain Stu]

Absolutely fucking shit penalty, fucking wanker Vassell!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Bexster]

It was all sorted on monday, yesterday was just the day that was decided upon but yeah, it's a little too convenient that it was 1 day before the end of the season.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if they had asked for clarification on the rulings beforehand, just to check if the points would come off this seasons total if they went into admin this week.

[Captain Stu]

United have been fucking gay today but undoubtably everyone will continue to rim Ronaldo in the papers. :rolleyes:

[Two-Bob Peeters]

tevez...

[Mrs Poon]

United have been fucking gay today but undoubtably everyone will continue to rim Ronaldo in the papers. :rolleyes:
he got me a healthy 16 points in my fantasy football so i'm not complaining.

[EvilElvis]

2-0 to Walter's Blue and White Army! :D :D :D

[EvilElvis]

Liverpool have gone to London with out Stevie G and Jamie C (According to "Unbelieveable")

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Liverpool have gone to London with out Stevie G and Jamie C (According to "Unbelieveable")

Liverpool

* 25 Reina
* 02 Arbeloa
* 29 Paletta
* 04 Hyypia
* 48 Insua
* 16 Pennant
* 14 Alonso
* 22 Sissoko
* 11 Gonzalez
* 09 Fowler
* 17 Bellamy

Substitutes

* 30 Padelli,
* 03 Finnan,
* 07 Kewell,
* 42 El Zhar,
* 46 Hobbs

it is 'weaker' but still a pretty good team, maybe bar the defence

[Two-Bob Peeters]

2-0

tevez...

[EvilElvis]

Wigan, Charlton Fulham better gets their lawyers ready...

[Two-Bob Peeters]

you fat aussie cunt.

you dirty east london pikey

[Mrs Poon]

it's all going off in league 1.

oldham 1 - chesterfield 0

swansea 3 - balckpool 4


...and the way things stand, blades only need a point against villa today.

[Bexster]

it's all going off in league 1.

oldham 1 - chesterfield 0

swansea 3 - balckpool 4


...and the way things stand, blades only need a point against villa today.
Try Swansea 3 - Blackpool 6...

Glad I'm not working down there today.

[F'jo]

We are fuckin up!!!!!! C'mon Bristol!

[Two-Bob Peeters]

what a great day of football. in league two Wrexham vs Boston, whoever lost was relegated, the commentator on SSN Bryn Law is a wrexham fan, he had tears in his eyes as wrexham scored, resullt 3-1 and big pitch invasion! Hartlepool lost to Bristol rovers which meant they didn't win the title! (extremely funny considering Jeff is a Hart fan) but it did mean Bristol stole a play-off space! also Swindon vs Walsall, walsall scored in the last ten mins which meant they won the title! and both teams got promoted! result: double pitch invasion by both sets of fans! :D in league one Swansea lost 6-3 at home, which meant they didn't make the play-offs! Bristol also won promotion and yet another pitch invasion!

it's a shame they move the championship last games to sunday, all games should be played at the same time. there's still play-off places and the title to be decided!

Millwall finished tenth, and have the best record in the league since christmas (bar scunthorpe) absolutely remarkable, if we keep Byfield then we're certs for promotion next season! can't believe the season's already over though, it's gone so quick. still there's another week in the premiership which i can look forward to. well done Fulham!! and good luck sheffield utd against villa tonight a point makes them safe! if they get that, then i'm hoping for a 'weakened side' for when they play those useless northern monkeys at Wigan the last game of the season, while the hamsters get trumped by united!

and then, a nice pitch invasion with Warnock and Jewell share a nice hug, in combining to send west ham down were they deserve to be :)

[Bexster]

what a great day of football. in league two Wrexham vs Boston, whoever lost was relegated, the commentator on SSN Bryn Law is a wrexham fan, he had tears in his eyes as wrexham scored, resullt 3-1 and big pitch invasion! Hartlepool lost to Bristol rovers which meant they didn't win the title! (extremely funny considering Jeff is a Hart fan) but it did mean Bristol stole a play-off space! also Swindon vs Walsall, walsall scored in the last ten mins which meant they won the title! and both teams got promoted! result: double pitch invasion by both sets of fans! :D in league one Swansea lost 6-3 at home, which meant they didn't make the play-offs! Bristol also won promotion and yet another pitch invasion!

it's a shame they move the championship last games to sunday, all games should be played at the same time. there's still play-off places and the title to be decided!

Millwall finished tenth, and have the best record in the league since christmas (bar scunthorpe) absolutely remarkable, if we keep Byfield then we're certs for promotion next season! can't believe the season's already over though, it's gone so quick. still there's another week in the premiership which i can look forward to. well done Fulham!! and good luck sheffield utd against villa tonight a point makes them safe! if they get that, then i'm hoping for a 'weakened side' for when they play those useless northern monkeys at Wigan the last game of the season, while the hamsters get trumped by united!

and then, a nice pitch invasion with Warnock and Jewell share a nice hug, in combining to send west ham down were they deserve to be :)
I know. I always get sad at this point in the year, especially with no summer tournament to keep me going.

At least I've still got monday night's playoff game left - although after losing to Oxford at home, I doubt we'll get any further...

[Two-Bob Peeters]

even if you lose, pitch invasion!

i miss them so much!

[Chandler]

hi liverpool fans, how're your feelings about the final? :)

[Two-Bob Peeters]

the FA are definitely going to have to change that administration rule. when wrexham went 2-1 up against boston, the boston directors placed the club into administration so the ten points counted for all 5 minutes of this season!

the only sympathy i have is that boston are genuinely fucked, their players havent been paid in 12 weeks, they have no physio or training ground and they don't own their own ground

[friartuck]

There's one thing to keep in mind though..... Lawrie Sanchez is proper shite. :confused:



Oh really?? :D

Great result for Man U today. Our penalty was stone-wall but City's was dodgy. I think justice was served when Vassell missed. We thoroughly deserved the win. Only another point needed now!

[Bexster]

the FA are definitely going to have to change that administration rule. when wrexham went 2-1 up against boston, the boston directors placed the club into administration so the ten points counted for all 5 minutes of this season!
Seriously?

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Seriously?

sir jeff just said on SSN

[rob3000]

God what a boring match. But that's just the way it is when you're not playing for anything really.

Going to the Charlton game next sunday, hopefully that'll be better as I'd expect a strong team and people will be competiting for places in Athens. Plus it's always nice to say you were at a players last game for Liverpool. I assume next sunday will be Fowler's last game...and I was at his "last game" in 2001 too!

[Epic Failure]

God what a boring match. But that's just the way it is when you're not playing for anything really.

Going to the Charlton game next sunday, hopefully that'll be better as I'd expect a strong team and people will be competiting for places in Athens. Plus it's always nice to say you were at a players last game for Liverpool. I assume next sunday will be Fowler's last game...and I was at his "last game" in 2001 too!

i dunno, i can't see too mainly people straining themselves for risk of injury and missing the final.

Looks like 3rd could be ours - extra £500,000. woo-hoo :D

[Two-Bob Peeters]

isn't it one less CL qualifying round in 3rd as well?

[rob3000]

i dunno, i can't see too mainly people straining themselves for risk of injury and missing the final.

Looks like 3rd could be ours - extra £500,000. woo-hoo :D

Who do you support again? I'm guessing Arsenal...

Chelsea will have you tomorrow and we'll beat Charlton on the last day.:D

[Epic Failure]

isn't it one less CL qualifying round in 3rd as well?

there wasn't this season. we came in at the same point as Liverpool.

[Epic Failure]

Who do you support again? I'm guessing Arsenal...

Chelsea will have you tomorrow and we'll beat Charlton on the last day.:D

well if i supported anyone else, they'd have a job of getting third :D

I'm fairly confident-ish about our chances. I think we'll be up for having a go at Chelsea, both in football terms and literally:D Plus it's at t'Emirates.

[Jamie]

well if i supported anyone else, they'd have a job of getting third :D

I'm fairly confident-ish about our chances. I think we'll be up for having a go at Chelsea, both in football terms and literally:D Plus it's at t'Emirates.

I can see a 1-1 being likely

[EvilElvis]

...and the way things stand, blades only need a point against villa today.

Looks like they won't be getting the point today though. 3-0 Villa just now


Like most others here, I want Wigan and Sheff Utd to stay up

[Epic Failure]

I can see a 1-1 being likely

that'll do you. I fancy us to knick it.

[EvilElvis]

You reckon Fergie will be happy if Chelski win and then Man utd win the title at Stamford Brdge?

[Jamie]

that'll do you. I fancy us to knick it.

I'd rather win it at the Bridge, but I'll still be cheering on the Arse tomorrow

[Epic Failure]

You reckon Fergie will be happy if Chelski win and then Man utd win the title at Stamford Brdge?

i think he'd be mildly amused to say the least

[timesfooall]

Ha take that you dirty scum, im kinda happy that Ball didnt get sent off, we may not have had the pen :D Im glad Edwin saved their pen or there would have been a riot!

I went to the Peterborough vs Rochdale game to day. It didnt mean anything but it was a cracking game, 3-3. There was anarchy at the final whistle, all the way through the match the pa system was warning the Posh fans to stay off the pitch or they would be in trouble (they had a final warning from the fa after two bottle throwing incidents earlier in the season). Everyone ignored the order and stormed the pitch, one 17 year old chav runs after a Rochdale player and lamps him, breaks his jaw. It was just disgraceful.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

no need to attack a player, but pitch invasions are brilliant

[EvilElvis]

I went to the Peterborough vs Rochdale game to day. It didnt mean anything but it was a cracking game, 3-3. There was anarchy at the final whistle, all the way through the match the pa system was warning the Posh fans to stay off the pitch or they would be in trouble (they had a final warning from the fa after two bottle throwing incidents earlier in the season). Everyone ignored the order and stormed the pitch, one 17 year old chav runs after a Rochdale player and lamps him, breaks his jaw. It was just disgraceful.


I know a few Peterborough fans who want to lamp Barry Fry.

[rob3000]

Can I be the first to mention how disappointed I am at the selling arrangements for the CL final. Season Ticket holders aren't being given any priority...

[Jamie]

Can I be the first to mention how disappointed I am at the selling arrangements for the CL final. Season Ticket holders aren't being given any priority...

I'd like to be the second to mention.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Can I be the first to mention how disappointed I am at the selling arrangements for the CL final. Season Ticket holders aren't being given any priority...

it's a decision by the club isn't it? i hate ticket ballots, ridiculous, though i can't argue with guaranteed tickets for the people who have gone to all the other CL matches this year.


in other 'pool news, did you see pongo is taking up the option to join Recreativo Huelva permanently?

[Jamie]

it's a decision by the club isn't it? i hate ticket ballots, ridiculous, though i can't argue with guaranteed tickets for the people who have gone to all the other CL matches this year.

It's only guaranteed if you've been to 7, and there's only been 6 home games. So you need to have been to at least 1 away game to be guaranteed tickets.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

i think that's fair enough personally. there's not going to be that many people that have been to 7 anyway

[Jamie]

From what I've read, it seems that you HAVE to have been to six games in order to be in the ballot. Any less and you're not getting tickets.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

Full selling details will be released on Tuesday 8th May.

Chief Executive Rick Parry has stated "Supporters who purchased tickets for seven Champions League games (not including qualifiers against Maccabi Haifa) and had their purchases recorded on their fan cards, are guaranteed to get a ticket for the Final."

"Due to the numbers involved, fans who purchased tickets for six Champions League matches home or away (not including qualifiers against Maccabi Haifa) or a combination of both and had their purchases recorded on their fan cards will have to be entered into a ballot for Final tickets. Season Ticket holders, members of the Auto Cup Scheme and fan-card holders will all have the same chance. None of these groups are being given priority."

i guess so.... we'll find out properly on the 8th

[Mrs Poon]

Looks like they won't be getting the point today though. 3-0 Villa just now


Like most others here, I want Wigan and Sheff Utd to stay up

we were awful today. never really looked like scoring.

in other news, NEW McCoys Special t-bone steak and onion crisps... taste like sugar puffs

[rob3000]

it's a decision by the club isn't it? i hate ticket ballots, ridiculous, though i can't argue with guaranteed tickets for the people who have gone to all the other CL matches this year.


in other 'pool news, did you see pongo is taking up the option to join Recreativo Huelva permanently?

Yeah...I'm not arguing that those who haven't been to many should be able to go, but those who have paid up front for a season ticket for years and years and have been to the european games are on the same level as those who just have a fancard and went to the games. Priority should be given to season tickets who also have the games on them, AND then offered to fancard holders.

I'd also like to see the tickets to first be offered as a window sale but I know they won't too that, how could they help the locals like that?!

And yeah, but it's Recreativo who have taken up the offer, not the player.:D Liverpool still have to agree to it but they will.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

we were awful today. never really looked like scoring.



bastards

[Jamie]

Just looking at the numbers right now, if there's 17000 tickets (I've heard 20000 on other sites), and Anfield holds about 45000 total, there can't be many who have been to all six home games, let alone seven. I'd say the majority of people in the ballot should get tickets. Unless there's something I've overlooked.

I want to know if it's one or two tickets you get aswell.

[rob3000]

It's one. All fancards can always only be used to buy one ticket. I reckon there's a lot of people who are eligable.

I'm pretty sure I can get a ticket, but I can't afford the flight. If a friend was going I'd improvise and hitchhike across Europe or something but I can only get one.

[Jamie]

I'll have two chances of getting tickets in the ballot, and I don't like my chances of getting both of them drawn. Fingers crossed though, and guess I'll just have to wait and see what the further details are on tuesday.

And I've just thought of all of the fans who went to Stamford Bridge will likely have gone to all the home games, so that's 7 right there, not including the ones who travelled abroad for games.

[rob3000]

You're not a Liverpool fan...?:confused:

[Jamie]

You're not a Liverpool fan...?:confused:

Girlfriend and her sister are though.

[rob3000]

So...are you trying to go, or are they?

[Jamie]

Me and the girlfriend if I can get 2 tickets, which doesnt seem likely at the moment.

[rob3000]

I know you're not going to be happy with this, and let me stress that I think you're cool and everything...but that does kind of annoy me.

[Jamie]

Sure, it'd annoy me too if the situation was reversed, but there's no way she's going to Greece alone so I have to go too.

I'd be more annoyed at tickets being sold on ebay.

[sunnydalehighdropout]

Blimey, you're taking this mighty well! I thought you'd be gutted that Bates is still in.

I dont see how what he's done is legally possible, it's a sham.


For the first time in nearly 7 years, someone has total control over the club. This means there is a platform for stability for the first in that period of time. Looking at what Bates did with Chelsea in the 80's to take them to the point of a billionaire buying them as his play thing was amazing. He totally transformed a delipidated part of a town starting with the football club. Give it a few years and we can compete for promotion back to the Premier League as long as he's shrewd with who he chooses as his staff.

I can see how it's legal to do what he did but i agree that it's unfair to the clubs that have no choice to do such a thing.

[EvilElvis]

Highlights of the last Old Firm game this season (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J17Tkw2irFA)

[Epic Failure]

For the first time in nearly 7 years, someone has total control over the club. This means there is a platform for stability for the first in that period of time. Looking at what Bates did with Chelsea in the 80's to take them to the point of a billionaire buying them as his play thing was amazing. He totally transformed a delipidated part of a town starting with the football club. Give it a few years and we can compete for promotion back to the Premier League as long as he's shrewd with who he chooses as his staff.

I can see how it's legal to do what he did but i agree that it's unfair to the clubs that have no choice to do such a thing.

you do realise that Chelsea were £80 million in debt when Roman took over? I remain to be convinced that Ken Bates will be good for you.

[weeniebeenie]

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiistol City!

ps. rangers are hun cunts

[*Tanja*]

I wanna know what's the public opinion about Chelsea in the UK....
I mean everyone over here seems to hate the club...although the captain of our national team plays there (usually we're quite friendly with such teams) :confused:

[Epic Failure]

I wanna know what's the public opinion about Chelsea in the UK....
I mean everyone over here seems to hate the club...although the captain of our national team plays there (usually we're quite friendly with such teams) :confused:

everyone hates them. and most people hate your national team's captain as well.

Your goalkeeper is okay though. if a little mad.

[*Tanja*]

everyone hates them. and most people hate your national team's captain as well.

Your goalkeeper is okay though. if a little mad.
Our goalies always are mad..... but that's okay :D
The Ballack thing is arguable though.....

[Epic Failure]

Our goalies always are mad..... but that's okay :D
The Ballack thing is arguable though.....

what is specifically arguable? he's a fairly horrible man. now Bastian Schweinsteiger is ace:cool:

[*Tanja*]

what is specifically arguable? he's a fairly horrible man. now Bastian Schweinsteiger is ace:cool:
Schweini definitely is.... too bad he is injured :(

Ballack is not that bad... he scored (and prepared) a lot of goals for Bayern Munich... and now - obviously - you know what the team is without him....

[Renegades of funk 8]

and the whites are staying up!.... the whites are staying up..... :)


finnan got a great reception when he came on:)

[Bexster]

I wanna know what's the public opinion about Chelsea in the UK....
I mean everyone over here seems to hate the club...although the captain of our national team plays there (usually we're quite friendly with such teams) :confused:
Most people over here hate them, mostly because we're convinced they've just bought their way to success rather than actually do it honourably under footballing terms. They seem to believe it's their right to be on top all the time, and their attitude going into games seems to not be that they have to go and win the game, but that they already have won it, actually playing the game of football is a bit of a pain.

But they weren't all that popular before the Abramovich era. They were never a team you liked unless you were a die-hard supporter anyway.

[EvilElvis]

ps. rangers are hun cunts

Most Celtic fans I know didn't care about yesterday's game - Yeah, I'm sure it pissed you off losing to us for the 2nd time this season - but you've already won the league...

[EvilElvis]

Liverpool are ready to make a £12m swoop for West Ham's Carlos Tevez. (People)

Chelsea are tracking Bayern Munich's Peruvian striker Claudio Pizarro. (News of the World)

Promoted Birmingham want to lure Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster, currently on loan at Watford. (Sunday Express)

Chelsea are lining up an £8m bid for Tottenham full-back Pascal Chimbonda. (News of the World)

Juventus boss Didier Deschamps is to mount a £9m raid for Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka. (Daily Mirror)


OTHER GOSSIP
Newcastle have called an emergency board meeting which will almost certainly mean the sack for boss Glenn Roeder. (Sunday Mirror)

Fulham want former Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit to lead them into a new era. (Mail on Sunday)


Manchester United and Everton will be probed by the Premier League over Tim Howard's abscence from their clash at Goodison Park. (News of the World, Mail on Sunday)

Wigan are to demand the Premier League launch a new probe into Carlos Tevez's status at West Ham. (Daily Mail)

AND FINALLY
West Ham's players have been blasting out Bob Marley's No Woman No Cry to inspire them in their fight against the drop, especially the line "Everything's Gonna Be alright". (Sunday Express)

[EvilElvis]

Liverpool are ready to make a £12m swoop for West Ham's Carlos Tevez. (People)

He's been immense for West ham recently - good signing for Liverpool - Just make sure they get the paperwork sorted out correctly innit.

Newcastle have called an emergency board meeting which will almost certainly mean the sack for boss Glenn Roeder. (Sunday Mirror)

He's doomed. 5 home games without a goal - Big Sam is probably already lined up for the job


Manchester United and Everton will be probed by the Premier League over Tim Howard's abscence from their clash at Goodison Park. (News of the World, Mail on Sunday)

Why?

He's Man Utd's Keeper - he went to Everton on loan an Man Utd refused him permission to play against them..

Why not raise an enquiry as to why Ben Foster never played against Man Utd when he was at Watford?

[Bexster]

I won't be at all surprised if Newc sack Glenn Roeder. Yes, he's a nice guy and all, but that hardly cuts it in the big world of Premiership football and all.

And if he does go, he should use the opportunity to get properly qualified, if he isn't already.

[sunnydalehighdropout]

you do realise that Chelsea were £80 million in debt when Roman took over? I remain to be convinced that Ken Bates will be good for you.

Yes i do, but he'll be dead within the 10 years it took him to accumulate that debt with Chelseaa :D

[EvilElvis]

A Saudi Arabian player dies on the pitch (http://www.break.com/index/soccer_player_freaks_out_during_game.html)

He apparently took a severe spasm attack after suffering a heart attack - hence the falling over more oftern than Drogba and Robben combined.

[Bexster]

Apparently, referee Phil Crossley's been stretchered off at the Derby game attached to an oxegen mask - doesn't look good.

Also, Sir Bobby's been diagnosed with cancer again. 5th time, in the lungs. Really, really feel for the guy.

[EvilElvis]

Anthony Stokes has scored Sunderland's first - Will Arsenal regret selling him next season?


Franny Jeffers has stunned everyone by not only playing a game, but by scoring...


Edit: West brom have gone 4-0 up and they ain't reached half time yet - Told you Tony Mowbray was a good manager.

[EvilElvis]

Also, Sir Bobby's been diagnosed with cancer again. 5th time, in the lungs. Really, really feel for the guy.

He was at the Newcastle game yesterday - Gutted for him. One of the few English managers I actually like.


Have Newcastle released a new shirt?


Edit: Sir Jeff on SSN doing soccer special! :D

[Captain Stu]

Apparently, we want Tevez.

:(

[Bexster]

Apparently, we want Tevez.

:(
That's ok. Apprently, so do we :(

[Two-Bob Peeters]

and the race for dave nugent starts now

[Bexster]

and the race for dave nugent starts now
Gonna be a bit of money chucked around there I think.

[EvilElvis]

Lozers @ Brum Shitty!

[Bexster]

Is it too early to start making predictions on who's going to be relegated from the Prem next season :D

[Captain Stu]

Oooohhhh!! United and Everton are in trouble over the Tim Howard transfer! There's a potential points deduction because United stipulated he couldn't be used in the recent game and that's against the rules - it can happen in loan deals but it's forbidden in permanent transfers.

Can't see it being more than a fine though, they can't rim West Ham and then slam the champions-elect really. Funny though.

Lolz at Barnsley getting butt-fucked 7-0 by West Brom.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

i thought it was a loan deal?

[Captain Stu]

i thought it was a loan deal?

Nope, it became permanent in February but there was allegedly a verbal agreement in place. The FA are a bit pissed at it.

Also, Rob, I'm gutted we sold Pongo to Recreativo. :(

[EvilElvis]

i thought it was a loan deal?

It was, but Everton signed hinm properly in Feb.

The Premier League will look into Tim Howard's absence from Everton's 4-2 loss to Manchester United on 28 April.
The goalkeeper moved to Goodison Park on a season-long loan last season but agreed a permanent move in February.

A Premier League spokesman told the News of the World: "As Howard's is a permanent transfer there is no reason why he could not have played.

"Had such a clause been included, we would not have allowed it - it would be a case of third party interference."

The 27-year-old American was not allowed to feature against United and was replaced by second-choice keeper Iain Turner who made a crucial error as the visitors overcame a two-goal deficit to win.

And the Premier League are reported to be set to investigate whether an agreement over Howard's availability existed between the teams.

Before the match Everton boss David Moyes appeared to suggest that there had been a verbal agreement between the clubs over Howard's omission.

Moyes said: "While Tim Howard was on loan he would not have been able to play against his parent club, United. But although we have now signed him ourselves, United wanted the loan clause to remain in operation.

"It was partly the reason we were able to tie up the deal for next season as early as we did, we have abided by their wishes."

And Everton spokesman Ian Ross said that as a condition of making the loan deal permanent in February, United had insisted Howard did not play in the game at Goodison Park.

Although Howard's move was completed outside the transfer window, loan deals can be made permanent at any time.

"We certainly have no record of an agreement between Everton and United that Howard could not play on April 28," the spokesman added.

"We will be contacting both clubs as a matter of urgency to find out what has gone on."

[Captain Stu]

COME ON! :D Dock both teams 3-5 points and make me happy in my pantaloons.

[EvilElvis]

Nope, it became permanent in February but there was allegedly a verbal agreement in place. The FA are a bit pissed at it.


I think the only way either club can get out of it - Could be a case of signing a contract which starts at the end of the season while continuing the loan deal till the end of the season.


Edit: Seems strange it's taken over a week for this to come to light. Surely it would have been looked at sooner.

[Captain Stu]

Nope, the deal was made permanent immediately. You can do that outside of the transfer window.

Kat and I knew straight away something was wrong because we both found it odd that Howard wasn't playing and we both knew that it was a permanent deal, not just a loan anymore.

[EvilElvis]

Nope, the deal was made permanent immediately. You can do that outside of the transfer window.

Kat and I knew straight away something was wrong because we both found it odd that Howard wasn't playing and we both knew that it was a permanent deal, not just a loan anymore.


But surely they'd have check out the rules before confirming the deal?


Unless, they are West ham...

[Bexster]

Depends if United though 'We're Manchester United, we can do whatever we like'. Which is bloody stupid.

[EvilElvis]

No Drogba or Ca$hl£y for Chelski today..

[Bexster]

No Drogba or Ca$hl£y for Chelski today..
Cashley too scared? :D

Happy Dogba's not playing - he could cause some problems to be honest. Also nice that Carvalho's not playing either.

Going to be an interesting game. Fergie's said he won't be watching, he's off ot play golf, but hopefully Arsenal will do what they have to do.

[EvilElvis]

Cashley too scared? :D

Happy Dogba's not playing - he could cause some problems to be honest. Also nice that Carvalho's not playing either.

Going to be an interesting game. Fergie's said he won't be watching, he's off ot play golf, but hopefully Arsenal will do what they have to do.


I bet Fergie is concernced - Wonder what would make him happiest..

Should Man U win the title at Chelsea?

If Chelski balls it up today, they've got to give the new champs the guard of honour at next game..

[Captain Stu]

I genuinely think that the Drogba thing is injury but Cole, no way - he's protecting the little fanny.

[Bexster]

I genuinely think that the Drogba thing is injury but Cole, no way - he's protecting the little fanny.
Bet he was wetting his pants at the thought of coming on here.

[EvilElvis]

Accordong to ssn - no rules were broken by Man Utd or Everton.

[Captain Stu]

Accordong to ssn - no rules were broken by Man Utd or Everton.

RLY? I find that very hard to believe - the FA just cant PROVE anything because it was a verbal agreement. Fucking typical. :mad:

Hahaha, bye bye Boulharouz! He had to go. :D

Excellent penalty, as usual, from Gilby.

[Bexster]

YEEEEESSSS!!!!

Nicely done :D

[timesfooall]

Its coming home its coming home its coming.......................

[Two-Bob Peeters]

what a ridiculous challenge by boulharouz

[EvilElvis]

RLY? I find that very hard to believe - the FA just cant PROVE anything because it was a verbal agreement. Fucking typical. :mad:

Ya! Rly! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/6629661.stm)



Looks like Everton were being thick...

[Bexster]

Ya! Rly! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/6629661.stm)



Looks like Everton were being thick...
D'you reckon Fergie said it as a joke, and Everton believed him?

[EvilElvis]

D'you reckon Fergie said it as a joke, and Everton believed him?

If he did, it's been made even funnier by the fact the Stand in keeper (recalled from Leeds I think) dropped a cross for Man Utd's first goal - and their way back into the game.

[Captain Stu]

1-1 :eek:

Ya! Rly! (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/6629661.stm)



Looks like Everton were being thick...

Yeah, I saw that - that's what prompted my response. The FA/league just cant prove it because it's verbal.

Its coming home its coming home its coming.......................

... the exact reason why people hate United fans,

[Bexster]

We always do pants against 10 men. I can't remember the last time that a sending off for the opposition did us any good. Oh well.

[Captain Stu]

I want Chelsea to win. :(

[EvilElvis]

I want Chelsea to win. :(

Bad Stu!


We'll be supporting Liverpool in Athens.


Gets doctor to organise innoculations! :p

[Jamie]

Back of the net.

What's Jose doing??

[EvilElvis]

What's Jose doing??

Trying to think of someone to blame.

[Two-Bob Peeters]

i wanted chelsea to win that, not only to make the chelsea vs man utd game more interesting, but they really played well in that second half. if only Kalou wasn't fucking pony

[Bexster]

I want Chelsea to win. :(
:(

Either of them could have won it in the last 5 minutes.

[EvilElvis]

:(

Either of them could have won it in the last 5 minutes.

This afternoon must have been absolutely galling for Wenger.

No matter the result, either Mouriniho or Ferguson would have been gloating at the end of it.

[Captain Stu]

That's pathetic, to win the title again without kicking a fucking ball on the day... and especially after a really shit performance yesterday against City.

Chelsea deserved that second half, stupid fucking Kalou the useless turd.

[Jamie]

To paraphrase:

Interviewer: Have Utd been the best team?
Jose: It doesn't matter, they are champions mathmatically.

[Bexster]

Over the season, United have been the better team. Without a doubt, they deserve the title this year.

[friartuck]

Champions!

We fully deserved the title this year. Hats off to all the players....even John O'Shea. Let's have them at Stamford Bridge and Wembley!