No way is McLaren the way to take England to international glory. He's better than Allardyce, but still a poor choice.
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No way is McLaren the way to take England to international glory. He's better than Allardyce, but still a poor choice.
Ruud is not playing and has "gone home."
Tottenham apparently playing 9-10 of their first choice XI despite saying they had ten first-team players with food poisoning. Bets on a bit of colour added to the pitch today? :p
It's a good job there's a World Cup coming up, or else the main story for the entire Summer would be "Ruud is leaving United!"
I heard 7 Spurs players were struck with it. Either way, it's a very important match, so I can understand why some of them would try to make it through. Arsenal must be licking their lips now.
Richardson one inch away from making the best goal I've seen live, and Saha puts Man Utd 1-0 up just this minute.
EDIT: Charlton allow Ronaldo to get an easy goal.
Blargh. There go our hopes of finishing second. I had hoped RvN's tantrum would put them off.
Meanwhile, Spurs are 1-0 down. Looking good for Arsenal.
EDIT: Yep, bye second. And bye Xabi. :(
And wow, what a rollercoaster the fight for fourth is.
Goaless so far Newcastle vs Chelsea, Glenn Roeder is the man for manager, or at least assistant manager. Souness should never have sold Bellamy, Speed and Kluivert, Woodgate, well, alot of money came from him, getting him back for cheap would take a professional Con Artist... Chelsea anyone? The world cup better by spicy because the last one was good but not excellent. If England flop before the finals then I shall forever wish horrible bowel movement problems upon the source.
A loud standing ovation for Scholes as he comes in for the first time in four months. :)
EDIT: Richardson gets his first Prem goal for Man Utd. I have to say, I've never rated him highly, but almost every single touch he's made has been fantastic this game. A great goal, one inch from what would have been the best goal I've seen this season and a fantastic pass or two which could have been turned into goals.
I know the rules regarding this sort of thing, but it's really unfair on Spurs to have to play under the circumstances. I know that if we were in the same situation I'd be annoyed, anyway.
But at least things seem to be working in our favour. 3-2 to us at the moment, and 1-1 at Upton Park. :)
EDIT: Nice work, Newcastle. :thumb:
Spurs or Wigan to score in the last minute. You heard it here first.
I think 82 points is enough to be our highest ever Premier League total (provided we stay ahead against Portsmouth) Heck, in some seasons, 82 points would be enough to win the damned thing. This is a real improvement, and with some nice additions (Like Mark Gonzalez who is currently tearing up La Liga, and had better freakin' get a work permit this time) we could be pushing Chelski next season.
Brilliant. 1-0 to Newcastle.
Lets hope it stays that way. :)
EDIT: Carr has just been sent off for Violent conduct.
Henry hat-trick! Awesome. :D :D :D
Yeah, I'd take a last minute Wigan goal right about now. :cool:
EDIT: 2-1 West Ham! Yes yes yes yes yes! :cool:
Hahaha. Titus Bramble scoring against Chelski. I never thought I'd see the day. Interestingly enough, if we'd beaten them in both games instead of losing, and results stayed as they are now, we'd be the champions.
Okay, how about in the last minute Jermaine Jenas vomitting all over Anton Ferdinand, causing him to be distracted while Defoe slots it home?
EDIT: Never mind. Join us in the CL qualifying rounds, Arsenal. We'll have a ball.
EDIT2: Crouchie = :love: Koroman = Since when the hell did he play for Pompey? (Don't tell me. Gaydamak's money in January) Cisse = :love:
Crouch is always under rated, it's stupid, don't ya think? Bramble may have scored but he aint a saint in my books.
4-2 and 2-1 at full time. I love football. :heart:
Well done, Arsenal. Fitting end to all that time at Highbury.
Today's Boro team were all English and had an average of 20 (except when Colin Cooper came on... must have risen to about 32 then!). When Malcolm Christie was substituted, all the players had come from the academy.
Erm, really?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bladen
What do you think of Arsenal securing a CL place.
Will it be a relief going into the final.
Or would it of been an extra motivation, needing to win the Cup for CL next season.
On Ruud, I don't think it's a disaster if he leaves in the summer.
We've had him for five season's, and have only picked up one League, FA Cup and League Cup.
There's other parts of the squad, Utd need to strenthen.
The money from his sale, will go towards that.
And Saha and Rooney are both young and goalscorers anyway.
can't wait to check www.tottenhamhotspur.com
Yeah, Kluivert scored alot of good goals, he shouldn't have went so early and his seeling price should of been at least 10M. Same with Bellamy. Then the situation would be alot milder in the club. Glenn Roeder has proved himself, I'd prefer him over O'neil.
You liked Kluivert:eek: , i thought he was slow and Lazy tho i think if Newcastle had had a descent manager at that time they probably would have got more out of him. As for Bellamy, well he was such a problem off the field, he is really hitting it off for Blackburn tho
After leaving Newcastle, Kluivert announced that the English league is total crap, and that the only teams that play good football, ie, not long ball, are Arsenal, Chelsea, Man Utd and Liverpool.
I think he plays for Valencia now. Jammy git.
He was spot on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
It's one of the reason's i've been losing interest in the Premiership.
There's only a handfull of teams that play attractive football.
England Squad:
Robinson (Tottenham), James (Manchester City), Green (Norwich), G Neville (Manchester United), R Ferdinand (Manchester United), Terry (Chelsea), A Cole (Arsenal), Campbell (Arsenal), Carragher (Liverpool), Bridge (Chelsea), Beckham (Real Madrid), Carrick (Tottenham), Lampard (Chelsea), Gerrard (Liverpool), Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Jenas (Tottenham), Downing (Middlesbrough), J Cole (Chelsea), Lennon (Tottenham), Rooney (Manchester United), Owen (Newcastle), Crouch (Liverpool), Walcott (Arsenal).
Standby:
Scott Carson (Liverpool), Luke Young (Charlton), Nigel Reo-Coker (West Ham), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham), Andy Johnson (Crystal Palace).
I would like to announce the following: ...Theo Walcott? WHAT THE JERMAIN DEFOE ARE YOU DOING, SVEN!?!?!?!!?!!?!!?11/1/?!?!1/1/1 okay so we say you're cautious and you should take a gamble once in a while, but this is taking the piss.
Honestly, the guy's scored something like 5 professional goals and has never played in the Premiership. Then Wenger pops up and says "I think he'd be good in the squad." and this happens. And with Rooney and Owen injured, you just know we're going to end up starting with him and Crouch. I wouldn't so much mind if he was included along with one of Bent and Defoe, but really, we're only taking two fit strikers at the moment and one has no experience, and one ought only to be used as an impact sub. Ridiculous.
Other squad choices that I think were mistakes: Sol Campbell. He's been in terrible form all season, both before and after he went crazy. Ledley King, although injured, would've been a much better bet (he'd be back before Rooney would anyway, I think) and uh...Jenas and Hargreaves? Hoo boy... and I'm not even going to comment on Andy Johnson being a standby above the likes of Bent, Beattie and Harewood.
Things that I approve of: Downing and Lennon, causing SWP's absence. Ian Wright is going to go berserk! Also, Nigel Reo-Coker as a standby. Hopefully someone will nobble Jenas...
Sven's a genius.
England already hates him, so he selects a prodigy in the hope that his talent will ripen during the World Cup. If he did not do this, he would have just carried on not really being liked by England. But since he did do it, he's either going to carry on being disliked by England if it doesn't pay off (so, no changes to England and how they view him)... but if it does pay off, he's considered an almighty talent spotter who made a stroke of genius by selecting England's youngest ever international senior side player and going on to win or something. He knows he's going after the World Cup, he knows England hates him. That means he can get away with this.
Happy to see Lennon in there, he looked the goods in the couple of games I saw him play this year.
Well, I think this is how we'll be lining up then:
Robinson*Could be Michael Carrick
Neville....Terry....Ferdinand....A. Cole
Hargreaves*
Beckham........................J.Cole
Gerrard....Lampard
Owen**
**Could be Peter Crouch.
The only concern I have is up front, really. Lennon will make an excellent impact substitute, and I really hope Walcott will too, but I have my doubts. He has pace, but he was out muscled by Championship defenders, so I have no idea how he'd cope with international ones. Still, he is an unknown, so hopefully that will throw the opposition when he comes on.
Will definitely be interesting to see if they play one or two strikers.
From the way he's only picked four, and judging from who those four are, he will probably only play one. However, he did also say he could use Joe Cole as a striker too, so there could be something in that.
What the hell is Walcott doing in there? You drop Andy Johnson because he didn't join a Premiership club, but you throw in a kid who has never played a game of Premiership football? I don't mean to doubt Theo Walcott's ability, but you simply cannot put such an inexperienced player in a World Cup squad, particularly when your other striking options are limited. At the very least he should've dropped one of the superfluous midfielders (Jermaine Jenas, I'm looking at you) and put a fifth striker in there to add a bit of reliability.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloomberg.com
A couple of papers have been drawing comparisons with Michael Owen, completely overlooking the fact that Owen had previous international experience, and was actually making the Liverpool first team at the time. Plus, Owen was taken alongside the established strikers as an option for the manager, rather than a kid who may well be forced to start for his country before he starts for his club. The only possible reasoning I can think of is that Sven wants a five-man midfield with Crouch as a lone striker, allowing him to put Carrick in the team without getting a pasting from the media for dropping Beckham. But that's the sort of thing he should've been trying out in friendlies for the past two years, not a month before the bloody tournament starts.
I like the rest of the squad, and particularly the inclusion of Downing and Lennon. But our strikeforce is so crucial to our success, and to take a risk in this area when we're already so weak seems foolish, particularly when Sven has insisted on such an inflexible selection policy in qualifiers and friendlies during his time as manager. Now he makes a massive (and unpopular) gamble, and puts at risk our best chance of a trophy in ages. All I can say is that he'd better prove me wrong.
All this talk about Owen injured is all hyped. His foot is being dodgy because it's freshly recovered and the lazy git hasn't played football that rough in 4 months, how you feel? I for one would run away anyway, I want to keep my legs!
Kluivert was good, he scored a few good goals, he played well. I don't think Kluivert played in a Tyne Wear derby before. Those are always good to watch.
I find it amusing that I'm the only person here that picked the Walcott thing. I should have posted about it. :( Not saying it's a good choice, but I had a hunch it would happen. Maybe I just read too many football websites.
Exactly. If you were to ask me, or anyone else with any knowledge of football why Sven did not pick Defoe or SWP, the answer you'd get would be "Because they haven't played many games this season." but when you look at Theo Walcott...sheesh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cz
Yeah, and Michael Owen had scored 23 goals for Liverpool that season. Crazy stuff.Quote:
A couple of papers have been drawing comparisons with Michael Owen, completely overlooking the fact that Owen had previous international experience, and was actually making the Liverpool first team at the time.
Oh lord yes. With all the experimenting, how is it that we have two uncapped players in the squad? (Not to mention Downing and Green only having played one game each)Quote:
But that's the sort of thing he should've been trying out in friendlies for the past two years, not a month before the bloody tournament starts.
Still, now that I think about it, if we're 2-1 down to Germany in a Quarter Final or whatever, I'd rather see Walcott coming off the bench than Darren Bent, I suppose.
The reason SWP wasn't picked is because Lennon is better. Simple as that.
Lennon is in better form, certainly, but SWP was easily as good, if not better, in his Man City days. Oh does he ever regret joining Chelsea now?
Well, if we're going by "back when he was at ____" then we should make a call to bring back Shearer or Fowler or something. I don't know enough historic football to come up with the right names.
Yeah, but the point is that Shaun would still be awesome if he hadn't signed for Chelsea. Plus, he's had more England experience than Lennon, and I think we've more or less established that experience is a good thing.
Okay, the last time he was playing regular football, ie last season, he was playing better than Lennon has this season, in my opinion. The difference between him and Shearer & Fowler is that they are now past their prime, while Shaun Wright-Phillips is still building up to his. (supposedly the prime age for footballers is around 26-28, and SWP is 24)
The reason why Lennon was picked and he wasn't was because Lennon was getting regular games, and was in-form, whereas SWP has struggled to claim a place in the Chelsea team. It's not really a case of being better.
PS: Heck yes as regards Robbie Fowler for England. :D
Once the world cup is over what are we going to talk about here? Local football?
Don't worry, it'll only be a week after the final that you're playing in the Intertoto Cup. :D
I can't wait for EA's forthcoming release Intertoto 2007 myself, although I have to admit that Pro Evolution Conference North does sound more appealing.
Maybe we'll talk about Summer transfers. ;)
What's the point, now that Leigh RMI have been relegated? :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
let's gamble!
I quite like the idea of taking Walcott - he's a surprise package. The opposition will know all about the rest of our players, but he'll be an unknown quantity. However, I would have only taken him as a 5th striker. It doesn't look promising when it'll only be Crouch and Walcott who are match fit at the start of the tournament. He should have replaced Jenas/Hargreaves/both (the latter is definitely the best option) with Bent or Ashton.
I'm pleased that Downing is in the squad. Not sure that Lennon is quite England class yet, though. I would have preferred to see him play a few games on the international stage first, just to get an idea of how he'd fare against international defences.
I don't think Eriksson can class Joe Cole as a striker when, to my knowledge, he has never played as an out-and-out striker. Maybe that's the McClaren influence - he still thinks Mendieta is a right winger...
Hear about poor spurs? I think most of them got into a bit of a sticky situation, a big disappointment though, unlucky too. No offense but it is quite funny, it'll teach them a lesson not to eat crappy hotel meat again, or you will seriously be "running" for your team, literally. It's hillarious, sad, stupid, all in one. Just don't forget to flash lads.
serves them right for not letting our 'fall on floor after tackle and look at referee as if expecting opponents to kick ball out of play' shenanigans get to their heads
I think it's going to be a bit stinky in upcoming weeks. Hotel food is usually always cheap, bring your own stuff. Stupid, stupid spurs. You had to learn it the hard way...
Poor Boro, 4-0. It's what happens when they get that cocky and overconfident, it's a shame but hopefully sense will be knocked back into them.
Poor old Middlesbrough. They were outplayed, but they didn't deserve that kind of result. It's a shame for McClaren to go out on that kind of note really.
At least I can get revenge for 2004, my turn to laugh.
They got slaughtered, the fans were shouting "3-1 to boro!" before the match. McClaren got way too over his head, this is what happens. Geez I wander what will happen at England eh?
I'm fighting hard to resist the temptation to edit Cz's post to spell McClaren correctly.
That's football I guess. :( Still, the FA look pretty stupid appointing him now...
Stupid aint the word.
Now you know how I feel when I see you talking about the Champion's League. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
And yes, this is yet further evidence that Steve (:p) isn't the right man for the job.
It seems Glenn Roeder is more then likely to get the Newcastle hot seat, I'd prefer him over anyone else.
You and me both. I've been trying to cut that out, but it's harder than you might think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cz
It is pretty funny with Spurs, they were "running" for a champions league spot, then they got a bad case of the runs for the last match. How likely and unlucky is that?
They are a bit "stuck in the middle" with their request for a replay rejected, sore losers IMO.
You could work as a headline writer for the Star with that kind of wit, Bladen.
Also, as some lovely people on my favourite football inter-web-site pointed out, they have to ask for a replay if they want to stand a chance of claiming compensation from the hotel.
Dammit.
How's that? If they replayed it wouldn't really matter. If they don't replay, they're in a bigger state cleary showing the impact of what happened, giving a better chance for compensation.
Wouldn't that work?
Spurs, despite what Arsenal fans might claim, aren't idiots. They know they have a cat's chance in hell of getting the game replayed. The thing is, they have to show they have done everything possible to try to reverse the damage caused by the hotel in order to stand a chance of winning a compensation claim against them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bladen
Yeah, I see where you're coming from, showing that they're definatly out of options and clearly showing the damage isn't easy or mild, then they may get reperation fees?
Yeah, the F.A. regulations make it clear that the game can't be replayed, and I'm pretty sure that the club realises that. Not so sure about some of the fans, though. :p
What if they keep bitching the FA over and over again like people do here for CK status?
They'll get banned, of course.
Shearer's testemonial is on now on ITV4, a few special guests are in Newcastle squad.
NEWCASTLE UNITED: Shay Given, Stephen Carr, Jean Alain Boumsong, Titus Bramble, Celestine Babayaro, Steve Watson (Amady Faye 31m), Emre, Lee Clark (Gary Speed 34m), Charles N'Zogbia, Shola Ameobi, Alan Shearer (Michael Chopra 1min).
Subs: Robbie Elliott, Robert Lee, Les Ferdinand, Steve Harper, Albert Luque, Peter Ramage, Steven Taylor, Matty Pattison.
3-2!!!!
Albert Luque opened the scoring on 70 minutes before the Bhoys hit back through a Shaun Maloney penalty and John Hartson.
But Les Ferdinand forced Adam Virgo to put through his own net in the final minute, before three minutes into injury time Ferdinand 'won' a penalty and the stage was set for the great Alan Shearer to return to the field and leave in the best possible way - with a goal at the Gallowgate End. (pasted from official NUFC site as I'm too lazy to type it myself)
yeah but Manchester united is the best in my opinion they don't lose that often
Man U are over rated not in skill but as a club itself, the publicity it's gotten because of people like Beckham and Rooney has earned them a good reputation fast, they're lucky because they make no effort. When they lose though it isn't much a big deal, they're a good team, not in over their heads or obsessed with money, they never asked for the attention they always get.
Don't hurt me BoB, it's kinda true.
Brilliant, Shay Given has signed a new 5 yeard contract with Newcastle. Boumsong refuses to leave. Dammit.
Bloody hell, i loves my football and only me could totally miss this thread.
Blackburn Rovers rule! UEFA cup here we come! Mark Hughes is a legend now as a manager and i'm not being biased when i say this, but should of got manager of the season for the great achievment he has done this season. If Hughesy says a Champions League place next season, then there's no reason not to believe him.
Also, Jess said at the beggining of the thread she was suprized we beat Arsenal, i deffinately wasn't seeing as we stuffed Man Utd weeks previous and we're practically unbeatable at home.
WOOHOO ROVERS!
SO what do you think of Shearer's stylish finish to a brilliant career?
He is the top premiership goal scorer now, he has scored the most goals in his career. about 400-500 something goals. That testemonial match was amazing. Even the Celtic fans were shouting his name and joining the salute.
That Shearer testimonial was great for him and finish his career off in style with the 93rd min winner, but match should of been between Newcastle & Rovers, he was legend with us aswell and we did give him his ONLY medal.
The guy got you in the champions league and near the top back then. A testemonial is better when it's against a team from another country. That's why I like friendlies, but that testemonial had one hell of an atmosphere, pyrotechnics, raise the flag like mosaics of Shearer'sand Name. Wow.
[QUOTE=Bladen]The guy got you in the champions league and near the top back then.QUOTE]
Near the top? We was top!
Yes if it wasn't for him we wouldn't of won the Premier League but there was great players for us other than Shearer who got him those goas. I still think the testimonial should of been with us, i mean what the hell did Celtic have to do with his career? That's why i'm pissed about it.
Newcastle already played Blackburn twice this season though, win and lose.
It could of been Legend Blackburn players from who he played with during his four years here.
Half-Time: West Hame 2 - 1 Liverpool
Great Cup Final so far. Liverpool have been poor by their standards, but have recovered towards the end of the half, and with Benite in the dressing room they stand a good chance of making their way back into the game. There are a couple more goals in this game yet, so it could go either way.
3-2 west ham.
This is the best F.A. Cup Final in ages. :thumb:
EDIT: !!!
Holy crap, this has gone wild.
good for liverpool. I like to see big teams do well since there's so much pressure on the manager to perform up to the expected standards
QFTQuote:
Originally Posted by Cz
Yeah, take notes Man Utd and Arsenal, that's how you play an FA Cup final. :D ...although sometimes I do wish we wouldn't always do things the hard way.
Steven Gerrard. What a god. :love: I think he's now scored in the Carling Cup final, the FA Cup final, the UEFA Cup final and the Champions (:)) League Final. If Gerrard replicates that kind of form in the World Cup, then we might just see something special.
Awesome way to end a grueling 63 game season, although you could tell at the end how tired they all were. Spurs, by comparison, have only played 40 games this season.
YNWA. :)
Gerrard only needs to score in the World Cup Final now and England win it and i will be the happiest Englishman ever!
No I'll beQuote:
Originally Posted by Russielloyd
First the champions league final, then the intertoto cup.
You're all nuts, it's gotta be Gerrard himself!
This is, of course, assuming that he doesn't set up Thierry Henry for an easy tap-in again. :rolleyes2
But seriously, congrats to Stevie and Liverpool for winning the best final in years. Now would you please stop making sodding comebacks? It's getting rather boring now. :p
No, i'll be :PQuote:
Originally Posted by mobiletype
I'll be running around where i live in Wales, boasting we are the best in the world, couple of digs at Wales, waving the flag out of the car going 100 mph, :D
Then get petrol bombed by some arsehole welsh nationalist who only reads THE WESTERN MAIL and lives on a farm so far out that he doesn't even bother hiding his forbidden sexual activities.
I'll put up my defences and transport Terry, Carragher, Ferdinhand and Campbell and i'll be indestructible, mwuahahah!
lol, your just a bit late with that...a day late lol. :P
I only just found this out. Thanks Cz you made my dayQuote:
Originally Posted by Cz
Pfft, I was just out late last night. I expected you lot to already be discussing this, but apparently you're all frozen with excitement. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Russielloyd
good for the gunners.
Season is over, maybe we should get a World Cup thread going.
We should keep this going til next season! There's the intertoto cup and the world cup coming up, so they'd just fit in with this thread.
I mean, we can keep this one going, while have a world cup thread(which is not really anything to do with English Football by the way) or just change the title of this thread.
Seeing that Psy is the only CK to post in this thread then maybe he can do the honours
Shame for Arsenal I wanted them to win and not that crappy Barcelona.
Onto the world cup. England are going down.
*Realises this is an english football thread and slowly skidaddles off*
Slowly?...Boy you better run, i'm about to chop your face off! *runs at you with a butcher knife*
Bring it! :D
You have sven, your bound to lose with that much absence of passion. And you might NOT have roonie.
Nah just kidding, its all friendly mate.
That's ok then, but i'll just keep on poking you with the knife just incase! *poke* :)
I reckon that there should be a separate World Cup thread nearer the time, and that this thread should continue until August, when a new thread is made in time for the new season. We can discuss transfers in this one until then.
So, what about that Rosicky to Arsenal, eh? Good player, and should be exciting to watch, but I don't think Arsenal really need another lightweight, and they're going to end up losing to the likes of Bolton and their muscle game again. Henry, Van Persie, Reyes, Rosicky, Fabregas, Walcott, Ashley Cole...all of them are lightweights, and with Diaby looking to be out for some time, they could be in trouble in the early season if they come up against physical sides. And if anyone mentions Gilberto Silva, I expect you all to mock them mercilessly.
If I were Rafa Benitez...
Diao
Le Tallec
Cheyrou
Medjani
Whitbread
Potter
Kirkland
Dudek
Traore
Kromkamp
Morientes
If you couldn't work out what these players have in common, I'll tell you: I'd sell 'em. And I'd buy this lot:
Gonzalez
Paletta (both of these are already done deals, the former depends on a work permit and I hope he gets it, as he's a class act)
Alves
Aurellio
Pennant
Kuyt (I think we've made offers for all four of these anyway)
Now there's a side that could win the league. :cool:
In other news, thanks to injuries, Michael Dawson has taken Luke Young's place as England standby (:D!) and Phil Neville has taken Nigel Reo-Coker's (:(!)
Dawson for Young!
Gee, just what we need, another centre back!
Replace a right back with a right back sven you muppet!
P Neville for coker!
How the smurf do these two compare?
One is an attacking midfielder and is replace with a versatile defensive player.
Talk about, like for like!
I do agree with a WC thread.
Risicky is a good creative midfileder, similar to Febregas, but very good going forward with lots of flair.
Ok, that's my rant over.
For once, I absolutely agree with you. I know Wenger doesn't like to play a scrappy game, but the man needs to stop being so stubborn and realise that sometimes you don't have a choice. On the other hand, it is nice to see that we're actually buying some established talent for a change, and maybe we'll go for a tough-tackling ball-winner at some point over the summer. Please, Arsene?Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
Eh, I guess every silver lining has a talentless, ugly cloud.Quote:
In other news, thanks to injuries, Michael Dawson has taken Luke Young's place as England standby (:D!) and Phil Neville has taken Nigel Reo-Coker's (:()
I'm going to ignore all of your Liverpool stuff, not because I don't care, but because you're right about all of it and that scares me very much indeed.
We can't get our own way all the time. Sven is just a baldy nutcase. Baaaaaldy. :D
never heard of these. Gonzalez, is he the one who was at Panathinaikos? Do you stay up all night watching Argentinian football on channel five or something?Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
As for Arsenal, they do have a bit of spending money over the summer and we could swipe a couple more good players for a fee that would keep Traore at Liverpool for a whole year.
Gonzalez was signed by us last season, but couldn't get a work permit. Instead, we sent him on loan to Real Sociedad, where by all accounts he was the star of their team and helped prevent them get relegated by scoring some crucial goals, such as a cracker against Real Madrid.
Paletta is a young Argentinian defender who I doubt many people outside of Argentina have heard of. I can't judge him but apparently he is one for the future.
Fabio Aurellio plays for Valencia, and Daniel Alves featured against Middlesbrough for Sevilla in the UEFA Cup final.
Speaking of Valencia, Fernando Morientes has signed for them. It appears Rafa agrees with me. :cool:
Fabio Aurelio I remember coming on against Arsenal at Highbury about three and a half years ago. I didn't think Liverpool would dare sell Nando but there you go, don't pull your weight and you can pack your bags.
Robbie Fowler may not be as fantastic as Moreintes but for me he has more Liverpool passion inside of him, which leads me into thinking Rafael Benitez was spot on by bringing him back to Anfield.
Did anybody see the Belarus game? Supposedly we weren't too bad, but I hardly think that excuses the result. Didn't see it myself, so I'd be glad if someone could tell us what they thought. :)
1st half was good, Lennon, was great on the wing, Hargreaves even looked good for a while. Then Robert Green came on in the 2nd half, he messed up a goal kick which landed to a Belarus player and in the process majorly injuring himself and instead of the belarus player putting it out, he went on and scored, while green was still on the floor. England B, fell apart after that, couldn't make a pass to save thier lives. Poor closing down was the reason for the 2nd goal.
Theo on the otherhand, showed a few sparks of what he's capable of.
Belarus, sisn't even play that great and got sent down to 10 men. I'm glad that was just the 2nd string players, though if it was the 1st team, Belarus would of been ripped apart.
4 Liverpool players in the England squad. Take that, Ars3nal! :cool:
Hopefully Chris Kirkland gets called up as the new standby. :D
EDIT: Ooh, Ben Foster! Good call. Kirkland is now in an international wilderness. He is truly the new Richard Wright.
Ben Foster? Seriously? :O_O:
My levels of not caring are...well, big.Quote:
4 Liverpool players in the England squad. Take that, Ars3nal!
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Originally Posted by Cz
I see a tad of depression and jealousy there. As long as the squad can work together and kickass I care about as much as a duck for a super market.
Nowhere does it say on that link that he has signed for them, just what he has done in his career. Plus he's too old, Wenger likes them young.
Arsenal have 14,689 players? :p
Hell yes. xD
well mates im new and im not saying you have to be fair on me.
and ronaldinho the best:sophia:
liverpool would not have won if gerrard did not scoere.
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EDIT BY BoB: I'm going to class this season as over, and start a new thread on the 2006-2007 season.