Football Talk 2005-2006 (Soccer)

[toxic rooster]

Must be pretty embarrassing to be a former Arsenal fan who now supports Middlesbrough :cool:

shush

[yianni]

Patrick Kisnorbo is up there with Junior Lewis as one of the worst players i've ever seen aswell.

Really?

[Wengerland]

I'm sorry to say it but yeah :$ As a central midfield player anyway. He can't pass and for someone of his size is poor in the air and in tackles. He ws okay at centre back against Crewe, but Crewe are terrible.

Mind you, his replacement by the end of the month should be James Wesolowski, who's another Aussie ;)

[Cactus Sid]

Sat in the Geordie end for the Fulham game yesterday. Geordies were absolutely ace, Fulham fans were the pits.

Cack game as well.

[Ogen]

shush

What Gooner you daft cunt you can't just change who you support you muppet

[Ogen]

BBC Sport understands Southampton have rejected a formal £12m offer from Arsenal for striker Theo Walcott.

It is understood Chelsea could be willing to pay up to £15m, but the 16-year-old has made it clear he would prefer a move to the Gunners.

Earlier, Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had let slip that a deal was almost done.

When talking to journalists, he referred to new arrivals Emmanuel Abedayor and Abo Diaby, saying he had "two signings, sorry, two and a half."

Asked if he was referring to Walcott, the Arsenal manager said: "I would like to tell you."

Earlier in the week, Wenger confirmed he was an admirer of Walcott's precocious talent.

"He's a player we rate," said Wenger.

"I rate him personally and we are looking at him, yes.

"Ideally we would want Theo to join us straight away. But it would not be a deal-breaker if Southampton say they want him to finish the season there."

Southampton boss George Burley said he was in the dark about Walcott's future, but said he would love to hold on to the youngster.

"I don't know what will happen tomorrow," said Burley.

"I won't guarantee anything, but as far as I'm aware, nothing has changed. We're planning ahead with Theo at the club.

"He's done very well for us and we want to keep him for as long as possible.

"He's a fantastic talent. When you've got a talent like that there is always going to be speculation but the kid handles it well - he's experienced it for the past six months."

Southampton are reported to be interested in a deal in which Walcott would be signed by Arsenal and then immediately loaned back to them for the rest of the season.

Saints chairman Rupert Lowe is known to have been at Arsenal's training ground last week, but he has said he was not there to discuss Walcott.

Lowe has also said he would like to retain Walcott.

Walcott, who has a pre-contract agreement with the Saints to sign a professional contract on his 17th birthday in March, has scored five goals in 12 starts for Southampton this season.

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Mentalist bastards not accepting that

[yianni]

I'm sorry to say it but yeah :$ As a central midfield player anyway. He can't pass and for someone of his size is poor in the air and in tackles. He ws okay at centre back against Crewe, but Crewe are terrible.

Mind you, his replacement by the end of the month should be James Wesolowski, who's another Aussie ;)

Ah well I never saw him in central midfield, when he played for us he was always at right back and was one of our better players. :o

[toxic rooster]

What Gooner you daft cunt you can't just change who you support you muppet

November 16 changed all that

[yianni]

ahahahahaah Ogen is right...Gooner you're a daft cunt, fucking pathetic.

[toxic rooster]

November 16 changed all that

[yianni]

You're still a daft cunt.

PS 7-0 you twat (and I hate Arsenal too :mad: )

[toxic rooster]

We had 6 teenagers on the pitch :(. And no Schwarzer anymore either :'(.

but we won't come up against that quality every week

[yianni]

ADHSHAHAHAHA yeah Schwartzer wouldn't have copped 7. :roll:

[Ogen]

What was November 16th then you fickle bastard

[toxic rooster]

http://www.ggarmy.com/files/40KLYHBWL4/2005WCQLeg2-00293.JPG

[Ogen]

Whats that got to do with stopping supporting Arsenal ffs. Gooner this is annoying me you can't just change the team you support its meant to be a bond that goes much further than that

[yianni]

Ogen...I have been getting into fights with cunts who have jumped ship here when their club has been "demoted" from the national league into the state league, and instead joined up on supporting the new franchise made in this city, which takes the old club's spot in the national league.

I agree with you. You have 1 club and you stick to it, no matter what the consequences and/or how shithouse they may be. For that I have to admire The Mackem for putting up what he has to put up with at Sunderland. :D

[toxic rooster]

...and I'll stick with Boro when they get relegated :roll:

what's your point? I could understand what you're saying if I was going the other way (boro fan to arsenal fan). I had no real 'connection' with arsenal, if you will. I only followed them cos they were the first team under 'England' on FIFA 2000, and they get TV games here. Boro at least has aussies playing for them.

Ask any Aussie Leeds United fan why they started following Leeds

[The Mackem]

Yeah and ask them why Leeds are shit now as well.

Aussie supporters = shit team

Half the Aussie country must support us :'(

[toxic rooster]

I probably should. Your town is like my surname

[yianni]

AHAHAHAHAHA what a fucking farce. You should be disgusted Gooner u bloody moron.

By the way Mackem, Leeds are shit but I'm still sticking with them. They're my team and I stick with them no matter how crap they are. See you in the Coca Cola Championship next season! :o :'(

I have no time for cunts who jump teams. Fuck that shit.

[toxic rooster]

I'll probably be joining the 2 of you

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">nah, no way. We'll be joining them. Can't say i'm particularly bothered cos I always liked div 1 anyway and atleast i wont have to pay £30 to watch the likes of Everton suffocate the life out of a match.

We've just agreed a fee with one of our relegation rivals for our joint top scorer and the only winger we have in our entire squad.

Good business.</font>

[diothoir]

Bastid Wigan. :'(

At least Gary Kelly scored a screamer though.

[Rob]

<font color="#ff6600">nah, no way. We'll be joining them. Can't say i'm particularly bothered cos I always liked div 1 anyway and atleast i wont have to pay £30 to watch the likes of Everton suffocate the life out of a match.

We've just agreed a fee with one of our relegation rivals for our joint top scorer and the only winger we have in our entire squad.

Good business.</font>

You'll reget saying that when you have to pay £30 to watch QPR.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

With QPR there's always the chance Holloway will do something hilarious though.

Bring it on, btw :p

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">well i'd HOPE they'd have the decency to lower the cost of my season ticket so i wont have to pay £30 to see anyone.

I think they will lower the price cos i can't see people being willing to pay the kind of stupid costs they're charging now but i wont hold my breath.</font>

[Rob]

With QPR there's always the chance Holloway will do something hilarious though.

Bring it on, btw :p

I'm still thinking of ways to spend that 50 notes you'll owe me in 4 months. :p

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Not surprising considering your track record of bets, which is set to continue btw ;)

Also, if Miller opens his mouth again this season I'll be tempted to punch him. You got your move/money/whatever, now shut up and play.

[The Mackem]

Stubbs has went back to Everton. Don't know why players move and then travel stupid distances to get to work and then complain about it. Morons.

[Paranoid Rattlesnake]

Walcotts a gooner

[Rob]

Not surprising considering your track record of bets, which is set to continue btw ;)

Also, if Miller opens his mouth again this season I'll be tempted to punch him. You got your move/money/whatever, now shut up and play.

That's if some blue nose doesn't stab him before then.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Funnily enough in the Midlands a blue nose is a Birmingham fan.

So that sentance still make sense.

[The Mask]

stubbs has went back? tsk tsk mackem

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color=#ff6600">Stubbs is fucking shit anyway</font>

[Danny Electric]

Zulu's.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">We have just suffered our worst ever Premiership defeat.

Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool etc have never beaten us that badly.

We were never that defensivly fragile under Perrin. Under Perrin, aside from Sander Westerveld fucking up, we were quite good defensively, we just didn't score goals.

Now under Redknapp we're not scoring goals and we're conceeding five to Birmingham City.

Oh.</font>

[Ogen]

Yeah I saw that result adn thought poor Owen :(

[Ogen]

Because I'm a nice fellow like that

[Wengerland]

Thank fuck i went out drinking for the day instead of going to our game yesterday.

At least i'll be able to go back to Walsall next season.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Haha Walsall and their shoebox stadium :'(

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Walsall managed by the legendary PAUL MERSON :cool:

West Ham have agreed a fee with Norwich for Dean Ashton.

"The Hammers will pay £7m, plus a conditional £250,000, while Norwich have negotiated a 15% sell-on clause."

so £7.25m plus 15% of his next fee, Norwich have done VERY VERY well with that one. </font>

[toxic rooster]

11 goals this season...IT'S NO! STILL 11

[Rob]

West Ham are morons. They could have bought strikers in Europe who are miles better than Ashton for less money. That money for a Championship player (who isn't even the top scorer) is stupid. Arsenal haven't even paid that up front for Walcott.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Norwich owe Crewe like £1.5m of that though.

[Cactus Sid]

Congratulations to Chelsea for winning the title, we already knew they had, but today has confirmed it.

I am so fucking gutted right now, better side over the 90 minutes, and because of a new signing doing fuck all when he should've been supporting Finnan and the worst striker in the premiership, we get beaten.

So Pissed off. At least we've got those games in hand.

[Rob]

In all seriousness, I don't think you were the better side of the 90 mins at all. You probably had the more chances in front of goal but I didn't feel at all nervous that you would score and that we would not win this game. We didn't look strong in midfield at all but our defense was pretty solid. Brown and Ferdinand were absolute rocks. I think if he had some experience in the midfield we would have mullered you. I pray that we have a Diop, a Gattuso or a Ballack next season.

[Boondock Saint]

I'm gonna try and get into soccer/football. Never really watched it before but after playing some Fifa 05, it has me interested. Just wondering how often it is televised on ESPN etc? I know the World Cup is this year, right?

[Nervous Ferret]

It is never on ESPN. Well rarely a US national game will be on but that would be bumped for a 4 hour NFL PrimeTime marathon tbh. :o

BUt yeay, when exactly is the world cup. Like June or what

[toxic rooster]

Sometime between May and August. Look it up :o

[Mike the Metal Ed]

I agree with you. You have 1 club and you stick to it, no matter what the consequences and/or how shithouse they may be. For that I have to admire The Mackem for putting up what he has to put up with at Sunderland. :D

*Ahem* 22nd in the Championship here. How about a bit of Leicester sympathy. :'(

Or at least let us borrow Theo for a bit. :(

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">The World Cup kicks off on the 9th of June and the Final is on the 9th of July.

The US's first game is against the Czech Republic on June 12th

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/schedule/4489046.stm

There is the schedule if you want to check the rest of the games.

If you want to get into it, watching the world cup is probably an easy way cos you've already got a team to support and they'll definatly be showing all your games in America. So just by watching a few games then you'll probably pick it up easy enough.

But if you have any questions then you can just ask here and between us someone will probably be able to help you out :p</font>

[The Mackem]

Oh man, is this the start of a late push for a European place by Sunderland?

[Rob]

I'm gonna try and get into soccer/football. Never really watched it before but after playing some Fifa 05, it has me interested. Just wondering how often it is televised on ESPN etc? I know the World Cup is this year, right?

I think you should allow us to pick the team you have to support too. Or draw it from a hat.

[Wengerland]

I KNEW Sunderland would beat West Brom, gutted i didn't put anything on it now.

16/1 on Walcott becoming England's youngest ever player is probably easy money too, especially if Sven is in charge after the World Cup.

[Rob]

Sven won't be in charge though. Who is the youngest as of now?

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">ROOOOOOOOONEY</font>

[Nervous Ferret]

yeah Rob pick my team to support

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Support Everton</font>

[Boondock Saint]

Bayern-Munchen is all I know (and USA of course) because I went to a game when I was on an exchange in Germany. Crazy fans.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Bayern have Owen Hargreaves. Held in high regard by England fans.</font>

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Nah not Everton, at least give them a fair chance :$

I will put all 92 teams into some sort of hat-shaped device tonight and draw one each for Ferret and Boondock

[Mr. Monday Morning]

If Allardyce gets the England job I will personally go down to Soho Square and chuck pies at the windows in protest

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="black">---------------</font>Walker
<font color="black">-----</font>Hunt Keown Terry P.Neville
<font color="black">----</font>Anderton Nolan Butt Ince Wise
<font color="black">------------------</font>Davies

<font color="#ff6600">Plenty of long passes with the experienced midfield men who can do a job looking for the knock down. :'(</font>

[Boondock Saint]

DAVD BECKHAM

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Nothing wrong with Paul Ince :mad:

Anderton :-\

[Wengerland]

Sven won't be in charge though. Who is the youngest as of now?

I hadn't heard that when i posted to be fair, but given the caps Sven hands out it would have been easy money if he was to carry on.

Guess it depends if Wenger treats Walcott like Pennant, but after spending that much on him, and with Ljungerg's indifferent form, i doubt it.

[Nervous Ferret]

yeah do it M3rd

[Rob]

I hadn't heard that when i posted to be fair, but given the caps Sven hands out it would have been easy money if he was to carry on.

Guess it depends if Wenger treats Walcott like Pennant, but after spending that much on him, and with Ljungerg's indifferent form, i doubt it.

I knew he wouldn't be there after the World Cup months ago. The writing has been on the wall for him for ages. I just knew they wouldn't sack him before then.

Can't be arsed to look for dates but for arguement sake, wouldn't Rooney still be the youngest player if Walcott takes until October to be capped?

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Nope, Rooney was 17 years, 317 days and as of october Walcott will be 17 years, 197 days.

So he'd have to be quick off the mark but he could do it. </font>

[Rob Ban Fan]

<Font color="#ff6600">oh wait, ignore that.

I was looking at the wrong date, 17 years, 317 days was when he became England's youngest scorer. He made his debut aged 17 years, 111 days.

So yes, you're right. </font>

[LK]

What a night for Wigan.

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Nice one City, In the shit and what does Levein do? The same mistakes he makes every week.

Get rid of him now. Get anyone to caretake, we can't do any worse. Steve Walsh is my choice, maybe even Colin Gibson, with the way he's been analysing the team on the radio lately.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<Font color="#ff6600">i wonder how many fans Wigan will take to Cardiff.

I dunno what would be worse. Them taking 10,000 of a 35,000 allocation or them taking 30,000 glory fans.</font>

[Boondock Saint]

So there's prolly nothing going to be aired until June then, eh? Bummer.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

There's bound to be highlight shows on somewhere, ask BCWWF I think he watches pretty regular. Also I'm pretty sure you get Champions League coverage too.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Will do the teams thing tonight btw, forgot :o

[The Mackem]

It wasa shame Arsenal forgot how to defend in the dying moments. They must have better defenders than Senderos.

[Wengerland]

assadsafsdasadsadsadsadasdsad

HE'S BEEN SACKED, COME ON :love:

I'll no doubt be like ':|' when the replacement is announced, but it can't get much worse than this.

[Russenmafia]

It wasa shame Arsenal forgot how to defend in the dying moments. They must have better defenders than Senderos.

If they are looking for a quality full back then they can sign Oliver Bernard from my team Rangers.

:rofl: :rofl:

[Russenmafia]

There's bound to be highlight shows on somewhere, ask BCWWF I think he watches pretty regular. Also I'm pretty sure you get Champions League coverage too.

Tie of the last 16 in the Champions League that you should check out is..


















Rangers vs Villareal:y:

[Mr. Monday Morning]

assadsafsdasadsadsadsadasdsad

HE'S BEEN SACKED, COME ON :love:

I'll no doubt be like ':|' when the replacement is announced, but it can't get much worse than this.

I don't mean to get your hopes up but wouldn't it be quite cool if Martin O'Neill went back? :$

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Ok draw time *drumroll* I will draw Boondock first.

Boondock's new official team is.............Reading (not bad) <a href="http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home/0,,10306,00.html">Official site</a>

and Ferret's new official team is..............Port Vale (:$) <a href="http://www.port-vale.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home/0,,10381,00.html">Official site</a>

For more information about your new teams I would suggest google, football365.com, or maybe RBF

[Rob Ban Fan]

MMM >> It's real velour says:
make a prediction
MMM >> It's real velour says:
QUICKLY
MMM >> It's real velour says:

Gianluca Festa says:
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Gianluca Festa says:
Port Vale
Gianluca Festa says:
AAAAAND
Gianluca Festa says:
Wycombe

:cool:

[toxic rooster]

I remember playing a career as Kidderminster on FIFA 2004 (or it may have been 05) and on the last day of the League 1 season we were playing Port Vale and we were already promoted and they were already relegated and I beat them 8-3 :cool:

[Rob]

Gary Neville is charged with misconduct by the FA. That's fucking bollocks. They should have charged Jamie Carragher for being a trampy looking crybaby bastard while they were at it.

[Cactus Sid]

I'm not in favour of them charging Neville. I can see why they have (I'm guessing they felt there was an intent to incite the crowd, which is potentially dangerous) but at the end of the day, he was just celebrating a goal. I know he's a cunt, half the United fans know he's a cunt and the majority of the country know he's a cunt. So it might as well be left at that.

[Rob]

Exactly. I love this "inciting the crowd" nonsense too. How fucking mental to they think people are? Even Arsenal's dickhead stewards stopped Dave Whelan (who is like 87 years old) celebrating with the Wigan fans on Tuesday night. I'm surprised they didn't get him arrested when he was shaking the handicap fan's hand after that.

Football is emotion. Good or bad. If you don't like it then fuck off.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<Font color="#ff6600">I am with Cactus Sid on this one.

Gary Neville is a cunt.</font>

[Cactus Sid]

This whole Di Canio thing pisses me off as well, but thats more for a political reason. Celebrating is part of the game and as long as it doesn't go too over the top (if your diving into the crowd, it is potentially pretty dangerous or going close up and yelling abuse at the opposing fans I would see grounds for it) but in the case of Neville he did neither really, he was well away from the fans and didn't hurl abuse at them, and the Whelan thing was a joke.

Things which are dangerous should be stopped, things which are pure emotion like Neville, Whelan or Robben the other day.... the FA needs to give leeway.

[Rob]

Makes you laugh when they are so petty for stuff like celebrating goals or talking about referees and yet Lord Sven gets treated like an absolute God even though my Granny could have done just as good a job with the England team with those players. Actually that's a lie. She wouldn't have lost a bunch of friendlies or a world cup qualifier to Northern Ireland.

[Cactus Sid]

They need Berti

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Di Canio is making facist salutes to a bunch of vile, racist cunts (Lazio supporters). The whole lot of them should be banned from a football stadium, they give it a bad name. Facist salutes have no place on a football pitch. Football and politics are seperate and should be kept so.

[Cactus Sid]

Its down to the authorities and the club to get rid of the racist fans in the stadium and prevent them from getting in.

I don't see why players shouldn't be allowed to bring politics into the game, it is rife everywhere else in society, why not football? (or sport in general)

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Because they've no right to use a stage they've been given because of footballing talent to make a political statement, particularly a statement that stands for hatred and intolerance and appeals to a troubling hooligan element that stalks football.

If they want to make political statements they can do it in their own time, on their own terms, not on a stage for sport.

Ultras are a huge, huge problem and they could really fuck up this year's World Cup if the fascist wankers from all over Europe congregate to hi-jack the ultimate footballing stage. They've no place in football. Di Canio should be banned for life for encouraging them after all the trouble they've brought and all the misery they cause to minority players all over Europe.

He didn't do it in England, because he'd rightfully be villified and probably imprisoned.

[Rob]

I agree that is has no place in football. It doesn't have a place in other areas of entertainment either. Part of the reason I fucking hate Chris Martin and Bono.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Neville should be made to shave his moustache

[El Capitano Gatisto]

I agree that is has no place in football. It doesn't have a place in other areas of entertainment either. Part of the reason I fucking hate Chris Martin and Bono.

No, if a footballer wants to use his fame to go and be a politician or lobbiest elsewhere, fine.

If an artist wishes to use their own work and their own stage as a platform for their views, that is their perogative too. Artists are partly there to express their opinions through their chosen medium. You can pay to hear/see/listen to them, you don't have to.

A football pitch is for playing football on, not for sending political messages or making politically-sensitive gestures. They're being paid to play football and making political statements on the pitch is an abuse of their position.

[Rob]

So if I'm watching say a talk show on the Beeb that makes it ok for a musician to mouth off about politics and I should grin and bare it?

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Yeah, if an artist is asked about political views then they obviously have a right to give them, especially if it applies to their work. Same as a footballer on a chat show can talk about politics if he's asked.

An artist's career is based on expression.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Shit group for Scotland, by the way. Easy group for England.

Happy with Ireland's group, but I was willing England to come out of the hat. England, Germany, Ireland and Wales would have been a very tasty group.

[Rob]

Blind optimism time - We'll fuck Italy and Ukraine! Might give France a draw :D I wanted England though.

"We'll be coming! We'll be coming! We'll be coming down the road! When you hear the noise of the Tartan Army boys we'll be coming down the road!!!"

[LK]

Well as someone from Scotland, it is safe to say that we have no chance in this. I just fear what this will do to our rankings in the future after Shevchenko and co rip us a new chute.

[yianni]

Greece got a good group...except for those dirty Turks. :nono:

Should cruise into Euro 2008.

[Rob]

Well as someone from Scotland, it is safe to say that we have no chance in this. I just fear what this will do to our rankings in the future after Shevchenko and co rip us a new chute.

Ukraine, Italy and France will take points off each other and I'll bet my life that we will beat at least one of them (and I'd fancy our chances at home getting points off all of them). Obviously we are outsiders but that's how we like it. Avoiding a winter trip to Kiev would be nice too. Slim possibility for second place but it's more of a chance than it looks on the surface.

[Cactus Sid]

As long as we can do it at Hampden (and we know we can) we have a chance.....its a long shot, but we don't have a really talented "lower ranked side" to be a real banana skin. We've beaten Lithuania before, and Georgia and the Faroes wont be a problem with the squad the way it is now. We could take a point in France, Italy or the Ukraine (and but for 2 pieces of magic, an injured keeper for one of the goals and Kenny Miller having a bit of a shocker, we could've got a point in Italy)..... who knows. At the end of the day, no is expecting us to go through, so we've got nothing to lose and everything to play for.

Also.......... he might be overweight, slow and a shell of his former self... BUT ROBBIE FOWLER HAS COME HOME :love: :love: :love:





He's also a better finisher than all of our strikers put together

[BCWWF]

OK I have a question. Robbie Fowler has rejoined Liverpool for the remainder of the season on a "free transfer" from Man City.

Can somebody explain the nature of a free transfer to me?

[CSL]

OK I have a question. Robbie Fowler has rejoined Liverpool for the remainder of the season on a "free transfer" from Man City.

Can somebody explain the nature of a free transfer to me?

<font color=white>It's a transfer where there is no fee involved. Man City agreed to this because, at £35,000 per week, Fowler was by far their highest earner and they are not exactly the richest of clubs</font>

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">On the subject of Scotland. There have been a lot of rumours that we're in for Nigel Quashie.

I have never booed a Pompey player in my life but if that cunt comes back after everything he's said, he's getting hell.

I've kept quiet at Fratton Park about Redknapp and Bond but I wont for Quashie. Although if Redknapp drops Gary O'Neil to fit Quashie in, then he can fuck right off too.</font>

[CSL]

<font color="#ff6600">On the subject of Scotland....Nigel Quashie.
</font>

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Danny Electric]

The return of the prodigal son :)

He can finish better than any of our strikers, just make sure that the offside positon doesn't matter for him because then he doesn't have to run.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

As long as we can do it at Hampden (and we know we can) we have a chance.....its a long shot, but we don't have a really talented "lower ranked side" to be a real banana skin. We've beaten Lithuania before, and Georgia and the Faroes wont be a problem with the squad the way it is now. We could take a point in France, Italy or the Ukraine (and but for 2 pieces of magic, an injured keeper for one of the goals and Kenny Miller having a bit of a shocker, we could've got a point in Italy)..... who knows. At the end of the day, no is expecting us to go through, so we've got nothing to lose and everything to play for.


The Faroe Islands and Georgia away will be two tough matches. Certainly don't fancy Scotland in either of them to be looking at an assured victory.

I'd expect Italy and France to go through quite easily, with Ukraine coming in 3rd, but all of those teams could look very different by the time this qualifying series starts.

[Ogen]

Happy with Irelands group obviously getting the Germans is a kick but it could have been far worse than the Czechs and Slovakia are a nice 3rd seed to have. Czechs seem to be fairly stagnant at the moment and Nedved is gone. We've a good chance of getting second there and at least theres no bastard play offs to fuck us over this time.

On Fowler delighted to see him go back always been one of my favourite players natural instinct for goals. Him and Redknapp should both have been so much more than they were/

[McDoogle]

http://images.tsn.ca/images/stories/20060127/vanbasten_34186.jpg

Ugly dutch.

[BCWWF]

Sorry again, I'm just starting to get back into the mix, but Ogen, is Nedved injured or why won't he be there?

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Nedved will re-retire from international football after the World Cup

[toxic rooster]

OK I have a question. Robbie Fowler has rejoined Liverpool for the remainder of the season on a "free transfer" from Man City.

Can somebody explain the nature of a free transfer to me?

Free transfers happen when a player leaves a club at the end of his contract. Basically, the club he's going to doesn't have to negotiate a fee with the club he's leaving, it's called the Bosman rule or something. A lot of players use it as a bargaining tool to get a better deal at their current club a year or six months before their contract runs out to try and squeeze some more cash out of their club, because the club knows that if they don't resign the player then and there he's free to choose whatever club and they don't get a cent for it.

[Butch]

<Font color="#ff6600">

Gary Neville is a cunt</font>

Name of my fantasy football team :love: :love:

[Butch]

<font color=white>It's a transfer where there is no fee involved. Man City agreed to this because, at £35,000 per week, Fowler was by far their highest earner and they are not exactly the richest of clubs</font>

Weren't Leeds still paying like £10,000 a week of his contract until the end of this season? That'd explain why City now want rid. It'd also explain (along with many other ridiculus decisions) why Leeds went down the shitter.

[Rob]

The Faroe Islands and Georgia away will be two tough matches. Certainly don't fancy Scotland in either of them to be looking at an assured victory.

I'd expect Italy and France to go through quite easily, with Ukraine coming in 3rd, but all of those teams could look very different by the time this qualifying series starts.

We have a manager now in Walter Smith who just will not accept not winning in Georgia or the Faroes. Brown and Vogts were too up their own arse and totally unable to motivate average players. Smith has made the likes of Kenny Miller look 10 times better than he actually is (fair play to Glenn Hoddle to with him though).

I very seriously see Scotland getting at least 5 or 6 points from the 12 available against France, Italy and the Ukraine so it come down to how they do against each other. Hopefully France or Italy will fuck everyone and leave 2nd place wide open.

[Ogen]

Free transfers happen when a player leaves a club at the end of his contract. Basically, the club he's going to doesn't have to negotiate a fee with the club he's leaving, it's called the Bosman rule or something. A lot of players use it as a bargaining tool to get a better deal at their current club a year or six months before their contract runs out to try and squeeze some more cash out of their club, because the club knows that if they don't resign the player then and there he's free to choose whatever club and they don't get a cent for it.

Well not quite Gooner Fowlers deal wasn't up it was a case of him wanting to go and City being happy enough to wipe him off the wage bill nothing to do with bosman's.

[toxic rooster]

I was talking about free transfers 'in general' ;)

[Cactus Sid]

This Odejayi fella for Cheltenham looks alright...... he is against Boumsong however

[Cactus Sid]

Fuck, totally undeserved goal for Newcastle

[Cactus Sid]

FUCK, totally flukey goal for Newcastle

Defender belted it into Parker's stomach and it went in

[toxic rooster]

I wish I was watching this, instead of my current state of not watching it

[El Capitano Gatisto]

We have a manager now in Walter Smith who just will not accept not winning in Georgia or the Faroes. Brown and Vogts were too up their own arse and totally unable to motivate average players. Smith has made the likes of Kenny Miller look 10 times better than he actually is (fair play to Glenn Hoddle to with him though).

I very seriously see Scotland getting at least 5 or 6 points from the 12 available against France, Italy and the Ukraine so it come down to how they do against each other. Hopefully France or Italy will fuck everyone and leave 2nd place wide open.

Don't get me wrong, Scotland should win those matches but they certainly won't be easy. It's a cliche, but there are no easy away games in international football anymore. Even horrible teams can put up a bit of a scrap on their home turf. Scotland should have enough to do it, but they don't have any genuinely class players, really, in the event that things are getting bogged down.

France could be a very different side by the time qualifying comes around. Thuram, Zidane and Makelele will be gone again, so they could be thrown into disarray as they were in the WC qualifying where they were absolutely stinking for most of it.

[Rob]

We need to place France within the first 2 games to have any chance. They have always been slow starts and they will be rebuilding. Mind you, they are still full of quality.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Good job of picking the two laziest fucks in the team today Glenn (Seol and Anderton). That coupled with Naylor and Kennedy's idiocy, Gyepes being as fast as a slug and Miller being stuck on the wing should give us a great chance, oh yes :roll:

[packt up]

Woo Carl Cort.

Also is there a worse player in the Premiership at the moment than Jean Alain Boumsong. Answers on a postcard please.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

To be fair to Cort he started the season really well, been struggling since he got injured :$ And he's not ideal to play up top in 4-3-3. Then again we haven't really got anyone to play in 4-3-3.

[The Mask]

:kiss: MMM

[Mr. Monday Morning]

We totally shut down Rooney. He is so overrated.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<Font color="#ff6600">Ugh, i appologise to anyone unfortunate enough to be watching the dross on Match of the Day right now.

Yes it was a piss poor penalty decision from that stupid fat cunt Phil Dowd but if you're gonna set your stall out to defend and play for a draw like Redknapp has done then you're gonna be fucked when stuff like that happens.

We quite clearly don't have the ability to defend for 90 minutes without conceeding, so we aren't going to win by playing 4-5-1 with 3 defensive midfielders and an unfit striker with the touch of a rapist upfront on his own.</font>

[Danny Electric]

Dude your players are fuckheads.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<Font color="#ff6600">why?</font>

[Danny Electric]

They must have the intention to break a players leg :)

Nice dive by Kromkamp

[packt up]

Pritty dirty RBF :(

Mind you i'd rather be dirty than just shit like JEAN ALAIN BOUMSONG

[Rob Ban Fan]

<Font color="#ff6600">I wouldn't say anyone has been particularly dirty, just been a few mistimed tackles.

If mistimed tackles make you a fuckhead then Gerrard and Sissoko are both fuckheads also.</font>

[packt up]

To be fair to Cort he started the season really well, been struggling since he got injured :$ And he's not ideal to play up top in 4-3-3. Then again we haven't really got anyone to play in 4-3-3.

Bless 'im

Dissapointed in your boys today. Always up for supporting teams against the scum but just kinda capitulated today.

[Danny Electric]

<Font color="#ff6600">I wouldn't say anyone has been particularly dirty, just been a few mistimed tackles.

If mistimed tackles make you a fuckhead then Gerrard and Sissoko are both fuckheads also.</font>

Look Belinda lover, they were very nasty men. Sissoko can be a cock though.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<Font color="#ff6600">oh well atleast we've brought a striker on, unfortunatly Vignal has come off which means Richard Hughes will go to left wing. Redknapp obviously wasn't watching against Everton where 20,000 people realised Richard Hughes is the worst left winger in the world ever.</font>

[packt up]

<Font color="#ff6600">I wouldn't say anyone has been particularly dirty, just been a few mistimed tackles.

If mistimed tackles make you a fuckhead then Gerrard and Sissoko are both fuckheads also.</font>

Felt sorry for Davis. One of them was definitely high though too. Don't worry you aren't the new Bolton/Blackburn.

BTW wtf is the point of relaying half the pitch. Except not half as in one half but half of it in strips. So like the ball bounces over the good bits before falling into a gulley in the shit bits.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<Font color="#ff6600">oh, i forgot about Vignal elbowing Gerrard in the head, that was quite dirty i suppose but apparently Souness wants Vignal so he'll be your problem soon, not ours :p

And yes, that pitch does look like it was relayed by a bunch of Irish gypsies.</font>

[packt up]

Is that so? Well Babayaro is the biggest pile of shit left back ever so he just HAS to be better than him.

Then again we are budget is so small we seemingly can't afford even a loan.

Defensive woes...if only we had the Griffinator and the big nosed one back :heart:

[Danny Electric]

Game on.

Whatever happens i still love you owennn.

[Ogen]

oh, i forgot about Vignal elbowing Gerrard in the head, that was quite dirty i suppose but apparently Souness wants Vignal so he'll be your problem soon, not ours :p

And yes, that pitch does look like it was relayed by a bunch of Irish gypsies.

Well you pay the new rate and we'll finish the job.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<Font color="#ff6600">well that was a much better performance, which just goes to show I was right when i said 4-5-1 was the wrong formation. Once we went 3-5-2 and went for it we may well have got a draw.

I think its fair to say Sean Davis is the best midfielder ever.</font>

[Rob]

You lot did alright at 3-5-2. Quite unlucky not to get a replay. Pericard is fucking awful though dude.

[Rob]

John Viafara has gone on loan to Real Sociadad if you didn't know Owen.

[Boondock Saint]

I've got Fox Soccer Channel, apparently. So I'm gonna watch Bolton vs Arsenal in the FA Cup 4th round or something. It's just about to start.

These guys any good?

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Bolton are awful to watch but get results. Arsenal are one of the best teams in Europe when they're on form but they've struggled away from home :$

Won't say more than that :$

[The Mask]

Cisse's missus has had her name changed to Annette, so there's no chance of him hitting her now.

I thank you.

[LK]

Woo Carl Cort.

Also is there a worse player in the Premiership at the moment than Jean Alain Boumsong. Answers on a postcard please.
What about big Titus?

[toxic rooster]

You get it? Hitting Annette?

Because hitting a net is a euphemism for scoring a goal?

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Pericard used to be well good, he came on and took the piss 3 years ago at Old Trafford in the FA Cup, nutmegged Rio :( but then he got injured for a year and now the ball just bounces off him like he's made of concrete :$</font>

[Boondock Saint]

It was pretty entertaining, IMO anyway. This Campo dude got his leg kicked out from under him, and after that the retaliations went back and forth like 5 times. It was like when pitchers intentionally hit the batter and the back and forth begins in baseball.

Bolton won cuz this bald dude headbutted the ball in. Pretty cool.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">That broke Campo's foot, he's out for the season but he's a cock with a stupid haircut anyway.</font>

[Boondock Saint]

lol

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Oh yeah boondock I forgot, if you're so inclined check out www.fbtz.com, they have football torrents there of all types, full matches, highlight shows from around the world, classic matches, real good selection.

[Rob]

<font color="#ff6600">Pericard used to be well good, he came on and took the piss 3 years ago at Old Trafford in the FA Cup, nutmegged Rio :( but then he got injured for a year and now the ball just bounces off him like he's made of concrete :$</font>

You ain't kidding. He couldn't trap a bag of cement.

[Wengerland]

I don't mean to get your hopes up but wouldn't it be quite cool if Martin O'Neill went back? :$

I don't think i really need to answer that ;) I'm pretty realistic though and really doubt he'll return.

Newell would be good but again, i don't see why he'd want to come here, same with someone like Cotterill (who we've just had an offer for permission to talk to turned down).

Of the unemployed lot mentioned none are too promising, if Neil Lennon came back with some of the coaches from MON's time then that would do me.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

BRIAN LITTLE

[Ogen]

You get it? Hitting Annette?

Because hitting a net is a euphemism for scoring a goal?

Thank you Gooner :$ heard that like 5 times and never got it till now :$

[Cactus Sid]

Preston/Crystal Palace v Coventry/Middlesbrough

Newcastle v Southampton

Aston Villa v Manchester City

Everton/Chelsea v Colchester

Charlton v Brentford

Liverpool v Manchester United

Bolton v West Ham

Stoke v Reading/Birmingham


No one had posted it, so it was kinda neccessary.

Should be a great game and I'll enjoy going down the pub to watch the game with 50 United fans and about 5 Liverpool ones.

Loads of transfers going through, its gonna be fucking hectic tomorrow. We are supposed to be signing Victor from Super Depor.....lets just hope he doesn't play like Luque has been.

[Ogen]

City ain't too bad could be alot better but its doable

[Rob Ban Fan]

Andres D'Alessandro has told skysports.com about his delight at his impending move to Portsmouth.

Skysports.com revealed on Monday that Pompey had beaten a host of top European clubs to the signature of the Argentine, who is currently with Wolfsburg.

The details of the transfer have yet to be finalised, but he is expected to join on loan until the end of the season and then will join the club permanently - if Pompey win their battle to avoid relegation.

"I am very excited," D'Alessandro told skysports.com.

"I am very happy to know that I am wanted in England and to play for Portsmouth is a great opportunity.

"I am very pleased that this move is happening.

"I know Harry Redknapp is a great man and I am looking forward to working with him."

D'Alessandro has already agreed personal terms and he will complete a medical on Tuesday morning before sealing his move, providing there are no last minute hitches with final talks between Pompey and Wolfsburg - although no problems are foreseen.

The deal is a major coup for Pompey and will be their ninth of the transfer window, although skysports.com understand that D'Alessandro may not be the last incoming transfer with another striker on the list of potential targets.

FFS :|:|:|:|:||:|

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Harry is a dodgey man.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">A few years ago he got a phone call while he was at a BBQ at Jamie's house saying that Amdy Faye was on his way to sign for Boro, so he kidnapped Faye from the airport when he was going to fly to Middlesbrough, intercepted a load of faxes from Middlesbrough's chief executive, took him back to his house and locked him in a bedroom until he signed with his dogs sitting outside.

It wasn't worth it because he was poo.</font>

[Rob Ban Fan]

<Font color="#ff6600">Got him :cool: Gonna go strut around Portsmouth in my Argentina shirt now.</font>

[Cactus Sid]

For some reason I really want us to bring in Barton.

We could do with a player who can play the holding role (Sissoko isn't good enough) leaving Xabi as Playmaker and Stevie out on the right to knock them in and just generally do what he does.

[Ogen]

Be a really stupid move to bring in that ungrateful twat

[Rob]

<Font color="#ff6600">Got him :cool: Gonna go strut around Portsmouth in my Argentina shirt now.</font>

Join the club.

D'Alessandro is a fucking wicked signing for anyone in the Premiership.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

I've never seen him play, only ever heard hype about him. Going to Wolfsburg then Portsmouth doesn't exactly suggest he's worth the hype, but we'll see.

[Rob Ban Fan]

For Every Crime That I Commit Will Be A Punishment To Fit says:
change ur name now
ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA! says:
why
For Every Crime That I Commit Will Be A Punishment To Fit says:
cos ur english
ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA! says:
yeah
ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA! says:
but we signed D'Alessandro
For Every Crime That I Commit Will Be A Punishment To Fit says:
but ur english
ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA! says:
but he's an Argie
For Every Crime That I Commit Will Be A Punishment To Fit says:
and ur english
ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA! ARGENTINA! says:
yes

:$

[Cactus Sid]

DJ Campbell apparently on the verge of signing for Birmingham :eek:

[Wengerland]

I first saw D'Alessandro when he was 19 in an U21 game, probably the same one Redknapp first spotted him at. Needless to say he was awesome in that, although i don't know how he's progressed.

Managed to offload de Vries for the season, which is nice. Rob Earnshaw is going to Norwich too.

[packt up]

WTF at D'Alessandro I never seen him play but he's obviously got lots of hype around him.

Lol at the DJ transfer.

Cactus Joey Barton is a fucking nobhead, thinks he's some fucking bigshot cos he's mates with Gerrard. He's alright but he ain't that good and he ain't worth 30k a week thats for sure. Sissoko has looked good whenever I've seen him.

[Cactus Sid]

WTF at D'Alessandro I never seen him play but he's obviously got lots of hype around him.

Lol at the DJ transfer.

Cactus Joey Barton is a fucking nobhead, thinks he's some fucking bigshot cos he's mates with Gerrard. He's alright but he ain't that good and he ain't worth 30k a week thats for sure. Sissoko has looked good whenever I've seen him.

D'Alessandro will do nothing for Pompey, he wont be able to play good football with that team around him.

The DJ transfer is just.....madness.

Joey Barton could do a job, and at least he can pass the ball.

Besides if we signed him, he and Sissoko could take it in turns to be suspended.

[Boondock Saint]

Tried watching some Italian league last night, couldn't get into it. Tottenham vs Fulham is on at 11. How are they?

[Cactus Sid]

Italian football is the least entertaining of the big 3.

I dunno if you watched it in the end, but it was always destined to be 1-0. Fulham tend to play well at home and Tottenham are very good side, so a win by a goal was inevitable

[Rob]

WTF at D'Alessandro I never seen him play but he's obviously got lots of hype around him.

Lol at the DJ transfer.

Cactus Joey Barton is a fucking nobhead, thinks he's some fucking bigshot cos he's mates with Gerrard. He's alright but he ain't that good and he ain't worth 30k a week thats for sure. Sissoko has looked good whenever I've seen him.

D'Alessandro has had problems with Wolfdburg. He has been trying to leave for a while but he needed a European passport to get a move (no work permit in Britain and wouldn't be an overseas player in Spain or Italy). This is probably the start of his move out of Germany. West Ham and Man U wanted him bad like 3 years ago.

I seriously want to know who makes more than 30k at Man City. No way is Barton worth that. I don't even think Cristiano Ronaldo makes that at Man United.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Andy Cole is probably on a fair wedge. Wasn't he on something stupid like £60,000 at Blackburn?

D'Alessandro is known as big head, not because he is arrogant but because he actually does have a very large head. WHAT A GUY :cool:

Apparently we've brought in Jamie Redknapp as a coach.</font>

[Rob]

Nigel Quashie went to West Brom. Thank God he's out of the Championship.

And WTF is going on with John Obi Mikel. Chelsea should either give us £10 million for him for shut the fuck up, say you have no interest in the player and let it be. I already don't want this prick in a United shirt. The dude already has Diego Forlan's shirt. Makes me sick. Forlan would have killed to wear the red shirt.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Mikel looks a very, very good player, looks like exactly what Manchester United need in their midfield.

I think the feeling is that his agents are dodgey as fuck and have twisted his arm somehow, and that United believe if they just get him over there and talk to him, he'll be happy enough. He was clearly very happy at the press conference when he signed. He looked happy, he sounded happy. It was afterwards when Chelsea were reported as "furious" to have missed out on him and 2 weeks later when death threats were reported that the trouble started.

[Rob]

Fuck him. If you need to think about playing for Manchester United then you aren't the kind of player we want. I haven't seen a lot of him but reports are he is awesome. Still, I'd rather have players who will bust their arse for us. And in saying that, Darren Fletcher and Wes Brown have been fucking awesome recently.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

What I am saying is that his agents have exerted undue pressure on the kid, and Manchester United feel he does still actually want to play for them and they would find this out if they could get him to Manchester away from his advisors.

Nigeria is just a notoriously dodgy place, so chances are his and his family's lives have been put under pressure so the deal the agents want can do through.

Manchester United dealt with a British agent who has a valid contract with Mikel to represent him, but these other characters, like John Shittu, claim to be Mikel's representatives instead and they are probably in the employ of Chelsea to push a deal through. Shittu won't let it go because he stands to make a lot of money on a transfer to Chelsea.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

<font color="#ff6600">

Apparently we've brought in Jamie Redknapp as a coach.</font>

For God's sakes get him off TV

[Ogen]

D'Alessandro has had problems with Wolfdburg. He has been trying to leave for a while but he needed a European passport to get a move (no work permit in Britain and wouldn't be an overseas player in Spain or Italy). This is probably the start of his move out of Germany. West Ham and Man U wanted him bad like 3 years ago.

I seriously want to know who makes more than 30k at Man City. No way is Barton worth that. I don't even think Cristiano Ronaldo makes that at Man United.

Fowler was the top earner on 35k as far as I know main part of his move to Liverpool from a City point of view. Can't see there being many more on over 30k Bartons just a fucking cunt.

[Ogen]

Nigel Quashie went to West Brom. Thank God he's out of the Championship.

And WTF is going on with John Obi Mikel. Chelsea should either give us £10 million for him for shut the fuck up, say you have no interest in the player and let it be. I already don't want this prick in a United shirt. The dude already has Diego Forlan's shirt. Makes me sick. Forlan would have killed to wear the red shirt.

Haven't United said in the past few days that they've accepted he'll have to be sold if they get him since he doesn't want to play for them or did I read that in some bollocks like The Sun.

[BCWWF]

Apparently they just opened up a big batch of new tickets for the World Cup. I really want to go but I'd have no idea where to start. I'm sure they are also like 1 in 10,000 odds you actually get them, but damn.

[Rob]

You won't get a ticket unless you tout one outside the ground. And don't give a fuck but the media say, they aren't always over priced and they are easy to get.

Oh yeah, Sol Campbell is just shit. West Ham are totally giving this old cunt the roundaround here.

[Boondock Saint]

Newcastle just got their ass kicked.

[packt up]

Wow got whooped again.

Terrible defending, Souness out blah blah blah nothing new here.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">God Redknapp is a cock, not only does he play 4-5-1 AGAIN, this time he plays a striker who was playing YESTERDAY in AFRICA upfront on his own. Fucking dickhead.

We did fuck all first half, then he brings on another striker and suprise suprise we create chances.

Oh and that Fat Fuck Allardyce has annoyed me too

"I cannot understand why Kiely wasn't sent off because there was no way the defender was going to get back."

Watch Match of the Day tonight and make up your own minds but if this whinging sack of shite ever becomes England manager, we'll be the laughing stock of international football.</font>

[XL]

You won't get a ticket unless you tout one outside the ground. And don't give a fuck but the media say, they aren't always over priced and they are easy to get.
From what I understand the tickets are registered to the buyers name, so you wont get in the ground without ID matching the name on the ticket! This kinda makes touting difficult!

Oh and...Chelsea, pffftt!

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Also i am gutted we're going down just because we won't get to keep D'Alessandro next season.

He is probably going to be the only thing that makes the last half of the season bearable.

:love: Little Argie genius</font>

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">I want to suck D'Alessandro's cock and spit the cum in Fat Sam's eye.</font>

[Rob]

From what I understand the tickets are registered to the buyers name, so you wont get in the ground without ID matching the name on the ticket! This kinda makes touting difficult!

Oh and...Chelsea, pffftt!

Don't even stress over that. I have been to Old Trafford, Nou Camp, Millenium and Delle Alpi with other people's names on tickets and walked right through the gates with not even being searched, nevermind being asked for ID. This ID story is pure fucking nonsense.

[Boondock Saint]

Watching Blackburn v Man U. I think it's on a tape delay but it's been the fastest game I've seen yet. Blackburn scored, then Man U, then Blackburn. Both by this Bentley dude, Sahara dude scored for Man U. And after the second goal for Blackburn this Ferdinand guy was so pissed.

[Boondock Saint]

Jesus christ this Bentley guy is on fire. Hat trick.

Oh shit Man U just scored. 4-3. Shit is heating UP

[Boondock Saint]

And Ferdinand gets the red card. That dude is a douchebag.

[Nervous Ferret]

Is Norway any good

I watched some USA/Noraway the other day and we thoroughly pounded them i guess

[Nervous Ferret]

Ok draw time *drumroll* I will draw Boondock first.

Boondock's new official team is.............Reading (not bad) Official site (http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home/0,,10306,00.html)

and Ferret's new official team is..............Port Vale (:$) Official site (http://www.port-vale.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home/0,,10381,00.html)

For more information about your new teams I would suggest google, football365.com, or maybe RBFk lol I have that disorder where I would end up calling that Vort Pale

[Nervous Ferret]

League Table <table class="leagueTable" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: right;" colspan="15">View Port Vale Football Club table for another season: <select name="seasonSelect" onchange="location.href=this.value;"> <option value="0,,10381>,00.html">Pick a season</option><option value="0,,10381~20020612,00.html">The 2001/2002 season</option><option value="0,,10381~20030617,00.html">The 2002/2003 season</option><option value="0,,10381~20040622,00.html">The 2003/2004 season</option><option value="0,,10381~20050622,00.html">The 2004/2005 season</option><option value="0,,10381~20060202,00.html">The 2005/2006 season</option></select> </td> </tr> <tr class="rowHeader"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align: left;">Coca-Cola Football League One - Updated 02/02/2006</td> <td colspan="5" align="center">HOME</td> <td colspan="5" align="center">AWAY</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr class="rowHeader"><td>Pos</td><td style="text-align: left;">Name</td><td>P</td><td>W</td><td>D</td><td>L</td><td>F</td><td>A</td><td>W</td><td>D</td><td>L</td><td>F</td><td>A</td><td>GD</td><td>PTS</td></tr><tr class="leagueTablePromotion"> <td class="leagueTablePromotion">1</td> <td class="leagueTablePromotion" style="text-align: left;">Southend (http://www.southendunited.co.uk/)</td><td>30</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>26</td><td>13</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>20</td><td>15</td><td>+18</td> <td>54</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTablePromotion"> <td class="leagueTablePromotion">2</td> <td class="leagueTablePromotion" style="text-align: left;">Colchester (http://www.cu-fc.com/)</td><td>28</td><td>9</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>28</td><td>16</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>15</td><td>11</td><td>+16</td> <td>52</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTablePlayOff"> <td class="leagueTablePlayOff">3</td> <td class="leagueTablePlayOff" style="text-align: left;">Huddersfield (http://www.htafc.com/)</td><td>30</td><td>9</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>24</td><td>18</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>22</td><td>22</td><td>+6</td> <td>50</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTablePlayOff"> <td class="leagueTablePlayOff">4</td> <td class="leagueTablePlayOff" style="text-align: left;">Swansea City (http://www.swanseacity.net/)</td><td>30</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>31</td><td>13</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>23</td><td>21</td><td>+20</td> <td>49</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTablePlayOff"> <td class="leagueTablePlayOff">5</td> <td class="leagueTablePlayOff" style="text-align: left;">Barnsley (http://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/)</td><td>29</td><td>9</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>28</td><td>13</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>15</td><td>15</td><td>+15</td> <td>48</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTablePlayOff"> <td class="leagueTablePlayOff">6</td> <td class="leagueTablePlayOff" style="text-align: left;">Brentford (http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/)</td><td>28</td><td>7</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>22</td><td>17</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>22</td><td>17</td><td>+10</td> <td>48</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableMidTable"> <td class="leagueTableMidTable">7</td> <td class="leagueTableMidTable" style="text-align: left;">Chesterfield (http://www.chesterfield-fc.co.uk/)</td><td>30</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>22</td><td>15</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>23</td><td>24</td><td>+6</td> <td>47</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableMidTable"> <td class="leagueTableMidTable">8</td> <td class="leagueTableMidTable" style="text-align: left;">Oldham (http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/)</td><td>30</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>21</td><td>15</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>7</td><td>18</td><td>29</td><td>-5</td> <td>43</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableMidTable"> <td class="leagueTableMidTable">9</td> <td class="leagueTableMidTable" style="text-align: left;">Nottm Forest (http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/)</td><td>30</td><td>10</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>24</td><td>9</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>9</td><td>13</td><td>25</td><td>+3</td> <td>40</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableMidTable"> <td class="leagueTableMidTable">10</td> <td class="leagueTableMidTable" style="text-align: left;">Bradford City (http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/)</td><td>30</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>16</td><td>15</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>15</td><td>13</td><td>+3</td> <td>39</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableMidTable"> <td class="leagueTableMidTable">11</td> <td class="leagueTableMidTable" style="text-align: left;">Bournemouth (http://www.afcb.co.uk/)</td><td>29</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>17</td><td>11</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>7</td><td>19</td><td>24</td><td>+1</td> <td>39</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableMidTable"> <td class="leagueTableMidTable">12</td> <td class="leagueTableMidTable" style="text-align: left;">Gillingham (http://www.gillinghamfootballclub.com/)</td><td>30</td><td>9</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>21</td><td>13</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>8</td><td>8</td><td>24</td><td>-8</td> <td>38</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableMidTable"> <td class="leagueTableMidTable">13</td> <td class="leagueTableMidTable" style="text-align: left;">Doncaster (http://www.doncasterroversfc.premiumtv.co.uk/)</td><td>28</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>19</td><td>15</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>8</td><td>15</td><td>22</td><td>-3</td> <td>37</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableMidTable"> <td class="leagueTableMidTable">14</td> <td class="leagueTableMidTable" style="text-align: left;">Yeovil Town (http://www.ytfc.net/)</td><td>29</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>16</td><td>13</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>8</td><td>18</td><td>29</td><td>-8</td> <td>37</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableMidTable"> <td class="leagueTableMidTable">15</td> <td class="leagueTableMidTable" style="text-align: left;">Tranmere (http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/)</td><td>30</td><td>4</td><td>7</td><td>3</td><td>22</td><td>19</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>7</td><td>11</td><td>13</td><td>+1</td> <td>36</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableHighLight"> <td class="leagueTableHighLight">16</td> <td class="leagueTableHighLight" style="text-align: left;">Port Vale (http://www.port-vale.co.uk/)</td><td>29</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>6</td><td>18</td><td>17</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>7</td><td>13</td><td>19</td><td>-5</td> <td>36</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableMidTable"> <td class="leagueTableMidTable">17</td> <td class="leagueTableMidTable" style="text-align: left;">Blackpool (http://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/)</td><td>30</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>21</td><td>20</td><td>3</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>19</td><td>25</td><td>-5</td> <td>35</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableMidTable"> <td class="leagueTableMidTable">18</td> <td class="leagueTableMidTable" style="text-align: left;">Walsall (http://www.saddlers.co.uk/)</td><td>29</td><td>7</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>20</td><td>16</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>9</td><td>16</td><td>26</td><td>-6</td> <td>35</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableMidTable"> <td class="leagueTableMidTable">19</td> <td class="leagueTableMidTable" style="text-align: left;">Bristol City (http://www.bcfc.co.uk/)</td><td>30</td><td>7</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>23</td><td>16</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>9</td><td>15</td><td>32</td><td>-10</td> <td>35</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableMidTable"> <td class="leagueTableMidTable">20</td> <td class="leagueTableMidTable" style="text-align: left;">Scunthorpe (http://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/)</td><td>28</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>26</td><td>25</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>18</td><td>25</td><td>-6</td> <td>33</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableRelegation"> <td class="leagueTableRelegation">21</td> <td class="leagueTableRelegation" style="text-align: left;">Hartlepool (http://www.hartlepoolunited.co.uk/)</td><td>30</td><td>3</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>16</td><td>21</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>7</td><td>13</td><td>18</td><td>-10</td> <td>33</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableRelegation"> <td class="leagueTableRelegation">22</td> <td class="leagueTableRelegation" style="text-align: left;">Swindon Town (http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/)</td><td>30</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>21</td><td>20</td><td>1</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>21</td><td>-11</td> <td>31</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableRelegation"> <td class="leagueTableRelegation">23</td> <td class="leagueTableRelegation" style="text-align: left;">Rotherham (http://www.themillers.co.uk/)</td><td>30</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>19</td><td>18</td><td>3</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>14</td><td>23</td><td>-8</td> <td>29</td> </tr><tr class="leagueTableRelegation"> <td class="leagueTableRelegation">24</td> <td class="leagueTableRelegation" style="text-align: left;">MK Dons (http://www.mkdons.com/)</td><td>29</td><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>17</td><td>16</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>9</td><td>10</td><td>25</td><td>-14</td> <td>27





LOL not only does MK Dons have the worst rcord, but also the worst name
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[Nervous Ferret]

Yeovil Town and Nottm Forest are both funny too tho

[packt up]

And Ferdinand gets the red card. That dude is a douchebag.

Wow you're a fast learner congrats :D

Most people will indeed agree with you. Ferdinand. Is. A. Douchebag.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Yeah, Ferdinand is a cock.

And the McDons have a shit name because they used to be a London team in Wimbledon but moved to Milton Keynes and changed their name. Everyone hates them because they don't want to see franchising coming into football.

Also apparently Souness has been sacked.</font>

[toxic rooster]

Nottm Forest are both funny too tho

Robin Hood

[packt up]

Robin Hood

Doncaster? /Airport Joke :$

WOOO THE REIGN OF TERROR IS OVER LET US REJOICE AND LET LIGHT ONCE AGAIN INTO DARK ST JAMES'

No idea who is available management wise but its got to be a step up...unless Shearer is put in.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">SVEN</font>

[packt up]

I Wish. Oh well Roeder and Shearer for now. Woo :|

[XL]

<font color="#ff6600">SVEN</font>
Hey hands off!

Come July...Sven to Villa, closely followed by one David Beckham. :shifty:

[Ogen]

hahah Souness I love Newcastle its like watching a fantastically prolonged train crash that engulfes a orphanage for disabled children in its path. Watch them give it to Shearer now for him to be ruined attempting

[Ogen]

hahah Roeder is in charge :D:D didn't know that thats even better

[Rob]

Amir Khan should be watching Duncan Ferguson for body hook tips.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Hey NerF, I forgot, you now support the same team as Robbie Williams. Enjoy!

[Ogen]

Sol Campbell has just disapeered I hear :D hasn't been seen or heard of since leaving at half time

[diothoir]

He probably needed to after that game.

Also, Pires has said Campbell has some personal problems at the moment.

[Rob]

Hey NerF, I forgot, you now support the same team as Robbie Williams. Enjoy!

You mean the only Port Vale fan with a box at Chelsea?

He probably needed to after that game.

Also, Pires has said Campbell has some personal problems at the moment.

Campbell is gonna get outed in the papers on Sunday. Fucking poof :lol:

[Mr. Monday Morning]

You mean the only Port Vale fan with a box at Chelsea?

Chelsea rent boys, Chelsea rent boys, oh-oh, oh-oh :shifty:

[Nervous Ferret]

whos robbie williams

Do you mean Robin Williams as in Flubber or what

[toxic rooster]

you know :(

WHY DON'T WE BREEEEEEEAK UP
THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO SAY
I'VE GOT MY EEEEEEYES SHUT

etc

[Nervous Ferret]

what

[toxic rooster]

PRAYIN' THEY WON'T STRAY
AND WE'RE NOT
SEXED UP
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE TODAAAY

[Nervous Ferret]

Is he some kind of Aussie singer or what

[toxic rooster]

Among the club's fanbase is British singer, Robbie Williams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Williams), who was raised in Stoke-On-Trent. When asked on Jonathan Ross (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ross)'s TV chat show if he had any good memories from his days with boyband Take That (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_That), he hesitated and then jokingly replied "Yeah... I remember Port Vale beat Spurs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur) at one point."

[Nervous Ferret]

seems like a chooch

[Danny Electric]

Supposedly Campbell is having women problemswith 3 diff women icluding Karen Millen.

[toxic rooster]

Wasn't he boofing Martina Hingis at one stage there?

[Danny Electric]

No idea, she probably likes a big black snake.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">I heard the same as Rob, that he was a bandit and the News of the World were going to out him on sunday.

He probably had sex with the fake Sheik.</font>

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Oop, 4-5-1 again Redknapp, you certainly are persistant.

Nothing quite like playing to draw when you are desperatly in need of wins.</font>

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Well there we go, completely bombarded for 40 minutes and they finally score.

Redknapp will most likely bring on another striker now and we can start chasing.

Stupid fucking cunt, just fuck off already.</font>

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Boro fan ran onto the pitch and threw something at McLaren :rofl:

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">oh and Shearer just got the record, how nice for him.</font>

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Unlucky puss

[Rob]

With D'Alessandro in your team, it can only get better mate.

[packt up]

Hey Owen.

Shearer > Harry

[Ogen]

Luke Moore > Shearer :cool:

[Wengerland]

I'm sure it's no consolation, MMM, but Wolves were the best side i've seen this season :$

Draw would have been fair really but Postma decided to be shit, so cheers. Quite a good atmosphere.

[Rob Ban Fan]

With D'Alessandro in your team, it can only get better mate.

<font color="#ff6600">Well you'd think so, but whilst i appreciate his God like powers, even he is going to struggle with Redknapp's policy of playing everyone out of position and playing as defensively as possible until you go behind, in which case you start attacking.

Its mind boggling really.

You're 7 points (8 when you include goal difference) from safety, you're 2-0 down, theres 20 minutes left so what do you do? Chuck all the strikers on, push everyone up and go for it? Uh nah, you take off Sean Davis and bring on Salif Diao for some reason :|</font>

[toxic rooster]

Boro fan ran onto the pitch and threw something at McLaren :rofl:

shush :(

[LK]

Boro fan ran onto the pitch and threw something at McLaren :rofl:
Looked like it was his season ticket. Whole place cheered when he did it.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Ahaha that Boro kid Cattermole was crying :rofl:

[BCWWF]

Anybody paying attention to the African Cup of Nations? I saw the Ivory Coast and Cameroon game today, pretty good. I really like these games. They are the most talented or tactical players, but they are so athletic. Drogba is the man too.

[BCWWF]

Also, don't Chelsea and Liverpool play this weekend? Is that Sunday?

[Danny Electric]

Yeah it's Sunday.

[Rob]

Apparently Ian Holloway is gonna be the new Leicester manager.

Personally, I'll be glad to see the back of him at QPR. He did really well but he has taken them as far as he can and it's time for a new face.

[Danny Electric]

What time is the game tomorrow.
4?