Soccer thread 07/08

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:27 pm

Allardyce (aka Meatloaf) makes me laugh with his ridiculous comments.

Brazil vs. USA highlites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmrXY5YUHPo

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:55 pm

The guy is a complete clown.

I can't believe he's got a free pass after that BBC documentary about dodgy agents and transfers - a fair proportion of which was to do with deals brokered by his son while the fat dick was in charge of Bolton. He made lots of noises about suing the BBC til they basically said - 'go on then'.

He's a crook, an idiot and a loudmouth who will never win anything...I doubt he'll last the season at Newcastle, although they do seem to like their shite managers up there.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:32 am

Ronaldinho hasn't been himself for awhile, and with the brilliant play of L. Messi, people are starting to wander if he's going to last until 2010 when his contract expires. Rumors are that Chelsea and AC Milan maybe in the hunt for his services.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:10 pm

Allardyce may be a buffoon, but he looks like the bastard love child of Bill Shankly and Sir Alex Ferguson compared to Graeme Souness.

Another Premiership managing reject got the sack last weekend, QPR's John Gregory. I guess the slick suits and overdose of hair gel couldn't keep his job down there, either.

Take care,
PK

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:27 pm

Looks like the super-successful Martin Jol will be picking up his cards tomorrow, they are getting spanked 4-1 at home.

God knows what he thinks he's done, other than spending about £80m on crap like Zokora, Huddlestone, Dawson, and a whole load of midfielders you've never heard of...oh, and Jermaine Jenas.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:29 pm

davet010 wrote:God knows what he thinks he's done, other than spending about £80m on crap like Zokora, Huddlestone, Dawson, and a whole load of midfielders you've never heard of...oh, and Jermaine Jenas.

Spurs can keep Kieron Dyer Jr., thank you.

Take care,
PK

Jimmydeicide · Post by **Jimmydeicide** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:37 pm

Huddlestone is class. You can have the others agreed.

Macca00 · Post by **Macca00** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:19 pm

I hope "England's Number One" plays against Liverpool the way he did today against Villa. He was bloody awful.

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:57 pm

whoever thought a nation would want seaman back.

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 3:17 am

Well, that's what i get for posting before the end of games.

Obviously the fat lady was about to sing, saw the even fatter keeper and decided to wait for a bit to see if he would make any more comedy errors.

Still, if scraping a draw at home against an average Aston Villa side (who haven't exactly made great progress themselves since the start of the Martin O'Neill era) and conceding 4 goals represents a great performance, then who knows what Martin Jol could achieve at Spurs....maybe something better than 1 win in 8 and languishing in the relegation places.

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:33 pm

Ajax proceeds to bow out of the UEFA Cup a month after bowing out of the Champions League. They lose on away goals to Dinamo Zargeb.

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:07 pm

Hmm, sounds like an ideal time for Henk ten Caat to move to Chelsea and allow Martin Jol to bow out gracefully to his first love.

It may also be that Abramovich will appreciate the fact that ten Caat booted Mourinho up the arse during that ill-tempered Chelsea visit to Barcelona a few years back.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:47 pm

Bradley names his squad for the Switzerland friendly:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story ... 61&cc=5901

Lots of youngbloods. I can't imagine that Adu will be match fit, but it's nice to see some of the under-20 guys getting a look.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:19 am

As if things weren't hectic enough in Chelsea, it's now D. Drogba that wants to leave the club.

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:46 pm

10spro wrote:As if things weren't hectic enough in Chelsea, it's now D. Drogba that wants to leave the club.

Not enough Juice for the hair in London?

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:03 pm

fsquid wrote:
10spro wrote:As if things weren't hectic enough in Chelsea, it's now D. Drogba that wants to leave the club.
Not enough Juice for the hair in London?

I think he wants to retire to front a Rockwell tribute band.

"I always feel like ... somebody's watchin' me ... "

Take care,
PK

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:24 pm

pk500 wrote:
fsquid wrote:
10spro wrote:As if things weren't hectic enough in Chelsea, it's now D. Drogba that wants to leave the club.
Not enough Juice for the hair in London?
I think he wants to retire to front a Rockwell tribute band.

"I always feel like ... somebody's watchin' me ... "

Take care,
PK

Given the fickleness of their hordes of johnny-come-lately fans, that won't be a problem for much longer...25k for their last home CL game, ffs.

He's more than welcome at the new powerhouse of the North

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:44 pm

Here's what amazes me and I've said this before...

Arsenal lose Henry and look like they will top the league. In fact it looks like Arsenal relied on Henry for everything. Now without him there, their other talent has been exposed.

On the flip side, Chelsea has all sorts of problems. It looks as if Murinho and all of his craziness turned Chelsea around. I wonder how far they will fall. They do have Russian money but who will want to play for them. First they need a good manager and Ten Brink (is that his name) is not going to be the guy the turns the "broken" image of Chelsea around.

Can they even finish in the top four this year?

If City, Portsmouth, Newcastle who ever could get hot this year, they might be able to get a CL spot and a top 4 finish.

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:31 am

Problem with Chelsea is that they haven't been built as a team, they have been built as a collection of who is available, regardless of need (why get Ballack when you already have Lampard ? Why get Shevchenko when you already have Drogba ?). Plus, any analysis of Mourinho's own purchases would conclude that there have been more misses than hits.

As for City - anything higher than 10th would be a good season...they still lack a natural finisher - maybe Bojinov can do the job when back from injury, and I don't think they'll get much higher with a midfield of Johnson and Hamann. Rumours abound of Michael Owen (good if not injured again) and Vieira (5 years ago, yes...not now).

Still, 3rd place with victories over MU, Newcastle, Aston Villa and West Ham will do me for starters.

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:14 pm

Hamann is a LEGEND simply because he closed that shithole Wimbley down in style.

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:51 pm

Careful, lest I dig out that picture of the scoreboard from the return leg...

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:04 pm

davet010 wrote:Careful, lest I dig out that picture of the scoreboard from the return leg...

WE are leaving that shithole up.

GB_Simo · Post by **GB_Simo** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:12 am

http://www.football365.com/story/0,1703 ... 57,00.html

Sometimes things happen that put the sport, and indeed the business, of football into perspective.

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:19 am

sorry to hear that Simo.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:23 pm

Sorry, Adam. That's a damn shame.

Take care,
PK