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[Mama Smurf]

Manninger!

I remember him, he was pretty good.

 

[hadareud]

that's the one. He plays in Serie A now btw

Had a couple of very bad seasons, but seems to be coming back to his best again.

 

[Wes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0wX7KMJx1c :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[Cornballer]

Wow. You guys are crazy - lots of posts here. We may hit 10,000 posts by the start of next season! :lol

I remember Manninger. He was a good keeper while he was at Arsenal. If it's hadareud you know that Austria will be involved on some level.

EDIT: Just watched the youtube clip, Wes. :lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[jamesinclair]

So the chinese channel decided to cut out of the Pachuca Chivas game halfway during extra time.

Argh.

This appears to be the final result

Pachuca * [0 - 0] Guadalajara (Chivas)
penalty shoot-out : [7 - 6]

 

[hadareud]

I remember Manninger. He was a good keeper while he was at Arsenal. If it's hadareud you know that Austria will be involved on some level.

:lol
what can I say. It was 3 in the morning and I was watching Buffalo vs Rangers at the same time. I couldn't think clearly after all those questions, and subconsciously patriotism set in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0wX7KMJx1c :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

:lol

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Anyway, since I seemingly don't have anything better to do at work as always, here's today's rumours:

TRANSFER RUMOURS

Tottenham are lining up a summer swoop for Fulham keeper Antti Niemi. (Daily Mirror)

Everton will sign Preston striker David Nugent in the summer - if the Championship side fail to win promotion. (Various)

Steven Davis looks set to leave Aston Villa because he wants to play in central midfield rather than on the flank. (Daily Mirror)

Leeds are targeting MK Dons defender Ben Chorley, who has impressed while on loan at Gillingham. (Daily Star)

Real Madrid defender Jonathan Woodgate is set to make his loan move to Middlesbrough a permanent one within 24 hours. (The Sun)

Arsenal are preparing a £2m summer move for Caen striker Yoan Gouffran. (The Independent)

Chelsea are monitoring Spartak Moscow striker Alexander Prudnikov. (The Independent)

Everton have joined the battle to land Hibernian midfielder Scott Brown but Celtic are favourites to sign the Scotland international. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal defender William Gallas is set to join Real Madrid in the summer. (The Guardian)

Wolves keeper Michael Oakes, who has not made a first-team appearance this season, is set to leave the club in the summer. (Daily Star)

Birmingham striker Mikael Forssell is in talks with Hanover, with a view to a £2m move. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal are poised to make a bid for Hearts keeper Craig Gordon in the summer, although Gunners star Jens Lehmann is set to sign a one-year contract extension. (The Times)

Ipswich are eyeing Birmingham midfielder Neil Kilkenny. (Daily Star)

Watford want West Ham reserve keeper Jimmy Walker to replace Ben Foster, who is set to return to Manchester United after a season-long loan spell with the Hornets. (Daily Mirror)

Southampton risk losing striker Marek Saganowski because they have not opened talks over a new deal and he is being targeted by clubs in England and Europe. (The Sun)

Crystal Palace are set to sign Leyton Orient striker Gary Alexander on a free transfer. (Daily Mirror)

Jason Roberts wants to persuade striker partner Benni McCarthy not to leave Blackburn in the summer, with Chelsea being linked to the South African forward. (Daily Express)

Bolton striker Henrik Pedersen is considering returning to his native Denmark in the summer. (The Times)

Helsingborg winger Alexander Kacaniklic, a highly rated 15-year-old, is set to join Liverpool's academy after two trials. (Various)

OTHER GOSSIP

Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic could make a shock return in the Champions League semi-final, second leg against AC Milan next week after recovering quicker than expected from a shoulder injury suffered in March. (The Sun)

England defender Rio Ferdinand, who was expected to be sidelined with a groin injury until the match against Chelsea on 9 May, is set to be available for Manchester United's match against AC Milan. (Daily Express)

Brazilian star Kaka feared the sort of seven-goal mauling Manchester United recently dished out to Roma when the Old Trafford outfit took the lead against AC Milan on Tuesday but now believes his side are favourites to reach the Champions League final. (Daily Mirror)

Clyde boss Joe Miller is set to be offered the managerial post at Livingston next week following the exit of John Robertson. (Daily Record)

Dunfermline striker Tim McManus wants the Scottish Football Association to overturn the ruling that he is unable to face Celtic in the Scottish Cup final. He is cup-tied but did not kick a ball for Falkirk before switching clubs and was on the bench only once for the Bairns. (Daily Record)

Sheffield Wednesday striker Deon Burton could miss Saturday's game against Birmingham after a freak accident - in which he was poked in the eye against Coventry - left him temporarily blind in one eye. (Various)

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp says fans must brace themselves for a move to a new £600m stadium or risk being perennial Premiership strugglers. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho will meet with owner Roman Abramovich 24 hours after the Champions League win over Liverpool to try to sort out their differences. (The Sun)

Bradford chairman Julian Rhodes could be forced to put the club into administration for the third time since 2000 if they are relegated to League Two. (Daily Star)

Portsmouth defender Linvoy Primus is ready to pledge himself to the club for two more years. (Daily Mirror)

Reading chairman John Madejski, who is Britain's 174th wealthiest man at a worth of about £350m, says the club need to be taken over by someone richer than he is. (The Sun)

Reading coach Wally Downes is in line to replace Tony Adams as Portsmouth's assistant manager, with the former Arsenal defender set to leave the role in the summer. (Daily Mail)

Former England boss Glenn Hoddle believes top players who earn £130,000 a week are worth their salaries but is dismayed by the game turning less than average footballers into multi-millionaires. (Daily Express)

Newcastle midfielder Antoine Sibierski is set to sign a one-year contract extension. (The Times)

West Ham chairman Eggert Magnusson has revealed that the club has a new business plan, which includes looking at building a new stadium. (The Times)

Manager Stuart Pearce's position could be under threat if Ray Ranson takes over the club. (Various)

Henri Biancheri, who is a former colleague of Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger from his time at Monaco, has reiterated that he would be interested in becoming the Gunners' director of football. (Daily Telegraph)

AND FINALLY...

Sunderland keeper Darren Ward has revealed that manager Roy Keane rarely rants and raves to get his point across, although the "tactics board has had a karate kick on a couple of occasions". (Various)

Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock says he is probably the most superstitious manager in the Premiership as he likes to sit in the same seat, wear the same clothes, drive the same route. "I won't even visit the toilet until the players are on the pitch. There are 300 different superstitions," he added. (The Sun)

Story from BBC SPORT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/6594383.stm

Lehmann has confirmed that he will extend his contract by 1 year btw. That's appearantly a definite.

 

[psycho_snake]

I like this quiz. Here are some questions and dont go on wikipedia oir anywhere else to find the answers. I'll give you the answers too. Once you've tried to answer them all say how many of them you got right

1) Where did andy cole start his career?

2) Which two players have been relegated with 4 different Premiership clubs?

3) Who has played in The Premiership, Divisions 1, 2 & 3, The Conference, The Champions League and the UEFA cup?

4) What player has played in the North London, Merseyside, Manchester derbies, has won the Premiership, FA Cup, Champions League and European Championship?

5) Name two players to have won the European Championship, Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League with their respective teams?

6) There are 22 different last names for a team out of the 92 in England (e.g. City, United). Name them.

7) Name a player to have won the Champions League, UEFA Cup, Premiership and FA Cup?

 

[hadareud]

you shouldn't give the answers - it's too tempting to highlight them.

I can't play, I have no self control whatsoever.

 

[psycho_snake]

Ive taken away the answers, so you can try it now unless you've already seen the answers

I got most of them from a website, but I tried to answer them before I looked at the answers. I managed to get 1, 4 and 7 right. I only got one person right for question 5 and 15 out of 22 for the 6th question.

 

[Blablurn]

Bayern is interested in Klose. They already had a meeting with him. Sounds good!

 

[iilluminate]

So many posts since the game!

Someone mentioned watching SopCast, it's great software isn't it, for those occasions you can't watch Sky. There's very little delay too, perhaps only a few minutes. If you have a firewall quite a few parts of the program ask for permission, I'd guess "SopCast Adver" is some kind of advertising agent so you best not let that through in case it's dodgy.

Chelsea deservedly in front. Wasn't expecting it to go quite so well for them.. now I'm actually looking forward to the second leg. But I fear their competitive game against Bolton could leave them much more tired than Liverpool who will rest their players in the league match.

 

[psycho_snake]

Chelsea deservedly in front. Wasn't expecting it to go quite so well for them.. now I'm actually looking forward to the second leg. But I fear their competitive game against Bolton could leave them much more tired than Liverpool who will rest their players in the league match.

This is where you have to point the finger at someone at chelsea for not making the squad big enough. Chelsea have suffered because of injuries and a very congested fixture list, but they should have put those things in mind during the transfer windows. It looked like abramovich was to blame for not bringing in any defensive cover during january, but Im not sure who's fault it is in the summer. With the amount of moiney chelsea have got, they should be able to afford a squad big enough to cope with the amount of games they have to play.

 

[iilluminate]

This is where you have to point the finger at someone at chelsea for not making the squad big enough. Chelsea have suffered because of injuries and a very congested fixture list, but they should have put those things in mind during the transfer windows. It looked like abramovich was to blame for not bringing in any defensive cover during january, but Im not sure who's fault it is in the summer. With the amount of moiney chelsea have got, they should be able to afford a squad big enough to cope with the amount of games they have to play.

I think they will cope, but you can tell the squad size is borderline for the number of games.

However one needs to think about it from the point of team spirit, I think the squad has been very much together and there's been no in-fighting and disillusioned players. Had we had another 6 big stars sitting on the bench or playing in the reserves I'm sure there would be bad feeling and it would affect Chelsea's performances to some degree.

 

[psycho_snake]

West ham could have points deducted because of the tevez & mascherano deals. Personally id like to see it happen, not because they broke the rules, but because I want them to be relegated before United have to play them. West Ham shouldnt be a problem at home, but if they are fighting for relegation, they're going to be desperate to win and its going to make things harder for us.

 

[hadareud]

I will do a few at a time, I didn't look - even though I was extremely tempted.

Let's start with this one, I wonder how many I can get.

6) There are 22 different last names for a team out of the 92 in England (e.g. City, United). Name them.

City
United
Forest
Hotspurs
Athletic
Albion
County
Rovers
Rangers
Wanderers
Palace
Town
Argyle
Wednesday
Villa
Orient

I can't think of any more, this is really difficult.

7) Name a player to have won the Champions League, UEFA Cup, Premiership and FA Cup?

The only one that comes to mind is Anelka, though I don't know if he's won the UEFA Cup

edit: Kanu might have as well, again, not sure about the UEFA Cup.

5) Name two players to have won the European Championship, Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League with their respective teams?

Is this the Euro, or the UEFA cup?

 

[Falch]

Bayern is interested in Klose. They already had a meeting with him. Sounds good!

Yo Blaburn, what's going on with Makaay at Bayern? Is he supposed to leave too, or will he stay? PSV has already stated that they want to buy Makaay, and Makaay himself would apparently be interested.

PSV could use a good finisher like Makaay.

Also, have there been any rumours in German media about a possible move bij Hofland (Wolfsburg) to PSV? Apparently, using the webster-ruling, he could leave for as little as 1,5 million Euro.

 

[psycho_snake]

I think they will cope, but you can tell the squad size is borderline for the number of games.

However one needs to think about it from the point of team spirit, I think the squad has been very much together and there's been no in-fighting and disillusioned players. Had we had another 6 big stars sitting on the bench or playing in the reserves I'm sure there would be bad feeling and it would affect Chelsea's performances to some degree.

Sheva seemed to be unhappy, but everyday yopu heard a different rumour. Sheva doesnt seem to be the type that would cause problems, such as complaining to abramovich. He's been frustrated at times, but I think that he's one of those players that keeps trying and focuses on his football instead of sulking and causing problems

Even if chelsea signed regular players instead of stars, they're going to be unhappy at sitting on the bench. I can understand why mourinho prefers a smaller squad. He'll have less players complaining about playing regularly and Im sure he would prefer not having to cope with that; he's got enough problems already. Mourinho likes having a small squad because he knows that he can unify them and create a strong-headed and motivated team. He's done that with the current chelsea squad. Chelsea have got a lot of late goals and although its frustrating to watch, its a sign that the team spirit doesnt die and that they'll always carry on fighting.

However, you've still got to question some of the decisions that have been made. Selling gallas and Huth were a mistake. if they were at the club they would have made a big differece when Chelsea had the defence injury crisis. Its also strange that abramovich didnt let mourinho sign a defender during january. Mourinho might have spent a lot already, but he was in a situation where bringing in a new defender was very important.

 

[psycho_snake]

I will do a few at a time, I didn't look - even though I was extremely tempted.

Let's start with this one, I wonder how many I can get.



City
United
Forest
Hotspurs
Athletic
Albion
County
Rovers
Rangers
Wanderers
Palace
Town
Argyle
Wednesday
Villa
Orient

I can't think of any more, this is really difficult.

There are some wierd ones included in the list I found. Its a difficult question to answer

The only one that comes to mind is Anelka, though I don't know if he's won the UEFA Cup

edit: Kanu might have as well, again, not sure about the UEFA Cup.

It is kanu. he won the UEFA cup with Inter Milan

Is this the Euro, or the UEFA cup?

Euro

 

[psycho_snake]

Wow. You guys are crazy - lots of posts here. We may hit 10,000 posts by the start of next season! :lol

Speaking about the new season, should we start a new thread once the Champions league final is played so we can discuss the summer transfers and the games during the summer in a new thread or should we just carry on using this one?

Infact it would be quite good to use this thread for next season just so we can get closer to having the biggest thread at gaf.

 

[hadareud]

cool. I actually just remembered that Liverpool haven't won the premiership :lol . So Hamann is out.

Let's think again.

5) Name two players to have won the European Championship, Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League with their respective teams?

Schmeichel won the Euro 92 with Denmark and all the rest with Manu. I remember my dad telling me before the tournament started that Schmeichel was one of the worst keepers he had ever seen. He saw some youth competition game with Schmeichel a few years earlier somewhere.

I can't think of the second one - he has to be German, French or Danish, Dutch is out of the question I suppose.

edit: actually, it has to be a Man Utd player. Can't believe I can't think of it.

edit2: screw that, actually, it has to be Anelka, thinking about it.

Schmeichel & Anelka are my answers then.

4) What player has played in the North London, Merseyside, Manchester derbies, has won the Premiership, FA Cup, Champions League and European Championship?

this one really bugs me too

edit: I looked this one up. Can't believe it :lol

 

[gollumsluvslave]

City
United
Forest
Hotspurs
Athletic
Albion
County
Rovers
Rangers
Wanderers
Palace
Town
Argyle
Wednesday
Villa
Orient

I can't think of any more, this is really difficult.

Some more:-

End
Alexandra
Vale

Which makes 19

4 to get!

Some old conference sides no doubt! Redbridge?

 

[hadareud]

North End

this is doing my head in

 

[gollumsluvslave]

Accrington Stanley!

Still missing 1 (assuming that Dagenham & Redbridge is right, which I'm not sure!)

 

[Dr Zhivago]

3) Who has played in The Premiership, Divisions 1, 2 & 3, The Conference, The Champions League and the UEFA cup?

Steve Finnan?

 

[hadareud]

I didn't watch the post game interviews yesterday, with all the kaizoku and quiz drama unfolding here - but I just did.

Mourinho is starting to lose his mind.

 

[psycho_snake]

ok, so far this is which one's you've got

City
United
Forest
Hotspurs
Athletic
Albion
County
Rovers
Rangers
Wanderers
Palace
Town
Argyle
Wednesday
Villa
Orient
End
Alexandra
Vale
Stanley

2 more to go. They're difficult.

 

[psycho_snake]

Steve Finnan?

Yep, very unexpected.

 

[hadareud]

MK Dons

 

[Wes]

22 needed right?

City
United
Forest
Hotspurs
Athletic
Albion
County
Rovers
Rangers
Wanderers
Palace
Town
Argyle
Wednesday
Villa
Orient
End
Alexandra
Vale
Stanley
Dons

Kidderminster Harriers??

 

[psycho_snake]

you're on fire had. One more to go

You were right about schmeichel and anelka too.

And you're right with question 7 too.

 

[psycho_snake]

22 needed right?



Kidderminster Harriers??

:lol no

 

[Wes]

:lol no

Only other one I could think of! Snarf.

 

[psycho_snake]

Once you get the last team, you still have to answer the following questions

1) Where did andy cole start his career?

2) Which two players have been relegated with 4 different Premiership clubs?

Once you get those I'll post some harder ones.

 

[hadareud]

Once you get those I'll post some harder ones.

:lol

 

[iilluminate]

Selling gallas and Huth were a mistake. if they were at the club they would have made a big differece when Chelsea had the defence injury crisis. Its also strange that abramovich didnt let mourinho sign a defender during january. Mourinho might have spent a lot already, but he was in a situation where bringing in a new defender was very important.

That was a mistake I agree.

Gallas was one of my most highly rated players but he moaned constantly, every season, and I think the club started to tire of his attitude. I liked Huth too but he has struggled with injuries and he wasn't going to stay when he wasn't getting picked. I've not been a fan of Carvalho but lately he's been more reliable. Keeping Gallas or Huth would have been preferable and I think Chelsea will sign a new defender for next season.

 

[Mama Smurf]

1) Where did andy cole start his career?

I think it's either Bristol Rovers or Bristol City. I'm gonna say Rovers.

 

[psycho_snake]

I think it's either Bristol Rovers or Bristol City. I'm gonna say Rovers.

Both of them are wrong.

This one will come as a big surprise.

 

[Mama Smurf]

Dammit, he played for one of them early on!

Ok, big surprise. Well, let's go through the big surprises.

Liverpool.

 

[psycho_snake]

wrong again

 

[Mama Smurf]

Middlesbrough, Sunderland?

 

[psycho_snake]

wrong and wrong

do you guys want the answer?

 

[hadareud]

I think there is a team that is called Spartans or Spartas or something like that.

That was a mistake I agree.

Gallas was one of my most highly rated players but he moaned constantly, every season, and I think the club started to tire of his attitude. I liked Huth too but he has struggled with injuries and he wasn't going to stay when he wasn't getting picked. I've not been a fan of Carvalho but lately he's been more reliable. Keeping Gallas or Huth would have been preferable and I think Chelsea will sign a new defender for next season.

that's just a thing you get with Gallas, he likes to complain. As long as he is not insulting somebody while playing to his best I have no problem with that. I very much hope he stays at Arsenal btw, those rumours are slightly concerning.

 

[Mama Smurf]

Arsenal, Chelsea?

 

[hadareud]

2) Which two players have been relegated with 4 different Premiership clubs?

I think Kevin Phillips might be one of them. Sunderland, Southampton and West Brom. Not sure.

 

[psycho_snake]

I'll post some more questions. These one's shouldnt be too difficult

Can you name 3 players who have won the Premiership with one club and the old first division with another?

Which 3 British players have won the European Cup whilst playing for a foreign (Non-British) team ?

Apart from David Seaman, who is the only player to have featured in the England squads for:
Euro 96,
France 98,
Euro 2000 and
Japan/South Korea 2002??

 

[Mama Smurf]

You know, I'm pretty sure there are only 21 last names in the league at the moment. I've done this question a while ago and there were 22, but Rushden & Diamonds were relegated to the conference last year and I don't think any interesting last name was promoted.

 

[psycho_snake]

Arsenal, Chelsea?

It's arsenal

and you're wrong about kevin phillips had.

 

[hadareud]

Which 3 British players have won the European Cup whilst playing for a foreign (Non-British) team ?

Hargreaves, McManaman

Apart from David Seaman, who is the only player to have featured in the England squads for:
Euro 96,
France 98,
Euro 2000 and
Japan/South Korea 2002??

Campbell?

 

[Mama Smurf]

Can you name 3 players who have won the Premiership with one club and the old first division with another?

Cantona, Batty and I'm stuck.

 

[psycho_snake]

No mama, there are 22, you're still missing one.

I'll give you a clue. I think they are a league one side.