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Official Football Thread 2006/2007 (Soccer)

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Shinobi said:
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Man, the embarassment that will be felt if England fails to win this game will be off the charts. But I think they'll come good. I hope Owen is able to pot a couple...that would be massive for both himself and England's qualifying fortunes. I'll be wearing his jersey tomorrow in support.
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I've seen the media rip Sven apart at the world cup but this will be something else if we so much as get a draw. :O
 
Shinobi said:
Yeah. Remember that Russian guy who got poisoned last year? He attended a game at the Emirates. I don't think he was poisoned there, but he had enough of that shit on him that he left traces of it there.
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First Michael Moore, now this!
 
TRANSFER RUMOURS

Former Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri wants to lure midfielder Frank Lampard away from Stamford Bridge to join him at Juventus. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has urged the Blues to sign Lyon winger Florent Malouda before he joins Liverpool. (Various)

Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton, who signed for Newcastle on Tuesday night, will bank £12m over five years if he completes his contract at St James' Park. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester United striker Alan Smith will not be offered a new contract, which is set to spark a bidding battle between Tottenham, Everton, Middlesbrough and Aston Villa. (The Sun)

Middlesbrough are poised for an £8m double swoop for Portsmouth midfielder Sean Davis and Porto defender Jose Bosingwa. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea are chasing Brazilian wonderkid Pato, 17, who plays for Internacional and who has also attracted the interest of Juventus and AC Milan. (Daily Star)

Everton are prepared to cash in on striker Andrew Johnson - but only if West Ham pay £20m. (Various)

Leicester want to swap Patrick McCarthy, plus cash, for Charlton midfielder Matt Holland. (The Sun)

Portsmouth are considering a £3m bid for Wigan striker Henri Camara. (Daily Mirror)

Derby are battling Watford for the signature of Norwich striker Robert Earnshaw. (The Sun)

West Ham's former Charlton boss Alan Curbishley wants to buy Darren Bent from his old club but the Addicks have told him the striker will cost £18m. (Daily Mirror)

Birmingham want to sign Arsenal defender Johan Djourou on a season-long deal. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas has hinted that his team-mates expect Gunners striker Thierry Henry to join Barcelona. (Daily Mirror)

Laryea Kingston's agent says a permanent Hearts deal for the midfielder, who has been on loan from Terek Grozny, must be struck by midnight. (Daily Record)

Wigan boss Chris Hutchings has pleaded with chairman Dave Whelan not to sell midfielder Lee McCulloch to Rangers. (Daily Record)

Ipswich want defender Chris Perry after he was released by West Brom. (The Sun)

West Brom striker Diomansy Kamara is a £2m target for Middlesbrough. (Various)

Sevilla defender Daniel Alves, whose agent held talks with Chelsea last week, has left the door open for a last-gasp bid from Liverpool - if the "economical factors" are right. (The Sun)

Manchester City are interested in Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse, who has been on loan at Marseille. (The Times)

AS Roma, Everton and Newcastle are reputedly tracking Boudewijn Zenden, who has been released by Liverpool. (The Times)

Portsmouth want to sign Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka. (Various)

Striker Leon Best is set to join Nottingham Forest after making it clear he wants to leave Southampton. (Daily Star)

West Ham face a battle to hang on to Yossi Benayoun after the midfielder turned down a five-year contract worth £50,000 a week. (Daily Mail)

OTHER GOSSIP

Liverpool striker Peter Crouch is set to earn an England recall in the Euro 2008 qualifier against Estonia. (Various)

Reading are set to open talks with left-back Nicky Shorey about a new contract. (The Sun)

Lithuania boss Algimantas Luibanskas has hit out at Hearts striker Andrius Velicka, who was dropped from the squad after his attitude was questioned by the manager but who has since said he will not play for his nation while Luibanskas is in charge. (Daily Record)

Former Thailand prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra hopes to conclude his takeover of Manchester City within the next fortnight. (Various)

AND FINALLY

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson told Manchester radio station Key 103 that he considered giving up football when his playing days ended to cook in and run a restaurant. (Various)

Story from BBC SPORT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/6725367.stm

Published: 2007/06/06 07:34:46 GMT

© BBC MMVII
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arseblogger reckons we're very interested in buying Malouda (as per his sources, who should be at least as reliable as some newspaper:

arseblogger said:
Now, last night I got a piece of transfer news which I saw late last night on ANR (who really need to do something about their hosting as the site is down again. Perhaps moving off a solid fuel platform might help, lads) The player linked is Florent Malouda and although he’s been touted as a Liverpool signing it appears we’re the club that’s in for him. All I can say is the news came to me from somebody in a good position to know these kind of things but as we all know there’s margin for error in terms of transfer rumours. I’m not sure Malouda would have been high on my shopping list but let’s just wait and see what happens.
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West Ham face a battle to hang on to Yossi Benayoun after the midfielder turned down a five-year contract worth £50,000 a week. (Daily Mail)
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God that makes me so angry, its a perfect example of how much the Mail sucks, Benayoun signed a new deal LAST MONTH.

25/05/2007 14:01
West Ham United can today announce that much sought-after midfielder Yossi Benayoun has agreed a new five-year deal to keep him at Upton Park until 2012.

"I'm very pleased to have agreed this new deal," said the Israel international. "From the first moment I arrived at West Ham, the Club felt like home to me. We have the best supporters in England.

"The natural thing for me was to sign a new deal and I'm very happy because I want to stay at this Club. I'm sure we'll have a better season next season because we have players with a lot of quality. "
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Oooh look, a 5 year deal.

I mean, if you're gonna make shit up, at least make it so it could actually be true.
 
:lol

here's an example of a newspaper actually making sense (unheard of). Ironically, it is the daily mail:

a summer ritual as constant as Cowes or Royal Ascot…This annual tedium has to be set against the countless epiphanies Henry has lavished on us since Arsenal rescued his stalled career. It’s part of the annual package for him to undergo existential angst when the sun comes out and for the rest of us to have to read about it for two months ---------------

-------------A personal suspicion is that the Arsenal board have found it too easy to hide behind the talent-spotting genius of their manager. Which brings us to a point that Henry would be wise to keep in mind. He won’t find a cleverer or more understanding boss than Arsene Wenger.
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Now, last night I got a piece of transfer news which I saw late last night on ANR (who really need to do something about their hosting as the site is down again. Perhaps moving off a solid fuel platform might help, lads) The player linked is Florent Malouda and although he’s been touted as a Liverpool signing it appears we’re the club that’s in for him. All I can say is the news came to me from somebody in a good position to know these kind of things but as we all know there’s margin for error in terms of transfer rumours. I’m not sure Malouda would have been high on my shopping list but let’s just wait and see what happens.
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If we can't get Ribery, I can't think of a better alternative. And he'd probably be a bit cheaper.

That said I think Ribery would be more of a statement signing, both to Henry and the rest of the footballing world that we mean business. So while I think Malouda might be a slightly better fit, I'd probably prefer the Ribery signing.

But either way, we've gotta get one of 'em.
 
I'm undecided, I think they are both slightly overrated. Especially in Ribery's case, he is very good, don't get me wrong - but I don't think he is quite the player people think he is.

He is definitely not going to be the player that will get us 10 to 15 goals from midfield (his goal average is under 5 per season actually), and he is infact very similar to Hleb in some ways. Is he better than Hleb? 17 million are a heavy price to pay to find out. I would have said yes at 10 or 12 million, but 17 is far too much I think.

Like you I think that Malouda would be a better fit, he also scores more goals than Ribery (average over 7 per season). If we can get a reasonable price he would be a good signing, but again over 12 million is too much.

I'd like us to consider Saviola though. He can play on the wing, is available on a free, scores more goals than the other 2 put together and would fit us quite well I think.
 
Either would be a nice addition, but I also do agree that both are a bit overrated. Do either of them have EPL experience? I don't think so.

But like I said, either one of them would definitely help the squad out. They are fairly big names and although I said they might be overrated, that doesn't mean they aren't excellent footballers.
 
I'd be happy if they came, don't get me wrong. But the price has to be ok. You don't want to overspend on players that are a bit on the risky side. Then again, there's no guarantees with any players, of course.

Should we be able to get Saviola, he would be a great addition I think. A lineup like this:

---------------------- Lehmann ----------------------

Hoyte ----------Toure ------ Gallas --------- Clichy

------ Fabregas ----- Gilberto ------ Rosicky ------

-- Van Persie ----------------------------- Saviola --

------------------------ Henry ------------------------

would be quite something, I would think.
 
hadareud said:
I'd be happy if they came, don't get me wrong. But the price has to be ok. You don't want to overspend on players that are a bit on the risky side. Then again, there's no guarantees with any players, of course.

Should we be able to get Saviola, he would be a great addition I think. A lineup like this:

---------------------- Lehmann ----------------------

Hoyte ----------Toure ------ Gallas --------- Clichy

------ Fabregas ----- Gilberto ------ Rosicky ------

-- Van Persie ----------------------------- Saviola --

------------------------ Henry ------------------------

would be quite something, I would think.
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Man that looks like a pretty lineup. We would have had something very similar this season had Henry and RVP not gotten hurt ;x

hadareud, you should watch this: http://www.footytube.com/2007/06/04/arsenal-0607/
 
I'm not even sure we need another forward. We could use Adebayor up front. He's strong, and a decent finisher. He played without Henry and RVP for half of the season and I was very impressed by him. I almost got him on my 06/07 jersey haha :D
 
thanks for the video h0pper, good stuff
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I'm not even sure we need another forward. We could use Adebayor up front. He's strong, and a decent finisher. He played without Henry and RVP for half of the season and I was very impressed by him. I almost got him on my 06/07 jersey haha :D
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well, a back up is probably needed - not quality wise, but what happens if Henry and Van Persie should be insured again? Adebayor and Bendtner alone are not enough.

Saviola would be ideal, since he is a natural striker that can play on the wing. So he'd be a back up at the same time.

I have changed my mind on Freddie btw, I think he should stay another season. We all know that he doesn't quite have the pace anymore to go past defenders on a regular basis. But I think he will be a great depth player, that can come on at any time and be dangerous. But I don't think he is quite good enough as a regular starter anymore.
 
Saviola on can play on the wing in 4-3-3 perhaps in 4-4-2 are you sure, hows his crossing ?
Isn't he a bit small for the premiership, on the other hand he is quite aggressive.

I agree about Ribery being over rated especially end product wise in my eyes but he is a nice player I think there is better out there especially considering the money. I have not seen Malouda often play so I will refrain from commenting.

We have been linked to a number of players Curtis Davies, Nigel Reo-Coker, Saviola, Tuncay Sanli, klose, Babel, Torres Alves, Quaresma etc ... All of them play in different areas so I guess it depends on whre Arsene wants to strenghtn My suggestion would be on the wings, a young central play maker and take a long hard look at Senderos I think he can make it though.
 
the games I've seen him on the wing he did alright, I think he could do quite well for us, but I'm not sure if he could play left midfield in a 4-4-2.

His size is an issue, especially since the rest of our midfield is not too tall either (Hleb, Rosicky, Fabregas, Ljungberg, Walcott, Denilson are all small players). I think on a free we can't do much wrong though.

Centrally I don't think we need to add any new players. Rosicky can play in Cesc's role should he be injured or fatigued and I think Fran Merida could get a few games in the playmaker role next year too (unless we loan him out to Atletico).

I agree with Senderos, I don't think he has the required quality.
 
Did you guys not like my stolen characters? :( I know not many people speak zombie, but i hoped someone here would understand him.
 
for ghost:

Benayoun snub denied

Yossi Benayoun's agent has denied that his client has rejected West Ham's offer of a new contract, but confirmed the deal is unsigned.

Benayoun agreed a new five-year deal with The Hammers last month, but the deal actually remains unsigned.

Reports in the English media have now suggested that the rumoured £50,000-per-week deal has been snubbed by the Israeli - as he would instead like to move to a 'top-four' side.

However, speaking to skysports.com, Benayoun's representative Ronen Katzav has denied that there is an ulterior-motive behind the delay in him putting pen-to-paper.

"He has not rejected the contract," Katzav told skysports.com.

"He still plans to sign the contract, but there has been such much happening with his new baby and him being on international duty."

Katzev did admit that whilst the new deal remains unsigned, it was natural that speculation would continue.

"Obviously in football you never know, and whilst it is unsigned there is always a chance of something else," he said.

"But the deal is agreed and we intend to sign it."

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=470549&CPID=8&clid=21&lid=2&title=Benayoun+snub+denied
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Some guy on the internet said that the Bakri Sagna and Nasri deals are almost done. Malouda is possible, but not quite there yet. French radio reporting that the Malouda deal is "80% complete", whatever that means. This is probably all bullsh*t, but I'm bored this morning.

See, this is what happens when there isn't much news - I just start pulling information from a guy that knows a guy who heard on the radio, blah-blah-blah. While I'm at it, are there any other French players that I can link?
 
Ok, let's try, if we draw again, you get Bramble (a quick change of mind and goes to Arsenal, ala Hamann @ Bolton to Man City), we get Francis Jeffers.

3..2..1..

SCISSORS
 
:lol

love it. well done mods


btw, we just had one of these ****ers flying through the office, I honestly nearly shat myself (sorry for the bad language, but it's true for ****s sake).

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my god. it was flying over my head from behind, it was incredibly loud too. **** me. and huge. I can't tell for sure, but when I was running away like a little girl I think I heard it laughing at me.

edit: just read the thread that earned you the t5ag Lakit5u.

:lol :lol :lol
 
I was scrambling around trying to catch a spider that was in my room last night, in the dark (well, just the glow from the pc), caught it, triumphant, rushed to throw it out and walked into my door. My knee still hurts.

What is that, a hornet? I don't like anything like that because I've never been stung so have no idea if I'm allergic.
 
I hoped that thread was dead and buried :(

Anyway, updated transfer time!

Premier League Transfers (so far):

Arsenal (Total Spending: £2.6 Million)
(GK) Lucasz Fabianski - £2.6 Million
(Def) Bakari Sagna - £6 Million*

Aston Villa (Total Spending: 0)
(Mid) Nigel Reo-Coker - £7 Million*

Birmingham City (Total Spending: £2 Million)
(Mid) Fabrice Muamba - £2 Million
(Def) Stuart Parnaby - Undisclosed

Bolton Wanderers (Total Spending: 0)
(Def) Gerald Cid - Free Transfer
(Mid) Blerim Dzemaili - Free Transfer
(Fwd) Zoltan Harsanyi - Undisclosed
(Def) Jlloyd Samuel - Free Transfer

Chelsea (Total Spending: £1)
(Mid) Steve Sidwell - Free Transfer
(Def) Alex - £1*
(Fwd) Claudio Pizarro - Free Transfer

Everton (Total Spending: £500,000)
(Fwd) Lucas Jutkiewicz - £500,000

Liverpool (Total Spending: £12.55 Million)
(Mid) Sebastian Leto - £1.85 Million
(Fwd) Andriy Voronin - Free Transfer
(Mid) Lucas - £8 Million
(Fwd) Krisztian Nemeth - £1.35 Million
(Fwd) Andras Simon - £1.35 Million

Manchester United (Total Spending: £45 Million)
(Mid) Owen Hargreaves - £17 Million
(Mid) Nani - £14 Million
(Mid) Anderson - £13 Million

Middlesbrough (Total Spending: £7 Million)
(Def) Jonathan Woodgate - £7 Million

Newcastle United (Total Spending: £5.5 Million)
(Fwd) Mark Viduka - Free Transfer
(Mid) Joey Barton - £5.5 Million

Portsmouth (Total Spending: £7 Million)
(Def) Sylvain Distin - Free Transfer
(Def) Hermann Hreidarsson - Free Transfer
(Mid) Sulley Muntari - £7 Million

Reading (Total Spending: £1.6 Million)
(Def) Andrew Bikey - £1 Million
(Mid) Khalifa Cisse - £600,000

Tottenham Hotspurs (Total Spending: £10 Million)
(Def) Gareth Bale - £10 Million

West Ham United (Total Spending: £7 Million)
(Mid) Scott Parker - £7 Million

Wigan Athletic (Total Spendng: 0)
(Def) Titus Bramble - Free Transfer
(Fwd) Antoine Sibierski - Free Transfer

*Deal not done yet
 
Do you think Wenger's planning to turn Eboue into a right winger? 'cos he and Hoyte signed new deals recently, didn't they? So it doens't seem like he's getting rid of either.
 
good job on the updating Lakitu

Mama Smurf said:
I was scrambling around trying to catch a spider that was in my room last night, in the dark (well, just the glow from the pc), caught it, triumphant, rushed to throw it out and walked into my door. My knee still hurts.
What is that, a hornet? I don't like anything like that because I've never been stung so have no idea if I'm allergic.
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yeah it's a hornet, nearly 2 inches long. I have never seen anything like it before, it was unreal.

My mother nearly died from a wasp sting once, so I don't feel the urge of finding out if I'm allergic or not.
 
Don't forget that Arsenal supposedly signed Icelandic striker Kolbeinn Sigthorsson, as well.

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Sorry, I could resist posting another picture of him. He's actually 17, but he looks like he's 12 in that picture.
 
Scott Parker deal has been confirmed on SSN (although we already knew this).

Guess that means Reo-Coker is on his way to the mighty Villa now then :)
 
Mama Smurf said:
Do you think Wenger's planning to turn Eboue into a right winger? 'cos he and Hoyte signed new deals recently, didn't they? So it doens't seem like he's getting rid of either.
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That's the buzz online - it makes a bit of sense given Eboue's speed and ability getting forward along with his lack of defensive positioning/skill.
 
Mama Smurf said:
Do you think Wenger's planning to turn Eboue into a right winger? 'cos he and Hoyte signed new deals recently, didn't they? So it doens't seem like he's getting rid of either.
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good point actually, I could see him do that. His defensive deficiencies are apparent and he's offensively sound, so why not?

I can't believe I didn't think about that.
 
Don't feel too bad, you were probably too busy running away screaming from the hornet.

Does your husband have the same phobia?
 
Short piece about Angel in the NYT:
NY Times said:
Red Bulls Import a Little Excellence
By JACK BELL

Gone are the shoulder-length hair and the wide headband, and the disdain for the generally miserable weather of the English midlands.

What has not deserted Juan Pablo Ángel is his assemblage of wonderful skills with the soccer ball, born of hours of practice in his native Colombia, honed in the hardscrabble top league of Argentina, and finely tuned the past seven seasons in perhaps the best and most competitive circuit in the world, the English Premier League.

Now Ángel, 31, is in Major League Soccer, a designated player of distinction only four games into his tenure with the Red Bulls. He is the most lethal goal scorer the New York/New Jersey area has seen since Giorgio Chinaglia of the Cosmos made Giants Stadium his predator’s paradise in the late 1970s and early ’80s.

Ángel scored a masterly goal in a 3-0 victory against Chicago on May 24. As a cross rolled into the penalty area from the right side, he shielded the ball from Chris Armas, let it roll between his legs, then quickly turned and fired a shot past goalkeeper Matt Pickens for his second goal of the game.

Ángel, who last week was named the league’s top player in May after scoring four goals and two assists since joining the club from Aston Villa, has also seemed to make his teammates better with his skillful control, positioning, deft passing and high soccer I.Q. That has made the Red Bulls, who play at Toronto F.C. tonight, a serious challenger for the league title for the first time in the club’s often-feeble history.

“Honestly, I did not expect the league to be so good,” Ángel said in a telephone interview yesterday before the Red Bulls (5-2-2, 17 points) left for Canada. “This is a very tough league to play in. It’s physical. It’s fast. And it looks like the teams are pretty even, which makes it more competitive because in Europe most leagues only have a few top teams.”

Ángel is one of the Red Bulls’ two designated players (Claudio Reyna is the other) in a system, put in by the league this season, that allows teams to sign up to two players and pay them more than the team’s modest budget of about $2 million for all players. The league will pay the first $400,000 of a designated player’s salary; the club must pay the rest.

While most of the attention, media hype and marketing mania have focused on David Beckham’s impending arrival in Los Angeles, players like Ángel; the Brazilian Luciano Emilio at D.C. United; and two Argentines, Guillermo Schelotto in Columbus and Carlos Marinelli with Kansas City, are having an impact.

Although the Galaxy will pay Beckham $5.5 million a year in large part because of his name and marketability, the Red Bulls are paying Ángel $1.5 million to score goals (he signed for this season and two more). He has come into the league and raised the level of play, while also giving fans a glimpse of the influence highly skilled players can have on their teammates.

If Ángel has had a problem, it has been the general lack of support from the area’s large Colombian population. The Red Bulls have averaged only 9,765 fans, second worst in the league, for home games at Giants Stadium.

“I have been surprised that there are not the people in the stadium,” Ángel said. “I’m not used to that. But for me, it’s no good to have the designative player name and not do the business on the field. As a veteran, I’m here to show the younger players that they have to perform day in and day out, and prepare for every single match. It’s all about surviving in a competitive league.”
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Those hornets are creepy, they make a really deep buzzing sound and from a distance it looks like they just buzz around lights (like moths) except when you get closer the ****ers decide they'd rather dive bomb you instead.
 
Ghost said:
Those hornets are creepy, they make a really deep buzzing sound and from a distance it looks like they just buzz around lights (like moths) except when you get closer the ****ers decide they'd rather dive bomb you instead.
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I know, a horrible sound. Were they always this big?

Mama Smurf said:
Don't feel too bad, you were probably too busy running away screaming from the hornet.

Does your husband have the same phobia?
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