MrPing1000
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Ended 4-0, Richardson 3rd og 4th. Solid run out for the lads.
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Official Football Thread 2006/2007 (Soccer)
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Falch said:
There is no chance of them getting back to Serie A in one year. Not with a 30 point deficit. If they win their first ten games they'll be back to last place. :lol That's just too much work.
MrPing1000 said:
The date for submitting teams is (I think) July 22, with UEFA releasing the full Champions League slate on July 25. Ironically it's the reason why they wanted the initial verdict as quick as possible, so they'd have a bit more time to appeal. I could see the points deficit getting chopped down a bit...maybe by ten or fifteen points. If they get that, maybe they'll have a shot of getting back up to Serie A in a year.
It's funny though...as harsh as the ruling seems to be, when you really think about it it isn't nearly enough. Look at the way other teams not just in Italy but elsewhere got ****ed over by the way the operatives of these teams did business. As one guy on TV said, even gamblers got ****ed up the ass by their shady business. In a lot of ways Juvi and the others lucked out big time.
Funnier still is seeing some of these officials only getting four or five year bans...I mean WTF. If you're willing to cheat the sport to such a disgusting degree, you shouldn't only be banned for life, you should get your ass thrown in jail for ten years.
Mama Smurf said:
"Wow...she's almost as hot as me!"
hadareud said:
"Yeah...I've got a good life."
Ashley Cole just sounds like a baby at this stage. They didn't make him out to be the bad guy...he happened to get fined, but that's his fault for being so ****ing stupid about it ("Hey, let me make illegal contact with officials from a rival team in a London hotel lobby!! Maybe no one will notice!!"). I can understand the initial bad vibes, but it's been 18 months...plenty of time to get over it. But whatever, he'll be sold soon enough...and he'll basically help fund the Buffon purchase, so it's all good.
celestial body
Member
I see the green light has been given for Man Utd fans to start slagging him off :lol for politeness sake at least wait until he has left the country..
Dr Zhivago
Member
psycho_snake said:
There was a picture in one of the tabloids supposedly showing Cannavaro visiting Abramovich's supertanker-sized yacht.
celestial body said:I see the green light has been given for Man Utd fans to start slagging him off :lol for politeness sake at least wait until he has left the country..
:lol Not all that similiar to United fans trashing Ronaldo before the England/Portugal game had even finished. :lol
Kinda why I'm not saying shit about Ashley Cole yet...I wouldn't be at all surprised if he played here another year. But it's been obvious for a while that he's gonna leave eventually, and it's a shame he seems intent on burning what little is left of the bridges. But hey, such is life...he's still an outstanding player.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
What's with the different spellings of some Dutch players? I can only think of Van Nistelrooy right now, but I'm sure I've seen others in the past. I get it with Russian players, they have a different alphabet, but why the Dutch? Are there letters we don't have in English? Educate me, surprisingly large Dutch contingent.
Does anyone get the feeling Mourinho is looking at playing 4 central midfielders with 2 strikers next season, like Milan? He started dropping his wingers at the end of last season entriely and now he has Ballack to play in a Kaka position and Shevchenko to partner Drogba, plus he's after Roberto Carlos to go bombing down that wing...
I hope he isn't, I want to watch players like Robben and Cole every week, not when things are going bad and they need to bring on a sub. And Duff and W-P would NEVER get games.
EDIT: Bellamy scored on his Liverpool (friendly) debut. Yey.
Does anyone get the feeling Mourinho is looking at playing 4 central midfielders with 2 strikers next season, like Milan? He started dropping his wingers at the end of last season entriely and now he has Ballack to play in a Kaka position and Shevchenko to partner Drogba, plus he's after Roberto Carlos to go bombing down that wing...
I hope he isn't, I want to watch players like Robben and Cole every week, not when things are going bad and they need to bring on a sub. And Duff and W-P would NEVER get games.
EDIT: Bellamy scored on his Liverpool (friendly) debut. Yey.
Dr Zhivago
Member
Liverpool in the new European away strip. Not sure if I like it or not...
Mama Smurf said:
Good question. The letter Y in English = I-J in Dutch. We do use the Y though (and even pronounce it the same way), just not very much (mostly in names).
So Van Nistelrooij = Van Nistelrooy, Kuijt = Kuyt. I guess it has to do with the fact that English speakers don't know how to pronounce I-J.
Fulham Lost to Exeter in their first friendly, i know friendlies dont mean a lot (though looking at the starting line up, looks like they took it pretty seriously) still i think Fulham have to be one of the favourites to drop this season, Coleman has promised to not play Steed Malbranque, after he turned down a club record contract offer...but he cant get a replacement either because Steed has turned down moves to West Ham, Middlesborough and...Man City (i think it was Man City) over wages.
Im sure this is hyperbole but one of the papers is saying hes demanding 60k and champions league football! Coleman only wants £4 mill for him, one of the two has clearly valued his abilities incorrectly, and i dont think its Coleman.
Why are all the half decent footballers money grabbing assholes these days?
Im sure this is hyperbole but one of the papers is saying hes demanding 60k and champions league football! Coleman only wants £4 mill for him, one of the two has clearly valued his abilities incorrectly, and i dont think its Coleman.
Why are all the half decent footballers money grabbing assholes these days?
I guess you're referring to "van Nistelrooij"? Which in this case is actually wrong, cause his correct name is simply "van Nistelrooy".Mama Smurf said:
The error among Dutch people with Ruud's name is probably due to the fact that the 'y' is not used a lot in the Dutch language. Instead, a lot of words are spelled with 'ij', which is often treated as a seperate letter on its own, though officially it is not.
psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
I like use Ruud a lot. he was my favourite Man Utd player untill rooney came. Im not slagging him off because he's leaving, I called him van Horseface because he looks like a horse and he also looks like jerry seinfeldcelestial body said:I see the green light has been given for Man Utd fans to start slagging him off :lol for politeness sake at least wait until he has left the country..
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Ah I see, thanks guys.
Is it just me or are these new Liverpool kits based extremely closely on older strips, from the 90s (I think)? They all look so familiar.
As for Fulham...they have at least bought Bullard, even if they lose Malbranque. And it's rumoured he might stay this season so he can leave on a free and then clubs will pay him the wage he wants, as they don't have to pay a fee. I don't really know what to make of them generally though. They had a superb home record last year (equal with Tottneham's, only beaten by Blackburn, Arsenal, Liverpool, Man U and Chelsea) and an atrocious away record (only beaten by.....no, they were even worst than Sunderland ffs).
If they could get a few more away wins, they'd be top half of the table easy, but there's no way to know if they can keep up that sort of home form at the same time.
I wouldn't be surprised if, for the first time in a while, all 3 promoted teams go straight back down this year. I do have a feeling Wigan might collapse and Villa could drown in their own depression though.
Is it just me or are these new Liverpool kits based extremely closely on older strips, from the 90s (I think)? They all look so familiar.
As for Fulham...they have at least bought Bullard, even if they lose Malbranque. And it's rumoured he might stay this season so he can leave on a free and then clubs will pay him the wage he wants, as they don't have to pay a fee. I don't really know what to make of them generally though. They had a superb home record last year (equal with Tottneham's, only beaten by Blackburn, Arsenal, Liverpool, Man U and Chelsea) and an atrocious away record (only beaten by.....no, they were even worst than Sunderland ffs).
If they could get a few more away wins, they'd be top half of the table easy, but there's no way to know if they can keep up that sort of home form at the same time.
I wouldn't be surprised if, for the first time in a while, all 3 promoted teams go straight back down this year. I do have a feeling Wigan might collapse and Villa could drown in their own depression though.
As i started a conversation about odds, seems only fair to provide some, heres the relegation odds from Coral
Charlton, as always, 4th favourite :lol, every year. Looks about right to me, though ive learnt my lesson about bad mouthing Charlton, they've bought Jimmy Floyd and kept Bent & Young (so far at least), so i cant see them finishing too far south of half way. I like Dowie too, he's at least 4 times smarter than he looks.
Code:
Watford 1/2
Sheff United 1/2
Reading 6/4
Charlton 9/4
Wigan 4/1
Aston Villa 5/1
Fulham 5/1
Man City 8/1
Middlesbrough 8/1
Portsmouth 8/1
West Ham 8/1
Bolton 16/1
Everton 16/1
Blackburn 25/1
Newcastle 40/1
Tottenham 100/1
Liverpool 500/1
Arsenal 500/1
Man United 1000/1
Chelsea 2000/1Charlton, as always, 4th favourite :lol, every year. Looks about right to me, though ive learnt my lesson about bad mouthing Charlton, they've bought Jimmy Floyd and kept Bent & Young (so far at least), so i cant see them finishing too far south of half way. I like Dowie too, he's at least 4 times smarter than he looks.
Arsenal were held to a 0-0 draw by Barnet. :lol Think both teams had goals disallowed due to offside.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/5183866.stm
As long as Wenger wants to keep him, there's a pretty decent chance he'll stay on at least another year. Cole doesn't have any issues with the players either...his anger is directed squarely at management.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/5183866.stm
As long as Wenger wants to keep him, there's a pretty decent chance he'll stay on at least another year. Cole doesn't have any issues with the players either...his anger is directed squarely at management.
Shinobi said:
I just watched the post game interview on Arsenal.com. I have a feeling he will leave, Wenger said "we want to keep him but it is down to 3 parties". There was alot of buts in this interview.
He also said footballers are there to play football and not to talk. I agree.
Of course Arsenal kind of used Cole to get back at Chelsea, but then again - it is down to Cole to meet up with Chelsea in the first place. And everything that has been said by him afterwards does not fill me with confidence. If he thinks he is bigger than the club it's time to say goodbye, even though he might be the best leftback in the world.
Dr Zhivago
Member
Mama Smurf said:
We've had a few green & white ones in the 90's. Check this great site out:
http://www.kitclassics.co.uk/Eng_003.htm
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
And the yellow one looks like 97-99. I like your current European away shirt best, the others are pretty crappy (and I remember that 96-97 away top, it didn't look peach/pink like that site suggests, it was cream....wasn't it?)
WTF is up with Blackburn's 99-00 third strip? I didn't even know that existed. Or I've purged it from my memory.
The Italian buying spree has pretty much begun. Clearly there's no faith that appeals will get them anywhere, though it's amusing that Juve think they'll be able to sell their players for full price. Maybe on those who are desperately wanted by multiple teams, but if only one team seriously comes in, they're going to have to accept a cut price.
Despite being 33, Nedved has already had offers flood in, Monaco and Spurs seem to be the main ones. He'd be a good stop gap solution for Spurs, who desperately need a left winger but have had bids for various players turned away all summer, so they could go with Nedved now and try again next summer (still think they should go for Kewell).
Benitez wants Trezeguet (like I said) and Camoranesi, for obvious reasons. I'm not sure about Camoranesi, I remember someone here a while ago saying how overrated he is, and after the World Cup I'm inclined to agree. Still, Liverpool don't have any right wingers,so he's got to be better than that.
Looks like Real are going to beat Chelsea to Cannavaro and pick up Zambrotta too. This must actually be quite a nervewracking time for Barca supporters. Cappello's just the sort of coach to turn them around and the prospect of bringing in players like the two I've mentioned and Van Nistelrooy (players who will actually work for the team and get results, unlike some they buy who I sometimes feel just want to show off their skills and earn huge wages) must be worrying. I mean he could potentially put out a back four of Zambrotta at left back, Ramos at right back and Cannavaro and Woodgate down the middle next season, which would just be excellent.
Roeder is rumoured to be after Del Piero as his side has such a striker crisis (they had to play Luque and Milner up front yesterday...****ing hell). I guess that might appeal to him, with Newcastle having basically the same strip he won't have to remember to pass to a different colour. No Champions League football though, and it's bloody cold up there...I dunno if he'd accept. I don't really know the Italian game too well anymore, but it seems to me he might just stay at Juve until the end of his career even if it means playing in a lower league for a bit. I mean he's already 31, I can't see another top side wanting him and he's such a symbol of the club that I can't imagine him anywhere else.
Arsenal say they wouldn't be able to pay the sort of wages Juve players get, so probably won't buy anyone. I find that pretty weird, surely Arsenal can afford high wages for one or two more players, especially with higher gate reciepts from now on. I don't know why Wenger didn't just say "**** that, they're all too old", he's well known for buying young and most of Juve's best are coming to the end of their careers.
For some reason Milan are still being brought up as having to sell. I know the lack of Champions League money is a blow, but they did just sell Shevchenko for £30m, which more than covers it. And I can't see their players being that bothered by being out of the CL for one year that they'd insist on moving, they should easily get back in the year after even with a 15 point deficit. They'd have made it this year with 15 points less, and they don't even have some of their rivals to contend with now. Anyway, if for some reason they do feel they have to sell, Chelsea will want Nesta and various teams will be looking at Inzaghi.
Moving away from Italy, if Van Nistelrooy goes for £15m, Man Utd are apparently going to bid £25m for Torres. Of course, yesterday they were going to use the Van Nistelrooy money to get Defoe, so who the **** knows.
EDIT: And now it's claimed Buffon's agent has said Arsenal have bid £13m for Buffon. So that's contradictory.
WTF is up with Blackburn's 99-00 third strip? I didn't even know that existed. Or I've purged it from my memory.
The Italian buying spree has pretty much begun. Clearly there's no faith that appeals will get them anywhere, though it's amusing that Juve think they'll be able to sell their players for full price. Maybe on those who are desperately wanted by multiple teams, but if only one team seriously comes in, they're going to have to accept a cut price.
Despite being 33, Nedved has already had offers flood in, Monaco and Spurs seem to be the main ones. He'd be a good stop gap solution for Spurs, who desperately need a left winger but have had bids for various players turned away all summer, so they could go with Nedved now and try again next summer (still think they should go for Kewell).
Benitez wants Trezeguet (like I said
) and Camoranesi, for obvious reasons. I'm not sure about Camoranesi, I remember someone here a while ago saying how overrated he is, and after the World Cup I'm inclined to agree. Still, Liverpool don't have any right wingers,so he's got to be better than that. Looks like Real are going to beat Chelsea to Cannavaro and pick up Zambrotta too. This must actually be quite a nervewracking time for Barca supporters. Cappello's just the sort of coach to turn them around and the prospect of bringing in players like the two I've mentioned and Van Nistelrooy (players who will actually work for the team and get results, unlike some they buy who I sometimes feel just want to show off their skills and earn huge wages) must be worrying. I mean he could potentially put out a back four of Zambrotta at left back, Ramos at right back and Cannavaro and Woodgate down the middle next season, which would just be excellent.
Roeder is rumoured to be after Del Piero as his side has such a striker crisis (they had to play Luque and Milner up front yesterday...****ing hell). I guess that might appeal to him, with Newcastle having basically the same strip he won't have to remember to pass to a different colour. No Champions League football though, and it's bloody cold up there...I dunno if he'd accept. I don't really know the Italian game too well anymore, but it seems to me he might just stay at Juve until the end of his career even if it means playing in a lower league for a bit. I mean he's already 31, I can't see another top side wanting him and he's such a symbol of the club that I can't imagine him anywhere else.
Arsenal say they wouldn't be able to pay the sort of wages Juve players get, so probably won't buy anyone. I find that pretty weird, surely Arsenal can afford high wages for one or two more players, especially with higher gate reciepts from now on. I don't know why Wenger didn't just say "**** that, they're all too old", he's well known for buying young and most of Juve's best are coming to the end of their careers.
For some reason Milan are still being brought up as having to sell. I know the lack of Champions League money is a blow, but they did just sell Shevchenko for £30m, which more than covers it. And I can't see their players being that bothered by being out of the CL for one year that they'd insist on moving, they should easily get back in the year after even with a 15 point deficit. They'd have made it this year with 15 points less, and they don't even have some of their rivals to contend with now. Anyway, if for some reason they do feel they have to sell, Chelsea will want Nesta and various teams will be looking at Inzaghi.
Moving away from Italy, if Van Nistelrooy goes for £15m, Man Utd are apparently going to bid £25m for Torres. Of course, yesterday they were going to use the Van Nistelrooy money to get Defoe, so who the **** knows.
EDIT: And now it's claimed Buffon's agent has said Arsenal have bid £13m for Buffon. So that's contradictory.
psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
Nedved will be an excellent addition to any team. Despite his age he is still a bloody brilliant player. At Juve he played on the left, but he usually cuts into the middle. Spurs will probably use him the same way, they need a player on the left wing and nedved would be excellent. Monaco are also interested in him and so are a team from the UAE, but Nedved isnt the type of guy who will go to a club for the money. I thought he would be considering a move to his home club. He's got a lot of options available to him.Mama Smurf said:
I think it wamoranesi, i cant rmemeber though. Ive always hated him though, He's a very sloppy player who seems to care about money and his hair than his football. He's just a poor player with limited talent. Cant garcia play on the right wing? garcia is a much better player than camoranesi is, i dont see why they need him.Benitez wants Trezeguet (like I said
Trezeguet is a good option. Pool need to replace Cisse and they could probably get Trez on the cheap, but I dont want to see him go to Liverpool. I think it would be good for United to get him, preferrably on a loan deal. Rossi could go out on loan, fergie has siad that he doesnt know what they are going to do with him yet, so if he does go, we'll be another striker down. Fergie has said that Ole can replace ruud, but Ole is past his best. He's old now and he cant play that many games. Trezeguet will make ruuds deparute feel unnoticed, he's a very similar player and just as capable.
Yeah Barca fans must be very worried. Capello has managed to win the lkeague in his first season with every clu he's been too and at real madrid, he's got plenty of cash to spend on players and he already has a lot of quality players at the team. It looks like cannavaro, ruud and Zambrotta are on their way to Madrid and possible transfers inclube emerson, who has been with Capello at Roma and juve, so a move to real madrid is very possible. real need some good midfielders and there are not many better than emerson.
I doubt Del Piero will go. He's been at Juve ever since he was very young, so leaving Juve wont be easy for him because he must have a very big attatchment to them. Imagine if what to Juve happened to Man Utd, you couldnt imagine the likes of giggs, scholes and neville moving. Its the same with del piero.
Buffon is young for a goalie and Arsenal do need a goalkeeper. he probably is looking at a couple of Juve players, Buffon being one of them, but he just doesnt want to show any interest. Arsenal are also linked with baptista and ribery. Although riberys agent said that arsenal have not made contact, it seems like Wenger is actually very interested. baptista has said that arsenal stillw ant him but he said he wants to stay at real madrid.
Real Midrid will probably try to sign kaka. The president said that Kaka was one of the players he wanted and surely Capellio would like to have him too. After all they do need a replacement for Zidane.
As i said, id rather get Trezeguet. he's very similar to ruud and Im sure he'll fit in fine. I hope United stay far away from torres, I think he's very overrated. he looks like the guy who cares more about making himself look good instead of doing whats best for the team.
Thats no surpsise. I heard Inter are interested in Buffon too.
psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
Ruuds agent has said that vamn Nistelrooy wanst to move to Real
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/5185542.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/5185542.stm
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Hey hadareud, the Arsenal match you're going to is live on Five this Saturday, do the shocker or something if the camera is on you so we know it's you.
And by do the shocker, I mean the hand gesture. Not the act.
And by do the shocker, I mean the hand gesture. Not the act.
psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
Which match are you going to watch hadareud?
psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
That's amazing. I didnt know about it. Are they playing at emirates stadiium or will they have it at highbury? I wonder if we are going to see everyone dressed up in orange again like they did on dennis bergkamp day.hadareud said:
psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
Lucky you! I dont think they're showing it where i live, which sucks because I want to see the game and I dont want to miss you doing a shocker if they do put you on the camera!hadareud said:first game in the new stadium. I think they sold something like 10 or 15,000 tickets to the dutch (my girlfriend being one of them
psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
Thats what I thought too. My friend is a member at Manchester united, yet its almost impossible to get tickets. Its probably going to be easier for you this season though. Now that the new stadium has 60,000+ seats, you've got a much better chance of getting tickets more regularly.hadareud said:
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
I can get tickets at Rovers wheneeeeeeever I want.
10,000 tickets if I like.
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10,000 tickets if I like.
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Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Used to live 15 minutes away, 4 hours now sadly.
I've never even heard of those bus stops! Pretty much the only times I've been to Blackburn town proper is when I had a girlfriend who lived there, and she wasn't worth it. The times I've been to Ewood Park we always parked so close I don't think I even passed a bus stop.
I've never even heard of those bus stops! Pretty much the only times I've been to Blackburn town proper is when I had a girlfriend who lived there, and she wasn't worth it. The times I've been to Ewood Park we always parked so close I don't think I even passed a bus stop.
psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
I wouldnt midn that switch. Ronaldo is still a quality player, he just needs to improve his fitness.hadareud said:everything has it's upsides I guess
I just read in an Austrian newpaper that there is strong rumors of an Ronaldo (the original, not whiney bitch) - Van Nistelrooy switch.
That would be interesting to say at the least.
MrPing1000
Member
Yes I can just imagine Ronaldo on top form in the pouring rain in Fulham.
No thanks.
No thanks.
hadareud said:
That's my feeling...why shout out to the world who you want? It only needlessly raises the price. I think the Gunners learnt their lesson with Wright-Phillips last year, who Chelsea clearly bought just so the Gunners couldn't (it certainly wasn't out of need). And let's face it, if Buffon commands a bit more then the Gunners are willing to shell or they get into a bidding war with one of the Milan squads, he would be too expensive. So in that sense Wenger isn't even lying.
Conversely he's talking about Cole still staying around, when that just seems to be a pipe dream. Again, that's probably just strategic, and not exactly untruthful...until the Gunners accept a bid for him, Cole is a Gunner.
Wenger's also quoted as saying that they have no interest in Saviola since they've already got a ton of forwards (been saying that for weeks, heh). Even though the rumoured 4 million or so would be a bargain price, they simply don't need him.
There's also an interesting theory at the Arsenal Vital Football site regarding a potential Cole/Baptista swap, which I'd be in favour of.
http://www.arsenal.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=23972
Here's a link to the "secret deal" that's mentioned in the article...
http://www.arsenal.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=23967
It's an interesting theory...don't know how legal it would be, but it'd be a pretty interesting deal.
MrPing1000 said:
:lol :lol :lol
In other news, Vieira's still being linked to Old Trafford, which would be ****ing bizarre but a good stop gap move on United's part. But obviously Ruud would have to depart first before that could take place. And Fabio Cannavaro will sign for Real Madrid in the next day or two, to the surprise of absolutely no one. BTW, here's Madrid new home strip...
BatiGOOOOOOL
Member
Ordering it(without the ugly sponsor) just as soon as we know about all the new signings.
Cannavaro and Ruud practically aboard. Zambrotta and Emerson well on track. Now all we need is to find a way to get Kaka and Robben and Real would be unstoppable. Hopefully they'll make a push for Diarra(who has openly said he is waiting for Madrid's offer), even if they sign Emerson.
Casillas
Cannavaro
Ramos
Cicinho
Zambrotta
Emerson
Robben
Robinho
Kaka
Ronaldo
van Nistelrooy
*mega fap*
Cannavaro and Ruud practically aboard. Zambrotta and Emerson well on track. Now all we need is to find a way to get Kaka and Robben and Real would be unstoppable. Hopefully they'll make a push for Diarra(who has openly said he is waiting for Madrid's offer), even if they sign Emerson.
Casillas
Cannavaro
Ramos
Cicinho
Zambrotta
Emerson
Robben
Robinho
Kaka
Ronaldo
van Nistelrooy
*mega fap*
psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
Well this is a surprise. Tootenham are closing in on a deal for Duff!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/5186380.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/5186380.stm
All of todays paper rumours:
I cant believe Man U would hedge their bets so blatently so im thinking one of the two stories is fake...im hoping its the viera one because id love to see Gattuso in the EPL (bored of Viera).
Theres a hell of a lot of idle agent speculation going on this year, more than usual.
On the Duff thing, winger down for Chelsea...could they be switching to 4-4-2? You'd think with wingers like Cole & Robben, poachers like Sheva and Crespo would have a field day.
Edit: Guess they cant do that they have way too many central midfielders :lol
I cant believe Man U would hedge their bets so blatently so im thinking one of the two stories is fake...im hoping its the viera one because id love to see Gattuso in the EPL (bored of Viera).
Theres a hell of a lot of idle agent speculation going on this year, more than usual.
On the Duff thing, winger down for Chelsea...could they be switching to 4-4-2? You'd think with wingers like Cole & Robben, poachers like Sheva and Crespo would have a field day.
Edit: Guess they cant do that they have way too many central midfielders :lol
MrPing1000
Member
wtf why don't we stick a bid in for duff?
I know Chelsea wouldn't want to sell to us but he's got 1 year left on his contract.
Spurs 2nd next year, Uefa cup for us woo!
I know Chelsea wouldn't want to sell to us but he's got 1 year left on his contract.
Spurs 2nd next year, Uefa cup for us woo!
BatiGOOOOOOL said:Ordering it(without the ugly sponsor) just as soon as we know about all the new signings.
Cannavaro and Ruud practically aboard. Zambrotta and Emerson well on track. Now all we need is to find a way to get Kaka and Robben and Real would be unstoppable. Hopefully they'll make a push for Diarra(who has openly said he is waiting for Madrid's offer), even if they sign Emerson.
Casillas
Cannavaro
Ramos
Cicinho
Zambrotta
Emerson
Robben
Robinho
Kaka
Ronaldo
van Nistelrooy
*mega fap*
Cassano il have an important role in this team.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
I'd completely dismissed the Duff possiblity as I thought he'd signed a new contract, but looking it up all I can find is reports that he was about to sign a new contract, and apparently never did. Good buy for Spurs if true (and the way it's being reported makes it seem that way). Well kept quiet too.
As for going to 4-4-2...do you mean the Milan style formation I suggested Chelsea might be going towards earlier in the thread? If you just mean a normal 4-4-2, I don't see how Duff's sale would indicate that (though some site I read suggested the same thing so I must be missing something), they'd still be playing 2 wingers whether in their old formation or a 4-4-2.
EDIT: Oh, and depending on where they want to play Kalou, it's not necessarily a winger down. And even if they plan to play him as a striker mainly, he's still there to be a 4th winger.
As for going to 4-4-2...do you mean the Milan style formation I suggested Chelsea might be going towards earlier in the thread? If you just mean a normal 4-4-2, I don't see how Duff's sale would indicate that (though some site I read suggested the same thing so I must be missing something), they'd still be playing 2 wingers whether in their old formation or a 4-4-2.
EDIT: Oh, and depending on where they want to play Kalou, it's not necessarily a winger down. And even if they plan to play him as a striker mainly, he's still there to be a 4th winger.
BatiGOOOOOOL
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+Aliken+ said:
Honestly, I thought he would be until a few days ago when I read about the recent physical tests done by the team. Not only is Cassano still fat, but he was the slowest player out of the whole squad. Not very promising. :-(
psycho_snake
I went to WAGs boutique and all I got was a sniff
He will change under Capello. Cassano has never behaved properly off the pitch and its a shame because he's such a talented player, but when Capello was at Roma he managed to get the best out of Cassano. Once Capello left Cassano began to go back to his old habits. Cassano needs a manager who can keep him in his place and he's not had someone like that since Capello left roma.BatiGOOOOOOL said:
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