Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Chelsea have just announced £140m losses

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

After some research, we're all wrong lol.

It was in the cup winners cup final http://www.eastlondonhistory.com/sealey.htm

I'll always remember the start of the 1991 season, Les Sealey had left for Aston Villa, and Man U had signed Peter schmeichel in the summer. Everyone had heard about Schmeichel's ability to kick (and throw the ball) a huge distance, and just before the kick off, Les Sealey came and sat down next to the Man U supporters (me included) to watch Schmeichel's performance.

The Look on Sealey's face was a great moment, as he watched Schmeichel kicking and throwing the ball almost the full length of the pitch with comparitable ease. It was great that he had taken the time to sit with the Man U fans, and have a banter with us. A larger than life character, that will live in the memory of Man U supporters (and supporters of the other clubs he played for) sadly there are not many characters left like him in the game now. The link I gave above, says how he offered Jim Leighton his FA cup winners medal in 1990, a measure of the man I would say. :)

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Looks like the new manager will start with a nice honeymoon period....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ls/4650140.stm

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

I'm afraid that, that link is wrong as I was at the cup winners cup final and it didn't happen then. It was at Wembley and I remember we were losing, which was the reason he didn't want to go off for. I remember watching it on tv.

I have searched Google and the only mention is in Wikipedia, which is word for word what is said above.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

I thought as much....

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Hang on ! I know my memory aint what it used to be :banghead:

So it was the league cup replay in 1991 ?

What score was the first game ?

Think I'm losing it lol. oops:

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

I don't think you ever had it ;) :p:

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

There wasn't a replay. We lost 1-0 to Sheffield Wednesday.

For the Cup Winners, Cup final, if I remember right, he had just come back into the side and played with a bandage on his leg. That might be what that link meant.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

:PP:

I do remember the game (honest) lol. The goal anyway. In off the foot of the post (was it John Sheridan ?)

What confused me was russ' post mentioning a replay, when I was sure there wasn't one for the league cup game.

I remember also, Sealey had a bandage on his leg, strange how the site I linked to apparently has it wrong and yet nobody has picked up on it (or failed to mention it to the site)

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

yeah and when we fail to qualify the NOTW will be kicking themselves, or do they want us to fail?

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

I remember a few years ago (when Bobby Robson was manager) Nigel Clarke was in a posse of reporters flying on the same plane as Robson to a match. He was caught on camera saying if Robson got the wrong result "robson will fry" :rolleyes:

There are some reporters that do wish the best for the england team, there are however a certain section that thrive on the national team failing. Remember the Graham Taylor documentary ? True Taylor was out of his depth, but did he deserve some of the headlines he got. And I think most football supporters remember the treatment John Barnes received from the boo boy's at wembley. This was a direct result of the headlines he got from the "gutter press".

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Actually Gaz it was more recent than that,I decided to have a look too and I have found another keeper utd got on loan and that was Andy Goram, back in 2001
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1235194.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/1232453.stm

Maybe there are more than I first thought.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Cool, didn't list him on the site I used, maybe because it was only a short term loan.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

To be honest given the talent that we have available for the England team, even a monkey sitting on the bench eating bananas would have taken us to the World Cup. Yes Sven has had a good record being in charge but I definately think thats down to the team more than his management skills.

As for Euro 2008, england are in one of the easiest groups. If they dont qualify it wont be the NOTW fault, it will be down to the players

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

That talent was available to keegan the previous manager but he chose to use batty and co instead. So its ok to credit sven for using youngsters and building a new team when things are conveniant but then to say any manager can do well with these players, sorry but its not quite that simple, a bad manager can quite easily lose games with the same players.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Not that I expected us to qualify but have you seen who we've got...? :(

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Tough draw indeedy !

Toshack seemed suprisingly upbeat about the draw though :shrug:

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Crikey, Arsenal out of the FA Cup losing against Bolton......... oops:

Hope there's no suprises for the Reds tomorrow :tu:

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Seems your wish has come true Russ :)

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Why the surprise. :D

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

:woot: :cleader:

WEEEEE HAAAA :D

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Cos I don't always get what I wish for ;) I love seeing the look on Arsene's face when Arsenal lose cos he always look like they've been cheated out of a win....

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

What a goal, that was brill,
rest of game was a bit slow

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Looks like the Arsenal are going for the quad this season, knocked out of the Carling Cup, out of the premiership race, knocked out of the FA Cup, just Europe to go, I hope they make it, after all it is only Real Madrid they play :p:

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

And it looks like Arsenal will have a few weekends to spare from now on. But cheer up Arsenal, you can always book a few weekends away, Turin is nice this time of the year. I hear Easyjet has some special offers on at the moment. And while you're there, you can always watch Patrick Vieira, and daydream of how things used to be. And as Dennis Bergkamp is too scared to fly, don't despair, you can always leave him behind to clear up the Tumbleweed from the Arsenal trophy room. :D

Roll on the Champions League :D

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Looks like I spoke too soon :shrug:

So what's left.....the fair play league?

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Still, let's hope we don't catch a cold tomorrow :erm:

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Well done bolton lets hope Arenal don't recover from this and slide down the table as well
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...up/4634286.stm

PS I'm a Life long Spurs Fan

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

I doubt there will be anything like the debacle in the last round. Fergie had to shuffle the pack in the last round, because of the fixture list. There's no reason at all why he should field anything but as strong a side as possible. We have no midweek game (unlike Arsenal, probably why Wenger shuffled the pack for todays game against Bolton). And with the current midfield crisis at Man U, he doesn't really have too many options anyway.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

:)

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

FA CUP DRAW

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

Ties to be played on weekend of 18 February.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Wooooo!!! Match of the draw!!!

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Not sure i'd be saying that if I was a United fan... However, its good news for the smaller clubs. One of the big clubs will be knocked out for the next round.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Yeah I mean it for United - but I'm sure Colchester will be looking forward to a bumper payday :)

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Why not? In the last 6 games Liverpool have only beaten Utd once. Compared to 4 wins for Utd and one draw.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

You would not have prefered Colchester then, I know I would rather be playing them than Bolton.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Nah not really, I'd prefer to play teams that are known rather then teams who are not so well known and teams who have players playing the biggest game of their lives.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

well we are starting to show a big of form now and we beat them the other day with a patched up midfield.. with this being the only trophy we can win apart from the league cup and liverpool still in Europe we stand a chance of beating them.. only prob is it's at their place and we seem too caution away from home now

still looking on the bright side Arsenal are out and won't be winning anything this year :D

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Not being a utd or liverpool fan, I think utd will win this one. Liverpool looked under pressure from the balls delivered in from wide in the second half, not dealing well with them at all well. I can see the same pressure being applied by Utd with better strikers to benefit from it.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

I don't want to sit on the fence so I would go for a draw, if it was the old days it may well have gone for umpteen replay's.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

A daft night for football by all accounts...........

Liverpool draw at home to Birmingham 1 - 1...
Newcastle beaten by Man City 3 - 0....
Chelsea only gain a point at Villa 1 - 1......
Arsenal beaten by the 'ammers at home 2 - 3.........
and Utd score 3 away from home at Blackburn and lose 4 - 3.......

Weird

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Us Arsenal fans have nothing to worry about though as we lost due to 3 defences erros, two by Big Sol who apparently left the ground after being subbed at Half Time.

What was United excuse then, I can hear the tumble weed from here.

Plus point was Chelski onl buying another point.

:D

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

No excuses at all, Blackburn are just 'one of those teams'.

Still, roll on the next round of the FA Cup and the League Cup final.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

:D

Yeh when they lose both and don't finish higher than 4th.

Roll on Fergies replacement and Europe.

:D

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

lol ! Nicely put :D

And as for.........

Have nothing to worry about because it was defensive errors ?

How do all teams concede then ? :erm:

arsenal's fall from grace amuses me no end :D

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

I see that extreme bitterness is a common trait amongst CF Arsenal fans... :angel:

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

I think on recent results, you should be concentrating on your own teams short comings :D

In the space of a week you have gone out of 2 cup competitions, and lost at home to a local rival, when you were probably still laughing at spurs' result. It must be terrible when you think you have a "home banker" only to end up in the same position as before, but with a game less to catch up with Spurs :D

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Arsenal 2
West Ham 3:D :D

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

wenger appears to have made he same mistake levein did and have a too young team, in 2nd half their back 4 avg age was apperently 20.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

A shocking mistake from Ferdinand and a harsh penalty. I see another one of Arsenals great moves in selling Bentley :p:



Unlike arsenal who won't even make the top 4? You think Henry is going to stay to play in the UEFA cup? Have fun filling your new stadium.

So much for Arsenals team sprit, one of your leaders subbed because of an "injury" and then storms out of the ground?

:rofl:

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

You mean that's why he still hasn't signed a new contract?? Ohh how cynical of you!!

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

have to say i blame VDS for last night.. he should have put the free kick round the post and was too slow to react anyway

for the second goal he never comes off his line at any point this season so Rio thought he would be on the line.. VDS can see the whole play and can see Rio is about to play the ball.. how is Rio supposed to know VDS is coming for it unless he shouts out

for the third goal he should have tipped it round too

he gets beaten all the time is too slow and over the hill know.. not seen any of these 20 points a season he's meant to be saving us

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

For 7 years now we've been looking for Schmeichal's replacement and we've come nowhere near it. VDS could only have been a one-season stop gap so the search is still on.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

we've found him it's just that Fergie wouldn't buy him.. Paul Robinson is the answer.. i never liked the signing of VDS in the first plae and would rather have stuck with Howard.. having seen VDS at Fulham he never looked United quality

another chance to catch up on Chelsea goes begging and now it looks like Liverpool will get second

can't see anyone beating Chelsea to the title next season either

what do you make of the Mikel saga ?

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

I've got a feeling that kid was star-struck when United approached him and he willingly signed up but then found out that Chelsea were cleaning up in the UK and threw his toys out of his pram when he realised he was tied to United.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

i think what's happened is some agent has got hold of him and told him you can make more money here.. this place is better etc etc.. all the agent cares about is if he goes to Chelsea the agent will get more money... no one in this case from United.. to Chelsea to Lyn Oslo actuaklly care about the player and he's just being treated as a piece of meat

he's had his head turned by an agent and now wants to play for chelsea but they hever approached the club in Oslo and put in a bid or asked for permission to talk to the player.. Mikel has already said he has met Mourinho which is illegal under the current transfer rules..

can't really see him getting a game at Chelsea and he could end up for no career already at the age of 18 now

would be interesting to see when exactly he got an agent and when he employed him from.. i'm sure it's from after he signed for us

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

If you ask me FIFA will rule in favour of United and then United will cut their losses and sell him to Chelsea.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

i'd like to see that but then we aren't whiter than white in this as we signed him with only the player in the room and our lawyer.. Lyn Oslo are just as bad as they signed in pro at 18 and then sold him to us a few days later

would like to see Chelsea get fined but there is talk of them getting banned from signing players and docked points etc but really all they have done is the same thing everyone else is doing

if you are the manager and an agent rings you up and says do you want to talk to Rooney would you really say no i can't do that as the club haven't said i could..

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

I'd say that's probably the fairest thing to do.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

souness sacked

no link but on the BBC site..

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ed/4673636.stm

Hopefully he won't come back to Rangers.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Glen Roader has taken charge with Shearer as his assistant

think they will end up with Sven in the summer so if they don't go down this season will get relegated next one instead :D

Football Manager the only job where you can get sacked for being rubbish and get a several million pound pay off

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Not true. Look at any senior Ntl manager ;)

(or in fairness any other senior manager in large companies)

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Being a long suffering Newcastle fan I think with Souness we may have made relegation this season. We have played with no plan or cohesion as a team for over a year. hopefully the team can put a system together to at least get the best out of each other. As for this sven thing, huge amounts of passion from us the fans, and Mr icy! Gets in more bother than the players and we know all about that.
As for the VDS dilemma, the several combination used this season in defence by Sir Alex have all fell short of previous teams standards and do not help any of the keepers that Man U go through like hot cakes
Geordies for the cup

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

To be fair, Souness has suffered from a hideous amount of injuries to his first choice eleven this season. Unfortunately, seeing as he then persisted in using Boumsong and Bramble as half of his defense (or Bobo and Twinkles), it's no surprise that Newcast United Comedy Club have lurched from one crisis to another this season really.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Yes the injuries have been terrible, and I have tried to take this on board, but in the end we look like eleven strangers when playing. We have been calling bobo and twinkles, "laurel and hardy". First time they didn't make me laugh.
When you look at other teams with injuries ie; Wigan, it makes you wonder.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

A friend of mine just asked if we were going out for a Sol Campbell tonight. A swift half then home.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

I like it, I will certainly be having a half or two out of relief.
Saw this and thought it was also very good, clever things penguins.;)

ADMIN EDIT (Russ) - inappropriate language contained in link - link therefore removed.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

the inuries arent bad luck it is his training regime, he used to have high injury list at blackburn as well, sorry but that is more then conveniance.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

And that is connected to football how??

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

You didn't watch it till the end did you? :D

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

No - but I'm glad I did now...

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

What's wrong with Sol Campbell's head? I know his father died, I know the rumours by Spur fans that he is gay, I know his brother is (was) in prison, I know that the 50-year old decorator left him and charged him 70,000 quid for her services. But all these are old news. He got Dido as his girlfriend. Is Dido his current problem? Every body keeps telling his "head is spinning", his "mental health" etc etc etc what's wrong with Sol? why is he sad?

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Well there's the problem.Its Dido probably making a song about everything that goes on in the house..... she prbably never talks to him, just singing to him instead and its done his sensitive head in

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Sol and Dido never knew that is it really true ?.. lucky ******* if it is knew i should have been a prem footballer

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Dido also went out with Alan Smith.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Yeap,

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/7352004.htm

Hansen wrote "Campbell was jumping the spring wasn't there. He couldn't get off the deck "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4673292.stm

I do not know if Dido has anything to do with it ;) but in the other hand eveyone says Campbell ain't fit....

What a name: Sulzeer Jeremiah Campbell

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Ah, the Emmerdale Eminem :D

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

damn i blame the parents if they'd just let me play football all day instead of taking me to school i could be a millionaire footballer dating a pop star :D

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Still, anything which contributes to Arsenal's shocking decline is going to be fun to watch :D

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Well, I hear that "the News of the World" has a dossier on Sol Campbell. They confronted him with the "evidence" and they are planning to publish it on Sunday. Allegedly they have "evidence" that Sol is gay.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

I don't see why it should be anyone's business what he gets up to in private.

Arsen Wenger, now that's a different story ;)

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

The only dirt I heard was that he had a girlfriend and she was pregnant and that was few years ago

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Wenger? A girlfriend? Wrong team there mate....

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

I am always right;)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/mai...3/sfnley24.xml

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

He must have been 'on loan' when he fathered that child - Wenger is usually in the 'back row' of a different team, according to the whispers in North London.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

i think alot of that is just a load of old rubbish from rival fans.. we should out "**** down you ***" to wenger when he comes to OT but i don't believe a word of it..

i'm sure the Sol rumours are prob the same and are meant to have been started by Spurs fans to get back at him.. the so called "proof" the papers have is prob photos of him going out for a night out with his friends and sitting in a pub

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Well if we wait for Arsenal to finally win a game perhaps BB could post his view here?

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Here is a preview of a photo of Sol that will appear in the NoTW on Sunday
http://www.ladsfootball.com/

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

:nono:

TBH, I'd really like to know what the NotW's problem is at the moment, because they seem to be on a campaign to balls up any and all of Englands World Cup preparations. I'm no fan of Arsenal (and I couldn't give a hoot about what Sven gets up to), but why the hell does that paper persist in printing / attempting this nonsense in a World Cup Year?

As I said earlier in this thread, the most annoying thing is that, while they'll be happy to print all their flags and stuff in May and June, who're they going to blame if the team balls it up becuase of all this crap going on? You can bet your house on the fact that they won't be taking the flak - they'll just find somebody else to blame. It's about time they shut up, and just got behind the team.

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Maybe the editor is a Scotsman :D

(or woman. Or Irish/Welsh/any other nationality who is getting in advance of the hysteria that will accompany England getting past the 1st round)

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Such a vast range of nations to choose from :D

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Yup. One of the happiest days of my life was when they got put out against Brazil the last time.

Walking through the centre of Leicester on my way to work with a huge smile on my face was fun.

I only wish I had a kilt and Brazil top on. (and some running shoes!)

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

I'm sorry, but I'm taking no stick from the Welsh at the moment - this is a nation that managed to produce Robbie Savage and Craig Bellamy at the same time!

What's wrong with you people ;) :PP:

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

My apologies - I was just a little too full of cynical anticipation of watching England going out in the quarter finals, followed by 2 weeks of every newspaper dedicating the entire sports section to post mortem after post mortem, this leading to another week of telling us how the new England manager "is the new saviour", only for him (or her - you never know, perhaps the FA will get really desperate) to get sacked 2 years later for losing in the quarter finals of Euro 08 to some small tinpot country....

Oooops, there I go again :D

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Oh, fair enough then :D

---------- Post added at 13:29 ---------- Previous post was at 13:28 ----------

But you're still not getting away with Savage and Bellamy - I hold you all responsible, you know ;)

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Well said Nugget :tu:

The NOTW seem to be on an anti-England world cup campaign at the moment. First it was Sven, now it's Sol Campbell.Who's next ? Frank Lampard, or maybe Steven Gerrard ? Hell NOTW !! why not take a pic of locals at a well known gay bar in London and superimpose the entire England teams faces on there. That way we can be home after the first week, and you'll get exactly what you want :rolleyes:

Sensationalistic Journalism at it's very finest :rolleyes: :zzz:

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

I read this on the BBC 606 Board

"Apparantly Wenger dropped Sol for the Birmingham game because he did not want to see him chasing Butt on Saturday"

Re: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

Still not that funny though, is it...