Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

l feel sorry for Chris Hughton but sadly the damage from what the CE said the other week has been done and l don't expect him to last out the season sadly.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

:LOL: Pardews got a mate for his anger management classes hahaha same guy who said this... http://www.marca.com/2012/12/03/en/f...354553078.html

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

As far as I know, the 'We know who we are' chant came about after we won the European cup with "Champions of Europe" at the end. Don't remember it being sung before then. Terry and Mikel got fined. by the club and FA, and banned as well. Nothing happened to Ramires. So. drunk drivers hold the moral high ground then?

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

I would sooner tackle Pardew than that bloke, it took five or six people to hold him back.:D

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

ah I'm sorry that was me responding to 'we know who we are?' RACISTS :D

Oh did they, ok, I don't recall that only the FA stuff. May be Ramires should have been given English lessons?

I didn't say that did I. I wasn't around, well not fully aware to say the least so i cannot comment on Tony Adams. Drink driving though on the whole is unacceptable. In my opinion there is no acceptable limit. No one should drink drive end of.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Like I said, I don't remember it being sung until after the Champions league final. I'm sure it came about as a response to the "You know what you are" stick to Terry. In future can you not edit your post until I've finished replying :)

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

ok my mistake :)

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Arsenal were right to bid £40 million + £1 then: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...-suarez-clause

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

incompetence!

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

How is it? They were right. The fact Liverpool didn't want to honour their contracts works because it would takes ages to get though the courts and the deadline would have passed.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Then why spend soo long chasing Suarez all the while Higuain and Cavani move elsewhere ?

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Because they correctly thought they could get Suarez for £40 million.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Na. Agents talk. So do players. It doesn't take weeks on end to figure out the legality of a contract in this day and age. Try again Damien...

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Well thank praise be to god that we did keep him as he is worth £90 million now given that Bale went for that.:)

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

They did figure out the legality of the contract. Hence why they knew he had that release clause.

How about you learn to stop patronising people who don't agree with you?

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

I'm not patronising anyone. Try again Damien. You seem to think it was all done correctly and I'm saying it wasn't. It wasn't just me calling them incompetent neither so step back and think about it, why would there be an uproar for nothing? The Suarez saga dragged on far too long, I'll give the club the benefit of the doubt and say the media did drag it out may be a week or two longer than it really did but even then you have you ask yourself what the bloody hell were they doing in between. Cavani moved to PSG late on. Cavani moving was expected to happen as soon as the window opened, infact before the window opened. Chelsea wanted him but couldn't afford it :LOL: imagine that, Arsenal could afford to buy Cavani but Chelsea couldn't!! Juventus couldn't afford to pay Real Madrid 25m£cash for Higuain and Arsenal could!

Its incompetence or fraud.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

I make several points:
Firstly, For former managers and players, and fans to say that Pardew should be sacked for the 'so called headbutt' is out of order

I have seen the tv footage, and to me its just a clash of heads where he has gone in and under a fit of anger 'it looks like a butt' and that Newcastle have fined him £100.000 for it. BUT maybe the football authorities should crack down on some really nasty tackles and also headbutts.

Charlie Adams is one of the worst offenders of these 'crimes' on the field.

I also believe that Daniel Levy will remove Sherwood from managerial duties and move the Dutch manager in - thats why Sherwood was on a short contract.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Newcastle's Alan Pardew charged with improper conduct

Read more at http://www.thefa.com/news/governance...7TUmJqCKRMM.99

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Louis Nicollin has again taken a pop at Newcastle saying Remy Cabella should opt for Arsenal, Manchester or find a good French club, PSG, Monaco. Also says Newcastle isn't America Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa

http://www.le10sport.com/football/me...-au-psg-138092

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

trying to do damage to the legs. hardly surprising is it.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Here is some good news for Arsenal fans.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26435250

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Can't believe Stoke are actually challenging the decision.....

---------- Post added at 13:37 ---------- Previous post was at 13:33 ----------

Woooo!

Also means Rosicky should be the first Arsenal player since Bergkamp(!) to get a testimonial. Mertesacker will likely be captain next year too.

Also Ramsey will sign a new 5 year contract: http://www.theguardian.com/football/...senal-contract

Cazorla has apparently already agreed a new deal too if you believe the press.

Sagna must be on his way out.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Yes rumours have said several clubs were interested in Sagna including us.:shocked:

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Sagna wants 100k. PSG will hand him the contract plus a fat signing on fee. Not sure about replacement. Jenkinson is above average, nothing more as of yet.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Jamie Carragher: Change rules to stop manager sackings mid-season.

http://www1.skysports.com/watch/tv-s...ngs-mid-season

What a good idea.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

na wont happen. it benefits some. it destroys others. its the clubs choice what they want to do.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

what if you have a dog of a manager, not good for that team

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

On the whole most managers are sacked far too quickly and replaced by people who are no better then they are and in many cases are even worse then the ex managers who they are replacing.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

I do like it. I would say you need to put a UEFA/FIFA rule that a manager can only hold one registration per season (i.e can only manage one club that season). So it allows a manager to be fired but makes it more difficult for one to be hired from elsewhere until the season is over unless you appoint a caretaker. This would allow clubs to address a serious situation but somewhat limit the merry-go-around. Additionally managers must be compensated for at least the entire reason irrespective of their contract.

I would also close the winter transfer window. The manger and team you enter a season with should be the one with which you finish with.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Agree about the manager, but with players it should be allowed in certain circumstances. For instance, your 25 man squad submitted in the Summer has a few injuries to it ruling, for arguments sake, 5 players out of the squad for the rest of the season. If you only have 2 or 3 players to submit instead of those injured and none of the Under 21's are ready to play for the first team, would it not make sense to allow that team to sign players to replace those injured?

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Did you sign this Russ?

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26442914

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Personally l don't rate him that highly but l for one will never sign it.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

You've not really thought either idea through have you.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

No I think I have thought it through. We should encourage better pre-season planning.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Oh dear. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-accounts.html

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Don't worry. I am sure Arsenal are ready to take a certain asset off their hands for almost the full amount! :D

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Never never never and that message will be sent to all Arsenal fan who must pray daily that some sort of miracle will allow this to happen but suffice to say there is no hope of deliverance not now not never on this.:nono::nono::nono:

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

So what happens if we have another Keegan in charge of England who decides he can't cope half way through qualifying, England don't have a manager without screwing another club over.

What about the small clubs that sell to survive and big south American clubs that sell to pay wages, seems to me you have thought about what would suit your favourite club and stuff everyone else.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

England would be free to pick from one of the unemployed managers or will have to wait until the end of the season. They would still screw over another club if they poach their manager.

They can sell at the end of the season or they can sell now but the licence won't transfer until the end of the season. All I am suggesting is that we extend the current ban on transfer windows throughout the season rather than have a opening in the middle stopping the mad rush in January for players.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Tend to agree with the daddy.

Often suggestions on here are biased to what suits there own club.

Pre-ferguson, Man utd supporters decried changing a manager, and look how well ferguson turn out. Then they get Moyes, and it is "get rid of him".

I take the view, let clubs do what they want, I rarely hear about a poor manager, and some seem to make changing their job as a career.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Charlie Adam banned by FA following Olivier Giroud incident.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26425905

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Good!!!

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

That won't do for me and the vast majority of England supporters, taking an unemployed manager rather than the best man for the job & failing to qualify for major tournaments and fans of clubs having to endure relegation and the likes of glen roader and Avram grant longer than necessary. For me it's such a bad idea it could have come straight from sepp Blatter.

What you're suggesting is players waiting many months for pay instead of just months as happens now in south America, players who can't get in teams wasting their careers waiting for moves and smaller clubs in this country possibly going bust because they can't sell players. It's not broke, why attempt to fix it.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Oh well. It's my opinion and I set out my reasons for that opinion. I don't need to justify it to the vast majority of England supporters. I am not the head of the FA.

A more balanced way would be to adjust the rule slightly so that you can only change club once per season.

They'll have a choice of both internal candidates or managers that have yet to change to a FIFA registered club in that season. If you take a employed manager then you're screwing over the club they were a manager off and the whole thing cycles round.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

There aren't many clubs that change managers more than once per season are there?

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Fulham have.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Queens Park Rangers announce £65m loss in 2013 accounts.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26468560

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Jack Wilshere out for six weeks after breaking foot in Denmark win.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26470890

Not what Arsenal wanted.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

fantastic! just a bruise my ass!

---------- Post added at 17:28 ---------- Previous post was at 17:17 ----------

last attempts before he signs a new deal at Barca.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Not a hope in hell of it happening.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

nice touch.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Oh for another Matt Le Tissier, he was never tempted by big name clubs and big pay cheques...http://bit.ly/1cD51YX

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

From what l hear Cobby Luke Shaw is a Chelsea fan.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Yes, as the article linked goes on to say.

Club loyalty is dead though :(

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Sadly it is.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Lovely day today :D

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

I though so too. :D:D:D

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Arthur's views will be 'interesting' :D

I think self inflicted damage would be the term I would use.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Yes Spurs losing went down well.:D

---------- Post added at 19:28 ---------- Previous post was at 19:27 ----------

Yes its nice to see the old boy with a smile on his face.:D

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

I have just watched a game of which l am appalled by officials and the cheating of players - and thats not because of Chelsea's win.

Spurs just fell apart and made some terrible mistakes, and the game turned by the appalling dive of Eto, and the referee gave a penalty - terrible decision.

Even the Sky commentator, said it wasn't a penalty AND a friend of ours WHO is Chelsea fan was inside the ground. Said it wasn't a penalty.

The game was turned by that, there were some incidents in the game that you had to laugh at at with the poor officials, A Spurs player gets smacked in the mouth by a Chelsea boot. Some of the tackles for Chelsea were bad.

Its about time officials done there job properly. The three other goals were scored by stupid and patheitc defending by us. But, some Chelsea players wnt farcically down injured and if they got the free kick would get up. If they didn't they stayed down.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Strong post match from Sherwood. No doubt there will be more to come from the 'pressers'. Clown :LOL:

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

So much for me predicting Spurs may still have a chance of getting top 4. With that clown of a manager in charge they have no chance and never will

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Making Sherwood manager was a bad mistake in my humble opinion as he has no managerial experience at all and you simply can't in the top division appoint recent ex players on a whim as it simply won't work.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

I thought it was more down to the players. 3 mistakes cost goals, and an unfortunate penalty. No manager can stop that happening.

They need a kick up the backside.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Hull City: McGregor, Figueroa, Rosenior, Chester, Davies, Meyler, Huddlestone, Elmohamady, Sagbo, Aluko, Fryatt

Subs: Harper, Bruce, Faye, Henderson, Quinn, Boyd, Koren

Sunderland: Ustari; Bardsley, Vergini, O'Shea, Dossena; Larsson, Cattermole, Colback, Giaccherini; Fletcher, Scocco

Subs: Mannone, Cuellar, Celustka, Bridcutt, Ki, Johnson, Borini

Come on Sunderland another trip to Wembley

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Good luck Dave.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Sherwood has only lost 3 games, and done better than any other spurs manage in the same time frame

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

They should have never got rid of Del Boy Harry.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

I thought he was let go, as he had ambitions to leave tottenham...if he had nipped england rumours in the bud...he would still be there

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

It wasn't just the England stuff. Levy got rid because Harry was getting a bit too big for the club, well thinking he was. Going public on MOTD about player contracts, his contract, signing players and then topping it with 'well Levys got other things to worry about at the moment with the passing of his mother so we'll see' sealed his fate.

Anyway with Louis van Gaal looking likely to arrive he may whip the squad into better shape but the squad does need further investment, investment that may hinder stadium plans. That 100m they threw in the summer then fail to play their record signing is mismanagement.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

You can spend a fortune as some clubs do and the impact from those signings can be minimal so my advice is for clubs to do their homework before they take the plunge.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

From BBC site, god knows why he thinks that

"Jack Lennard: As an Arsenal fan I'm scared we might win a trophy.. been a while!

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

he wont have anything to moan about [img]Download Failed (1)[/img]

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

ahhh...good point :)

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Sunderland doing a Tottenham.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Sunderland should be able to concentrate on league. maybe not a bad thing, if they can

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

l think we need to club together to buy Dave a extra large box of tissues.:bigcry::bigcry:

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

absolutely fuming with that disgraceful shambles of a team would not be so bad if they tried a bit but no effort to get to a fa cup semi final is unforgivable :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

ahh away at Man City

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

fa cup semi final draw

Hull City V Sheff United

Man City Or Wigan V Arsenal

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

good draw :)

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Wembley so you more at home

---------- Post added at 16:04 ---------- Previous post was at 16:03 ----------

makes us not trying even harder to take

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

at wembley, if man city win, else wigan

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

oh crap forgot about that :o:

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

toure dallying on edge of box, Demichelis kicks ball out to front of box. sigh...defending is a foreign word I fear

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

90mins of Owen now. Thanks BT!

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Dam it. I wanted to avoid City.

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

from BBC, they presume arsenal and city will keep their top 4
"
Joe Pape: Awful draw for United/Spurs/Everton. Two of them will miss out on Europe now!

---------- Post added at 16:17 ---------- Previous post was at 16:14 ----------

Demichelis will make a mistake, you heard it here first :D

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

:shocked:

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

It wasn't a hard guess.

From BBC site

"Lewis Borlase: I want to take back my previous tweet about Lee Cattermole being the biggest liability in football, I forgot about Demichelis.

---------- Post added at 17:16 ---------- Previous post was at 16:48 ----------

I am tired...shouting at the tv...too many idiots on the pitch

---------- Post added at 17:18 ---------- Previous post was at 17:16 ----------

I agree with toure substitution...he has been clumsy

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Looks like you will :p:

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

You've tempted fate now...

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Someone had to :)

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

just hope Wigan can do this :) :D

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Exciting finish at least :)

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

I doubt Colin, Thenry and Damien have any nails left...

Re: Football Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

I just wish city had played like this from the start.

---------- Post added at 17:51 ---------- Previous post was at 17:49 ----------

Wigan should just keep kicking the ball towards Demichelis. He is bound to make a mistake :D