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Damien 10-08-2010 11:53
Re: Football Season 2010/2011
 
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Originally Posted by punky (Post 35070524)
I don't think much of the Grauniad's front pages but the sports coverage is usually very good. The articles/interviews tend to be really deep and some of the other articles are just funny as hell.

See this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...ayor-tottenham
Yeah, the sports coverage is excellent. The Football Weekly podcast is very good and has the same style as their funny articles including the daily Rumour Mill (which you linked too) and The Fiver (5pm Summary of Football news). Their live 'minute-by-minute' coverage of matches is also usually quite funny, and informal.

This is a sample of their coverage from that never ending Wimbledon match this year:

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What happens if we steal their rackets? If we steal their rackets, the zombies can no longer hit their aces and thump their backhands and keep us all prisoner on Court 18. I'm shocked that this is only occurring to me now. Will nobody run onto the court and steal their rackets? Are they all too scared of the zombies' clutching claws and gore-stained teeth? Steal their rackets and we can all go home. Who's with me? Steal their rackets and then run for the tube.
later...

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It's 56 games all and darkness is falling. This, needless to say, is not a good development, because everybody knows that zombies like the dark. So far in this match they've been comparatively puny and manageable, only eating a few of the spectators in between bashing their serves.

But come night-fall the world is their oyster. They will play on, play on, right through until dawn. Perhaps they will even leave the court during the change-overs to munch on other people. Has Roger Federer left the grounds? Perhaps they will munch on him, hounding him down as he runs for his car, disembowelling him in the parking lot and leaving Wimbledon without its reigning champion. Maybe they will even eat the trophy too.

Growing darker, darker all the while.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010...10-tennis-live

TheDaddy 10-08-2010 17:57
Re: Football Season 2010/2011
 
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Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35070291)
I hope for gawd sake that's Michael Johnson and not Adam
Safe to assume Michael but lets not forget how good he was a couple of seasons ago before he got injured...

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Originally Posted by Nugget (Post 35070340)
Does a billionaire really need to make any more money?
No not really but then why do so many want more and more cash? I don't think Learner is cut from the same cloth as the Glazers and Hicks + Gillet but he isn't Abramovich either.

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Originally Posted by Russ (Post 35070321)
Great coup for the Swans :tu:
Guess so, wonder how good he might have been by now if he hadn't wasted 5 years at Chelsea...

Damien 10-08-2010 19:00
Re: Football Season 2010/2011
 
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 35070715)
No not really but then why do so many want more and more cash? I don't think Learner is cut from the same cloth as the Glazers and Hicks + Gillet but he isn't Abramovich either.
Yup.

The sports press is being quite hypocritical in the way they are going after Learner for not spending enough to match O'Neill's ambitions. He can't afford to bankroll a club to the level required to match that ambition and he wants to the club to live within it's means.

How many chairman do they blast for letting wages and transfer fees ruin the club? Here someone is being sensible and because of the populaity of the manager they blame Learner!

punky 10-08-2010 20:42
Re: Football Season 2010/2011
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35070751)
Yup.

The sports press is being quite hypocritical in the way they are going after Learner for not spending enough to match O'Neill's ambitions. He can't afford to bankroll a club to the level required to match that ambition and he wants to the club to live within it's means.

How many chairman do they blast for letting wages and transfer fees ruin the club? Here someone is being sensible and because of the populaity of the manager they blame Learner!
The thing is though he's put in £120m in transfer money alone. Not including money to clear debts and other investments. And the wage bill for Villa is quite high (85%) so he's done as much as he can.

Andy Gray bucked the trend when he was on TV earlier. Everyone seems to criticise Lerner for cutting MO'N off, but as AG said, where has all this £120m gone?

Damien 10-08-2010 20:52
Re: Football Season 2010/2011
 
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Originally Posted by punky (Post 35070800)
The thing is though he's put in £120m in transfer money alone. Not including money to clear debts and other investments. And the wage bill for Villa is quite high (85%) so he's done as much as he can.

Andy Gray bucked the trend when he was on TV earlier. Everyone seems to criticise Lerner for cutting MO'N off, but as AG said, where has all this £120m gone?
Exactly. He is not made of money and he is an example of the type of chairmen we need, dismissing him because Martin O'Neill is more popular is really grating me. If that were Benetiz or any other foreign manager they would be calling this a tantrum (especially a French manager, it suits the stereotype) and that he should work within the means of the club and not demand they run themselves further into debt.

Lot of respect for O'Neill but lazy hacks playing favorites is a poor excuse for Journalism IMO.

You are correct it's not all of them. The Times were quite fair in their analysis that the spending O'Neill required to break into the top teams were beyond their means and O'Neill had taken them as far as he could with those restrictions.

I think the real issue here is confusion over those ambitions, Villa fans can be annoyed this wasn't sorted at months ago so a replacement had a summer to rebuild.

gazzae 10-08-2010 21:54
Re: Football Season 2010/2011
 
Not for the faint hearted. A 17 year old Camoranesi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrxgr...ayer_embedded#

NoKnowledge 10-08-2010 22:25
Re: Football Season 2010/2011
 
The ref started this one

video courtesy of the sun

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...ng-player.html

yesman 12-08-2010 00:13
Re: Football Season 2010/2011
 
Fergie has been saying since the transfer window opened that he is happy with his squad, and will not be entering into the transfer market, then I read this...........

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...sign-Bebe.html

:shocked:

Damien 12-08-2010 19:36
Re: Football Season 2010/2011
 
Arsenal may well be about to sign Schwarzer

DocDutch 12-08-2010 20:10
Re: Football Season 2010/2011
 
dont know if it'll happen as fulham are very keen to keep him and has he got the experience really i would rather want hugo lloris as main goalkeeper or better still joe hart but manc will not let him go i think

Matty_ 13-08-2010 19:32
Re: Football Season 2010/2011
 
City sign Balotelli http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...ter-Milan.html

Who`s next :confused:

TheDaddy 13-08-2010 19:55
Re: Football Season 2010/2011
 
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Originally Posted by Matty_ (Post 35072227)
City sign Balotelli
Who`s next :confused:
Milner :shrug:

Media Boy UK 13-08-2010 20:32
Re: Football Season 2010/2011
 
Motherwell to win SPL
Man United to win EPL

colin25 13-08-2010 21:36
Re: Football Season 2010/2011
 
lol media boy, you have half a chance of being right..though I'm hoping for man city.

But you made me laugh mentioning motherwell, even the most optimistic supporter wouldn't say that. :)

Shadow Demon UK 13-08-2010 21:49
Re: Football Season 2010/2011
 
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Originally Posted by Matty_ (Post 35072227)

£23million, Inter must be laughing their way to the bank.


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