[Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season

[sir_drinks_alot]

when i whent away to see the word oxford where in Sixth place in league 2 great Stuff promotion here we come boy did I get a shock on my return.my eyes looked at The table with horror to find we are now 19th And at risk of going down ! they must Have got rix back at manager for them to have becomethat bad ! looks like it's going to be a rollercostar of a week weeks foor me.

Ballack wants to sign for Chelsea,

No surprise there then

BBC Sport

Its a shame there are not more people in the game like Stuart Pearce.....

"I said to the chairman from day one, 'if I get sacked by you, I don't want any money - give it to the next manager to drive the club on'.

Good for him

[Chrysalis]

yeah sacked managers been compensated is a joke, problem with football is its a employees market.

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by yesman

Its a shame there are not more people in the game like Stuart Pearce.....



Good for him

It is good, but I no longer like Stuart Pearce seeing as Man City dumped my boys out of the Cup last night

Still, if you only actually play football for the l;ast 5 minutes of a match, I s'pose that's what happens, dammit!

[sir_drinks_alot]

got a bit of good news today oxford have sacked the uselass Brian Talbot
About time to the guy has been nothing but bad news for the club from day one ! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/4805892.stm

[pedantic]

I hope the authorities come down as hard on the Italians, as I'm sure they would on the English

http://www.sportinglife.com/football...ough_Fans.html

[sir_drinks_alot]

Originally Posted by pedantic

I hope the authorities come down as hard on the Italians, as I'm sure they would on the English

http://www.sportinglife.com/football...ough_Fans.html

Indeed if it was the other way round uefa would come down hard on the fa
Some thing talls me that. this will be whitewash the most the italians will get
is a token "fine" the fans do stuff like this in italy all the time because thay
know thay will get away with it.

A bit late, but what the heck......

[pedantic]

[Neil]

Barcelona are claiming that Thierry Henri will be playing for them next season....

Originally Posted by The Times Online

BARCELONA have raised the stakes in the battle for Thierry Henry by claiming to have secured the services of the Arsenal striker. Sources close to Joan Laporta, the Barcelona president, have told Spanish journalists that the club have reached a verbal agreement with the Frenchman to join them in the summer. It has even been suggested that Henry will be presented at the Nou Camp before the World Cup.

Linky

[gazzae]

Originally Posted by yesman

Its a shame there are not more people in the game like Stuart Pearce.....



Good for him

Works both ways. If he wants to move clubs it means the club he's moving to doesn't have to pay compensation to get him out of the contract.

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by Neil

Barcelona are claiming that Thierry Henri will be playing for them next season....



Linky

Yeah, but didn't Barcelona do pretty much the same thing with Beckham? In fact, I seem to remember that Laporta actually staked his bid for the presidency on the fact that Beckham was definitely going.

You do tend to find that the Spanish clubs in particular make these huge statements and probably 80% of them don't come off. Mind you, he'll probably sign for them now, and make me look like a pillock (not for the first time, obviously )

[Russ]

Remember Real saying they definately weren't interested in Beckham?

Anyway let's hope Henri does shove off to Spain - more fun are Arsenal's expense

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by Russ D

Anyway let's hope Henri does shove off to Spain - more fun are Arsenal's expense

God, no! He's the only one whe ever scores any points in my fantasy football team