Football : Season 2009/2010 - Page 100

Niles Crane · 14-01-2010, 18:46

On the subject of Harry Redknapp, these are all his former managerial jobs:

Bournemouth
West Ham United
Southampton
Portsmouth

Is it coincidence all 4 of these clubs are or have been in dire financial straits? Especially when you consider a Redknapp signed player such as John Utaka is reportedly earning Â£80,000 a week at Portsmouth! I expect that's more than any Arsenal player earns, Fabregas et al included.

EDIT: The positive of this of course, is that the future looks pretty bleak for Tottenham.

Russ · 15-01-2010, 12:43

My scouse-supporting mate got sent this on the night of the Reading game

**Damien** · 16-01-2010, 14:55

Liverpool concede another late goal and drew their match at Stoke. Whahaha.

punky · 18-01-2010, 11:55

One of the ITKs on a Spurs forum I use (its not uncommon for people to be ITK with several clubs if they are an agent etc) have said they heard Zola will be sacked and replaced with Hughes.

Its on KUMB but as a rumour.

Could be connected, but also might not be.

**Damien** · 18-01-2010, 13:11

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Originally Posted by punky

One of the ITKs on a Spurs forum I use (its not uncommon for people to be ITK with several clubs if they are an agent etc) have said they heard Zola will be sacked and replaced with Hughes.

Its on KUMB but as a rumour.

Could be connected, but also might not be.

What's an ITK?

danielf · 18-01-2010, 13:14

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Originally Posted by Damien

What's an ITK?

I had to look that up. I think it's "In The Know".

For some strange reason a Google for ITK also brings up hits for 'casual' and hooliganism...

punky · 18-01-2010, 13:34

As Daniel said.

punky · 18-01-2010, 17:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by punky

One of the ITKs on a Spurs forum I use (its not uncommon for people to be ITK with several clubs if they are an agent etc) have said they heard Zola will be sacked and replaced with Hughes.

Its on KUMB but as a rumour.

Could be connected, but also might not be.

Betting has now been suspended by most bookies on Zola but that could just be everyone following the rumour as before.

NoKnowledge · 18-01-2010, 19:30

So Henry gets no punishment because the rule book says so.

I think if Platini and Blatter were not presidents of UEFA and FIFA respectively there would have been a punishment.

TheDaddy · 19-01-2010, 08:05

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Originally Posted by punky

Betting has now been suspended by most bookies on Zola but that could just be everyone following the rumour as before.

Shame it's been suspended, I'd have a bet on Zola staying on for a while yet. Gold and Sullivan have been successful, would have prefered Tony Fernandez but I am pleased it's them rather than a jail bird Italian or another group of American bankers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/8464631.stm

**Damien** · 19-01-2010, 08:26

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Originally Posted by NoKnowledge

So Henry gets no punishment because the rule book says so.

I think if Platini and Blatter were not presidents of UEFA and FIFA respectively there would have been a punishment.

Good. It's not the first handball ever and they do not get punished. The overreaction by the press and some supporters is the only reason it got this far.

**Damien** · 19-01-2010, 14:43

Portsmouth are closer to administration

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8468078.stm

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Originally Posted by BBC

Portsmouth FC could become the first Premier League club to go into administration after failing to block a petition from HM Revenue & Customs.

HMRC had applied for a winding-up petition against Portsmouth on 23 December but the club argued that the VAT part of its tax bill was too high.

However, a High Court judge dismissed Portsmouth's claim and the hearing is expected to go ahead on 10 February.

The outcome could send Portsmouth a step closer to administration.

**Damien** · 19-01-2010, 20:33

Anyone else wish they could mute the commentary and keep the noise from the ground during a match?

Matty_ · 19-01-2010, 22:46

What a lot of strange ref decisions there where in the match tonight!
All in all i thought it was a reasonably good game of football but played between 2 teams which have serious issues with defending and become really panicky at times.
Didn`t think it was a penalty, it fact i thought the earlier one when he blocked him off was more of a shout (even if a weak one) and i reckon that was what the ref was referring to when he said it was the second time.

How good are Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez

there first touch, movement and tracking back etc is absolutely world class. Rooney was very quiet for most of the game, but when Owen came on and he dropped off a bit he was devastating, City couldn`t get near him!
Another top class display from Shay Given, my he has got to be the best signing City have made in years. The game is set up nicely for the second leg i just think whichever team decides to go for it will win because the defensive side of things for both sides is shaky at best.

A draw would have been a fair result imo, i just hope Lawrenson isn`t commenting on the second leg because he talks through his

Does he not realise that sometimes if your playing against better technical players you drop deep and hit them on the counter, like Utd did so successfully against Barcelona!

Pog66 · 20-01-2010, 12:47

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Originally Posted by Damien

Anyone else wish they could mute the commentary and keep the noise from the ground during a match?

I think you could on BBC red button - you could switch between TV commentary, radio5 commentary or no commentary - just crowd noise). Not sure if you still can