Close Season Gossip & Rumour Thread - Page 11

Russ · 23-06-2007, 20:19

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

You mean you hadn't heard of him, Gerrard Houlier wanted to sign him for Liverpool before he went to Utd for instance, when you say comparable do you mean like a Champions League final and winning the League cup? Because it looked like Henry was on the scrapheap aged 22 Where as Ronaldo was a top prospect

Had the name 'Ronaldo' been mentioned to anyone (including yourself) pre-2003 and it would have been assumed the buck-toothed Brazillian was the subject.

'Comparable' in terms of before coming to the Premiership, both were virtual unknowns but vastly improved their game as a result.

TheDaddy · 23-06-2007, 20:36

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Originally Posted by Russ B

'Comparable' in terms of before coming to the Premiership, both were virtual unknowns but vastly improved their game as a result.

Henry had played and scored in a World cup, so he was hardly unknown, he'd failed badly in Italy, that was the problem, it's also interesting that both were bought to replace key players and I'd agree, the Premier league has been good for them and they for it

Russ · 23-06-2007, 20:43

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Henry had played and scored in a World cup, so he was hardly unknown

I was referring to being unknown in the UK

TheDaddy · 23-06-2007, 21:06

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Originally Posted by Russ B

I was referring to being unknown in the UK

He was in my works World Cup dream team, ah the memories FC Kuntz

, it had such a ring to it, named in honour of the world beater Stefan obviously

sherer · 24-06-2007, 14:20

i don't think Henry was a complete unknown as he and Wenger had both worked together at Monaco and also in the French youth setup at ClairFontaine the same place where he also worked with Viera so both players he already knew all about and their potential

iadom · 24-06-2007, 23:02

Has nffc gone to Glastonbury? Just watching the Manics on BBC HD channel 108 and someone is waving a large Forest flag right in the middle of the crowd at the front.

nffc · 25-06-2007, 00:33

I have most certainly not! I can't stand that sort of music

25-06-2007, 22:46

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

I am sure the club will live on in another guise but it's a shame never the less, 128 years of history, gone

http://www.scarboroughfc.com/

Looks like they will live on.....

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Scarborough Football Club, which went bust last week, is to be reborn under the name Scarborough Athletic.

Already,........ however, The failed club's McCain stadium is to be sold for development, to pay off the Inland revenue no doubt?

So it seems that they will begin at the bottom of the pile at the Northern Counties East League and share a ground with Bridlington Town.

At least they exist

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/n...re/6237112.stm

pedantic · 26-06-2007, 11:52

Can someone please tell me why Uefa seem to think qualification for the next world cup has to be changed ? And why they think this new system is better ? My tiny brain is having a hard time comprehending this.

gazzae · 26-06-2007, 11:58

Fewer games. The Winners of a group will now only play 8 or 10 games whereas before they would play 12 or 14.

pedantic · 26-06-2007, 12:10

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Originally Posted by gazzae

Fewer games. The Winners of a group will now only play 8 or 10 games whereas before they would play 12 or 14.

I understand that part, but........

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They will be determined after the bottom team in the eight larger groups is erased and the points recalculated

gazzae · 26-06-2007, 12:17

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Originally Posted by pedantic

I understand that part, but........

The runner up with the least points will miss out on the playoffs. As there is a group of five teams the runner up in this goup would probably miss the playoffs having played fewer games. So to make it fair when calculating who misses out they remove the points gained against the bottom team in each of the groups with 6 teams.

pedantic · 26-06-2007, 12:48

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Originally Posted by gazzae

The runner up with the least points will miss out on the playoffs. As there is a group of five teams the runner up in this goup would probably miss the playoffs having played fewer games. So to make it fair when calculating who misses out they remove the points gained against the bottom team in each of the groups with 6 teams.

It's a possible scenario then that a team who finishes third, could claim a playoff spot over a team finishing 2nd, after the re-calculation ? This sounds like it could get complicated.

gazzae · 26-06-2007, 13:18

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Originally Posted by pedantic

It's a possible scenario then that a team who finishes third, could claim a playoff spot over a team finishing 2nd, after the re-calculation ? This sounds like it could get complicated.

No, Its only the 9 runners up who have a chance. The one with the worst record misses out.

pedantic · 26-06-2007, 14:58

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Originally Posted by gazzae

No, Its only the 9 runners up who have a chance. The one with the worst record misses out.

I know that part, but there could still be a case where the team finishing in 3rd could claim a play off place, over the team finishing 2nd in a group, because of the re-calculation. Which does seem unfair, but uefa do like to tweak things I suppose.