Football : Season 08/09

[sherer]

ALL players cheat and dive and feign injury now. It happens in the Championship and probably lower down the league too. Lets face it if the player reactions were real then the sport of boxing and rugby would have to be banned

[Russ]

Arsenal's up and down season continues...

[iadom]

Well, as Alan Hansen says, "you won't win anything with kids". Thats unless you are Man Utd of course.

Well done Burnley, three Premiership scalps now.

Jim.

[Turkey Machine]

To quote my MSN status: Burnley 2-0 Arsenal. LMFAO!!!

Epic from Burnley. If they get Man Utd in the next round and they pull it off (and I hope they don't), I'll be mighty impressed.

Arsenal always go out around about now in the Carling cup. Only big team that trys that hard is Spurs.

[sherer]

i don't think there is too much to worry about the Carling Cup it's just something for the kids to enter and if they get knocked out no great loss.

[Russ]

Aw come on, let's not play down a famous Arsenal loss

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

Especially as it seems to be their most realistic route to winning a trophy this season.

[Shadow Demon UK]

Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has rejected a move to Manchester City. The Premier League big spenders tabled a world record £129m bid. (Private Spanish radio station Cadena Ser)


If that's true, wow. It's good to see players who are not tempted to move to a club just for money. I suppose them being in the bottom six may have also swayed his decision

[Russ]

Plus the fact they're Manchester City

I'm impressed at how no-one seems to be falling over themselves to join City. At least when Roman took over at Chelski they were an above average side.

Seems like City are having trouble convincing anyone they'll be any good - even Robinho seems to be his doubts.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ls/7762389.stm

On a different matter this looks interesting. I'd only be confident if the Scottish FA took charge though, seeing as the Welsh FA couldn't organise an orgy in a brothel.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Damien

Arsenal always go out around about now in the Carling cup. Only big team that trys that hard is Spurs.

Big team

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK

Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has rejected a move to Manchester City. The Premier League big spenders tabled a world record £129m bid. (Private Spanish radio station Cadena Ser)


If that's true, wow. It's good to see players who are not tempted to move to a club just for money. I suppose them being in the bottom six may have also swayed his decision

I cannot believe thats true for a minute. And is Casillas even worth half that money?

[Shadow Demon UK]

The Football Association has confirmed that it will not take any formal action against Liverpool after their players wore T-shirts carrying a message of support for the jailed fan Michael Shields prior to Monday night's Premier League game against West Ham.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...premier-league

The FA are officially a joke. How can Liverpool get away with a number of players, fans and the club as a whole giving support to a person who has been convicted of attempted murder? They punish and fine a player who showed support to a friend who is in prison after scoring a goal but then turn a blind eye to all of this. For those that don't know there's a rule that forbids those involved in the game using it as a platform to demonstrate in favour of any political causes. The FA even charged Steven Pienaar last weekend for showing a shirt that said 'God is Great' on it. The FA need to grow a pair and do something about it, what a joke.

[punky]

Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...premier-league

The FA are officially a joke. How can Liverpool get away with a number of players, fans and the club as a whole giving support to a person who has been convicted of attempted murder? They punish and fine a player who showed support to a friend who is in prison after scoring a goal but then turn a blind eye to all of this. For those that don't know there's a rule that forbids those involved in the game using it as a platform to demonstrate in favour of any political causes. The FA even charged Steven Pienaar last weekend for showing a shirt that said 'God is Great' on it. The FA need to grow a pair and do something about it, what a joke.

There was also a big event in the run up to kick off where someone gave a speech about it. So that was orchestrated by the club itself.

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Big team

Big team?

Like honours maybe?

-> First British team to win the UEFA cup
-> And also the last British team to win it.
-> First British club to win the UEFA Cup Winners Cup.
-> First English team to win the league and cup double in the modern era.
-> 3rd ranked team in England for FA Cup wins.
-> 2 5th placed finishes in 3 years, 1 point from Champions League qualification.
-> We've won the league, FA cup, league cup, UEFA cup, Cup Winner's Cup. Also we weren't relegated a few years ago.

Business wise maybe?

-> 5th biggest club in England and Scotland according to Doloitte and Forbes (over twice the value of West Ham, who are below Everton)
-> Finances improving all the time, increasing profit all the time. (note, West Ham lost $22m, we earnt $64m)
-> Our owner loses £600m in one failed deal and doesn't even blink. Even after, he remains the 16th richest man in Britain
-> We've spent £44m alone in purchasing properties to enable us to build our new stadium.
-> During the economic down turn we've announced a £300m+ 60,000+ seater stadium will be built as well as brand new training facilities. Again, our transfer budget is protected.
-> Your biggest purchase is £7m. We regularly buy players £15m+
-> We don't have to make ends meet by renting out our executive boxes as a hotel on the side.

Fans maybe?

-> We have 22,000 waiting for season tickets
-> We have 70,000 club members

So yes, however you look at it, we are an under-performing big club. West Ham fans in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

[Russ]

It's become difficult keeping a straight face reading stuff like this....

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...587315,00.html