Football Talk 2006/2007 Season

Originally Posted by danielf

How about: If goals have been scored, then the one that scored first wins. Or: a panel of judges decides which goal was best, and awards the trophy to the team that scored it?

Soft southerners; Glaswegian solution - Last man standing - if it's a draw, the two teams batter each other until "there can be only one"

Bet it would get great viewing figures, though recovering for the next match might be problematic, since the big jessies get groin strain just by lifting their wallets.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by gazzae

So there you have it. It doesn't matter if you only have one or two English players in your whole first team squad as long as your owned by somebody English.

I think he has got a point the people trying to buy my club have little or no interest in the club, they are interested in making money, how they actually set about doing it will be interesting whether it's by getting success or as a seller/ trader of talent.

Whilst imo it is a shame that first team squads are no longer representative of the fans, I don't think it really matters these days when they get paid so much cash, how can you identify with a player when they earn £100 000 a week regardless of their nationality. The days of players staying with their hometown club all their careers and staying on as a coach are long gone.

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

I think he has got a point the people trying to buy my club have little or no interest in the club, they are interested in making money, how they actually set about doing it will be interesting whether it's by getting success or as a seller/ trader of talent.

Wouldn't be the case wether the owner is English or foreign. I think Wenger was having a pop at Chelsea, but I'm not convinced one of the richest men in the world has bought it just to make money. In my opinion Abrovanich has bought a club and is going all out to make it one of the most succesful (throphy wise) in Europe, I don't think the money matters (he certainly doesn't need it), its more ego related. I'm certainly not complaining, and worried about the fact that the owner's not english.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo

Wouldn't be the case wether the owner is English or foreign. I think Wenger was having a pop at Chelsea, but I'm not convinced one of the richest men in the world has bought it just to make money. In my opinion Abrovanich has bought a club and is going all out to make it one of the most succesful (throphy wise) in Europe, I don't think the money matters (he certainly doesn't need it), its more ego related. I'm certainly not complaining, and worried about the fact that the owner's not english.

That's not how I read it, Abramervich has been involved for a few years and his intentions are obvious, the consortium trying to buy West Ham are money men from all over the world, they have no interest in football in fact one of the Israeli's associates is quoted as saying 'he wouldn't know the difference between West Ham and West Brom', the problem with foreigners owning clubs is that it is hard for the fans to make their voices heard Malcolm Glazzer has still not been to Manchester so how would he know just how much the fans were against him. Alexander Gadaymac at Portsmouth has been accused of using his farther's ill gotten gains at Portsmouth, he disputes the accusations but who knows if they are justified. He may have also been talking of the Aston Villa takeover, however what isn't widely reported is the fact that Randy watched Villa several times in the 1980's and IIRC actually lived in Birmingham as well.

The U's manage their first way win of the season

[Mal]

Blue moon, you started singing too soon...

Originally Posted by BBC Sport

Manchester City's Joey Barton could face disciplinary action after exposing his backside to Everton fans at the end of the 1-1 draw at Goodison Park.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Mal

Blue moon, you started singing too soon...

I'd like to say that I am surprised but that boy really is a prat

[Mal]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

I'd like to say that I am surprised but that boy really is a prat

Don't you mean that he is an a...?

[Russ]

W00t! Back to the top of the Premiership again

[nffc]

Join the "top of the league" club if you wanna

(warsaw fans also welcome as are any more man u and forest fans but no cardiff fans allowed because english clubs only)

What is going on at West Ham ?

The signing of a couple of high profile players, plus speculation of a takeover, then linked with a takeover from a former bidder, then..... down the table we go.

The players came from Brazilian club Corinthians, who are in part owned by investment company MSI, who have previously been linked with a takeover of West Ham.

Something smells.

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I predict that Arsenal will win the Champions League trophy in the next couple of seasons, don't ask me how I know

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by yesman

What is going on at West Ham ?

The signing of a couple of high profile players, plus speculation of a takeover, then linked with a takeover from a former bidder, then..... down the table we go.

Something smells.

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I predict that Arsenal will win the Champions League trophy in the next couple of seasons, don't ask me how I know

That Joorabja (?) has left Corinthians with an 18 million debt apparently accrued in a season! what a businessman

Apparently Tevez is going to be sold in January to Valencia and apparently we are keeping 10 million of the transfer fee.

A lot of people got upset when we signed them, look at Bobby Zamora, the leagues top scorer until they arrived, he was on fire putting them in with his thigh, backside etc. also Arsenal bid for Reo Coker on the strength of us signing Macherano so that unsettled him but the real reason imo is that we have missed Dean Ashton more than expected.

The best thing for the club is to let the Argentines go and tell the Iranian and his chums to sod off we don't need them, we need the board to be strong and it's possible they will, as what not many people know is we still have members of the Cairns family on the board, their fore fathers started the club as Thames Iron Works.

[TheBlueRaja]

Originally Posted by danielf

How about: If goals have been scored, then the one that scored first wins. Or: a panel of judges decides which goal was best, and awards the trophy to the team that scored it?

I heard a cracking suggestion about this the other day, have the penalties taken BEFORE the match starts, that way the teams know that after 120 mins what the outcome will be.

Would make for some real gung ho stuff in the last part of the match.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

I heard a cracking suggestion about this the other day, have the penalties taken BEFORE the match starts, that way the teams know that after 120 mins what the outcome will be.

Would make for some real gung ho stuff in the last part of the match.

Why bother playing the match at all, just take the penalties and then go home

[pedantic]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Why bother playing the match at all, just take the penalties and then go home

No thanks ! The Germans would win all the time.