[Merged] Football talk

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thank god the season starts in 2 weeks haveing on football is driveing me
mad

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Are Spurs stupid?

Having had a 5m + Rohan Ricketts bid rejected in January, today they bid 3m for the most exciting talent outside the Premiership, Andy Reid (<-)

What makes them think that they will get him for that price, when they've had a higher bid rejected, for a player who is openly happy at the City Ground. Idiots.

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Spuds have even denied bidding now.

Much as I can be optimistic I can only see Viduka and Hasselbaink wasting our defence tonight though- apart from Morgan we have no fit defensive quality in the side with Dawson, Louis-Jean, Rogers all out, Tarka going to the Olympics, Doig suspect, Robertson too lightweight and Walker retired.

And it gets worse as the Major Oak is suspended for the first two games.

Come on Joe sign some ****ing defenders or we'll be winning 6-5 instead of 6-0!

I can't help but think Eriksson is on his way out after reading this, his record however as England coach is not that bad, but he has now been accused of having an affair with a female employee of the FA.

The same female employee has had an affair with Mark Palios, but the FA has considered that to be OK

Maybe Sven wasn't as good in bed or maybe his team wasn't good enough on the pitch during the recent tournament in Portugal, it just seems odd to me this has come out now, I wouldn't mind betting that if England had done better or even won the competition , this affair might have been covered up.

My conclusion: The FA want him out !!

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If Eriksson were female, he would be termed "slag". His private life shouldn't affect his job in an ideal world, but as usual real life is far from ideal and it's getting to the stage where it's getting so much media attention and this is the THIRD time. Coupled with an extremely poor showing it's time he were fired and replaced with Curbishley or McClaren.

Staying with McClaren I feel like crying. Forest 1-4 Middlesbrough. Outclassed, outplayed and outscored; the cracks in our defence evident for all to see. Good to see Big Jon back though and atm I have confidence in Kinnear's confidence to patch it especially with the players we are getting for Reidy.

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Originally Posted by nffc

If Eriksson were female, he would be termed "slag". His private life shouldn't affect his job in an ideal world, but as usual real life is far from ideal and it's getting to the stage where it's getting so much media attention and this is the THIRD time. Coupled with an extremely poor showing it's time he were fired and replaced with Curbishley or McClaren.

Staying with McClaren I feel like crying. Forest 1-4 Middlesbrough. Outclassed, outplayed and outscored; the cracks in our defence evident for all to see. Good to see Big Jon back though and atm I have confidence in Kinnear's confidence to patch it especially with the players we are getting for Reidy.

this is why the prem is so full of foreigners.. every young \ good player from down the leagues costs about 5-10 million when the top clups can just go out and buy a cheap foreign inport for half the cost of less and know he is already proven in a top flight league abroad.. think some of the lower clubs should stop being so greedy.. what's better getting 3 million every 10 years for one player or letting them go to top clubs for cheaper and getting 10 lots of 500,000

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Originally Posted by sherer

this is why the prem is so full of foreigners.. every young \ good player from down the leagues costs about 5-10 million when the top clups can just go out and buy a cheap foreign inport for half the cost of less and know he is already proven in a top flight league abroad.. think some of the lower clubs should stop being so greedy.. what's better getting 3 million every 10 years for one player or letting them go to top clubs for cheaper and getting 10 lots of 500,000

if you had seen andy reid play you would realise on top form he is worth 5m at least.

as kinnear said he has the potential to be better than damien duff and he went for 17m.

[Russ]

Originally Posted by nffc

If Eriksson were female, he would be termed "slag".

Zoe Ball wasn't called that when she did the dirty on Fatboy, neither was Amanda Holden when she went behind Les Dennis' back

As for Sven, it's the same old story. If he goes, he'll be replaced by someone hailed as the new messiah of English football, then in a few years he'll either be forced out by a scandal or improper behaviour (ie Hoddle, Venables) or by bad results after failing to win yet another tournament (ie Taylor, Robson and all the others).

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Originally Posted by Russ D

Zoe Ball wasn't called that when she did the dirty on Fatboy, neither was Amanda Holden when she went behind Les Dennis' back

As for Sven, it's the same old story. If he goes, he'll be replaced by someone hailed as the new messiah of English football, then in a few years he'll either be forced out by a scandal or improper behaviour (ie Hoddle, Venables) or by bad results after failing to win yet another tournament (ie Taylor, Robson and all the others).

That's inherent in the opinions of an overexpectent public. England will be second rate until they are managed properly- Sven is not the right man to do that.

We need a Clough character. But the FA will be too scared.

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Originally Posted by nffc

That's inherent in the opinions of an overexpectent public. England will be second rate until they are managed properly- Sven is not the right man to do that.

very true.. i think until we admit we can't win a tournament then we won't very improve on where we are.. Sven hasn't moved the team forwards and has no tactical knowledge whatsoever.. we have the basis of a good squad to build on but they aren't tournament winners yet..

Lets hope Sven goes then at least the next manager won't pick Phil Neville

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Not only that but his tactics are so un-English- as epitomised in the Euro games especially v France and Portugal: Go a goal up then defend it for the rest of the game.

Which doesn't work if your defence is s**** does it?

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very true.. if we had gone for another goal we never would have lost those games.. also hoofing the ball up the field and giving it straight back to the other team isn't the sort of thing a potential tournament winning team should be doing..

sven just isn't good enough and not being english he never seems to get excited or make changes during a match when things aren't going well..

if we hadn't beaten germany 5-1 don't think he would still be in the job and why does he get 4 million a year when he just seems to read the sun to work out who to pick and what formation to play

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I don't know whether Forest have spoilt me in terms of passing football but I have no time for hoof-ball teams at any level.

Mark Palios insists he has done no wrong, then why quit ?

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