[Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season

[Chrysalis]

Originally Posted by sherer

at the moment I can't see us going on a run.. the performance against Chelsea could have been better.. Rio still made mistakes and every touch from O'Shea was poor.. we still lacked width up front as well with no real winger on the pitch.. can see alot of the team going into comfort mode again as we beat chelsea and the performance will drop next match.. too much talk from the man u camp and not enough performances at the moment

still would like to be proved wrong as we still need a few other teams to beat or draw with chelsea to get back into the title race

Thats the problem they only perform on the big stage.

[akane1984]

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

Thats the problem they only perform on the big stage.

chelsea and arsenal on their runs could perform against any club so why not utd????

[gazzae]

Originally Posted by akane1984

chelsea and arsenal on their runs could perform against any club so why not utd????

They could. They went 45 games unbeaten IN ALL competitions during 1998 and 1999. At the minute with injuries etc we are just not good enough.
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Footballer gets papal blessing

An Italian footballer has become a hero on and off the pitch for asking his team to pay him only the minimum wage.

While some of his team-mates at Roma football club earn millions, Damiano Tommasi has requested a salary of â‚ ¬1,500 (£1,013 ) a month. After being out of the game for months with a knee injury, the 31-year-old player said he simply wanted to return to playing football at the highest level and economic considerations were low on his list of priorities. A modest salary was enough for his needs, he said, and he was still earning more than many ordinary Italians.

His gesture has led to him being lionised in football-mad Italy, with even the Vatican's official mouthpiece L'Osservatore Romano congratulating him for not pursuing an exorbitant salary or re-signing fee, like other players.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/inter...635434,00.html

[gazzae]

Rio: 'Keane never mentioned money'

Rio Ferdinand claims he has seen Roy Keane's famous MUTV interview and he never mentions his £120,00 0-a-week wages.

...Ferdinand has told The Sun: "I respect Roy as the team captain. He obviously spoke and said what he felt but what he said about me is nothing that I didn't think about myself and more. I'm my own fiercest critic.

And for the record, I've seen the interview and nowhere does Roy ever mention what I earn or refer to my contract.

"He talked about my position for the two goals and he was right. But some of the stuff it is claimed he said is absolute rubbish."

http://www.football365.com/teams/man...y_168133.shtml

A bit of humour for you from Old Trafford from last Sundays game with Chelsea

Click here then click on the Man U logo

[Russ]

Love it

[gazzae]

Hearts have today announced their new Director of Football.

Anti Man U Fan ?

This might cheer you up

http://www.sky.com/skycom/tvguide/0,...028855,00.html

50 Greatest goals scored against Man Utd, Sky One 8pm tonight

United dressing room bugged

More here

[BBKing]

50 Greatest goals scored against Man Utd, Sky One 8pm tonight

How are they going to balance that? '50 Greatest van Nistelrooy Three Yard Tap Ins', perhaps? '50 Greatest Spurs Defensive Cockups'? The possibilities are endless.

[Russ]

Originally Posted by BBKing

How are they going to balance that? '50 Greatest van Nistelrooy Three Yard Tap Ins', perhaps? '50 Greatest Spurs Defensive Cockups'? The possibilities are endless.

Perhaps the balance will include the goals that ended Arsenal's run, they were pretty good.

Originally Posted by BBKing

How are they going to balance that? '50 Greatest van Nistelrooy Three Yard Tap Ins', perhaps? '50 Greatest Spurs Defensive Cockups'? The possibilities are endless.

They balanced it very well the previous week, the No. 1 goal was from Giggs with the usual assist from your Captain at the time.

Next week it is "Pick your top 3 Arsenal dives" from our selection of 50.
With so many to chose from it is going to be tough to pick the top 3 methinks.

well done england

[BBKing]

'Top 50 Demonstrations Of Football Boot Ballistics By Sir Alex Ferguson'

Perhaps the balance will include the goals that ended Arsenal's run, they were pretty good.

Next week it is "Pick your top 3 Arsenal dives" from our selection of 50.

I spot a certain amount of irony in this, considering that the first of Russ's 'pretty good' goals was a dubious penalty following a dive by the spud-faced wunderkind. If that's 'pretty good' you really are getting starved of decent football, or you enjoy watching cheats when they wear Manchester United shirts. Time to start watching Arsenal and England, Russ.

3-2 to the England - smash and grab at the end. What a difference a decent defensive midfielder makes, eh?

[iadom]

Originally Posted by BBKing

3-2 to the England -

And the cricket team finished the first day of the 1st Test on a high, also the RU boys beat Australia. somehow don't fancy the RL's chances of making it a fourth success.