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2010-2011 Football Thread
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It's Wee Jimmy Kroenke you have to worry about.
Cheers,
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WHOOOOOAH! Bravo sir, bravo!
Quite an interesting piece – albeit I've a vested interest 
– from the weekend about how clubs (well, us) scout for future stars. Walsh is doing a cracking job for us, make no mistake.
I note, meanwhile, that Stan Kroenke's portfolio of teams includes the Colorado Rapids. Could Caleb Folan be heading for the Emirates?
– from the weekend about how clubs (well, us) scout for future stars. Walsh is doing a cracking job for us, make no mistake.I note, meanwhile, that Stan Kroenke's portfolio of teams includes the Colorado Rapids. Could Caleb Folan be heading for the Emirates?
Quite an interesting piece albeit I've a vested interest
I note, meanwhile, that Stan Kroenke's portfolio of teams includes the Colorado Rapids. Could Caleb Folan be heading for the Emirates?
Speaking of future stars, what can you tell me about Tom Cairney?
He's decided he's Scottish, decent enough but looked to have got a few ideas above his station once he broke into the first team. I think that's been dealt with though.
He's also the lad who was out injured over Christmas when he scalded his head after trying to use a steaming bowl of water to relieve a cold. So, maybe not too bright.
Why do you ask? Wigan aren't sniffing around are they? Stay away Wigan!
Not that I know of. I like to play Football Manager. For my latest challenge I decided to take charge of Manchester City, but for fun I allowed myself to only keep 5 first team players and sell everyone else. One of the guys I bought as a your replacement was Tom Cairney from Hull (I also spend $40 million on Wilshire and $15 million on Rodwell)
Heh I'm doing alright on it myself at the moment. I like to start non-League though, and see where it takes me.
Currently watching the Liverpool - City match. Biggest difference between Liverpool now and earlier in the season, workrate. The Liverpool players are chasing everything, that wasn't the case earlier in the season.
I would say work rate was a big problem for us earlier, it's true, but before we bought Carroll and Suarez we were also totally useless in attack. Torres was off-form and Babel/N'Gog were unable to pick up the slack. Teams didn't fear us because we just couldn't score goals, and that put extra pressure on our defense.
Man City are embarrassing themselves. They need Mourinho.
Anybody follow the Championship? Come on Reading, Scunny tonight, if we take them we can go on and get auto promotion
Beware Scunthorpe have been practising on hoop-clad sides in preparation for tonight's match.Anybody follow the Championship? Come on Reading, Scunny tonight, if we take them we can go on and get auto promotion
Beware Scunthorpe have been practising on hoop-clad sides in preparation for tonight's match.
I know, serves QPR right for stealing our kit!
I think they had hoops a few years before you?
Anyway, they nicked our mascot. A bloody tiger?! What have QPR got to do with tigers, the dirty, time-wasting, match spoiling, injury feigning, new right-back injuring, mascot plagiarising, glove wearing cheats?
Anyway, they nicked our mascot. A bloody tiger?! What have QPR got to do with tigers, the dirty, time-wasting, match spoiling, injury feigning, new right-back injuring, mascot plagiarising, glove wearing cheats?
I think they had hoops a few years before you?
Anyway, they nicked our mascot. A bloody tiger?! What have QPR got to do with tigers, the dirty, time-wasting, match spoiling, injury feigning, new right-back injuring, mascot plagiarising, glove wearing cheats?
Nah, we had them before QPR
0-0 at Scunny. At least Norwich are losing
Indeed, they keep giving us updates from Glanford Park on the radio.
We beat them 5-1 there earlier in the season, consider that your target.
EDIT: Shane Long for the Royals, rifled in from close range by all accounts.
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Indeed, they keep giving us updates from Glanford Park on the radio.
We beat them 5-1 there earlier in the season, consider that your target.
EDIT: Shane Long for the Royals, rifled in from close range by all accounts.
You support Hull? You need to beat Swansea
Shane Long GET IN.
Yes. Yes, I do.
Yes. Yes, we do. In an ideal world. Mind, they've just scored so there we go.You need to beat Swansea
This Championship lark is much better than the Champions League. Shane Long has scored more goals tonight than World Cup winners medal owner Torres has in his whole Chelsea career.
Ian Harte 2-0!
Champions League is way too over-hyped... Championship is where the proper fans are
EDIT: Hull 1-1... Come on!
Champions League is way too over-hyped... Championship is where the proper fans are
EDIT: Hull 1-1... Come on!
Jonny Evans will no doubt be happy today following Manchester United's Champions League progression, but the Evans brother who will be especially chuffed this morning is Corry. Not only did he get the equalising goal for City last night, but he revealed in a post-match interview that he's agreed personal terms to join us in the summer, pending some paper work being sorted out between the two clubs.
This is good news.
This is good news.
Slowly Torres is losing his eager to play because watching him on the field reveals that he doesn't want to be there. He doesn't go for the ball and he kind of avoids the ball. He just hangs out there.
as the swiss tv commentator said "it's like torres is wearing a lead vest under his shirt"
IMHO he should have left the EPL for a different league to get a breath of fresh air. Can you imagine him playing another 5 years at chelsea ? he is already now running across the field like he doesn't have fun anymore
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