Football: WORLD CUP 06 and close season/transfer discussion.

Sickboy · Post by **Sickboy** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:59 am 0

Zoot wrote:
Sickboy wrote:Bet it was an interesting tour, though.

"And this is the trophy cabinet, Mr Glazer..."
"Gotcha. So where the holy living frick are the gosh-damned *trophies*?"
"We lent them to the scousers down the road because they hadn't won anything for a few years. Don't worry, we'll have them back this year."

We'll have them back? Surely you mean, Mr Glazer...

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:00 am 0

Zoot wrote:"We lent them to the scousers down the road because they hadn't won anything for a few years. Don't worry, we'll have them back this year."

Been a few years now, mate.

merman · Post by **merman** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:31 am 0

Anybody got any sour grapes for Mr Kevin Phillips, now of Aston Villa?

"I didn't want to play for Southampton"

"My partnership with Kevin Beattie never got going"

Well boo fucking hoo. I'd like to be paid 30,000 quid a week for warming the bench.

mac monkey · Post by **mac monkey** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 1:13 pm 0

KevG wrote:
Zoot wrote:"We lent them to the scousers down the road because they hadn't won anything for a few years. Don't worry, we'll have them back this year."
Been a few years now, mate.

It will be a few more years, unless we start buying some players

Geenius · Post by **Geenius** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 1:30 pm 0

Ely wrote:
Geenius wrote:The linesman (ok, assistant referee) doesn't put his flag up until the player (even if he's 5 yards or more offside) has touched the ball. So he can run after a ball for 50 yards, chased by a defender, trap the ball and then finally find out that he was in fact offside
And the reasoning that this is better than what we had before is?? Sounds seriously mad to me!

I haven't heard any reasoning behind it. I assume that there were a few complaints of "but I wasn't interfering with play!" bandied around

Attackers could possibly use to their advantage in one circumstance. If an attacker runs after the ball and isn't chased by defenders (knowing him to be offside), another attacker (that was onside before the pass) could then sprint after the ball, while the original attacker runs into the box to support?! Dunno whether it'll ever happen, mind.

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 1:48 pm 0

Wish they'd just leave the rules alone. This is getting to be like Rugby Union

Munky · Post by **Munky** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:02 pm 0

merman wrote:Anybody got any sour grapes for Mr Kevin Phillips, now of Aston Villa?

"I didn't want to play for Southampton"

"My partnership with Kevin Beattie never got going"

Well boo fucking hoo. I'd like to be paid 30,000 quid a week for warming the bench.

Hopefully it's nothing more than the standard comments you usually hear when a benchwarmer leaves their old club, and not a sign that he's turning into a moaner. (Had our fair share of them over the past few years.)

Not a bad buy for Â£1m. There should be a few goals in him, which has been the root of Villa's problem on and off for the last 10 years.

So, another mid-table finish it is then...

aureole · Post by **aureole** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:05 pm 0

I thought Angel had come good? Wish our 8m+ signing had come as good.

Munky · Post by **Munky** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:41 pm 0

aureole wrote:I thought Angel had come good? Wish our 8m+ signing had come as good.

It looked like he had a couple of seasons back, but it was very short-lived. 9 goals in 33 appearances last season, compared to 23 in 39 the season before.

I reckon he'll do well again this season. Maybe not scoring so many himself, but setting a fair few up for Phillips. With Solano providing service for them, as well as banging a few in himself, we'll have a much healther goal ratio this time around.

We still lack quality in the depth of the squad though, so a couple of injuries to key players and it's yet another average season for us.

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:55 pm 0

D'you know what. I reckon Mr Phillips will do all right next year.

That is all

cyric100 · Post by **cyric100** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:04 pm 0

KevG wrote:D'you know what. I reckon Mr Phillips will do all right next year.

That is all

Yeah, I've been thinking that meself. Good move for both him and Villa I reckon.

Geenius · Post by **Geenius** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:06 pm 0

merman wrote:Anybody got any sour grapes for Mr Kevin Phillips, now of Aston Villa?

"I didn't want to play for Southampton"

"My partnership with Kevin Beattie never got going"

Well boo fucking hoo. I'd like to be paid 30,000 quid a week for warming the bench.

Was Kevin Beattie, James' younger brother in the reserves

mac monkey · Post by **mac monkey** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:14 pm 0

KevG wrote:D'you know what. I reckon Mr Phillips will do all right next year.

That is all

yeah, think so to, good player....maybe worth keeping in mind for my Fantasy Footy team when it rolls round again-cheap and cheerful & will get goals.

merman · Post by **merman** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:38 pm 0

Geenius wrote:
merman wrote:Anybody got any sour grapes for Mr Kevin Phillips, now of Aston Villa?

"I didn't want to play for Southampton"

"My partnership with Kevin Beattie never got going"

Well boo fucking hoo. I'd like to be paid 30,000 quid a week for warming the bench.
Was Kevin Beattie, James' younger brother in the reserves

LOL, well spotted, must have got the name mixed up with the LEGEND that is former Ipswich player Kevin Beattie...

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:34 pm 0

Kevin Phillips is a right little shitbag. "My time at Southampton never felt right". Boo-hoo. That's his spiel for, "Once the club I'm at starts doing badly, I can't be arsed any more, and will go in the huff until I get a move".

I don't think he'll do well at Villa, either. His best days are behind him, which is probably why he's such a moody fucker now!