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

mac monkey · Post by **mac monkey** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:16 pm 0

Probably will announce we've got Figo tomorrow!!

Zoot · Post by **Zoot** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:34 pm 0

KevG wrote:However, I reckon most England fans won't care about his rep and quite a few are probably delighted at the (hopefully) short-term effect it will have on the team.

Do you mean short-term effect on the Liverpool team, Kev? If so, I for one am not happy that he is going. Sure, he's a really great player, but I would rather Man Yoo beat a Liverpool Team at full strength rather than gloat at a misfortune.

As I have said a few times this week, we had EXACTLY the same thing with Beckham. And do you know what, what Becks came back to Old Trafford for the first time as captain of England, he got a standing ovation. Now, you may argue that was because there were only Manchester people there that night i.e. City fans, but I like to think that it was a crowd saying "thank you" to a player who had given wonderful service.

It's football, innit? Lovely, lovely football......................

I am not delighted at LFCs misfortune, because when we spank your sorry asses again this year, you scousers will be saying "Oh, if only Gerrard were still here!"

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:34 pm 0

PaulEMoz wrote:Honestly?

I even thought this at the time....he just said what he said when they were talking to him on the pitch after the Champions League Final because he had to. What else could he possibly say? "Nah, this is great, but I'm off now"?

Given all the stuff that had gone on in the year, Paul, I think he boxed himself into a corner with that statement. It raised a lot of hopes: no one held a gun to his head. I suppsoe he could have said "We're going to talk soon" and left it at that. In fact, IIRC I think he did. But, y'know...

At the end of the day LFC allegedly offered him what he wanted at the forth time of asking. Something smells.

Zoot · Post by **Zoot** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:40 pm 0

i8manx wrote:If Chelsea have Owen,Gerrard,Lampard & Terry, yes it would be good for England squad, but it will kill off the Premiership, as will defo just be a one horse race each year, boring!!

Get away with you! When was the last time you watched an England game and (jingoism aside) thought "Wow! This lot are really good!".

It takes a good team to win the Premiership. It takes a great team to keep winning it year after year. Chelski have proved that they are the former - the latter is a harder challenge and, we now know how they play...............

Look at Arsenal this year. Can you tell me how a team that had just been through 1 1/2 seasons without being beaten suddenly ended up playing severe catchup, and were prey for everybody just because they were humiliated twice by the great ManYoo? Confidence, that's what. When you have it, and you swagger, you walk on to the pitch and expect to win, you can see the fear in other team's faces. They expect to lose, you expect to win and, more importantly, they addapt their tactics to contain you.

At some stage next year, Chelski will slip on the banana skin - they were close this year, and we will see what happens then.

romanista · Post by **romanista** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:48 pm 0

Vieri goes to milan, no tottenham...

mac monkey · Post by **mac monkey** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:10 pm 0

Zoot wrote: At some stage next year, Chelski will slip on the banana skin - they were close this year, and we will see what happens then.

Thats what was said last season...didn't happen did it!!

All i'm saying is if Chelski end up with the likes of these players it kind of turns it into a Formula 1 farce.
Sure they can be beaten once in a while,as we proved.But the whole season?? remains to be seen.

Zoot · Post by **Zoot** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:11 pm 0

i8manx wrote:
Zoot wrote: At some stage next year, Chelski will slip on the banana skin - they were close this year, and we will see what happens then.
Thats what was said last season...didn't happen did it!!

They will. It's the law.

mac monkey · Post by **mac monkey** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:15 pm 0

Zoot wrote:
i8manx wrote:
Zoot wrote: At some stage next year, Chelski will slip on the banana skin - they were close this year, and we will see what happens then.
Thats what was said last season...didn't happen did it!!
They will. It's the law.

i sincerely hope so

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:24 pm 0

Zoot wrote:
i8manx wrote:If Chelsea have Owen,Gerrard,Lampard & Terry, yes it would be good for England squad, but it will kill off the Premiership, as will defo just be a one horse race each year, boring!!
Get away with you! When was the last time you watched an England game and (jingoism aside) thought "Wow! This lot are really good!".

Actually, I think most top Premiership, Serie A or La Liga sides would regularly beat any national team. So the interesting thing is just how far Mourinho wants to / thinks he can go with the whole-England-team idea.

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:45 pm 0

Gerrard's statement.

Says nowt, that.

cyric100 · Post by **cyric100** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:46 pm 0

PaulEMoz wrote:Gerrard's statement.

Says nowt, that.

Yeah, makes you wonder why they bothered

mac monkey · Post by **mac monkey** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:02 pm 0

PaulEMoz wrote:Gerrard's statement.

Says nowt, that.

I think that basically he thought, and has every right to think the club has little or no direction, as regards to players being brought into the club.
The only way you can challenge for the big trophies is to get the big names to the club, & i don't think the likes of Zendon etc are a real prospect in making LFC the club it once was

It obvouisly isn't a money thing, the lad could retire tomorrow if he wished, he just wants to playing with other world class players, and realistically this isn't going to happen at Liverpool if you look at what is being purchased.

Fair play to him and best of luck.

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:54 pm 0

i8manx wrote:Fair play to him and best of luck.

Unless he goes to Chelsea, of course.

Taribo West has signed for Plymouth!

What the hell happened to him? We were after him not that long ago, he must have turned into a right arsehole...although if we were after him, he must always have been one!

Zen-Chan · Post by **Zen-Chan** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:00 pm 0

PaulEMoz wrote: Unless he goes to Chelsea, of course.

Taribo West has signed for Plymouth!

What the hell happened to him? We were after him not that long ago, he must have turned into a right arsehole...although if we were after him, he must always have been one!

There was a famous Celtic press conference a couple years ago where one journalist asked Martin O'Neil whether he was interested in bringing in Taribo West as some sources had been suggesting, to which he replied:

"Taribo West? There's more chance of us signing John West from the salmon people!"

mac monkey · Post by **mac monkey** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:03 pm 0

PaulEMoz wrote: Taribo West has signed for Plymouth!

Bloody hell!! Forgot all about him!

Has he still got that daft haircut (im a firestarter!!)