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Zen-Chan wrote:The remarkable thing to remember is that Owen is still only 25 - he could easily have another 7 years of top flight football in him.
We'll sign him when he hits 32 then.

Looks like we may finally be getting Anelka then. How long before he falls out with Souness? The press are already preparing the headlines.
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Rumour of a swap deal Viduka for Butt? Bloody hell, I want to know where the Newcastle board are keeping the pictures of Steve McClaren.
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aureole wrote:Rumour of a swap deal Viduka for Butt? Bloody hell, I want to know where the Newcastle board are keeping the pictures of Steve McClaren.
If we get fatty Viduka, I might cry. Not with joy.
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Har. So both sets of fans would hate it then?
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PaulEMoz wrote:If we get fatty Viduka, I might cry. Not with joy.
Still might rather have him than Butt though.
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Dio wrote: Still might rather have him than Butt though.
In midfield? Maybe. :lol:

Man, looking at all the people we're linked with, it would be amazing if we ended up with Anelka, Owen and Campbell. We'd actually have a top four side again. Pity we'll only get one of those at the very most.
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You'll get Viduka and fewer pies. We'll get Butt and probably break last season's injury-table record.
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in other news, for fans of a great sporting tradiotion, tomorrow is the 152nd PC, the oldest sport event in the netherlands and one of the oldest in the world, the Wimbledon of Pelote/5-Handball/Kaatsen
Each year the PC, the greatest Handball/Pelote match (De Fryske
Kaatspartij') is held in Franeker (The Netherlands). In the match compete the 48 best male handball players; 16 teams consisting of 3 players. Of the more than 600 matches that are organized under the auspices of the Royal Dutch Handball Association (KNKB), "the PC", as this match is called, is the most appealing one. Winning the PC is for a handball player the highest achievement. From the winning team the best player is proclaimed as 'The King of the PC'; after this the president of the PC will put on him the old king's ball (since 1883).

The Franeker Kaatspartij, possibly 400 years old, was known as the 'balverkaatsersdag' for a long time. Only in approximately 1866 the match was renamed into "PC", at first in the language of the people. This new name came into being after the Permanent Committee (abbreviated 'PC') took on the organization and regulation of the match when the decline occurred. The PC is not only the oldest yearly match in The Netherlands, but is also in worldwide perspective an event of a very high age.

Handball used to be the national sport in the Netherlands until approximately 1800. Hereafter it went downhill quickly, nationwide but also the ancient Franeker Kaatspartij. At the all-time low, in 1853, handball-enthusiasts established the Permanent Committee to save both the sport of handball and the yearly match. This turned out well and the Franeker Kaatspartij became a feast day again. In the year 2003, at its 150th anniversary, the Committee was warranted the designation 'Royal' by Her Majesty the Queen.
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on more soccer related news.. pele eterno, the great goal-movie of all pele's goals (actually about 300 of the 1000) was never publsihed over here and there isn't a dv... yesterday i did found a torrent though, and seeing as it was never published, i could say that it is entirely possible you could find here: http://www.mininova.org/tor/80404 not that i know ofcourse
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Local bookie is offering 55-1 on Celtic becoming the first team in history to overcome a five goal deficit in a European tie. Given the players at their disposal, and the quality of the opposition, it isn't totally unfeasible - worth a small punt, perhaps.
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Zen-Chan wrote:Local bookie is offering 55-1 on Celtic becoming the first team in history to overcome a five goal deficit in a European tie. Given the players at their disposal, and the quality of the opposition, it isn't totally unfeasible - worth a small punt, perhaps.
you're one of those guys trowing money in the trevi-foutain, aren't you :)
but good luck, it would be gun if it came true
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romanista wrote:
you're one of those guys trowing money in the trevi-foutain, aren't you :)
but good luck, it would be gun if it came true
Actually I'm what your average Celtic fan would call a "dirty orange hun bastard" :P

Still, I'm a betting man, and a good bet's a good bet :D
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Zen-Chan wrote:Local bookie is offering 55-1 on Celtic becoming the first team in history to overcome a five goal deficit in a European tie. Given the players at their disposal, and the quality of the opposition, it isn't totally unfeasible - worth a small punt, perhaps.
Sky were saying the bookies were doing it at 16-1, so that's very favourable.
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Just wondered what the scousers thought about the prospect of Michael Owen scoring goals FOR ManYoo against Liverpool? :D :lol: :D :lol: :D :lol:
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BBC now running story about Owen to Newcastle...
Sit down you little bastard
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