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

Zoot · Post by **Zoot** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 6:56 pm 0

cyric100 wrote:Glad my team hasn't signed him for 3m, but he could do a job I suppose. Thing I was most surprised at was the reported 5 year contract. Rather longer than I would have expected...

Need to get a return on that investment

mac monkey · Post by **mac monkey** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 9:05 pm 0

Surely LFC would or should of looked into this before the loan took place???

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 643845.stm

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 9:39 pm 0

i8manx wrote:Surely LFC would or should of looked into this before the loan took place???

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 643845.stm

Happens quite often, that players get a work permit application turned down. It'll probably get approved next time it's submitted.

Guru-Meditation · Post by **Guru-Meditation** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:51 pm 0

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 747749.stm

Can Robert get that weeks wages back for saying this would happen?

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:25 pm 0

Haha, US commentators are shit.

I've just been watching a few minutes of a game between (I shit you not) Club Deportivo Chivas USA and Real Salt Lake.

Clint Mathis had a free kick 50 yards from goal (I know this because the pitch had American Football markings on it), and the commentator said, "I promise you, the way he's feeling, he's gotta be thinking about a goal here".

I mean....

Roll on the Premier League!

merman · Post by **merman** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:22 am 0

PaulEMoz wrote:
i8manx wrote:Surely LFC would or should of looked into this before the loan took place???

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 643845.stm
Happens quite often, that players get a work permit application turned down. It'll probably get approved next time it's submitted.

Ipswich just signed Jaime Peters, 18 year old Canadian. He hadn't played in 75% of his country's games, so he wasn't eligible for a work permit at first. Ipswich appealed and won. Which is nice, because Man U and Chelsea were after him too.

Oh and 1-0! Nicky Forster on target on his debut. Nice.

Zzap64! · Post by **Zzap64!** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:37 am 0

Does anyone know whether the community shield is one of those programmes on normal tv?

merman · Post by **merman** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:13 am 0

Zzap64! wrote:Does anyone know whether the community shield is one of those programmes on normal tv?

Highlights on BBC1, Match of the Day, 10:50pm (BST) Sunday night

Tetra Elemental · Post by **Tetra Elemental** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 8:29 pm 0

Obligatory post by Leeds fan in celebration of our win over dull Millwall.

The Leeds passed it around well I thought. One or two dodgy defensive moments which will have to be sorted. Real problems dealing with Hayles running at us, sort it out Blackwell!

Three points, one match in, we're going up! W0Ot!

romanista · Post by **romanista** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:00 am 0

I'm happy. we actually won the Johan Chruyff-schaal (i.e. the dutch supercup)..ajax 2-1 psv and we actually overplayed them, while we lost 4-0 in april...this might be a fun season.. wednesday championsl;eague preliminaries against brondby

GeeZa · Post by **GeeZa** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:53 am 0

Rumours today that the Liverpool board are trying to persuade Benitez to bid for Owen. What an odd situation. It's also reported that Owen has turned down Newcastle.

fog · Post by **fog** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 1:15 pm 0

GeeZa wrote:It's also reported that Owen has turned down Newcastle.

Again. Can't blame him.

Looks like Shearer could be out of the Arsenal game so if any of you are in the London area on Sunday and fancy playing up front for the Toon please pop along to Highbury. (we'll supply the strip and half-time oranges but please bring your own boots)

http://www.teamtalk.com/teamtalk/News/S ... 76,00.html

Chopra and Milner up front!?! Oh fuck!

romanista · Post by **romanista** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 2:39 pm 0

PaulEMoz wrote:Haha, US commentators are shit.

I've just been watching a few minutes of a game between (I shit you not) Club Deportivo Chivas USA and Real Salt Lake.

does the home depot centre look better?

as quoted somewhere earlier in thread, i thought that Deportivo Chivas would upgrade the league, allowing the mexicans to have their own team, but allas..

still good that proper soccer stadiums are opened now... 'Pizza hut park' (opened last week( might sound rediculous but it is a damn sight better than an empty and ugly american football stadium

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 3:35 pm 0

romanista wrote:does the home depot centre look better?

still good that proper soccer stadiums are opened now...

Can't really remember how it looked. Other than the fact it had those ugly American Football lines all over the pitch. If it is supposed to be a proper soccer stadium, they didn't disguise it very well. I hate seeing football played on a pitch that's meant for something else.

As for Owen, I don't think we've even put in a bid for him, and I don't think we will. We've probably talked to him umpteen times, and he's probably just saying "No way" over and over again. I think wee Mikey might have to swallow his pride at some point. I reckon a year's loan to us would suit everybody down to the ground, but I doubt he'll budge in any way, waiting for one of the big boys to come after him, which they look less and less like doing.

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:58 pm 0

Rumour has it that talks between Owen and Liverpool are at an advanced stage.

Is it just me, or will it make him look like a bit of a dick if he goes back there? I mean, I know that would probably always be his first choice of club in England, but still.

On the other hand, he'll probably stay there for the rest of his career, say Madrid was something he couldn't turn down, and all will be well again.