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

romanista · Post by **romanista** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:15 pm 0

ajax won, tottenham with davids on course for fourth place?

GeeZa · Post by **GeeZa** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:50 pm 0

Ipswich were forced to put out a terribly young side yesterday and apparently they all played superb. Lots of people really enjoying the fact that we have U19s capable of beating hardened Championship sides, there's so much talent in the ITFC Youth team who won the title last year. *And* we have two fab keepers.

Even if we don't get promotion this year it's looking good for a season or two. Just a bit galling to see Charlton performing with what is essentially an ex-Ipswich first-team. Bugger.

The 'ammers started well too, bless 'em.

Geenius · Post by **Geenius** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 3:29 pm 0

(I don't care how pretty it is sometimes, as long as the job is done!)

merman · Post by **merman** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:55 pm 0

GeeZa wrote:Ipswich were forced to put out a terribly young side yesterday and apparently they all played superb. Lots of people really enjoying the fact that we have U19s capable of beating hardened Championship sides, there's so much talent in the ITFC Youth team who won the title last year. *And* we have two fab keepers.

Even if we don't get promotion this year it's looking good for a season or two. Just a bit galling to see Charlton performing with what is essentially an ex-Ipswich first-team. Bugger. The 'ammers started well too, bless 'em.

Yeah, it was a bit of a gamble, no keeper on the bench, but a great performance from the young lads. Dean Macdonald is a perfect replacement for Darren Bent.

Rev. Stuart Campbell · Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:59 pm 0

Man, that was one hell of a dull match at Stamford Bridge. Has a team ever won the title with 38 1-0 victories before?

GeeZa · Post by **GeeZa** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:36 pm 0

Rev. Stuart Campbell wrote:Man, that was one hell of a dull match at Stamford Bridge. Has a team ever won the title with 38 1-0 victories before?

Psychologically yes, George Graham's Arsenal.

Hmmm, Chelsea, what's going on?

Tetra Elemental · Post by **Tetra Elemental** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 7:00 pm 0

Chelsea - Arsenal.
Two teams who cancelled each other out very nicely indeed.

Dull to watch unless you're into chess.

Zen-Chan · Post by **Zen-Chan** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 7:12 pm 0

Even I'll admit that wasn't exactly hi-octane stuff.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 7:26 pm 0

The look on Drogba's face when he realised he'd completely fluffed controlling the cross, yet somehow it was still in the back of the net was priceless.

And the fact that for his celebration he went into the crowd looking for the bloke who'd abused him for missing a sitter 10 minutes earlier.

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:26 pm 0

Flabio wrote:The look on Drogba's face when he realised he'd completely fluffed controlling the cross, yet somehow it was still in the back of the net was priceless.

And the fact that for his celebration he went into the crowd looking for the bloke who'd abused him for missing a sitter 10 minutes earlier.

And how far offside was he...?

Rev. Stuart Campbell · Sun Aug 21, 2005 8:40 pm 0

Four inches, or thereabouts.

In other news:

http://invisionfree.com/forums/worldofs ... topic=1529

cyric100 · Post by **cyric100** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:42 pm 0

romanista wrote:tottenham with davids on course for fourth place?

Probably not. It was a good result for a not particularly good performance. We can't expect Defoe to score a wonder goal, Robinson to make wonder saves, have their keeper make a blunder and their chances fly over the bar every week.

Looked fairly weak on the right (Routledge now out for a couple of months, Tainio seemed out of place, which I guess makes sense since it isn't his best position IMO). We're also picking up yellow cards so fast that half the team will be banned in a few more matches.

Still, I should enjoy us being top while it lasts

KevG · Post by **KevG** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:45 pm 0

Looks like Meeeeelan is off, then. BenÃtez saying all sorts of strange things in the press like 'we need to sell a player before we buy' but then stating he's looking at 2 center -backs and making more encouraging noises about Feyenoord's Kuit.

I suspect smoke and mirrors ...

cyric100 · Post by **cyric100** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 6:20 pm 0

Phew, there was talk of Baros going to Spurs, which I couldn't quite fathom. He could work out well for AV though.

Reports I've seen suggest Kuyt isn't going anywhere in this transfer window...

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 6:38 pm 0

KevG wrote:Looks like Meeeeelan is off, then. BenÃtez saying all sorts of strange things in the press like 'we need to sell a player before we buy' but then stating he's looking at 2 center -backs and making more encouraging noises about Feyenoord's Kuit.

I suspect smoke and mirrors ...

Yeah, he's a sly bastard.

"We don't want Owen, we don't need him, we've got six strikers, we don't need a striker".

Of course, once they sell Baros, they will need a striker, and it'll be "Welcome back Michael, have a cupcake" before you know it, or the end of the week, whichever comes first.