FOOTBALL: Season 2006/07 Discussion Thread

Sickboy · Post by **Sickboy** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:05 pm 0

Realistic hope for the season: Fowler to have a glorious swan-song providing the service for Bellamy and topping up our tally with the odd tap-in where required. We're incredibly solid, defensively. Just need that magical midfield/striker balance to take the pressure off Super-Stevie.

Chronic injury crisis at Chelsea would be nice, too. Nothing life-threatening - just a load of niggly knocks to key players to keep things nice and fair.

Looking forward to the Community Shield thingy, now.

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:29 pm 0

3 - 0!

Pity we couldn't have done that last week.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:48 pm 0

We looked much better this week. Partly down to starting 4-4-2 from the start - we looked a mile better last week once we were in the right formation - and a lot less lethargic. A good result, Lillestrom hardly had a kick and I was frankly astonished we didn't concede a late one to give us the jitters.

This team could work, but another striker is still a necessity I think. A Milner +cash for Ashton swap was the rumour in the club.

romanista · Post by **romanista** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:06 am 0

"Why fly, when you can walk on water"

damn, i'm going to miss Bergkamp...

fog · Post by **fog** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:19 pm 0

Apparently we only paid Â£5m for Duff and not the rumoured Â£10m, leaving cash for a striker....or two.

Cracking business

It had been widely reported that a fee of Â£10 million would prise him away from Stamford Bridge, but Newcastle confirmed in a statement to the Stock Exchange that they had landed a player who cost Chelsea Â£17 million when they signed him from Blackburn for Â£5 million.

http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid ... +Duff+deal

rockwaldo · Post by **rockwaldo** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 1:22 pm 0

fog wrote:Apparently we only paid Â£5m for Duff and not the rumoured Â£10m, leaving cash for a striker....or two.

Cracking business

It had been widely reported that a fee of Â£10 million would prise him away from Stamford Bridge, but Newcastle confirmed in a statement to the Stock Exchange that they had landed a player who cost Chelsea Â£17 million when they signed him from Blackburn for Â£5 million.

http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid ... +Duff+deal

I'm not so sure that there aren't a load of unannounced "extras" and what have you that bumps that price nearer 10 mill. But either way, should prove to be a good buy.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:17 pm 0

Ubisoft decide to have a pop as well...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbE-sNsR_vo

Guru-Meditation · Post by **Guru-Meditation** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:35 pm 0

Had to expect it. The american posted a short list of corrections to his story picking a team in his following article

Couple of gems :

Tottenham Hotspur's nickname is "Spurs," not "the Spurs." Nobody ever calls them "the Spurs." Unless you want to be a wanker. Along those same lines, the term "EPL" is never used. Only "Premier League."

The LeBron comparison for Theo Walcott didn't work -- Walcott hasn't played a single minute yet.

Wigan coach Paul Jewell wrote in himself to say, "I do not wear a trenchcoat on the sidelines, more often than not I wear a warm-up jacket. Sometimes a suit. Cheers!"

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:44 pm 0

Link?

Al · Post by Al » Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:34 pm 0

Flabio wrote:Link?

They're in a box-out about half way down his latest column

Guru-Meditation · Post by **Guru-Meditation** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:34 pm 0

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st ... ons/060721 , but it's mainly an article about fantasy football leagues. The football section is a minor box on the side.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:39 pm 0

Heh, I think my brain filtered that box out as being a google ad or something.

Zen-Chan · Post by **Zen-Chan** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:31 pm 0

Lazio and Fiorentina have won their appeals and have been reinstated to Seria A:

Lazio and Fiorentina have been reinstated to Serie A after appealing against their match-fixing punishments.

Fiorentina had been demoted to Serie B with a 12-point deduction. Lazio were relegated with a seven-point penalty.

Now both will play in the top division, but with a 19-point deduction for Fiorentina and 11 points for Lazio.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 215178.stm

Guru-Meditation · Post by **Guru-Meditation** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:08 pm 0

Ah, the typical "Initial sentence to scare you and the public, second sentence when no one is looking anymore" verdict.

mac monkey · Post by **mac monkey** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 6:55 pm 0

Another lifelong fan