FOOTBALL: Season 2006/07 Discussion Thread

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:22 pm 0

While I was at the Edenbridge & Oxted Show today, there was an announcement over the PA system:

"Message for Stuart Cole: Tottenham lost yesterday!"

Mat T · Post by **Mat T** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:25 pm 0

No Name wrote:Fucking hate Chelsea.

And I fucking fucking hate Drogba.

Agreed.

Leeds got a penalty and won at Wednesday today 1-0. Decent result - had to happen really otherwise I think Blackwell would be close to the sack.

romanista · Post by **romanista** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:55 am 0

No Name wrote:Fucking hate Chelsea.

And I fucking fucking hate Drogba.

I agree, but i did have a lot of fun seeing Ooijer making a fool of himself...

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:09 am 0

MOTD2 made the Newcastle match look like Villa only had a couple of chances, mostly defensive mistakes but well created by their very quick right-back. Looks handy, he does.

Hard to tell from that of course what the game was really like. Two mates who saw it were split one each between "We were OK" and "We were crap".

No Name · Post by **No Name** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:02 pm 0

At least you haven't drawn Salzburg in the UEFA. I've just been visiting my mother-in-law in Bavaria, and she spun me a whole Salzburg renaissance story: they're owned by the guy who created Red Bull (an Austrian), are shipping in stars from abroad, and have Trappatoni as manager. Since Blackburn failed against Trelleborgs a few years back, I can't see them faring much better against Salzburg.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:05 pm 0

Bavarian mother-in-law? Sounds like a Blankety Blank card.

No Name · Post by **No Name** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:08 pm 0

There's a reciprocal one-liner somewhere around here, but I've got to go fruit picking.

romanista · Post by **romanista** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:18 pm 0

No Name wrote:At least you haven't drawn Salzburg in the UEFA. I've just been visiting my mother-in-law in Bavaria, and she spun me a whole Salzburg renaissance story: they're owned by the guy who created Red Bull (an Austrian), are shipping in stars from abroad, and have Trappatoni as manager. Since Blackburn failed against Trelleborgs a few years back, I can't see them faring much better against Salzburg.

yup, they took the team away from the fans: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_Salzburg

and he did the same thing in new york.. althought the metrostars weren't up to much, still the fans were guttered even there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_New_York

fog · Post by **fog** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:19 pm 0

Dio wrote: Hard to tell from that of course what the game was really like. Two mates who saw it were split one each between "We were OK" and "We were crap".

I watched it on the net and I'd say we were very average but Villa weren't much better.

Glen is just too negative for my liking. We are struggling for strikers so we obviously need some attacking threat from midfield, which means there really is no excuse for not finding a starting spot for N'Zogbia.

His loyalty to a clearly struggling Solano is equally puzzling.

Guru-Meditation · Post by **Guru-Meditation** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:50 pm 0

Enjoying this while it lasts

3-0 up at the Riverside.

Edit : Sorry, make that 4-0

aureole · Post by **aureole** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 11:56 am 0

Bah. I can see us being the giant-killers this season and failing to beat any normal or average teams.

Guru-Meditation · Post by **Guru-Meditation** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:13 pm 0

To be fair we've played outstanding so far. It won't last but we outclassed Blackburn, deserved more than we got at Man City and smoked Boro. Seeing the highlights Boro only really got 2 decent chances in the game and James was on top of his game. Wheras we got perhaps one clear cut chance that we took, and the rest we got a bit lucky or wanted it more than Boro. When that sort of thing happens you can beat anyone.

Our defense will start to tire and our attackers will lose a bit of their golden touch, but over the last 3 games the only team that's played better has been Man U. Things will return to normal soon enough

Boro and Pompey will return to mid table and we'll all forget this ever happened. Well, Boro will. Pompey will remind you every year

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:51 pm 0

Looks like Woodgate is off to Boro.

On the one hand, I'm disappointed, because Newcastle desperately need somme quality in defence, and Woody was class the few times he actually played for us.

On the other hand, his fitness was such that it would probably be a risk to have him back. So I'm torn.

And I hope to hell we sign someone in defence before the deadline. And someone in attack. But we're after Gravesen.

Loada · Post by **Loada** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:56 pm 0

Boro have an annoying habit of signing crocked or soon-to-be-crocked players - Southgate is still trying to land Robert Huth despite him having an existing injury, Woodgate is as injury-prone as they get and it's only a matter of time before Pogotetz breaks something in a red-mist-mistimed-rage-tackle.

I bet the Boro physio team are laughing their arses off (whilst counting their money)...

edit: and I didn't even get round to mentioning the Portsmouth game. What a shambles...still, we can cling desperately onto the phrase "...but WE beat Chelsea!..." for the rest of the season to explain away any we've-had-our-pants-pulled-down-at-home-again results like the other night...

btw, WE beat Chelsea, don't you know!?

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:17 pm 0

Christ. Liverpool are going to be playing in bovver boots, not football boots, the way they're going.

They're after Lucas Neill, now. Any likelihood of a shock move for Bowyer, and maybe Tim Cahill? Then they'll have more than half a team of total cunts.