FOOTBALL: Season 2006/07 Discussion Thread

Rev. Stuart Campbell · Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:00 pm 0

Zen-Chan wrote:Scotland Under-19 side in the U19 European Championship final tonight against Spain.

Aw. That was unlucky. Didn't get a single break with the dubious offside, the decent penalty shout, the free-kick inches wide and the lucky block on the Spanish line at the end, but that was a brave performance from the young Scots, missing both our main strikers and without the manpower to even fully staff the subs' bench. If we'd put that reserve striker on 10 minutes earlier the Spanish might have crumbled, but there's no shame in losing 2-1 to the best side in the tournament.

merman · Post by **merman** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:01 pm 0

Saw an Ipswich XI take on Cambridge United this afternoon, what a bizarre match! Cambridge took a 2-0 lead by halftime with one excellent volley and another good move, Ipswich pulled back into it and took the lead 3-2 (including a Danny Haynes penalty), then we gave them an own goal, took the lead with a couple of minutes to go... and still had time to concede an equaliser. 4-4!

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:54 am 0

So, is Mourinho about to find out that all the money in the world can't help him keep 22 world-class players happy about sitting on the bench?

fog · Post by **fog** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:50 pm 0

Dio wrote:So, is Mourinho about to find out that all the money in the world can't help him keep 22 world-class players happy about sitting on the bench?

Well Bridge and Gallas are more than welcome to come and join other Chelsea rejects Parker and Duff.

Can't help thinking Mourinho risks building a team of star names after a big pay deal at the expense of players just approaching their peak and desperate to play.

You can't fault the attitude of players like Parker, Duff and Bridge but you can't always say the same for the likes of Robben, Drogba, Ballack, Carvalho etc

It hasn't worked for Real in recent years and it might not work here.

mac monkey · Post by **mac monkey** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:56 pm 0

Dock them 30 points & throw 'em out of the CL

...quick get the pitchforks!!

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:33 pm 0

Chelsea in tapping up shocker.
Not like them is it?

Mat T · Post by **Mat T** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:38 pm 0

They have been tapping up Leeds players and staff for a while. Good on Bates for reporting the wankers.

Guru-Meditation · Post by **Guru-Meditation** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:16 pm 0

Sooooo ... what are the odds that Juventus comes back into Serie A, and gets most of the points returned?

Zen-Chan · Post by **Zen-Chan** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:18 pm 0

Guru-Meditation wrote:Sooooo ... what are the odds that Juventus comes back into Serie A, and gets most of the points returned?

It would be interesting to see what would happen if they did, given that they've already sold half of their name players.

GeeZa · Post by **GeeZa** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:30 pm 0

Ipswich have apparently signed Alex Bruce, the manager's son, from Birmingham, on a free. Wow, he must be *really* good. Westlake has also gone to Leeds in a swap deal for some defender called Harding. It's all so exciting in the Championship with these big names.

Mat T · Post by **Mat T** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:57 am 0

GeeZa wrote:Ipswich have apparently signed Alex Bruce, the manager's son, from Birmingham, on a free. Wow, he must be *really* good. Westlake has also gone to Leeds in a swap deal for some defender called Harding. It's all so exciting in the Championship with these big names.

No idea what Westlake is like, but Dan Harding is a donkey. He cost Leeds 650k and he has no idea how to defend.

GeeZa · Post by **GeeZa** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:46 pm 0

Mat T wrote:
GeeZa wrote:Ipswich have apparently signed Alex Bruce, the manager's son, from Birmingham, on a free. Wow, he must be *really* good. Westlake has also gone to Leeds in a swap deal for some defender called Harding. It's all so exciting in the Championship with these big names.
No idea what Westlake is like, but Dan Harding is a donkey. He cost Leeds 650k and he has no idea how to defend.

Westlake came out of the academy with Darren Bent and Darren Ambrose but didn't really make as big an impact. There's still some potential there but he hasn't really done much at Ipswich and struggled in a midfield with less than stellar players. You've probably got the better part of that deal I'd say, we've needed a left back for years though.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:00 pm 0

GeeZa wrote:Ipswich have apparently signed Alex Bruce, the manager's son, from Birmingham, on a free. Wow, he must be *really* good. Westlake has also gone to Leeds in a swap deal for some defender called Harding. It's all so exciting in the Championship with these big names.

Alex Bruce played on loan at Tranmere for a spell last season. He was reasonable at league one level but certainly not a player to write home about. I would be surprised if he gets much first team action at Ipswich.

GeeZa · Post by **GeeZa** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:34 pm 0

Jon wrote:
GeeZa wrote:Ipswich have apparently signed Alex Bruce, the manager's son, from Birmingham, on a free. Wow, he must be *really* good. Westlake has also gone to Leeds in a swap deal for some defender called Harding. It's all so exciting in the Championship with these big names.
Alex Bruce played on loan at Tranmere for a spell last season. He was reasonable at league one level but certainly not a player to write home about. I would be surprised if he gets much first team action at Ipswich.

That's interesting, thanks Jon. As anyone who's played any level of football knows, playing with your dad as manager doesn't really work (other players always think favouritism) so I'm guessing he needed to leave Birmingham at some point. We'll see how he gets on, he looks a little bit like a hobgoblin. Again, cover at centre-back isn't such a bad thing for us.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:45 pm 0

GeeZa wrote:playing with your dad as manager doesn't really work

Two words: Nigel Clough.