Premiership 2007/08

[IAceI]

We're a good team of average players in my eyes. As opposed to a great team of fantastic players or even a poor team of good players.

Unfortunately these days heart isn't really enough to keep a team up. But here's to hoping

[Dan]

even a poor team of good players.

That honour would go to your Geordie neighbours.

[Mike Widdows]

If Rafa does go he'll take our best players with him. Reina, Arbeloa, Mascherano, Alonso and Torres are pretty much only here because of him (they've all said as much), meaning the new manager will have to spend money that Waldorf and Statler have already shown they're not willing to give. They've not spent a penny since taking over, our net spend in the summer wasn't much more than what it was under Moores, and was buoyed by getting to the CL final. They're supposed to be refinancing the initial loan they took out to buy the club in order to secure the finances to build a new stadium (which they have now admitted they can't afford), but don't want to put down a £20million deposit to secure the long-term future of the club.

A couple of years ago I remember laughing when a "Agent Glazier, Mission Accomplished" banner showed up when we played Man United after they'd been taken over. I fully expect to see a very similar banner show up at Old Trafford very soon. These two cunts have made empty promise after empty promise, and dragged the club into the gutter.

Yep, the American owners are not winning any friends with their conduct.

I do think that the point about how much was spent in the summer (taking tranfers both in and out into account) is a key one. The club won't progress under any manager if they don't push the boat out and buy 2 or 3 more players of Torres' calibre (spending a bit to keep hold of Mascherano would be a start).

Still, the rotation policy (which is over-emphasised everywhere when results are going badly) is an issue when the players coming in are not of the same quality as those being 'rested' (Torres out, Voronin in). The first eleven is lacking in quality too. Wide left is a big concern. Wide right is also a slight worry but Pennant and Benayoun have done okay. A partner for Torres is also a problem. I would like to see him paired with Babel for 2 or 3 games, as I feel Babel is wasted wide left.

[IAceI]

Rade Prica is officially sex in Swedish form.

Oh yes. We're staying up.

Oh yes.

[mikevandam]

expect a thank you letter from FC f'n Copenhagen if Aalborg chokes on their first place. Good thing for Rade. He can go places

[Scott McFly]

He might be a diving, cheating bastard but holy fucking shit was that a monster of a free kick by Ronaldo.

[Summers]

Someone hurt Baros!

[Scott McFly]

If only Roy Keane were still playing, he could've Alf-Inge'd him.

[ONO]

He wouldn't have seen it coming with the way he runs.

[Pesci]

Can't we just ban Ronaldo from playing for being too good?

[alldaws1]

Woodgate's first appearance and we get a clean sheet, nice. What the hell, no goals?! It's either good defense or good offense, we can't have both apparently.

[Summers]

Cahill has gone to Bolton.

Slightly gutted, as he has a good future ahead of him.

[Lineker]

Spurs playing out a nil-nil.

Fuck me sideways.

[figos]

Can't we just ban Ronaldo from playing for being too good?

[IAceI]

well, other than the fact Kaka is perhaps the most overrated player since Ronaldinho I'm going to have to disagree there. Hell, I don't particularly like Ronaldo but I'd say he's better than Kaka and Messi - I think they're overrated, it may be that I don't see them play nearly as much but from what I have seen of them, they're good, but Ronaldo is the better player.

If they make the jump to the Premiership I may see them more and then be able to say "oh he's actually better than I thought" or it could be the complete opposite and I see even more that they're overrated. I'll never forget the Brazil/England friendly when Kaka scuffed a shot and it went wide and the commentator literally said "oh thats the class of Kaka, unleashing a shot at a goal with such ferocity there" or something very close to that.

Utterly overrated in my eyes Kaka, sure it may be the fact that the commentatos prematurely ejaculate everytime he gets within a 5 foot radius of the ball, but from what I've seen and can compare, especially this season, Ronaldo is leaving everyone for dead in terms of quality. And I'm not particularly a fan of him, or Man Utd (although they do supply us all our players more or less), but even I can swallow my pride and admit he's possibly the best player on the go right now.

After Cesc Fabregas of course

Edited January 31, 2008 by IAceI

[Pesci]

Can't we just ban Ronaldo from playing for being too good?

Let's just ban Káká and Messi. After all they are better than him.

[figos]

I was being sarcastic because after all they were both voted better players than Ronaldo

[IAceI]

If we weren't an isolated island, we'd be okay - but we're cut off from Europe so therefore seemingly disassociated and disliked when it comes to voting. Fucking sucks being better than the rest :-\

[alldaws1]

We haven't got an official England thread have we? Might as well post this in here. Agbonlahor has not been named in the U21 team, surely a sign that he's been called up to the senior squad? Aaron Lennon is in the U21 side, along with Jamie O'Hara & Tom Huddlestone from Spurs.

[IAceI]

Fulham sign Litmanen, shock horror.

and Greg Halford has gone to Charlton on loan, why the hell did we sign him? :blink:, Andy Reid is maybe coming the other way and going to us.

Boring day so far

Edited January 31, 2008 by IAceI