The 2011/12 Gary Speed Memorial Thread

[Summers]

KENNY WILL BE A SYMBOL

HE WILL NOT DIE

[Matt]

How can they talk about replacements so soon?

[Hobo]

There are apparently 12 candidates that FSG wish to interview. The only possible ones we know about are Rogers and Martinez.

I would guess he wasn't offered the job just asked to come in for an interview. Turned it down. So what? Getting asked for an interview and getting offered the job are two totally different things.

[Colly]

We know, thats why 'Brendan Rodgers turns down an interview' has already been posted. I don't think anyone implied he'd been offered the job.

[botchedpiledriver]

Just caught an interview with Solskjaer on SSN. Really strange to hear the Norwegian and Manc accents meshed together like that.

[stokeriño]

Also wasn't that announced ages ago about Wembley? It's hosting it again because it's the FA's 125th year or something.

Yeah it was. Just being reminded of it brought up my previous irritation.

Though with that said, at least it's not the home ground of any Champions League club...

[DavidMarrio]

The community shield game between Chelsea and Man.City next season will be played at Villa Park because Wembley will be unavailable because of the Olympics.

[Matt]

So after 40,000 tickets go to corporates, there'll be 2,786 tickets for the fans.

[Jimmy]

At least Villa Park will see one trophy this year!

[Summers]

More than Spurs and Ipswich then?

[Colly]

It's a shield not a trophy. If that counts I'm counting the Intertoto Cup.

[Matt]

A shield is a trophy.

[Jimmy]

More than Spurs and Ipswich then?

Can't argue that. Ipswich won't be seeing a trophy for a long, long time.

[stokeriño]

How could it not be a trophy? You compete to win it and then display it as a, er, trophy of your victory...

[Colly]

Intertoto Cup counts! Yay!

[Matt]

Doesn't make it a major trophy. It counts as much as the Emirates Cup.

[Adam]

The Intertoto Cup doesn't count purely because three teams win the thing.

[Matt]

The Intertoto Cup doesn't count purely because three teams win the thing.

Actually, when Newcastle won it there were about 9 winners

[Adam]

My Newcastle mate always says "ner but we did win it cos we got the furthest of the winners!"

It isn't like Spain call themselves the champions of the World Cup qualifiers is it?

[Matt]

My Newcastle mate always says "ner but we did win it cos we got the furthest of the winners!"

It isn't like Spain call themselves the champions of the World Cup qualifiers is it?

No but then again had Newcastle won the UEFA Cup I don't think they'd have been calling themselves the Intertoto Cup winners either, to be fair.