Football

[blackettstreet]

newcastle have finally turned on the style and won a game properly, although also letting in a really scrappy goal.... mike williamson is an absolute clown. we geordies will be hoping coloccini isn't hurt too badly......

 

[Donny Dave]

Newcastle tearing WBA apart at the Hawthorns. Pa**** Cissé, Demba Ba and Hatem Ben Arfa have been unstoppable upfront (HT 3-0).

Guess who has Ben Arfa on the bench? Guess who won't be automatically subbed in this week?

 

[Minilad]

I haven't said this for awhile but rest assured the message is still the same

mcleish out

Seems all the apologists for the buffoon have gone quiet lately. He really is the worst manager we have had since Billy McNeill in 87 and he took us down

 

[SS4]

Guess who has Ben Arfa on the bench? Guess who won't be automatically subbed in this week?

I'm more cheesed off with Ba. He could have had at least one and hence 4 points. I'm lucky Spurs didn't concede, would have been mauled otherwise

 

[sprite]

mcleish out

These are not my own words (except the italicised ones I changed becuase they were rude), but I cannot express how I feel better than how this guy has:

It's a chuffing travesty that one of Europe's great clubs - we are, in case people forget - has come to this. I'd love to see how fans at Spurs, Villa, Everton - or even Liverpool, Arsenal and Scum - would react to the kind of nightmare we've endured for the best part of a decade. Gunners fans booed Wenger and Villa fans think they have it hard with their current manager; they should try spending three years playing Exeter,Yeovil, Wycombe and Gillingham on a weekly basis, borrowing 60 players and only permanently signing players who are free or as near as damn it, while witnessing all of the better players (who aren't actually all that good but we've seen so much rubbish in the past few years that they are now regarded as such) leave to join Norwich City or similar.

Other fans mock us for having delusions of grandeur, but if we don't have those the reality is chuffing pitiful. I'll forever be arrogant about what I think Leeds United should be.

 

[richw]

nothing wrong with Exeter or Yeovil. Exeter could teach Leeds a bit about financial management, and is one of few clubs not in any debt throughout the league system.

 

[SS4]

The Leeds chairman is mostly to blame though. Lerner has been pretty good with the Villa after Saint O Neill burned a huge hole in his funds. Certainly nothing like as mean as deadly Doug! I wonder how many Leeds fans were bothered about financial stability when embarking on that run that saw them in the Champions League?

That's why it's shocking that he brings in McLeish, a manager known for being defensive and lacking attacking verve which may have worked at small heath but doesn't work at Villa Park with the players we have.

 

[Minilad]

These are not my own words (except the italicised ones I changed becuase they were rude), but I cannot express how I feel better than how this guy has:

One of Europe's Great Clubs. ? Leeds ? Really ?
Just because you sing Champions of Europe doesn't mean you are.

How terrible condescending to those clubs mentioned. You are where you deserve to be. And that applies to every club in every league everywhere

 

[CC 72100]

nothing wrong with Exeter or Yeovil. Exeter could teach Leeds a bit about financial management, and is one of few clubs not in any debt throughout the league system.

As well as sponsoring... our management team seems to be top class in getting sponsors on our side and taking such an active role in the club. Yes I laugh a little when we have our 'subway substitutions' but if it means that it keeps the club living within its means then it doesn't bother me in the slightest.

 

[valenta]

.... mike williamson is an absolute clown. we geordies will be hoping coloccini isn't hurt too badly......

Here here.

 

[Ivo]

Has a certain moderator in Leicester since this (from the BBC)?

Bournemouth boss Lee Bradbury leaves club after poor run

League One Bournemouth have parted company with manager Lee Bradbury.

The Cherries slipped to 13th in League One after losing for the sixth time in eight games at Oldham on Saturday.

Bradbury, 36, joined Bournemouth as a player in 2007 before taking over as manager when Eddie Howe left for Burnley in January 2011, guiding them to the play-off semi-finals last term.

Youth team manager Paul Groves and head of youth Shaun Brooks will take charge until the end of the season.

The club issued a brief statement via their website on Sunday evening, in which they revealed they were not going to make any further comment.

Only last week club chairman Eddie Mitchell claimed he was happy with the club's current position in League One and believed they were making progress.

However, Bournemouth fell 10 points off the top six with Saturday's defeat at Boundary Park.

 

[andrew bell]

mike williamson is an absolute clown.

Can you loan him back to Wycombe please, we need Willo back to help out in our fight for survival

 

[gnolife]

Well. in the Blue Square North, It's looking like the top 4 are going to stay as the top 4, with Gainsborough, Stalybridge, and Altrincham fighting for 5th place (the final playoff place). With Altrincham facing Gainsborough at Moss Lane for the last game of the season, it looks like that will be the decider for it - Just hoping that Alty manage to put out a better performance than the one we gave in Gainsborough

 

[bb21]

Has a certain moderator in Leicester since this (from the BBC)?

Err. I have now. It has been a blissful day so far.

I blame you and your curse in TPL.

Oh, great. We now have bl**dy Shaun Brooks for the rest of the season. I predict all my nails having negative growth until we get those final 4 points on the board to stay safe.

Why can we not have a comfortable mid-table finish for once?

 

[Ivo]

I blame you and your curse in TPL.

What? What did I do? I've been going backwards in TPL of late! Round 15 was not exactly good for me but Round 16 looks to have been worse! I could yet do a Bournemouth and blow it at the end of the season!

Why can we not have a comfortable mid-table finish for once?

In short - boring...

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By the way, your Bournemouth forum has some brilliant emoticons

 

[bb21]

What? What did I do? I've been going backwards in TPL of late! Round 15 was not exactly good for me but Round 16 looks to have been worse! I could yet do a Bournemouth and blow it at the end of the season!

Ahem, Exeter, predicted wins.

Even worse, we're now stuck with some of Bradbury's mates from Southend (!)

for the next two years.

In short - boring...

I could do with watching football all relaxed on May 5 without having to go onto skysports every 5 seconds, after the last few years.

By the way, your Bournemouth forum has some brilliant emoticons

DJ's (Admin) a legend.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Inter Milan have sacked manager Claudio Ranieri (of Chelsea fame) after a run of just one win in their last ten league matches.

 

[Clip]

Can you loan him back to Wycombe please, we need Willo back to help out in our fight for survival

You can have him for 50p to keep. Shocking stuff from him yet again on sunday.. It took the shine off a lovely day out that

 

[NY Yankee]

I'm assuming that by football, Britons mean what we call in America soccer. In America, football refers to the sport where guys throw the ball down the field and try to score. It is the most popular sport in America. The New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, and Dallas Cowboys are the most popular teams. The Giants won the Super Bowl.

 

[Clip]

Yes, we're well aware of american football - Its quite popular over here.. .And your penchant for calling our football 'soccer'

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Has anyone any views on that incident right at the end of the Manchester United v. Fulham game, that could well have been (but was not) the award of a penalty to Fulham, considering where the incident occurred.

 

[andrew bell]

Has anyone any views on that incident right at the end of the Manchester United v. Fulham game, that could well have been (but was not) the award of a penalty to Fulham, considering where the incident occurred.

I only listened to it on BBC 5 Live and Robbie Savage said the right thing, if it was Murphy tackling Carrick at the other end of the pitch you know it would of been a penalty to Manchester United and a red card to Murphy which I have to agree with him

 

[Ivo]

Has anyone any views on that incident right at the end of the Manchester United v. Fulham game, that could well have been (but was not) the award of a penalty to Fulham, considering where the incident occurred.

I only listened to it on BBC 5 Live and Robbie Savage said the right thing, if it was Murphy tackling Carrick at the other end of the pitch you know it would of been a penalty to Manchester United and a red card to Murphy which I have to agree with him

Even Shrek has been quoted as saying United were lucky to win. As such he probably agrees. This shows that stats mean litle in football (apart from in the table obviously) - according to those measures, the game was one-sided.

I'm assuming that by football, Britons mean what we call in America soccer. In America, football refers to the sport where guys throw the ball down the field and try to score. It is the most popular sport in America. The New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, and Dallas Cowboys are the most popular teams. The Giants won the Super Bowl.

We all know that

A certain fictional character will be pleased you didn't mention a certain other team from Colorado...

YouTube video (poor quality)

Isn't "soccer" supposed to be the fifth most popular sport in the States, and #1 among women and schoolchildren?

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Isn't "soccer" supposed to be the fifth most popular sport in the States, and #1 among women and schoolchildren?

I believe the USA's women's national team is ranked Number 1 in the world. England come behind Canada an North Korea in ninth

 

[SS4]

One Sided or not Shrek scoring earned me four points

 

[Ivo]

I believe the USA's women's national team is ranked Number 1 in the world. England come behind Canada an North Korea in ninth

Our women's team are quite possibly better than our men's team, and certainly more professional - by a very long margin. I'd like to see Rooney et al show the dedication that saw the girls beat Argentina something like 6-0 at China '07.

 

[SS4]

Our women's team are quite possibly better than our men's team, and certainly more professional - by a very long margin. I'd like to see Rooney et al show the dedication that saw the girls beat Argentina something like 6-0 at China '07.

Even better if said team were Falkland Islanders

As for the Villa another expected result, indeed could have been more than it was based on half time. Ditto for West Brom, I was disappointed in the headlines since Newcastle were only much better during the first 20 minutes (and to their credit they took advantage)

 

[MidnightFlyer]

I'd like to see Rooney et al show the dedication that saw the girls beat Argentina something like 6-0 at China '07.

Back then, England were world Number 12; and Argentina 29, behind Iceland, Nigeria, and Chinese Taipei. Further, I would expect standards to plummet a lot quicker as you go down the ranking in the women's game, as it was still developing, and, to be honest, the level of football wasn't as high.

 

[Ivo]

Where does the US name "football" come from anyway? Do foot and ball ever touch one another (other than for field goals - I think that is the right term?)?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Conference North...after Tuesday night's matches....


Bishop's Stortford 0....Hyde FC 1

FC Halifax 1....Guiseley 2

The top two both won away tonight, but Hyde FC now only have a five point lead over Guiseley (albeit with a vastly better goal difference), with six matches still to play, for the coveted automatic promotion place.