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OwlsFan
21/09/2009, 5:03 PM
Was channel surfing between the Manchester derby and the cricket and every time I went back there was a goal :o Saw some great saves by Shay. Could have been 6 or 7. Why did they let Dunne go? No mention concerning the absence of Ronaldo.
Nice to see Wolves pick up 3 points and Burnley win at home again. Coyle could be the next Irish manager once the bubble bursts there if it co-incides with Trapp departing.
Top of the table has a familar look to it. Chelsea are so functonial. Hate Droghba - his play acting whenever he's touched.
As usual the most interest is in the relegation zone.
DeLorean
06/10/2009, 11:41 AM
How is this fella doing it? His dad must be some agent. Absolutely brutal and always has been. The first line makes me shiver when I see where he's been.....
Zenden Training with Black Cats (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8292499.stm)
OwlsFan
25/10/2009, 7:26 AM
I saw the Wolves v Villa game. Terrible stuff. The two Wolves full backs couldn't pass to their own team mates no matter how hard they tried. Doyle toiled away and was one of the few who showed some composure on the ball. I wouldn't be too optimistic about Wolves staying up after seeing them in that game but Villa weren't much better.
Spurs vs Stoke was a bit better. Robbie was anonymous and with no start for Lawrence or Whelan, Trapp and Tardelli left early (possibly to go to Stamford Bridge??). They might have been watching DeLap but other than his throws, he was seldom on the ball. Lovely goal by Whelan who came on in the second half.
I reckon Liverpool will win today, saving Benitez's job for another few months.
DeLorean
12/11/2009, 9:04 AM
Pavlyuchenko to demand Spurs exit (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/8355751.stm)
The sooner he leaves the better for himself. Wouldn't blame Redknapp too much seeing as the quality of forwards is so strong there. There's plenty of clubs that would be doing very well to snap him up, and not necessarily clubs at a lower level than Tottenham.
OwlsFan
23/11/2009, 10:30 AM
Not looking great for Wolves. Need to put a few back to back wins together.
Thankfully, the 9 Spurs got against Wigan shoves Wednesday down to 3rd place for the most goals conceded in the Premiership (8-0 at Newcastle) :o.
Liverpool fail to win again. Beginning to look like a two horse race at the top.
At the bottom as usual is where the interest is. Bolton looked like relegation candidates against Blackburn. Hopeless.
OwlsFan
25/11/2009, 9:16 AM
Harte sacked by Portsmouth. Rumours of the appointment of Darren Ferguson. So he might come up against his dad!
Acornvilla
25/11/2009, 10:29 PM
Harte sacked by Portsmouth. Rumours of the appointment of Darren Ferguson. So he might come up against his dad!
to early for darren its avram grants if he wants it whats curbishley at these days would be a good man for the job?
OwlsFan
27/11/2009, 9:16 AM
Avram Grant it is. Unless he gets funds, I would be surprised if he could turn it around. Not sure he's used to dealing with struggling teams. I only know him from his Chelsea days but he was also manager of Israel. He did ok at Chelsea but ok isn't enough.
The Don
10/12/2009, 11:11 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYlleh9UNhc&feature=player_embedded
Pulis vs Beattie
OwlsFan
14/12/2009, 10:15 AM
"Rollickings" at half time appear to work sometimes. Apparently Wenger gave the Arsenal team a right going over, told them they weren't fit to wear the Arsenal short and they turned over a 1-0 deficit.
Chelsea drawing at home and Man U and Liverpool losing at home. Good to see the league becoming a bit more competitive and of course Doyle scoring for Wolves. Robbie looked off the pace again :confused: Post Paris syndrome still.
Acornvilla
14/12/2009, 10:25 AM
"Rollickings" at half time appear to work sometimes. Apparently Wenger gave the Arsenal team a right going over, told them they weren't fit to wear the Arsenal short and they turned over a 1-0 deficit.
Chelsea drawing at home and Man U and Liverpool losing at home. Good to see the league becoming a bit more competitive and of course Doyle scoring for Wolves. Robbie looked off the pace again :confused: Post Paris syndrome still.
robbie is a moodie little so and so at the best of times and remember he always plays better in the second half of the season the goals always flow
OwlsFan
16/12/2009, 10:13 AM
Surprised at Mick Mc's decision to rest almost the whole team against Man U. I know he has often said their fate will not depend on results against Man U, Chelsea and Arsenal but against the other team but I think he was wrong for the following reasons:
(a) Sends the wrong signals to the players and fans i.e. we have no hope of competing with the top teams. We are way to inferior that there is no point in even showing up.
(b) I am sure their top players would have liked to play Man U at Old Trafford.
(c) It lets down the fans who travelled to Old T.
(d) Don't agree with this resting business. The likes of Houllier and other continental managers brought this in to the game in England. Previously, when English teams, in particular Liverpool, dominated Europe, there was no resting of players. The same team usually played week in, week out, and it seemed to have no adverse affect.
(e) Man U were not playing well and lost their last game at home. Wolves had won their last game. A "result" was not beyond the bounds of possibility.
Sorry Mick, I think it was the wrong decision whether they beat Burnley next game or not.
OwlsFan
19/12/2009, 4:47 PM
Rumours that Hughes is going to be sacked in the next hour or so.
rambler14
19/12/2009, 4:50 PM
Another great day in the history of Liverpool and Man United........there as bad as each other now!
If people think that the likes of Anderson, Nani, Berbatov, Foster and Valencia are the future for Man United then they are living in a dream world.
gustavo
19/12/2009, 5:32 PM
Rumours that Hughes is going to be sacked in the next hour or so.
Supposedly Mancini or Hiddink taking over
shakermaker1982
19/12/2009, 7:05 PM
Another great day in the history of Liverpool and Man United........there as bad as each other now!
If people think that the likes of Anderson, Nani, Berbatov, Foster and Valencia are the future for Man United then they are living in a dream world.
Man Utd were missing their first choice gk, centre backs and right back. To make matters worse their back up defenders were also injured.
old git
19/12/2009, 9:11 PM
Man Utd were missing their first choice gk, centre backs and right back. To make matters worse their back up defenders were also injured.
fair point .. but performance today by utd was brutal even with missing players still expect them to perform ... as for playing 3 at the back 2 midfielders and a rookie right back at left back :confused: surely you would keep it tight and play 4 at back and a deep lying midfielder to try and protect weak defence :ball:
DmanDmythDledge
19/12/2009, 10:19 PM
Absolutely. With the players available a draw was the best result that could be hoped for. At the same time Fulham were excellent, best performance I've seen (albeit limited) against Man Utd this season.
Man U have had these injuries for a few weeks now but only since last Saturday have they been used as a reason/excuse. They didn't stop them from creating chances and taking them. Credit to Fulham they deserved their win as much as Pompey did against Liverpool.
DeLorean
22/12/2009, 12:08 PM
Man U have had these injuries for a few weeks now but only since last Saturday have they been used as a reason/excuse. They didn't stop them from creating chances and taking them. Credit to Fulham they deserved their win as much as Pompey did against Liverpool.
Fulham were great value for their win, especially on the back of such an important result on the road in the Europa League. United were hardly going to use the injuries as an excuse in matches that they won Rafa in fairness, of course it was going to come to the fore when results started going the other way. Liverpool fans point to Gerrard/Torres being injured when results aren't going their way (quite rightly at times), so I wouldn't get too put out by United fans suggesting that conceding 3 goals to Fulham may have had something to do with 8 defenders being missing.
fair point .. but performance today by utd was brutal even with missing players still expect them to perform ... as for playing 3 at the back 2 midfielders and a rookie right back at left back :confused: surely you would keep it tight and play 4 at back and a deep lying midfielder to try and protect weak defence :ball:
Fair enough point there have to say. Nothing to stop them creating chances and taking them. Fulham a tough place to go these days though injuries or no injuries.
shakermaker1982
24/12/2009, 9:29 AM
fair point .. but performance today by utd was brutal even with missing players still expect them to perform ... as for playing 3 at the back 2 midfielders and a rookie right back at left back :confused: surely you would keep it tight and play 4 at back and a deep lying midfielder to try and protect weak defence :ball:
Fergie's formation was dodgy alright but what do I know?! :D
Fulham away is a tough place to go to with a full strength team as Man Utd found to their cost last season but your job is made near impossible when you resort to playing Carrick and Fletcher in a 3 man defence.
Chelsea are vulnerable and Man Utd will run them close as soon as injuries to the defence clear up. Chelsea without Drogba are not the same force and they'll miss him greatly next month. Throw in the fact that Anelka is injured now as well........
Acornvilla
24/12/2009, 10:35 AM
Fergie's formation was dodgy alright but what do I know?! :D
Fulham away is a tough place to go to with a full strength team as Man Utd found to their cost last season but your job is made near impossible when you resort to playing Carrick and Fletcher in a 3 man defence.
Chelsea are vulnerable and Man Utd will run them close as soon as injuries to the defence clear up. Chelsea without Drogba are not the same force and they'll miss him greatly next month. Throw in the fact that Anelka is injured now as well........
,di santo will be back it will be his chance to cement a place in the team.. same goes for sturridge,kakuta,borini and possibly even clifford will get a look in
,di santo will be back it will be his chance to cement a place in the team.. same goes for sturridge,kakuta,borini and possibly even clifford will get a look in
On paper they couldn't have asked for better fixtures during the African Cup of Nations.
OwlsFan
29/12/2009, 5:22 PM
As usual relegation struggle more interesting than title challenge as far more teams involved:
12 Stoke........19 -08 21
13 Blackburn...20 -15 21
14 Burnley......20 -18 20
15 Wigan........18 -18 19
16 Wolves.......20 -19 19
17 West Ham...20 -09 18
18 Bolton........17 -10 17
19 Hull............19 -22 17
20 Portsmouth.19 -11 14
Burnley doing a Hull. Great start but now slipping in to the dogfight. Take any 3 from 9. Looks like Portsmouth, Hull and Wolves or Burnley but a couple of back to back wins for any team changes everything.
tetsujin1979
30/12/2009, 12:21 AM
which of these teams will be most affected by the African Cup of Nations?
rambler14
30/12/2009, 12:39 AM
Pompey and Chelsea will suffer most in my opinion.
Infadel
30/12/2009, 1:05 PM
Things appearing worse at Portsmouth now that they have a winding up order:http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/30122009/58/premier-league-portsmouth-crisis-winding-order.html
rambler14
30/12/2009, 1:06 PM
Their paying John Utaka £80,000 a week they deserve everything their getting.
OwlsFan
30/12/2009, 4:49 PM
Megson sacked by Bolton. Couldn't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear!
tetsujin1979
31/12/2009, 3:40 PM
The fans have been on Megson's back since he was appointed, I'm more surprised he made it this far than anything else
gustavo
31/12/2009, 5:19 PM
Pompey and Chelsea will suffer most in my opinion.
Chelsea won't be affected at all I'd say
Den Perry
01/01/2010, 1:50 AM
Chelsea won't be affected at all I'd say
my three for the drop: Pompey, Wigan and ...Hull. Hopefully not the Irons though
OwlsFan
04/01/2010, 9:16 AM
Talk of Coyle going to Bolton. Hardly a huge step up for him, exchanging a team in the drop zone without great prospects for one outside the drop zone with less prospects but one which he has developed. Must be a money thing.
old git
04/01/2010, 3:54 PM
Talk of Coyle going to Bolton. Hardly a huge step up for him, exchanging a team in the drop zone without great prospects for one outside the drop zone with less prospects but one which he has developed. Must be a money thing.
seems a strange move alright i know he played for bolton ... would imagine money has a bit to do with move :ball:
I think Coyle would be better off waiting for a bigger job to come along. Unless something disastrous happens at Burnley I'd say his reputation will be safe long enough for him to sit it out an wait for a better opportunity, like Liverpool for example.
I also think Megson was unlucky to lose his job, given that Bolton have often been relegation threatened during their time in the Premiership and Megson looked to be a decent bet to lead them out of it. I'm sure during the early Allardyce years they finished 17th a few times.
shakermaker1982
07/01/2010, 6:50 AM
How Megson even got the Bolton job after his stint at Forest amazed me.
Coyle must just love Bolton!
Birmingham apparently had a 10 million pound bid for McGeady turned down. I cannot believe they are trying to waste 9 million on Babel. Liverpool turned down the bid?!
DeLorean
07/01/2010, 5:07 PM
I think Bolton is a good job for Coyle. They have far greater long term prospects than Burnley I would think, despite the current league standings. Coyle has reached the limit of what he could have been expected to achieve at Burnley and the only way is down from here on I would think. There's no way he'd get a job much bigger than an established PL club anyway, which Bolton are at this stage. The fact that he used play for them and will probably be getting a lot more money adds handsomely to an easy decision.
old git
07/01/2010, 10:37 PM
How Megson even got the Bolton job after his stint at Forest amazed me.
Coyle must just love Bolton!
Birmingham apparently had a 10 million pound bid for McGeady turned down. I cannot believe they are trying to waste 9 million on Babel. Liverpool turned down the bid?!
cannot believe liverpool turned down 9 million for babel :D:D
cannot believe liverpool turned down 9 million for babel :D:D
Not being allowed to reinvest the 9 million in the squad is the reason you'll find Benitez won't sell him;)
Fulham v Pompey off this weekend and Liverpool v Spurs looking doubtful now as well.
Stoke v Burnley gone as well.
Sunderland v Bolton gone now as well.
Fulham v Pompey off this weekend and Liverpool v Spurs looking doubtful now as well.
Stoke v Burnley gone as well.
Sunderland v Bolton gone now as well.
Add Hull V Chelsea to that now. Betfair have a market open for the no of games that will actually go ahead this wkd.
old git
08/01/2010, 8:25 PM
Not being allowed to reinvest the 9 million in the squad is the reason you'll find Benitez won't sell him;)
so whats the point of benitez trying to sell players then.. will he be able to reinvest dossena money :confused:
stojkovic
08/01/2010, 10:41 PM
will he be able to reinvest dossena money :confused:
I think thats been used to pay Maxi's wages.
so whats the point of benitez trying to sell players then.. will he be able to reinvest dossena money :confused:
Being used to repay the debt.
old git
11/01/2010, 2:57 PM
Being used to repay the debt.
could be worse imagine trying to pay of utd's debt :D
rambler14
11/01/2010, 3:21 PM
could be worse imagine trying to pay of utd's debt :D
Well it's easy to do when you make a £48 million year profit during your last financial year.
Roadend
11/01/2010, 3:31 PM
Well it's easy to do when you make a £48 million year profit during your last financial year.
That included the 80m from the Ronaldo sale by all accounts
Acornvilla
11/01/2010, 3:34 PM
That included the 80m from the Ronaldo sale by all accounts
and that they decided not to spend the 30million on tevez if the kept ronaldo and tevez theyd probaly be screwed now..
OwlsFan
11/01/2010, 4:32 PM
Well it's easy to do when you make a £48 million year profit during your last financial year.
Not that easy when you're over 600 milion in debt! Not quite sure how the debt got that high but they're obviously servicing it easily enough but imagine if things started to go badly, and revenue dropped.
Mind you, £1.00 from every Man U supporter around the world would soon dispose of it.
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