The Football Thread - Season 2012/2013

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joescrivens said:
What you mean TTNKAVP (the team now known as van persie)
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Haha I did see that and thought the VP would be van persie but it's not very guessable or catchy!
 
what a rabble that Liverpool lot looked!
the backroomstaff and subs all sprawled around looking quite unimpressed with the 10 on their feet on the pitch
 
I saw early reports that christiano ronaldo was said to have told his club that he wanted to leave and it seems this story has now spread like wildfire. Various embellishments like spending 20 minutes crying in the dressing room post game and longing for a hero status like messi at barca have emerged too. I suspect there's rather less truth in those!
 
Very interesting open letter on Liverpool's website:

I am as disappointed as anyone connected with Liverpool Football Club that we were unable to add further to our strike force in this summer transfer window, but that was not through any lack of desire or effort on the part of all of those involved. They pushed hard in the final days of the transfer window on a number of forward targets and it is unfortunate that on this occasion we were unable to conclude acceptable deals to bring those targets in.

But a summer window which brought in three young, but significantly talented starters in Joe Allen, Nuri Sahin and Fabio Borini as well as two exciting young potential stars of the future - Samed Yesil and Oussama Assaidi - could hardly be deemed a failure as we build for the future.

Nor should anyone minimise the importance of keeping our best players during this window. We successfully retained Daniel Agger, Martin Skrtel and Luis Suarez. We greatly appreciate their faith and belief in the club. And we successfully negotiated new, long-term contracts with Luis and with Martin.

No one should doubt our commitment to the club. In Brendan Rodgers we have a talented young manager and we have valued highly his judgement about the make-up of the squad. This is a work in progress. It will take time for Brendan to instill his philosophy into the squad and build exactly what he needs for the long term.

The transfer policy was not about cutting costs. It was - and will be in the future - about getting maximum value for what is spent so that we can build quality and depth. We are avowed proponents of UEFA's Financial Fair Play agenda that was this week reiterated by Mr Platini - something we heartily applaud. We must comply with Financial Fair Play guidelines that ensure spending is tied to income. We have been successful in improving the commercial side of the club and the monies generated going forward will give us greater spending power in the coming years.

We are still in the process of reversing the errors of previous regimes. It will not happen overnight. It has been compounded by our own mistakes in a difficult first two years of ownership. It has been a harsh education, but make no mistake, the club is healthier today than when we took over.

Spending is not merely about buying talent. Our ambitions do not lie in cementing a mid-table place with expensive, short-term quick fixes that will only contribute for a couple of years. Our emphasis will be on developing our own players using the skills of an increasingly impressive coaching team. Much thought and investment already have gone into developing a self-sustaining pool of youngsters imbued in the club's traditions.

That ethos is to win. We will invest to succeed. But we will not mortgage the future with risky spending.

After almost two years at Anfield, we are close to having the system we need in place. The transfer window may not have been perfect but we are not just looking at the next 16 weeks until we can buy again: we are looking at the next 16 years and beyond. These are the first steps in restoring one of the world's great clubs to its proper status.

It will not be easy, it will not be perfect, but there is a clear vision at work.

We will build and grow from within, buy prudently and cleverly and never again waste resources on inflated transfer fees and unrealistic wages. We have no fear of spending and competing with the very best but we will not overpay for players.

We will never place this club in the precarious position that we found it in when we took over at Anfield. This club should never again run up debts that threaten its existence.

Most of all, we want to win. That ambition drives every decision. It is the Liverpool way. We can and will generate the revenues to achieve that aim. There will be short-term setbacks from time to time, but we believe we have the right people in place to bring more glory to Anfield.

Finally, I can say with authority that our ownership is not about profit. Contrary to popular opinion, owners rarely get involved in sports in order to generate cash. They generally get involved with a club in order to compete and work for the benefit of their club. It's often difficult. In our case we work every day in order to generate revenues to improve the club. We have only one driving ambition at Liverpool and that is the quest to win the Premier League playing the kind of football our supporters want to see. That will only occur if we do absolutely the right things to build the club in a way that makes sense for supporters, for us and for those who will follow us. We will deliver what every long-term supporter of Liverpool Football Club aches for.

JOHN W HENRY
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Great result for the (Manc) Reds yesterday!
Not sure we deserved a point, let alone all 3, but football, like life, sometimes just isn't fair!:shrug:
Scholes MoM for me.
Talking of Mr Scholes, was only saying to the family last week that it was funny that we've lived in Saddleworth for over 3 yrs now and haven't seen him once. (he lives there too), my eldest lad mentioned he'd seen him a few times down the country lanes with his 2 kids on horses, and what should happen the very next evening on my dog walk?...

...yep! bump into the one and only ginger ninja down a country lane walking with his 2 kids on horseback!
was a bit too sheepish to exchange anything more than a quick hello (his kids very polite too), especially as i had the 60d with 24-105 round me neck!
anyway, i know i'm bias as hell, but he's a top bloke, and not your typical footballer too...if only he was 15 yrs younger!!! for Utd AND England!
 
Carlo said:
Great result for the (Manc) Reds yesterday!
Not sure we deserved a point, let alone all 3, but football, like life, sometimes just isn't fair!:shrug:
Scholes MoM for me.
Talking of Mr Scholes, was only saying to the family last week that it was funny that we've lived in Saddleworth for over 3 yrs now and haven't seen him once. (he lives there too), my eldest lad mentioned he'd seen him a few times down the country lanes with his 2 kids on horses, and what should happen the very next evening on my dog walk?...

...yep! bump into the one and only ginger ninja down a country lane walking with his 2 kids on horseback!
was a bit too sheepish to exchange anything more than a quick hello (his kids very polite too), especially as i had the 60d with 24-105 round me neck!
anyway, i know i'm bias as hell, but he's a top bloke, and not your typical footballer too...if only he was 15 yrs younger!!! for Utd AND England!
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He's a massive player for you. I do wonder how that type of influence can be replaced. You played like a different side after his introduction yesterday.
 
TriggerHappy said:
He's a massive player for you. I do wonder how that type of influence can be replaced. You played like a different side after his introduction yesterday.
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put simply, he can't be replaced!
i remember his comeback match against city last season in the FA cup. He came on for the last 30 minutes and made more (successful) passes than anyone did in the full 90!
 
I used to play sport with Mr Scholes a few years back, when he was a teenager and I wasn't!!!

Very nice feller he is.
 
tiler65 said:
We did shower together but that is not the same.
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You do know it's not normal to shower after snooker ;)

You need to be careful of the Ginger Prince. He put Ronaldo right off his game......

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Deschamps is saying that Lloris is already unhappy with Villas Boas!
 
Michael Owen has signed for Stoke...wow! He couldn't fit in there with their current style any less :lol:
 
TriggerHappy said:
Let me just call Na$ri to get his opinion based on extensive experience last year :lol:
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He won a league title, more than he would have won at arsenal!!
 
So who feels sorry for Ronaldo ?

Contract negotiations are due - one of the best players in the world suddeny has to take into account Spanish residency or accept as a non-Spanish resident (Beckam Law)

The Premier League has been shafted when it comes to high tax but (about time) £450,000 a week is what Real would have to pay to now secure his services.
 
I feel sorry for Ronaldo........sudden weight gain is not easy to deal with......

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dinners said:
So who feels sorry for Ronaldo ?

Contract negotiations are due - one of the best players in the world suddeny has to take into account Spanish residency or accept as a non-Spanish resident (Beckam Law)

The Premier League has been shafted when it comes to high tax but (about time) £450,000 a week is what Real would have to pay to now secure his services.
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C Ronaldo?
 
I hope you own copyright for that photo or are allowed to use it :rules:
 
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