Re: The Football Thread - 2011/12

[Dello]

RE: Capello - good on him. He's better off out of it.

The FA have been complicit in the witch-hunt of two of their key "employees" (coach and captain) and, as they always do, feebly trying to appease the media and so-called public opinion in order to look like they know what they're doing.

English football will never amount to anything while the governorship of it remains solely committed to protecting it's own position of power.

Frankly, the importance of captaincy in football is an overhyped load of nonsense in any case. Anyone can do it. You don't control the tactics. You don't have to make bowling changes. You toss the coin, shake a few hands. Maybe shout "come on!" occasionally.

Anyone can do it.

What a fuss about nothing.

Still, we'll get an Englander in now. That'll solve everything. Get Harry in. Once he deploys Bale, Modric and Van Der Vaart behind Adebayor, we'll be unstoppable...

[Basil]

How many of the players selected for England really, really want to play for their country? Give the likes of Rooney et al the choice of winning the Champions League or the Euoros, or even the World Cup - what would they choose? There are, after all, plenty of supporters who cry "club before country"

[Dello]

How many of the players selected for England really, really want to play for their country? Give the likes of Rooney et al the choice of winning the Champions League or the Euoros, or even the World Cup - what would they choose? There are, after all, plenty of supporters who cry "club before country"

Rooney didn't even want to play for his club last season, when he worried that Man City were on the rise (and paying their players more than he was on).

[Merlin]

My bad - I meant centre back .... easily done when distracted by some of the crap spoofed on here about Terry.
Short memories with some people ...

But no ... no dementia as yet...!

And Baz ... yep, I do know a thing or two about footie, ol' son.

[beamer]

While you can blame Terry, Capello, the FA or Anton Ferdinand for this mess, the justice system is clearly most to blame. The FA should have said sod this, we'll have our own hearing if the courts can't be arsed to sort it until July.

One side effect of this could be Spurs' season going into meltdown, due to either Redknapp leaving or the uncertainty, letting Arsenal or Chelsea off the hook in terms of CL qualification and perhaps saving the job of their manager.

[Dello]

[Merlin]

[PeterCS]

Though Crappello should have said: "Faaaacka. Wella, a betta's a betta, uh?"

[Brass Monkey]

Top picture!

As for Fabio, yeah good on him for certain. But the best bit about him leaving now is that we won't have this overdramatic and pathetically indignant hate campaign going on until July. It WAS STARTING TO F*CKING GRATE ALREADY!

[beamer]

So, Chelski themselves got Terry's trial delayed until after the end of the season. As a result they triggered the fall-out that led to Crapello's departure, quite possibly sabotaging Spurs' season and retaining their Champions League status!

[Henry]

So Evra offered a peace handshake and Suarez snubbed HIM?? What a twat. Evra then grabbed Suarez's arm in offence, and then Ferdinand refused to shake Suarez's hand.

But seriously, just when you thought there couldn't be a footballer more twatish than Tevez, along comes Suarez.

[tricycle]

So Suarez and Evra have just upped the twattery stakes of footballers.

[taipan]

So Suarez and Evra have just upped the twattery stakes of footballers.

Suarez won't shake hands so Evra is a twat. I can only assume you support LFC.

[tricycle]

Did you miss Evra's post match shenanigans? Both Suarez and Evra's behaviour was pretty shite and both have been twats for quite some time. Suarez has been one since his Groningen days.

I honestly couldn't give an arse about Liverpool's success or failure.

[taipan]

Didn't see the game, but clearly Suarez upped the ante before the game.