Murrr Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Just another impatient board with too much money for their own good. With Hughes gone, though, I'd love to see us snap-up Bellamy again if we get promoted. Love that angry little bastard, what a player. Not that he'd want to come back, and not that our managerial team would have the sense to make a cheeky bid, but still.Newcastle vs. Boro is on BBC1 at 12:30 for those who don't know. Hope it doesn't get cancelled, I'm reet looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 I have to say much as he irritates me, Bellamy has been awesome at Man City under Hughes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 First time i've had the chance to see Newcastle properly this season. Must say, they've not looked so comfortable in possesion in a long long time. Is Ameobi on steroids or something, he looks ripped. Nothing like the gangly lummock he used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 missed the first half, got the punditry and they were saying boro a little unlucky to be behind but what do pundits know lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 I'm sure a win is a win for you Murrr, but what did you make of the first half refereeing? I can't say the result really bothered me, but even I was a bit baffled at the amount of niggling fouls on Boro players that weren't given. The first goal was blatant. Taylor's handball was a little less blatant, but it definitely stopped the ball from going in.I quite liked watching Jonas today, and I see what you mean about him. He's rarely the direct distributor for a goal or chance, but he just drives everything forward, and makes life difficult for the opposition. He wins the ball back in good areas, alot like a Tevez sort of character, but perhaps not as physical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Football can fuck right off. I know I'll end up chasing it wherever it fucks off to in another week but still... Fuck off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Football can fuck right off. I know I'll end up chasing it wherever it fucks off to in another week but still... Fuck off.This, exactly this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossP Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 This, exactly this.Ditto.Unless ICT beat Dundee next weekend and Craig Levein is unveiled as the new Scotland manager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 ross, i reckon the elgin game will be off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossP Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 ross, i reckon the elgin game will be off!It had crossed my mind as well...I'll be gutted if it is like, as ICT have apparently just loaned out Gavin Morrison and Shane Sutherland to Elgin; so was really looking forward to seeing them play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 A manager with three Serie A titles, and four Coppa Italia's, and Lawrenson describes him as "inexperienced". What a fucking cocksocket.As far as the decision goes, I'm not convinced the timing or the appointment is right. With the amount of players new to the club, it was always going to take a period to gel. While we've not picked up enough points lately, 6th in the league with a game in hand at Xmas isn't too far off the goal for the season of top four.With Mancini coming in, he'll have his own ideas and I fully expect it'll take him a good six months to bed into the English game - making the rest of this season write-off. How much of the 200M spent in thast 18 months will have to be written off?Annoyingly, at this point I'd normally slate Rocky, but the bastard scored twice today. Fudbracket.Incidentally, I found this a really interesting read with a lot of valid points: Is Mark Hughes the man to make City a top four team and win trophies? (part one) Blue DaysMascherano's challenge on Tal Ben Haim today was fucking awful. I can't say I felt any sympathy for him after being red-carded and injured. Peniswrench.Not inexperienced, but he's not a very good manager. I'd rate him as tactically inept as Hughes. With the squad he inherited at Inter, and the lack of competition from other clubs at the time, they probably could have won the league without a manager. Despite having an impeccable set of players, he made no impact in Europe with Inter. I just don't think he has a command in the dressing room. He'll struggle with egos like Robinho and Adebayor have a good whinge at foreign tabloids any given chance. In a much more competitive league, I struggle to see how he'll manage to do anything than Hughes couldn't.Hughes was struggling to find wins, but City were hard to beat and no one in the PL have lost as little as City. He needed more time to persist with this galactico empire which these madcap Arabs are aiming to build. You could have had Ferguson at the realm, and I doubt the results would have been much different.I'm wary that whilst Hughes was a bit daft on the transfer market, you have to wonder how many of those targets were his own. He made very good investments in players like Bellamy and De Jong. Mancini looks like he's going to come in, pick his favourite players from Pro Evo, and demand them to be brought to him.As Hodgson recently said, "Your best 11 player players on paper is not always your best team". I think that mindset was thrown out of the window at Eastlands long ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 I'm sure a win is a win for you Murrr, but what did you make of the first half refereeing? I can't say the result really bothered me, but even I was a bit baffled at the amount of niggling fouls on Boro players that weren't given. The first goal was blatant. Taylor's handball was a little less blatant, but it definitely stopped the ball from going in.I quite liked watching Jonas today, and I see what you mean about him. He's rarely the direct distributor for a goal or chance, but he just drives everything forward, and makes life difficult for the opposition. He wins the ball back in good areas, alot like a Tevez sort of character, but perhaps not as physical.The referee was absolutely abysmal today. There is absolutely no question that our first goal should've been disallowed. Just a complete joke of a decision. How did the ref and his assistants miss that? Shola blatantly shoved the boy in the back. Okay, the guy went down like a dying swan, but that's beside the point. Never should've counted. Boro got absolutely nothing from the referee the whole game. I can't actually remember Taylor's handball (genuinely, I'm not just trying to do a Wenger here) but I can remember thinking at the time we were lucky to get away with it. I also recall a corner we were given that was complete bullshit too; Nolan flicking a "shot" miles over the bar inside a crowded box, when there was clearly no contact from a Boro player.That said, I don't care how we win, as long as we keep doing it. I'll take every dodgy refereeing decision, every goal that should've been disallowed, and every bit of bias from the officials if it gets us promoted at the end of the season. Of course, it would be nice to go up by being totally badass and playing the sexy football, but fuck it. It's all about 3 points.I thought Enrique was great again today; he really does like a class above most of the players in this league. Jonas did his usual job, Guthrie put in a decent shift and Colo looked very composed at the back. Other than that? Harewood and Ameobi just doesn't work as a strike partnership. Both are so uncoordinated and out of sync with one another that we looked completely toothless at points. I know it seems weird to complain about two players who scored (and individually, they were both okay), but neither of their goals came from their work as a top two. For me, Carroll has to be playing week-in, week-out as he brings a good balance to our attacking play.Wasn't too impressed with Boro, even if the referee had it in for them. Lita looks like an absolutely rotten player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Also, did anyone else see Nicky Butt's overhead kick?! It was the funniest thing ever, must've watched it at least 10 times again on Sky+. It was ridiculous; there were no Boro players even remotely close to him, he was in his own half, and he just decides "well, normal players would just control this and pass it on... BUT I'M NICKY BUTT, DAMNIT!" and overhead kicks it out of play. This is just a glimpse of what it would be like if Chuck Norris played football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 He's got a champions league medal. He can do whatever he wants. He could take a knife to the ball and postone the game if he wanted.Now I think about it, surely he must be the most decorated player in the Championship? Like the Ryan Giggs of second tier football. Must also be the only player in the league with a CL winners medal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphas Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Must also be the only player in the league with a CL winners medal?Technically Jonathan Greening is still a WBA player (season long loan to Fulham I think?) and he was in the squad that beat Bayern Munich. I think I have just found a loophole rather than given a proper answer so I'll award myself half a point!Footy trivia is a superb way to pass time on these quiet days in work leading up to xmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 He's got a champions league medal. He can do whatever he wants. He could take a knife to the ball and postone the game if he wanted.Now I think about it, surely he must be the most decorated player in the Championship? Like the Ryan Giggs of second tier football. Must also be the only player in the league with a CL winners medal?Good question. There's gotta be an ancient foreigner with a bunch of medals somewhere. Where's Woodsinho when you need him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geo1903 Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 He's got a champions league medal. He can do whatever he wants.How many players currently playing in Scotland have one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Geremi has an Olympic gold medal from Sydney 2000, La Liga title in 2001, Premier League in 2005/6 and 2 African Cup of Nations winners medals. He wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Technically Jonathan Greening is still a WBA player (season long loan to Fulham I think?) and he was in the squad that beat Bayern Munich. I think I have just found a loophole rather than given a proper answer so I'll award myself half a point!Footy trivia is a superb way to pass time on these quiet days in work leading up to xmas.Would Greening have made enough appearances to actually be awarded with a winners medal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Geremi has an Olympic gold medal from Sydney 2000, La Liga title in 2001, Premier League in 2005/6 and 2 African Cup of Nations winners medals. He wins.He certainly wins the diversity of accolades. Does he have as many as Butt though? It could be neck and neck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 He was a sub for the final so got a winners medal despite playing 0 minutes in the competition. He was only in the squad for that match because of suspensions to Scholes and Keane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 He certainly wins the diversity of accolades. Does he have as many as Butt though? It could be neck and neck!Butt's got loads more, however, he has no international accolades and I'm counting them as extra speshul. In addition to that Geremi has done it in more than one country - extra points for that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 He certainly wins the diversity of accolades. Does he have as many as Butt though? It could be neck and neck!If we're talking on-the-ptich-at-the-final-whistle then Geremi probably pips it. Butt is shit. The only good thing he ever did was that diving header in the community shield many moons ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 He scored a right goal against Liverpool once. It was Cantona's comeback, due to his suspension after he STOOD UP FOR HIMSELF AGAINST A NASTY MAN IN THE CROWD. King Eric crossed it in. Butt controlled it, taking it over the defender swinging leg, and then poked it past David James. Sublime.He did play for Man Utd alot, for some reason. I don't know why. He also convinced Ferguson to sign Michael Owen. he's just an all round winner, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphas Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 How many players currently playing in Scotland have one?Pedro Mendes was at Porto if I remember correctly. Can't be any more than that surely!?Another 5 minutes killed at work...result! At this rate I need roughly around 32 more questions to see me until 5pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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