FOX Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 God knows how much I want them to turn around and boot them down to Division 3, but yeah, it'll never ever happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 It'd be good for the Division 3 teams. They'd get a nice attendance boost for a couple of games next season.And they'd probably be on the telly all the time. Remember when Newcastle were in the Championship? They had more league games televised than every Premier League team other than United and Chelsea that season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 SPL clubs need to weigh up the loss of revenue from Govan Athletic being in the 3rd division, against the probable greater loss of revenue caused by thousands of fans refusing to renew season tickets because those cheating cunts have been let off scot free.A couple of thousand of fans missing from every game through fan apathy should cause far more alarm to chairmen than a few thousand Hun fans missing from every 11th game.I'd love if they were re-named Govan Athletic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Yourmaz Athletic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 The Czechs are raping Greece 2-0 in 6 minutes.Cue jokes about Greece being out of the Euro etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 The Czechs are raping Greece 2-0 in 6 minutes.Cue jokes about Greece being out of the Euro etc.When the Czech fans were jumping up and down, the commentator made a joke about "bouncing Czechs" which was fucking ace. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 When the Czech fans were jumping up and down, the commentator made a joke about "bouncing Czechs" which was fucking ace.I hope it wasn't Craig Burley, or you've just earned yourself a ban from this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 It wasn't. It was the main commentator. When the referee got knocked down, Burley made a remark about "I've never seen the French get up so fast". Borderline racist, and almost Pro-England, for a Scotsman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOX Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 In non-Euro news, Nick Powell has signed for Manchester United. Undisclosed fee but rumour has it it's around the £6million mark. Don't see it being that much, surely.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1097217/manchester-united-seal-deal-for-crewe's-nick-powel?cc=3436 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 In non-Euro news, Nick Powell has signed for Manchester United. Undisclosed fee but rumour has it it's around the £6million mark. Don't see it being that much, surely.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1097217/manchester-united-seal-deal-for-crewe's-nick-powel?cc=3436The impression i got was that it was £2-3m upfront and the rest was performance related add-ons. He's a cracking prospect like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOX Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 The impression i got was that it was £2-3m upfront and the rest was performance related add-ons. He's a cracking prospect like.Aye, I quoted 6 from a quick google. That seems more likely though, I think a wee club like Crewe would leap at even just the £2m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 That's what the Manc Evening News said a couple of days ago. Crewe will get an additional £4.5 millions based on appearance/performance add-ons. He was originally going to go back on loan to Crewe, but Crewe have actually said they don't want him, and they would rather build for the future by finding his replacement immediately. Massive respect for that. Crewe are a great club. It takes a massive set of bollocks to turn down taking a talented player on loan like that.Good signing. He's better than Eden Izzard or whoever, the cocky shite. Hopefully he'll be loaned out to a good team, perhaps a team slogging away towards the top of the Championship, where he'll get plenty of games and also lots of attacking opportunities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Aye, I quoted 6 from a quick google. That seems more likely though, I think a wee club like Crewe would leap at even just the £2m.If he's handled correctly training-wise/game time he's potentially the midfield architect that Man United have been missing for the past few years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOX Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 He's got to be better than Tom Cleverley anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Some serious trouble pre Poland v Russia with reports of a fan killed And Petr Cech has been out on the lash with Robert Green methinks, what a howler! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOX Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Some serious trouble pre Poland v Russia with reports of a fan killed I don't think that'll be the end of the violence either. Very very confrontational game. That's an absolute tragedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 apparently the trouble has been in the city centre and there is a better atmosphere nearer to the ground, I would say the hooligans aren't actually going to the game but are hell bent on causing trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 He's got to be better than Tom Cleverley anyway.Clev's a good player, but he's made of glass. He just can't stay fit, but when he is fit, he's banging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Good signing. He's better than Eden Izzard or whoever, the cocky shite. Hopefully he'll be loaned out to a good team, perhaps a team slogging away towards the top of the Championship, where he'll get plenty of games and also lots of attacking opportunities.If he fancies a year at 'boro I'm sure he'd get a run out. There was talk of us getting Will Keane on loan for the year before he knacked himself last month so it's not a completely crazy idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Is there actually a person in the world who likes ITV football coverage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 I don't really care for much football coverage other than the very likeable Martin Tyler, but that's because all he does is commentate. He tells you who is on the ball and who has scored the goals. He crops up with interesting bits of information too. He doesn't delve into opinion or any sort of bias. Wonderful man. Gary Neville and Lee Dixon are good too. Everyone else can go to hell.I'd genuinely rather watch football with no commentary and no analysis. At half time, the camera should pan around the ground zooming in on beautiful ladies, crying children and other amusing things. Instead of commentary, the sound of the crowd should be jacked right up, so we can hear the witty and offensive chants and also when they tell the referee to fuck off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 ESPN coverage (rightly) gets a lot of stick, but I think Jon Champion is probably my favourite commentator. He has a wonderful turn of phrase. "And with a swish of the rapier, Liverpool double their lead." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 you can watch BBC games with no commentary if you press the red button if you didn't know.I miss Motty, Davies and Gubba, proper old school commentators! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 My word. Once the summer months kick in, do defenders just forget how to defend set pieces? Some of the defending from hoofed free kicks in the opening games has been really awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingin' Ryan Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Is there actually a person in the world who likes ITV football coverage?Normally it's the worst ever but I do like Gordon Strachan's dry as a bone sarcasm. The best one recently was when they were discussing Spain setting up without a striker and Adrian Chiles asked him "Did you ever try that at Coventry or Southampton?" to which he sighed "No...it just looked that way". He followed this with a rambled comment about the Spain team being so relaxed because they all "go to bed at 3pm and take 12 hours to play a round of golf". Lovely stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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