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Football Thread 2011/2012 | OT12 | All the clowns were offside...

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Hixx

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QPR have finished their investigation into Barton.

Stripped of the captaincy.
Will not join the squad for the tour of Asia.
Fined 6 weeks wages.
If he breaches the disciplinary policy again they reserve the right to terminate his contract.

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Yen

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Hey lads I'm a fairly long term lurker here who just got registered - Liverpool fan based in South Africa at the moment but originally a Sydney man!
Just wish Pool could get some confirmed signings already cos I'm itching for the new season to begin as it is!

I was also supporting England at the Euros but I'm not so disappointed or rather surprised about the exit, we were playing some truly dreadful football at times. So for now I'm supporting Spain and hoping that Busi or Ramos give Ronaldo a slap off camera, just because!

Welcome!


Hodgson is on SSN now, doing the "say 50 words when 10 suffice". The Euros weren't a success "on paper."
 

Shadders

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More and more rumblings that Gylfi Sigurdsson is going to Spurs. Really hope this isn't true. Not sure why he would go to a manager-less team over the team with Brendan Rodgers, when both are in the same European competition. But if he does, not much we can do about it. Will be severely disheartened though - he is the one player I really want to happen this summer.

That would be disappointing, I can't imagine Spurs would offer him more money than us either. :/

Unless he is trying to negotiate a better offer from us..
 

Arnie

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Hey lads I'm a fairly long term lurker here who just got registered - Liverpool fan based in South Africa at the moment but originally a Sydney man!
Just wish Pool could get some confirmed signings already cos I'm itching for the new season to begin as it is!

I was also supporting England at the Euros but I'm not so disappointed or rather surprised about the exit, we were playing some truly dreadful football at times. So for now I'm supporting Spain and hoping that Busi or Ramos give Ronaldo a slap off camera, just because!
Welcome to the thread and the forum. Let's hope for some good times ahead.
Is anyone watching Wimbledon today?
Might stick it on in the background. One of my mates is a court attendant there; earning two grand in four weeks. Lucky bastard.

Got woken up before by a caller from LFC talking about renewing my membership, so I just did it over the phone. Tickets go on sale July 7th.
 

dc89

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Manchester City Football Club is pleased to announce the appointment to the Board of Directors of Alberto Galassi, Chief Executive Officer of Piaggio Aero Industries.

Mr Galassi, who previously served on the Executive Committee of Piaggio Aero as Board Member responsible for Marketing and Sales, is attorney at law specialised in International commerce and arbitration. He has been a member of the Bar since 1996.

He joins Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak and fellow board members, Simon Pearce, Martin Edelman, Mohamed Al Mazrouei and John MacBeath as non-executive director with immediate effect.

Mcfc.co.uk

/PR.

:p

Now stop signing board members and actually sign a player! Hope this is like 2010 where we signed Yaya and Silva BEFORE the world cup but it was all kept under wraps until after it finished.
 

Wilbur

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Alright lads. Been out all night so didn't get a chance to post. Just on the way to work now and fucking knackered.

Overall my expectations were met and even exceeded a little bit with us topping the group. Us going out now is cool because it's what our level is. No disappointment on that level.

Italy deserved the win overall, but probably for the first time since Euro 2004 I'm happy with where the team looks to be going. Regardless of how well Gerrard, Parker and Terry have done, it's time for a clean slate for me. Don't think we will get it but the best thing we can do is make their positions in the squad that of squad members as opposed to first team starters. Germany did it with Klose and Friedrich etc etc and it's paying dividends. We're miles behind them of course but Hart, Walker, Smalling, Jones, Wilshere, Cleverley, Welbeck, Ox, Shelvey, Rodwell, Carroll, Sturridge... They should be the team now.

As for the actual match, we only defended well in last gasp situations. Balotelli kept getting past our line, it was fucking abysmal defending for the most part despite the fact they jumped in front of a million shots. Johnson was very good though, he and Hart were our best players. Welbeck was unlucky to go off because Rooney was fucking crap, and if I didn't already hate Ashley Young enough, the cunt goes and does that.

Meh. Onwards and upwards, we have a good bunch of youngsters which we should be looking to use. And Pirlo is a fucking god. If any player is going to contribute to knocking us out, it should be him. Hope he wins the tournament. Just a delight to watch.
 

dc89

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What a c**t.

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I KNEW IT!

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elseanio

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Got woken up before by a caller from LFC talking about renewing my membership, so I just did it over the phone. Tickets go on sale July 7th.

Was getting them calls all week. Going to renew on Friday (last day to get in the first sale)

Glad they've done a no frills 'lite' version of the membership. Never once used the discounts, and the welcome packs are a bit useless.

Think the first sale is 13 games. You qualify for that? LFC have also released the pricing structure of the cup games. Europa seems pretty reasonable. Back of the Kop is max £19 for the group games. Fiver for kids, every game.
 

Slizz

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Club football needs to resume.


Seems like the EURO's are getting more boring as the tourney progresses. Had a great deal of fun in the Group stages, not so much in the Knockout rounds....
 

GorillaJu

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That would be disappointing, I can't imagine Spurs would offer him more money than us either. :/

Unless he is trying to negotiate a better offer from us..

Think it's crap. I just hate hearing what I'm afraid of hearing. It's far too easy to believe.

This same exact story happened for Carroll and Suarez.
 
Can't wait until July so we can get in to transfer speculation silly season.

- Bent to Liverpool
- Barton returns to Man City as player coach/philosopher
- Messi to join United in a deal that sees him take a majority stake in the club
- An over-the-hill player to Inter
- AC Milan to sell their prized assets before changing their fucking mind a few times
- Arsenal to sign Felix M'Titou, 15, from Lens
 

Arnie

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Was getting them calls all week. Going to renew on Friday (last day to get in the first sale)

Glad they've done a no frills 'lite' version of the membership. Never once used the discounts, and the welcome packs are a bit useless.

Think the first sale is 13 games. You qualify for that? LFC have also released the pricing structure of the cup games. Europa seems pretty reasonable. Back of the Kop is max £19 for the group games. Fiver for kids, every game.

I went for the lite one, don't need all that extra shit. A month of LFC tv online would've been nice, but in no way essential.

Think I qualify for that, but it's touch and go. I'm within the 11-13 mark but I don't recall the exact number, I'll have to check on my purchase history later. If not it's the second sale for me. I'll definitely go to a couple of Europa matches for that price.
 

Yurt

il capo silenzioso
*Broken record*

-Mario is not starter material, he's a super sub at best.
-Prandelli's subs made no sense to me. Anyone care to enlighten me?
-Italy are as sterile as Juve.
-There's no way past Die Über-Strafstoß-Maschine.
-Who took Gerrards shirt?
-BUFFON <3
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Wilbur

Banned
Sabine Lisicki made it through to Round 2 at Wimbledon :)

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I'd love to hear her grunt while I was ploughing her into the NY Open
 
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