Monday 6 June 2011

Swiss On A Roll

Tired, England were. That’s why they could only scrape a 2-2 against some Swiss youngsters who were barely out of their trainee leiderhosen. Tired!

If England’s players always end up knackered in June then we may as well throw in the beach towel now. It reminded us all too clearly of the abject tournament we suffered in South Africa when Capello first labelled his team ‘out of puff’.

The new England kit is apparently going to be stripy and cotton. The subs benches are going to be futons and all the lads will be issued with blankets and inflatable neck pillows should they nod off pitchside.
Jack Wilshere in training for England's match against Switzerland

The problem is to keep the planks on the field awake. It’s important to choose the right planks, mind. I’m not sure what Micah Richards has done wrong this season but clearly he’s a better right-back than Glen Johnson. The Liverpool man is fine going forward but at the back he’s a wandering charity gift bag.

And as for Lampard, is he earning ten pound a minute in sponsorship for Childline or summat? Cos there’s no other reason for him to be on the park. Lamps seems to need four touches for every one from his team-mates. And he’s got to be the luckiest penalty-taker ever. Every one gets scuffed to the keeper’s right but somehow squirms in.

The substitution at half-time was good but why leave Young on the bench in the first place, especially when Rooney’s off getting his pubes repositioned? And while we’re on that subject, why is Shrek having a hair transplant anyway? It’s a bit like putting a smart new roof on a vandalised council house. It’s not going to look right is it?

D’you think that after the Champs League final he looked at Messi, Xavi and Iniests and asked himself ‘What is it that they’ve got that I haven’t?’ and the dopy slaphead answered ‘Hair!’

Rooney was of course missed but not as blatantly as Darren Bent missed. Bent’s advocates point to his goalscoring record at domestic level. I point to his capacity to fuck it up when it really matters (not to mention Crouchy’s fantastic goalscoring record) at international level.

'Arry's seen it all before at Spurs

There’s always a certain something in Bent’s eyes - it’s called fear. You don’t see it in the pupils of Defoe or even, God hang up his boots, Michael Owen.

But 2-2 wasn’t a bad result in the end. Fortunately the might of Montenegro couldn’t topple the Bulgars so we’re still top of the weakest group in qualifying history. So Capello should take us to the finals, quacking and limping all the way. It’s preposterous that the man’s still in charge.

It’s been an exciting week if you’re Swiss. (That’s not a sentence you’d expect to read anywhere). First there was Sepp Blatter’s re-election as President of FIFA, accompanied by some lackeys and sycophants queuing up to bloody the FA’s nose.

The Argentine representative was particularly offended by insinuations of corruption – Sr. Grondola adding that he’d offered his vote for England’s 2018 bid in exchange for the return of the Falkland Islands. (That’s not corruption – that’s the oldest form of financial transaction – bartering.)

Still Sepp won and talked about steering the FIFA family ship away from the rocks or some sort of bollocksy maritime metaphor. Switzerland is land-locked, remember, and if FIFA'S a family then it's time to call in social services. We need a new father-figure, Gawd help us.

Here's Rog serving in the Swiss Alps - the home of tennis

But there are good and noble Swiss men and one such, the divinely-talented but camply-jacketed Roger Federer, managed to light up the French Open once more. Not that he won it, of course.

Rafa Nadal successfully convinced the press that he was vulnerable this year and then gave Murray a bit of a tonking and barely let Fed have a sniff once he turned around the first set. Put Rafa on a surface the colour of an Essex girl’s skin and he can’t be beat.

Murray did ok against him but it was a bit like watching a tall tent peg getting repeatedly battered into the ground with a sledgehammer. Federer played some glorious shots and whether he bores you or not he has that thing that I envy and admire the most in sportspeople, ease. Brilliance without apparent effort: I’m thinking Zidane, Iniesta, Sehwag, Gebreselassie, Bolt, Bosko Jankovic.



Nadal is not an easy watch. Every particle of his being seems coiled and sprung. None of his shots flow particularly and, like Murray, there’s no discernable relaxation in his face so that most of the time he looks a grimacing maltreated pit bull terrier.

The trouble with a pit bull is it hangs on and doesn’t let go. Even the odd feline Federer scratch doesn’t put him off. He’s beaten his Swissness three times out of every four now. So it doesn’t matter how serene and fluid Federer is, the old attack dog’s gonna catch up with him in the end.

It’s a great time for men’s tennis – what with Rog and Raf and Jockey-Itch. There seems to be a lot of mutual respect (take note Lewis Hamilton) and in Paris they were quick to overrule dodgy line decisions even if they weren’t in their opponent’s favour.

Is it possible, while it takes a break, that football – from its fat ancient pocket-liners to its newly-quiffed and gelled tumblers in their gated communities - might have enough self-respect to want to safeguard the reputation of the beautiful game in the same way?

To not appeal for a throw-in when it hit you last. To not throw yourself on the floor and rail at the ref if he spots it. To not interpret the word ‘marking’ to mean leaving your fingerprints all over the centre-forward’s jersey. To want to represent your country even when the gaffer decides you’re not what he wants and not go off in a huff like a jilted Pageant Queen?

But then maybe they don’t mean to do these things, eh? Maybe they’re just tired. Bless.

257 comments:

  1. Not tired,just rubbish.

    Following on from the CL final,The Govan Beetroot made an excellent point about the lack of time teams are allowed to spend coaching youngsters.I forget the exact figures,but it's something like 3 hours a week for 9-11 years then 4 hours a week for 11-13.At Barcelona they do more than that every day.No wonder we're crap.How long would it take our future footballers to hit 10 000 hours

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  2. Blogidy....

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/9505457.stm

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  3. yep blatter is a fritzel of a father figure. im not sure bringing in the creepy grandfather figure of kissinger improves their image...

    "Kissinger has evaded legal summons by investigators in France, Chile and Argentina seeking to question him regarding his role in the disappearances of numerous citizens of the US and other nations"

    watch out FA representatives

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  4. mickey madman, jacks. wot a soap opera.

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  5. the hills are alive with the filthy lucre

    la la la la

    Boing

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  6. I thought there was a great moment in the Murray Rafa Semi when a Murray serve was called out and Rafa went up to the mark and spoilt it giving Murray the Ace cause he thought it was in. You don't see sportsmanship like that in football - hell not even in cricket these days!

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  7. Fabio Capello is dumbfounded over how to coax the best from his fatigued England players
    -Guardian

    ...........

    thats easy. resign.

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  8. jacksofbuxton said...
    Not tired,just rubbish.

    Following on from the CL final,The Govan Beetroot made an excellent point about the lack of time teams are allowed to spend coaching youngsters.I forget the exact figures,but it's something like 3 hours a week for 9-11 years then 4 hours a week for 11-13.At Barcelona they do more than that every day.No wonder we're crap.How long would it take our future footballers to hit 10 000 hours

    .................

    my boy does 7 hours p/w with col u, jacks. theyre setting up a youth academy in partnership with a local school and the plan is to double it - two and a half hours per day plus match, with the intention of matching malcolm gladwells magic number

    which is great for the one or two successes but with a danger that your kid ends up unemployed, thick and socially maladjusted

    or alternatively employed as a footballer, thick and socially maladjusted or "typical english footballer".

    i dont like this dilemma and genuinely now wish my boy was rubbish at football - im the only dad now shouting "miss miss miss" at his own boy and cheering the rare occasions he miskicks

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  9. Nice one Robbo, loved the "pubes repositioned" gag, conjured up an image of Rooney with a Kevin Keegan afro, add to that a Mario Bros tache and he'd be all set for a move back to Scallyville.

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  10. hurry up and fuck off Capello, that way we can put Psycho in charge of the senior team.

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  11. As for England, well it was just deja vu all over again, wasn't it? Up against the mighty, highly tuned athletes/footballing galacticos of Switzerland....(well, they did beat Spain) most of our fatigued milionaires just couldn't seem to muster up the energy to really bother. Lampard has been rightly slammed, although I didn't think Parker was much better either, he had the first touch of a peglegged oaf (take note fellow gooners, he is NOT the answer to our problems).
    Most players were indeed crap, but it's the manager's job to pick the team and he instucts them how he wants them to play. The exclusion of A. Young from the starting line up was as baffling as the inclusion of Parker, (not really fit) Lampard (not really thin) and Milner (really???) His chosen line up had no real shape to it at all. the early tactic seemed to be to give a long ball for Theo to scamper after using his speed to get past their defence. Fair play, it kinda worked, the only problem was that Theo had no one to realease the ball to, because there were no white shirts anywhere near him. He later dropped a bit and the mantle of lone striker passed to Bent, but yet again he was so issolated that he just may of well been in quarentine with a nasty case of the ebola virus and after his second half miisses many hoped that he would be. The introduction of Young did help a bit, but can any of us seriously say that we thought we were gonna win? I was half expecting a counter attack and Swiss goal, in the end I was glad it was over.

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  12. cont'd..
    Mr Capello is obviously not the man for the job, but having absolutly no connection with the country, he has no stung patriotism so he feels no obligation to resign, meaning that he has to be sacked and take a handsome pay-off or we're stuck with him 'til after the Euro's. Once again another cock up brought to you by the absolute epitomy of cockers uppers; the FA. Lately they've been using deflector tactics by trying to stick it to Fifa to put themseves in a good light, but they are just as bad as Sepp and his cronies and their ineptitude knows no bounds.
    If they'd of given him a two year contract, which everyone knows is the time span for every international competition (qualifiers and finals) then they could of released him (not renewed his contract) after the debacle of the WC.

    There's so much talk about changing the game at the grass roots level in England, I agree, however, if the incompetance is allowed to continue at the very top of the game then the outlook for the future will remain bleak.

    The players are not the only thing that are tired, the excuses are too.

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  13. my knackers are tired and my tyres are knackered

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  14. good stuff Robbo, top of the group, Euro Champions 2012, it's in the bag!

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  15. For those of you who were wondering, I am not dead. Just a bit tired.

    But then, I have a valid reason.

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  16. G'day all

    The problem with the summer break in football is you have to put up with blogs about tennis and/or golf... dont the tennis players and golfers ever get tired.

    Us footy fans always eventually get around to blaming the manager for whatever ails the team. The problem in the England camp is not the manager, it is the shit players we have. As the saying goes, you cant make a silk purse out of a pigs ear... and a pigs ear is being fucking generous when describing the England football squad.

    Capello may not be a top manager but to my mind he is better than what had recently gone before him. Even Hiddink, who to me is one of the top international squad managers around today, would have trouble moulding the England squad into anything resembling a football team. Let's face it we have a shit football team and no manager is going to improve us. As has previously been srtated, we are not going to be a force in world football until we improve our methods of training youth. We are just going to have to be content with grinding out 2-2 draws with teams we once considered a joke.

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  17. massive respect to Eddie kidd who has just finished the London marathon in 2 months (just inside my own pb)

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  18. Well here's some shock news.....

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13674764.stm

    My favourite quote......

    "I don't know why we should open something because somebody has said something towards Qatar," he added.

    So just because an allegation has been made doesn't mean you should investigate it then Sepp? You really are a corrupt little twat aren't you.

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  19. I agree Bo, at the mo we don't have the quality coming through but it goes in cycles and 5, 6 years from now a couple of wilshere s might appear. go back a few years and we were all saying - how can we be like France .... who are now crapper than us (ok i watched them beat our B team at wembley)

    Spain fluke a crop of talented midgets and now we've got the ridiculous spectacle of Gareth southgate scouring the country for talented midgets.

    Our time will come. World cup 2066 . It's in the bag.

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  20. Tottenham defender William Gallas has claimed Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was wrong to let him leave the Emirates.
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    Can't help but agree with him
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    Arsenal must commit to large-scale investment in the summer transfer market before playmaker Samir Nasri will commit to a new deal at the club.
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    Can't blame him. Any decent player wants to win trophy's and the gunners are not going to win anything with the current squad.
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    2066... has a nice ring to it Blog.. I don't have that long though... 2014 woould be good... might just make it to then.

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  21. First off, Walcott did score a hat trick against Croatia. Now, if Walcott is to be taken off, whether we agree that he ought to be taken off, why on earth replace him with the irrevocably left-footed Downing? Why start Milner? I'd have taken him off the moment he left the wall if I started him at all: Walcott looked at him in despair, and so do Hart, Terry and Rio; Milner walked away with a careless attitude.

    Until he made big money no one knew who Milner was. The Swiss side, like any side selected by a nation not masturbating in its own sycophancy, was selected on form. Start Crouch, or at least put him on the game sheet. Try Gibbs. Every other nation thinks of players in form. We seem to choose players based on salaries, because, of course, price justifies product, right, muddled thinkers?

    The only players who player well were A. Young, A. Cole until he was forced off (and he should have been subbed immediately, not 12 minutes later), and Wilshere. Now if Carrick plays behind WIlshere (L AM) and Gerrard (R AM) we could get somewhere. And for all the criticism of Theo, watch the match again: Every time he went down the flank, there was neither a square nor an overlap nor (shocking) anyone at the back stick. Yes, Theo needs to learn to cross better (and shoot better)...but why cross a ball into the box when nobody is there? And then why as a manager 'correct' that problem by taking him off and putting on Downing? Fuck, just throw on Dean Windass and Brian Howard, see what they will do.

    Rant over.

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  22. That Was Deliberate

    What the fuck is with this site and it's refusal to allow registered members to post whilst telling me to piss off when I register?

    We shall all be anonymous with signatures.

    Poles, get your fucking act together, and while you're are it, please refund us or at least take away Flapianksi and Wooly Shcdbskbjavcyeruvny. You know who I mean, the cunt who finds it easier to fall on his ass than to punch a ball.

    THAT WAS DELIBERATE

    HOW MANY ACCOUNTS DO I NEED TO CREATE?

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  23. That Was Deliberate - I'm with you bruvva. I can't post on my existing account, and everytime I create a new one, it allows me one post then stops recognising my account. Pain in the arse.

    Robbo, nice blog mate. There'll always be corruption whenever an Argentine is involved. Possibly the most corrupt nation on earth.

    I'm ashamed to say that I've lost interest in the England national footie team. There needs to be wholesale changes, and it's so frustrating that the people in charge won't do it, be it the FA who are sticking with the manager, or the manager who is sticking with a bunch of players who seems to be selected without any reference to their ability/form/fitness. Promises made after the World Cup about selecting new fresh faces haven't been kept. It seems that the players that take to the pitch are just the ones who couldn't come up with a good enough excuse to get out of it. I'll take an interest again after the Euro's when there'll hopefully be a new manager and a lot of retirements.

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  24. Forgot to sign my name to the last post. Don't like posting anonymously.

    Noel

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  25. Likewise Spit

    I'm alive and well and kicking in Hamburg even tho cukes, bean sprouts toms are being taken off the shelves,

    Mind you it was a close thing, was on the Baltic Coast with some friends, drank/shared with a 74yr old german a bottle of pure Polish vodka(the one with a bit of grass in it)followed by schnapps before dancing round the garden and falling over several times.

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  26. Managed to miss Eng v Switz and Osti v Ger, both obviously boring from what I have read, but Germany, lucky winners,who always play poorly in qualification, find a way to increase the tempo, unlike England, when it really matters

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  27. TWD (That Was Deliberate)

    Having concluded that creating new accounts is as efficient as England's starting XI, I shall be 'Anonymous' with TWD before and after each pose. That way my mate H2H can know his fellow ex-pat is alive and concurring with our recent travails.

    Nasri? Leaving? Good. Witness Flamini: who he? Well, someone before he left. I could leave Michigan for Oxford and do what, sit on the bench? Who the fuck advises these prepubescent adults?

    Robbo: there is a collocation you are welcome to use: prepubescent adults.

    H2H you still have not told me where your pub is. My wife and I will be on in the Netherlands for a month this summer and whilst there is a dearth of football, I should at least like to meet a fellow Gunner abroad.

    TWD

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  28. TWD

    Fuck it. Just tried reclaiming my account and it is asking me questions such as where my grandfather was born. Delhi? Mumbai? London? Fuck me if I remember.

    Robbo--you can create a system of trusted members. I did this when I left the boring shit academic world and ran a blog for a few years. You can set your user settings so that trusted users, with legitimate and consistent email addresses, can attain legitimate and consistent access, whilst not being bombarded by inadvertent email sent by (the guise of) Robbo.

    TWD

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  29. TWD

    Ok. New England XI.

    Hart

    Richards Ferdinand Smalling Baines

    Carrick

    Gerrard Wilshere

    Walcott A Young

    Rooney [sub: Crouch]

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  30. That was supposed to be in 4-3-3 (wingers) and...voila! I have my account back.

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  31. Two players must go: Terry and Lampard. The idiocy of England's judgment on reputation (cf. wages) must be undone. Gibbs and Baines are each more efficient than Ashley Cole. Johnson...why is he our right back? Rooney should be an attacking midfielder, not a target man. Rant over [for mow]

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  32. On Monday, however, in a move that invites ridicule and incredulity in equal measure, Blatter announced that Spanish tenor Placido Domingo had been invited to join Henry Kissinger and former FBI chief Louis Freeh in rooting out Fifa corruption. (Telegraph)

    "What kind of bribe is this??, I was asking for used tenners you dumkopf"

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  33. tone,

    I just got back from a drive more befitting a Top Gear challenge.

    Stuttgart -> Lucerne -> Sankt Gotthard (the mountain, not the tunnel -> Lugano -> Milan -> Livorno -> Pisa -> La Spezia -> Portovenere -> Monterosso -> Genova -> Como -> Sankt Gotthard (the Tunnel, not the mountain) -> Tellskapelle (place where W. Tell, or the legend that of originated leading to a free and united Switzerland being created) -> Stuttgart.


    And it was simply breath taking. wouldnt mind spending more time in any of the places on that list, if I could afford to do owing to a lack of time, except Milan and Genova (they are shite holes)

    So what did I miss?

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  34. one of the breaks we took from the drive was to have lil drink high up in the alps.

    http://twitpic.com/57wmjf/full

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  35. Tottenham are preparing to make a move for Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra, 26.
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    What is it with Harry and midfielders? You've got a dodgy keeper, two crocked centre backs and miss-firing forwards and yet you keep buying midfielders. Do they come with bigger brown envelopes? (allegedly)

    Colch

    Morning all.

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  36. Morning Colch,

    Wenger and Redknapp have discovered that midfielders (though not able to win you stuff entirely on their own) are a source of green pure energy and are stocking them up in narf london in case the oil reserves run out.

    there is no other logical explanation.

    (the above explanation isnt that logical either.)

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  37. That's spectacular Spit... where is it?

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  38. Ever since eng lost to germany in the world cup ive given up watching them. Its beenwonderful :-) p.s the new chelsea kit looks like a spiderman suit. But blue. Venom= didier

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  39. Its the St. Gotthard pass in Switzerland Bo.


    the tunnel (16 km long) was closed due to an accident so I took the mountain road.

    The road goes over 2100 metres above sea level to cross the mountain, simply amazing drive and amazing views. Also on the way to the top is the Devil's Bridge where the french and the russians fought a battle in 1799.

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3266/2549911613_58321658b7.jpg

    http://www.kybipix.com/switzerland/html/teufelsbrucke.html

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  40. the wiki article saves me a bunch of time...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Gotthard_Pass

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  41. If I was to pick an England team right now, then it'd be:

    Hart
    Richards Dawson Cahill Baines
    Lennon Huddlestone Wilshire Young
    Rooney
    Carroll

    It may not win the next tournament, but at least they're all in some sort of form (with the possible exception of Carroll, due to injury) and will be around for the next World Cup. Look to the fucking future Fabio, you tit.

    Noel

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  42. as long as the english media and the fans not allow the manager to take risks and lose, they'd never play young players

    who might some day go on to win something...

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  43. And nice to see Martin Jol is coming back to the Premiership. I've missed the big fella.

    Noel

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  44. Look, the reason England were crap is that its June, and they know June is the time for lying on a beach, getting pissed and banging birds.
    Don't have any England fixtures in June, and next year send them on holidays before the tournament. Don't have them runing up and down mountains in Switzerland.

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  45. twd - that looks a good team to me. so capello will never pick it.

    mr grumpy /used tenor hehehehe

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  46. welcome back spit thought youd fallen into a ravine

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  47. TWD

    Thanks blogdig, I do think Wazza needs to play deeper and the culprit for A Young's late show is not Walcott but the idiocy of Fabio playing Milner ahead. Milner is overweight, slow, overrated, and will get us nowhere. Fabio seems to have neglected to realise that this was not a friendly but a qualifier. It is easy to be a pub stool pontificator, but certain matters were obvious.

    1. A Cole couldn't walk. Solution? Take him off.
    2. Crouch, and I say this as a Gunner, is efficient, especially against a team with the height of the Swiss team.
    3. Hart had a bad game, but let's not have a knee-jerk reaction and rid him.
    4. G Johnson is not a proper right back at this level. M Richards could have done better.
    5. Wazza, when his hair is replanted, should play to the right and slightly ahead of Wilshere. If Wazza is going to drop deep even when he's our putative CF, put Crouch or Carroll up there and just let Wazza do what he wants to do, which is drop deep.
    6. Lamps. Drop him.
    7. Walcott. Has everyone had collective amnesia and forgot his hat-trick against Croatia in September 2008? He had no options: his pace caused the Swiss problems and then he hadn't anyone to square the ball to, no overlap, no cross: his crosses look rubbish not only because his crosses are rubbish, but because no one is attacking them. Schoolboys: attack the back stick for fuck's sake. Everyone is running near post and no one is thinking of making a run in from wide: that is where a poacher like Owen would work. No, I am not saying select Owen; I just mean that Owen has the positional instinct--though not the pace any longer--to know how to get on the end of a ball. Bent does not.

    So who needs inclusion?

    Gibbs for sure. As deputy for A Cole.
    Walcott and Lennon need spots on the RW. We can't rely on one at the exclusion of the other.
    Wilshere was our best.
    Crouch should be a target man despite his propensity to elbow shorter men.

    And hell, be creative. I'd rather see Andy Johnson up front than Bent. Fabio is relying too much on the form of the morning and missing the larger picture.

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  48. And what if we had a total rethinking of names and went (4-4-2 though I'd prefer a wider 4-3-3 wingers)

    Hart

    Richards Dawson Smalling Gibbs

    Walcott Gerrard Wilshere Young

    Wazza Crouch

    Subs: Zamora, A Cole, G Johnson, Lennon, Foster (?), Carrick, Carroll..?

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  49. I think Walcott as a striker would work well, playing ahead of Wazza. That was his position before moving to Arsenal wasn't it? Owen's pace used to get him goals, and Theo has even more of it. Plus, he wouldn't need to cross the ball, cos he is shit at that. An attack of Walcott, Lennon and Young would have so much pace and scare the shit out of anyone, with Rooney pulling the strings and Wilshire's driving runs from midfield, and Huddlestone's 50 yard screamers into the top corner. It's so simple from where I'm sitting!

    That would mean a pretty short line up, but you can always throw on Crouch or Carroll when needed.

    Noel

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  50. Walcott reminds me of John Barnes - one brilliant game in five years, then spends rest of England career running about like a headless chicken.
    Terry & Lumps both look woefully short of class when not surrounded by the likes of Essien et al. Both should have retired after the WC, along with Rio "ow, me back" Ferdinand. CBs should be two out of three from Jags/Dawson/Cahill end of.
    Darren "Banjo" Bent just shows how ridiculous the transfer market has got, with only The Lummox© surpassing him in the stupid fee/no natural talent department.
    England will never win anything in my lifetime, and I'm only 5 & 3/4.

    Finally, apropos of nowt at al...
    I have a mate who is both a closet gay & dyslexic - he's currently in daniel.

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  51. You've earned yourself a 'lol' there Mr T, so here it is:

    lol

    Noel

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  52. Anonymous said...
    TWD
    Milner is overweight, slow, overrated, and will get us nowhere.
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    Sounds good. All of those are things that I can relate to. I'll be leaving my phone on for the call from Crapello. I'll expect my first cap against the Dutch later this year.

    Colch

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  53. England dont want walcott?

    thank you very much. He kinda plays better for arsenal when rejected by england.

    bet downing's an all star

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  54. TWD, the bar is in Middenmeer, North Holland, it's not difficult to find as Middenmeer is not very big and only has two bars.

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  55. Re annoying anonymous status. Dunno if this will help, but it worked for me. Problem I had was that I was using gmail on another ID and confused blogspot.com The link below is little know, but now I can have both gmail accounts open and switch identities at will.

    http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/08/google-multiple-sign-in-now-available.html

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  56. Solution to England problems,

    Play Micah Richards not Glenn Johnson
    Find a better attacking midfielder than Lampard or Gerrard, I mean there must be one other English attacking midfielder who is half-decent somewhere in the league or get Wilshere as an attacking midfielder and hold with Parker
    Play Ashley Young instead of Walcott
    Play Adam Johnson instead of Milner
    Play Michael Owen instead of Bent in a 4-4-2 at least he'll score. In fact Owen instead of Bent in a 4-3-3 but realistically that top 3 needs to be Johnson, Young and Rooney to be most effective.

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  57. Hello all. How's everyone?

    Capello should have been long gone, he is not doing any good to England team… still playing the same team that played WC and then complains players were fatigued. Useless.

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  58. I'd rather enjoy watching Cook bat for whole day than watch the likes of Milners and Lampards.

    Hart

    Richards Dawson Smalling Baines

    Young Carrick Wilshere A Johnson

    Rooney Carroll

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  59. adampsb said...
    Solution to England problems,

    Play Micah Richards not Glenn Johnson
    Find a better attacking midfielder than Lampard or Gerrard, I mean there must be one other English attacking midfielder who is half-decent somewhere in the league or get Wilshere as an attacking midfielder and hold with Parker
    Play Ashley Young instead of Walcott
    Play Adam Johnson instead of Milner
    Play Michael Owen instead of Bent in a 4-4-2 at least he'll score. In fact Owen instead of Bent in a 4-3-3 ...
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    yeah, build for future. play Michael Owen.

    They are doing it at Man U

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  60. finally someone mentions Baines!!! was wondering why everyone is jumping for Gibbs, who has never and probably will not ever shine for Arsenal,

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  61. Gibbs will be a regular next season since clichy is on his way out.

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  62. mornin' Lads, Gibbs is rubbish, he's as big of a liability at left back as Johnson is at right back only without the redeeming quality of a reasonable attacking threat. His career could be salvaged with a year on loan at Bolton, it's the only hope.

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  63. being a regular don't equal being excellent Spit, example in case: Denilson over the last season!

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  64. hard to argue when you present denilson as example but his regular involvement was more akin to the phrase 'polishing the turd' where as Gibbs deserves a more 'unpolished gem' kinda treatment.

    seriously though...

    the games he's played, he look sup for it and has pace and good positioning.

    Have to remember the fullbacks cant do a lot if the centre backs are unable to cummunicate and command their space.

    which, given all 4 back in arsenal's defence are french or french native speakers is quite a feat to fuck up to enormous proportions.

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  65. Also, Bo,

    letting Gallas go was not a mistake in my books.

    He's a disruptive personality who was clearly dividing the dressing room.

    I'd rather they play as a unit and fail trying than sitting on a football field weeping like some little girl

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  66. I agree with you on Gallas spit, mind we should have replaced him better, but yes no use keeping him, and he aint a world beater like he thinks he is, back up at chelsea wasn't he?
    anyways back to Gibbs, to my mind he is well below Clichy in all departments, which says a lot coz we still needed improvement in that particular position, so playing someone worse wouldnt be very smart. mind I was once a hopeful fan of Gibbs too wishing that he would actually get 'better' than Clichy and not merely 'replace' him, but recent performances have shown that he can be downright poor defensively
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    BeeZee

    (got tired of posting as anon, still cant be bothered to make an account, so I will just sign my bosts)

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  67. that should be posts*
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    BeeZee

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  68. Theres only one man for the England job . Brian Clough.

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  69. Anonymous said...
    finally someone mentions Baines!!! was wondering why everyone is jumping for Gibbs, who has never and probably will not ever shine for Arsenal,

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    I mentioned Baines 10 hours previously! I don't see why Gibbs would go into the team at the moment - he's no where near ready just yet, and Baines is a far better player, and still young.

    I see Gibbs as the next left back, by which time the likes of Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Michael Mancienne, Jordan Henderson, Marc Albrighton, Connor Wickham, Lee Camp, Kyle Walker and Wilshire and Theo will be making up the side.

    There's plenty of talent coming through, especially in the Championship where most of the English players play, which makes it all the more frustrating when you see the England squads announced with the same old shite in it.

    Noel

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  70. G'day all

    You are right of course Spit, I had forgotten how disruptive Gallas was.

    Blog... Brian Clough, if only...

    Noel, that is the team we should be selecting now even if they are not quite there yet but the English selectors have never been adventurous. We should be building a team for the future... not quite Wengeresque but a mixture of youth and experience focusing on the youth aspect.

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  71. I think the team I mentioned yesterday was young enough and should be playing now so they get that experience which they're currently denied so that the likes of Fat Frank, James 'I'm worth 24m' Milner, Darren Bent, Shagger Terry, and Rio 'I'm injured more than Darren Anderton ever was' Ferdinand can collect caps. By the time that the players I mentioned have a few more seasons under their belts, then the guys that should be playing now will be experienced and will help integrate the new stars. The future is bright, but we need a manager that will pick talent, not names (something Fabio said he'd do).

    Seeing as Brian Clough ain't available, surely the next best thing would be Nigel Clough?? No? Ok, how about someone who played under him for years, like Roy Keane?? No again? Tough crowd. It's going to have to be Psycho then isn't it? Personally I don't think he's good enough, but at least he'd pick the players he's worked with at U21 level and he wouldn't suffer the fools that we have currently. Can you imagine anyone phoning him up to say they can't play? They'd only do it once.

    Noel

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  72. It's off to Adelaide this Saturday Jack. No reason why we cant get 4 points there.

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  73. How about woody Allen...er...Martin oneil instead of harry who's probably favourite but never played under clough so cannot gesturally help right a historic wrong

    Fabio is more conservative than the queen. Micah Richards and Adam johnson should be regulars ... funny how stars emerge ... I doubt if wilshere would ne where he is without the injury to ramsey and alistair cook who looks like being one of the all time greats got his chance from trescothicks depression

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  74. Oniel would be OK Blog but do you think England will appoint an Englishman next... not sure why though after the monumental failures English managers have been in the past. To my mind there hasn't been a decent English manager in charge of England since Sir Bobby.

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  75. I guess England could do worse than to appoint Wenger in charge of national team.

    think about it, he'd put down the has beens and the olds and bring in young players and instead of going out in group stages and QFs of major tournaments england would go out in SFs and Finals of major tournaments to eventual winners.

    also, since internationals dont work like the clubs, the players, once they eventually mature cannot bugger off to play for a winning team.

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  76. G'day Bo.

    I owe you an e-mail.I'll do that in the morning.

    Away at Adelaide,Eagles on a roll (cheese and pickle).

    More hints that summer has arrived,picking England XIs to win things,with a new manager in town.

    Trouble is,the premier league has become the be all and end all of English football.If we want the national team to do well we have to look to our clubs to change.

    Seeing as we have a lot of Arsenal fans on here,I'll use them as an example.Wenger's job is purely and simply to get the best players for Arsenal.So why should he pay £24m for Darren Bent if he can get a foreign player for half the price who'll score just as many?

    Coaching in this country is rubbish as well.That,and our over inflated expectations lead to this conversation once every 12 months.Unless there is root and branch reform of the game over here,which would take 10 years to bear fruit,we just have to accept that drawing at home to Switzerland is the norm.

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  77. 20 million plus Ngog turn Henderson into a scouse.

    madness.

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  78. Spitfire said...

    20 million plus Ngog turn Henderson into a scouse.

    madness.
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    I just hope that means they don't have any money left over to buy Connor Wickham.

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  79. Ipswicha re to sign Chopra for about 1 million.

    very good business, I'd say.

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  80. jacksofbuxton said...
    Spitfire said...

    20 million plus Ngog turn Henderson into a scouse.

    madness.
    _________________________________________

    I just hope that means they don't have any money left over to buy Connor Wickham.


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    Henderson's potential acquisition fits in with Liverpool's policy under Dalglish, director of football Damien Comolli and owners Fenway Sports Group to pursue young, and preferably English, talent.

    Ipswich's teenage striker Connor Wickham and Blackburn Rovers defender Phil Jones are also believed to be Anfield targets

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  81. Ngog (not the above mentioned one,but the other one) mentioned that yesterday.He's a fantastic player at Championship level and should score plenty for us.Shame we won't hold on to Jimmy Bullard (45k a week salary) but I'm reasonably confident about next season,which I haven't been able to say for a while.

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  82. Liverpool have offered £8m and we want £10m (which is silly money for a lad that's just turned 18).He is far too good for Ipswich of course,and he will end up at a big club.It would be nice however if he stayed at Portman Road for 2 more seasons playing week in week out rather than coming off the bench for the last 5 minutes to replace Suarez/Carroll.

    The last 2 big money teenagers we sold on didn't turn out too well.Dyer and Bramble at 19 looked like potential world beaters,but both ended up moving away too quickly,stalling any development.

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  83. 20 mill? You lot were fucking mugged. Again, Liverpool. Mind that said, being mugged there I understand is the Scouse translation for a warm, heartfelt greeting.

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  84. Ipswich should sell Wikham to Arsenal, after the pre-season and first half of the season (by that time they'd be out of carling and FA cups and the groups stages of CL) they can get him back on loan for the second part of the season.

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  85. It's all so fucking ad hoc isn't it, Bo. Barca have shown the power of embedded culture ... we haven't got that with this ragbag succession of absolute monarchs in charge of the national team ... not sure what the solution is but I know its not ever ever to appoint a past-it pensioner who doesn't speak english ever again

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  86. Having bought Chris Kiwomya and Richard Wright from us,are you sure that you want to dip into that pool again?

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  87. Shakhtar Donetsk are ready to let midfielder Willian join Arsenal, with Gunners midfielder Denilson going the other way in part-exchange, plus £4m.
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    a no good defnsive midfielder makes way for a no use attacking midfielder thats 5'8" and barely into 20s.

    exactly what we fucking lacked or needed in the team.

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  88. Micky Adams for England . He'd also run for PM.

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  89. G'day all.

    Samir Nasri on Twitter #nanas08 - I just want tell you dont listen the newspaper and the rumours i will let you know if something happen
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    Is that an assurance? No.

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  90. Liverpool have always bought players and then sold for half the money next season, they seem to have loads of cash. So not surprised by Henderson signing... that sets the ball rolling for summer transfers.

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  91. Evidence of fruitful years past has shown that if we all watch the screen long enough then eventually a manical David Craig will magically pop up with a frenzied car-park confirmation of a sensational star signing.

    We have grown used to staking out Teesside Airport for incoming household names and scouring the Tontine car park for flash motors with number plates boasting M3551 or OW3N or, of late, as we lowered our sights CH09RA.

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  92. http://anthonyvickers.boroblogs.co.uk/2011/06/its-quiet-out-t.html

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  93. Spo Chelsea dont want Ancelotti to go to a rival club and will therefore pay his 6mil pound wage for the year while he 'takes the time off'

    where can I get such a deal?

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  94. Followingborohurts said...

    Evidence of fruitful years past has shown that if we all watch the screen long enough then eventually a manical David Craig will magically pop up with a frenzied car-park confirmation of a sensational star signing.

    We have grown used to staking out Teesside Airport for incoming household names and scouring the Tontine car park for flash motors with number plates boasting M3551 or OW3N or, of late, as we lowered our sights CH09RA.


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    Nah, you're not in trouble until a car with the registration W411KER rocks up outside FBH ;)

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  95. One of the roobo's best one -liner's
    "D’you think that after the Champs League final he looked at Messi, Xavi and Iniests and asked himself ‘What is it that they’ve got that I haven’t?’ and the dopy slaphead answered ‘Hair!’" ;D

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  96. And the Beeb get shot of another blogger.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chrisjardine/2011/05/contract_offer_extends_jardine.html

    Never as popular as Robbo or CC were over there but I kept up with his blog.

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  97. Arsenal's first signing of the season and again no surprise it is a 19yr old defender from Charlton.

    Welcome Carl Jenkinson!

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  98. Could be worse SS11, we bought a GK the other day who's old enough to be that kid's dad.

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  99. Spitfire:

    "20 million plus Ngog turn Henderson into a scouse.

    madness."

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    Cripes, do you people ever read anything BEFORE you post?

    That would be 13 million plus Ngog for Henderson – with Ngog fetching about his valuation listed by Liverpool in May of 8 million.

    That would be the same Ngog bought by Liverpool for 2 million a few years ago, be the by. Good business if you can get it ...

    So where's the "madness" - paying 13 million for a future England mid, or 7 million for Ngog?

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  100. Yeah, next season's Narf London derby will be veterans v/s teenagers

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  101. So Peter Crouch isn't going to retire from international football but is upset that Crapello didn't phone him to explain why he was left out of the squad.
    I feel your pain Crouchy. Not once since he took over as England manager has Fabio phoned me to explain why I'm not in the squad. That's very poor man management skills in my book.

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  102. Added re Henderson - Ngog:

    Ngog was already declared surplus to requirements at LFC (he almost never played under Kenny).

    Now his salary is off the books, and the profit on his sale will nicely offset the net 13 million cost of getting Henderson, re the new UEFA financial fair play rules.

    That be good business.

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  103. You can get 12-1 on Liverpool winning the Premier League next season.

    That means if you bet £100........


















    you lose £100.

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  104. I just discovered that Robbo features in the show I am going to see tonight in Muscat Oman. So see you there then Robbo!

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  105. woohoo

    Arsenal sign a defender who isnt french, and isnt a midget.

    sadly he's only 19, but you cant have everything, can ya?

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13695799.stm

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  106. he's apparently still eligible ot play for england and what the club and manager have said on him leaving, apparently not a total prick an average footballer is these days.

    good luck boy.

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  107. Is Sepp Blatter the head and fifa the human caterpillar in that orrible film they just banned?

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  108. Anonymous said...
    being a regular don't equal being excellent Spit, example in case: Denilson over the last season!
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    Denhilson made 6 starts and 10 as sub last season, that's hardly a regular, hence the reason he wants out.
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    Spit. I'm not so sure about Gibbs, after an initial promising start he has proven to be quite injury prone and is far too inconsistant when he gets his chance in the team.
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    I think L Baines is one of the best LB's in the country, but I'd still go with Cashley Hole in the England set up, he's been one of the best/most consistant players in an England shirt over the last few years. (even if he is a knobhead)

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  109. Anonymous said...
    Spitfire:

    "20 million plus Ngog turn Henderson into a scouse.

    madness."

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    Cripes, do you people ever read anything BEFORE you post?


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    What? Ofcourse we don't, are you new here? ;)

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  110. blogdignag said...
    Theres only one man for the England job . Brian Clough.
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    Indeed, while we're at it we could also dig up Peter Taylor to join him in the dug out. Get John Edward (or the english equivalent) to pick the squad using an ouija board and relay the team talks via a seance.
    You never know, it might work, give the deceased a chance to blow some life into the dead wood we call our national team.

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  111. What did I say about injury prone? ;

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13698266.stm

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  112. I think as well as "man of the match" the sponsors should have "cunt of the match" as well. Be a difficult one to choose sometimes though.

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  113. Meanwhile, Stoke and Queens Park Rangers are considering moves for Newcastle striker Nile Ranger. (Daily Mail)
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    Forget Roy of the Rovers, here comes Ranger of the Rangers.

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  114. The animators ( those who masturbate animals, its a job, look it up) that work for DREAMWORKS have been advised to add some hair on Shreck for the next film.

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  116. England are planning to stay in a Holiday Inn in Warsaw if they qualify for the 2012 European Championship.
    Full story: the Sun

    Or in a brothel in Prague if they don't.

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  117. Probably couldn't score there either

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  118. Granny for rooney everyone else with each others brothers wives, grumpy, even Capello could organise that

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  119. I guess so Blog. The piss-up in the Budvar brewery may prove a step too far though.

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  120. The silly season is well and truly upon us;


    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13700351.stm

    He's OK, but 17mill?

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  121. Yes mate the brewery piss up
    the winning team and the speaka Da ingleesh are beyond his capabilities in fact apart from "looking scarey" wot the ferk ARE his capabilities . The mafia I tell you they have people everywhere

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  122. Not that I am into conspiracy theories. But I imagine Blatter and Platini think his capabilities are just fine.

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  123. Makes perfect sense Mr G.

    The Ities are side swappers and not to be trusted, the French have no word for attack, but 573 words for retreat in their vocabulary and the Swiss are neutral which is just another word for chicken shit bottlers. They can't stand the fact that it is our game and they hate us for it. Gits.

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  124. I meant Denilson over the last (2009-10) season,
    I refuse to believe that the 10-11 season is over, coz we have been promised trophies by wenger...Emirates Cup---yeaaa

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  125. I'm glad the season is over, if it had went on much longer we probably would have been relagated.

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  126. Good gig tonight Robbo! Your "Mrs Hudson making scones" was a theatrical tour de force.

    http://hi.yourhifm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=109&Itemid=167

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  127. mornin' lads,

    H, it's easy for you to take consolation from your lofty table topping position at the summit of the H2H league, for the rest of us, the season was a failure, I'd settle for more of the same though, we failed with 3 places to spare!

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  128. H - one of the perks of being a Boro fan is that over the years I have gained the enviable sklli of being able to spell "relegated" :)

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  129. do you people ever read anything BEFORE you post?

    Spoil the fun

    Friend of mine works in a funearl shoip/parlour/place thingy - she told me she is the woman who "puts the fun in funeral" - quite good I thought??

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  130. And apparently the is a magazine called "The Embalmer"
    And Big Jugs monthly
    I have a subscription to only one of them.

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  131. Mrs Hudson makes fucking scones ??? Shome mishtake shurely Mrs Hudson rolls a spliff?

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  132. Holloway2Holland said ...


    "Anonymous said... 


    Spitfire: 

"20 million plus Ngog turn Henderson into a scouse.

    

madness."



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    Cripes, do you people ever read anything BEFORE you post?

    


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    What? Ofcourse we don't, are you new here? ;)"


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    Nah, not new, a veteran lurker ... so I know too well how it works here! ;)

    But I didn't mean to sound harsh on Spitfire – many of the stories on the transfer got the cost breakdown wrong.



    H2H also said ...

    "They can't stand the fact that it is our game and they hate us for it."

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    Would that be your English side or your Dutch side speaking?

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  133. Now RvP does not need any help in getting injured but this one didnt even recieve so much as a free kick.

    makes you glad FIFA is doing its job to improve refereeing standards.

    Even De Jong looked horrified

    http://youtu.be/u1kxvbf5hJA

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  134. Followingborohurts said...
    H - one of the perks of being a Boro fan is that over the years I have gained the enviable sklli of being able to spell "relegated" :)
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    Morning all. Unfortunately being a Boro fan you haven't yet been able to gain the enviable skill of spelling "skill". Not much of it on show at the Riverside?

    Colch

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  135. Spit Fifa are too busy finding a Comedy "Ethics" panel - an FBI director!! one involved in a cover up over Waco, allegedly ...kissinger, mass murderer, allegedly, ...placido dafuckingmingo ffs .... I think its brilliant just show to the world what kind of people you are fifa, prove the English right.

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  136. this must be the thought process ...mmm which organisations are world renowned for the highest ethical probity, ah yes the US government, let's have 2 of them, who else, can't think, oh yeah THE WORLD OF OPERA ..hmmm is Ryan Giggs available, he seems a nice honest chap ? But he's not old fat white and a friend if Blatters. Yes sorry ... what about Jabba the hut, well yes he meets the criteria alright except he's green and doesn't exist...

    SIGN HIM UP!

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  137. Blatter. Damingo. Kissinger. The FBI. Jabba the Hut.

    There's a reality tv show in there.. Big Blatter

    Day 10. Placid Damingo is in the FIFA Big Blatter garden. He's trying to out-sing the birds.

    Ind-oo-rs, kissinger and JABBA the hut are arguing over a pint of slime missing from the Big Blatter fridge. Each is accusing the other of having drunk it.

    Only the FBI director, who's identity we cannae reveal, which is why he has to live inside a cardboard box for the duration of his stay inside the Big Blatter house , is addressing today task...

    "Help BIG BLATTER devise a plan to shag kate middleton, get free whalemeat from the Japanese FA and a holiday home in the Cayman Islands "

    Can Placid Domino come to the Diary Room.

    (inside the dusty room, Blatters voice over)... Are you enjoying your stat in the Big Blatter house, Placido?

    At $10,000 a day course of am you corrupt WANKER

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  138. Morning all.

    I liked the the google homepage today. Tribute to guitar inventor - Les Paul. \m/

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  139. You can even record your tune...awesome!!!

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  140. laugh you ass off

    http://www.offthepost.info/2011/06/video-hilarious-promotion-costing-penalty-shootout-fail-from-italy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+offthepost%2FTLAa+%28Off+The+Post%29

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  141. rofl .... that keeper .... what a plank. Pray Arsene hasn't seen him and decides to replace Almunia with him.

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  142. He'll be at Spurs over 20 years from now Star, to help Friedel with his rollater.
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    Anon, that would be my born in Holloway side.

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    Nice idea for a show Bloggs, I'm tempted to give John de Mol a call and tell him that somebodies finally found a way to make BB semi interesting, I'll also to suggest that those ejected from the house be publicy executed and the winner to get boarded up in the house with Sepp Blatter forever.

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  143. The Blues have stolen a march on Manchester United in the battle to bring Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder to the Premier League. Stamford Bridge officials are set to hold talks with Inter over a £30m deal, with Sneijder and his wife more keen on a move to London than Manchester.
    Full story: Metro
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    If this is true then Utd can forget it, Yolanthe gets what Yolanthe wants.

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  144. THE Premier League’s 20 clubs lost close to half a billion pounds in 2009/10 despite income soaring past the £2bn barrier, according to a report by finance experts Deloitte.

    Read More http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/boro-fc/boro-fc-news/2011/06/09/keith-lamb-and-neil-bausor-discuss-financial-future-84229-28849293/2/#ixzz1Omm4shII

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  145. FBH, A significant proportion of that lose is due to Man City with their ridiculous spending and player wages. It will only get worse too.

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  146. H - I got what you meant - are you implying I am a spelling fasciast???? And I cant talk??? :)

    June is soooo boring!!!! No footy!!!!

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  147. Spit - certainly not For the Fans Sake :)

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  148. Dogging?

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk-england-south-yorkshire-13696862

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  149. She got her job back though.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-13716449

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  150. Nice pair of puppies jack

    http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/06/09/article-0-0C76DA1C00000578-109_306x416.jpg

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  151. I refuse,on a point of principle,to look at any link from the Daily Fascist.

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  152. Cant login for some reason. Not been on this for a good while, just reading over the last couple of blogs.

    Have to say, seems to be dying down a bit now though.

    How long do you reckon Robbo will keep em going? (Presume he aint paid to write em anymore)

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  153. Jacks you imply an interesting existential hierarchy in which politics is the ultimate reality.

    I disagree. Here's the truth in order as it ebbs away......

    1. Metaphysics
    2. Tits
    3. Politics (social ethics)
    4. Beer....

    8. Football....

    467433789. Fascists....

    7533468986322356899645. Fifa

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  154. Weren't "Tits" number 1 last week?

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  155. Tits have to be higher up the list.

    Given that there are some that are not genuine but the probably that it matters if they are real or not is 1 on who gives a flying fuck.

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  156. Arsenal left-back Gael Clichy, who has one year left on his contract, will be the subject of a £5m offer from Liverpool.
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    I am all for it that Missyouare Clichy buggers off. In almost all pressure games, he's been found wanting. Wrong position on set pieces and so on..

    But can we not arrainge a local passport for him so that liverpool raise the bid from 5 to 25 million?

    Merci.

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  157. Something to cover numbers 2 and 4.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=441-Vnv7cRY

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  158. G'day all

    I'm with you as far as Clichy is concerned Spit.

    That's a sweet little ditty Jack. I was about to say you either love Zappa or you hate him but that would be silly seeing as I take him or leave him.

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  159. http://theballisround.co.uk/2011/06/10/decade-dance/

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  160. Arsenal legend Tony Adams says he rates former Gunners boss George Graham as a better coach than Arsene Wenger.
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    Of course he would. He was fucking drunk the whole time Graham was in charge.

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  161. G'day Bo.

    I don't mind the comedy stuff Zappa does,it's when he tried to be a "serious" musician,writing below par Stockhausen rip off stuff that bores me.

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  162. Happy Birthday Dick of Edinburgh.

    The only thing I like about him is that he speaks his mind.

    sadly, his mind is that of a German from the early 20s.

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  163. Looks like Sneijder is staying put which makes me think a Manchester United move for Nasri is even more likely.

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  164. Following on from the Rooney operation....

    http://newsthump.com/2011/06/07/gary-neville-to-receive-hair-transplant-to-region-just-below-his-nose/

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  165. Apparently, Martinez will stay at Wigan. Good news.

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  166. Somehow I missed this yesterday;

    Spitfire said...
    Now RvP does not need any help in getting injured but this one didnt even recieve so much as a free kick.

    makes you glad FIFA is doing its job to improve refereeing standards.

    Even De Jong looked horrified

    http://youtu.be/u1kxvbf5hJA
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    Horror tackle, RvP was lucky to walk away from it. I watched the entire game live in the Dungheap, the ref was a joke and the pitch looked like the groundsmen had just revoved the grazing sheep, cowes and donkeys off it 10 minutes prior to kick off.

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  167. Leicester council admit they're unprepared for a zombie invasion.

    Sort out that Health and Safety form Leicester, what if city play millwall?

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-13713798

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  168. They should be OK Bloggs. Isn't Sven Goran Eriksson a member of the living dead?

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  169. No H apparently he's Death itself


    http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DnDxpKjr3miQ&v=nDxpKjr3miQ&gl=GB

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  170. Link doesn't work for me Bloggs, but I believe you no questions asked.

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  171. http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/poirot-asked-to-uncover-significance-of-fifa-corruption-thing-201105313880/

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  172. http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/dalglish-spends-%C2%A38m-at-vending-machine-201106103932/

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  173. From b3ta,about Grandparents....

    * SEX - "I was with gran in town one day when
    she was booking a coach trip. The girl on the
    counter asked if she wanted a double bed or two
    singles. Gran turned around and said, "A double
    bed, please dear. My Albert can still get the
    job done." Me and the counter lass both blushed
    massive shades of red." (Rogerthestarfish)

    * THRUSTS - "When I was about 8, my Nanna and
    Grandpa Roy lived in a block of flats in
    Walderslade in Chatham and around the flat was a
    large, grassed area where the local kids played
    football. Recently they had taken to kicking the
    ball against the side of the block which
    infuriated Nanna. Consequently, she spent a lot
    of her time standing on her balcony shaking her
    fist at the kids and telling them to 'sod off'.
    One Sunday, Mum, Dad, my little sister and I
    trundled round there for one of Nanna's Sunday
    roasts and when she opened the door my poor
    8-year-old eyes nearly popped out of their
    sockets. She was wearing an apron, but not just
    any old apron, this was an apron with a pair of
    rubberised DD boobies on the front and a curious
    flap at groin level. As the adults made small
    talk and we terrorised her two pet terrapins,
    the thud from the football being kicked against
    the side of the block of flats became louder and
    more persistent so Nanna, with a look of fury on
    her face, marched out of the flat and round to
    the kids and shouted, 'OI, CLEAR OFF YOU LITTLE
    SODS BEFORE I SEND MY ROY DOWN HERE TO GIVE YOU
    A BLOODY GOOD HIDING...' She trailed off,
    staring at the startled little row of 'O' shaped
    mouths and eyes in front of her. When she
    realised that she was standing there in The
    Apron, she chuckled, gave a raunchy wiggle,
    planted her feet hip width apart and lifted the
    flap, which contained a rubberised willy
    complete with pubes and ballbag, gave a pelvic
    thrust and shouted 'COOOOOEEEEEEEEE' as the
    little moppets scattered, never to return."
    (GirlOfTheWorld)

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  174. New Arsenal signing....

    http://www.sportpost.com/video/view/Comedy+own+goal+by+Diego+Baretto++Cerro+Porteno+v+Santos

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  175. As long as it's not that cheating little tosser next to him (Neymar) then I'm ok with it.

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  176. Spit
    I am using the Dick ref on my Fuckbook - royalites to you - but I have no friends ...
    Good article re Arsenal in today's Telegraph - I only bought it due to the Balls stuff
    I think June is shit
    Terry

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  177. G'day all

    Hey FBH, I'm a friend.

    Arsenal are in the sporting news a bit at the moment... not a lot of positive reports or comments though... I get the feelingf Arsene has one, maybe two more years to turn things around else he may find himself out on his ear.

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  178. Morning all.

    2 more years for Wenger to turn it around.
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    No ways Bo. I hope this his last chance.
    Do all to retain Nasri and pull of 2-3 signings that we really need. And then winning PL is a must... Last season I'd have compromised with a Carling Cup or a FA Cup. Not this year...

    No trophy, No Wenger for next season!!!

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  179. Sorry about that bad link H its Sven on Dead Ringers as the grim reaper not that funny tbh

    Bo Arsenal have big problems. Nasri, clichy leaving it seems, fabregas wishing hid life away - fritzel, sorry I mean Wenger, must have slipped rohypnol in his energy drink before he signed that 5 yr contract - and rvp sounds unhappy n'all

    Also Arsenals approach to the transfer market is far too rational - its the Prisoners Dilemma, in a mad world its sane to behave in a mad way - and so they miss out in the best players for the sake of a business plan.... manu and a resurgent Liverpool are active early gambling on youngsters who aren't worth it ( but might be worth double in time) and if course chelsea and ABU City (ABU city! I like it!) are billionaires playgrounds

    so unless wenger breaks his long term habit of parsimony in the transfer market, champions league will he difficult next time... I'm sorry my gooner pals your prognosis is not good not sure if its rohypnol in your drinks or polonium

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  180. I don't think it's polonium Blogidy,they are all too young for that.

    More likely to be ready brek.

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  181. Retired Manchester United right-back and former Lancashire county under-15s cricketer Gary Neville's throwing skills are not what they used to be. He was asked to toss the first pitch during a baseball game in America, but his pitch at the Chicago White Sox v Oakland Athletics match came up short of the plate.
    Full story: Metro

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    Not as big as a tosser as we all thought then.

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  182. New signing Carl Jenkinson hopes to become Arsenal's new Tony Adams after completing a move from Charlton to the club he supported as a boy.
    Full story: Telegraph

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    Better start getting the drinks in now then.

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  183. It's good to see that the FA are taking youth tournaments more seriously nowadays. It wasn't too long ago that English youth teams were not qualifying for the youth WC and EC.

    Pearce has done a good job with the U-21 squad... maybe it's time for him to step up to the seniors.

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  184. Maybe a drop of Bromide is what they need Blog.

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  185. Sorry Bo,

    I am unimpressed by Pearce. He lacks the judgement required to know what his job is.

    Identify serious talent.

    He believes its winning tournaments.

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  186. Also, he's a bit of a Psycho, innit?

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  187. And he's never won anything of note, for club or country be it as a player or manager.

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  188. England Under-21 defender Michael Mancienne says he is confident his decision to quit Chelsea for Hamburg will make him a better player.
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    it most definitely will. Wish him well.

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