*Official* English Football Season 2006-07

[BoyBrumby]

We've seen greats like Best/Gascoigne who've essentially been corrupted by it all and ended up being dire role models just because they're getting paid far too much for what it is.

I'm not sure that's true actually. For both men I see the football as a mere interlude in their real calling as alcoholics. They'd have been what they are/were regardless of their talent.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I was e-mailed this. Just an excuse to stick the boot in, but what the hey:

Urgent Product Recall

Trading Standard Officers have ordered the urgent recall of a defective product found to be faulty and dangerous.

Over the Christmas and New Year period, tests proved the components in the product called "Chelsea FC" would fall apart when placed under the smallest amount of pressure. Consumers first experienced problems last year, when it was noted the product failed to work properly in Europe.

Complaints were made about it malfunctioning and then emitting a continuous whining noise - usually in Portuguese. At the time the complaints were ignored. But when the product started falling apart in Britain over Christmas, the Trading Standards Authority took action.

A spokesman warned: "We particularly want to stress to parents that, with Chelsea FC, there is a genuine risk of choking that may end in tears come May."

Despite assurances from the company behind the product that action was taken to correct the faulty parts, including abandoning the use of the highly unpredictable and sub-standard component "Robert Huth", malfunctions have continued. Consumers have been urged to check the small print carefully for the words "this product may contain traces of Shevchenko". If that is the case buyers of the product are urged to put it back in its box and return immediately. "Shevchenko" has been known to cause a severe allergic reaction in many consumers, causing them to shout involuntarily "You useless Ukrainian **** and "for ****'s sake bring back Carlton Cole".

 

[Tomm NCCC]

Nathan Tyson to destroy Ashley Cole at the bridge tommorow

 

[GIMH]

We were embarassing last night. First half was one of our most toothless performances in recent memory. Our second half showing was pretty good, and deserved a goal, but it was too little too late. Shuker and Greenacre performed, the rest need to take a long hard look at themselves. We can forget about promotion, I just hope we can turn Oldham over next week, but logic tells me the reverse will occur.

 

[Tom Halsey]

We're going to lose 1-0. You heard it here first.

 

[PY]

Cracking finish from Larsson then, should've been allowed really but mistakes happen.

Andy Cole should've scored just before too IMO.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Hardly ever a football match goes by without a bad offside decision. It's almost farcical, you may as well just randomly award the odd penalty at the start of a game - that's the effect linesmen have on practically every game.

Still football is happy having awful methods of deciding matches (penalties anyone?) anyway so...

 

[Scaly piscine]

Nice to see Rooney finally score with one of those chips, it has only taken him about 100 attempts, costing him at least 10 goals compared to if he'd just smashed the ball each time instead...

 

[Tom Halsey]

Brilliant goal from Rooney, somewhat agree with Scaly, but still, nice when it comes off.

 

[Craig]

I was e-mailed this. Just an excuse to stick the boot in, but what the hey:

Urgent Product Recall

Trading Standard Officers have ordered the urgent recall of a defective product found to be faulty and dangerous.

Over the Christmas and New Year period, tests proved the components in the product called "Chelsea FC" would fall apart when placed under the smallest amount of pressure. Consumers first experienced problems last year, when it was noted the product failed to work properly in Europe.

Complaints were made about it malfunctioning and then emitting a continuous whining noise - usually in Portuguese. At the time the complaints were ignored. But when the product started falling apart in Britain over Christmas, the Trading Standards Authority took action.

A spokesman warned: "We particularly want to stress to parents that, with Chelsea FC, there is a genuine risk of choking that may end in tears come May."

Despite assurances from the company behind the product that action was taken to correct the faulty parts, including abandoning the use of the highly unpredictable and sub-standard component "Robert Huth", malfunctions have continued. Consumers have been urged to check the small print carefully for the words "this product may contain traces of Shevchenko". If that is the case buyers of the product are urged to put it back in its box and return immediately. "Shevchenko" has been known to cause a severe allergic reaction in many consumers, causing them to shout involuntarily "You useless Ukrainian **** and "for ****'s sake bring back Carlton Cole".

 

[roseboy64]

Agreed.

 

[roseboy64]

We're going to lose 1-0. You heard it here first.

Glad you don't have any supernatural powers.

 

[Craig]

Glad you don't have any supernatural powers.

Or he is a betting man.

Then again is he even old enough to gamble yet?

 

[Tom Halsey]

In a fortnight or so.

My prediction was based entirely on how wasteful we were early in the second half.

 

[Matteh]

Chelsea all over Forest atm. The game's basically been won already tbh.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Forest playing like a conference side.

 

[Matteh]

They're playing so far back it just invites Chelsea on and they're having enough chances that 3-0 isn't a suprise.

 

[Scaly piscine]

All three of the goals have been pretty ugly really. Heh @ those stats.

 

[Matteh]

Drogba's freekick was pretty good, would think it'd have been saved most of the time by a better goalkeeper though.

Mikel's and especially Shevchenko's were either flukey or scrappy as.

 

[Tom Halsey]

I can't believe how utterly **** Forest were. They were roughly on Chelmsford City's level today, IMO.