Barney Rubble
International Coach
Ribery, car thieving legend.
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*Official* English Football Season 2006-07
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Tom Halsey
International Coach
I can't see that being the case, given that his scoring ration last year was as good as it ever was, and all he was every any good at was scoring goals.
Matteh
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
He's Scouse?Ribery, car thieving legend.
roseboy64
Cricket Web Content Updater
Agreed with Halsey on RVN. Had to be something else.
roseboy64
Cricket Web Content Updater
Was rather exciting. Watched the Madrid v Zaragoza match yesterday with insets of the Barca and sevilla matches occassionally. Was shocked when Madrid equalised around the same time Espanyol did. Meant for Real to win it IMO and I want them to mainly because of Beckham.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
He's Scouse?
aussie
Hall of Fame Member
Seconded to that, but the reason its was a bad sale is that even if something had gone wrong he was barely having his first bad run ever for United & the fact that looking at United formation for next season, the regular talk is that United will adapt AC Milan's christmans tree formation, but that may not suite United since Rooney is not such a great target man which is true to a level, but TBH its not United will be playing too many long balls up to him anyway. But given that another striker will be bought but i can't but regret the fact that SAF sold him to real now..
Tom Halsey
International Coach
If that happens I'll shoot someone.
United is synonymous with the 4-4-2. Yes, that's a bit of a naive way to play if you want to get anywhere in Europe nowadays, I'd still rather see us use it as a template and buil off that. We play best with the 4-4-2.
Last season, we won the league largely down to playing 4-4-2 regularly for the first time in ages (this is before March-April time). When we abandoned this attacking policy against the European giants (read: when we bottled it) we didn't look all that.
roseboy64
Cricket Web Content Updater
The style of football's better without him. No regrets IMO.
roseboy64
Cricket Web Content Updater
With the players brought in and the size of the squad it'll be hard to see how he'll play everyone. He's the one in charge though and there'll be players leaving so....
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Ha! So much for all Tranmere's "We are not scousers, we're from Birkenhead" chanting.
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
BoyBrumby
Englishman
40 signs summer is here
Was just e-mailed this. Found it vaguely amusing.
1) Thierry Henry is off to Barcelona.
2) You keep checking the internet to see if you've signed someone. You just did it now.
3) And again. 4) The Mailbox is half as long as normal.
5) Thierry Henry is off to Real Madrid now.
6) ManUre release a new kit.
7) Football pundits find themselves shoehorned into covering other sports.
8) As do football journalists.
9) Someone English is cheered all the way to the fourth round of Wimbledon from Henman Hill or Murray Mount or somewhere.
10) Actually, Andrew Murray's ****ing Scottish, isn't he? Let's not cheer for him.
11) Sue Barker sits there and tells you it's a "Great British summer of sport".
12) You end up knowing the names of half the footballers' agents in the Premier League.
13) Old pros are forced to play football as satellite TV desperately scrabbles around for material.
14) Spurs target a top-four finish.
15) Your skin has gone a funny lobster colour and hurts.
16) Golf seems interesting.
17) Everyone gets excited waiting for the fixture list. Ooh, we play every team twice! Once home and once away! I can't wait!
18) You actually start to miss Alan Hansen.
19) Cricket is the new football.
20) You try to convince yourself that the awful player linked with your club has just been misunderstood in the past.
21) And as for those players you've never heard of, well, best check their stats on Football Manager. That'll work.
22) You start to fancy Clare Balding.
23) Sky Sports News is even duller than normal.
24) Fernando Torres is linked with a move to the Premiership. (Note: In previous years, this role was regularly filled by Benni McCarthy).
25) You tell yourself staying up all night to watch the Copa America and MLS is normal.
26) It's Liverpool's year.
27) You suddenly realise you've got a wife and kids and that you haven't spoken to them for nine months. And they hate you.
28) You contemplate seeing if you can find your old Subbuteo set in the loft.
29) You persuade your family this year's holiday should be in Norway just so you can watch live football. Brann are top, you know, and Odd Grenland have only won once. Fascinating.
30) You persuade yourself the Intertoto Cup is really great.
31) You start craving cold lager at 10am every day.
32) You get so desperate that you start watching Eurosport 2 in the hope some football comes on.
33) You find yourself travelling 100 miles on a bus to watch the youth team's reserves playing a pre-season friendly.
34) You realise it's 3pm on a Saturday afternoon and you're holding your missus' bags in Top Shop. And even though she's trying to talk to you, all you're thinking is 'Ooh, I remember when Top Man used to sponsor Leeds'.
35) You love being top four or hate being in the relegation zone. Even though the league is entirely alphabetical.
36) You breathe a sigh of relief when you realise pre-season friendlies start in the first week of July. Because watching your out-of-shape side play Stevenage is just great, isn't it?
37) Newcastle sign 15 players. Only one of them is a defender.
38) You start to work out how many players it would take for your side to break into the Big Four. Then you think how great it would be if you somehow won your first ten games and managed to stay ahead of the rest and be in with a shout of the league.
39) You convince yourself it's worth sticking a quid on it at 2500/1 odds. 50p, at least.
40) You put the other 50p on ManYoo getting relegated at 7500/1. Anything's possible, right?
Was just e-mailed this. Found it vaguely amusing.
1) Thierry Henry is off to Barcelona.
2) You keep checking the internet to see if you've signed someone. You just did it now.
3) And again. 4) The Mailbox is half as long as normal.
5) Thierry Henry is off to Real Madrid now.
6) ManUre release a new kit.
7) Football pundits find themselves shoehorned into covering other sports.
8) As do football journalists.
9) Someone English is cheered all the way to the fourth round of Wimbledon from Henman Hill or Murray Mount or somewhere.
10) Actually, Andrew Murray's ****ing Scottish, isn't he? Let's not cheer for him.
11) Sue Barker sits there and tells you it's a "Great British summer of sport".
12) You end up knowing the names of half the footballers' agents in the Premier League.
13) Old pros are forced to play football as satellite TV desperately scrabbles around for material.
14) Spurs target a top-four finish.
15) Your skin has gone a funny lobster colour and hurts.
16) Golf seems interesting.
17) Everyone gets excited waiting for the fixture list. Ooh, we play every team twice! Once home and once away! I can't wait!
18) You actually start to miss Alan Hansen.
19) Cricket is the new football.
20) You try to convince yourself that the awful player linked with your club has just been misunderstood in the past.
21) And as for those players you've never heard of, well, best check their stats on Football Manager. That'll work.
22) You start to fancy Clare Balding.
23) Sky Sports News is even duller than normal.
24) Fernando Torres is linked with a move to the Premiership. (Note: In previous years, this role was regularly filled by Benni McCarthy).
25) You tell yourself staying up all night to watch the Copa America and MLS is normal.
26) It's Liverpool's year.
27) You suddenly realise you've got a wife and kids and that you haven't spoken to them for nine months. And they hate you.
28) You contemplate seeing if you can find your old Subbuteo set in the loft.
29) You persuade your family this year's holiday should be in Norway just so you can watch live football. Brann are top, you know, and Odd Grenland have only won once. Fascinating.
30) You persuade yourself the Intertoto Cup is really great.
31) You start craving cold lager at 10am every day.
32) You get so desperate that you start watching Eurosport 2 in the hope some football comes on.
33) You find yourself travelling 100 miles on a bus to watch the youth team's reserves playing a pre-season friendly.
34) You realise it's 3pm on a Saturday afternoon and you're holding your missus' bags in Top Shop. And even though she's trying to talk to you, all you're thinking is 'Ooh, I remember when Top Man used to sponsor Leeds'.
35) You love being top four or hate being in the relegation zone. Even though the league is entirely alphabetical.
36) You breathe a sigh of relief when you realise pre-season friendlies start in the first week of July. Because watching your out-of-shape side play Stevenage is just great, isn't it?
37) Newcastle sign 15 players. Only one of them is a defender.
38) You start to work out how many players it would take for your side to break into the Big Four. Then you think how great it would be if you somehow won your first ten games and managed to stay ahead of the rest and be in with a shout of the league.
39) You convince yourself it's worth sticking a quid on it at 2500/1 odds. 50p, at least.
40) You put the other 50p on ManYoo getting relegated at 7500/1. Anything's possible, right?
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
Quite correct. (At least until the next round of games on Sunday.)
In case of severe abstinence symptoms, I recommend a trip to Aspmyra to watch Bodø/Glimt. There's nothing quite like a July clash with Sparta in 10 degrees, rain, and gale force winds on astroturf.
Craig
World Traveller
You guess correct.
Looks like Ronaldinho has been taking lessons from Laurent Robert to be a primma donna storming out of training.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
We're not scousersHa! So much for all Tranmere's "We are not scousers, we're from Birkenhead" chanting.
but my Dad is from Liverpool so I guess that'd make me a half-scouser 
As much as I always deny being a scouser (born in Birkenhead, always lived in Wirral, support the Whites) I'll always stick up for em.
Though the yawn was [IN JEST]