*Official* English Football Season 2010-11

[chalky]

Lots of empty seats at Wigan again despite the visit of the Champions nearly as bad as the world cup.

 

[Scaly piscine]

John Terry in somehow escaping red card shocker.

 

[cover drive man]

Last time I checked Chelsea were 12/1 to beat Wigan by five or more goals at William Hill. Could be worth a wager

1 more needed.

 

[Uppercut]

was thinking the same thing.

 

[cover drive man]

Cool.







Edit: Oh wait, you were talking to scally, sorry.

 

[GIMH]

Huh? That has nothing to do with my post at all?

Sorry, should have made it clearer that I wasn't arguing with you on that point but referring back to what I was saying about Kuyt yesterday and how the Liverpool regulars all appreciate him hugely

 

[cover drive man]

6-0

 

[Sir Alex]

Unbelievable start to the new season by Chelsea..

 

[Scaly piscine]

Sorry, should have made it clearer that I wasn't arguing with you on that point but referring back to what I was saying about Kuyt yesterday and how the Liverpool regulars all appreciate him hugely

And they still think Rafa is a brilliant manager and it was all the owners' fault for them being complete **** last season.

 

[cover drive man]

And they still think Rafa is a brilliant manager and it was all the owners' fault for them being complete **** last season.

This is true I often say they're business people not charities.



"Dear sir, Can you give me 50 million pounds so I can buy football players for a team which haven't looked promising all through the last season? This would be greatly appreciated, if not you are ****ing scum and should piss off."

 

[GIMH]

They don't think he's a brilliant manager, more that most of them felt they were better with him than without him.

Whatever you think about who the best people are to judge a manager, surely we can all agree that you see things from players at the game that you wouldn't see on TV and that it's a better way to judge players; obviously you have to counter-balance that with the lack of objectivity that comes from a lot of matchgoers. That being said, I don't know any Liverpool fan who thinks Kuyt is world class but the general consensus is that he is more than worth his place in the team.

I dunno, hard for me to be swayed too much as my side is never on TV, but I remember when we voted Mark Rankine player of the year. I just couldn't see that a team whose votes for such awards are largely coming from people who watch on TV rather than at the game could vote such a player for said award because of the type of work he did. Going off on a bit of a tangent, to sum up, you appreciate things live at the game that you don't on TV.

 

[GIMH]

This is true I often say they're business people not charities.



"Dear sir, Can you give me 50 million pounds so I can buy football players for a team which haven't looked promising all through the last season? This would be greatly appreciated, if not you are ****ing scum and should piss off."

Except that football clubs aren't meant to be ran for profit, in terms of their day to day business operations.

 

[cover drive man]

Why do some football clubs have their shares on the stock market though?

 

[Uppercut]

Sorry, should have made it clearer that I wasn't arguing with you on that point but referring back to what I was saying about Kuyt yesterday and how the Liverpool regulars all appreciate him hugely

Oh, fair.

Being the best-informed isn't the same as always being right. There are plenty of big Liverpool fans whose opinion I respect a lot that think Dirk Kuyt's quality. You take it on board obviously, but I feel I see enough of Liverpool that I don't have to simply bow to their superior knowledge. It's not like I completely disregard what they have to say when forming my own opinion.

Besides, there are plenty of people who go to every game that haven't got the slightest clue what they're talking about. The people who see the most games, particularly live, are also those most emotionally invested. It's tough to make an accurate judgment on anything you care that much about. It's why I don't bet on United games, or games directly involving United. I'm not saying the fans you're talking about are 606 callers, and Liverpool do have a body of particularly level-headed fans compared to most other clubs. But I do rather have to take your word for it that they know their stuff.

 

[GIMH]

No, that's all fair enough. I certainly wouldn't say all liverpool fans know their stuff either, just like with any club.

Funnily enough this all stemmed from me making a tongue in cheek reference to NathKs comment about blackpool last week.

 

[Cevno]

Wigan Athletic | News | Latics News | Latics News | MATCH REPORT: LATICS 0 CHELSEA 6

Wigan's official website: 'Latics unlucky not to come away with result after brave performance'

LMAO

 

[vcs]

Hahaha. If the ref hadn't blown up a touch too soon in injury time, I'd reckon they'd have come away with a 7-6 result.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Wigan Athletic | News | Latics News | Latics News | MATCH REPORT: LATICS 0 CHELSEA 6

Wigan's official website: 'Latics unlucky not to come away with result after brave performance'

LMAO

Love the way this follows on from six posts about whether supporters are objective or not.

FWIW, Anelka's second was offside...

 

[grecian]

Stoke dreadfully unlucky not to end up 2-2.

Stoke are never unlucky, their style of play is so horrid they deserve to lose every match 37-nil.

Is Gareth Bale going for the Jedward look?

 

[Craig]

So Ikki, reports are Inter will offer €8m for Kuyt with either Sulley Muntari or Nigerian striker Victor Obinna in return.

Oh, and Mikel Artea would 'seriously' consider playing for England should the opportunity arrive. Meh, you lot do it for cricket and rugby teams, why not for the football?