Football Banter

(07-02-2013 10:25 )dan g 27 Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 10:06 )Merc with the Mouth Wrote:  England were great. Especially in the first half. They actually kept hold of the ball! But until we do that in a game where it matters, I'll still never believe in them to win a competition in my lifetime. Wilshere was quality though, makes you wonder how far we'd have gone if he was there in the Euros.

Neymar needs to come to Europe. The longer he stays in Brazil the more in stunts his growth as a player. Someone like Fergie, as much as I hate him, could groom him into a world class star like he did Ronaldo. He needs to get down the gym too, he must weigh about 8 stone.

I remember listening to a football weekly podcast on the Guardian and someone mentioned that its likely Neymar might not come to Europe until after the 2014 World Cup. Its something to do with sponsors, who would lose out if Neymar went before the 2014 World Cup.

Yea that's common with South American players. It's all these third party ownership deals and other shady goings on. Like say, if Santo sold Neymar for 40 mill, Santos would probably only get 30 mill of that.

(07-02-2013 10:51 )eagle_si Wrote:  No-one's mentioned Ashley Cole's 100 caps here. Sure, he's acted like a total dickhead at times, but he's been a fixture at left back in the England team for a decade now, and that surely deserves some praise. Also, this tweet last night was a classy touch

Ashley Cole ‏@TheRealAC3
Thanks to every1 that has supported me through my good times and bad times,means a lot to me #afc #cfc and crystal palace #100notout✌✌

For those who don't know or don't remember, Cole spent a couple of months on loan at Palace back in 2000, before he broke into the Arsenal team, and was a big help in our avoiding relegation that season.

So, well done Ashley on your century

Yea Cole has probably been England's most consistent performer since he's been a regular. He never really has a bad game in an England shirt even if everyone else around him does. I don't understand why Gerrard got a special presentation but Cole didn't. They should have just done them both at the same time.

(07-02-2013 10:25 )dan g 27 Wrote:  

(07-02-2013 10:06 )Merc with the Mouth Wrote:  England were great. Especially in the first half. They actually kept hold of the ball! But until we do that in a game where it matters, I'll still never believe in them to win a competition in my lifetime. Wilshere was quality though, makes you wonder how far we'd have gone if he was there in the Euros.

Neymar needs to come to Europe. The longer he stays in Brazil the more in stunts his growth as a player. Someone like Fergie, as much as I hate him, could groom him into a world class star like he did Ronaldo. He needs to get down the gym too, he must weigh about 8 stone.

I remember listening to a football weekly podcast on the Guardian and someone mentioned that its likely Neymar might not come to Europe until after the 2014 World Cup. Its something to do with sponsors, who would lose out if Neymar went before the 2014 World Cup.

He extended his contract with santos a few years ago until 2014 so he would have better chance of being picked in the 2014 world cup, he will go to barcelona after santos I think as he said he wants to play with messi.

looks like rosicky was in a bit of a bother last night against turkey:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/n...ed-1591875

http://www.theglobaledition.com/paris-sa...lub-owner/

is this real???

(08-02-2013 02:46 )Fernandez Esperenda Wrote:  http://www.theglobaledition.com/paris-sa...lub-owner/

is this real???

lol its got to be either a joke or a publicity stunt. How, exactly can PSG buy Abramovitch on a transfer when he is the club owner. Did like the comment that PSG were sending two sheiks over to Chelsea in exchange though

^^ The Global Edition is a satirical site, nothing on it is real

(08-02-2013 09:30 )munch1917 Wrote:  ^^ The Global Edition is a satirical site, nothing on it is real

just read the other headlines on the right!

"Iran Paints Clouds On New Fighter Jets To Make Them ‘Stealth"

I'm expecting a tough game for Newcastle against Spurs tomorrow. I think it will be tougher than the Chelsea game in my opinion despite Spurs looking a little light up front.

I'm not sure how we are going to approach the game tomorrow because if we go all out attack then players like Bale and Lennon will take us apart on the counter attack and it may be a bit risky trying to contain Spurs because we haven't been good defensively this season, but I think it may be the better alternative. Perch will be a key player tomorrow and we need him to make life difficult for Holtby and we also need Goufran and Gutierrez to help Debuchy and Santon to double team Bale and Lennon. I hope Pardew doesn't just concentrate all his attention marking Bale out of the game because Holtby and Lennon are more than capable of inflicting damage on us tomorrow.

I think Spurs will win 2-1 on the day.

(08-02-2013 21:01 )dan g 27 Wrote:  I'm expecting a tough game for Newcastle against Spurs tomorrow. I think it will be tougher than the Chelsea game in my opinion despite Spurs looking a little light up front.

I'm not sure how we are going to approach the game tomorrow because if we go all out attack then players like Bale and Lennon will take us apart on the counter attack and it may be a bit risky trying to contain Spurs because we haven't been good defensively this season, but I think it may be the better alternative. Perch will be a key player tomorrow and we need him to make life difficult for Holtby and we also need Goufran and Gutierrez to double team Bale and Lennon. I hope Pardew doesn't just concentrate all his attention marking Bale out of the game because Holtby and Lennon are more than capable of inflicting damage on us tomorrow.

I think Spurs will win 2-1 on the day.

I think you'll beat us tomorrow or it will probably end up a draw.