OWL: Given the size and reputation of Dave Mackay and the somewhat diminutive Billy Bremner you can understand the look of what who me? on Billys face.
Remember Norm Bites yer legs Hunter of Leeds and all the hard men of yesteryear…todays" hard" men are poofs compared to those guys.
The likes of Alan Smith wouldn’t have lasted 5 minutes before he was carted off with a broken arm/leg/nose if he had tried any funny stuff against the real hard guys
Oops, that’ll teach me not to read properly.
In fairness, the rest of the team actually looks half decent. But I think you’ve missed out Robbie Keane…
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I think I’m disgusted. Can’t claim to understand the endless permutations available via the evil box but it seems, at the moment, I won’t be able to see the Liverpool vs. Spurs game tonight anywhere. The pub/Murdoch cartel is showing the massacre of Manchester (ManU vs. Wolves) – I don’t have a teevee but I believe the beeb only have a highlights package ?
Anyway, a big game. Can’t believe Spurs are 5/1 (the draw 12/5, Liverpool odds on). Nice to see ‘OJ’ has got his work permit (and played for the reserves vs. Fulham last night. And lost). Whatever the result, either Herr Houllier or Glenda are going to have their nuts on the table with the guillotine set on a hair-trigger.
I see Crespo takes the Money Launderers are up to £94 million now (in how long, 6 weeks, maybe ?). Insane.
And Rangers haven’t held onto their captain just yet. One has to think Souness fancies him and Souness has the folding.
Owl – Good thinking on Rumbelows in Enfield High St. Must be it – btw, am I the only one who thinks that ‘smiley’ logo on the shirts is ridiculous. I absolutely detest the damn thing.
And thanks for sharing your bedroom secrets, I think that’s quite enough for now.
The spurs game is first game on the highlights at 11.45pm (in london at least), so you’ll be stuffed pub-wise (unless you know a friendly landlord)
I think the current kit is the worst EVER even worse than that awful purple pony one annd the “birdshit” yellow Hummell.
5-1 you say? got to be worth a score (I had smith to score first and us to win 2-1 on saturday - £125 to a very happy owl)
And portstmuff top with a sheringham hatrick? Funny old world.
Well, I’m disgusted-of-Sarf-London at the coverage. Anyway,
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[li]Dear oh dear, what a balls-up by Newcastle. £15 million down the swanny because they missed three penalties . . . nice for Celtic and Rangers, though. Got to be an immence relief. Hadn’t realised that even getting to the Final of the UEFA Cup is small change compared with reaching the main Chams League. Healthy stuff.[/li][li]Spurs: the most likely result then, last night; 0 – 0 at Anfield – something I would gladly have accepted at 8.00pm. Only 34 points to go for safety ![/li]
Onwards now to Saturday and Fulham at home. I think we’re due a few. Easy to underestimate Fulham’s nippy little attack but we should be different class; 3 – 0, maybe 4-0. Might even slip into Ladbrokes, myself.
Nice thing is, after Saturday our classy but oft-injured back three trio have two weeks in dry dock for refitting. Handy.
[li]Hammered still haven’t appointed Dowie, can’t be healthy holding your breathe for this long, Crusoe.[/li]
[li]Owl – Yes, I recall the ‘birdshit’ shirt. Like lumpy danduff, which it could have been given the mass outbreak of mullets at the time.[/li]
Why aren’t we in for this Barry Ferguson from Rangers. Everyone knows the benefits of having a mad jock tearing around in midfield, just look at Souness himself ?
I know he doesn’t quite fit the young-and-classy-so-lets-take-an-investment-style-punt, but he’s only 25. A five-year contract probably takes him beyond the point where he’ll want to move on so he’s quite possibly there for the duration (wherever he goes).
[li]Which reminds me . … another example of the Chelski madness is they paid all that money for Crespo (£16.5) on a four year contract. That’s the sugar on my surreal cornflakes. [/li]
Utterly bonkers.[/ul]
Transfer window bangs shut midnight Sunday and doesn’t open until January – any last minute wish lists ?
I’d love to see the back of Barry Ferguson to be honest, he’s one of the few players at the Deathstar I actually rate (in a grudging, holding my nose sort of way, of course).
Latest news has us in for Emerson :eek:
Ah Souness…the one that got away…Bill Nicholson never rated him. Only played once for us I think it was a uefa cup against an icelandic team.
I’d take Ferguson, but in all honesty I am not keen on players from the SPL as it is of such a low standard. I would rather get a lower division player than a SPL one (with certain exceptions - but not many). The same goes for East Europeans. Just look at our balsawood balkans.
I hope that Hod has something up his sleeve.
Yes, I’m also a little disappointed with Acimovic, obviously his father could knock up a decent sci-fi novel and the lad has two good feet, unfortunately, they’re not on the right legs.
Bunjy-Jump’s been a reasonable fill-in, though.
I see the clocks ticking and the Champs leauge draw is kicking off soon;
“How are you feeling at this point, ruadh and **twisty **. . . .”
well here it is then…
the Rangers Man Utd game should be ahem “lively”, and the Chelsea v Lazio game looks like a neo nazi love in.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Can I be first with a nomination for the obligatory ‘Group of Death’ ? Got to be the Ashburton Grovellers’ Group B – obviously, I’m inconsolably disappointed about that.
Rangers look to have got a good ‘un (second seeds can be so dodgy). Not so easy for Celtic at first blush, although the day trips all look plausible.
myself The other two English clubs should be fine, imho. Just the Grovellers to worry about.
Don’t know about you Owl but – having scarped into 4th this season - I’ll be looking forward to arranging some away-days this time next year ?
Aaah the joys of European Travel…
The last good spurs one was to Moldova for Chisnu - god what a hovel. There aren’t many places that make Tottenham High St look like Bond st, but Moldova did.
Sadly after that it was Kaiserlauten, and the rest is history.
Chelsea should get through and the filth should be OK, but never underestimate the gooners euro-footshootery.
I think our draw looks pretty good actually. Apart from Bayern of course.
Since I won’t be able to go on any of the trips, I’m personally quite happy with the draw too. If we’d got Madrid or Sociedad I would have committed suicide.
Anderlecht looks like a good trip, but it might be the only one I could make (time, money) but at that I’d have trouble with a ticket, as Anderlecht’s ground only holds 28,000.
Looks like champions league Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the pub for me.
I reckon we’ve dodged a bullet by not taking Soul glo Emerson. he’s been eating alot of pies recently in Madrid, plus we already have enough 31 year old defensive midfielders.
I concur, L_C. With the added note that all that travel won’t be good for the Arse’s league hopes…
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Indeed, Group B is also the Group of Romantic Names, innit.
So, as predicted in a thread not a million miles from here, Souness has his MadJock protégé for the basement bargain price of . . £7.5 for 5 years. Not cheap but I do think, at 25 years old, he’s not going anywhere in a hurry at the end of the 5 years (has he got kids yet do we know ?) so . . expensive but possibly ‘strategic’.
Yep, sad about Neil Sullivan departing for the Rooskie Rouble. I always preferred him to Kasey Belgrano Keller. No great reason why but I just preferred his decision-making/instincts – like not tipping Henry over* in the box *when he’s heading towards the bloody corner flag . . .
And also quite sad about Bobby Convey, although if it were a straight choice between him and the Saf Efriken ‘OJ’ Mabizela then I’m happy as Larry – maybe we’ll get him after a few more international appearances. On a purely mercenary note, it’s got to be worth signing as many half-way decent yanks as possible – ManYoo can keep the Asian market, it’s all dodgy Taiwanese shirts anyway.
And we could still off-load Gary Doherty to Sam Hamman’s psycho’s before the deadline (with any luck). Another dead-weight utility player off the books – ‘utility’ being a euphemism for frigid (or ‘equally hopeless in any position’).
I’m actually losing track here, I think (counting everyone) we’re currently at around ten off the books (transfers, exchanges, released, etc.) and seven on the books since the end of last season – we’re up there with Leicester for turnover.
And it’s Last Orders over in the noble beast SentientMeat’s Fantasy Football thread , not counting the real-life Money Launderers F.Ski, obviously.
It’s now officially beyond silly:
"Chelsea have agreed a £13.8m fee for Real Madrid midfielder Claude Makelele.
The 30-year-old France international is in London and is expected to be unveiled as Chelsea’s latest signing later on Friday. "
What I really, really hope is that this bloke gets fed up with CFC and walks away. They are completely unsustainable on any level without this guy’s dosh.
I still think it will all end in tears.
Still £14m for Makelele is a fantastic signing.
This time tomorrow I will be in the British Queen (she doesn’t know this yet) drinking beer prior to watching the boys spank fulham (which I am hoping are the prototype for CFC). Which is nice.
Don’t fancy entering the FF league, owl?
Have done - look on my works ye mighty and dispair…
Owl - You don’t know a biggish bloke by the name of Clive, used to live Sarf/Croydon way ?