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Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Glad EPL has started.
Big match tomorrow Arsenal V Liverpool. Novacastrian, I thought Newcastle did well to retain all their key players during the transfer window. Overall, I think Spurs, Man U and Man City benefited the best compared to the Arsenal and Liverpool. BTW, How are you all ? Just thought I would pop in and say hello.:) |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by ultrarunner
(Post 10257244)
I am sure if there was a list of top 5 managers in the world, Fergie won't be on there http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...-new-millenium Personally I would argue against Guardiola at No 2 given the short period of time and no real history of recreating great sides but there are some great managers in the list... IMO Ferguson would almost certainly appear in the top 5 of any list of world managers he has won 48 trophies across 3 different clubs and has won world soccer manager of the year on at least 4 occasions. His break up of the dominance of the Celtic/Rangers stranglehold in Scotland was certainly one, if not, the greatest achievement. :D |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by Maria_747
(Post 10259308)
Glad EPL has started.
Big match tomorrow Arsenal V Liverpool. Novacastrian, I thought Newcastle did well to retain all their key players during the transfer window. Overall, I think Spurs, Man U and Man City benefited the best compared to the Arsenal and Liverpool. BTW, How are you all ? Just thought I would pop in and say hello.:) We'll see whether Toon did well. But thanks for the thought. |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 10259369)
Hello. Arse v Pool will be a draw.
We'll see whether Toon did well. But thanks for the thought. Don't want to even go there. We were rubbish ! Arsenal played very well. Thats life, win some, you lose some. |
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Great wins for Utd and Arsenal. Very impressive.
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Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by Tangram
(Post 10282346)
Great wins for Utd and Arsenal. Very impressive.
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Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 10282828)
Utd don't play until Monday.
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Good, a decent performance from Spurs, against admittedly a rather poor team but it was away all the same. What was with Hoddle's barnet though?
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Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by DaveLovesDee
(Post 10283090)
I think he means the red Utd.
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Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 10283754)
Good, a decent performance from Spurs, against admittedly a rather poor team but it was away all the same. What was with Hoddle's barnet though?
We go to Old Trafford the week after which will be an interesting test of the new look Spurs side. I watched the United game yesterday and once again they have another good crop of youngsters coming through. |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Well that was not exactly deserved was it?
I'll take point though. :thumbup: |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by JamesM
(Post 10283873)
Hopefully we kick on and win at home against QPR next week.
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Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 10297987)
Well you did press on. And your Fantasy Vice-Captain scored a good goal. Although Cisse didn't. :(
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Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by JamesM
(Post 10298178)
Ba should have taken the penalty.
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Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Terry banned for 4 games and seems like a few weeks bling. Hmmmmmm.
Will be interesting to see details of the judgement if that comes out. |
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I suppose everyone suspected he was guilty but there was insufficient evidence to prove it in court then, somehow, the FA has managed to sidestep double jeopardy.
What a waste of money :frown: The FA should have arranged this judgement in the first place and made that the end of the matter.
Originally Posted by Tangram
(Post 10303422)
Terry banned for 4 games and seems like a few weeks bling. Hmmmmmm.
Will be interesting to see details of the judgement if that comes out. |
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Will they keep him for 8 years???
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bloody shambles
It's clear the bloke isn't a racist - he just said something which could be construed as racist in the heat of a the moment during a particularly heated football game. Some bloke see this on TV, decides that he doesn't like JT and that he should make his life difficult and makes a complaint. the uk media jump on it so the CPS and FA decide that given that how PC british society is these days they can't be allowed to let something so high profile go and then spend millions of pounds and hundreds of hours to find the guy not guilty / guilty. absolutely shocking - just imagine what good that money and time could have done for the game in spending it towards that something that does matter. I am no fan of JT - I think he is a class a bell end but this was absolutely ridiculous. Those jumped up idiots in suits at the FA who fear the media so much that they do what they think it wants. Given that the majority of sports are either plastic Liverpool / Man Utd fans or support London clubs, none of them are particularly keen on the nouveau rich Chelsea so like to slate them whenever they want. I don't think that Capello telling them they were idiots about the whole thing helped either so they were determined to make someone pay after he left before the Euro's. They ended up with egg on their faces and they now feel a bit better about themselves. in the big scheme of things this whole thing has been an absolute joke. |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by jaminsk1
(Post 10303783)
bloody shambles
It's clear the bloke isn't a racist - he just said something which could be construed as racist in the heat of a the moment during a particularly heated football game. Some bloke see this on TV, decides that he doesn't like JT and that he should make his life difficult and makes a complaint. the uk media jump on it so the CPS and FA decide that given that how PC british society is these days they can't be allowed to let something so high profile go and then spend millions of pounds and hundreds of hours to find the guy not guilty / guilty. absolutely shocking - just imagine what good that money and time could have done for the game in spending it towards that something that does matter. I am no fan of JT - I think he is a class a bell end but this was absolutely ridiculous. Those jumped up idiots in suits at the FA who fear the media so much that they do what they think it wants. Given that the majority of sports are either plastic Liverpool / Man Utd fans or support London clubs, none of them are particularly keen on the nouveau rich Chelsea so like to slate them whenever they want. I don't think that Capello telling them they were idiots about the whole thing helped either so they were determined to make someone pay after he left before the Euro's. They ended up with egg on their faces and they now feel a bit better about themselves. in the big scheme of things this whole thing has been an absolute joke. |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 10303963)
He's naffing racist and he's a ****. Nobody in their right mind would say such stuff. He should be banned from football. End of.
the general public don't know the bloke but jump on the bandwagon while everyone that does know him and has worked with him have stated he isn't - he just said something that was deemed as racist on the pitch after being provoked by abuse from someone. read between the lines. the criminal court finds him not guilty while the FA do so everyone say's he's guilty. baaaaaaaaa....... |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by jaminsk1
(Post 10304440)
typical anti-chelsea sheep and part of the reason for this stupid problem. bet you are loving the witch hunt.
the general public don't know the bloke but jump on the bandwagon while everyone that does know him and has worked with him have stated he isn't - he just said something that was deemed as racist on the pitch after being provoked by abuse from someone. read between the lines. the criminal court finds him not guilty while the FA do so everyone say's he's guilty. baaaaaaaaa....... Read between the lines. The judge in court was pretty clear in his summing up that he believed Terry was guilty but the prosecution had not been able to prove it beyond reasonable doubt. The FA only had to judge on the balance of probability so much easier to find him guilty. |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by jaminsk1
(Post 10304440)
typical anti-chelsea sheep and part of the reason for this stupid problem. bet you are loving the witch hunt.
the general public don't know the bloke but jump on the bandwagon while everyone that does know him and has worked with him have stated he isn't - he just said something that was deemed as racist on the pitch after being provoked by abuse from someone. read between the lines. the criminal court finds him not guilty while the FA do so everyone say's he's guilty. baaaaaaaaa....... Delighted that I'll never have to see him in an England shirt again. |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 10304702)
Typical Chelsea fan and part of the reason racism exists in football. Just because he's 'provoked' it shouldn't mean his default response is a verbal racist attack.
Read between the lines. The judge in court was pretty clear in his summing up that he believed Terry was guilty but the prosecution had not been able to prove it beyond reasonable doubt. The FA only had to judge on the balance of probability so much easier to find him guilty. I think the first real test of AVB's tactical genius and our revamped playing staff. |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by JamesM
(Post 10304909)
Big game tomorrow.
I think the first real test of AVB's tactical genius and our revamped playing staff. |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by JamesM
(Post 10304909)
Big game tomorrow.
I think the first real test of AVB's tactical genius and our revamped playing staff. |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 10306051)
Woo hoo. :egyptian:
Terrible commentary on Sportsnet. Nice to have a decent referee at Old Trafford for a change. |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by JamesM
(Post 10306054)
Fantastic result.
Terrible commentary on Sportsnet. Nice to have a decent referee at Old Trafford for a change. Almost. Luckily. Have one for me. :beer: |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Memo to Spurs fans: Now is the time to transfer Spurs players into your fantasy teams :thumbup:
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Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by Greenhill
(Post 10307552)
Memo to Spurs fans: Now is the time to transfer Spurs players into your fantasy teams :thumbup:
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Man City 1 (due to an extremely soft penalty decision), Dortmund 1.
Oh dear. We might end up in the same group of the other thing soon. |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Toon 3-0 Bordeaux. Tres bien ca. Even if there are as many Francophones in our squad as theirs.
The first goal, Cabaye to Obertan to Shola was perhaps even better than Pepisse Cisse's killer third, (which was likely a teensy bit offside). Do I dare look forward to Sunday? <I don't think so> |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 10313894)
Do I dare look forward to Sunday? <I don't think so> |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 10313894)
Toon 3-0 Bordeaux. Tres bien ca. Even if there are as many Francophones in our squad as theirs.
The first goal, Cabaye to Obertan to Shola was perhaps even better than Pepisse Cisse's killer third, (which was likely a teensy bit offside). Do I dare look forward to Sunday? <I don't think so> |
Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by jimf
(Post 10313984)
Did the "hand of Ba" feature today?
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Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 10313988)
They had him on the bench getting ready for Sunday. I hear he's been practicing ultra quick karate punches.
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Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by jimf
(Post 10314199)
A north east vs north west double feature over the weekend..........
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Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 10314203)
What's the other one? And Manchester is in the Midlands.
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Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
I'm not sure about the quality and form of the defence of either Newcastle or Man Utd here... Hoping for about 8 goals shared between the two teams :fingerscrossed:
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Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread
Originally Posted by Greenhill
(Post 10318246)
I'm not sure about the quality and form of the defence of either Newcastle or Man Utd here... Hoping for about 8 goals shared between the two teams :fingerscrossed:
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