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Post by Tribec on Jun 23, 2009 11:31:01 GMT -5
Just found this photoshop of our new favourite soccer kit... However as someone else has asked this on another forum, so I'll it here, can we wait to see Mike Ashley wearing this??
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Post by 50point8percent on Jun 24, 2009 7:49:55 GMT -5
Arsenal. Chelsea. Liverpool. Man U. We'll take any of them in the Champions League. As for the EPL. Come on Birmingham. You can do it.
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Post by Lester Piggott on Jun 24, 2009 12:38:10 GMT -5
Think everyone knows it's be Liverpool, Chelsea, Man U, Arsenal (not necessarily in that order), it's as predictable as picking the top 2 in Scotland!!
I've still voted for Everton though!!
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Post by Tribec on Jun 24, 2009 15:35:08 GMT -5
Well let's start the wind up, but Torres was ordinary tonight against the USA..... He looked to be carrying an injury, I think he'll miss the start of the season for sure. Everton for 4th I agree, with Arsenal, Chelsea and United above them.
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Post by barkill on Jun 25, 2009 3:33:14 GMT -5
agreed but he was up against a world class defence , just wait till he gets hold of that vidic fella again.... alonsos radar looked unusually faulty as well
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Post by oneofthethree on Jun 25, 2009 3:35:35 GMT -5
total votes 21 total voters 6
mmmmmmmm
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Post by barkill on Jun 25, 2009 4:57:27 GMT -5
I know...
All I can confirm is that it was a man u afficionado snicker snicker
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Post by jayne on Jun 26, 2009 10:54:49 GMT -5
Do we get a prize if we get the top four right?? :-)
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Post by barkill on Jun 29, 2009 5:48:26 GMT -5
Hmm...
Utd Chelski LFC EFC
We shall see...
Relegation next
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Post by jamesreunited on Jul 2, 2009 10:20:50 GMT -5
Owen?
Not sure about that
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Post by barkill on Jul 23, 2009 5:05:41 GMT -5
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Post by jamesreunited on Jul 24, 2009 6:31:22 GMT -5
Footballing charlatans Manchester City have been given a lesson in integrity today by some of the true greats of the game. The filthy nouveau riche pretenders were subject of stinging criticism as many of the most prestigious names in the game queued up to distance themselves from the Premier league's new demigods of greed.
Arsenal's £15m 19 year old Theo Walcott was first to lay into the blues.
"It's wrong. No club should be able to simply hurl around cash like tickertape in this way. It's immoral." His £19m counterpart Andrei Arshavin echoed the sentiments.
"I came here from Zenit St Petersburg to help cement Arsenal's place in the Uefa Cup for the next five seasons. I find it disgusting that a club I have never heard of is suddenly able to spend whacking great sums of cash on players my own manager cannot afford."
Arsene Wenger, hailed for his repeated condemnation of the vulgar goings on at Eastlands - didn't hold back either.
"I have a clear conscience in this matter. Not only will I not be spending any money this year, but the £25m I received from Manchester City for Adebayor, like the £22m I received for Nicolas Anelka ten years ago, will be donated to local charities and not in any way reinvested in the team. I won't have their dirty oil money in MY club's account.
At Anfield, £11m substitute Ryan Babbel, £9.5m Albert Reira, £10m Dirk Kuyt and £17m Glen Johnson were united in backing Rafael Benitez's scathing attack on moneybags City. £23m Fernando Torres also chipped in, stating that he had joined Liverpool only to win trophies, and looked forward to helping his team-mates lift their second league title in just 20 years over the coming season. "Money is no incentive to me", claimed the £90,000 a week hitman. "I'm here for the love of the club."
Benitez continued - "I can assure you that if £20m Robbie Keane was still here he'd back up his old team-mates on this. City are just about money, money, money. Robbie cost us just £1.1m a game but he was worth every penny."
Chelsea players shocked at the prospect of their captain John Terry selling his soul to the devil and doubling his money at a more ambitious club have been reeling in disgust.
£31m Andriy Shevchenko, £22m Didier Drogba, £16m Jose Boswinga, £15m Nicolas Anelka and £16m John Obi Mikel have all joined forces to express their disgust at the 'money go round' at Eastlands. They described the potential move, the first possible Chelsea to City move since £23m Shaun Wright Phillips was sold last year as being 'sheer naked greed' and 'the end of football as we know it.' Their £7m a year manager, Carlo Ancelotti, was unavailable for comment at the time as he was busy preparing a £45m offer for Atletico Madrid striker Aguero.
Roman Abramovich spoke out however at his disgust at how City now seemed to be bankrolled by a 'dark and unknown force' determined to park it's tank on the car parks of Premiership football clubs and fire in bundles of £50 notes in exchange for top players.
Man United players were unavailable for comment, however several of their fans were quick to condemn the unseemly goings on at Eastlands.
Reds fan Norman Woods, 47, of Penzance, observed -
"It's nothing short of sinful. City must think they can buy a players heart and soul but all they're investing in is greedy merecenaries. Football these days is all about money and nothing else"
United have had to cut back on investment this year, although they still command a strong line up, particularly in £22m Wayne Rooney, £29m Rio Ferdinand, £18.6m Michael Carrick, £32m Dimitar Berbatov, £17m Owen Hargreaves, £17m Nani and £7 Nemanja Vidic. The club has been able to rely however on traditional values by attracting the best players in the world down the years for nominal prices, and players have often waved away huge paypackets at other clubs in favour of United.
Reds fans are able to proudly claim that no player has ever signed for them merely in the pursuit of riches.
Meanwhile City, who have been linked with £500m deals for Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta, a £1bn bid for the Burj Dubai Hotel and a £1.5 trillion bid to purchase the whole of Western Europe and convert it into a megastore, have defended themselves against the claims.
Local City fans have protested against the continued investment by the Arab backers.
"We want to be nothing more than an average Joe club just drifting through time, there to make up the numbers and act as cannon fodder for the big four" protested one fan.
"No supporter would want this to happen", complained another.
"Sometimes, you look at how the club has been transformed overnight from an underachieving laughing stock into a monster that's come to take away the toys of the supposed big four, who sadly can no longer compete and quite rightly cry foul when a ramshackle outfit like ours get too big for our boots. I ask myself at times, why us?"
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Post by barkill on Jul 24, 2009 9:47:15 GMT -5
"Reds fan Norman Woods, 47, of Penzance"
titter
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Post by oneofthethree on Jul 25, 2009 8:56:20 GMT -5
i forgot barkill, all liverpool fans were born within a police van siren of anfield weren't they
i see your piece of scum captain got away scot free
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Post by jamesreunited on Jul 25, 2009 8:57:58 GMT -5
Here we go!
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