07-09-2005 15:34									#181
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The only Chelsea your stripey rabble could catch is Clinton.

	07-09-2005 16:29									#182
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quote: Originally posted by MikeH The only Chelsea your stripey rabble could catch is Clinton.

It's taken you eleven hours to come up with THAT???

	07-09-2005 16:35									#183
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I imagine he had to sleep on it.

Has anyone else seen the Fiat van advert? Apparently it's in today's Sun, and doubtless elsewhere, but I saw it at http://www.nufc.com
I know you might think I'm biased, speaking as a Geordie, but I don't find it remotely funny. What does anyone else think (and can anyone find a link to it so they can post it in the thread)?

	07-09-2005 18:09									#184
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quote: Originally posted by reds4ever It's taken you eleven hours to come up with THAT???

Well it was very difficult for him. He had to run it by the family to see if it worked .

	07-09-2005 18:43									#185
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@ the fiat advert

it's not in today's sun btw.

	07-09-2005 23:45									#186
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Somehow I knew you'd find it funny.

	08-09-2005 02:05									#187
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Shocking display by England tonight, system or no system England are better than that.

If we must play that formation the midfield runner needs to get forward quicker than he has been.

The big question is can Phillips, Beckham, Gerrard and Lampard play in the same side with the system it imposes screwing up the rest of the team?

	08-09-2005 02:08									#188
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That formation sucks. Bring back 4-4-2.

	08-09-2005 02:09									#189
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Good support from the NI fans. It was wierd to see Union Jacks being waved by the opposition.

	08-09-2005 02:15									#190
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So will the FA have Sven's head on a plate tomorrow? I think they'll keep him at least through the qualifiers. As for us, all I have to say is Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

	08-09-2005 02:16									#191
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It reminds me of champ manager, sometimes you go for a radical formation, one player always comes out shining because it creates a hole, but the rest are absolute toss, creatively.

It gave Beckham plenty of time to make some great passes, but its all for nothing if theres no midfielders forward in the middle and only Owen in the box when it gets there.

Most everyone was asked to do something they dont do for their club, it was a ****ing wreck.

	08-09-2005 02:18									#192
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quote: Originally posted by Footie Mad So will the FA have Sven's head on a plate tomorrow? I think they'll keep him at least through the qualifiers. As for us, all I have to say is Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Yeah, Croatia missed out there. (Like S. Africa and Kevin Pieterson in Cricket. )

	08-09-2005 02:26									#193
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I can't see Sven being sacked with only two games to go before the World cup (although my dad thinks he might walk out this week)

Shocking performance. England started off playing like they were owed a win rather than having to work for it. Second half they acted like they'd never played together before. Sven looked completely dumbfounded.

Absolutely dire.

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He won't be sacked, at the end of the day we are going to qualify and England isn't too imbued with mangers with the type of experience you need to manage players at that level (my guess is that an English manager won't finish in the top 6 of the EPL this season).

I think were stuck with him until after Germany....as Ian Wright said I just wish the guy was more animated/charismatic, it's like he's a neutral observer...

	08-09-2005 03:50									#195
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HAW HAW..

Though congrats to Northern Ireland. 2 straight wins after going 4 years without a win .

	08-09-2005 05:00									#196
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They deserved to win. Good luck to them:O)

	08-09-2005 06:00									#197
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two of the more polite chants from the terraces this evening

'what a load of rubbish'

and

'sack the swede'

dead right

	08-09-2005 06:20									#198
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Who would you have instead? Not that I like Sven, but I can't see anyone else?

	08-09-2005 06:26									#199
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I'm sure Bora Multinovich (sp?) wouldn't mind the job .

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someone who can get one of the best teams in the world to put in a half-decent performance against the likes of wales and northern ireland. i might ask to have a go myself tbh!

	08-09-2005 06:42									#201
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Wales was an away win in a WC qualifier. NI was admittedly was p1ss poor, but you need to be a able to replace Sven before you sack him...and no *YOU* don't count as a viable applicant! The last thing we need is a poor mans Terry Venables...;O)

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	08-09-2005 08:26									#203
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Oh lord... these people are funny. US is playing a meaningless WCQ. Bruce Arena is playing all of these young players because we've already qualified. The problem? The baseball game before it went long and the game didn't "join in progress" until the 27th minute.

And utter OUTRAGE... I wonder if the people realize the relative popularity in the US between baseball and soccer. And if they realize that ESPN is going to finish showing a game before moving onto the next thing.

	08-09-2005 08:43									#204
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I recall a time that the CBC cut away from overtime in the Stanley Cup playoffs to go to a curling match.

We lost a broadcaster over that. Dave 'what a way to run a network' Hodge announced the cut away and then spun his pen in the air as he spoke the last words on air he ever would as a CBC employee.

Recently, the Curling Association broke a contract with CBC for broadcasting curling because they didn't show matches to the end, or didn't show entire matches that were very important in the Briar.

My point? Well, I don't really have one other than another blatant attempt to Canadianise as many threads in the OT as possible, and I sure ain't gonna do it by talking football.

You will be assimilated!

	08-09-2005 08:51									#205
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Maybe you can make an unlikely bid for the 2018 World Cup .

The point that I came away with from your post is what I was making: You don't cut away from a more popular sport to a less popular sport.

ESPN doesn't cut away from any sporting event really though, so it solves that .

	08-09-2005 11:21									#206
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Well yes, that would be point one.

Point two is that you will be assimilated.

	08-09-2005 17:09									#207
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quote: Originally posted by reds4ever Wales was an away win in a WC qualifier. NI was admittedly was p1ss poor, but you need to be a able to replace Sven before you sack him...and no *YOU* don't count as a viable applicant! The last thing we need is a poor mans Terry Venables...;O)

yeah it was an away win, it's a bit like arsenal playing a league 2 club away in the FA cup, we should win AND play well, one out of two isn't really good enough, especially when you lose the next game to a conference side!

who to replace him with, well someone english, someone with a bit passion, someone who's going to spend more time on the back pages, rather than being a news of the world exclusive every other week. personally i'd like to see big sam allardyce as the next england boss, i can't imagine him letting certain players dictate the system we play or getting caught chasing every bit of skirt at the FA. but if not him then there's always steve mcclaren, steve bruce (even if he does have a big fat head!), alan curbishley or stuart pearce. it's not as if we're short of quality english managers.

	08-09-2005 17:26									#208
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Sam Allardyce

	08-09-2005 17:28									#209
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One of the England players summed it up, describing Sven at half time against Brazil.

"What we needed was Churchill. What we got was Ian Duncan-Smith"

	08-09-2005 17:56									#210
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COckney,

It sums up the dearth of English mangers that you even mention Pearce, he's only been in the job 5 mins! All the rest are managing small, mid-table clubs, all unproven at the very top. It's not all their fault that they arn't getting the chance to manage the big clubs, but the fact remains that they havn't.

The only ones I'd even consider are Big Sam and Curbishly, at least they seem to have the balls to stand up and be counted and bang a few heads together when needed.

Anywho it's pointless talk, weve got Sven 'n' Nancy until next summer whether we like it or not, if he's not there next summer it'll mean we havn't qualified.