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but why do concacaf have so many world cup spots, with teams like el salvador, trinidad & tobago, jamaica, nicaragua etc.. they are not good, i think only one should go through to the cup and a second team should play off africa/south america or asia
FIFA need to sort their lives out. The USA being in the top 10 is a joke. They have one or two good players at best (Adu not included, he's vastly over rated) and get routinely hammered by european opposition whenever they play them. Mexico are always a good team, and deserve to be up there. The whole ranking system is biased anyway, the same as with South American footballers getting world footballer of the year, every other year
do you remember when the euro player of the year awards nominees were announced and robinho was nominated? he'd been at real madrid for 5 minutes and was nominated, thats a bloody wank fest that is, robinho is another vastly overrated player, hes a very selfish player
I agree, Robinho shouldn't have been nominated. He's a good player though, Arsenal should've got him, he looks the perfect player for a side like that
he's a forward, just like ronaldo is. and i don't remember seeing Ronaldo giving lots of assists...Quote:
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I say it was a good decision and Andy Gray is an idiot. he was saying just let him stay on and give them the goal or pen. But how the fuck can you do that, its not what happened, then what if barca missed a penalty and then arsenal won and it wasn't even meant to be a pen? That's how arsenal like to win, but the ref called that bit fair as he could..
Its Yens Lehman's fault. Should of been more careful. that's his problem. he should of been booked many more time in the league this year.
Well it was impossible to wistle a penalty since the foul occured out of the surface ...
its unfortunate this final will always be talked upon because of the referee, the ref got 1 thing right, lehmann needed to go, other than that :frusty:
To be fair to the ref, he even said himself today that he wished he had a bit more time with Lehmann, as he probably would've given the goal and booked him. Obviously he's saying that now as everyone's been dissing him since, I'd have been happy to see Barca go one up and Arsenal keep 11-men, it might have been a better game that way. Ah well, only 365 days til next years final, that trophy on its way back to Old Trafford, boom!
well today wenger and henry are complaining, wenger claims the move that created the red card was an offside. It wasnt it was a red card and a goal to barca. arsenal never talk about their goal, eboue dived, it was so bait. puyol did not touch him and he fell, and from that arsenal scored. they sore losers.
id respect refs a lot more if they told fans to shut the fuck up what the fuck you know about it lol
when they stand there saying i would of rather done that or not done this, makes me think there in the wrong job.
id like to see refs new position in a back room, not even near the game, watching a little tv with a computer in there to, they can type what happens and send it to a scoreboard so people can see.
THANK YOU HAN, THANK YOU, FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE ACKNOWLEDGES EBOUE DIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! something henry or wenger wont admitt, or that dickhead any gray, the better team won!
and itll be a little more than 365 days before any trophy goes back to old trafford hehe*D
Haha, I got faith in the boys, even if our all time european top goal scorer appears to be going through the motions of being sold.
Eboue did dive too, it was obvious. I love dives though, I must say. As like, everyone hates divers in the game, but the second on of your teams boys have a sneaky dive and win a pen, you're happy as larry. The controversy is always good fun too.
eboue dived twice, he was all over the place. The game had a lot of dives but eboue's was the most bait. he fell like he had been shot, the bad thing about it was he had passed puyol and then he fell. atleast fall when your next to him.
did united keep 2nd spot or did slitherpool nab it, i didnt keep much notice from when chelsea beat united and it was close for 2nd, maybe pires is passing on his knowledge to eboue
**edit** whats the go with the van nistelrooy situation? is alex out of his bloody mind or what, no one is bigger than the club, is fergie and exception? (i dont get too muc coverage down here unless its major,i miss out on the little things)
Well, Fergie dropped him for the League Cup Final back in march, and hasn't had too many starts since. He drove away from Old Trafford prior to the final game of the season as he was dropped to the bench, and hasn't been back since. Fergie even banned him from playing in Roy Keane's testamonial, so whatever it's about it's pretty heavy. Apparently Ruud was also one of the big players to kick up a stink about Keane being released too, so no doubt Fergie has had the notion of selling him in his head for quite some time.
sorry girls manu wont win the champions league next year, spurs will be the next english club to win it. lol.
nistelrooy has also had some training ground bust ups with ronaldo. another reason probably, he calls ronaldo a flash cunt they get into a fight. so i dont think his happy and man utd.
i heard tommy smyth-wit-a-y talking about the testomonial part on press pass, damn whats goin, but i herd RVN said hed like to stay but feels hes on the outer ,damn hearing about tevez and sheva goin to chelsea,i hope thats just speculation because if they do that really will ruin football
could see either ruud or ronaldo going to madrid. maybe player swap?
spurs want bellamy and Dimitar Berbatov, Defoe looks like maybe going to liverpool but i got a feeling chelsea may come in.
Shevchenko will sign for them, it's just a case of whether Milan get Gallas or Crespo in part exchange with whatever ridiculous amount of money they're given for him. I heard something about Ruud having a training ground bust up with Ronaldo, apparently he was like "run off to your dad (referring to Carlos Quieroz)" and Ronaldo's dad only died like 6 months ago. Way to put your foot in it eh?
As for Tevez, I'd be suprised to see him sign for Chelsea, as a virgin strike force just doesn't look very Jose Mourinho, he knows that he only needs one 20+ a season striker and his team are sorted, plus he likes Drogba a lot. Though if Drogba leaves, Tevez will sign. According to Corinthians, an English side has already made an enquiry for him, so it'll be interesting to find out what's the deal with that.
it looks like tevez might go chelsea, but as for shevy, chelsea gonna have to give over 40million for him. thats not a problem for them but i think if shevchenko goes his reputation will be tarnished, the only reason he would leave milan for chelsea would be for money. even gallas now wants to leave chelsea and wants to go to milan.
berbatov signed for spurs didnt he?i love this time of year, speculation makes its fun, RVN at madrid, argh i hope not, real ruin careers, plus they not doin too good lately, maybe if milan get a shit load of money from chelsea for sheva with a gallas part swap, they could snatch crespo AND RVN?
shit, dident see that, arsenal wanted him to..
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Dimitar Berbatov has been handed the number nine in next season's squad list.
We announced this morning that we had reached agreement with Bayer Leverkusen for the transfer of striker Dimitar for a fee of Euros 16.0 million. Personal player terms have been agreed. The player registration is subject to a successful work permit application and will be effective from July 1, 2006.
im not sure but isnt that a club record
Nah, they spent Ł11m on Sergei Rebrov, only like Ł200k difference, mind you. I'd like to see Berbatov perform in the prem, he's been pretty good for Bayer Leverkusen over the years. Defoe in a Liverpool shirt will make him class again too, him and Cisse should rip it up, not to mention Fowler bangin 'em in again when he's 100% match fit next season, should be a decent battle at the top
what about morientes, will he stay at liverpool or is he out
Hm, most likely. Although Traore is leaving, so Rafa will need someone to wash his car mext season, so who knows eh?
i doubt liverpool will keep cisse if they get defoe.
Valid point, but put it this way; If you were Liverpool manager, would you rather keep Morientes or Cisse?
that hard, cisse has fit in more than morientes in england i think, but theyre both class but id say cisse adapt esier i keep cisse
at this point in time id take cisse. ive always preffered morientes but hes just proved over the past couple years the english game is not for him. or he has lost it. one of the two. i think he would fair much better if he went to france or spain.
cisse can be used as a winger because of his pace, which you can never have enough good wingers (cough chelsea cough).
defoe at liverpool? ehhh, i mean i can see him as a third striker, but they really need to bring in someone who can do big thangs. hes good, but not remarkable.
liverpool needs to stop with strikers... bring some defenders instead.
morientes probably lost a bit of his talent, because he stayed on the bench too much time. rafa wanted to create some kind of spanish community, but, what's the point of putting morientes on the bench ?
by the way, it's really strange now to see how many players of the spanish squad play in Premier League.
That's it Henry signed for 4 more years in Arsenal .
Cisse said he wanted to go to Marseille:"Im ready to study any proposition. In France I have two clubs: Auxerre and Marseille wich has always made me dream. I repeat, yes, one day I'll play for Marseille. I'll take my decision after the worldcup. During winter that was close but finally Liverpool said no, in Marseille people thought it was me who didn't want to come, but that wasn't the case at all."
That would be nice but actually the problem is not Cisse or not Cisse, the fuckin problem is that again we're gonna have a new coach, that sux . It's between Deschamps and Tigana (Id prefer Deschamps)
Frank Rijkaards assistant, Henk ten Cate signed as ajax coach
liverpool need a 20 plus goal striker, without that they will fail again in the premiership. i think cisse will leave he hasnt performed to his potential at liverpool and from now on it seems unlikely that benitez will play cisse as a striker. Morientes jus couldnt cut it in the premiership i dont know why, he has the goalscoring ability, the main reason could be that he was played one game then put on the bench for the next. Benitez relied too much on crouch, and to be honest i dont think crouch is what liverpool need id prefer a strike force of morientes and cisse, then to see crouch play.
Berbatov is an excellent signing for spurs, i really see him making an impact in the premiership. martin jol knows what his doing and he has bought a striker that can score goals. now its just a case of who do you drop. keane or defoe, what about mido???
fucking hell another one gone
Following Bixente Lizarazu, Jens Jeremies (both retiring) and Michael Ballack (Chelsea), a fourth senior professional is to leave Bayern at the end of June. Zé Roberto, whose contract expires in just over a month, has decided to seek a new challenge after four successful seasons in Munich.
"Unfortunately, we've been unable to bring negotiations with Zé to a successful conclusion," general manager and board director Uli Hoeneß announced. "We wish him all the best for the World Cup in Germany, and then much success for the rest of his sporting career."
King of the assists
The tricky 31-year-old winger has yet to announce his next destination, although he has categorically ruled out a move within the Bundesliga and appears likely to find a new club in Southern Europe.
**edit** man this guy was awesome, im sad to lose him, theres a few more will leave soon so shit next bundesliga might be a struggle
bayern munich are in talks to buy turkish international yilderay basturk from hertha berlin. but they gonna need much more to replace ballack and them lot. i think bayern should concentrate on raising young players, because with the giant leap spanish, italian and english clubs have taken all the top players will play in these leagues. its now harder to attract top players to the bundesliga, so raising new players can benefit german clubs and the national team who need a couple new stars in their squad. i realise that a lot of the young talent in germany are turkish players, in fact the U-17 squad that turkey had who won the european cup and performed really well in the U-17 world cup, most of them were german born turks. players like nuri sahin the germans raise him and the turks snatch him. in the future this kid is going to be a class player.
yeah i think bayern is also lookin at lukas podolski, a few months ago a dude at work said his paper (i think it bulgarian) said bayern was lookin at bojoinov but im unaware of his status, i think the board is gonna go out on a limb and try and purchase a big signin, something that happens rarely, with ballack gone i think schweini will step up to the plate, he'll have more responsibility which i think is good, have sme trainin underthe master and now he can step to the plate, hopefuly andreas görlitz can stay fit this season and watch out for dos sanots hes a top prospect!! and yeah, your right on the turkish factor, mehmet scholl anyone?
i heard about some 17 year old argentinian player bayern were looking at. i dont know his name but they say he was to replace ballack a real star in the making. lets see what happenes because bayern are germany's biggest club and need to be at the top of europe again.