THE FOOTBALL THREAD Vol 2

COLLECTOR'S ITEM - Unreleased Liverpool Team Photo

This is an unofficial, unreleased team photo of Liverpool for the 2007-2008 season. This is a collector's item.

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RISSE = D-N-E-G-E-L
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+1. Flamini now out and Hleb seeking greener pastures elsewhere will take a toll on Arsenal's strength.

Arsenal will NOT BE a force to reckon with, next season. They probably will be struggling to get the top 4 finish...

The BIG 4 will now become THE BIG 3. Goodbye Arsenal, we will miss you....
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hahaha.. this is a joke right??we will see when next season comes:)
 
Adebayor - Reports I want out are 'rubbish'

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Following media reports this morning, Emmanuel Adebayor wanted to put the record straight by making the following statement.

"I am very happy here. Reports which suggest I have threatened to quit are rubbish. I love the club and the fans.

"We have a great set of players here with a fantastic team spirit. We have had a good season but next season we want to go one better by winning a trophy."
 
Sunderland



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Arsenal





By Richard Clarke

Arsène Wenger has gone on record saying that he'd like to ban summers after trophyless seasons and begin the next campaign straight away.

Such calendar changes are even beyond the power of the Arsenal manager but, that said, he will start his preparations for 2008/09 at Sunderland on Sunday.

The Frenchman takes his side to the Stadium of Light with only pride and an 83-point target to play for. Unfortunately the game will be at the bottom the Premier League billing that day given Manchester United and Chelsea are neck and neck in the title race.

So Wenger will take the opportunity to bring in a couple of young Englishmen who are yet to make their League debuts for the Club. And apparently Kieran Gibbs and Mark Randall, both 18, are just the tip of the homegrown iceberg at Emirates Stadium.

"They will certainly be with the squad," said the manager. "But there are lot of English talents in the squad overall. We have Gibbs, Randall, the younger Hoyte, Jack Wilshere and Henri Lansbury, who might be included in the group next year.

"There is a core coming up but I cannot tell you now if all of them make it at Arsenal. But they’ll make it to be in the squad.
“Like everybody they fight to play. And if they are good enough they play, it’s as simple as that.

“I feel it’s a fantastic situation because there is guaranteed stability when you have English players coming through. It's a reproach I get a lot but if I can bring a few through I am very happy.”

It's true that Wenger has been continually criticised for failing to nurture English talent. His standard response is "I don't look at the passport when I look at the player".

"It’s about quality," he continued at Friday's press conference. "I feel that we have already produced many good players and many of them play in English clubs - Muamba, Sidwell, Harper, Larsson, Bentley. We have produced more than anybody else in England, but perhaps not enough for us.”

As for Gibbs and Randall, they have both just returned from loan spells at Championship sides. The former made seven appearances on the wing for Norwich while the latter had 10 games, but only two starts, with Burnley.

"For us it’s part of the education," said Wenger. "They have had a period of life in a team, had responsibilities, been under pressure and shown how well they can cope in the Championship. They now realise that life is not as easy as it looks in the football world. And they need now to show they are good enough for Arsenal."

Sunderland had one aim this season - to stay up - and they achieved it with something to spare. They are currently 15th, seven points off the drop zone. A win on Sunday could see them finish as high as 13th. For Wenger that would be solid return for their promising manager, Roy Keane.

"I feel he has the potential to manage a top club," said the Frenchman. "Only time will tell. He has the desire and started his career well so why not?"
And as for Arsenal mounting a successful title bid in what they are calling the opening game of the 'new' season?
Once again, why not?.
 
Wenger - 220 players want to join Arsenal





By Richard Clarke


If you believe all that you read, it seems that Europe's top clubs are picking at the carcass of an unsuccessful Arsenal season hoping to gobble up the most tasty morsels.

Mathieu Flamini has gone and, they say, Alex Hleb plus even Cesc Fabregas may follow.

But it was a perception rubbished by Arsène Wenger at his pre-match press conference on Friday. The Arsenal manager says the players who have gone already will be the only ones to depart and he has had calls from 220 players who want to join his side.

The Club could not stop Flamini agreeing to join Milan this week. The out-of-contract French midfielder was offered an attractive deal by Arsenal but chose to go to Italy. Jens Lehmann is also going because his deal also ends in the summer. However, according to Wenger, they will be the only players using the Emirates Stadium exit this season.

"Look, [apart from Lehmann] there is one player who is free," the 58-year-old. "He has already left. For me, 98 per cent of the squad will be here next season. And the two per cent have already gone.

"The rest are all under contract. If anybody wants to buy a player he has to call me. I can give you my number if you want because maybe some ignore that I have a phone.

"What is unbelievable is I’m sitting here [at the press conference and it is] like we have killed all the players. Yet when I go to my office I have 220 calls from players who want to come in."

It has been suggested that Hleb may employ the new Webster clause and buy out his own contract.

"That is not as simple as it looks," retorted Wenger. "And you should not forget that what players can do to us we can do to them.

"The Webster clause is not easy, you can't come in next day and buy out. There is no rule that says what it is all about.
"You have to go to a tribunal and then to FIFA and if you don't agree with FIFA [you] have to go to ACAS. It takes a lot of months. And you can be banned for the whole period if it is not done in a proper way
 
Good morning, Mr Plastic
We had a thread on this a while back. What I can recall are these -
1) MyP2P.eu :: Free Live Sports on your PC, Live Football, MLB, NBA, NHL and more...

This is a portal with links to all sorts of sports from all over the world. You will need a client software. MediaPlayer is supported but I dare not use it because Microsoft products seem to be a prime target for hackers.

Ensure that you have a good anti-virus software like Avast before using these type of software. I use it quite a lot and have not had any problems.

I use a streaming application called SopCast.

Anyway, go to the myp2p.eu Website and follow the instructions there. If you face any papadums, report back with details.

101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League, La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup & more is pretty quick in posting post-game highlights of a majority of games.

Enjoy!
RoRK
 
Wah, bro fgl, now Arsenal resorting to threatening its players if they want to leave. Jialat until lidat ah bro? Poor Hleb must be spending time watching Prison Break. Sad, sad, sad.
 
Thanks bro. Microsoft is part of a huge conspiracy, that's why I'm on a mac.

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McGee approves! and noone messes with the south. :mrgreen:
 
LOL! Good one bro Wylde! What's amazing is that the photograph was taken in 1967! :mrgreen:

I believe that was during his West Ham days.
 
RoRK: On the contrary, I believe it was one of Rio's recent hairdos.

West Ham were never sponsored by Nike, 1. 2, Rio did spot a fro in the recent couple of seasons for a bit.

But hell yeah, truly hilarious. At least he can sorta pull it off. Have seen many fros gone bad.

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How 'bout this for a haircut? :mrgreen:
 
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