well, at least we've never failed to make it out of the group stages. but 5 times with the pick of any players he wanted is just rubbish.
He never had Song in any of his teams tho, eh?
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:39 (twelve years ago) link
ahh otm, in the circumstances city's cl progress is p much a glaring failure
I'm all for bashing wenger for not buying better players, but zinging him using mancini doesn't even remotely work.
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:41 (twelve years ago) link
What's with the pile on? Mancini's recent European record is abysmal
― Number None, Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:42 (twelve years ago) link
at the start of August imo it was 50-50 whether Mancini wd last the season with City, but if this season isn't evidence that he's learning from his mistakes and that his team is starting to gel a bit then god knows what is, i'm pretty sure his CL failure this season will be made up for by winning the league, and i think he'll come back with a better CL campaign next season.
― Maybe Bartering Will Help (Julie Lagger), Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
When do UEFA's new financial rules come into force?
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:47 (twelve years ago) link
"force"
― Maybe Bartering Will Help (Julie Lagger), Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:47 (twelve years ago) link
They already are in "force" aren't they?
― Number None, Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:48 (twelve years ago) link
Are they? LOL. Platini fixed it for Lyon to go through last night, so he must have some power
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:49 (twelve years ago) link
You can't lose more than a certain amount over the next three seasons or something
― Number None, Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:50 (twelve years ago) link
I thought 12/13 was the year of FFP. But it invokes the three previous seasons, so this year will be assessed then.
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:51 (twelve years ago) link
― Maybe Bartering Will Help (Julie Lagger), Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:46 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
And at Inter, he won the league by taking the leagues best players and... they failed in Europe and all tried to leave/were deemed a bit shit by Jose who tried to replace them.
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02078/wayne-rooney_2078434c.jpg
― James, Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.101greatgoals.com/dinamo-zagreb-1-lyon-7-stinks-breakdown-of-the-controversial-goals/120071/
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 12:05 (twelve years ago) link
Swiss Ramble did City and FFP recently - conclusion was that they will more-or-less meet the criteria as their income is ramping up hugely, and with only a little tinkering (e.g. sell Tevez) definitely will.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 8 December 2011 12:05 (twelve years ago) link
Ha xxp, I thought that was a mirror he was beside
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 8 December 2011 12:06 (twelve years ago) link
guys
srsly
rooney is not as good as say nicky barmby, if you average it out over his career
feel the english posters need to acknowledge this and get some peace
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Thursday, 8 December 2011 12:44 (twelve years ago) link
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the majority have p much always agreed with you? number none does the supporter thing that we all do but other than that, i dunno who you are addressing.
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 12:52 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, and even i don't want to talk about it anymore
― Number None, Thursday, 8 December 2011 12:58 (twelve years ago) link
mancini has made it out of the group stages before tho i think, twice at least
― pandemic, Thursday, 8 December 2011 13:08 (twelve years ago) link
nick barmby, we all agree on this, explicitly?
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Thursday, 8 December 2011 13:12 (twelve years ago) link
Barmby's highs were lower but he was more consistent maybe
― Maybe Bartering Will Help (Julie Lagger), Thursday, 8 December 2011 13:32 (twelve years ago) link
making a better fist of management than i can imagine Wayne doing tho :D
Rooney - 2002-present (8 and a half seasons)- 126 goals - 14 goals per seasonBarmby - 1991-2000 (9 seasons) - 47 goals - 5.2 goals a season.
Maybe pick someone else?
― NotEnough, Thursday, 8 December 2011 13:33 (twelve years ago) link
barmby was pretty good for lfc in 2001 treble...was weird when he got unceremoniously dumped after that.
― SandboxGarda (HI IT'S RONAN), Thursday, 8 December 2011 13:38 (twelve years ago) link
“The fact remains that in Mancini’s fifth Champions League season as a manager of a club at the very top level of financial support, with a vastly expensive array of talent at his disposal, he has failed even to make it out of the group stage.”
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:27 (2 hours ago)
Roberto Mancini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_ManciniInter were knocked out in the Second Round of the UEFA Champions League by Liverpool. In March 2008, amid rumours that he was to be sacked and replaced ...
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 8 December 2011 13:46 (twelve years ago) link
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/07_01/anfield_468x598.jpg
Would love to see Rafa at Citeh with the full support of the board for just three or four more signings.
― James, Thursday, 8 December 2011 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
i won't pick anyone else, tbh. rooney has managed 14 goals a season as the focal point of manchester utd's attack, nicky barmby scored a good few goals in a career as a creative midfielder, or at best second striker, for spurs, hull, middlesborough, everton, lfc et al, none of whom were winning leagues or supplying their strikers with cronaldo et al at the time.
Barmby-level performance, imo, flatters rooney somewhat.
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Thursday, 8 December 2011 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
Reasonable Dutchman, emotional Latin stereotypes ahoy:
"If there was something unusual, Uefa should investigate what happened in Zagreb. My assistants have told me that the goals came quick and easy, because you can't normally score these goals in half an hour. But destiny was in our own hands … I will have to see video replays [of the disallowed goals]."The Lyon sporting director, Bernard Lacombe, said: "It's total rubbish, people should stop saying such things. Did they open an investigation at half-time when it was 1-1? I don't give a damn what the Ajax manager says. Apparently we are also responsible for the refereeing of the match in Amsterdam …"
The Lyon sporting director, Bernard Lacombe, said: "It's total rubbish, people should stop saying such things. Did they open an investigation at half-time when it was 1-1? I don't give a damn what the Ajax manager says. Apparently we are also responsible for the refereeing of the match in Amsterdam …"
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
LOL who's the Ajax manager?
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
well, at least we've never failed to make it out of the group stages
Is this true? I thought Arsenal always used to go out at group stages? Didn't you play your home games at Wembley and do really badly? I can't remember when this was.
― The Artist Formerly Known As Teh HoBB, Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
oooh, the annual 4-4-2 list is out. should we poll it?
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:11 (twelve years ago) link
"On this stage a 7-1 away win is an exception. Maybe I'm naive when I think it normally doesn't work like this, but if Zagreb gave the match away they should be punished," Frank De Boer said after a night that consigned Ajax to the Europa League."But I think it is hard to find any evidence in this case," he told reporters.
"But I think it is hard to find any evidence in this case," he told reporters.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
funniest placing is rooney at #6 obv.
gerrard #78th best player despite playing like 3 games.
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
Essien is at #65????? No wonder print media is dying.
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
Barmby would run Rooney a lot closer in a pie-eating contest.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
link? xp
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, can't wait to see where Song is
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
he didnt place. also i have the mag, you'll have to find it yaselves.
modric at #18 seems abt right.
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
top ten is ozil, rvi, pique, silva, worlds best right back, villa, iniesta, xavi, cronaldo, messi.
so basically if real or barca didn't exist, they'd think rooney the best player of the year.
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
That's it, you can type out the good bits for us
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
oh fuck, that's a world list?
i saw rooney #6 and assumed league, and thought 'that's high but lol english media i suppose'
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
Tad Anglocentric
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
Joe Hart, 6th best goalkeeper in the world
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:35 (twelve years ago) link
tbfttl that may be true
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
i need a hobby
damiaoferdinandrossiprince boatengmaiconklosemaschhartllorenteluganopereiramuellerbalotellimartinezbuffonluciowilsherereinacazorlaforlanm'vilapepegerrardmarchisioeriksonrobinho
100-76
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
thank you sam
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:37 (twelve years ago) link
hulkde rossihamsikkakasanchezpatokagawadzekochielliniessienllorisabidalfalcaotevezpirlomarcelopuyolramosfat frankvaldesvdvdrogbadi natalemario gomez
75-51
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
How many of the hundred aren't at Barca-Real-EPL top six-Milan clubs-Juve-or-Bayern?
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
Thinking rarely comes more wishful than with the English and their goalkeepers
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
i shd promise not to be all OMG SO UNFAIR SO OVERATED about silly lists, but honestly tommy muller is srsly and systematically underrated
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 8 December 2011 14:38 (twelve years ago) link