The Official Club Football 2012/13 thread - Page 219

howyousawtheworld · 15-01-2011, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by deaths_friend;4664063
i would've given it to mourinho but im not going to argue with arsene winning it. he can be a total arse (pun intended) sometimes but so can every other manager out there. they're in possibly one of the most high pressure jobs in the sporting world, particularly clubs like arsenal, man utd and chelsea who have millions and millions of supporters all over the world all expecting multiple trophies every season. so to stay in that position for so long is an amazing achievement in itself and i think in arsene's case a lot of that is due to the attractive style of football arsenal play.

im pretty sure if arsene had been at any other club he would've been sacked (unjustly) a long time ago. it's a credit to arsenal that they have kept him for so long and sooner rather than later they will start to win the big trophies again.

Yeah - sadly there's no such thing as long term prospects in football these days.

One thing which was a major factor in Arsene getting the accolade was surely the title winning side he built in 2003-2004 - the invincibles! I've never been so astounded as I have by some of the football played that season.

YouTube - The Invincibles

deaths_friend · 15-01-2011, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by howyousawtheworld;4664177
Yeah - sadly there's no such thing as long term prospects in football these days.

One thing which was a major factor in Arsene getting the accolade was surely the title winning side he built in 2003-2004 - the invincibles! I've never been so astounded as I have by some of the football played that season.

YouTube - The Invincibles

the only team i think you can compare to them would be the treble winning man utd of 98/99. but of course im a little biased

busybeeburns · 15-01-2011, 10:35 AM

O'Neill led Aston Villa to sixth in the table last season

West Ham to sack Grant, appoint O'Neill: report‎

LONDON — West Ham are preparing to sack manager Avram Grant and will replace him with former Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill, Sky Sports television reported on Saturday.

The network cited unidentified sources as saying Grant would be axed regardless of the outcome of the club's match against Arsenal later Saturday, following the Hammers' poor start to the season. Although West Ham have slipped to the bottom of the Premier League in recent weeks, Grant was believed to have eased some of the pressure surrounding his position after losing just one match in his past seven games.

However intense speculation this week has suggested that O'Neill, who surprisingly quit Aston Villa on the eve of the season, has been lined up to replace the Israeli coach, who was appointed on a four-year deal last June. Bookmakers late Friday cut the odds on O'Neill becoming the next manager at Upton Park, with one slashing their price from 20-1 on Thursday to 2-1.

On Friday Grant refused to be drawn on the speculation, insisting he was focused only on ensuring West Ham's Premier League survival. "It doesn't concern me. I have a job here and I have to focus on that. I love the vision of the club. It's a big, big challenge," he said. "We have made progress on the football side. We are at the bottom but we are not worse than any of the seven teams down there.

"We are two points from 14th place. I think we are doing the right things. I do not think we will be bottom at the end of the season. If I thought that I would not be here."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/9362709.stm

Reilly · 15-01-2011, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by deaths_friend;4664063
they're in possibly one of the most high pressure jobs in the sporting world, particularly clubs like arsenal, man utd and chelsea who have millions and millions of supporters all over the world all expecting multiple trophies every season.

What they all expect like 12 trophies every season?

Sorry I just had to make fun of that. [/contribution]

Tnspieler1012 · 15-01-2011, 04:34 PM

Torsten Frings 90th minute blast from the past! (with 1 minute of extratime)

Chelsea are looking slightly better as well.

BerrymanGirl1 · 15-01-2011, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Tnspieler1012;4664525
Torsten Frings 90th minute blast from the past! (with 1 minute of extratime)

Thank god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally a win for Bremen!
Bayern v. Wolfsburg game was so crazy!
so many chances
2 missed penalties (1 for each side)
2 disallowed goals (" ")
Ribery hurt AGAIN

Ah Man City doing well and Dzeko also!

howyousawtheworld · 15-01-2011, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by busybeeburns;4664309

O'Neill led Aston Villa to sixth in the table last season

West Ham to sack Grant, appoint O'Neill: report‎

LONDON — West Ham are preparing to sack manager Avram Grant and will replace him with former Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill, Sky Sports television reported on Saturday.

The network cited unidentified sources as saying Grant would be axed regardless of the outcome of the club's match against Arsenal later Saturday, following the Hammers' poor start to the season. Although West Ham have slipped to the bottom of the Premier League in recent weeks, Grant was believed to have eased some of the pressure surrounding his position after losing just one match in his past seven games.

However intense speculation this week has suggested that O'Neill, who surprisingly quit Aston Villa on the eve of the season, has been lined up to replace the Israeli coach, who was appointed on a four-year deal last June. Bookmakers late Friday cut the odds on O'Neill becoming the next manager at Upton Park, with one slashing their price from 20-1 on Thursday to 2-1.

On Friday Grant refused to be drawn on the speculation, insisting he was focused only on ensuring West Ham's Premier League survival. "It doesn't concern me. I have a job here and I have to focus on that. I love the vision of the club. It's a big, big challenge," he said. "We have made progress on the football side. We are at the bottom but we are not worse than any of the seven teams down there.

"We are two points from 14th place. I think we are doing the right things. I do not think we will be bottom at the end of the season. If I thought that I would not be here."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/9362709.stm

That is great news for West Ham. Undoubtedly a very good manager is Martin O Neil.

bart · 15-01-2011, 05:16 PM

We won again.. and now find ourselves at the top of the English Premier Leauge...
Long Live Mancini...

Reilly · 15-01-2011, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BerrymanGirl1;4664546
Ah Man City doing well and Dzeko also!

Do you support like, every team?

GO FOOTBALL GO

BerrymanGirl1 · 15-01-2011, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by bart;4664587
We won again.. and now find ourselves at the top of the English Premier Leauge...
Long Live Mancini...

Man City won't be leading when ManU win 2-0 against Spurs

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Originally Posted by Reilly;4664645
Do you support like, every team?

GO FOOTBALL GO

pfft I dislike Man City! I was just stating Man City was doing well

(4-2 at that time)

yes thats me

but considering I live in America I get excited when I see someone wearing even a ManU jersey

busybeeburns · 15-01-2011, 09:11 PM

3 goals conceded to WOLVES at HOME. Still time to spend £40m on a new defender.

Black Rose · 15-01-2011, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by busybeeburns;4664893
3 goals conceded to WOLVES at HOME. Still time to spend £40m on a new defender.

Are you crazy, it's got to be at least £50 million for a defender for Man City

IMightBeWrong · 16-01-2011, 12:37 AM

You must give Wolves some credit and respect, they had a chance to get a fourth.

a_face_of_light · 16-01-2011, 01:48 AM

4-1 against Bologna at home, I would have been very surprised if we didn't win it but 4 goals made me extra happy, and we move from 7th to 4th, only 8 points to make up now, still with games in hand.

deaths_friend · 16-01-2011, 04:33 AM

the fact that Man City needed 3 extra game to go above Man Utd on the table just shows the difference that remains between the two clubs despite Man City's massive spending.

15-01-2011, 05:26 AM	#3272
deaths_friend Man Utd 2011 Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,954 Location: sydney Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by howyousawtheworld;4664177 Yeah - sadly there's no such thing as long term prospects in football these days. One thing which was a major factor in Arsene getting the accolade was surely the title winning side he built in 2003-2004 - the invincibles! I've never been so astounded as I have by some of the football played that season. YouTube - The Invincibles the only team i think you can compare to them would be the treble winning man utd of 98/99. but of course im a little biased __________________ COMPLETE FESTIVAL GUIDE 2011

15-01-2011, 10:35 AM	#3273
busybeeburns mr coldplaying himself Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 46,341 My Mood: Location: test Gender: Country: Seen CP: 20 times Fav. CP album: X&Y Fav. CP song: GPASUYF Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 4 Thanks given: 1,552 Thanked 936 Times in 421 Posts	O'Neill led Aston Villa to sixth in the table last season West Ham to sack Grant, appoint O'Neill: report‎ LONDON — West Ham are preparing to sack manager Avram Grant and will replace him with former Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill, Sky Sports television reported on Saturday. The network cited unidentified sources as saying Grant would be axed regardless of the outcome of the club's match against Arsenal later Saturday, following the Hammers' poor start to the season. Although West Ham have slipped to the bottom of the Premier League in recent weeks, Grant was believed to have eased some of the pressure surrounding his position after losing just one match in his past seven games. However intense speculation this week has suggested that O'Neill, who surprisingly quit Aston Villa on the eve of the season, has been lined up to replace the Israeli coach, who was appointed on a four-year deal last June. Bookmakers late Friday cut the odds on O'Neill becoming the next manager at Upton Park, with one slashing their price from 20-1 on Thursday to 2-1. On Friday Grant refused to be drawn on the speculation, insisting he was focused only on ensuring West Ham's Premier League survival. "It doesn't concern me. I have a job here and I have to focus on that. I love the vision of the club. It's a big, big challenge," he said. "We have made progress on the football side. We are at the bottom but we are not worse than any of the seven teams down there. "We are two points from 14th place. I think we are doing the right things. I do not think we will be bottom at the end of the season. If I thought that I would not be here." http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/9362709.stm __________________ The early bird catches the worm. The second mouse gets the cheese!

15-01-2011, 04:29 PM	#3274
Reilly District 9er Badazz!11111 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 36,006 Chat posts: 63 Thanks given: 45 Thanked 337 Times in 193 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by deaths_friend;4664063 they're in possibly one of the most high pressure jobs in the sporting world, particularly clubs like arsenal, man utd and chelsea who have millions and millions of supporters all over the world all expecting multiple trophies every season. What they all expect like 12 trophies every season? Sorry I just had to make fun of that. [/contribution] __________________ This door... ...needs some WD-40. Quote: Originally Posted by Fix42YellowClocks I cannot argue my point of the seemingly conflicting idea of why I have the right to argue people shouldn't be allowed to tell Coldplay to stop expressing themselves without a fundamental argument to the freedoms we enjoy. Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

15-01-2011, 04:34 PM	#3275
Tnspieler1012 Come On, Let's Go Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 12,247 My Mood: Location: Prague, Czech Republic Gender: Country: Chat posts: 1 Thanks given: 60 Thanked 132 Times in 81 Posts	Torsten Frings 90th minute blast from the past! (with 1 minute of extratime) Chelsea are looking slightly better as well. __________________ "So I wanna live in a wooden house, where making more friends would be easy, I wanna live where the sun comes out..." Quote: Originally Posted by Karencorpse;4818717 Tnspieler1012 seams like a very interesting guy who has lots of interesting things to talk about and great things to do with her. Quote: Originally Posted by eff-exx;5237716 You're like the ultimate post-rocker in this forum. Quote: Originally Posted by Til_Kingdom_Come;5509315 Ha Ha!!! I guess you suck at geography as well as Rock music!!

15-01-2011, 04:46 PM	#3276
BerrymanGirl1 Guy's teddy berry!! Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 25,826 My Mood: Location: in Guy's pants officially :D Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 4 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Tnspieler1012;4664525 Torsten Frings 90th minute blast from the past! (with 1 minute of extratime) Thank god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally a win for Bremen! Bayern v. Wolfsburg game was so crazy! so many chances 2 missed penalties (1 for each side) 2 disallowed goals (" ") Ribery hurt AGAIN Ah Man City doing well and Dzeko also! __________________ Biggest Guy Fan 2010 + 2011 (: Guy Berryman: The Ace of Bass Dee: Oh my god I'm so hungry I want to eat this planet. My DeviantArt

15-01-2011, 04:52 PM	#3277
howyousawtheworld Coldplayer Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 6,753 Location: Scotland Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 13 Thanked 52 Times in 31 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by busybeeburns;4664309 O'Neill led Aston Villa to sixth in the table last season West Ham to sack Grant, appoint O'Neill: report‎ LONDON — West Ham are preparing to sack manager Avram Grant and will replace him with former Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill, Sky Sports television reported on Saturday. The network cited unidentified sources as saying Grant would be axed regardless of the outcome of the club's match against Arsenal later Saturday, following the Hammers' poor start to the season. Although West Ham have slipped to the bottom of the Premier League in recent weeks, Grant was believed to have eased some of the pressure surrounding his position after losing just one match in his past seven games. However intense speculation this week has suggested that O'Neill, who surprisingly quit Aston Villa on the eve of the season, has been lined up to replace the Israeli coach, who was appointed on a four-year deal last June. Bookmakers late Friday cut the odds on O'Neill becoming the next manager at Upton Park, with one slashing their price from 20-1 on Thursday to 2-1. On Friday Grant refused to be drawn on the speculation, insisting he was focused only on ensuring West Ham's Premier League survival. "It doesn't concern me. I have a job here and I have to focus on that. I love the vision of the club. It's a big, big challenge," he said. "We have made progress on the football side. We are at the bottom but we are not worse than any of the seven teams down there. "We are two points from 14th place. I think we are doing the right things. I do not think we will be bottom at the end of the season. If I thought that I would not be here." http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...td/9362709.stm That is great news for West Ham. Undoubtedly a very good manager is Martin O Neil.

15-01-2011, 05:16 PM	#3278
bart Something truly special Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 19,150 My Mood: Location: Barcelona Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 15 Thanked 12 Times in 6 Posts	We won again.. and now find ourselves at the top of the English Premier Leauge... Long Live Mancini... __________________ Work in progress........... "Small club, with a small mentality" !! Mancini will always have my utmost respect and admiration...... Thank you Mancini. Thank you for everything. The King is dead. Long live the King The Daddy of the pub thread !!!

15-01-2011, 06:11 PM	#3279
Reilly District 9er Badazz!11111 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 36,006 Chat posts: 63 Thanks given: 45 Thanked 337 Times in 193 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by BerrymanGirl1;4664546 Ah Man City doing well and Dzeko also! Do you support like, every team? GO FOOTBALL GO __________________ This door... ...needs some WD-40. Quote: Originally Posted by Fix42YellowClocks I cannot argue my point of the seemingly conflicting idea of why I have the right to argue people shouldn't be allowed to tell Coldplay to stop expressing themselves without a fundamental argument to the freedoms we enjoy. Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

15-01-2011, 07:57 PM	#3280
BerrymanGirl1 Guy's teddy berry!! Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 25,826 My Mood: Location: in Guy's pants officially :D Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 4 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by bart;4664587 We won again.. and now find ourselves at the top of the English Premier Leauge... Long Live Mancini... Man City won't be leading when ManU win 2-0 against Spurs Quote: Originally Posted by Reilly;4664645 Do you support like, every team? GO FOOTBALL GO pfft I dislike Man City! I was just stating Man City was doing well (4-2 at that time) yes thats me but considering I live in America I get excited when I see someone wearing even a ManU jersey __________________ Biggest Guy Fan 2010 + 2011 (: Guy Berryman: The Ace of Bass Dee: Oh my god I'm so hungry I want to eat this planet. My DeviantArt

15-01-2011, 09:11 PM	#3281
busybeeburns mr coldplaying himself Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 46,341 My Mood: Location: test Gender: Country: Seen CP: 20 times Fav. CP album: X&Y Fav. CP song: GPASUYF Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 4 Thanks given: 1,552 Thanked 936 Times in 421 Posts	3 goals conceded to WOLVES at HOME. Still time to spend £40m on a new defender. __________________ The early bird catches the worm. The second mouse gets the cheese!

15-01-2011, 10:29 PM	#3282
Black Rose Bear with me Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 47,542 My Mood: Location: A strangeland under the iron sea where hopes & fears can make the night train be in perfect symmetry Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 6 Thanked 107 Times in 85 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by busybeeburns;4664893 3 goals conceded to WOLVES at HOME. Still time to spend £40m on a new defender. Are you crazy, it's got to be at least £50 million for a defender for Man City __________________ You could take a picture of something you see In the future where will I be? You could climb a ladder up to the sun Or write a song nobody had sung Or do something that's never been done

16-01-2011, 12:37 AM	#3283
IMightBeWrong The Retort Courteous Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 937 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 7 Posts	You must give Wolves some credit and respect, they had a chance to get a fourth. __________________ Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.

16-01-2011, 01:48 AM	#3284
a_face_of_light Coldplayer Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,869 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	4-1 against Bologna at home, I would have been very surprised if we didn't win it but 4 goals made me extra happy, and we move from 7th to 4th, only 8 points to make up now, still with games in hand.

16-01-2011, 04:33 AM	#3285
deaths_friend Man Utd 2011 Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,954 Location: sydney Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	the fact that Man City needed 3 extra game to go above Man Utd on the table just shows the difference that remains between the two clubs despite Man City's massive spending. __________________ COMPLETE FESTIVAL GUIDE 2011