Football 2012-2013

[kaosmark2]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18813156

Blatter making excuses for paying a Swiss Court to get criminal proceedings on officials dropped.

It's an absolute disgrace.

[thetime]

Doesn't look very promising for Darren Fletcher.

http://m.mirror.co.uk/article?id=1140645/

[jammy2211]

Patchy player. Something's clearly been wrong for 18 months or so though. It'd be nice to see him back to his best.

I don't see how Fulham can push on to try and break into the European spots without a lot of luck. There's not a huge amount of investment coming in, your best player looks likely to leave and is 29 anyway. Striker shortage, loss of your pace-setter from midfield (Murphy), several aging players past their best (Riise, Duff)... I think you'd do very well to finish top half again.

[strummer77]

Doesn't look very promising for Darren Fletcher.

http://m.mirror.co.u...cle?id=1140645/

[thetime]

Thought this would be the case when it first came out about his illness, but nonetheless it is very sad to see.

[The Nal]

Interesting goalie stats from last season. Scroll through every keeper at the bottom. Edited July 13, 2012 by The Nal

[thetime]

Interesting goalie stats from last season. Scroll through every keeper at the bottom.

[The Nal]

It wasn't the shot stopping that was his problem, it was dealing with crosses and players that weighed more than 5 stone in the first half of the season.

He made his name as a shot stoppper, best thing that happened to him was lindegard getting injured.

[thetime]

Yeah his positioning isn't great either. Or his command of the box but that'll come with time. As he said himself, its difficult not speaking English with Rio and Vidic in front of you having to shout at them and tell them where to go.

Edited July 13, 2012 by thetime

[strummer77]

He was coaching the reserves las season and will be kept on by the club, so will probably go in that direction in the future.

[The Nal]

So Milan sold Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva to PSG! Their two best players. That could be the death of them. They've also lost Nesta, Seedorf, Inzaghi, Zambrotta, Gattuso, Van Bommel and Pirlo last season.

Average attendances of 49k too in an 80k capacity stadium.

Thats a shitstorm. Berlusconi is running out of money through all these legal cases it seems.

Someone missed a trick with Thiago Silva. A cracking player.

Edited July 13, 2012 by The Nal

[Ed209]

The c**t's been let off

[The Nal]

The c**t's been let off

[Ed209]

The judge is of course right. There was no witness to what was actually said and how it was said, meaning there's enough reasonable doubt as to whether he used it as an insult

[The Nal]

The judge is of course right. There was no witness to what was actually said and how it was said, meaning there's enough reasonable doubt as to whether he used it as an insult

[TheGayTent]

Average attendances of 49k too in an 80k capacity stadium.

[G-Stud]

In other news. Rangers are totally fucked.

[The Nal]

Look who's back!

[pink_triangle]

The judge is of course right. There was no witness to what was actually said and how it was said, meaning there's enough reasonable doubt as to whether he used it as an insult

[pink_triangle]

So Milan sold Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva to PSG! Their two best players. That could be the death of them. They've also lost Nesta, Seedorf, Inzaghi, Zambrotta, Gattuso, Van Bommel and Pirlo last season.

Average attendances of 49k too in an 80k capacity stadium.

Thats a shitstorm. Berlusconi is running out of money through all these legal cases it seems.

Someone missed a trick with Thiago Silva. A cracking player.

[Ed209]

I would be interested to see if an average member of the public would have got off with the same evidence though. In fact has any millionaire premiership footballer ever been found guilty of anything, Im struggling to think now. I remember Gerrard being the only innocent man in a group of guilty non millionaires. I think Bowyer or woodgate may have been found guilty of something but may be mistaken. I think when it comes to JT I will take more signifcance in the court of public opinion.

Edited July 13, 2012 by Ed209

[thetime]

Look who's back!

[pink_triangle]

The key difference with the cases you mention, and this, it that the verdict was reached by a chief magistrate, without the use of a jury - which when it comes to celebrities and football matters are probably far more susceptible to bias - as the Gerrard case probably shows.

[thetime]

Michael Owen to Everton, supposed to be having medical.

Can't find a totally reliable source though.

[The Nal]

Michael Owen to Everton, supposed to be having medical.

Edited July 13, 2012 by The Nal