Re: Football Chat : Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:39 pm  

City have used up a fair chunk of luck today if they hold on to this!

Re: Football Chat : Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:48 pm  

Take a boo son. Take a boo.

Re: Football Chat : Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:49 pm  

Dire defence, but David Silva is pure class.

Re: Football Chat : Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:55 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

:lol: The old ones are the best ones

Thing is, it isn't a joke, that's what's funny about it. Lucas Leiva was deemed worthy of replacing Xabi Alonso. Is there one of Mascherano laughing about 'him' being replaced by Poulsen?

Re: Football Chat : Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:00 pm  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

Thing is, it isn't a joke, that's what's funny about it. Lucas Leiva was deemed worthy of replacing Xabi Alonso. Is there one of Mascherano laughing about 'him' being replaced by Poulsen?

I was referring to the fact that I got that email in the summer, take your point though.
Watching Barça v Valencia last night, a Catalan friend couldn't believe you'd sold Mascherano for an inferior player. It wasn't the fact that you'd brought in a worse player, it was more that Mascherano is seen very much as a bench player so he reasoned that Poulsen must be really gash (He also remebered him from his Sevilla days). Imagine having a midfield that included Gerrard, Alonso and Mascherano, sitting behind a forward line of Torres, Keane and Crouch.


Now time to sit back, relax and listen to the Liverpool fans on 606.
Great call to start off with, 'Hodgson is out of touch and tacticly naive. Get Kenny Dalglish in.'

Re: Football Chat : Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:34 pm  

When Rafa lost it was the owners fault and when Roy lose's it's his? Just wanna make sure I'm upto date.

Re: Football Chat : Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:39 pm  

Nikaed wrote:

When Rafa lost it was the owners fault and when Roy lose's it's his? Just wanna make sure I'm upto date.

Have a look at the league table.

People wanted Rafa sacked because he couldn't win us the league now we have a bloke who will get us out of the league.

Re: Football Chat : Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:42 pm  

Wire_85 wrote:

Have a look at the league table.
People wanted Rafa sacked because he couldn't win us the league now we have a bloke who will get us out of the league.

Leeds United fans would love a manager who could do that.

Re: Football Chat : Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:50 pm  

Just got in from Bloomfield Road. At the start of the day, if you'd have told me Pool would lose 2-3 to City, I would have snapped your hand off and licked the blood clean.

As the game went on, Pool showed the kind of spirit that have endeared them to so many neutrals.Campbell was unlucky with his effort. When Taylor-Fletcher scored it went fricken barmy. I haven't seen it back, but am sure there was no offside.

I will state my non existent mortgage on Teves being offside for his first goal though.

The difference in the game, Pool bringing on Harewood, City bringing on Silva.

Still, immensely proud of Blackpool. I know my late grandad would have loved them.

Re: Football Chat : Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:59 pm  

Nikaed wrote:

When Rafa lost it was the owners fault and when Roy lose's it's his? Just wanna make sure I'm upto date.

The two are worlds apart. One was/is a world class manager who the fans knew was a world class coach, the other is a mediocre coach who is out of his depth at a club like us. He is the opposite of what we wanted to bring in to the club, a manager who is only in charge here because of his nationality and friendly relationship with the media. Rafa was here solely based on his ability to coach the team, as his relationship with the media and nationality all went against him in his time here.

Roy could have done with a hand from the owners, but he inherited a side good enough to beat Blackpool and a side good enough to at least compete in games.