Bad Mongo

Does that mean offering them a fixed sum knowing full well the player will be going for an amount that otherwise would generate a bigger cut?

Sounds extremely Spurs-like. </racist>

And since the story is bollocks, it's not very likely to happen anyway.

They mention the Skysports story on the forum, '"according to reports from Norway," but I can't see where those reports should come from'. Another comment says they should be very happy with £6M (true).

Nothing in any of the major Norwegian newspapers.

We really should keep this thread going, just for the sake of it. It's a nice headline. Whenever they lose, someone can update it with *bump*.

I know. Which is why I made a new version. Unfortunately, the background isn't transparent.

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/87c455d026.gif

An Oba smiley should probably do flips. http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/ddb038d243.gif

Oh well, I should probably make one with a white background instead of transparent, so that the old image disappears with each new frame, but now I have to take a piss.

If there's any truth in it at all, it's probably only 140,000 when including a maximum number of bonuses for goals and assists, winning the treble, and teaching James Milner how to shoot on target.

Definitely hasn't signed, as he was playing champions league qualifier in Bergen today.

Norwegian defender on trial:

 

http://www.sydvesten.no/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1218464364&archive=&start_from=&ucat=3&

Another article, with picture here. Ginger

Says he's training with either the first team or the reserve team and will play an internal match midweek (along with Owen and others, I assume). Never heard of him, despite the fact that we're from the same city.

That deletion was quick.

Aren't we allowed to mention Alan Smith?

I would also go out with Alan Smith, the rest would be a group of selected and well paid thugs (Vinnie Jones, perhaps, and some others); I'd use the pint to glass Smith and then we'd all kick the living shit out of him.

"Sources close to Rosenberg suggest that Newcastle have the player on their shortlist but are waiting to see how other potential deals pan out.

 

A source from the Norwegian club told the Chronicle: “What is interesting is that Newcastle are still following Skjelbred and are preparing to lodge a £4.5m bid for him if their bigger transfer targets slip out of their hands.

"

 

For once I hope Oliver's right

He's wrong. Or, rather, he spells Rosenborg wrong.

Have some faith in Keegan. By playing Smith and Ameobi up front, he's just making sure our defence and midfield can play without us defending "from up front" with serious attack.

Bump.

Only joking.

Mixed opinions here: http://www.the-wanderer.co.uk/boards/viewtopic.php?t=15616

It's a bit different when they've just failed to sign him, though. Sour grapes and all.

Could be useful if we're leading 4-0 away and want to taunt the opposition.

Selling Damien Duff would make me happy.

Let's swap him for Darren Ambrose instead. To be fair, he was a more productive player for us.

We've just sold Rozenhal and Emre, released Carr, Diatta and Ramage, and are trying to get rid of Ameobi. Of course we're not starting the next season without signing any more players. Sniffer's "if" is "true", but only in a twattish sense. His point is stupid and irrelevant.

Gambling addict, eh? Could have been worse.

and tonight rosenburg beaten off the team at the bottom

There's something very wrong with foreigners following the Norwegian league. Do you also, perchance, know the number on the morning train from Edinburgh to Falkirk?

Just following the rules, all football action is copyright of the respective leagues, regardless of who takes the clip. It is like taking a video camera to the cinema.

 

Even a photograph taken during the match is copyrighted.

Hardly. You own the rights to your own pictures, and the FA can go fuck themselves. The problem is twofold: The "performers" (that's Nicky Butt et al) have the right to consent unless the recording (photo/video) is for private/domestic use (meaning you don't actually have the right to publish); also the FA can claim copyright for whatever they want and have the site shut down without having to prove a damn thing. They still don't own the rights to your pictures, though, they just happen to have far stronger legal protection, and much more money, than any common citizen.

I think that's a good reason for not pretending they have more rights than they do have.

Good question. I'm not sure about the answer, but culd be:

The last seasons Rosenborg (RBK) have made many changes in the squad, and some in the staff. They have needed some time to get the new players in the RBK-playing-system. But RBK is a club everybody expect to win allmost every match. So the media and even the board got impatient when some bad results showed up. Some sacked managers/coaches followed that. . . (Heard it before? ) and RBK struggeled even more to find back to their playing-system. In the summer Erik Hamrén started as new manager. He was hired many months ago, but had to finnish the season (and win the league) with his Danish club Aalborg BK first. It's obvious he have done some planning about how to manage RBK before started the job. Because the play and results have had a good progress with him now.

Oh, come on. "Some" changes in staff? They've owned the league for 13 years, and when they couldn't get immediate success after changing manager, they changed again. And again. And again, when immediate success wasn't followed up the next season. And again. Most of the time with inexperienced managers within the organisation. Meanwhile, other clubs have built on what they had, and with better results. It's too early to say whether Hamrén will be much of a success -- he might win the league this year (possible, but not all too likely), but will he be sacked if he doesn't win it next year? An efficient system, and stability, is what made RBK into what they were. These days, they don't have the former because they lack the latter.

I quite enjoy the situation, myself.