LooneyToonArmy

same here

Leonardo (ex PSG, AC Milan, Brazil and Match Of The Day)

Is that the guy from Benfica? Wikipedia had nowt on the name. aye, i remember him cuz he scored twice against the smog monsters but did bugger all else that season!

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I think Coach HTT & Wacko hit it right on the nose....English players and coaches spend very little time playing or coaching in other countries, which greatly reduces their ability to adapt new tactitcal schemes and training methods. Aside from Owen, Beckham, & McManaman at Real Madrid and Owen Hargreaves at Bayern Munich, no top Engilsh players have been successful outside of England since Platt & Gazza played in Italy. Ince did well at Inter milan special mention for Vinny Samways, who played in Spain between 1996 and 2003 for the likes of Sevilla, nicknamed Los Locos (the crazy one)

Agreed

Eduardo who cost Arsenal a fair bit has been on the bench more often than not this season

Ginola? Pires, Maldini

aye, the fans sit down and have a cup of tea with each other after the game, not very vicious. When I think about a derby game, the fans hate others guts etc etc

I remember he got Inter Milan to the UEFA Cup final but lost on penalties, and were only 6 points or so off the top of Serie A at the end of that season. But as you know in Italy managers get the sack for next to nowt. He`s a far better candidate than the other English managers mentioned but as most of his career has been abroad he`s largely forgotton about. On closer inspection, Roy Hodgson ticks all of the boxes. He is an Englishman, so passion for his country shouldn’t be hard to instill. He has managed some of the World’s top players; he signed Ronaldo for Inter Milan, where he also managed Youri Djorkaeff, Ivan Zamarano and Javier Zanetti. He successfully led Switzerland to the second round of the World Cup in 1994 and came within one match of taking Finland to next summer’s European Championships. While he might not have the extravagant personality of “The Special One”, he has shown in his TV work that he is eloquent and intelligent. He has a proven record of success at club level, having won the Swedish league 7 times with two different clubs, got to the UEFA cup final with Inter Milan, the Danish league title and successful stints in charge of Udinese in Serie A and Viking in Norway. He is English, available now, won’t cost the earth to hire and would doubtless love the job. He has a wealth of experience in European football, across six different national leagues and three different countries. He is the perfect man for the job, and I would put money on it that he isn’t considered.[/i[ http://www.texperts.com/blog/football-texpertise/

he said he wants to coach Portugal towards the end of his career the best English manager with European and international experience is probably Roy Hodgson, who coached the Swiss to a world cup and euro championship ,and Finland just missed out this time around. He also coached Inter Milan twice, Udinese etc. There`s not any decent English managers around though. The likes of Curbs don`t even have experience of taking a team to a Champions league place, hell even a UEFA Cup placing

Eastern European footballers are usually hit or miss when they come to the EPL If we get him , hopefully he wont be another Sergei Yuran, Rebrov or Shevchenko (of the EPL) for that matter

apologies if this has been posted already Beefy and Mike Ashley at the Mackem game http://editorial.jpress.co.uk/web/Upload/SGJJ//TH1_1311200739beefy-and-mike.jpg

Charlton are more ambitious than I thought

he does live in England ffs

If Viduka fails a fitness test do you think Big Sam will start Shola (cuz he`s a local lad, knows the passion of the NE derby blah blah blah).....hope not

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wrong, it's no problem at all having worked in both these countries. Entering each country is no problem whatsoever if you have the Japanese/Korean stamp in your passport.

that's pure racism right there!

The 10 years continuous service testimonial clock is reset if a player leaves i.e. going to Aston Villa for a season and a half. I stand corrected, I assumed it was 10 years service in total, regardless of weather it was interrupted. Beardsley got a testimonial....I don't think he did 10 years even

I don't think any EPL club (special rules for Chelsea,Man Ure ) could get a work permit for him as he doesn't fit the 75% criteria of internationals in the last 2 years

Well done Mr Friday ======================== As West Ham re-unites the 'bad boy' trio of Bellamy, Dyer and Bowyer here are ten other footballers who genuinely deserve the tag. 1. Robin Friday The former Reading and Cardiff striker became a legend among supporters for his antics - both on and off the pitch. Perhaps the highlight of his 'bad boy' career was to be sent off for kicking future BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson in the face. Not content with subjecting Lawrenson to an assualt, Friday marched into the dressing room and defecated in the Irishman's kit bag. Friday once perfomed a similar toiletry feat - but this time into the opposition's team bath. When he signed for Cardiff in 1976 he was arrested in the Welsh capital on the same day for trying to dodge a train fare. Friday, voted into Reading's greatest XI by fans, died in 1990 from a heart attack. 2. Stig Tofting The Danish midfielder was jailed in 2003 after head-butting the owner of Café Ketchup in Copenhagen. The ex-Bolton player had a disturbed childhood, he returned home at the age of 13 to find both his parents dead. His mother had been shot by his father, before turning the gun on himself. Tofting served four months for the headbutting incident, and was later fired from Danish club AGF after a massive bust up at the team's Christmas party. Last season he helped another Danish club, Randers, win promotion to the top flight. 3. Mickey Thomas The former Welsh international was jailed in 1993 for his part in a counterfeit currency scam. The Wrexham legend, now a radio presenter in Manchester, always makes light of his 18-month stint behind bars with the gag: "Roy Keane's on 50 grand a week. So was I until the police found my printing machine." The midfielder also made the headlines when he was attacked and stabbed in the bum. His last notable footballing act was to score the equaliser for Wrexham when they sensationally knocked Arsenal out of the FA Cup in 1992. 4. Lee Hughes The former West Brom striker was jailed in 2004 for causing the death by dangerous driving of Douglas Graham, and of leaving the scene of an accident. The judge branded Hughes "callous" as he sentenced him to six years in prison. The 31-year-old was released from prison this week, and is set to re-start his football career with Oldham Athletic. 5. Eric Cantona A cult hero at Old Trafford having helped Manchester United to the Premiership title in 1993 - the club's first in 26 years - Cantona received a hostile reception at most other grounds. Most notably one January night in 1995 at Selhurst Park. Sent off in the game he then launched an extraordinary kung-fu style attack on Crystal Palace fan Matthew Simmons. Sentenced to two weeks in jail for the act - eventually downgraded to community service - Cantona famously told an incredulous press corp: "When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown in to the sea." 6. Paulo Di Canio Sent off playing for Sheffield Wednesday against Arsenal in 1998, Di Canio pushed referee Paul Alcock following a sending off. The way Alcock went down in instalments led many - not just Owls fans - to take the Italian's side in the incident. The authorities and his club disagreed and Di Canio was soon out of Hillsborough in a cut-price deal. Back in Italy, Di Canio courted controversy again by seemingly making a stiff-armed, fascist salute during a Lazio-Juventus game. He was suspended for one game and fined 10,000 euros. 7. Tony Adams The title of the former Arsenal captain's autobiography said it all: 'Addicted'. Adams was at the centre of the drinking culture at Highbury in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His antics ranged from the trivial - letting off fire-extinguishers with team-mate Ray Parlour - to the serious - playing a match hungover or falling downstairs and requiring 29 stitches. In 1990 he crashed his car into a wall while four times over the alchohol limt. He was sentenced to three months in jail. He went public with his addiction in 1996, his acclaimed autobiography followed two years later. He's still on the wagon. 8. Stan Collymore The ex-Forest front man was described as a "monster" by Ulrika Jonsson in her autobigraphy, when she detailed an incident of domestic abuse in 1998. The former weather girl was also forced to take out an injunction to stop Collymore from releasing a sex tape of the pair, filmed on holiday in Jamaica. But perhaps Collymore's most infamous piece of bad PR were revelations in 2004 that he visited "dogging" sites to have sex with strangers. After an £8.5m move to Liverpool, Collymore slowly trickled down the football ladder - the last English rung being Bradford in 2000/01. 9. Patrick Kluivert The Dutch striker was convicted of manslaughter in 1996 following a fatal car accident in Holland. Much to the disgust of sections of the Dutch media, Kluivert was only sentnced to 240 hours of community service. The former AC Milan man turned down a move to Sheffield Wednesday this summer, and is understood to be weighing up a move to Turkey. 10. Mark Ward The former Everton, Manchester City and West Ham midfielder was jailed in 2005 for posession of cocaine with intent to supply. The 44-year-old had fallen on hard times and agreed to rent a flat in Liverpool in his name - before handing the keys over to drug dealers. When police raided the home they found £700,000 of cocaine. Ward, who helped West Ham to their highest ever league finish, is serving eight years. http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/sports/10+footballing+bad+boys/704247

Manchester United's Gabriel Heinze has lost his attempt to force the club to allow him to move to rivals Liverpool. United disputed claims from Heinze, 29, who said the Red Devils gave him written permission to pursue a transfer to another club for a fee of £6.8m. The matter was referred to a Premier League arbitration panel. The hearing concluded that the written letter Heinze possessed "was unambiguous in that it envisages only an international transfer". United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and chief executive David Gill travelled to Monday's hearing to put their case. Heinze has the right to appeal against the decision, although with the transfer window due to shut on 31 August, he is short of time if he wants to leave Old Trafford. Any appeal will be heard by the Premier League's appeals committee.

The atmosphere at St-Etienne is immense. They have two massive singing sections, one behind each goal and they both try and out-do each other with their songs, banners, flares, etc. Will try and post a few photos up later on when I get time. Banners / Flags / Songs yes , but not flares for us. There it lots of ideas flying around at the minute , we have a new huge surfer on order , we have also got ideas of drums , balloons , microphones an stuff like that but personally i am not a fan of any of those , makes us look very bolton like. Are flares and flags not banned?(safety hazard or something?)......would be great to see more of a continental style atmosphere here Balloons? nah that's just stupid

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