LooneyToonArmy

He should never leave spain again, if he starts playing regular football he will be picked up by a better spanish team ala Villareal. Isn't he in his 30's now? 30 years old

what is our record like against Everton? I think it`s not too bad iirc

former Toon favourite Luque scored for Malaga yesterday (2-1)

I think he just accepts anybody with the 2000 plus "friends" he has

aye load of crap as usual I reckon, nowt else to write about to fill the backpages.

St James` Park Parc De Prince - Paris Saint Germain Nou Camp San Siro Busan World Cup Stadium (Korea) Ulsan World Cup Stadium Seoul World Cup Stadium Jeju - World Cup Stadium Yokohama World Cup Stadium Stadio Artemi Franchi - Fiorentina Stadio Renato Dall Ara - Bologna Stadio Olympico - Roma/Lazio Riverside The Valley - Charlton

anyone seen this? David Bentley bets his agent £15,000 (apparently his watch) that he can kick the ball from the top floor of the Red Bull HQ into a skip down on the ground. Can he pull off this amazing trick shot? Or will it go down as another disappointing Bentley move? (pun intended)

is he suspended for the Bolton game as well? or was it just part of the agreement from when we signed him?

Video in link ------ Just book me ref, I want a holiday Top ref reveals Prem stars cheat fans by getting booked deliberately to skive off games http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/168650/Top-ref-Steve-Bennett-reveals-Premier-League-stars-cheat-fans-by-getting-booked-deliberately-to-skive-off-games.html PREMIERSHIP stars are getting booked on purpose to miss matches and skive off, the News of the World reveals today. The astonishing betrayal of fans by prima donna players was exposed by top Premier League ref Steve Bennett. Last night the league’s bosses launched a probe and said: “We will be asking Bennett for an explanation.” A top international Premier League star asked to be booked so he could get suspended and go on holiday with his family. ANOTHER tried the same trick because he wanted time off over Christmas. And a THIRD wangled a booking so he would miss a match at a far-flung ground where he didn’t fancy playing. The astonishing allegations were made to undercover News of the World reporters by top referee Steve Bennett. The ref, who took charge of the 2007 FA Cup Final, glanced from side to side, lowered his voice and whispered to one of our men: “Never repeat this.” READ: ANDY DUNN'S VERDICT ON SCAM He said of the players: “As a fan, they f*****g rip you off. You don’t know half the things that go on . . . if they knew that, you’d be absolutely gutted, trust me.” Last night, after we put our findings to the Premier League, a spokesman said: “Those comments do not reflect the opinion of the PGMO (Premier Game Match Officials) and as such we will be asking Steve Bennett for an explanation.” Bennett’s sensational revelations, involving current and former stars, were made at a conference of UEFA referees in Spain this week. The ref also INSISTED the practice was well used by foreign players who get suspended over Christmas because they are used to a winter break. He also BLASTED one current ace, calling him a “cheating b******”. http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00026/ref280_26464a.jpg His astonishing claims came at the five-star Hotel Torrequebrada in Benalmadena, venue for the six-day convention to improve ref standards. Bennett, a Crystal Palace fan from Farnborough, Kent, flew in from Gatwick to Malaga on Sunday at around 8pm before being chauffeured to the hotel 15 miles away. Premiership colleagues Mike Dean, Andre Marriner, Stuart Attwell, Howard Dean and Mike Riley were also there. At midnight the English refs, plus former official David Elleray, enjoyed a nightcap in the hotel bar. It was then that Bennett, who refereed the match between Blackburn and Aston Villa yesterday, made his mind-blowing allegations. We have decided not to divulge the identities of the players involved for legal reasons. But the News of the World has taped records of Bennett making his astonishing revelations and video footage. Still in his UEFA training kit, Bennett recalled one occasion when a player on four yellow cards told him he wanted to be booked to miss a far-flung game. Players who collect five yellow cards automatically get a one-match ban. A straight red card can earn a player up to three matches off. Bennett, 48, said: “XXXXXX certainly said it to me. ‘I ain’t, I don’t want to play against f*****g XXXXXX’.” Crude The player, who has pocketed millions in transfer fees, then launched himself into a crude tackle, forcing Bennett to give him a yellow card. The player missed the match he told Bennett he didn’t want to play in. Bennett then told our men about another player, who wanted Christmas off. Glancing from side to side, Bennett whispered: “He’s come in the dresser beforehand . . . he came into the dressing room on my mother’s life and said I need one more yellow card. So I gave him a yellow card and, ‘No, no, no, no,’ he says, ‘On the pitch’. It’s up to you.” Here is a transcript of our conversation with Bennett. It is sure to disgust fans, struggling with the credit crunch, who pay the wages of players earning up to £150,000 a week. REPORTER: And players do that? BENNETT: And they go straight through a bloke, to get a yellow card so that they don’t have to play over Christmas. REPORTER: But as a fan . . . BENNETT: I know and if they knew that, you’d be absolutely gutted, trust me. XXXXXX certainly said it to me, ‘I ain’t, I don’t want to play against f****** XXXXXX’. And what about XXXXXX’s tackle at XXXXXX? REPORTER: Did he want Christmas off? BENNETT: When you watch that. He comes in and you think what the f*****g hell are you making a tackle like that for? REPORTER: But, as a fan. BENNETT: He did. It’s Christmas, that’s three games. Absolutely. You don’t realise that. When you think about it now. You watch. Every year. REPORTER: Cos they want Christmas off with their families. BENNETT: They want a rest. What p***** off XXXXXX, I know for a fact, so does everybody else, he had a family holiday booked to go to XXXXXX for Christmas, right? REPORTER: And he didn’t get booked? BENNETT: Yep, he got sent off against XXXXXX. That’s why he made that tackle right? Right? But the manager says, ‘You ain’t going f*****g walkies. You are staying with the team and you will turn it in, f*****g good job. I was at XXXXXX on XXXXXX and XXXXXX sat in the box. He did not look happy. Between you me and the gatepost. REPORTER: Mate, I can’t, like, look, as a fan, right, if if anyone . . . BENNETT: As a fan, they f*****g rip you off. You don’t know half the things that go on. You don’t know half the things that go on. Just metres away, colleagues Howard Webb and Mike Dean were singing Liverpool anthem You’ll Never Walk Alone, unaware Bennett was letting slip the shameful secrets that will rock football. Fingers Bennett went on to claim a number of foreign stars, used to a winter break in their own countries, stick two fingers up at their fans by getting Christmas off. BENNETT: All I’m saying is the foreigner players probably do it more because they are never used to playing games over the Christmas period, because all over Europe there is a three- week, four-week gap. On the tape, which you can hear at notw.co.uk, he also calls a top foreign star a “cheating b******” for diving to win a penalty. BENNETT: He (unclear) the ball, takes one step, two steps, turns his body and just f*****g launches himself. I mean two XXXXXX players go like that. But they are nowhere near him. If are in the wrong position, you’ve a penalty. So I got into a position and thought, ‘You cheating b******’. That’s what you say to yourself.” REPORTER: (unclear) BENNETT: Oh absolutely. If you are in the wrong position, you’ve a penalty kick...And if, if you are not quick, you are not quick, the players are on to you like a traffic queue. So a fair way up I got into a position and thought ‘You cheating b******!’ That’s what you say to yourself. REPORTER: Yeah. BENNETT: So quickly your card’s out and you go, before they have a chance to react, and bang... REPORTER: Yeah. BENNETT: And then they stop because they know you’ve taken... REPORTER: They know that you haven’t taken the bait? BENNETT: They still have a little go at you. They go, whatever¿ REPORTER: Interesting. Hey, one thing... is that true, right, players have come in and said like ‘I wanna’, like, (player’s name) said, ‘I wanna...’ BENNETT: He’s come in the dresser beforehand. I only said that was (player’s name)... REPORTER: Yeah, he came in beforehand... BENNETT: Never repeat this. REPORTER: No no no no, but he said..

though Duff had a good game today (for once).......would rather have R.Taylor on the right, Jonas on the left wings

ahead of Beye if fit?

Everton is our most realstic chance of getting 3 points compared to the rest of the home games.......must win

anyone know what Lovenkrands` injury was? hamstring?

roman bednar.......has a habit of scoring late late goals

If we do end up with Bruce, I`m sure Martinez will end up at Wigan where he used to play as a player.....

all over the place again today.....definitely not the new Cafu

what was the Lovenkrands goal like? tap in?

Martins can fire Magpies to safety JOE Kinnear has pin-pointed the fitness of Obafemi Martins as potentially a make-or-break factor in Newcastle United’s battle to beat the drop. Kinnear will unleash Martins against relegation rivals West Brom today after six weeks out with a hernia, and the Newcastle boss feels that he can provide the inspiration his team need to propel themselves away from the drop zone. With Andy Carroll ruled out with an ankle injury, Martins will be partnered with derby goalscorer Shola Ameobi as United go in search of crucial points against the Premier League’s bottom side. It has been a frustrating season for Martins, (pictured right), one of several key players who have spent significant time on the sidelines this campaign. He has played only 13 times since the opening day of the season but has scored six goals in that time – including one against today’s opposition, as United squeezed past Albion back in October. Bemoaning the fact that he has not had Martins at his disposal for more of the season, Kinnear has backed the forward to repeat the trick in the Black Country this afternoon. “Oba coming back is huge for us – he’s a natural goalscorer so obviously we’ve missed him,” Kinnear said. “I’m desperate for him to stay fit for the rest of the season because he’s a quality player and he can make a big difference for us,” Kinnear said. “I think if we’d have had Oba for the Sunderland game we would have beaten them out of sight, to be honest. He scores goals out of nothing. “We are looking in slightly better shape injury-wise and Shola will be all the better for another week of training.” “He did well considering he wasn’t really fit against Sunderland, and the pair of them should cause problems for West Brom.” Martins, along with Mark Viduka and Alan Smith, were put through their paces at a rigorous training session on Thursday and all three should be involved at the Hawthorns. That is a significant boost for Kinnear, who believes the absence of his injured players has been keenly felt so far this season.

I don`t think Roberto Mancini would come here

Starlet Sets Sights On Senior Start By Craig Hope KAZENGA LuaLua hopes that his eye-catching display and double strike for Newcastle United Under-18s this week will go some way to seeing him rewarded with a full first-team debut. With the Magpies trailing by three goals to nil and down to ten men after an hour of Wednesday's FA Youth Cup tie at holders Man City, 18-year-old LuaLua took the game by the scruff of the neck and embarked on a one-man mission to drag his side back into the contest. Having shaved woodwork and stung palms with a string of earlier long-range efforts, the Congolese youngster eventually got his reward with a 25-yard screamer with 14 minutes left on the clock. Still the Geordies pressed and, inspired by LuaLua, got to within a goal of their opponents as the younger brother of former Toon trickster Lomana dispatched a 20-yard free-kick with sniper-like precision. Sadly for United the equaliser was to be out of their reach and City broke to seal a 4-2 win deep into stoppage time. But LuaLua's efforts would certainly have done his first-team chances no harm with coaches Chris Hughton and Colin Calderwood watching from the stands at Eastlands. "I know that Chris and Colin were there watching the game, so hopefully they will tell the manager about my goals and performance," Kazenga told nufcTV. "I was pleased with my goals. For the first one I'd gone close a few times before that but I was happy to see the ball hit the back of the net because that gave us hope. "For the free-kick to make it 3-2 I went for power and again it went in. "After that we put a lot of men forward and sadly it wasn't to be, but we gave it our best shot." LuaLua has made eight substitute appearances for Newcastle since making his debut in January last year, but is now setting his sights on a first start between now and the end of the season. "I feel good at the moment and would love to get my first start," he added. "We need points from every game we play and I want to help and feel I could bring something to the team. "West Brom on Saturday is very important but I really think we will win."

was only a kid when he signed.....he`s still only 28

Diego Gavilan has signed for Independiente in Argentina.....sure you all wanted to know that http://i.media.goal.com/g/20510_news.jpg http://www.goal.com/en/news/585/argentina/2009/02/04/1093979/gavilan-agrees-to-join-independiente

No club listed on Wiki. Are you sure you're not thinking of Zico? He was interested in the job as well, but ended taking another job. Zico is now coach of CSKA Moscow since last month.

Tim Krul is on as well as Edgar, Alan O Brien, Peter Ramage Julio Arca and Jonas use it too but don`t go by their exact names