Disco Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 It would be amazing if Brazil choked in their home world cup mind. Not going to happen though unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnbull2000 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Man Utd seek to raise $1bn on Asian markets... http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/08/16/654461/manchester-united-berhad/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maze Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Is Ex-Sunderland Boss Ricky Sbragia About To Join The Newcastle Coaching Team? News has just reached us that ex-Sunderland manager Ricky Sbragia is potentially being lined up to join the coaching set-up at Newcastle United. Alongside ex-Everton defender and current Wigan youth team coach Dave Watson and Ipswich Town legend and former Newcastle coach Dave Geddis (who was unceremoniously, and unfairly ousted by Graeme Sounness in 2004), Sbragia is said to make up a short-list of candidates to take-up a place on Joe Joyce’s youth team coaching set-up, and he has already made at least one appearance at the club’s training ground. While certain sections of the Newcastle crowd may see the move as sacrilegious, Sbragia is highly thought of as a coach, and is said to be very keen to get back into a coaching role after being removed from his Chief Scout role at Sunderland back in March. We know he has already impressed the hierarchy at Newcastle with his knowledge and coaching techniques, and he certainly has fans within the club. It just remains to be seen whether the club’s fans would take to him quite so well. Link: http://whatculture.com/sport/is-ex-sunderland-boss-ricky-sbragia-about-to-join-the-newcastle-coaching-team.php Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukeboxromeo Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Kevin Davies: 6 chances created (most over the opening weekend). Has now made 179 goalscoring chances since Aug 2009, only Malouda (201) has made more. Impressive for someone occasionally classed as a 'clogger'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Is Ex-Sunderland Boss Ricky Sbragia About To Join The Newcastle Coaching Team? News has just reached us that ex-Sunderland manager Ricky Sbragia is potentially being lined up to join the coaching set-up at Newcastle United. Alongside ex-Everton defender and current Wigan youth team coach Dave Watson and Ipswich Town legend and former Newcastle coach Dave Geddis (who was unceremoniously, and unfairly ousted by Graeme Sounness in 2004), Sbragia is said to make up a short-list of candidates to take-up a place on Joe Joyce’s youth team coaching set-up, and he has already made at least one appearance at the club’s training ground. While certain sections of the Newcastle crowd may see the move as sacrilegious, Sbragia is highly thought of as a coach, and is said to be very keen to get back into a coaching role after being removed from his Chief Scout role at Sunderland back in March. We know he has already impressed the hierarchy at Newcastle with his knowledge and coaching techniques, and he certainly has fans within the club. It just remains to be seen whether the club’s fans would take to him quite so well. Link: http://whatculture.com/sport/is-ex-sunderland-boss-ricky-sbragia-about-to-join-the-newcastle-coaching-team.php I can't imagine many fans would give two hoots. Sounds like a pretty decent move after the latest shake up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Good coach apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Kevin Davies: 6 chances created (most over the opening weekend). Has now made 179 goalscoring chances since Aug 2009, only Malouda (201) has made more. Impressive for someone occasionally classed as a 'clogger'. By barging defenders off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 When did we lose Barry Webber to WHU as Commerical Director? Who is the CD of NUFC now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shaun Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 When did we lose Barry Webber to WHU as Commerical Director? Who is the CD of NUFC now? No idea what one of those is, or why a football club would need one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 When did we lose Barry Webber to WHU as Commerical Director? Who is the CD of NUFC now? Dale Aitchison. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 When did we lose Barry Webber to WHU as Commerical Director? Who is the CD of NUFC now? Dale Aitchison. He's alreet, pretty down to Earth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 When did we lose Barry Webber to WHU as Commerical Director? Who is the CD of NUFC now? Eloped with Nolan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/crouchy-gets-a-trim-160811.html Canny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Well played Crouchy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 canny that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/crouchy-gets-a-trim-160811.html Canny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gash Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Did anybody see the barber's interview on Sky News? He was really funny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/crouchy-gets-a-trim-160811.html Canny Ah, that's great to see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Did anybody see the barber's interview on Sky News? He was really funny. No one watches Sky news when there's not a riot on man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Is Ex-Sunderland Boss Ricky Sbragia About To Join The Newcastle Coaching Team? News has just reached us that ex-Sunderland manager Ricky Sbragia is potentially being lined up to join the coaching set-up at Newcastle United. Alongside ex-Everton defender and current Wigan youth team coach Dave Watson and Ipswich Town legend and former Newcastle coach Dave Geddis (who was unceremoniously, and unfairly ousted by Graeme Sounness in 2004), Sbragia is said to make up a short-list of candidates to take-up a place on Joe Joyce’s youth team coaching set-up, and he has already made at least one appearance at the club’s training ground. While certain sections of the Newcastle crowd may see the move as sacrilegious, Sbragia is highly thought of as a coach, and is said to be very keen to get back into a coaching role after being removed from his Chief Scout role at Sunderland back in March. We know he has already impressed the hierarchy at Newcastle with his knowledge and coaching techniques, and he certainly has fans within the club. It just remains to be seen whether the club’s fans would take to him quite so well. Link: http://whatculture.com/sport/is-ex-sunderland-boss-ricky-sbragia-about-to-join-the-newcastle-coaching-team.php true it seems MsiDouglas Mark Douglas Also, can confirm former SAFC boss Ricky Sbragia HAS been interviewed for a role at NUFC. Full details tomorrow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 This is something I'm working on, but really: can anyone explain it? I'm not a mathematician: maybe I'm missing something obvious. Average points by ref in Premier League NUFC matches: http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/3978/points.gif When Steve Dunn was in charge we averaged 2.13 points per game. On the other side of the coin, we escaped with only 0.94 points on average when (the frankly detested) Uriah Rennie was in the middle. Putting aside all claims of bias: how can this be explained? Of Dunn's 23 games, 10 (43%) saw us face 'top-class' opposition: that is, teams in the all-time Premier League Top 10 (Man Utd, Chelsea, etc.) Six of those were away matches. Rennie officiated 9 games involving top class sides (52% of his total NUFC games), five of which were away matches. None of these differences would seem to be significant enough to explain the enormously different outcomes when these two refs presided over our matches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Not sure, but I'm not surprised to see names where they are for some reason (if that makes sense). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Also, dig this: when Halsey refs we lose ~50% of the matches. When Dunn refs: we lose only ~17% of games. Some mad results. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 I always lose hope when I see Chris Foy is reffing one of our games, likewise Dowd and Webb, so to see their names in the bottom half is reassuring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Very, very surprised Bennett isn't kicking about at the bottom near Rennie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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