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[Fugazi]

[Ameritoon]

Former captain Kolo Toure appears to have paved the way for a January exit from Manchester City after launching a stinging attack on the Barclays Premier League leaders.

 

The Ivory Coast defender has hardly played for City this season after missing the first part of the campaign through suspension.

 

Now Toure would appear to have burnt his bridges at the Etihad Stadium by claiming he is being left out for reasons nothing to do with football.

 

In an interview in France, Toure claimed he is still paying for missing Premier League games while at the Africa Cup of Nations two years ago and rubbished 20-year-old City defender Stefan Savic.

 

The comments are remarkable after City stood by him during his six-month drugs ban.

 

Toure said: ‘I know my qualities and I have got nothing to prove here in England. They know me here. When you look at the performance of Savic against QPR, excuse me but I am relaxed.

 

http://news.7msport.com/news/newsData/20111206/65941.shtml

 

what a cunt

 

Aye, he looked really good when ran into Kompany letting Morrison clear on goal from midfield. Cunt.

[ponsaelius]

Was watching our Championship season review before and when the Huddersfield cup game came on I remembered that before the game there were rumours that Gareth Bale was going to join on loan. I also remember being happy to potentially have a player coming in but a bit non-plussed that it was Bale. 

 

Just a bit mad how much he's improved since.

[Guest]

Might as well put this in here.

 

One of my mates is wanting to come to the Sunderland game at home and I'll let him use my season ticket to buy one. Can you buy seats in level 7 or is it all season ticket holders there now ? 

[boxingclever]

While I was cheering on my girlfriend as she ran her first marathon in Philadelphia a few weeks ago, I noticed another runner wearing last year's NUFC home jersey.  My "Go Magpies!" cheer was met with a thumbs up.  This has nothing to do with anything but it was a cool fleeting moment in an area where you don't see many of us.

[Guest WashyGeordie]

Might as well put this in here.

 

One of my mates is wanting to come to the Sunderland game at home and I'll let him use my season ticket to buy one. Can you buy seats in level 7 or is it all season ticket holders there now ? 

 

If having a ST counts as having a membership too (which i think it does) then I'm sure you'll be able to.

 

Edit -  I've just been on the online BO and you can't for the Man Utd game like.

[Guest]

Might as well put this in here.

 

One of my mates is wanting to come to the Sunderland game at home and I'll let him use my season ticket to buy one. Can you buy seats in level 7 or is it all season ticket holders there now ? 

 

If having a ST counts as having a membership too (which i think it does) then I'm sure you'll be able to.

 

Edit -  I've just been on the online BO and you can't for the Man Utd game like.

 

Aye, checked that before as well. Would have been good if he could sit near us in level 7 

 

EDIT- Just seen that you can buy some up there for the Swansea game but it's like a complete block available, guessing that's because Swansea haven't taken up the full allocation which the mackems will.

[Newcastle Fan]

I'm really pissed about the Lyon/Dinamo game yesterday and a bit suprised not that much talk is going on about it.

[BottledDog]

I'm really pissed about the Lyon/Dinamo game yesterday and a bit suprised not that much talk is going on about it.

 

Why's that then. Eh?

[Newcastle Fan]

I'm really p*ssed about the Lyon/Dinamo game yesterday and a bit suprised not that much talk is going on about it.

 

Why's that then. Eh?

 

Seems to me there was obvious match fixing involved to get Lyon through, losing 7-1 at home ffs not to mention Ajax in the other game had two perfectly good goals disallowed.

[Martin Lol]

Spurs u19's drew 1-1 with Inter in the San Siro to top their group in the NextGen series.

 

Now through to the QF stage where we meet Liverpool.

 

Barca still the red hot favourites to win the tournament.  BTW Man City played 6 lost 6 Goal Diff -11 

 

http://www.nextgenseries.com/

[Guest WashyGeordie]

I'm really p*ssed about the Lyon/Dinamo game yesterday and a bit suprised not that much talk is going on about it.

 

Why's that then. Eh?

 

Seems to me there was obvious match fixing involved to get Lyon through, losing 7-1 at home ffs not to mention Ajax in the other game had two perfectly good goals disallowed.

 

http://imgcache.ifans.com/forums/imgcache3/06b8a3bc72ff5fff4dbd50cbfadc257b.png?orig_url=http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp181/replicators_album/ARFCOM/its_a_conspiracy1.jpg

[Ryan_Taylor]

http://i.imgur.com/V2NEB.jpg

[Guest ObiChrisKenobi]

Spurs u19's drew 1-1 with Inter in the San Siro to top their group in the NextGen series.

 

Now through to the QF stage where we meet Liverpool.

 

Barca still the red hot favourites to win the tournament.  BTW Man City played 6 lost 6 Goal Diff -11 

 

http://www.nextgenseries.com/

 

Not that I've looked hard, but I can't seem to find any where that's showing this on TV. Eurosport or something?

[Beren]

Ever a character

 

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/993903/jens-lehmann:-boring,-boring-manchester-city?cc=5739

[ponsaelius]

Ever a character

 

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/993903/jens-lehmann:-boring,-boring-manchester-city?cc=5739

 

[LooneyToonArmy]

Dedé the CB who someone mentioned in the Realistic Transfer Targets ( ) won the prize as Best player of the Brazilian league ahead of Neymar.

 

The kid has tremendous qualities as a CB and is twice the player that Luiz is. Only player to completely stop Neymar from having a good game during the last 12 months.

 

This was the publics vote, as Neymar won the federations voting.

 

haven't seen him play but Tim Vickery (BBC's South American correspondent) always goes on about him. Do you think he will be a regular alongside Thiago Silva in the national team?

 

Certainly ahead of Luiz? As I said ages ago (tongue in cheek), he's just a $hit Coloccini

[Disco]

Dedé the CB who someone mentioned in the Realistic Transfer Targets ( ) won the prize as Best player of the Brazilian league ahead of Neymar.

 

The kid has tremendous qualities as a CB and is twice the player that Luiz is. Only player to completely stop Neymar from having a good game during the last 12 months.

 

This was the publics vote, as Neymar won the federations voting.

 

haven't seen him play but Tim Vickery (BBC's South American correspondent) always goes on about him. Do you think he will be a regular alongside Thiago Silva in the national team?

 

Certainly ahead of Luiz? As I said ages ago (tongue in cheek), he's just a $hit Coloccini

 

The only game I've seen he was mediocre at best (against La U de Chile). Supposed to be decent though, does a move Italy/Spain beckon?

[Martin Lol]

Spurs u19's drew 1-1 with Inter in the San Siro to top their group in the NextGen series.

 

Now through to the QF stage where we meet Liverpool.

 

Barca still the red hot favourites to win the tournament.  BTW Man City played 6 lost 6 Goal Diff -11 

 

http://www.nextgenseries.com/

 

Not that I've looked hard, but I can't seem to find any where that's showing this on TV. Eurosport or something?

 

TV coverage has been pretty random for a tourno that is being pushed as being a regular event for the future with Uefa's blessing, I think Liverpool's matches have been covered by LTV, the Milan Spurs game was on Sky Italia but it's an area that should have been planned better.

 

I was told a while ago that the final stages would be played in Dubai in January and that there were discussions were going on Eurosport but what eventually happened I've no idea.  Shame really because I think the idea is a good one but the planning has been less than brilliant.  I know the Spurs kids have benefited greatly and it hasn't done Tim Sherwood any harm either, he's been invited by Barca to go over and study their training and development methods. 

 

He must be doing something right to get noticed.

[Sifu]

Thierry Henry statue unveiled:

 

Thierry Henry honoured by Emirates Stadium statue

 

Page last updated at 18:52 GMT, Friday, 9 December 2011

 

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57242000/jpg/_57242973_henryatarsenal2011getty.jpg

 

Thierry Henry at the unveiling of a statue of him at Emirates Stadium Henry (in scarf) has played for Barcelona and New York Red Bulls since leaving Arsenal

 

Thierry Henry has spoken of his love for Arsenal in an emotional speech at the unveiling of a statue of him at Emirates Stadium.

 

"I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have a statue like this in front of the stadium of the team I love and support," said the French striker.

 

"Once a Gooner, always a Gooner."

 

Henry's is one of three statues unveiled to celebrate the club's 125th anniversary, with Tony Adams and Herbert Chapman also honoured.

 

Henry, who scored a club record 226 goals between 1999 and 2007, stopped his speech briefly to compose himself as he thanked the club's fans and his former team-mates.

 

"The way the statue is gives the perfect example of the love I have for the club - me kneeling facing Emirates Stadium and Highbury behind is amazing," he started.

 

"I also have to thank the fans, you have always been special, and I always try to give my best. I know at times it was not enough, but I always give it all out there on the field for you guys and the club."

 

After pausing to check his emotions, the 34-year-old continued: "I know some of the press used to kill me for not showing emotion - well, there you go, I am showing emotion for the club I love.

 

"Whatever I do, I do it with my heart, that is the way I am."

 

Manager Arsene Wenger, who paid £11m to bring Henry to the club from Italian side Juventus in 1999, added his own tribute to Henry.

 

"He is a player who had everything you dream of as a manager - physical potential, a technical level, super intelligence and, what people also forget for many top-level athletes, he was dedicated to his job, with a very serious life," Wenger said of his compatriot.

 

"He is simply a model [professional] who won everything you can in our world -Thierry, you were really special."

 

Henry was the only one of the three immortalised in bronze to attend Friday's ceremony.

 

Adams was unable to return to north London due to a prior meeting with the president of FC Gabala.

 

The 45-year-old resigned as manager of the Azerbaijani club in November.

 

Adams, a commanding centre-back during his playing days, led the Gunners to four league titles after joining Arsenal as a 17-year-old in 1984.

 

He went on to make 669 appearances - second only to David O'Leary in the club's history - before he retired in 2002.

 

Chapman, who had won an FA Cup and two league titles at Huddersfield, was appointed Arsenal manager in 1925 and within two years had taken the Gunners to their first FA Cup final.

 

He won the club's first top-flight titles in 1931 and 1933 but died in January 1934 at the age of 55 after a heavy cold turned to pneumonia.

 

DID YOU KNOW?

 

    The statues are life size and a half, have taken roughly 625 hours to create and weigh about 200kg each

[Guest je85]

Thierry Henry statue unveiled:

 

Thierry Henry honoured by Emirates Stadium statue

 

DID YOU KNOW?

 

    The statues are life size and a half, have taken roughly 625 hours to create and weigh about 200kg each

 

Sounds like a Sol Campbell statue to me.

 

[Guest gggg]

fuck are those statues meant to be.

[Jayson]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/7368034/Villas-Boas-sets-celebration-rule

 

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has ordered his players to include him in their goal celebrations, a club spokesperson has confirmed.

 

A Chelsea spokesperson said in The Sun: "The manager has asked the players to look across and recognise him and his staff on the bench after a goal.

 

"He believes that by celebrating together it shows we are all in it together.

 

"That's the players, the manager, the subs, the staff, the medical people - everyone working and celebrating together."

 

[Alberto2005]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/7368034/Villas-Boas-sets-celebration-rule

 

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has ordered his players to include him in their goal celebrations, a club spokesperson has confirmed.

 

A Chelsea spokesperson said in The Sun: "The manager has asked the players to look across and recognise him and his staff on the bench after a goal.

 

"He believes that by celebrating together it shows we are all in it together.

 

"That's the players, the manager, the subs, the staff, the medical people - everyone working and celebrating together."

 

I disagree, seems like a forced act if they haven't already got unity.

[taxfree]

Definitely a forced act. Apart from maybe getting positive words in the media, I think it's a weird idea. And when the Chelsea spokesman breaks the cover, why do it? Does more damage than being something positive.