Not Worthy Of A Thread

[johnnypd]

Ricardo Moniz used to be skills coach at Spurs. got to be way out of his depth as manager. let's hope fulham batter them.

[Hughesy]

What a awful group to start, I mean it is 2010 now ffs has someone been thinking about Hooper all this time

 

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/How-Sht-In-Goal-Was-Mike-Hooper-for-Newcastle/108983345809242?v=wall&ref=pymk

 

Mike Hooper is a bouncer at Studio in Chester le Street. He's fuckig huge!

 

I thought he 'bounced' in Durham.

[David28]

Hamburg sack their manager days before they play Fulham.  I hope Fulham can take advantage.........

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8644181.stm

 

 

I said Hamburg have no chance vs. Fulham over the two legs. Now after sacking Labadia I think they have a chance again. They have the biggest motivation ever - the final in their own stadium.

With a new (caretaker) manager/head coach I honestly expect Hamburg to go through. Probably with a 1-1.

[Village Idiot]

Hamburg sack their manager days before they play Fulham.  I hope Fulham can take advantage.........

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8644181.stm

 

i dont think theres a football fan around that isnt hoping fulham win the europa league (liverpool apart), would be fantastic if they did

 

Would rather have Atlético win it... but would smile if Fulham pulled it off, mind.

[Thespence]

Initial Darlington allocation SOLD OUT

 

Pre-purchase tickets for tomorrow night's game against Darlington are now SOLD OUT.

 

The club were handed a batch to sell in advance but fans have now taken up the whole allocation.

 

More tickets will be available to buy on the day of the match at the Northern Echo Arena.

 

Kick-off is at 7.45pm and Notts will be crowned champions if they collect all three points.

 

The Notts county fans should have nowt to fear there will still be at least 2 seats per person available

[Village Idiot]

Do you speak football?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2006/mar/08/theknowledge.sport

 

SPANISH:

 

Armario ("wardrobe") - a burly central defender.

 

Chalaca - the term used in Peru and elsewhere in South America (though not Chile, as becomes clear below) for an overhead kick. Chalaca is the name given to anyone from Callao, a seaport a few miles from central Lima. During the 50s, the club Sport Boys of Callo employed a string of strikers who were experts at scoring from overhead kicks (thanks to Kevin Thompson).

 

Chilena - what Chileans calls the overhead kick.

 

Cola de vaca ("cow's tail") - to stop the ball and change direction.

 

Chumpigol - a shot from a free-kick that goes through the wall and into the net (especially South American).

 

Gambeteando ("shrimping") - the term used for long, swerving Maradona-style dribbles.

 

Gol Ol?ico - A goal scored directly from a corner.

 

Hacer la cama ("making the bed") - When a player with a defender behind him doesn't jump for a high ball in order to create the impression that the defender has held him down.

 

Hacer un sombrero ('to make a hat') - dinking the ball over an opponent's head and running around to retrieve it.

 

Palomita ("little dove") - diving header

 

Pepinazo ("big cucumber") - powerful long-range shot.

 

Rabona ("cow's whip") - kicking the ball from behind the other leg (Argentina).

 

Ca??nel - the nutmeg.

 

La vaselina - a chip over the goalkeeper's head.

 

Veronica - a term sometimes used in Spain to describe the Zidane turn/double drag-back (according to Luca Barratti, it's from bull-fighting where some particularly daredevil matadors perform a similar move).

 

 

Nice article. We also say "Chilena" and "Rabona" in Spain even though they say they are south-american words. We also use "Tijera" (scissor) for the overhead kick.

A "palomita" for us is a diving save from a keeper, not a header.

We call the nutmeg "túnel", "caño" or "Sotana" (when done to a keeper). "Sotana" is the long dress that chaplains wear, intending that if the keeper had worn one, he would have stopped the ball.

 

Some other words...

 

Chupapostes or Palomero ("postsucker"/"dove keeper"): goalhanger

Chupón ("sucker") : ballhog

Bicicleta ("bicycle"): stepover.

Tuercebotas ("boot tearer") : terrible player, normally dirty to make up for his lack of skill (hence the word)

Cantar ("to sing"): when a keeper makes a big mistake.

Ariete ("battering ram"): our word for striker.

Amarrategui: playing 10 behind ball (false basque word, as basque teams were famously defensive and hard as nails in the 1980s)

Pared ("wall"): one-two, alluding to the fact that the ball will "rebound" from the second player back to the first one, as if it was a wall.

Gato ("cat"): common nickname given to agile keepers, particularly in SA.

Crack: footballing ace (taken from the English "cracking player", but we use it as a sustantive "Messi's a crack")

Peinar ("comb" the ball): flick-on

Salir a por uvas ("going to get grapes"): when a keeper fails to defend a cross, speaking as if he went to get something else instead of the ball

Piedra ("stone"): overhit pass

No la mete ni al arco iris ("couldn't score against a rainbow"): our "can't hit a barn door".

 

[jdckelly]

and the firesale at west ham begins every single player except for parker for sale.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2948872/Gianfranco-Zolas-flops-go-under-the-Hammer.html

sulivan really just cant help himself can he? and he's considered a good owner?

[Village Idiot]

60m wage bill, really? 

[Guest neesy111]

60m wage bill, really? 

 

dyer was om 80k a week,

ashton 50k

 

it all add's up

[ElDiablo]

Diamanti, Green, Cole, Noble pls.

[Guest n4e]

Diamanti, Green, Cole, Noble pls.

 

Noble hasn't been all that imo. Would prefer Barton in all honesty.

[Guest schmuck]

and the firesale at west ham begins every single player except for parker for sale.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2948872/Gianfranco-Zolas-flops-go-under-the-Hammer.html

sulivan really just cant help himself can he? and he's considered a good owner?

 

not by anyone other than himself

[Elliottman]

and the firesale at west ham begins every single player except for parker for sale.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2948872/Gianfranco-Zolas-flops-go-under-the-Hammer.html

sulivan really just cant help himself can he? and he's considered a good owner?

 

not by anyone other than himself

 

i honestly cant stand those two since they went to west ham. I hope Zola walks for his own good.

[Liam Liam Liam O]

Manchester City stars fined for 'too dark' window tints 

 

Five Manchester City stars have been fined by police who spotted their vehicles' tinted windows were too dark as they arrived at training.

 

Shay Given, Kolo Toure, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Patrick Vieira and Stephen Ireland were all given £30 fixed penalty notices on Wednesday.

 

They were caught out by police and the Vehicle Operator Services Agency (VOSA) at the Carrington complex car park.

 

Each player was told to wind down the offending window until it was fixed.

 

But it is believed club officials arranged for a company to come and correct the tints during training.

 

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the fines were handed out on Wednesday morning.

 

"An officer from GMP's Road Policing Unit, working with representatives from VOSA, stopped a number of cars on Carrington Lane, Trafford," a spokesman said.

 

"The cars were stopped and found to have illegally tinted windows.

 

"The drivers were issued with fixed penalty notices and prohibition notices."

 

A variety of companies can tint windows of vehicles to add privacy for the owner.

 

By law, front driver and passenger windows must allow 70% of light through and the windscreen 75%.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8641564.stm

[Foluwashola]

£30, ouch.

[Sargey]

Anyone know if we are getting a "Season Review" type DVD this year?

[Nordstrom]

Anyone know if we are getting a "Season Review" type DVD this year?

This season wouldn't be complete without it. 

[Guest toonlass]

Manchester City stars fined for 'too dark' window tints 

 

Five Manchester City stars have been fined by police who spotted their vehicles' tinted windows were too dark as they arrived at training.

 

Shay Given, Kolo Toure, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Patrick Vieira and Stephen Ireland were all given £30 fixed penalty notices on Wednesday.

 

They were caught out by police and the Vehicle Operator Services Agency (VOSA) at the Carrington complex car park.

 

Each player was told to wind down the offending window until it was fixed.

 

But it is believed club officials arranged for a company to come and correct the tints during training.

 

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the fines were handed out on Wednesday morning.

 

"An officer from GMP's Road Policing Unit, working with representatives from VOSA, stopped a number of cars on Carrington Lane, Trafford," a spokesman said.

 

"The cars were stopped and found to have illegally tinted windows.

 

"The drivers were issued with fixed penalty notices and prohibition notices."

 

A variety of companies can tint windows of vehicles to add privacy for the owner.

 

By law, front driver and passenger windows must allow 70% of light through and the windscreen 75%.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8641564.stm

 

[Wallace]

Manchester City stars fined for 'too dark' window tints 

 

Five Manchester City stars have been fined by police who spotted their vehicles' tinted windows were too dark as they arrived at training.

 

Shay Given, Kolo Toure, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Patrick Vieira and Stephen Ireland were all given £30 fixed penalty notices on Wednesday.

 

They were caught out by police and the Vehicle Operator Services Agency (VOSA) at the Carrington complex car park.

 

Each player was told to wind down the offending window until it was fixed.

 

But it is believed club officials arranged for a company to come and correct the tints during training.

 

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the fines were handed out on Wednesday morning.

 

"An officer from GMP's Road Policing Unit, working with representatives from VOSA, stopped a number of cars on Carrington Lane, Trafford," a spokesman said.

 

"The cars were stopped and found to have illegally tinted windows.

 

"The drivers were issued with fixed penalty notices and prohibition notices."

 

A variety of companies can tint windows of vehicles to add privacy for the owner.

 

By law, front driver and passenger windows must allow 70% of light through and the windscreen 75%.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8641564.stm

 

 

Wonder if Shay still has his Y15 HAY number plate.

 

 

[Thespence]

Notts County to tear up Kasper Schmeichel deal

 

Notts County have agreed to release goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel on a free transfer at the end of the season.

 

The 23-year-old Dane was reported to be on £15,000 a week after being signed in the short-lived Munto Finance revolution last summer.

 

The former Manchester City man, named in the League Two team of the season, had four years left on his deal.

 

Chairman Ray Trew said: "To hold out for a possible transfer fee was too big a risk for this football club."

 

He continued: "If we were not able to sell him, the value of his contract over the next four years was such that it could have had severe financial implications on Notts County's future.

 

"Kasper has agreed to forgo all his future wages, which is a huge concession by such a young man."

 

Schmeichel made 40 League Two appearances for Notts as they clinched promotion and will leave on 11 May.

 

He said: "I have had a terrific season at Notts and thoroughly enjoyed every moment and I'll be first in the queue for the end-of-season DVD.

 

"It is flattering to be linked with other clubs in the press but so far no-one has made a bid for me so I'll just have to wait and see.

 

"I came here at the start of the season and there were big plans but our focus was on gaining promotion, which we have done.

 

"With the new owners hopefully the club can continue to move forward. I am sad to be leaving and I'd like to thank all of the players, staff and in particular the fans who have been fantastic all season."

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/notts_county/8647725.stm

 

Elsewhere multi millionaires are waiting for the bonuses from Pompey

[Village Idiot]

Talk about a rollecoaster season at Notts County.

[Dinho lad]

Notts County to tear up Kasper Schmeichel deal

 

Notts County have agreed to release goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel on a free transfer at the end of the season.

 

The 23-year-old Dane was reported to be on £15,000 a week after being signed in the short-lived Munto Finance revolution last summer.

 

The former Manchester City man, named in the League Two team of the season, had four years left on his deal.

 

Chairman Ray Trew said: "To hold out for a possible transfer fee was too big a risk for this football club."

 

He continued: "If we were not able to sell him, the value of his contract over the next four years was such that it could have had severe financial implications on Notts County's future.

 

"Kasper has agreed to forgo all his future wages, which is a huge concession by such a young man."

 

Schmeichel made 40 League Two appearances for Notts as they clinched promotion and will leave on 11 May.

 

He said: "I have had a terrific season at Notts and thoroughly enjoyed every moment and I'll be first in the queue for the end-of-season DVD.

 

"It is flattering to be linked with other clubs in the press but so far no-one has made a bid for me so I'll just have to wait and see.

 

"I came here at the start of the season and there were big plans but our focus was on gaining promotion, which we have done.

 

"With the new owners hopefully the club can continue to move forward. I am sad to be leaving and I'd like to thank all of the players, staff and in particular the fans who have been fantastic all season."

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/notts_county/8647725.stm

 

Elsewhere multi millionaires are waiting for the bonuses from Pompey

 

off to man city?

[M4]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqG6lY9XGb8

 

[Segun Oluwaniyi]

Notts County to tear up Kasper Schmeichel deal

 

Notts County have agreed to release goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel on a free transfer at the end of the season.

 

The 23-year-old Dane was reported to be on £15,000 a week after being signed in the short-lived Munto Finance revolution last summer.

 

The former Manchester City man, named in the League Two team of the season, had four years left on his deal.

 

Chairman Ray Trew said: "To hold out for a possible transfer fee was too big a risk for this football club."

 

He continued: "If we were not able to sell him, the value of his contract over the next four years was such that it could have had severe financial implications on Notts County's future.

 

"Kasper has agreed to forgo all his future wages, which is a huge concession by such a young man."

 

Schmeichel made 40 League Two appearances for Notts as they clinched promotion and will leave on 11 May.

 

He said: "I have had a terrific season at Notts and thoroughly enjoyed every moment and I'll be first in the queue for the end-of-season DVD.

 

"It is flattering to be linked with other clubs in the press but so far no-one has made a bid for me so I'll just have to wait and see.

 

"I came here at the start of the season and there were big plans but our focus was on gaining promotion, which we have done.

 

"With the new owners hopefully the club can continue to move forward. I am sad to be leaving and I'd like to thank all of the players, staff and in particular the fans who have been fantastic all season."

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/notts_county/8647725.stm

 

Elsewhere multi millionaires are waiting for the bonuses from Pompey

Anyone who was promised a bonus by a contract signed by those leading Pompey should get their money and should figth for it if it is not goven to them. It is their right. Just because Pompey were poorly run does not mean they should forfiet what they were prommised. If I deposit my savings in a bank that (unbeknownst to me) is poorly run and goes bust, should I forfeit my deposits in order to help this bank improve its balance sheets?? Your problem is not my problem.

 

Grenoble this season in Ligue 1 have 19 points and 4 wins, but have won league matches 5-0 (biggest win in Ligue 1 this season) and 4-0 this season

[Thespence]

And Kasper had  a contract & is entitled to wedge + bonuses but "agreed to forgo all his future wages, which is a huge concession by such a young man" this sort of shit needs highlighting.