Official Ongoing Football/Soccer 2011/2012

[Lucky]

Wonder if Carroll will get shipped out/warm the bench. A lumbering number 9 hardly fits in with Rodgers' style.

[Toofer_Spurlock]

It'd probably cheaper to hope he can get similar performances out of Shelvey. Also, having Swansea in 11th is a lot more impressive than sucking all season and then keeping Wigan up.

[Lucky]

Hope Martinez goes with 3-4-3 from the start next season, will be interesting to see what they can do.

I mean, it was either the change to that or the reality of facing relegation that saved them. Martinez seems more tactically inclined than a motivator though.

[Seamus]

It'd probably cheaper to hope he can get similar performances out of Shelvey. Also, having Swansea in 11th is a lot more impressive than sucking all season and then keeping Wigan up.

Yeah but there's a long list of managers / teams who have looked good initially and secured a mid-table finish and then gone straight back down the next season, most of them with more resources than Wigan. Ipswich, Reading etc and manager wise people like Coyle, Curbishley etc who did well initially and then just lost it. Also there's the fact that Martinez basically installed that style of play at Swansea, it then got passed onto Sousa and Rodgers has just refined it. It's something Martinez carried over to Wigan whereas Rodgers wasn't really able to put his stamp on Reading during his time there. Keeping Wigan up for 3 consecutive seasons is a pretty great achievement, really. Finishing 11th with Swansea in the first Premier League season is a great achievement too, but there's nothing to say whether it was a fluke or not.

[cartola]

everton's new black and yellow away kits look nice

yeah they used to be nicknamed The Black Watch.

They look good.

pretty fitting for their current league best of the worst limbo

[kid pretentious]

There's always next year.

[Lucky]

p.crazy stuff going on with ronaldinho + flamengo - http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature/_/ ... et?cc=5739

[keykey]

I have never liked him and think its hilarious.

[iambic]

remember when Ronaldinho was the best player in the world

[sadville]

the nike or whatever world cup '10 commercial where he waltzes through 69 defenders and then passes to wayne rooney or whomever and then doesn't make the world cup squad

[sadville]

barcelona beer belly 8-p

[Lucky]

oops, euro talk

[gallits]

Whose going to get Hoillet then? Quite exited about that one.

[Vaneigem]

you guys should get rid of that man utd cast off french guy and get him.

[d2michael]

classy finish from welbeck

[kid pretentious]

helluva chip

feel bad for cahill, hope he doesn't have a concussion.

[gallits]

That was all together pretty positive. Belgium are a mess but still!

[sadville]

kuyt to fenerbahce

wau

[gauchebag]

doesn't he realize fenerbahce is evil?

[keykey]

That's nuts. Always enjoyed watching him play for pool.

[d2michael]

martin kelly ahead of rio ferdinand in the pecking order, nice woy

[darkendofthestreet]

Farewell sweet prince

[gallits]

Hope he goes to Malaga.

[darkendofthestreet]

Me too, it'd be a real kick in the face of the fans to go to either QPR or West Brom, regardless of the money. Looks likely we're getting Jaaskelainen as a competitor/mentor for Henderson.
I'm actually kinda hoping the rumours about Yakubu signing are true, though the cash being talked about for Grant Holt I think would be better spent bringing Jordan Rhodes in. Ahmed Elmohamady from Sunderland and Abdoulaye Ba (top rated Senegalese defender) both in talks also

[gallits]

Bas <3
Would be pretty grim for Norwich to lose Lambert and Holt.

[darkendofthestreet]

Seems almost certain at this rate, he sounds determined to leave. Crossing my fingers that Chris Hughton takes over so I can continue to support them both guilt-free, haha.
Anyone know why Carlos Cuellar had such a poor season for Villa? Besides McLeish being his manager of course.

[Lucky]

Last night I had a dream that Zeman didn't get the Roma job and some manager I can't remember but who I really don't like got it instead

[iambic]

I hate Zeman

it dimmed there for a second because Pescara had so many exciting young Italian players last season but now it is full-flame again

[Lucky]

hate?

edit: oh yeah i remember why

[Rumpleforeskin]

Mexico putting in a pretty good performance against an admittedly sloppy Brazil team

Did Neymar just spit at one of the Mexican defenders?