Football Focus

[Jah Lush]

SCSB79 Wrote:

> Can't of been me - never been in the CPT!!

Never been in the CPT!!!! I should rectify that if I were you. Good place to watch sport.

As for the Arse and the Mad Professor it's not that long ago that they were as boring as Wimbledon.

[Sandperson]

Have Pompey not paid another bill?

Stick 50p in the meter!

Ah, it's back. Normal service resumed.

[Mick Mac]

???? Wrote:

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> Bill Shankly in the 70s - "West Ham - lovely

> football, lovely players...2 points to Liverpool"

>

> Pretty means nothing.

You could apply that to Celtic too at the mo. Roobish. Mowbray has won fewer games than John Barnes did at this stage of season!

[jimmy two times]

Don't rate Mowbray. He's a Wenger wannabee and doesn't seem to recognize that you cannot play that type of football without the right players. His insistence on WBA playing 'football' last season saw them relegated. He had no plan B.

[ratty]

Shenanigans going on at Pompey today. Club to fold next week if new owner not found. Some lawyer unconnected to the club but connected to the owner is hawking Kaboul, Begovic and Belhadj round any club that might want them. I think there might be a riot in Portsmouth soon!

Probably will not still be around to play Saints in the cup!

[Mick Mac]

jimmy two times Wrote:

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> Don't rate Mowbray. He's a Wenger wannabee and

> doesn't seem to recognize that you cannot play

> that type of football without the right players.

Spot on - could not agree more.

He has at least bought a "box player" in the January window. Might help convert some of the possession into goals.

[titch juicy]

spurs are talking to them at the moment re kaboul and begovic

[jimmy two times]

I always liked Kaboul when he was at Spurs. I thought he looked promising. Not sure if he's fulfilled that promise at Portsmouth as they are bottom of league?

[Sandperson]

Rio banned for four games. That's not good.

Linky!

[ratty]

Kaboul is an ace player. Worth mentioning of course that Begovic cannot play for another club this season!! Only just realised this! (Was on loan at Ipswich for a bit!)

[Ladygooner]

What a shame I won't see Ferdinand at the Emirates on Sunday!

[Sandperson]

We should be ok without him for that one LG. ;-)

[titch juicy]

jimmy two times Wrote:

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> I always liked Kaboul when he was at Spurs. I

> thought he looked promising. Not sure if he's

> fulfilled that promise at Portsmouth as they are

> bottom of league?

i'm wondering if you and I watch the same tottenham hotspur.....kaboul was a frightening liability when he played for spurs. it was a miracle portsmouth paid us good money for him.

However; as he does with so many seemingly lost causes, harry managed to coax a decent player out of him, and now he looks worth having in the squad.

[jimmy two times]

Maybe I saw what Harry saw. I said he looked promising, not the finished article.

[titch juicy]

all i remember was a series of costly blunders!

[Sandperson]

Robinho finally gone!

No great loss.

[ratty]

Bagpuss used to play Kaboul out of position at Pompey and he was woeful! It was only Adams and Hart that have coaxed him back to being a decent player. Sorry to shatter the redknapp myth.

[titch juicy]

fairplay

[jimmy two times]

He scored a few goals for us as well if I remember rightly. Mainly from set pieces.

[ratty]

Strong Rumour: Avram Grant and Peter Storrie resign from Pompey! However, just had email from Storrie saying this is not the case. AGH! My club is fooked - what the hell am I going to do?

[kpc]

Rumour Birmingham have agreed fee for Dindane with Lens.

[ratty]

More than a rumour. ?4m!

Must be another Dindane! :D

[Jah Lush]

I quite like Kaboul, he did make some awful defensive blunders whilst at Spurs in his first season in English football but the game is a lot different than in France and takes some getting used to. He's improved since going to Portsmouth and as a young player still has more to learn. You don't get to be the France Under-21 captain if you aren't any good.

What does look to be a good deal though in the short term is the arrival on loan from Monaco of Eidur Gudjohnsen. He is top quality who can play in the midfield or up front as a centre-forward or just behind the main striker. It'll give Spurs plenty of more options going forward as I think Crouch, as good as he is at what he does is a little limited in his movement. Surely the end for Pavlyuchenko though.

As for Robinho - what a waste of money. He was already struggling to get into the first team at Real Madrid before Man City amazingly paid ?32m for him. He's got to be one of the laziest most selfish players ever. All that skill going to waste. Shame on him because he's let himself down more than anything.

[matthew123]

Rio Ferdinand 4 match ban... hmm... but more to the point what are the FA going to do about the yob culture at Old Trafford. Chucking coins and bottles at a player whilst trying to take a corner is no joke. United have come out with the usual statements about life bans but it seems there is trouble with United supporters all too often. I believe that is the 3rd time this month alone they have brought violence to a football ground (following on from their visits to St Andrews and Eastlands).

[Bluerevolution]

You'd think the Manure "fans" would be chucking money at the Glazers ! Seriously, that was a disgrace- I know some of our lot can be bad but but The MU crowd are getting worse- 11 arrests before and after the game and 6 arrests made over the flare incident. The FA should ban them from Wembley, sorry to true fans but its a lesson that has to be taught.