matthew123 Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 If the non Big 4 managers were given enough air time I'm sure that we'd find likes of Moyes, Redknapp & Big Sam moan as much after other games they lose as they do when they are nailed by the Big 4. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy two times Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Who'd be a Ref eh? Poor Kuntz never get anything right.....and that's not a German ref by the way. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 As always.....the Mash gets it right Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narnia Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Jah Lush Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> That sums it up in a nutshell ratty and ????.> Ferguson, Wenger and Benitez are the biggest> moaners when it comes to refereeing decisions.Maybe it seems that way because you see more of them Jah. Trying doing a search of managers fined by the FA and see who comes up. Fergie hardly said anything about Drogba being offside last w/end and stated that Chelsea were the better team. Last night if he hadn't blamed the ref, the Germans, Basil Fawlty or George Bush, he would have had to blame Da Silva. He is a good prospect and up to that point was having a good game. He will feel somewhat better that his manager didn't blame him for the defeat. Perhaps that's how to get loyalty from your players, something which doesn't happen much in the modern era.He knows the boy will learn. No point in kicking him when he is down already. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandperson Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 jimmy two times Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I wouldn't say Robben's goal was a soft goal> Sandperson. It was absolutely brilliant and> required excellent technique.Robben's goal was fantastic Jimmy. I was talking about the two Olic goals, home and away. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 ???? Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Good point Ratty, I've always giggled a bit about> the 'big 4' bleeting on about refs decisions, bias> and penalties.I've always giggled a bit about the rest of the league bleating on about how refs favour the big 4. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
'bout now Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 ;-If the non Big 4 managers were given enough air time I'm sure that we'd find likes of Moyes, Redknapp & Big Sam moan as much after other games they lose as they do when they are nailed by the Big 4.Who are the big four?;-) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew123 Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Annasfield Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Whose that shouting in the background? "Cheating> bastard ref!! CHEATS CHEATS CHEATS!"A 'typical Scotsman' perhaps... Darren Fletcher!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpc Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Self-portrait doodles by PL players and managers (for charity) - don't give up the day job.Art Attack Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484463 Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew123 Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 I laughed when I saw Rooney's effort but when I saw the rest he is by comparison a boy genius. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Rob Green's is bizarrely good. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew123 Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Pepe Reina signs a new 6 year contract for Liverpool - yes! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpc Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Reina is a class keeper - has to be good news. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annasfield Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Absolutely made up with this. He is Liverpool through and through.Read this interview with him the other day - only of the only true loyal football players left?THE question was straight and, given Liverpool?s travails on and offthe pitch this season, it was also fully justified. But there wassomething about being asked if committing his long-term future to aclub which has been described as "a sinking ship" by one of his teammates and which is in grave danger of veering off course altogetherrepresented a sacrifice that rubbed Jose Manuel Reina up the wrong way.The Liverpool goalkeeper looked his inquisitor in the eye, his glarereminiscent of the kind he would usually save for a defender who hascost him a clean sheet with a last minute mistake and, after amomentary pause to collect his thoughts, he answered.?Why is it a sacrifice?? Reina responded. ?It is not a sacrifice. I amreally proud and lucky to be here. It is about principles. I don'tknow how to explain it really, but it is a feeling. I felt wanted fromthe beginning here. It is not always about being competitive or to bein the biggest club, but being at the right club. I think Liverpool isthe right club for me.?I am happy here and I think the club is happy too. I have beentalking with my wife and we don't see any better place to go. It ispersonal and professional, the education of my daughter, it is a bitof everything. Listen, Liverpool is one of the best clubs in theworld. Whatever happens, whether we are in the Champions League or theEuropa League, it is still Liverpool no matter what. It will always belike this. I see no reason to leave.?Spoken like a true keeper of the faith, in every sense. It is littlewonder, therefore, that Reina is increasingly coming to be viewed asnot only one of the finest exponents of his trade but also as agenuine leader of men, both by the Liverpool hierarchy and on the Kop.As such, the new contract that he is set to sign, which will keep himat Anfield up to 2016, is seen as a genuine cause for celebration,particularly at a time when there are precious few positives to getexcited about.The Liverpool supporters have already made their feelings known about Reina,the club?s undoubted player of the year so far, with a flagbearing the Spaniard?s image recently making his debut on the Kop.Bearing the legend ?No parasan? ? they will not pass ? it is a fittingtribute to a player who is in the running for his fourth golden glovesaward, for the most Premier League clean sheets kept, in just fiveseasons in English football.The banner was commissioned and paid for by Dan Wakefield, a disabledfan who thought it was high time that Reina?s devotion and commitmentto the Liverpool cause was richly deserving of such a tribute. Thegesture touched Reina, who readily admits to being humbled by it. ?Ifeel really proud and really lucky,? the 27-year-old said.?It is always important to be loved by somebody and when there is aflag with your face and your name or whatever and it is coming fromsomeone like it is always special. I am happy about that. I am alwaysgrateful to the fans. When we reached the ground before the Tottenhamgame recently and saw all of those people outside the ground waitingfor us, it was one of those moments when you realise how good and howbig and important this club is and how special the supporters are.?Reina?s decision to stick with Liverpool at a time when the club?sfuture is far from certain and its prospects are open to question shouldnot be mistaken for a lack of ambition. The need for improvements tobe made following the current campaign, which promised so much only todeliver so little, is a regular topic of conversation in the Liverpooldressing room, particularly following Fernando Torres? recentinsistence that ?four or five? top class signings must be made thissummer if progress is to be made.?All of us want to play in the big competitions and aim to a maximumlevel,? Reina said. ?Fernando said the other day we have to learn fromour mistakes and try to improve the team as much as we can. In someways he is right. First we have to think about finishing as high aspossible this season and then sort out the problems for next seasonfor whatever competition we are involved in.?It is understandable and all of us want to win trophies, butsometimes it is not the case and because of that you cannot just throwin the towel and leave. It has been a long wait without the PremierLeague title for the fans and I would just love to be here if ithappens. For some of the lads it is normal for them to think are wecompetitive enough? Are we under our level? Maybe there is anotherplace to go? But I don't think the majority of us are thinking that.?There are no problems in the dressing room. It has been bad season interms of results, but there is another season and another one and wehave to be learning all the time from our mistakes and be competitive.We are Liverpool and we have to be competitive again. It is one ofthose seasons where things are bad and we have to sort it out andstart again. We have a base, a great spine of players, supporters whoare always behind us and a wonderful club so it is easy from ourposition to react and sort the things out.?The future of Torres? is inextricably linked with the success, or lack ofit, of his current employers. Should Liverpool fail to achieve their minimumrequirement of finishing in the Premier League top four and once again offer theforward the Champions League platform his talents so richly deservethen it is inevitable that fears will rise that he could depart for aclub with more obvious chances of success. Reina, though, sees thingsdifferently, even if he does recognise and identify with his close friend?sdesire to win trophies.?Fernando and myself speak to each other of course,? Reina said. ?Weare grateful for what the fans do for us, they are crazy for Fernandoand he feel the same way about them. If he is going to leave or not itis not my concern or my decision. Hopefully not, he will stay with usfor a long period as well. I think Fernando is happy to stay longer.?Liverpool?s top four credentials will again be put to the test onSunday when they make the short trip to Old Trafford to take onManchester United. It is a fixture which brings back the happiest ofmemories for Reina, coming almost exactly a year after Benitezmasterminded a 4-1 victory over the eventual league champions.That was the second of three successive wins Liverpool have enjoyedover their great rivals but Reina is not expecting a similar resultthis time around. Nor does he believe Liverpool should take any extraincentive from the possibility of denting United?s latest title bid,not even in the knowledge that Sir Alex Ferguson?s side only need onemore league championship success to end the Merseyside?s status asEnglish football?s most successful domestic club.?It is always a different class of game,? Reina said. ?You cannottrust the statistics. At the end of the day it is one of the bestgames in the world. It is always tough to be beat them and for them itis tough to beat us. Anything can happen and at the moment they arefavourites because they are at home and fighting for the title, but itwon't be easy for them.?I really doubt we will ever be able to repeat the week that we had atthis time last year. To beat Real Madrid 4-0 and then beat ManchesterUnited 4-1 at Old Trafford is going to be difficult to repeat. It isdisappointing what has happened since then. Manchester United arefighting for the title and we are fighting for fourth place, but thatis how it is and we have to be positive. I am not trying to beat themto stop them from winning the league, but to help us get fourthplace.?But back, once more, to the original question. As one of the bestgoalkeepers in the world, surely he could have his pick of clubs??It?s nice for people to say that,? Reina said. "It's nice to hear, butI am not thinking about leaving Liverpool at all.? 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kpc Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Wish we could nail Joe Hart* down for a similar period. Or kidnap him. Or something.* who, incidentally, should be England's first choice. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew123 Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 This one is a slow burner but well worth watching it for the full 5 minutes of Fergie cracking up - he seems to lose it over some bus trip a bunch of hacks were making back from Rome back in May..http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1264836/VIDEO-Watch-Sir-Alex-Fergusons-rant-Manchester-Uniteds-defeat-Bayern-Munich.html?ITO=1490Q: Should the quality of performance [v Bayern] galvanise the players?SAF: Well, we have to remind them of that because it still hasn?t come across in the press. It is hard to understand the press. You know, someone told me that the press came back from the Rome Champions League final last season and they were all delighted on the press bus that we had lost (to Barcelona). They were absolutely pleased that we had lost. The English press.Q: You don?t know that. You weren't on that bus.SAF: Well, somebody who was on the bus told me that.Q: Alex, there are United supporters in this room, you know that.SAF: Well, it is disappointing that a British team is in the final and even one member of the press...Q: But you don?t know that.SAF: No, listen. The issue is, a member of the bus told me that and he said he was absolutely disgusted by the British press in that final and that?s a fact. He has no reason to lie to me. And you were on the bus, You will know that. But what has been lost from the game on Wednesday is our performance. Our performance was fantastic. At 3-0, it could have been 5-0. We were magnificent and that gets lost just because you want to write a headline about what I say about the Germans. That is disgusting.Q: We have given the team praise.SAF: It?s disgusting. The players deserve some praise from you lot. That performance was outstanding. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpc Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 Given the postings over the past week or so over the rantings of various PL managers, who would you name as manager of the year. Methinks Roy Hodgson for what he has done at Fulham with a small squad in reaching the QF of the FA Cup, semi of the Europa League and making Bobby Zamora look like a proper footballer, while retaining his dignity. Other candidates? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 First thought was Tony Mowbray but on reflection decided he probably won't make the shortlist. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpc Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 I'm sure there are those that would say he did a cracking job and are sorry he didn't stay to complete it! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daizie Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 I think Harry Redknapp ( ugly bastard) has done a terrific job at Spurs . He has got them playing exciting football and may well qualify for the champions league this season . He has also unearthed a few gems such as Pavylachenko and Gareth Bale . There . By the way i am a Crystal Palace fan . Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
red devil Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Hmmmm...the post-european matches 'analysis' makes for an interesting read...it's funny how a certain Liverpool supporter feels more obliged to talk about Utd losing and the psychological state of our manager, but says nothing about his own team winning...very strange, maybe someone needs to assess their own psychological state of mind? :)I'd like to echo KPC's big-up for Roy Hodgson. I'd also throw in Big Eck and Tony Pullis.BlueRev: Is G&T all the rage in Stockport these days? ;-) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484475 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narnia Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 I think medically it's known as 'United envy'. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew123 Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 daizie Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> He has also unearthed a few gems such as Pavylachenko and> Gareth Bale.That pair cost Spurs in excess of ?20m!As for Liverpool beating Benfica to reach the semi final - yes I was pleased to progress but tbh I thought it was an average performance. Although I was delighted to see Lucas once again show he has the ability to be a box to box player. I think if Babel ever gets a run in the team on the right wing we'll also see the best he can offer. Again it's not rocket science. Similarly Aquilani is not a holding midfielder and until he is allowed to play as an attacking midfielder for a sustained run we'll not see best of him either.Manager of the year for me would be Arsene Wenger. No money, young squad, more injuries than anyone else, and they're on the brink of picking up the PL title. Amazing. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpc Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 daizie Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I think Harry Redknapp ( ugly bastard) has done a> terrific job at Spurs . He has got them playing> exciting football and may well qualify for the> champions league this season . He has also> unearthed a few gems such as Pavylachenko and> Gareth Bale . There . By the way i am a Crystal> Palace fan .Agree Harry has done a good job but should do given players and funding available. Think Spurs needed a bit nor consistency.As for being a Palace fan, the first step to recovery is to admit it (glad to see Neil Danns having a decent season though). Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpc Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 matthew123 Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Manager of the year for me would be Arsene Wenger.> No money, young squad, more injuries than anyone> else, and they're on the brink of picking up the> PL title. Amazing.You forgot to mention his graciousness in the face of such adversity. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/18997-football-focus/page/145/#findComment-484479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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