Football Focus

[red devil]

:) A comb over cum wedge cum bob...respect

[red devil]

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[Jah Lush]

???? Wrote:

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> Radio 5 doing a special on Bobby Moore and posing

> the question "Greatest English footballer"......I

> am going to say Bobby Moore (yup, I am bias, but i

> did see him play.

I'd go along with that. A gentleman, a fine footballer, 106 caps and the only England captain to lift the World Cup.

Otherwise I'd go for Jimmy Greaves. My boyhood hero. The greatest goalscorer I've ever seen. Two great feet, good in the air, quick with bags of skill, could do taps ins as well as beat five players, round the keeper and score.

After him I'd go for Bobby Charlton, great passer of the ball, a drop of the shoulder, body swerve and past his man and a thunderbolt in either foot. Far cry from small boys in the park, jumpers for goalposts. Rush goalie. Two at the back, three in the middle, four up front, one's gone home for his tea. Beans on toast? Possibly, don't quote me on that. Marvellous.

[DaveR]

I never saw Moore, Charlton or Greaves play, unfortunately. I saw George Best run out for Fulham, and Cruyff in his last season playing at Barcelona,but neither were anything like the players they had been before. I saw Cantona for United, Bergkamp and Henry for Arsenal, Zola for Chelsea, and they stood out as great players. I'd be hard-pushed to say that any English footballer that I've seen play was one of the 'greats' in that sense, of standing out from all their peers. The closest, honestly, is probably either Shearer, because in his prime he was the best goalscorer playing in England by a mile, or Beckham, because in a few games he just took over and changed the whole game.

[Jah Lush]

Gazza. Not saying he's England's greatest footballer but before he did that ridiculous tackle on Gary Charles in the FA Cup final in '91 and buggered up his knee he was well on the way to becoming one of the best players in the world and at the World Cup at Italia '90 was probably the best player of the tournament. Hope he gets through his latest setback.

[Jah Lush]

Just watching Pointless and one of the contestants (a very gay looking black man with a moustache) said and I quote "I support Arsenal but I also follow Fulham." Reckon he's a season ticket holder at The Effeminates? One of the empty seaters perhaps?

[Jah Lush]

Adeybayor still in bloody Africa. What a surprise. Looks like Spurs will be without a recognised striker on Sunday. Should have bloody bought one in the January Sales.

[red devil]

England team....Hart, Johnson, Cole, Cahill, Smalling, Gerrard, Walcott, Wilshere, Cleverley, Rooney, Welbeck.

Looks promising for a very open friendly, is Roy's new mantra 'We'll score more goals than you'?..

[Jah Lush]

yeah but have you seen the Brazil team? Scarey amount of talent on display.

[????]

I saw Gazza singlehandedly destroy West Ham in his first season with Spuds, before the injuries and other baggage an absolutely outstanding player

[Otta]

Not saying he's up there with some of those greats, but I don't think you hear Macca's name mentioned often enough.

He was great at Liverpool, pretty good for England (important part of the 96 side) but mostly he's a very rare Englishman who had the guts to go abroad, played for a top team, and made an impact. Shame injuries caught up with him, but that is common for a lot of the "Spice Biys" for whatever reason. The p

[Jah Lush]

Good performance from England tonight. Lampard's take superb.

[red devil]

Week 22 fixtures.

This week's Coupon Buster is Wigan to win at Chelsea...

Saturday 9th February 2013

Tottenham V Newcastle

Chelsea V Wigan

Norwich V Fulham

Stoke V Reading

Sunderland V Arsenal

Swansea V QPR

Southampton V Man City

Sunday 10th February 2013

Aston Villa V West Ham

Man Utd V Everton

Monday 11th February 2013

Liverpool V West Brom

[StraferJack]

fingers crossed Wlshere stays injury free - for a young 'un with a protracted spell out of the game, he really looks the business

[Ladygooner]

Tottenham 2 Newcastle 2

Chelsea 2 Wigan 0

Norwich 1 Fulham 2

Stoke 2 Reading 1

Sunderland 1 Arsenal 3

Swansea 1 QPR 0

Southampton 1 Man City 3

Aston Villa 1 West Ham 2

Man Utd 1 Everton 2

Liverpool 2 West Brom 0

[red devil]

StraferJack Wrote:

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> fingers crossed Wlshere stays injury free - for a

> young 'un with a protracted spell out of the game,

> he really looks the business

I agree, he showed maturity beyond his years, those charging runs through the middle were poignantly Gazza-esque.

LG, by the law of averages, one day your predictions for a Utd defeat will come about...;-)

[Otta]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Adeybayor still in bloody Africa. What a surprise.

> Looks like Spurs will be without a recognised

> striker on Sunday. Should have bloody bought one

> in the January Sales.

Apparently he'll be back for the match.

[Parkdrive]

Tottenham 2 Newcastle 1

Chelsea 2 Wigan 0

Norwich 1 Fulham 1

Stoke 1 Reading 1

Sunderland 1 Arsenal 1

Swansea 1 QPR 0

Southampton 1 Man City 2

Aston Villa 1 West Ham 2

Man Utd 2 Everton 1

Liverpool 2 West Brom 0

[Jah Lush]

Turning up for the match maybe but what about training? Or will he pull out claiming that often quoted African injury after a tournament - malaria. Really don't have a good feeling about Saturday's match, that's my typical Spurs fan's pessimism shining through. I'm going to the game, so hope I'm wrong, depends if we've got any strikers on the pitch.

Saturday 9th February 2013

Tottenham 1 Newcastle 3

Chelsea 2 Wigan 0

Norwich 1 Fulham 1

Stoke 3 Reading 2

Sunderland 1 Arsenal 3

Swansea 2 QPR 1

Southampton 2 Man City 3

Sunday 10th February 2013

Aston Villa 2 West Ham 2

Man Utd 2 Everton 1

Monday 11th February 2013

Liverpool 3 West Brom 1

[Otta]

Tottenham 2 Newcastle 2

Chelsea 2 Wigan 0

Norwich 2 Fulham 1

Stoke 2 Reading 1

Sunderland 1 Arsenal 2

Swansea 2 QPR 1

Southampton 0 Man City 2

Aston Villa 1 West Ham 1

Man Utd 2 Everton 1

Liverpool 3 West Brom 0

[Otta]

Carra to retire at the end of the season.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21371091

Probably the right time for him, he's far from what he once was. However, a few years back at his peak, I genuinely feel that he was unlucky not to be picked ahead of Terry & Rio for England. In a way he suffered for being versatile, as he never got the opportunity to make a particular position his own.

Great player for Liverpool. (except when he scored 2 own goals for Man U when he was about 18/19)

[Jah Lush]

He's scored three or four own goals against Spurs Otta. Big reason why I like him so much. ;-)

[Alan Medic]

Tottenham 1 Newcastle 1

Chelsea 2 Wigan 1

Norwich 3 Fulham 1

Stoke 1 Reading 1

Sunderland 2 Arsenal 2

Swansea 0 QPR 1

Southampton 1 Man City 1

Aston Villa 2 West Ham 1

Man Utd 2 Everton 2

Liverpool 3 West Brom 0

[El Pibe]

HAs anyone ever averaged the predictions to see how our crowd-prediction skills are?

I guess a sample of a few thousand is probably better, but if it consistently hits the mark we could make money!!!

[????]

...i think you're wrong. It doesn't and the odds won't be there. ie on the whole the games we 'predict' right are by and large below (and often way below) evens. As a keen gambler i have no illusions about how a group of EDFers collective knowledge is better than market makers.....it's not, by miles :)