Football Focus

[Alan Medic]

Apart from having a big mouth I don't remember any other reason Clough couldn't have been England manager. Am I wrong?

[Parkdrive]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Look up 'rarely' in the dictionary.

>

> ETA They had the same number of shots on target as

> England............2. Which match were you

> watching?

I'll look up patronising while I'm at it.

[Jah Lush]

What! You're gonna have to look it up?

[Undisputedtruth]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Apart from having a big mouth I don't remember any

> other reason Clough couldn't have been England

> manager. Am I wrong?

Cloghie's big mouth was the least of FA's worries. The FA didn't want a power struggle with Cloughie.

Moving onto the England game it seems the team is full of centre backs. Three out of the four England midfielders: Gareth Barry, Jones, and Rodwell, have all played as centre halves in their careers.Perhaps if England played a defender as a striker then we could have got a proper goal rather than an own one. But then Barry and Rodwell both had sitters.

[Parkdrive]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> What! You're gonna have to look it up?

Yes, apparently it's under the heading Jah Lush.

[Jah Lush]

I'm giggling like a schoolgirl Parkdrive. Your wit is beyond compare.

Back to last night's game. Agreeing with you Undisputed Truth. No flare in the midfield. No one to pick out a pass. The sooner young Wilshire gets fit again the better but should we really be placing so much hope on a 19-year-old?

Anyway, it's good that that particular 43-year hoodoo has gone. Still, two wins from two games, beating the World Champions and no goals conceded. It's hard to have much to complain about.

[Parkdrive]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> I'm giggling like a schoolgirl Parkdrive. Your wit

> is beyond compare.

>

I'm glad you like it Jah, always a pleasure never a chore with you.

[Parkdrive]

Has Blatter signed his own death warrant? Please god.

[Otta]

The way I read it, he seems to be saying

something along the lines of

"We don't want to be dealing with serious

issues, so if you experience racism, just man

up and take it on the chin".

The man is a moron.

[Otta]

In related news, the FA have charged Suarez, but still haven't suggested any evidence. Surely if there was TV footage, we would have seen it?

Before UDT jumps on me, I'll say again. If he is PROVEN guilty, I'll be the first to say he should be heavily punished.

It still looks like Evra's word against Suarez's.

[Undisputedtruth]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Back to last night's game. Agreeing with you

> Undisputed Truth. No flare in the midfield. No one

> to pick out a pass. The sooner young Wilshire gets

> fit again the better but should we really be

> placing so much hope on a 19-year-old?

Wislhere and Maceachran are the future central midfielders for England. Then we should see some proper flair. Rodwell is a very good player but I'd like to see him play as a footballing centre half/sweeper.

[Jah Lush]

Equally, I think Jones could do that job. MacEachran needs to get into Chelsea's first team first on a regular basis. Maybe a period on load at somewhere like Bolton would do him good and get some experience under his belt.

[Parkdrive]

In the unlikely event Blatter goes, is there a danger we could end with Platini?

[Jah Lush]

Afraid so. But that's got to be better than Blatter hasn't it? He was a top player after all.

[Parkdrive]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Afraid so. But that's got to be better than

> Blatter hasn't it? He was a top player after all.

Top player yes, but is hardly an Anglophile of the highest order. God help us.

[red devil]

What's disappointing about all the recent race issues is how fans' and club loyalties seem to take precedence over the issue (I'm not talking about EDF users).

From the Telegraph...

AVB should never have come out and given his full backing to John Terry so quickly. Yes, Terry is innocent until proven guilty, but a club should only release statements like AVB's when they have the full facts from an independent inquiry...ditto Dalglish and Liverpool...clubs need to show far more responsibility on such issues, otherwise it only gives fuel to the fans vitriol.

[Parkdrive]

Agreed, and why it has taken the footballing authorities this long to get these two issues sorted is beyond me.

[Otta]

I agree whole heartedly with that R_D. As a Liverpool fan, obviously I want Suarez playing, because he is a quality player, but that doesn't give ANYONE a pass to be a racist (IF indeed he is).

When it happened, Man U supporters were all convinced he was guilty, whilst all Liverpool fans were convinced he was innocent. This strikes me as pretty poor form (from both sides), and absolutely ridiculous, as not a single one of them actually knows.

My only reason for being so strong on the need for proof, is that accusations like this tend to stick, and whether found guilty or not, Suarez will now always have the shadow of racism hanging over his head.

[Otta]

Parkdrive Wrote:

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> Agreed, and why it has taken the footballing

> authorities this long to get these two issues

> sorted is beyond me.

Also agree with this. It is something that should have dealt with very swiftly, and harshly (if necessary). Having them both drag on has done NO ONE any favours at all.

[Parkdrive]

Wasn't there a similar episode of alleged racism between Peter Schmiechel and Ian Wright some years back? Can't remember the outcome of that one.

[Otta]

I'm not sure, but I don't think the FA got involved in that one, it was just an accusation from Wright.

Whatever the truth, they clearly didn't like each other!

[Mick Mac]

Yes I think wright called him a big streak of danish Bacon.

[Alan Medic]

I mentioned this possibility here yonks ago.

It may explain it.

[Jah Lush]

Ah! Those little south American terms of endearment.

[red devil]

You Scouse Bastard...no offence meant, just a Manc term of endearment