Generic small time football blather thread FOREVER

[Andrew 4748]

 

Greenwood close to a permanent transfer to Marseille.

 

They suit each other.

[Toonpack 9399]

Isn’t Marseille trust fund boys “real” club ?? Classy.

[Gemmill 44864]

9 hours ago, MrRaspberryJam said:

Bellamy new Wales boss. 

 

Pleased he's got back on his feet cos he spent all his cash and was on the bones of his arse before he got the job at Burnley, from what I read at the time.

[Andrew 4748]

1 hour ago, Toonpack said:

Isn’t Marseille trust fund boys “real” club ?? Classy.

Which one is trust fund boy?

[Alex 35079]

Aye, he was completely skint before the Burnley gig apparently. 
You have to wonder what might’ve happened if we’d appointed a decent manager instead of Souness back then. It started a decline the club never really recovered from until the recent takeover. The period where it seemed to be just about Shearer breaking Milburn’s record, to the detriment of the team was quite embarrassing imo. Bellamy wasn’t blameless, his not really having a long spell at any other club tells it’s own story. But Souness and his bullying tactics were never likely to work in the younger players. And it was galling to see Bellamy sold for peanuts only for Souness to be allowed to waste a fortune on lesser players. I do wish Bellamy luck and wonder if his hard times have given him a new perspective.  Kompany obviously rates him. 
What I always admired about him was the way he played. Football would be better if everyone played like him. I would always argue with opposition fabs who hated him. The worst thing he ever did on the pitch was being a mouthy prick (so what?) He always gave 100%. He wasn’t a dirty player who left his foot in, he wasn’t a diver. He wasn’t a cheat at all. He actually played the game the right way imo

[Alex 35079]

14 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Which one is trust fund boy?

The Sunderland owner KLD 

[Dazzler 9748]

11 minutes ago, Alex said:

Aye, he was completely skint before the Burnley gig apparently. 
You have to wonder what might’ve happened if we’d appointed a decent manager instead of Souness back then. It started a decline the club never really recovered from until the recent takeover. The period where it seemed to be just about Shearer breaking Milburn’s record, to the detriment of the team was quite embarrassing imo. Bellamy wasn’t blameless, his not really having a long spell at any other club tells it’s own story. But Souness and his bullying tactics were never likely to work in the younger players. And it was galling to see Bellamy sold for peanuts only for Souness to be allowed to waste a fortune on lesser players. I do wish Bellamy luck and wonder if his hard times have given him a new perspective.  Kompany obviously rates him. 
What I always admired about him was the way he played. Football would be better if everyone played like him. I would always argue with opposition fabs who hated him. The worst thing he ever did on the pitch was being a mouthy prick (so what?) He always gave 100%. He wasn’t a dirty player who left his foot in, he wasn’t a diver. He wasn’t a cheat at all. He actually played the game the right way imo

He was also part of the battering Matarazzi took against us in the CL. A nut off Bellamy and a brutal elbow from shearer, in the same game

Edited July 9 by Dazzler

[Dazzler 9748]

Scratch that it was Cannavaro that took the elbow 

[Alex 35079]

6 minutes ago, Dazzler said:

Scratch that it was Cannavaro that took the elbow 

Seeing how good Cannavaro was in the flesh almost made that game bearable 

[Holden McGroin 6583]

On a side note, I remember watching us v Roma around 00.

 

Montella, Delvechio and Totti up front for them looked well dangerous. They had a few good Brazlilians  at the back as well.  Cafu, Aldair and I was most impressed with Zago who looked scruffy but was like a brick wall.

 

Also the Monaco team (96 maybe?).. Henry, Sonny Anderson, Bernabia, John Collins, Barthez,  Petit were a class outfit

 

Both teams just outclassed us.

[Alex 35079]

Zago’s hard man act seemed to disappear a bit after Big Dunc did the wanker sign to him and basically offered him out on the pitch. Funny that 

[The Fish 10857]

1 minute ago, Alex said:

Zago’s hard man act seemed to disappear a bit after Big Dunc did the wanker sign to him and basically offered him out on the pitch. Funny that 

 

Can't think of anyone who wouldn't drop their guts if Big Dunc squared up at them.

 

 

[Alex 35079]

1 minute ago, The Fish said:

 

Can't think of anyone who wouldn't drop their guts if Big Dunc squared up at them.

 

 

No but it was nice to see Zago shit himself after acting the thug over the two legs prior to that 

[sammynb 3355]

1 minute ago, The Fish said:

 

Can't think of anyone who wouldn't drop their guts if Big Dunc squared up at them.

 

 

 

Allegedly that was Big Dunc's tactics against defenders every boxing day match he played. Most thought something had crawled up there and died!

[Holden McGroin 6583]

1 minute ago, The Fish said:

 

Can't think of anyone who wouldn't drop their guts if Big Dunc squared up at them.

 

 

 

Funnily enough I saw a clip of Ince getting completely manhandled then thrown the ground by Big Dunc in a Dipper Derby. Ince got up and patted him. He'd have been fucking furious if it was anyone else.

 

Also saw a clip of Dunc slamming Jaap Staam down. Similar result.

[Holden McGroin 6583]

1 minute ago, Alex said:

No but it was nice to see Zago shit himself after acting the thug over the two legs prior to that 

 

Serie A must have been a proper shithouse league around that time.

[Alex 35079]

10 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said:

On a side note, I remember watching us v Roma around 00.

 

Montella, Delvechio and Totti up front for them looked well dangerous. They had a few good Brazlilians  at the back as well.  Cafu, Aldair and I was most impressed with Zago who looked scruffy but was like a brick wall.

 

Also the Monaco team (96 maybe?).. Henry, Sonny Anderson, Bernabia, John Collins, Barthez,  Petit were a class outfit

 

Both teams just outclassed us.

Tbf we played well against that Roma team given the side was in disarray after Gullit had been sacked and SBR had just taken over iirc. I think they won 1-0 over the two legs. Good side though and I think they won Serie A the year after that pipping Juve on the final day.

[Holden McGroin 6583]

1 minute ago, Alex said:

Tbf we played well against that Roma team given the side was in disarray after Gullit had been sacked and SBR had just taken over iirc. I think they won 1-0 over the two legs. Good side though and I think they won Serie A the year after that pipping Juve on the final day.

 

Aye, I think you're right.  it was a long time ago but I remember them being a good team and we couldn't break them down. Lots of Italian shithousing - which was the era of the "Italian teams  know how to defend" rhetoric. 

[The Fish 10857]

14 minutes ago, Alex said:

No but it was nice to see Zago shit himself after acting the thug over the two legs prior to that 

I do love a bit of self-petard hoistage.

 

Reminds me of the Olympiakos fans giving it the biggun , then we smashed them home and away in 2005.

 

[Alex 35079]

8 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said:

 

Aye, I think you're right.  it was a long time ago but I remember them being a good team and we couldn't break them down. Lots of Italian shithousing - which was the era of the "Italian teams  know how to defend" rhetoric. 

The year they won the league had a really good system with 3 at the back iirc. Including Aldair and Zago. Cafu and Candela were the wing backs. The latter could play on either side and was class but couldn’t get a look in for France with Thuram and Lizarazu. Capello played a 3-4-1-2 with Totti in the hole. The final bit of the jigsaw was Batistuta alongside Montella (usually I think) as the former had gone there when Fiorentina got relegated and had massive financial problems 

[Alex 35079]

11 minutes ago, The Fish said:

I do love a bit of self-petard hoistage.

 

Reminds me of the Olympiakos fans giving it the biggun , then we smashed them home and away in 2005.

 

I remember when they invaded the board. That was hilarious. 

[Holden McGroin 6583]

1 hour ago, Alex said:

The year they won the league had a really good system with 3 at the back iirc. Including Aldair and Zago. Cafu and Candela were the wing backs. The latter could play on either side and was class but couldn’t get a look in for France with Thuram and Lizarazu. Capello played a 3-4-1-2 with Totti in the hole. The final bit of the jigsaw was Batistuta alongside Montella (usually I think) as the former had gone there when Fiorentina got relegated and had massive financial problems 

Ah yes. Batigol . My fav player alongside Boksic from Serie A - when growing up. 

[Gemmill 44864]

Every bati's a gol. 

[Holden McGroin 6583]

3 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

Every bati's a gol. 

Poor.

 

[The Fish 10857]

1 hour ago, Gemmill said:

Every bati's a gol. 

The fuck are you doing? Why are you punning now? What's become of you?