The EPL thread

[David Votoupal]

For a start, he has far better international credentials than Verbeek ever could. What he achieved with Switzerland was excellent, and he nearly took Finland to their first-ever major tournament, had some bad luck in that one.

 

[FFC Mariner]

LOL from Skysports fanzone in the UK - gloating much as we hammer them. This guy is a deadet nutcase


http://www.skysports.com/video/clips/0,23791,15855_5180689,00.html

 

[Arabmariner]

For a start, he has far better international credentials than Verbeek ever could. What he achieved with Switzerland was excellent, and he nearly took Finland to their first-ever major tournament, had some bad luck in that one.

Yes but according to some he would be part of the "British football mafia" and therefore would take the game backwards.

 

[serious14]

Not takin' the piss or anything Andrew, but what was with the low amount of away fans??  Easter Sunday a stay home day in the UK or some such??

 

[Arabmariner]

Not takin' the piss or anything Andrew, but what was with the low amount of away fans??  Easter Sunday a stay home day in the UK or some such??

Public holiday football in the UK usually draws big crowds.

Although Easter out there isn't as big a deal as it is in Australia.Good Friday isn't even a public holiday in Scotland.....not sure about down south.

 

[David Votoupal]

For a start, he has far better international credentials than Verbeek ever could. What he achieved with Switzerland was excellent, and he nearly took Finland to their first-ever major tournament, had some bad luck in that one.

Yes but according to some he would be part of the "British football mafia" and therefore would take the game backwards.

Proof if ever that racism is very widely tolerated in football.

Of course, people are being pushed to the limits of gullibility by the idea that nationality is the end-all in football.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Not takin' the piss or anything Andrew, but what was with the low amount of away fans??   Easter Sunday a stay home day in the UK or some such??

500 -1,000 is about our usual away support oop North TBH. Dont forget, FFC fans are local to the South. Like Man U fans really.

Easter traditionally had/has local derbies - for some reason, we didnt get one.

 

[Arabmariner]

Not takin' the piss or anything Andrew, but what was with the low amount of away fans??  Easter Sunday a stay home day in the UK or some such??

Dont forget, FFC fans are local to the South.

What??....... real fans?........no plastics then?

 

[FFC Mariner]

No, even Hugh Grant (yes him) was there when we were shit.

 

[serious14]

Dont forget, FFC fans are local to the South. Like Man U fans really.

Yes yes, you just had to pop that one in, very good.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Rene from Allo Allo

Rafa

 

[David Votoupal]

The one team that has confounded the critics this season has been Stoke. Sure, they aren't everyone's cup of tea (certainly not mine) but their excellent home form is on the verge of keeping them up. A tremendous achievement in any case.

However, the real fallacy is that teams who play rigidly to a particular style or system are always the ones most likely to fall out first. It's exactly what happened to teams like:
- Cambridge United, under John Beck
- Millwall, under John Docherty
- Northampton Town under Ian Atkins

All three were arguably even cruder and more limited than Stoke could be (Stoke, at least, have Fuller, Lawrence and Etherington), all three massively over-achieved one year and were found out the next. Stoke may need to learn not to fall into the same trap.

Interestingly, John Beck and Sean O'Driscoll played together at two different clubs, and developed completely opposite styles as managers.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Sean O'Driscoll

Dead set living SW6 legend and member of the MacDonalds side that was robbed of its place in Div 1 by the FA

 

[David Votoupal]

Ahhh I'm well aware of that... the season in which Fulham had an absolute lock on promotion for about 3/4 of the season and were pipped at the post.

Some of the worst rioting ever seen took place at the same venue (Baseball Ground) that season when Leeds came.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Wrong thread for this but worst ever violence I have seen was at/after the Derby game last day of that season

 

[Part_Timer]

stoke survive sounds good to me

 

[serious14]

Arsenal's run in:

Villareal (Home)
Chelsea (Wembley, FA Cup)
Liverpool (Away)
Boro (Home)
Pompey (Away)
Chelsea (Home)
Manchester United (Away)
Stoke (Home)

What an absolute c*nt of a draw.

 

[kanewillow]

we will win 7 outa 8 we will lose to stoke on the last day

 

[mariners4ever]

Arsenal's run in:

Villareal (Home)
Chelsea (Wembley, FA Cup)
Liverpool (Away)
Boro (Home)
Pompey (Away)
Chelsea (Home)
Manchester United (Away)
Stoke (Home)

What an absolute c*nt of a draw.

TBH i think they will only win 5 out of 8, and lose against man utd, lollerpool and one of the games against chelski

 

[Sym]

Chelsea*