World Football Thread V

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Joe Kick Ass


It was 1-1 on the night at that time (3-2 on agg)

...err, and then Villareal scored again?

At no point in those two legs were Everton winning the tie.

[Joe Kick Ass]

Originally posted by reds4ever


...err, and then Villareal scored again?

At no point in those two legs were Everton winning the tie.

Had they been allowed the goal, they wouldn't have been losing.

I don't think you can work on the assumption that the following minutes of the match would have panned out in an identical manner had the goal stood. This not least because of Everton's change in mindset.

I'm not bothered about speculating anyway - if Everton were ever going to qualify they needed luck on their side, starting with the draw.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by duke o' york
Hey Imran: http://nufc.com. It says that Owen will be having talks with both Newcastle and Liverpool over a potential transfer.

There's still hope....
Let's just hope that Souness guarantees hima starting place. I've got a feeling he'll say something stupid though.

There is hope, but a sliver. A few more days left.

I'm sure Souness will be giving him a starting space. It seems that Souey wants to move away from a 4-4-2. A 4-3-3 that looks like:

Luque - Shearer - Owen
Emre - Parker - Bowyer
Babayaro - Boumsong - Taylor - Carr

could be the trick...

then again, Dyer is still hurt and did play pretty well last year, so perhaps we'll fall into a 4-4-2 with Dyer and Luque as the wings (though it may be a waste of Luque).

[Imran Siddiqui]

News:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=341004&cc=5901

England striker Michael Owen has held talks with Newcastle over a possible move to St James' Park.

The 25-year-old Real Madrid frontman met for several hours with Newcastle officials in Northumberland this afternoon, but there was no word from the club about the outcome after talks concluded.

The talks involved Newcastle boss Graeme Souness, skipper Alan Shearer, chairman Freddy Shepherd and his son Kenny, together with coach Dean Saunders.

Owen has revealed he would sooner join his former club Liverpool than Newcastle, and it is understood he was also planning talks with Anfield officials during his trip.

He left Liverpool for Spain in an £8million move just last summer but is keen to return, providing agreement can be reached with Real.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=341110&cc=5901

Feyenoord striker Dirk Kuyt has ruled out making a deadline-beating move to the Premiership.

The 25-year-old Holland player was the subject of a failed £10million bid from Everton at the start of August and has reportedly also attracted Liverpool and Tottenham's attention.

However Kuyt, who scored 29 goals in 34 league games last season and has started the new campaign with three in three matches, has now committed to Feyenoord until next summer.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=340888&cc=5901

Livorno president Aldo Spinelli claims to have turned down a Tottenham bid for striker Cristiano Lucarelli.

The 29-year-old was last season's top scorer in Serie A with 24 goals.

However Livorno insist they have no intention of selling Lucarelli to Tottenham or any other club.

Striker news all around the Premier League.

[reds4ever]

I hope Newcastle get the Welsh dwarf. He jumped ship once, he'd do it again if things wern't working out at Liverpool.


BTW Imran, that coach is it the ex-Liverpool player?

[Imran Siddiqui]

According to wiki, it is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Saunders

[Imran Siddiqui]

Btw, BRAVO NIKE!

This is the commerical they are showing not just when MLS or EPL matches are on, on cable, but during other shows and other sports:

http://www.nike.com/nikesoccer/justdoit/spot/video.html

At least Nike is behind US Soccer .

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by reds4ever


"cup tie' is perfectly correct in this instance. "tie" as in fixture, not as in draw!!!

Imran is gonna get a complex...

[Imran Siddiqui]

Not I. I don't care what lengths the Brits go to confuse others .

[C0ckney]

if foreigners want to be allowed to talk about sports, they've got to learn the lingo first.

[CerberusIV]

Looks like Owen has finally realised no-one better than Newcastle wants him and he's off to St James's Park. At £17M plus his salary I'm not surprised Liverpool didn't sign him. After all they only got £8M plus a player they have since sold for him a year ago.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/4196760.stm

This probably means Cisse will be staying since Liverpool don't now need the transfer money. I wasn't impressed with him last season but he seems to be playing better this season. Crouch should be back from his hamstring injury when the Premiership resumes after the internationals and a lot will probably depend on whether he proves to be a goalscorer.

[Agathon]

Looks like Owen has finally realised no-one better than Newcastle wants him.

Sadly true, although I am astonished that the Fat Controller has actually parted with the cash for him.

[MikeH]

I hope Owen has a release clause if they are relegated.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by MikeH
I hope Owen has a release clause if they are relegated.

he has, which speaks volumes!

[C0ckney]

newcastle will be ok now they've got owen, luque will play on the left wing, milner/dyer on the right, owen and shearer up front. they should be aiming for europe now with that lot.

although i can;t help but think that it would have been a lot cheaper just to keep lauren robert in the first place