The English Football Thread

Piss Me Off · 09-03-2009, 03:18 PM

Chelsea are very dependent on their transfers, especially if you compare them to the other big clubs and the youth players they have come through, so this might hit them hard. A year and half of no transfers is a wee bit harsh though, surely?

jackhammer · 09-03-2009, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

Platini is a prick who has obvious disdain for the English game, yet as you say he has encouraged this himself and if Chelsea have these sanctions imposed then most other major teams need to be looked at too in all honesty.

right-track · 09-03-2009, 03:30 PM

Yeah. Whatever happened to the "slavery" philosophy these tossers were bandying around?

Urban Hat€monger ? · 09-03-2009, 03:39 PM

But it's fine for Italian clubs to go around fixing matches.

Oh wait, Who did Platini used to play for?

Faber · 09-04-2009, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

But it's fine for Italian clubs to go around fixing matches.

Oh wait, Who did Platini used to play for?

If it's Juve you're hinting at, they were demoted to Serie B and their squad lost most of its best players.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 09-04-2009, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Faber

If it's Juve you're hinting at, they were demoted to Serie B and their squad lost most of its best players.

A far too soft punishment in my opinion, Getting relegated is something to do to clubs who go into administation, match fixing should have a much harsher penalty..
They should have at least got a European ban.

Faber · 09-04-2009, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

A far too soft punishment in my opinion, Getting relegated is something to do to clubs who go into administation, match fixing should have a much harsher penalty..
They should have at least got a European ban.

Hey, I'm Romanista and despise Giuve as much as anyone, but the Calciopoli case was conducted in a very clumsy manner which made the whole thing look rigged.

Anyway, I hope you're not blaming Italian football in general for this, after all, the ones who suffered were the other Italian clubs in Serie A.

Bulldog · 09-05-2009, 02:20 AM

England-Slovenia tonight. Only a friendly, but I'll be using it as a good chance to warm up my yelling voice in time for Wednesday

BBC SPORT | Football | Internationals | I will pick my strongest team - Capello

goodfoot · 09-05-2009, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

zagreb is our capital and it has several football clubs, Dinamo, Zagreb and Inter, Dinamo is by far the biggest one and the most financially backed.....i wouldn't call it prestigeous and succesfull, maybe in croatia but they never did anything outside....Hajduk made it to the 1/4 finals of the champions league some 10 years ago, that's the biggest succes of a croatian club....

long live dado prso

goodfoot · 09-06-2009, 01:09 PM

me thinks Andre arshavin will win player of the year, and anyone who finishes above chelsea will win the league, my team glasgow rangers to win s.p.l and possibly get through the champions league group, which is , stuttgart, seville, and a unknown romanian team.

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