Too right. Are we all going soft, or what?

I just prefer watching football in the summer on nice pitches, rather than freezing my balls off at matches in December where it is dark by half time.

Fair enough. Each to his own. Did you know that up to 1959 they played football on Christmas Day? In Scotland I think it went on up to the seventies.

But that's traditional!
It's not mid-season footie otherwise! God almighty, if hordes of Toon Army fans can still take their tops off in the snow and wave their mottled blue flab around, none of us should complain..

**complains about the Barcodes**

Looks like Patrick Vieira is off to Manchester City, he's leaving Inter.


Birmingham made offer for Ryan Babel?



Dunno how the FA going to re-arrange all these fixtures that have been cancelled, most of them are close together as it is.

Nah, you can't beat freezing cold Tuesday nights in January and February at the Hawthorns watching us lose and get frozen to your seat.  There's a whole different atmosphere about footy at this time of year, the special smell that comes off the pitch that you get this time of year.  Also practically if the footy season runs into the summer then when would competitions like the European Championships and the World Cup be played?  There is already enough arguments about players going to the Africian Cup of Nations.

But they're baring their moobs so others don't have to!

Hopefully in the same way as the early sixties. Sometimes I went to two games a week.

And the '78/79 season Joe (that cost us the League that year), too many games in too short space of time, there's plenty of time to catch up.

Yes Deman, and they're not a pretty sight - thank goodness Villa and Baggies fans don't do it (in the main)

Change it to the winter, so then this takes away the african cup of nations problem clubs have every 2 years. Obviously the likes of La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, and obviously the UEFA competitions etc would have to follow suit, but it shouldn't be a problem.

This would never happen the African FA's would go moaning to Blatter, Platini and co and they will never do anything thats benefical to the FA or the PL.

No, thank god! Just imagining the OH exposing his soft underbelly to the Holte End...  

Ah! For once I disagree with darlo.  The African nations outrank the FA and the PL. If these teams didn't want any hassle over such a competition they should not have bought (aka gone into debt) the players.

Why would the African FA have a problem with

A) Their players having a months rest before the cup of nations starts

and

B) Not having the players parent clubs moaning about releasing them like they currently do?







Surely it would be beneficial to African Football Associations for the european leagues to run from February to November? So I don't get why they'd go complaining to Blatter.

If we are to have such wholescale changes then I'll have my two pennorth. I would like 'em to do away with the World Cup and instead have a European Cup every two years. That way we'd have more teams that we were interested in taking part and we wouldn't have to go to places like Argentina, Japan, South Korea/Africa or the USA. They are just some of the daft places we have been expected to go to in my lifetime.

BREAKING NEWS





BECKFORD HANDS IN TRANSFER REQUEST

Leeds United can confirm that Jermaine Beckford has handed in a transfer request.

The transfer request was handed in on December 30.

By handing in a transfer request it clearly indicates that the player wants to leave Leeds United.

However, that will only be allowed to happen in the event that it is decided to be in the best interests of Leeds United.

The best interests of Leeds United involve receiving both an acceptable transfer fee and securing a suitable replacement to ensure his departure does not have an adverse effect on the club's overall aim of securing promotion back to the Coca-Cola Championship.
http://www.leedsunited.com/new...0106_2247585_1925170

What are these people doing merely running football clubs? They should be at the helm of the country steering us to greatness.

Agreed Demon, the thought of Mr PB displaying his soft underbelly to the Brummie  

Beckford off to Newcastle then....


Vida rejecting rumours of a move away again.

 your ex boyfriend is starting for Milan, he almost set up a goal in the 3rd minute.

No footie for me tonight then  I can't believe that Arsenal left it until late afternoon to decide to call it off. I don't live that far from the Emirates and it's chaos outside so it would have been loads worse by this time!!
Evening everyone btw

Evening Veggie, the damn snow lol hope it clears up soon.


Read in my local papers rumours about the Gunners making a bid for Carlton Cole.


Looks like Liverpool might be bringing in Maxi Rodriguez from Atletico Madrid, could team up with his former team mate Torres

i was hoping the game would go ahead for you Veggie, maybe pick up one or eight injuries for Saturday

Darlo
Rumours all over the place about possible signings - AW is saying that it may depend on Bendtners fitness.
Not happy about Viera going to City though - although I might be laughing if his legs really have gone and he is rubbish for them!

Can see Wenger making a couple of more signings.


Arshavin is your best player by far, I really rate him and think he's a class act.

He will struggle to even make the bench

Ah yes, the old injury watch! I do indulge in it myself I have to confess - son says that he thinks my evil thoughts are the reason Arsenal get so many injuries. Divine retribution/ bad karma etc.
I can see there being a few problems when it does get rescheduled with some of the season ticket holders who have sold on their tickets. My seat tonight was bought through the resale policy that Arsenal have so that season tickets holders that can't make games sell their ticket through the club. I bet whoever's I got will want it back when the game does go ahead - and they aint having it as it's in block one right behind the bench

No. he'll be really good at that after all the practice he's had in Serie A this season  

Thing is; he'd be good at Arsenal where we have lots of babies who need someone like him around. At City you have such a lot of seasoned experienced professionals that it's hard to see what Mancini wants him for

Mancini should be on centre back watch.

La Veggie  

Pinkalicious
Haven't seen you for ages, hope you're well.

Milan 2-1 up in the 38th minute after being 1-0 down after 28 minutes,
lady Beckham playing well  he'll go off injured after HT i'm sure.

Hey Strike.


Who they got?, Inter for the Scudetto.

Genoa darlo,
i thought you liked AC ?

Love that hun, may adopt that as my user name!!  Ok apart from yet another poxy ear infection in both ears this time, which has left me feeling rather low.  Hope you're ok hun, haven't been on FB much the past couple of days. No stalking AW tonight then?

Nope never have done and I don't like Juventus either. Fiorentina and Roma areok though.

I know, I'm watching it.

I had tickets right behind the bench  *shakes fist at the snow*
Still I will be stalking him at Barnet when the babies play - and there's less security there

Pinkalicious is a good name for you - Pink and delish! Sorry to hear about your ears, I take zinc tablets to help my immune system but even so I've been down with one cold after another for a couple of months, although I'm ok at the mo.
Wishing you better hun