PFA Player of the Year nommos...

 

Adam, Bale, Nasri, Parker, Tevez, Van der Vaart, Vidic

 

Young Player...

 

Bale, Coleman, Hart, Hernandez, Nani, Nasri, Wilshere

 

A few questionable ones aside, I'd go for Adam and Wilshere.

They missed out PL top scorer Berbatov!!  Bale has only really performed in Europe, him, Nasri and VDV are all injured too much to get POTY. The discipline of Vidic and Adam leave a lot to be desired, from the list Tevez should get it but personally i think the player of the year is Van der Sar.

 

Young POTY, probabably Wilshire or Hernandez.

I'll keep my choices short and sweet

 

POTY- Nasri or Vidic (Bale had a great season too but he's slightly overrated/hyped IMO).

Young Player- Would be happy at any out of Nani, Hernandez, Wilshere or whoever misses out of the main award out of Bale or Wilshere, all deserving nominees though..

My cousin's an Arsenal fan, only one out of his family because the rest support United. Saw a guy in a Man City t-shirt when out shopping yesterday, so it looks like City are gaining fans who aren't from their area too.

 

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyy!!!! 

Agreed!

 

I'll sit here and admit that as a child I was Man United through and through. David Beckham and Ryan Giggs were/are my footballing idols. But when I was about 17 I seen sense and realised that I was only a Manchester United 'fan', but really my loyalties were with the team from where I grew up. These days I live in Newcastle and I could quite easily walk 5 minutes and watch Premier League football every week, but I don't, I travel home to watch CUFC in League 1 because that's who I am, where I come from.

 

But at least your son goes to the matches at OT. A lot of people live miles away from places like Old Trafford, claim to be die hard 'United' through and through, yet never set foot in the place.

Totally agree. 

Evening Crunchy, congrats on the win mate. Carlisle had a good turn out with their fans, really good after the disappointment they suffered last year. Oh well, I'm just happy that Brentford have moved up to a bit of mid table mediocrity - it was looking ropey for a while. Still feel sorry for Andy Scott though, I thought he was doing an ok job and young managers need support not sacking.

 

As to the turncoat son (thanks Prom! ) he is a footie nut. Worked in the States at kids camps teaching footie as well as being a general counsellor, assisted the junior school footie team next door to his senior school when he was a 6th former and plays for a local pub team. When he was in Manchester at Uni he watched the reserves and junior Man U's when he could.

He's still a glory supporting traitor to us though

 

So did the current Chelsea Assistant Manager, it's the only qualification he's got. Is your surname Emenalo? 

I never have a bad word to say for someone who actually passes through the turnstiles. It's a great start! The ones I have great difficulty with are those who wouldn't be able to locate Old Trafford if they were in a people carrier with big windows driving down Sir Matt Busby Way. NB other grounds, thoroughfares, and vehicles are available.

Nope, I'm a bog standard boring Mason as is the son - although his first name is a slightly exotic Davon!

He enjoyed the whole kids camp stuff a lot, he should really have pursued a career teaching kids as he is a natural with them.

Yeah Joe you're right but he is still a glory supporting traitor to us Cockernee types innit?

** offers Veggie special handshake** It's a square world, pet!

Be careful where you're sticking that set square Joe!!

I see Gary Neville is joining Sky Sports next season as a pundit.

 

39 points could be enough to stay up according to one bookie? I think past 40 is just about enough but if Albion win at Sunderland they will be close to securing another season in the league.

I always thought Neville to be reasonably left wing, unionised, and a bit of a rebel. What a shame then, that he had taken Murdoch's shilling.

He's a bit like his boss, Joe. All left wing credentials on the outside, grubby little moneygrabbing dictator in reality.

Can you tell I don't like Neville much?

Fair point! I thought Neville was better than that.

Agree about Scott. He turned them right round when they were relegated, brought them back up as L2 Champions and had them as a steady L1 club. Forster seems to be doing okay though.

 

As for us, well I disagree about our turnout for the final, I thought it was absolutely shocking for a cup final, only about half of the 25,000 we took to last years final. I hope the ones who didn't bother enjoyed watching us win from their local pub or front room! Brentford just didn't perform (apart from the number 7 Saunders). We played well in the first half but we were absolutely turd in the second half, largely down to our 2 best players having to go off just about crippled. But Brentford not even registering a shot on target was poor. We defended well but still, Brentford should have offered more. But at least they had a short journey home after defeat, unlike us last year!

I thought he was pretty good with Giggsy the other week for the England Wales match

No Comment.

"Do police actually arrest people for swearing on a Saturday night?" - Baconface

 

 

 

No, but if a bloke ran up to someone in a club and elbowed him in the face then they would be arrested for assault.

 

Watching these press conferences, its ridiculous how the media are scared to put questions to him incase he throws his toys out the pram and stops speaking to them. No other club does this, the guys a tool and needs a kick up the arse.

I'm not sure it's an exact science Mr Pie. I remember my favourite striker pushing someone in the face whilst forgetting that he had a pint of lager piss in his hand. Other footballers may have got away with assault and rape. No names no pack drill. If anything the beetroot faced fraud is going for the "everyone is against us, even though we are going to win everything, and are being allowed to operate with a world record debt!" technique. Or mebbees he is being dead dead ironic!

His horse (What A Friend) will probably start time wasting today when going into the starting gate

Alas! We don't have starting gates! Nevertheless it may try tripping up one of my horses or diving.

Yay

Breba

Both Spurs and Chelsea won, important game for us at Liverpool on monday... need a win.

 

 

Caught glimpses of Chelseas game. Benayoun and Torres were linking up well... he's got to score soon, he had plenty of chances but didnt put it away.

 

Will watch the highlights for the other games later this evening on MOTD.

Woo (does best Ric Flair impression) Berba and Tony V!

 

Got my Baggies win prediction right, in the top half of the league for now on 39 points. Di Matteo's harsh sacking will prove to be inspiring but he'll have some of the credit if Albion stay up!

 

Gawd me and my dad were nervous watching SSN waiting for Birmingham vs Blackburn result..

I agree about Torres, personally some of the criticism has been a bit harsh IMO of him but tbh think he needs more time to get used to the way Chelsea play and understanding his new team mates.. got faith he'll rediscover his best form at some point!

 

The 4th place race is certainly hotting up.

I don't know why west ham bother turning up. Yet another easy win against them. Feel sorry for sturridge, he could have had a hattrick with ease but everybody else was in cruise control from about 50 minutes onwards. Anyway, to wembley we go...

 

He cannot start v United, he has been dreadful. The Torres of old would have been banging them goals in for the craic but hes taking 2 seconds to think about think, and he has lost a yard of pace- which was his killer strength. Malouda and Drogba are coming back into form and Anelka is Chelsea's top CL scorer. Surely these 3 must start?

Bolton exceed expectations this season, done well. Noticed the players still play a bit like under Allardyce (where there was lots of criticism) but slighlty toned down and a change of style under Coyle has worked wonders...

Sturridge looks to be getting better and better each game... still don't think he will ever get a place in Chelsea's starting 11.

 

He looks like a great player. Selfish, but that never hurt Lampard. I think he'll step into Malouda's shoes when he comes back. Zhirkov won't last at Chelsea, his best contributions have been diving for penalties (he's got two so far, good work that man!) but other than that he's a bit crap.

The only criticisms I have of Sturridge are that he's not the best on headed attempts. He's had three free headers from all of six yards that I've seen and he's only hit the target once, and that was straight at the keeper.



Then there's his selfishness, but when that results in a goal like his second yesterday, who really cares?

Afternoon all

Relieved to get 3 points on the board at last, we were very shaky at times during the game and Blackpool should have had at least one pen. We have had some atrocious decisions against us this season so we were due a break (or several). Just a shame that it was against Blackpool who are looking like they may well go down.

I see the Chelsea babies beat Man U 3-2 in the first leg of their FA Youth cup tie. Chelsea producing their own players - whatever is the world coming to?

 

 

Grrrrrrrrrrrr

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/h.../arsenal/9453736.stm

 

*Goes off to find a passing Tory to kick (as kicking a cat goes against my beliefs)*

Another five poond down the drain. I thought D. Bent was a good thing today. Alas! His goal was disallowed on the grounds of offside.

Even though the replays proved he was level.

And Alan Pardew can shut his miserable assistant-bank-manager's gob. That is all.

 

United ahave always had a big fanbase in the South East going back to the 60's, I remember when they were relegated in the early 70's, they were still one of the most popular clubs in the playground. I know southern based United fans who go week in and week out all over the country, I also know people who  support Arsenal,Chelsea, West Ham etc that havent been to football matched all their life. What I don't understand as a football fan , is grown men walking round town centres with a football shirt at the time their team is play at home.

& I don't buy this "it's too hard to get a ticket lark"

 

Tottenham have never been my local club, I pass Charlton, Millwall & West Ham to get to WHL , doesn't this make me any less a supporter, in fact can any supporter claim they don't any other ground on the way to their team.