(UEFA) Football Thread - Football not Soccer - Page 300

Shaytan · December 27 2012, 08:23 PM

I would have said that a few years ago.
Not now, but maybe I will regret it in 6 month.

Roger Wilco · December 28 2012, 11:13 AM

I suppose if your club is playing well you'd feel that way.

Starkers · December 28 2012, 02:29 PM

Jax wrote:

According to the lame as statement they are looking for a manager with PL experience and rumors already have us meeting with someone this week but god knows who it is.

I fear Mark Hughes

Alex McLeish

Yup he has PL experience. Got Brum relegated from it and almost got Villa relegated from it.

To be fair he got Brum promoted and won the league cup but I have a friend who's a Villa fan who says they were dire under McLeish very defensive, 10 men behind the ball even at home at times!

One thing is certain, Forest are going to be very boring from now on...

Shaytan · December 28 2012, 04:54 PM

Roger Wilco wrote:

I suppose if your club is playing well you'd feel that way.

*goes to see what's happening in the AUtrias Bundesliga*
Mh, not this year again.

I should praise a little more my team of monsters (really). Is your blood pressure ok ?

Roger Wilco · December 28 2012, 06:42 PM

It's ok, the result so far actually is better than my team has been playing (while narrowly being the worst team ever in the Europa League

). It wasn't a catastrophic year, but I'm glad it's over anyway.

Angel4576 · December 28 2012, 06:59 PM

Alex McLeish -

Oh dear - your owners really don't have a clue. Should have stuck with SoD - he's put some solid foundations in place, which will no doubt be now completely fcuked up by AM.

On the bright side, another manager for the 'Son of Brian' to tactically outwit.

HappyDayRiot · December 28 2012, 11:38 PM

Bloody McCleish. What are they thinking? When Forest click, they're a fine side. Absolutely tore us to shreds for 65 minutes back in October.

It could be worse though. They could be Blackburn. Or QPR.

Roger Wilco wrote:

It's ok, the result so far actually is better than my team has been playing (while narrowly being the worst team ever in the Europa League

)..

Literally? How did they manage that?

Roger Wilco · December 29 2012, 08:25 AM

Well, they won 1:0 in the last game, after losing the five previous ones. The only other team that didn't manage to get a single point in the group stage were the Shamrock Rovers last year.

Starkers · December 30 2012, 12:11 AM

Well say what you want about McCleish, at least Villa used to be able to keep a clean sheet...

HappyDayRiot · December 31 2012, 06:46 PM

Roger Wilco wrote:

Well, they won 1:0 in the last game, after losing the five previous ones. The only other team that didn't manage to get a single point in the group stage were the Shamrock Rovers last year.

Ouch. Bullet dodged there.

Hopes/predictions for respective teams in 2013 anyone? Mine is obviously very simple... Especially with that new TV deal coming in for 2013-14, along with the FFP rules. As of next season, the Premier League is going to become even more of a closed shop. Anyone who's in it is going to be set up for life (and only be able to finish between 6th and 20th obviously)

Shaytan · January 1 2013, 03:44 PM

HappyDayRiot wrote:

Hopes/predictions for respective teams in 2013 anyone?

Oh uh...pffff...

As a supporter, I have planned to be very sorry about everything my team might do.
Sorry.

Officially, this year's goal is to win the Ligue 1 and to reach the quarter-finals of the Champion's league.

Unofficially, they also want to play some games with the UEFA

Starkers · January 3 2013, 10:09 AM

Starkers wrote:

Well say what you want about McCleish, at least Villa used to be able to keep a clean sheet...

Oops

Can the prem really become that much of a closed shop? Surely there's still going to be relegation/promotion, and if the championship proves anything it's that it's a hard division to simply buy your way out of.

Angel4576 · January 3 2013, 10:59 AM

^^ Always has been. Just look at our spending under Pickering. Granted, we went up eventually, but it took a good number of years before TBE managed to take us up at the first attempt. Likewise, look at the millions that were pumped into Wolves before they eventually managed to go up.

Still, I quite like our new 'organic' approach - pumping time and effort into the youth infrastructure is really paying dividend now - Hughes, Hendrick, O'Brien, Ball, Bennett already breaking through, with Kwame Thomas, Josh Lelan and Mats Morch waiting in the wings over the next couple of seasons.

Starkers · January 3 2013, 11:05 AM

Yeah, I wouldn't mind if a little quicker, but there is a lot to be said for the approach. Problems may arise if we have to sell off too many of those players though, though I think it's a given we won't hang onto Hughes

Angel4576 · January 3 2013, 09:24 PM

^^ Just so long as we don't take the 'Huddlestone' approach - let him go for a handful of magic beans, and a promise of more if he ever scored a hat-trick in a world cup final.....

December 27 2012, 08:23 PM	#4486
Shaytan Bof Location: Paris, Fr, EU.	Re: (UEFA) Football Thread - Football not Soccer I would have said that a few years ago. Not now, but maybe I will regret it in 6 month. __________________ Not on strike.

December 28 2012, 11:13 AM	#4487
Roger Wilco Admiral	Re: (UEFA) Football Thread - Football not Soccer I suppose if your club is playing well you'd feel that way. __________________ Don't be a douche.

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Roger Wilco Admiral	Re: (UEFA) Football Thread - Football not Soccer It's ok, the result so far actually is better than my team has been playing (while narrowly being the worst team ever in the Europa League ). It wasn't a catastrophic year, but I'm glad it's over anyway. __________________ Don't be a douche.

December 28 2012, 06:59 PM	#4491
Angel4576 Rear Admiral Location: United Kingdom	Re: (UEFA) Football Thread - Football not Soccer Alex McLeish - Oh dear - your owners really don't have a clue. Should have stuck with SoD - he's put some solid foundations in place, which will no doubt be now completely fcuked up by AM. On the bright side, another manager for the 'Son of Brian' to tactically outwit. __________________ I am a Ranger. We walk in the dark places no others will enter. We stand on the bridge and no one may pass. We live for the One, we die for the One.

December 29 2012, 08:25 AM	#4493
Roger Wilco Admiral	Re: (UEFA) Football Thread - Football not Soccer Well, they won 1:0 in the last game, after losing the five previous ones. The only other team that didn't manage to get a single point in the group stage were the Shamrock Rovers last year. __________________ Don't be a douche.

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December 30 2012, 12:11 AM	#4494
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January 3 2013, 10:59 AM	#4498
Angel4576 Rear Admiral Location: United Kingdom	Re: (UEFA) Football Thread - Football not Soccer ^^ Always has been. Just look at our spending under Pickering. Granted, we went up eventually, but it took a good number of years before TBE managed to take us up at the first attempt. Likewise, look at the millions that were pumped into Wolves before they eventually managed to go up. Still, I quite like our new 'organic' approach - pumping time and effort into the youth infrastructure is really paying dividend now - Hughes, Hendrick, O'Brien, Ball, Bennett already breaking through, with Kwame Thomas, Josh Lelan and Mats Morch waiting in the wings over the next couple of seasons. __________________ I am a Ranger. We walk in the dark places no others will enter. We stand on the bridge and no one may pass. We live for the One, we die for the One.

January 3 2013, 11:05 AM	#4499
Starkers Admiral Location: Behind enemy lines...	Re: (UEFA) Football Thread - Football not Soccer Yeah, I wouldn't mind if a little quicker, but there is a lot to be said for the approach. Problems may arise if we have to sell off too many of those players though, though I think it's a given we won't hang onto Hughes __________________ Werewolves on the Moon Now with Byzantium review The Devils of Amber Street

January 3 2013, 09:24 PM	#4500
Angel4576 Rear Admiral Location: United Kingdom	Re: (UEFA) Football Thread - Football not Soccer ^^ Just so long as we don't take the 'Huddlestone' approach - let him go for a handful of magic beans, and a promise of more if he ever scored a hat-trick in a world cup final..... __________________ I am a Ranger. We walk in the dark places no others will enter. We stand on the bridge and no one may pass. We live for the One, we die for the One.