World Football Thread

[bennymacca]

Sunday will be fun

still touch and go at the moment whether i can go. mate has a bucks show on the saturday night, and its on a houseboat, so i gotta work out how i am getting back.

but i WILL work it out

[rcon]

that almost sounds like a bad beat in the making right there!

[BigPete33]

benny the cunt, show me where Chelsea have consistently been in the top 4 prior to about 2004.

Unless you can actually start to get in touch with reality, don't bother talking to me. You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

[bennymacca]

benny the cunt, show me where Chelsea have consistently been in the top 4 prior to about 2004.

Unless you can actually start to get in touch with reality, don't bother talking to me. You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

proof will be forthcoming tomorrow pete.

show me where Chelsea have consistently been in the top 4 prior to about 2004.

does this mean you are admitting that the big 4 clubs have dominated for at least the past 5 years?

[BigPete33]

Your original poor argument was that a club HAD to spend big to have a shot at the title, which is just utter rubbish.

You have now disputed what I just told you in response to your post mentioning 'top 4 traditional title challengers' - again this is rubbish.

Some proof for you.....

Between 1992 (When the EPL formed) and 2004.

Chelsea:

11,14,11,11,6,4,3,5,6,6,4,2 = top 4 FOUR times in 12 seasons prior to 04/05.

So benny the cunt, you telling me I talk rubbish after I mention Chelsea weren't consistent top 4 performers is really just plain rude and demonstrates your complete ignorance.

Liverpool:

6,8,4,3,4,3,7,4,3,2,5,4 = top 4 EIGHT times in 12 seasons prior to 04/05.

Consistent top 4 is a yes. Title challengers is a big fat NO (except for one time when we came close to Arsenal). Quite often several points behind the eventual winner.

That's debunked 2 of the supposed top 4 regular title challengers and so far completely backs up what I told you. Now for the two teams that I mentioned WERE regular title challengers in that period.

Manchester United:

1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,1,3,1,3 = top 4 EVERY season and consistent title challengers.

Arsenal:

10,4,12,5,3,1,2,2,2,1,2,1 = top 4 NINE times in 12 seasons and for the large part, consistent title challengers.

Now that's two of the supposed 'top 4 traditional title challengers' actually challenging - and two of them NOT challenging.

Which is exactly what I said to you.

[BigPete33]

In other news, A-league this time...

Gold Coast have pinched Shane Smeltz from Wellington Phoenix.

Not a bad bit of business that.

They seem to be fairly rapidly assembling what, on paper at least, seems a very decent side.

And doing it without spending bazillions of dollars, benny the cunt

[BigPete33]

Seeing as I'm wide awake now that benny the cunt has completely pissed me off with his ignorance...

Have a read of this article from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) website....

http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/vie ... 97706.html

They had all of the hob nobs from the clubs in the AFC get together and rammed down their throat the importance of growing their football clubs as a business as well as the football side of things. Quite simply, because these things go hand in hand.

So things like sound business strategies and marketing etc for the clubs should now get more attention which is exactly what helps build a successful club that generates lots of it's own income of which the flow on effects are enormous.

The good thing is, they should all now be doing it (just like in the EPL) which will mean they will ALL be spending money (just like in the EPL) and titles will be decided more on things like squad members and Manager/Coaching decisions (just like in the EPL).

[bennymacca]

chill pill pete.

[BigPete33]

Nup, stuff ya.

You have really annoyed me now.

Every point you have tried to make has been speculation based on nothing but your own incorrect assumption and despite bucketloads of proof to the contrary you continue with it.

I'm absolutely over it.

[Des]

Remember, Pete's never wrong