World Football Thread

[Bacon]

Benjani will have a cry, and go back to Pompey.

I think Robinho will pay a more AM role.

[Chelsea4thewin]

yeah no loyalty in this business

i reckon man city will use a barca looking attack

[Bacon]

Adebayor was always a mercenary... Arsenal should've sold him last time (but I think they got the same money).

[Chelsea4thewin]

http://www.insideworldsoccer.com/2009/07/manchester-city-players-get-watches.html

wow have u seen this article pete

Man City Owner Sheikh Mansour presented the squad with 168,000 pound watches at his palace in Abu Dhabi, expect a few bonuses for the man city players if they win a trophy

[BigPete33]

Yeah Robinho is more of a second striker, kinda like Rooney or Keane. So I think they'd have Adebayor paired with Robinho if they went for only 2 up front.

They could also use Adebayor with Tevez.

Benjani will def look to leave. He was pretty good at Portsmouth but that was under Harry Redknapp who always manages to get the best out of players so his best days in the EPL might be behind him.

Bellamy is a reasonable striker in his own right, as is Santa Cruz, and he could easily get another club but he does have excellent pace and would be great off the bench for them if he doesn't have a sulk.

Macca: most top clubs aim to have 4 good strikers on their books where 2 or 3 of them get a majority of the game time over the season depending what formation the manager plays. It's hard for a manager to juggle those ego's but the fact is unless the club is doing well in the domestic cups and also playing in Europe then there are going to be unhappy strikers due to lack of opportunities.

Imagine if Hughes wanted to play a 4-5-1 He'd almost instantly get the sack if he did, but geez that'd be hilarious

Steve: no I hadn't seen that article but I'm not too surprised. Soooo much money falling out of those owners pockets (if those big dress things even have pockets). Get into the fantasy league Steve!

[Chelsea4thewin]

i got a team pete, i havent put it in the league yet, hold on

[Chelsea4thewin]

there we go

[BigPete33]

lovely work Steve!


Might see if some of Beccles' footballing friends want in as well. One of them is a manure fan so the banter is bound to be awesome

[BigPete33]

haha that link you posted Steve, see the article about Micah Richards getting swine flu?

"At first I thought it was a really bad chest infection, or maybe alcohol poisoning,"



Good to see he's looking after himself

[Chelsea4thewin]

yeah there a few weird articles on that site

i just saw ronaldo has a 1billion pound buy out clause on his contract, crazy