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Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
I'm not that shocked as I've been reading stories regarding his contract situation and it really wasn't secure. What I was surprised about was the reason why he was apparently axed - because Tottenham didn't make the Champions League. Now I know they probably should've come third instead of us... -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
I wouldn't actually be surprised if Man Utd do snap up Modric. I'm pretty sure Modric was keen on the move to Chelsea, but Tottenham's chairman(?) Daniel Levy ensured no 40 million pound move was going to happen. It's likely he'd do the same, but you never know. Rooney, Hernandez, Welbeck and... -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
From what I've read, West Brom wanted Chris Hughton but didn't wanna pay 2 million pounds for him, and they offered the job to Ralf Ragnick who turned it down. Steve Clarke isn't their first choice, but he could prove to be a masterstroke if it comes off. Hughton has officially been appointed... -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
Ahhhh, so that was the apparent "disagreement" that the two parties had. I thought about it possibly being something to do with his contract, among other things, as that's generally the main issue a player has with a club. Thanks for posting that, Breakaway. -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
Yeah but it matters little if the board accept it is what I'm saying. If you have a valuable member of your work team saying they're quitting yet you're the boss and you don't like it, you can't force them to stay in the job. Lambert quit, regardless of if it's accepted or not. Done. As for... -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
Still, you'd think that Grant Holt would prefer to jump ship to Aston Villa if he was to get his way and leave Norwich. He has worked under Paul Lambert for the past few seasons and had a great first season in the Premier League, so I wouldn't be surprised if Lambert came knocking at Norwich's... -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
He still quit, whether they accepted it or not doesn't matter. He's leaving Norwich and is virtually already the Aston Villa manager. -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
How great has he been? Oh, you know, just announced as the Bundesliga Player of the Season, no big deal :P Paul Lambert quit Norwich today after Aston Villa were refused permission to speak with him, so Lambert promptly quit. -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
Apparently, Dave Whelan has convinced Roberto Martinez to stay at Wigan. He's reportedly offering him a new contract, offering the backroom staff new contracts and also a serious transfer kitty. Not sure how serious it actually is considering this is Wigan, but all of that - probably combined... -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
Except Kean has been sacked by Blackburn and has been given a role in the club that pays the same salary. I don't think this has been completely confirmed, but let's just say I have my sources :P -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
Exactly on both accounts, but I wholeheartedly disagree with the Clichy statement. The club would likely do the same thing they did with Nasri before forcing Van Persie to play out the rest of his contract. It's just a courtesy thing, but if he was to go anywhere else in England than it'd be... -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
I read that talks were "tense" so that really isn't a good sign. Apparently we're gonna play hard ball, not sell him and force him to play out the rest of his contract, which ends next season. If that's true, I really can't see the club actually going through with that. He has served the club... -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
Apologies for the double post. Reports have surfaced that Grant Holt put in a transfer request and it was promptly rejected by Norwich. Sounds to me like he thinks he should be moving to a bigger club for next season, but at 31 he may find that a little difficult. He may still have years left... -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
Very encouraging for Swansea that Brendan Rogers refused an interview for the Liverpool job. It leaves no doubts that he will stay at Swansea and look to continue to solidify them as a permanent Premier League club, at least for the rest of his tenure. Good on him for resisting it. It was... -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
I definitely understand the decision, but I'm not really sure about it. I would've at least given the guy one more year and a chance to turn it around, but it is what it is. He spent quite a fair bit of money and really they should've been fighting for a Top 4 spot, and to finish 8th, especially... -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
I was too focused on Barton, but from the replay I saw I have no idea if Tevez provoked him. All I saw was Barton swing an arm back and connect with Tevez' neck. Barton gets showed a red, pleads his case, then when he seems to have given up and begins to walk away he suddenly kicks Aguero... -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
Unbelievable, absolutely unbelievable. That was just an absolutely crazy last day of the English Premier League! I am so relieved that we managed to finish 3rd. We really didn't play that flash and did have 2 goals handed to us because of bad mistakes from the West Brom goalkeeper, but frankly... -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
We better win is all I can say. I will be very disappointed if we don't finish 3rd because we'll either finish outside the Top 4 or have to go through the Champions League qualification games for ANOTHER season, bearing in mind if Chelsea lose at Munich. I'd love to see Newcastle pinch 4th spot... -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
Yes nobody would care that they lost to Liverpool if Chelsea win the Champions League, but they can't just put all their eggs into one basket. They're playing Bayern Munich AT Munich, and whether or not they think they can win, they still needed to try to make the Top 4 by beating Liverpool and... -
Official Football Discussion Thread 2011/12
I don't understand Di Matteo's decision to rest Drogba, Mata, Kalou, Meireles, Lampard, Cole, Bosingwa and Cech. Chelsea needed to win that game to keep their Top 4 hopes alive, because if they won it then there would be only 3 points that split us in 3rd to them in 6th. Their final game of the...