So, a usual season for Vålerenga in Norway. Crash. Fly. Crash.
I see Forest splash a LOT of cash on new players these days. I think the club's spent like £6 million in a few months. That's a lot more than Doughty ever gave Paul Hart, who I think should still be in charge.
So far:
Adebola, Bristol City, naught
Camp, QPR, Six-figures
Anderson, ScouseScum, 250.000
McKenna, Preston, 750.000
Gunter, Jews, 1.75.000.000
McGoldrick, S'oton, same
Some Polack on loan, € 100.000
I am worried. If the mighty Forest aren't in the play-offs, Billy Davies will have a short career at the City Ground.
That's really the gist... Forest still act like they just won back-to-back European honours. They're a small club and should spend the money on developing more players like Dawson and Jenas.
"One-Nil To The Famous Club" doesn't sound that great against Mansfield and Chester City.
McGugan will become a star with some tutoring. Otherwise, I think my beloved Forest are in for another FAIL. Gunter and McGoldrick are decent signings, the rest? Leftovers from Billy's reign at Preston and the Sheep.
RBK 17 played 12 wins 5 draws 0 losses. All is right with the world.
@Norgy:
Forest played against Sporting in a friendly last week and won 1-0. <_<
Although I was more attentive to my squad than Forest, I'll leave you with some random thoughts:
When I saw them enter the pitch, I've noticed their build and height (especially when compared to our smaller players) and I thought that it was a good choice, since they would test our crappy air game, nonetheless that wasn't the case and Nothingam played some technical based football with good circulation and some direct passes. I wonder if this "continental" approach is the right one for the Championship though...
The lack of player names on the back prevented me from memorizing some good players on your side, but the midfield seemed pretty good.
Regarding Sporting, we got a decent to good nr. 10, Matias Fernandez, from Villareal and let go our craptastic Romagnoli back to Argentina. We probably still need a good forward to team with Liedson after Derlei's departure. This seems crucial if we intend to enter the Champions League groups stage: the first round we'll be playing Twente (does anyone have some info on them?) and even if we manage to beat them we might face teams like Fiorentina, Stuttgart or Atletico Madrid wish are superior to our side. :cry:
They have that non-league black winger who looks like he'd eat Mike Tyson in a fight, McCleary.
http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1798_5422689,00.html
I like the look of him.
He's 21 and looks like he'll become better and better.
Against Sporting, Forest weren't just lucky, they had the ghost of St Brian Clough looking out for them. Lee Camp and Paul Smith both had a fine game in goal, but one of Camp's first half saves was just unreal.
In Norway, my club Gjøvik FF is not going up and Vålerenga still suck. All is usual, won't you say, Viking?
Another thing, does anyone has any idea that Caicedo (Man City striker) isn't a complete fluke?
There are talks that we might be interested in signing the man.
My guess is Man City will sign half of Europe and then end up like Tottenham; all midfield.
Michael Pw0n3d at Man Utd might be huge hit or a new Garry Birtles.
I kind of like Fergie. He has a keen eye for attacking players.
327 days till the World Cup! :w00t:
Quote from: Norgy on July 18, 2009, 12:07:35 PM
In Norway, my club Gjøvik FF is not going up and Vålerenga still suck. All is usual, won't you say, Viking?
All is as it should be. But we are going better than usual. We are on the way to become the "Unbeatables" (http://www.arsenal-world.co.uk/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=EDZ3&id=171737) of Norway. I'm looking forward to the next 13 seasons of titles. Being the only solvent club in the country probably helps. Though Molde probably has a bit of cash now.
Quote from: Norgy on July 18, 2009, 12:34:49 PM
Michael Pw0n3d at Man Utd might be huge hit or a new Garry Birtles.
I kind of like Fergie. He has a keen eye for attacking players.
Mame Briam Diouf?
Quote from: Zanza on July 18, 2009, 12:50:46 PM
327 days till the World Cup! :w00t:
I hope they can eliminate those south african horns before 2010. Annoying.
Quote from: Liep on July 18, 2009, 07:35:18 PM
Quote from: Zanza on July 18, 2009, 12:50:46 PM
327 days till the World Cup! :w00t:
I hope they can eliminate those south african horns before 2010. Annoying.
Amen to that. May have to watch the games with the sound down. :mad:
Norway/Sweden for Euro 2016! :cool:
So, yesterday was the 2nd lost of the pre-season, this time at Home presentation 1-2 against Feyenoord, in 2 matches (I don't count a win against 3rd tier team).
This starts to not look that good, especially when Benfica is clearly improving from last season and Porto... well it's Porto, so 90% of the time they'll win it in the end.
<_<
I was going to pop in and congratulate Canada for not sucking too horribly in the 2009 Gold Cup...but then they lost to Honduras in the first round of the knockout round :nelson
Canada is the worst soccer nation evah.
Anyway tune in July 26th to see the United States win our fifth Gold Cup! America! Hell yeah!
Quote from: Valmy on July 21, 2009, 08:11:35 AM
I was going to pop in and congratulate Canada for not sucking too horribly in the 2009 Gold Cup...but then they lost to Honduras in the first round of the knockout round :nelson
Canada is the worst soccer nation evah.
Anyway tune in June 26th to see the United States win our fifth Gold Cup! America! Hell yeah!
That kind of sucked.
I thought Canada has been playing really well of late. In the Honduras game, Honduras scored on the most questionable penalty call in the history of futball. (OK, maybe only slight exaggeration).
Look for yourself. Fast forward to around the 2:30 mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMExi2bVxmE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMExi2bVxmE)
Quote from: Josephus on July 21, 2009, 08:44:08 AM
Look for yourself. Fast forward to around the 2:30 mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMExi2bVxmE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMExi2bVxmE)
WTF? Wow that was a horribly call. I understand things go fast down there on the grass but...geez what a crappy way to decide the game.
By the way I think it is weird that Guadeloupe has its own "national" team. If each department of France gets its own national team then I want 50 US national teams so we can overwhelm the rest of the field on sheer volume!
The Honduran national anthem has to be the longest one ever...
And OK, that is not a penalty. Never was.
I have a feeling Honduras are the Italians of Central America.
Quote from: Valmy on July 21, 2009, 09:03:59 AM
By the way I think it is weird that Guadeloupe has its own "national" team. If each department of France gets its own national team then I want 50 US national teams so we can overwhelm the rest of the field on sheer volume!
The US has some really good players. Really good.
You still are a decade behind with tactics after Bora coached you, but you have players that combine the essential pace/technique ratio.
I am thinking medals next WC for you guys.
Quote from: Norgy on July 21, 2009, 09:11:16 AM
I am thinking medals next WC for you guys.
:w00t: Well um...I am not going to get that carried away after 2006's disappointment.
I do think it is just a matter of time before we have a big breakout WC run. Maybe not 2010, maybe not 2014 but soon...
You already own the Women's WC.
A Brazil-USA final in the men's WC is in the coming.
I will naturally root for the poor brown pipple against forces of capitalism.
Quote from: Norgy on July 21, 2009, 09:23:18 AM
You already own the Women's WC.
Due to the laws governing the highest levels of amateur athletics, specifically university and college athletics, women actually get alot more opportunities to play than men do.
It reverses naturally once you go professional but it is a factor that helps explain why we do so well at women's soccer.
Like most soccer leagues, the MSL will go belly-up with Barca and Real Madrid going bankies.
Here, I think Lyn Oslo will be the first to come crawling to gubmint asking for handouts.
Seriously, they pay footballers like 3x my wage, which is good at 400k.
Oh, yeah. And I pay serious taxes.
Dinnae kinda tell you guys, but I said "gubbye" to self-employment and took a job as middle-management.
Now I have minnows.
Maybe I'm used to a different football, but that Canadian guy puled the arm of the Honduran one. I'm not going to say it's a clear penalty, but something that we call here the "intensity law", it depends on the strength applied. ;)
Quote from: clandestino on July 21, 2009, 12:50:19 PM
Maybe I'm used to a different football, but that Canadian guy puled the arm of the Honduran one. I'm not going to say it's a clear penalty, but something that we call here the "intensity law", it depends on the strength applied. ;)
The guy was taking a banana kick backwards. He was going to fall down regardless of foreign intervention. The Canadian did not impede the shot, or the taking of the shot, in any way.