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Oh yeah, a mate was telling me John Giles was saying that Mourinhio may want to build a legacy somewhere and stay there for a long time now that he's pretty much won everything. Liverpool could be the place for this. Could you stick him for that long though? Another good point I've heard made is that he hasn't been anywhere lately without a decent sized purse and neither manu or pool would guarantee him this.

Question for Liverpool fans.
Do you want to win on Sunday?

Andy Wilson wrote:Oh yeah, a mate was telling me John Giles was saying that Mourinhio may want to build a legacy somewhere and stay there for a long time now that he's pretty much won everything. Liverpool could be the place for this. Could you stick him for that long though? Another good point I've heard made is that he hasn't been anywhere lately without a decent sized purse and neither manu or pool would guarantee him this.

I don't want Mourinho, he is a classless media whore. I think he's a great manager (although I point to Benitez's tactical masterclasses in '05 and '07 as evidence that Benitez is at least on a par with him tactically) and great entertainment, but I certainly wouldn't want him here. And as you say, he definitely wouldn't want to manage Liverpool with The Cunts in charge.

Marc Meakin wrote:Question for Liverpool fans.
Do you want to win on Sunday?

Liverpool.

Andy Wilson wrote:Oh yeah, a mate was telling me John Giles was saying that Mourinhio may want to build a legacy somewhere and stay there for a long time now that he's pretty much won everything. Liverpool could be the place for this. Could you stick him for that long though? Another good point I've heard made is that he hasn't been anywhere lately without a decent sized purse and neither manu or pool would guarantee him this.

Citeh?

Jon O'Neill wrote:I don't want Mourinho, he is a classless media whore. I think he's a great manager (although I point to Benitez's tactical masterclasses in '05 and '07 as evidence that Benitez is at least on a par with him tactically)

Oh lord. Benitez isn't fit to paint Jose's technical area.

Marc Meakin wrote: Citeh?

Obviously a strong possibility. However, would he be willing to trust a boss so easily inclined to sack the man in charge?

Re your comment Craig - I agree. Liverpool played some classy football in brief patches last night though before they got the first goal. As a football fan i enjoyed this.

haha http://gavinmccallum.posterous.com/henr ... rugs-shame

Since everyone's been so excited about it! Another update on the c4c fantasy league! It's going down to the wire. With the Spurs/City game and Stoke/Fulham games still to count, the gap has already been closed to 17 points, with Martin making the most progress. Oli is only two points further back. With both the lads playing Tevez as their captain, should he have a good night on Wednesday, the boys will close the gap further. Matthew has him too, but not as captain. Considering i'm lying in fourth 150 points back, this is actually quite exciting and could be anyone's. If anyone fancies getting involved at http://fantasy.premierleague.com you should join up for next season. Would be cool if we could double the numbers. Can't remember the code for the league and am assuming the league will reset for next season, maybe Matt can advise on this, assuming you set it up sir.

Andy Wilson wrote:Since everyone's been so excited about it! Another update on the c4c fantasy league! It's going down to the wire. With the Spurs/City game and Stoke/Fulham games still to count, the gap has already been closed to 17 points, with Martin making the most progress. Oli is only two points further back. With both the lads playing Tevez as their captain, should he have a good night on Wednesday, the boys will close the gap further. Matthew has him too, but not as captain. Considering i'm lying in fourth 150 points back, this is actually quite exciting and could be anyone's. If anyone fancies getting involved at http://fantasy.premierleague.com you should join up for next season. Would be cool if we could double the numbers. Can't remember the code for the league and am assuming the league will reset for next season, maybe Matt can advise on this, assuming you set it up sir.

Sounds quite exciting, I might have a go next year.

Jon O'Neill wrote:

Andy Wilson wrote:Since everyone's been so excited about it! Another update on the c4c fantasy league! It's going down to the wire. With the Spurs/City game and Stoke/Fulham games still to count, the gap has already been closed to 17 points, with Martin making the most progress. Oli is only two points further back. With both the lads playing Tevez as their captain, should he have a good night on Wednesday, the boys will close the gap further. Matthew has him too, but not as captain. Considering i'm lying in fourth 150 points back, this is actually quite exciting and could be anyone's. If anyone fancies getting involved at http://fantasy.premierleague.com you should join up for next season. Would be cool if we could double the numbers. Can't remember the code for the league and am assuming the league will reset for next season, maybe Matt can advise on this, assuming you set it up sir.

Sounds quite exciting, I might have a go next year.

Yeah same. I only paid enough attention to notice the c4c league late on the season, by which point it seems a bit unfair to storm in.

Steve Durney wrote:Although i'm not a huge fan of the weekly transfer thing, i've entered a team anyway!

Only 5 of us so far though. 11:30am is the shut off point for week 1.

I did advertise it!

Steve Durney wrote:I did advertise it!

Yeah, I think I even read that post at the time, I'm just really disorganised/forgetful

Marc Meakin wrote:Question for Liverpool fans.
Do you want to win on Sunday?

I have to say I didn't want us to win, no. I knew Liverpool-Chelsea was on on Sunday, and without checking the fixtures I spent the whole week foolishly just assuming that Sunderland-United was on Saturday. If that had have been so, I'd have been wanting Chelsea to match whatever United's result was, if United lost I'd definitely want Liverpool to win. So by the time I'd got the fixtures straight, I was hoping Chelsea would win. Watching the match was pretty weird though, don't ever want to have to do that again.

Andy Wilson wrote:Another update on the c4c fantasy league! It's going down to the wire. With the Spurs/City game and Stoke/Fulham games still to count, the gap has already been closed to 17 points.

Was in London and forgot to do my ruddy transfers. Stupid really at this stage of the season, not so much for the C4C league (sorry!) but I'm in a pretty properish one too that I run with £10 entry and it could be a costly error. I always mess up like this though, eek.

Andy Wilson wrote:Can't remember the code for the league and am assuming the league will reset for next season, maybe Matt can advise on this

http://fantasy.premierleague.com, code: 336517-73468. Be great to have a few more on like Jono and Michael.

Will there be a fantasy World Cup?

Marc Meakin wrote:Will there be a fantasy World Cup?

I am sure plenty of newspapers will run one, I doubt the official Premier League site would cover it, and I also think it's unlikely that FIFA would run an official one. Haven't Googled though, sorry.

Andy Wilson wrote:With both the lads playing Tevez as their captain, should he have a good night on Wednesday, the boys will close the gap further.

I'm also the only one with Johnson and Bale in my team, so if there are a lot of goals I'll be right up there. I'm kicking myself for leaving Robert Huth on the bench, though.

I think Yahoo run an official-ish fantasy league for the world cup, which works in a similar way to the Premier League one.

Marc Meakin wrote:Who should be Liverpool's new manager.

I like the O'Neill chatter.

Matt Morrison wrote:

Marc Meakin wrote:Who should be Liverpool's new manager.

I like the O'Neill chatter.

I hope not otherwise I'd feel terribly conflicted.

Wigan to win 7-6

Matt Morrison wrote:

Marc Meakin wrote:Who should be Liverpool's new manager.

I like the O'Neill chatter.

I would like to, but I wouldn't want to work with the clowns who own the club.

O'Neill won't cut it at a big club.

I am not a football fan, but can I ask a trivial question.
I notice that when a winning team celebrates these days they tend to bounce up and down on the spot.
When did this start? Who started it, and does it have a particular significance?
Thanks.

Ralph Gillions wrote:I am not a football fan, but can I ask a trivial question.
I notice that when a winning team celebrates these days they tend to bounce up and down on the spot.
When did this start? Who started it, and does it have a particular significance?
Thanks.

I think it originated in the World Trampolining Championships, but I'm not sure how it crossed to football. Maybe Tony Adams competed in both sports.

For some reason I feel compelled to share with everyone the final standings of the Fantasy League.

1 Martin Bishop 2160 points
2 Matt Morrison 2156
3 Oliver Garner 2128
4 Andrew Wilson 2007
5 Steve Durney 1912
6 Jim Bentley 1783

... Ah, that's why.

Martin Bishop wrote:For some reason I feel compelled to share with everyone the final standings of the Fantasy League.

1 Martin Bishop 2160 points
2 Matt Morrison 2156
3 Oliver Garner 2128
4 Andrew Wilson 2007
5 Steve Durney 1912
6 Jim Bentley 1783

... Ah, that's why.

Epic.

Martin Bishop wrote:For some reason I feel compelled to share with everyone the final standings of the Fantasy League.

1 Martin Bishop 2160 points
2 Matt Morrison 2156
3 Oliver Garner 2128
4 Andrew Wilson 2007
5 Steve Durney 1912
6 Jim Bentley 1783

... Ah, that's why.

Awesome. The mini-league I was in finished with a 191 point gap at the top, which was kinda anticlimactic. Losing by 4 must be brutal.

Martin Bishop wrote:For some reason I feel compelled to share with everyone the final standings of the Fantasy League.

1 Martin Bishop 2160 points
2 Matt Morrison 2156
3 Oliver Garner 2128
4 Andrew Wilson 2007
5 Steve Durney 1912
6 Jim Bentley 1783

... Ah, that's why.

In my defence i didn't bother making many transfers at the start, nor for the last few weeks either.

Congrats though Mr Bishop. Glad it was won by a Gooner!

Kai Laddiman wrote:I think it originated in the World Trampolining Championships, but I'm not sure how it crossed to football. Maybe Tony Adams competed in both sports.

Thanks Kai.
In the absence of any other suggestions I am happy to accept your knowledge of the matter. Appreciated.

Ralph Gillions wrote:I am not a football fan, but can I ask a trivial question.
I notice that when a winning team celebrates these days they tend to bounce up and down on the spot.
When did this start? Who started it, and does it have a particular significance?
Thanks.

Maybe it's the natural evolution of the days when everyone used to just jump in the air once when somebody scored.

For example, in 1966..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 670911.stm

Utterly ridiculous.

The Brazilian team in world cup 94 are the first one's i remember doing the in line formation celebration in front of their fans (i think?). I remember Romario and Bebeto used to cup their hands as if rocking a tiny baby or begging and sway them in motion. I suppose you'd want to run around a bit and go mad if you'd just won something, but they are confined to the section with the big ad in front of it for the sponsors, so I guess jumping up and down is the only option for a minute until they've served their advertising time.

Well done on pipping Matt to the post Martin and unlucky Matt and Ollie. Hopefully we can get into double figures for the next one numbers wise. I assume the league will remain as is and the same code applies to join?

Oh, and good luck to Blackpool tonight!

Ralph Gillions wrote:I am not a football fan, but can I ask a trivial question.
I notice that when a winning team celebrates these days they tend to bounce up and down on the spot.
When did this start? Who started it, and does it have a particular significance?
Thanks.

David O'Donnell used to acclaim every winning round on Countdown with a similar bouncing celebration as I recall

Surprised no one has posted already (shame on you Kai ) but congratulations to Chelsea for winning 'The Double'
Truly remarkable considering the injuries we had, (Essien out for most of the season) and the African Nations robbing us of players, this year aswell.

Lets hope England can win the world cup to cap the season off with 'Chelsea's 12th man' Steven Gerrard scoring the winner against Spain in the final.

Coughwellcoughdonecoughchelseaahemcough.

And to quickly change the subject...this is a brilliant parody of total eclipse of the heart by some leicster fan(s) inspired by Yann Kermorgant! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iad3gV-9C1U

If you haven't seen the subject's moment of madness in the play off semi final penalty shoot out, watch this first and flick to 3 mins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gdzhOnyyZE

Andy Wilson wrote:And to quickly change the subject...this is a brilliant parody of total eclipse of the heart by some leicster fan(s) inspired by Yann Kermorgant! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iad3gV-9C1U

Hahaha, that was brilliant.

Michael Wallace wrote:

Andy Wilson wrote:And to quickly change the subject...this is a brilliant parody of total eclipse of the heart by some leicster fan(s) inspired by Yann Kermorgant! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iad3gV-9C1U

Hahaha, that was brilliant.

Haha yeah, a few people had posted that on Facebook and I'd been too lazy to bother. But I have just watched it and it was great. So thanks Andy and Michael for being reviewers I can rely on.

You're welcome. Maybe you should check out this amazing movie too... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCj8sPCWfUw

This seems to be a much better way of celebrating than all that bobbing up and down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jECK5BIK ... r_embedded

Ralph Gillions wrote:This seems to be a much better way of celebrating than all that bobbing up and down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jECK5BIK ... r_embedded

Well I thought he should have been pulled off at half time.

Marc Meakin wrote:Surprised no one has posted already (shame on you Kai ) but congratulations to Chelsea for winning 'The Double'
Truly remarkable considering the injuries we had, (Essien out for most of the season) and the African Nations robbing us of players, this year aswell.

Truly remarkable? That a club whose reserves cost £20m can win the league? If Essien's injured, you've still got Ballack, Cole and Deco. Other clubs had injuries too - for example, Burnley lost Chris McCann for all but 6 games, not just half a season. And we had Joey Gudjonssen and Andre Bikey to replace him. If we'd stopped up, that would have been truly truly remarkable.

Marc Meakin wrote:Surprised no one has posted already (shame on you Kai ) but congratulations to Chelsea for winning 'The Double'

I don't support anyone anymore

David Roe wrote:

Marc Meakin wrote:Surprised no one has posted already (shame on you Kai ) but congratulations to Chelsea for winning 'The Double'
Truly remarkable considering the injuries we had, (Essien out for most of the season) and the African Nations robbing us of players, this year aswell.

Truly remarkable? That a club whose reserves cost £20m can win the league? If Essien's injured, you've still got Ballack, Cole and Deco. Other clubs had injuries too - for example, Burnley lost Chris McCann for all but 6 games, not just half a season. And we had Joey Gudjonssen and Andre Bikey to replace him. If we'd stopped up, that would have been truly truly remarkable.

Money doesn't always buy you the league, Citeh, Liverpool and Spurs are proof of that.(they have all spent more than Chelsea in the last 2 seasons)

Kai Laddiman wrote:

Marc Meakin wrote:Surprised no one has posted already (shame on you Kai ) but congratulations to Chelsea for winning 'The Double'

I don't support anyone anymore

Sorry Kai, I wasn't aware of that.

Marc Meakin wrote:

David Roe wrote:

Marc Meakin wrote:Surprised no one has posted already (shame on you Kai ) but congratulations to Chelsea for winning 'The Double'
Truly remarkable considering the injuries we had, (Essien out for most of the season) and the African Nations robbing us of players, this year aswell.

Truly remarkable? That a club whose reserves cost £20m can win the league? If Essien's injured, you've still got Ballack, Cole and Deco. Other clubs had injuries too - for example, Burnley lost Chris McCann for all but 6 games, not just half a season. And we had Joey Gudjonssen and Andre Bikey to replace him. If we'd stopped up, that would have been truly truly remarkable.

Money doesn't always buy you the league, Citeh, Liverpool and Spurs are proof of that.(they have all spent more than Chelsea in the last 2 seasons)

Citation needed re: Liverpool. Agree with your point though.

Jon O'Neill wrote:

Marc Meakin wrote: Money doesn't always buy you the league, Citeh, Liverpool and Spurs are proof of that.(they have all spent more than Chelsea in the last 2 seasons)

Citation needed re: Liverpool. Agree with your point though.

I don't, it's like a fat person on benefits trying to pretend they're thin because they haven't eaten anything for a few hours. Or something.

Willing to be proved wrong, but I'd guess that Chelsea had comfortably the most expensively assembled squad and highest wage bill in the league this year. Congratulations to them, because they were deserving champions, but trying to pretend they're paupers is laughable.

Thought someone may have commented by now. Well done to Blackpool for achieving prem league status.

Ryan Taylor wrote:Thought someone may have commented by now. Well done to Blackpool for achieving prem league status.

Yeah, congrats to Blackpool and Ian Holloway. I bet a certain producer's feeling rather happy tonight!

Steve Durney wrote:

Ryan Taylor wrote:Thought someone may have commented by now. Well done to Blackpool for achieving prem league status.

Yeah, congrats to Blackpool and Ian Holloway. I bet a certain producer's feeling rather happy tonight!

I reckon he won't be feeling much. Probably paralytic from over indulgence of beer.

Ryan Taylor wrote:

Steve Durney wrote:

Ryan Taylor wrote:Thought someone may have commented by now. Well done to Blackpool for achieving prem league status.

Yeah, congrats to Blackpool and Ian Holloway. I bet a certain producer's feeling rather happy tonight!

I reckon he won't be feeling much. Probably paralytic from over indulgence of beer.

Anybody know if he went to the game?

Steve Durney wrote:Anybody know if he went to the game?

The semi-coherent text I received from him yesterday suggested that he did. Congrats Blackpool, always love to see a team in the Prem for the first time.

Charlie Reams wrote:

Steve Durney wrote:Anybody know if he went to the game?

The semi-coherent text I received from him yesterday suggested that he did. Congrats Blackpool, always love to see a team in the Prem for the first time.

How long before Ollie is a guest in DC.
Btw, any chance of Damo coming back to the forum even under a pseudonym

Putting my money on Maradonna's team to win the world cup.
Based on Blackpool winning promotion to the premiership.
There is a cryptic reason.
Maybe I should have put this in the puzzle threads.

Btw, does anyone else think that it's 'Sods Law' that someone is going to get injured in tonights friendly.

Marc Meakin wrote:Putting my money on Maradonna's team to win the world cup.
Based on Blackpool winning promotion to the premiership.
There is a cryptic reason.
Maybe I should have put this in the puzzle threads.

Argent being silver? Colours? I dunno. Tell the thick one.

Ryan Taylor wrote:

Marc Meakin wrote:Putting my money on Maradonna's team to win the world cup.
Based on Blackpool winning promotion to the premiership.
There is a cryptic reason.
Maybe I should have put this in the puzzle threads.

Argent being silver? Colours? I dunno. Tell the thick one.

Klew : nickname/anagram.

Marc Meakin wrote:

Ryan Taylor wrote:

Marc Meakin wrote:Putting my money on Maradonna's team to win the world cup.
Based on Blackpool winning promotion to the premiership.
There is a cryptic reason.
Maybe I should have put this in the puzzle threads.

Argent being silver? Colours? I dunno. Tell the thick one.

Klew : nickname/anagram.

Oh. Argentines=tangerines. Nice one. (I had to google Blackpool's nickname though!)

I was thinking that ARGENTINE would be a good conundrum scramble but ARGENTINE is a word.

Just watched the end of that Japan game and saw Capello asked whether he knew at that moment who his 23 players would be, to which he said yes and then if he knew why he wouldn't say. Well, I assume he would rather tell the players that aren't going before the rest of the world. What a stupid thing to ask. Next question was straight into the issue over his England contract and whether he'd clear up speculation before the world cup (I assume it expires after it). Why must the media do their best to unsettle these guys. It drives me mad.

Yeah they're a bit knobby.

So which 7 do you drop?

Matt Morrison wrote:So which 7 do you drop?

The worst ones, duh.

Warnock,Dawson,Parker,SWP,Walcott,Carrick and Bent.

Huddlestone, Heskey, Warnock, Dawson, SWP, Barry, Johnson