I don't think it's been disclosed yet, but something around £2 million i imagine.

A lot of Sunderland fans have been singing his praises and wanting him to be signed for years but £2 million is way out of our capabilities methinks. I would be interested to see what would happen if Crewe kept him. They are within a shout of the play-offs.

Yeah atm for him 6 months down the line Norwich could seem like a backward step.

I like Crewe actually dunno why no reason at all really know feck all about them just like them. Hope he does well at Norwhich I'd like to see them stay up though

Hey Mackem the Eagles are gonna beat Sun-duh-land again, remember the play-offs?

No?

Play-offs, huh, what a stupid idea. :shifty:

Dean Ashton is off to Norwich.

http://www.repubblica.it/speciale/20.../salutorom.jpg

oops

flares going off down the other end of the pitch :love:

Sheffield's second goal should have been disallowed for two reasons, villa got robbed etc.

Yeah but it's Villa so only Ogen will care :D

On that note, fucking HAVE IT Millwall, you bunch of cunts. About time we won a game. Now we'll probably make the final and get relegated :'(

CHELSEA 0 SCUNTHORPE 1 :D

Listening to the Scunny game, they are playing really well.

1-1 :(

Deflected goal, shame cos Scunny almost made it 2 about a minute before

1-1 here now as well, just equalised

Well, Exeter might be the local rivals.....but hey, I do (or currently do) go to Uni there, so that is a fu</>cking fantastic result

damn, 2-2.

On the plus side Maybury did well when he came on.

Oldham beating Man City is the main shock win.

Damn, Swansea so close to an upset :(

We weren't in fairness we were muck allthough two of their goals were jammy that could have two others easily we were shite

For the Leicester guys

http://www.tribalfootball.com/january/austnews5090105.html

Former South Melbourne Hellas defender too. :love:

Yeah i saw that the other day, good thing that we're getting younger people in.

Hearts fans don't seem as bothered as they were when we got Maybury, so is he any good? :$

We don't get much of the Scottish League here in Australia, but at South Melbourne he was one of our best players for the 2 years he was here. He played right back for us, and was an absolute rock. He should be in the Australian national team defence, apart from Craig Moore and Lucas Neil we have old farts holding the defence up (Vidmar, Muscat, Popovic). Anyway from what I've read he broke into Hearts' first team and has stayed there ever since so he must be doing well for them. Hopefully he does well for you blokes. :)

http://www.theage.com.au/ffxImage/ur...k_kisnorbo.jpg

http://www.sportal.com.au/photos/news/046240news.jpg

P-P-P-P-PATTY :D

:cool:

Apparantely Hearts have been playing him in midfield but either way we could do with bringing him in as our defence is too old and slow, and we need a ball winning midfielder.

Yeah he's got a good shot on him, he's come forward and let loose a few rockets. He's also good in the air, he's a good size and he's scored a couple of headed goals. Never saw him in midfield though, will be interesting to see how that works out. :eek:

Levein has no ambition. He'll ruin you by signing these useless Hearts players. There are better players in Scotland you could have signed and they would do you a job (Derek Riordan for a start).

Yeading 0-0 at halftime :love:
Stoke 1-0 at the Arse at halftime :love:

Arsenal
J Lehmann, E Eboue, K Toure, P Senderos, G Clichy, J Pennant, F Fabregas, P Vieira, R Pires, J Reyes, R Van Persie
Subs: P Cygan, M Almunia, J Hoyte, S Larsson, Q Owusu-Abeyie

Relying on Reyes, van Persie et al to get an equaliser

Possession:
Arsenal 63%
Stoke 37%
Shots:
Arsenal 11
Stoke 3

van persie :cool:

2-1

Can't afford Riordan i don't think, though it would be nice to have him. If these players were good enough to get Hearts to successive 3rd place finishes in the SPL then they should be good enough for us.

He's been left with an old squad on big wages and 1 year contracts, so it's just nice to see him giving people longer deals and trying to build a younger side. As long as we don't go down this year then i don't mind how we do, next season is really the time to be judging Craig.

Yeading lost 2-0 incidentely.

More on the picture Mask posted.

Di Canio investigated for questionable salute

http://images.tsn.ca/images/stories/...anio_47079.jpg
Associated Press



1/8/2005

ROME (AP) - Italy's soccer federation is investigating Lazio captain Paolo Di Canio for making what appeared to be a neo-fascist salute after his side's 3-1 derby victory over AS Roma this week.



The federation asked its inquiry office on Friday to study Di Canio's action. The star was photographed with his arm outstretched, palm facing down - a gesture generally associated in Italy with fascist leader Benito Mussolini.



Di Canio, who was widely criticized for the gesture, said it had no political significance.



The Lazio star, who scored the opening goal of the Thursday's match, said he has been a die-hard, or "ultra" Lazio fan for his entire life. Some "ultra" fans have sometimes used neo-fascist gestures at matches.

The player returned to Lazio this season after playing several years in the English Premier League, and is a popular player among the team's fans.

http://www.tsn.ca/soccer/news_story.asp?ID=110536

ahaha I just rememberd Paulo pushing that ref.

YEADING BOWED TO MIGHTY NEWCASTLE

ps well done Yeading you were more than a match for us first half.

Was he the guy that got a red card and pushed the ref?

I saw that on a special here last week :lol:

We got Hoddle's Wolves in the 4th round.

Soton/Pompey too :cool:

Reading or Swansea away if we win the replay, i'll settle for that.

FA Cup 4th Round draw:

Derby vs Watford or Fulham
Exeter or Man Utd vs Middlesbrough
Cardiff or Blackburn vs Colchester
Chelsea vs Birmingham
West Ham vs Sheff Utd
Oldham vs Bolton
Arsenal vs Wolves - FUCK :'(
Everton vs Sunderland
Nottm Forest vs Peterborough
Brentford vs Hartlepool or Boston
Reading or Swansea vs Leicester or Blackpool
Burnley or Liverpool vs Bournemouth
Southampton vs Portsmouth - :o
West Brom vs Spurs
Newcastle vs Coventry
Charlton vs Yeovil

Oh well, least we've got a chance of getting on TV :'(

Pompey match should be fun and I hope West Ham rape Sheff Utd.

Everton away, we might do another giant upset to go with the Palace one :roll:

Oh yeah, where's Oxstar? :D

Still can't believe we didn't smash Exeter into next week. Bloody embarrassment.

Chelsea better smash Birmingham :mad:

I'm posting this now for people tomorrow, but did anyone watch Trouble At The Top on BBC2 last night?

Really interesting documentary on Luton Town and the goings on in the board room, fascinating, shows how evil some people are when it comes to money.

According to Rafa we'll sign Morientes for 6 million tomorrow, and he might be registered in time to face United.

As much as I like Morientes, that doesn't help us in the Champions League.

http://skysports.planetfootball.com/....asp?id=249226

Gravesen on his way to Madrid?

I think we've got to be realistic, if we can get anywhere in the Champions League with what we've got, great, but realistically we need to concentrate on qualifying for the Champions League next season, and Morientes will help that.

Hopefully Liverpool get Morientes in time for the United game, i know Mellor and Sinama-Pongolle have done alright in Cisse and Baros' absence but i'd b much more excited about the game if it was Baros and Morientes up front.

I hope Gravo doesn't leave Everton too, good player with a personality to match. I don't think he'd fit in personality-wise at Real Madrid.

Oh yeah i saw that, good stuff. The manager idol thing was a bit dumb but overall it was a good insight really.

I wanted to punch that Gurney bloke at the end of it when he said something like: "if they want me to walk away i'll make sure there's nothing to walk away from" :mad:

Well the good thing about it is that he ended up with nothing and Luton are now doing pretty well for themselves

Atletico fined after Carlos abuse


Atletico Madrid have been fined 600 euros (£420) for the racist chanting aimed at Real Madrid full-back Roberto Carlos during the La Liga derby.

The Spanish FA's disciplinary committee decided Sunday's incidents were only a minor misdemeanour.

Referee Alfonso Perez Burrull asked Atletico to put out an announcement on the stadium's PA system asking the fans to stop, in the 83rd minute.

However, the PA announcement resulted in an increase in the chanting.

The Spanish FA released a statement regarding the punishment.

"We wish to repeat our condemnation of this kind of behaviour and repeat our promise to act with maximum firmness to eradicate any display of racism or xenophobia in Spanish football," it read.

The fine is exactly the same amount Albacete were fined before Christmas when Barcelona striker Samuel Eto's was racially abused in Atletico's Carlos Belmonte stadium.

Burrull was again the referee for that contest, but on that occasion Albacete refused his request to make an announcement on their PA.

Their fine was reduced to 300 euros (£210) on appeal, but the fans who did the chanting were singled out by other supporters and fined 6,000 euros (£4,100) each, as well as receiving a five-month ban from other sporting events.


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ahaha 400 quid

Yeah, that'll teach 'em.

FIFA against racism :roll:

Chelsea vs Man U finished 0-0, not a bad game though.

Juventus have signed Mutu aswell, though he can't play for them until May 18th. That means he is available to play in the champions league final if they get there.

Nice bit of buisness for them 5 year deal 20,000 a week for a player who could be fantastic if he pulls himself togethere,

http://media.f2.com.au/player/?site=SMH&source=int14275r&browser=ie&flash=on&player=windows&rate=4542&gz=1&rid=14277

Sorry, just found that link last night and I can't help myself. :D

Is that the Greece thing?

Drogba's chokehold.

If he gets charged on video evidence and suspended for three games, Chelsea will cry foul because he got booked and therefore shouldn't be charged later on, a la van Persie who got away with that elbow.

If he doesn't get charged on video evidence and suspended for three games, ManYoo will cry foul because Rooney got charged and suspended for three games for less on video evidence.

Can't win, ay :roll:

Fortune was being a complete arse though I'd have choked him myself.

No one fucks with Drogba, Kezman or Terry, you will get battered, United are the pussiest team in the league, and how anyone can think Heinze is hard is a joke. He came with a reputation of being hard, he crunched some bloke in the Champions League near the touchline at Old Trafford earlier this season, which probably made me think he was hard, but last nights game proved he is as pussy and girly as the rest of Argentina, they will never win a war if pussies like him are deemed to be hard. What a fucking joke.

That is a joke really mate, but sorry, Keane or Carroll would batter any of those three you mentioned, and as for players thinking they ae hard, Kezman is the prime example. Maybe if he actually starts playing first team football and isn't bollox he can start his stupid taunting. Drogba beating up anyone, lol

No one fucks with Drogba, Terry and Kezman? :lol: Get a "viamolin" and tell play it to someone who cares. Yeah Chelsea are a such a bad arse team and Man United are pussies. That's why Chelsea are crying about everything. Drogba was crying about the referees watch from the 46th minute. £24 million of useless tosser. And as for Fortune, check the picture posted. He was only willing to fight your whole team after it took all of them to drag him from Drogba.

As for never winning wars, where are you from again? Iran? :p

I am half English, only a quarter Iranian.

Drogba would have ended Fortune, Terry is always up for a ruck, the way he pushed Graveson round at Stamford Bridge earlier this season was great. Kezman is a fucking pitbull, he goes in hard and he looks like he is hard too, he would fucking do Keano, Carrol or Fortune, I am shocked Roy Carrol even got a mention, are you Irish, Fallen.

Fortune willing to fight our whole team is bollocks and you know it, Harvey, if anything he knew back up would arrive, plus trying to wind our whole team up would result in us getting in the shit, which he may have also had in mind. He knew no would would punch him during the match, I'd like to see him even think about taking on our whole team, or even just Drogba on his own, if he saw them in the streets,

Didn't look to hard when Fortune put in a tough challenge.

Bless you Dazz for thinking so much of Drogba. His mum doesn't think this much of him

And you didn't think too much of forlan :rofl:

Still do mate. Still do.

that's the good thing about this new utd team, they could probably kick the shit out of just about anyone :love:

Mask, you are only kidding yourself.

shut your mouth. we are awesome. heinze, fortune, keane, djemba (although he should get nowhere near the pitch), smith and rooney, and possibly carroll too, although keepers can't do much. we have a pretty awesome team as far as getting stuck in goes.

shame we don't still have stam too though, watching ivan zamarano bounce off his chest was great.

There's nothing wrong with Iran, well actually there's alot wrong with Iran but Iranians are Persians and Persians used to ruel.
I'll challenge you to a duel or some Highland Games.

Gav McCann and Olaf Mellburg would kill them all.

its been too long since i was last on

I have to say andy hessenthaler, alan pouton and barry ashby could probably batter all the above. And who are you united fans trying to kid, i mean come on, anyone remember how very frightened keane, the supposed real hard man, was of shearer

http://www.irhfchaarlem.myadsl.nl/Ko...vertreding.wmv

OOOOOOH :'(

Premiership pussies.

Ouch

From Northern Ireland mate, so that would explain why Carroll got a mention. There is a story here that keano picked up on him in his first season and he squared up to him only for Keane to back down.

Serious tho, he is a big fella and Keane is hard as nails despite people seeming to think otherwise. They would seriously kill any of those three, and as for the rest of the team, Gudjohnsen, Carvalho, little Makele, they are not gonna do much of anything in a brawl

All you'd have to do is throw a ball at Carroll and he'd be all over the place.

Adam Kirk, you truely are the man, you are unbiased and support a shit team, thefore you are twice as good as shit united fans.

I love Adam Kirk, who else is called Adam Kirk, coz you deserve a good rep.

the first thing i thought of after seeing that was of poor david busst. hope that guy makes a recovery cos that looked really nasty.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...on/4167127.stm

i can honestly say of all the transfer rumours i've heard, that is the one i never saw coming. Is this the point where everton begin their fall back down the table then?

I'd tell you to shut up but you are my alter ego so it's like talking to myself here.

Gravesen just completed his move to Real Madrid.

Damn! I wanted him at Man U. I think we'll probably end up with Solari at the summer but we need replacements for Djemba-Djemba and Kleberson fast.

Keano is past it, you need a tough tackling midfielder.

We can lend you one.

as an everton sympathizer it is a little sad to see him go. I just hope they can get a suitable replacement e.g parker

Funny enough, I'd take Geremi off you lot.

Makelele is solid, you can tell just from his handshake he is solid, he nearly crushed my hand :(. I never said those players would do anything, just we do have some muscle in the team, Gallas and Cech could do some big time damage.

Go for it, he has been useless for us.

Fergie on Rooney:

"He's actually a quiet boy with great enthusiasm in training. He loves training. I used to just have one problem on the training ground, which was Scholes. Now there are two of them. They get on early and you can't get them off after. They batter balls all over the place and one of them will hit me one day and kill me. That Scholes sends them inches by my head. Then all they hear is me bellowing 'Scholes!' 'What?' he says, looking up like an angel. And they hit the ball hard. Gary Neville was having a piss one day, 45 yards away by the fence. Scholes whacked him right in the arse."

:D

When about did he look solid? When he was rolling about on the deck after being tapped on the head.

That was a one off, the guy is fucking hard, we all do stupid things from time to time.

What the fu</>ck was Dudek doing :(

What a bunch of dickheads the United fans are

"We hate scousers!" Erm..... right ok. Thats not what you were saying when Fatty scored.

Well, we do. So does rooney by the looks of things :cool: