Paz on 28/7/2006 at 19:32
lol double post
Wacky Transfer Season is starting to hot up! I was rather dubious about Wigan paying £5.5mil for Emile Heskey (well, he was good at Leicester), my eyebrows raised at £6.5mil(?) for Jermaine Pennant's move to Liverpool (maybe useful if he stays out of prison long enough).
However, we have a clear champion at the moment.
Can anyone justify a reported 15-18 million pound transfer for Michael Carrick to Man Utd in any realistic way? Carrick cost £2.4mil about two years ago when West Ham sold him. In those two years he's played for England (a bit) and Spurs have become sort of ok again.
He's clearly not a *bad* player, but umm ... wow.
SD on 28/7/2006 at 20:15
Quote Posted by Paz
However, we have a clear champion at the moment.
I agree ;)
Anyway, leaving aside Pennant's dodgy past (because everyone deserves a second chance ;)) there's no doubt that he's probably the most naturally gifted English right-winger around. He made a staggering 497 crosses last season, the most in the league; now imagine a Fowler, Bellamy or Crouch on the end of those rather than a Heskey, Forsell or Pandiani :cool:
As for Carrick, remember United still have the £12m of hush money that they got from Chelsea for tapping up John Obi Mikel, so just look at it as getting 80% of Carrick for not reporting Chavski to the authorities.
Shevers on 28/7/2006 at 22:40
And it's transfer fees like that that I can use as an excuse for an embarassing Celtic 3-0 loss to Man Utd :nono:
Just makes it all the sweeter whenever we do actually do something in Europe, I guess.
Paz on 21/8/2006 at 12:02
"Oh god, it's all gone wrong": the 4-0 down after twenty minutes Week One!
TTLG Memorial League
# Team Manager Gameweek Total
1 Serious Business FC Robin Stoate 70 70
2 Ards FC Memorial XI Matthew Morrison 65 65
3 Strontium Dogma Danny Clein 60 60
4 Awesome Express David Cornish 55 55
5 Sly United Michael Fern 54 54
6 Citadel Benfica Goncalo Andrade 53 53
7 Portreath Wreckers Chris Watts 49 49
8 TCB FC Paul Martin 43 43
9 Offworld Vole Will Marsh 42 42
9 Brian's Tail Wags Peter Stacey 42 42
11 The Materazzi Boogie Peter Parrish 34 34
12 Useless Utd Paul Whitehead 33 33
13 The Suicides Jacob Lloyd 30 30
I seriously can't be arsed to format that properly.
Anyway! OnionBob has brought the SERIOUS BUSINESS with a devastating team spine of Terry-Gerrard-Rooney (all English, how bizarre) and sits pretty atop our tree. All this "I don't know about football, honest guv" is rapidly being revealed as a devious hustle. Those nearer the wrong end of the table are already missing the reliable presence of Iggles.
More fixtures on Tuesday. Arsenal and Liverpool are playing in Europe though, so if half of your side come from those clubs (hi) you might want to consider a cheeky in-and-out-for-a-week transfer.
OnionBob on 21/8/2006 at 15:25
Who is Matthew Morrison ?????????????
Matthew on 21/8/2006 at 16:19
'sup guys :cool:
Paz on 24/8/2006 at 11:51
"I thought you were dead!": the uneasy feelings of dread at Man Utd's resurrection Week Two
Not a great deal has changed, but I'm COMMITTED TO UPDATES
TTLG Memorial League
# Team Manager Gameweek Total
1 Serious Business FC Robin Stoate 29 99
2 Strontium Dogma Danny Clein 37 97
3 Awesome Express David Cornish 39 94
4 Ards FC Memorial XI Matthew Morrison 20 85
5 TCB FC Paul Martin 40 83
6 Sly United Michael Fern 22 76
7 The Materazzi Boogie Peter Parrish 40 74
8 Offworld Vole Will Marsh 27 69
9 Portreath Wreckers Chris Watts 20 69
10 Useless Utd Paul Whitehead 43 68
11 Citadel Benfica Goncalo Andrade 12 65
12 The Suicides Jacob Lloyd 25 55
13 Brian's Tail Wags Peter Stacey 11 53
Bob clings to the peak, just shy of a century; but a pack of dogs riding trains are closing in. Brian's Tail Wags (is that WAGS in a tabloid World Cup sense?) have made an admirable lunge for bottom spot. Week winners are Useless Utd with a 43 point plunder in a generally low-scoring session.
Err .. that's about it.
OnionBob on 24/8/2006 at 11:54
Stirling work keeping us updated Paz. I want more worship though; singing praises to my glory from the e-rooftops, processions in my honour etc.
Ajare on 24/8/2006 at 12:26
I must admit that I completely forgot to change my team from the default random selection. You'll have to be trying to be bad to come below me! :p
SD on 24/8/2006 at 17:31
Might I suggest that anyone with Manchester City's agricultural centre-back Ben Thatcher in their team consider that he's likely to be missing a good chunk of the season (and maybe spending a bit of time in the clink) for last night's (
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DTRaS7ffyWg) appalling assault on Pedro Mendes.
