The Football.....

[mark st1]

To many changes of personnel within the team has to be my guess. And as many teams found out this weekend resting your "star players" really doesn't work to well. I think outside of the top 4-6 maybe in the Prem out of there 25 man squads anything past 15 th choice just isn't that good compared to Championship or below in terms of player skill and ability and of course passion !

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've never known so many Premier League teams struggle against lower league opposition in the cups, including my own ramshackle pile of sh!te getting a tonking at home from MK Dons. Even the ones that won (with the exception of Reading) didn't have it easy. Are the Prem teams getting worse, is the gap between the Prem and other leagues narrowing or are the cup matches just not the priority they used to be?

I know that the FA cup throws up its fair share of David and Goliath matches but I was wondering how often the ''top'' teams had actually got stuffed - maybe it's my dodgy memory but it does seem to be a bumper year. It's not been a classic year for Premiership teams and there's certainly less ''best league in the world'' bluster that seemed to have become the 1st cliché of resort for commentators. Of your 3 options, I'd say a bit of all 3.

 

[Risex4]

The Prem is very ordinary at the moment. IMHO, whereas 10, 5, even 2 years ago you have a string of very clearly top teams with decent strength and depth, now if you removed the Manchester clubs what are you left with? A Chelsea team past its sell-by date and looking a shadow of what it was, Arsenal stagnating in a state of perpetual "renewel", and as for Liverpool nowadays... oh dear. Spurs seemed to be shapping up before Harry got dumped and the rest of the Prem is just much-of-a-muchness-dross.

With the greatest respect, when West Brom, Swansea and a team managed by Tony Pulis are all in the top half and within very plausible striking distance of our supposed 'marquee' football brands you know the system is in the poo.

 

[Risex4]

Speaking of ordinary/dross football.

Undoubtfully the match of the weekend tonight on Sky Sports 1; Exeter City vs. Torquay United.

The "reserve" Devon Derby has actually become the most important one of the season as, although we normally only laugh the retirement village down the coast, traditional rivals Plymouth are currently doing their best impression of a steaming pile of donkey manure and we frankly would like to maintain our crown as undisputed Bumpkin-Kings of the Sticks with a marginal glimpse of a fight from atleast one of our vastly inferior neighbours.

Come on you Grecians.

0-2.

 

[PaulB]

Did you enjoy the game ?

User482 would. He seems to like the shades of Freud or whatever the Hermans call it. I did enjoy it, actually but my wife was a tad disappointed as she thought I meant something else!

 

[ianrauk]

Like or loath the man. You have to respect Beckham for giving his PSG salary to charity.

HERE

 

[mark st1]

Like or loath the man. You have to respect Beckham for giving his PSG salary to charity.

HERE

Fair play to him just proves he is one of the few that love the game not the ££££££'s

 

[PaulB]

Like or loath the man. You have to respect Beckham for giving his PSG salary to charity.

HERE

Very commendable. I hope this starts a trend.

 

[Spartak]

Chris Samba to QPR for £12 million.
Redknapp at his finest !!!


A great swap ( hopefully ) for Norwich ! Becchio for Steve Morison

 

[User482]

User482 would. He seems to like the shades of Freud or whatever the Hermans call it. I did enjoy it, actually but my wife was a tad disappointed as she thought I meant something else!

Sounds like sour grapes, Paulb.

 

[PaulB]

Sounds like sour grapes, Paulb.

But it's snot.

 

[Boon 51]

Oh well thats all the transfers done nothing spectacular.. Demba Ba being the best I thought.

 

[Doseone]

Who really benefits from the transfer window? I'm struggling to see the advantages of it. It's not good for the cash flow of smaller clubs who traditionally if they got part way through a season and needed some cash could sell a player. Putting a fixed time limit for transfers just messes with supply and demand so everything becomes a panic, prices get inflated, I bet the agents love it.

The sensible teams know who they want and get their business done nice and early eg Chelsea and Demba Ba, but the last day of the window is just a bunfight.

 

[dellzeqq]

Oh well thats all the transfers done nothing spectacular.. Demba Ba being the best I thought.

I think that Monreal may turn out to be the best, although one cannot help but feel for the supporters of Malaga

 

[mark st1]

I think Zaha to Man Utd will turn out to be the best