Barclays Premier League Season 2009/2010

[Subject Delta]

This on the BBC site made me laugh:

1513: Didier Drogba is caught by a flailing John Pantsil arm, and goes down like he's been murdered. As well as being a magnificent footballer, he does do theatrics beautifully. He's OK.

[Mike]

^ made me laugh too, shame his theatrics didn't cost them a point against Birmingham, his acting dead played Chucho onside (even if he was behind the ball) :p

[Rappy Veteran]

he ran back on and nearly scored :p the guy's a mystery :p

[psyn]

drogba drogba. you'd think his reputation has probably increased the ref's tolerance of his theatrics ;)

[Kostaz]

This is turning into a nightmare..

[psyn]

This is turning into a nightmare..

not watching the match live..but going by stats you guys should hit the back of the net sometime soon to draw level.

[Kostaz]

And Drogba scored,that's the kind of an answer I'd expect from a player like him.

Edit:And an own goal,hahahahah

Edit 2:Can't believe I'm saying that but Kalou did a good job for the second goal.

[psyn]

And Drogba scored,that's the kind of an answer I'd expect from a player like him.

beat me to the post. but yeah. figured would be about time

[Kostaz]

We dominated the 2nd half,we deserved those goals.

Lol Riise is in for Duff we should win this one :p

[Subject Delta]

drogba drogba. you'd think his reputation has probably increased the ref's tolerance of his theatrics ;)

Roman Abramovic has probably slipped the referee's association a back hander. If the letter of the law where applied properly for diving, Drogba would probably get sent off 15-20 times a season :/

The rules are there, but for some reason referees in this country hardly ever book players for diving, and in all seriousness although Drogba is particularly bad, a lot of players get away with it when they shouldn't, it needs to be looked at, along with the general standard of refereeing in this country.

[Green_Eye]

Watching West Ham win is like watching a sexy girl take off her bra only to find that she was wearing another bra underneath. Always a victory followed by disappointment...

[Rappy Veteran]

Watching West Ham win is like watching a sexy girl take off her bra only to find that she was wearing another bra underneath. Always a victory followed by disappointment...

haha so true, I knew deep down though we wouldn't get anything from Spurs, we beat Pompey but then again we were expected to but we really weren't expected to beat Spurs.

[gregb0b]

We'll take it :)

[Kralik]

Hey did any of you come across this?

Madrid - Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has made inquiries about trying to buy Real Madrid, according to an unconfirmed report here Sunday.

AS said the Abu Dhabi-based billionaire would be prepared to pay one billion euros for the Spanish giants, home to world class players like Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Spanish sports daily did not name its source but claimed: "Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has commissioned representatives to offer the sum (of one billion euros) to buy out the club."

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AS added that a meeting between the Sheikh and Real president Florentino Perez could be held early in 2010. Real are reported to have debts of 327 million euros.

If the plan gathered momentum, it would inevitably start alarm bells ringing for English Premier League side Manchester City, where Italian Roberto Mancini has just taken over following the sacking of Mark Hughes.

The rules of European football's ruling body Uefa dictate that two different clubs cannot have the same owner.

:huh: So if this is real and the deal falls through City will have to find themselves another sugar daddy :p

[Rappy Veteran]

yeah posted it in a seperate thread doubt it will happen though!

[evo0o]

Watching West Ham win is like watching a sexy girl take off her bra only to find that she was wearing another bra underneath. Always a victory followed by disappointment...

this made me lol

[acnpt]

Manchester United keeper Edwin van der Sar has been given indefinite compassionate leave to visit his ill wife in the Netherlands.

Annemarie van Kesteren, 36, suffered a brain haemorrhage on 23 December.

"Annemarie had a problem over in Holland a week ago and has been admitted to hospital," said United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

"That is the best place for her to be. They have examined her twice and are trying to get to the root of it."

Van der Sar, 39, has not played since suffering a knee injury in United's 3-0 win over Everton on 21 November.

And the Dutchman has been told to take as long as he needs before returning to play for United.

"I have told Edwin to stay over there. There is no point in him being here," added Ferguson.

"The best thing is for him to be with his wife. Hopefully she will make a good recovery."

Van der Sar had been in his homeland to receive treatment from the Holland team doctor for his knee injury when his wife collapsed.

:( Hope she recovers.

[nothuman]

Sad news. Kuszczak is very good at the moment, so it won't be a problem for the team. Hope she recovers anyway.

[Subject Delta]

United have 2 good backups so I can't see that causing them an issue.

[Rappy Veteran]

sad news :(

[Rappy Veteran]

Sky Sports report that the Intermarket Group is to table a ?100 million bid for the club on Monday. I will believe it when I see it.

Sky Sports News understands an American consortium are to make a ?100 million bid for West Ham United next week.

London-based Inter Market have revealed they intend to lodge a bid for the Premier League strugglers next Monday and plan to provide funds for Hammers boss Gianfranco Zola in January.

New York-born Jim Bowe is the chief executive of the company but several of the investors are believed to be West Ham supporters and are desperate to help the East Londoners out of the relegation battle which they have become embroiled in this season.

Inter Market are said to be keen to seal a deal for the Upton Park outfit as soon as possible so they can give Zola enough time to buy new players during the January transfer window.

It is believed CB Holdings, the company in control of West Ham, are looking favourably at the deal but are in no rush to sell after they rejected a previous bid by former Birmingham City co-owners David Gold and David Sullivan earlier in December.

[Subject Delta]

I hope for their sake that this goes through, an injection of cash would do West Ham some major good at this moment in time.

[Rappy Veteran]

I hope for their sake that this goes through, an injection of cash would do West Ham some major good at this moment in time.

fully agree it does seem as though we will have to sell a big asset (Parker,Upson) to fund our activity though.

Edited December 29, 2009 by Rappy

[Subject Delta]

For me, selling one big player to bring in another is a bit of an exercise in futility really

[Rappy Veteran]

For me, selling one big player to bring in another is a bit of an exercise in futility really

yeah but I suppose its the only way to raise the cash, look at Liverpool for example its reported they are going to sell Voronin and Babel to raise some funds.