yellowhandman Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 Barring any unforeseen injuries or sudden explosions from other players, Footballer Of The Year for this Premiership season has to be down to either Drogba or Ronaldo. Both have been the force behind their respective teams this year, and both are winning over the pundits despite their previously bad reputations. I think whoever's team actually wins the title will win FOTY. Are there really any other candidates? The only one who comes to mind is Paul Scholes (yes, I'm biased), although I'd say that he and Ole Gunnar Solksjaer should just share an award for Comebacks Of The Year.
SiriuslyCold Posted December 31, 2006 Posted December 31, 2006 I'm seeing a trend here... Manager of the Year: Sir Alex Goalkeeper of the Year: Van der Saar Centreback of the year: N Vidic Tea lady of the year: Mrs Dobbins (Man Utd boardroom) ;D ;D
yellowhandman Posted December 31, 2006 Author Posted December 31, 2006 I'm seeing a trend here... Manager of the Year: Sir Alex Goalkeeper of the Year: Van der Saar Centreback of the year: N Vidic Tea lady of the year: Mrs Dobbins (Man Utd boardroom) No lah, i'm more ambitious than that... Goalie of the Year : Van Der Sar Right back of the Year : Gary Neville Left back of the Year : Patrice Evra Centre back of the Year : Rio Ferdinand / Nemanja Vidic (tie) Holding Midfielder of the Year : Michael Carrick / Owen Hargreaves (tie) Attacking Midfielder of the Year : Paul Scholes Left Winger of the Year : Ryan Giggs Right Winger of the Year : Cristiano Ronaldo Striker of the Year : Wayne Rooney / Louis Saha (tie) Comeback of the Year : Ole Gunnar Solksjaer Manager of the Year : Sir Alex Ferguson Loan of the Year : Henrik Larsson ...
SiriuslyCold Posted January 1, 2007 Posted January 1, 2007 Holding Midfielder of the Year : Michael Carrick / Owen Hargreaves (tie) nice to see you including players from other clubs too, even if he is playing in Germany ;) btw I did read somewhere Owen Hargreaves wants to go "home" and play for man utd. my question is - how easy is it to move the whole club over to Canada? I guess its closer to the Glazers.. :P
yellowhandman Posted January 1, 2007 Author Posted January 1, 2007 btw I did read somewhere Owen Hargreaves wants to go "home" and play for man utd. my question is - how easy is it to move the whole club over to Canada? I guess its closer to the Glazers.. :P probably easier than it will be to move liverpool to dubai. although the thought of liverpool taking the field with DIC(k) on their shirts is oddly appropriate. :P
SiriuslyCold Posted January 1, 2007 Posted January 1, 2007 unless I'm gravely mistaken, teams don't wear their owners names on the shirt - only the team sponsors. Currently its Carlsberg - maybe when DIC takes over they'll go... But you already know this... Man U is sponsored by some company named "Anfield Is Great" ;)
yellowhandman Posted January 1, 2007 Author Posted January 1, 2007 unless I'm gravely mistaken, teams don't wear their owners names on the shirt - only the team sponsors. Currently its Carlsberg - maybe when DIC takes over they'll go... But you already know this... Man U is sponsored by some company named "Anfield Is Great" ;) WRONG! AIG = Alex Is God
SiriuslyCold Posted January 2, 2007 Posted January 2, 2007 I wont get into a religious discussion, dude... :)
sonofdbn Posted January 2, 2007 Posted January 2, 2007 ... and there I was thinking that for Liverpool fans Fowler was.... oh, never mind :P
dude Posted January 2, 2007 Posted January 2, 2007 WRONG! AIG = Alex Is God He certainly is. Who else would buy Laurent Blanc and have such faith in him??
yellowhandman Posted January 2, 2007 Author Posted January 2, 2007 He certainly is. Who else would buy Laurent Blanc and have such faith in him?? Eh? It's the believers who put their faith in God, not the other way around...
SiriuslyCold Posted January 3, 2007 Posted January 3, 2007 ... and there I was thinking that for Liverpool fans Fowler was.... oh, never mind :P he was.. then blew himself up to an ungodly size (for a forward, at least) you can't help but love the guy, though - regardless of which team you support - mooning Graham LeSaux - sniffing the white line at Goodison park - telling the ref that it wasn't a penalty (it had been given) I mean, football nowadays lack real characters BTW did anyone see Niemi's fall *shudder* f_spider, as usual you have managed to stump me with your posting.
armoury Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 - telling the ref that it wasn't a penalty (it had been given) I remember that -- since it was against Arsenal. Fowler then deliberately hit a softie pen, which Seaman saved, but either Redknapp or Carragher (can't remember which) didn't read Fowler's script and scored from the rebound. I remember Fowler not being entirely happy with that and he didn't celebrate much with his teammates. What I've never understood is that Fowler promptly told the ref he hadn't been fouled, but the ref awarded the pen anyway. It makes no sense whatsoever, and goes to show just how dumbass refs can be at times -- so often they are affected by how vehemently players claim or don't claim the foul, here you have the most clear-cut instance where the allegedly fouled player says he wasn't fouled, yet you give it anyway? It's not the same as a case where a player is fouled but asks the ref not to card his opponent, there is no dispute the foul was committed and therefore the consequence remains the ref's decision, but here the guy is saying "no foul" at all! I've always had respect for Fowler since that incident, partly because it was against us, and even if another club, still worthy of respect. Anyone remember Paolo di Canio, when playing for West Ham, was free on goal on the edge of the area when the ball came down to him from a long pass, but instead of volleying, he caught the ball to stop play because the opposition player was down injured? Can't remember which club it was against, but again kudos to the man.
SiriuslyCold Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 that Paolo incident was against Everton i think. he caught the ball didn't he.. whent he 'keeper was on the ground. can't remember if the ref gave him a yellow for deliberate handball. last weekend - although it was Bolton against us it was nice to see Graham Poll using his discretion and not send Faye off - a foul (maybe yellow, maybe not) charging the ref (yellow) and kicking the ball away (yellow) .... oh wait Poll gets confused with 3 yellows.. ;) the really sad part is that we remember these incidents because they are few and far between, unlike Ronaldo diving...
scoobydoo Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 I think that Fowler-Arsenal-Penalty incident isnt that straightforward. IIRC, the keeper rushed out to try to intercept the ball but didnt manage to touch it. Fowler jumped over the keeper as he didnt want to crash into him. When he landed, he fell over due to his own momentum even though the keeper did not touch Fowler. I think we could easily interpret it as... If Fowler had not jumped over the keeper and just ran straight ahead to try reach the ball, he would definitely have been felled by the keeper and thus the penalty. Should he then be "penalised" for trying to jump over the keeper? I think it up to interpretations...
SiriuslyCold Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 the difference is, these most players would have stayed down and claimed a penalty anyway.
armoury Posted January 4, 2007 Posted January 4, 2007 Exactly. The point was that the allegedly fouled player, Fowler, himself didn't think he'd been fouled, and told the referee as much, yet the ref ignored him and gave the foul (and resulting penalty) anyway. And to add to that, Fowler deliberately underhit the penalty to avoid scoring a goal, although his teammates didn't quite agree with that... In contrast, a particular player "fell over" a leg which had already been withdrawn -- in effect falling over thin air -- appealed for the pen and got it, and thereby ended the longest ever unbeaten streak in the English top flight. Of course, supporters of said club and player will point out that the sore losers thereafter threw pizza at the opposing manager... ;D
silencer13 Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 In contrast, a particular player "fell over" a leg which had already been withdrawn -- in effect falling over thin air -- appealed for the pen and got it, and thereby ended the longest ever unbeaten streak in the English top flight. Of course, supporters of said club and player will point out that the sore losers thereafter threw pizza at the opposing manager... ;D The whole team has been 'trained' to fall-over after being tackled by thin air, nothing surprising in that. They used to do it all the time near the penalty area. That's why they used to have a player who was 'trained' to take free kicks. Now he's gone, they are 'trained' to fall-over in the penalty area so they can take the penalty kick. The same said team also seems to get a lot of 'friendly' referees in their matches. They get away with a lot of offsides and fouls. I remember once a referee gave them an unprecedented 15 minutes of extra time so that they could win a match.
ministryofMP3 Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 WRONG! AIG = Alex Is God Alex: "Actually I'm Gay" ;D
SiriuslyCold Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 I'm old enough to remember a time when that meant happy. wait a minute... thats what you meant, right? ;D
sonofdbn Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Only on this forum do we combine the love that dares not speak its name with the team which no one dares name :P
dude Posted January 6, 2007 Posted January 6, 2007 f_spider, as usual you have managed to stump me with your posting. Was Hunt the guy who knocked out Cech? If it is, then that's probably the main reason why Chelski are 2nd....and why Hunt is a nominee for footballer of the year...hahahhhaa.....
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