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| Master Fan   Joined: Mar 2007
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| Football/Soccer #120: Finally The Transfer Window Madness Is Over.  2007/2008 Champions English Premier League - Manchester United FA Cup - Portsmouth Carling Cup - Tottenham Hotspur La Liga - Real Madrid Serie A - Inter Milan UEFA - FC Zenit St. Petersburg Champions League - Manchester United 2008/2009 Champions Carling Cup - Manchester United Key Dates 09/05/09 FA Cup Final 20/05/09 UEFA Cup Final 27/05/09 Champions League Final Football Player Threads David Beckham Wayne Rooney Fernando Torres Fabio Cannavaro Zinedine Zidane Michael Ballack Francesco Totti Iker Casillas Thierry Henry Frank Lampard Michael Owen Marco Materazzi Luca Toni Football Supporters 1. Gwen (goodnightboy) - Arsenal 2. T - Real Madrid 3. Dan (Avatar) - Crewe 4. Shiran (|so alive|) - Real Madrid 5. Vicky (Brucas4life) - Newcastle 6. Sara (sara92-brucas) Sunderland 7. DanJ07 - Man City 8. Lôwrane - AS Roma 7. Lauren (sexyjames!!) - Newcastle 8. Jackie85 - Inter Milan 9. nate23 - Liverpool 10. Cat (Shining Light) - Kilmarnock 11. Icey_ - Barcelona 12. SaRaBonesPortugal - Manchester United 13. Mary (myys_PL) - Manchester United 14. Maria (Jemistry) - Getafe __________________ Last edited by Brucas4life : 04-11-2009 at 12:06 PM. | |||
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| Master Fan  Joined: Dec 2000
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| Hey, thanks for the new thread! And to brighten it up (well for me at least), look!  Story That's right, the most boring transfer saga of the transfer window is over - Andrei Arshavin is finally an Arsenal player  I'm a bit late, I know, but I just found out. Anyway I'm so happy, I don't think I've been this happy about a signing in a long time. I know we still need other reinforcements (DCM, for one) and that he'll take time to get used to the league and this team, but anyone who's seen the Everton and West Ham matches will know that Arsenal desperately need a creative option, which we now have. And it's nice to see that all our agony has paid off - I wasn't following it religiously but I had expected to end up disappointed so it's just such a nice feeling not to be. Hurrah!__________________ Leslie: Dream with me for a second, Ann: doesn't this neighborhood deserve a first class park? Imagine a shiny new playground with a jungle gym; and swings; pool; tennis courts; volleyball courts; raquetball courts; basketball courts; regulation football field; we can put an ampitheater with 'Shakespeare in the Park'... | |||
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| Extreme Fan  Joined: Feb 2008
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| Thanks for the new thread Vicky!  And has anyone seen the League of Justice yet this month? __________________ I want your love and all your lovers' revenge You and me could write a bad romance | |||
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| Master Fan Joined: Mar 2007
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| I'm happy for you too Gwen. It would have been a disaster if the only player Arsenal had tried to bring in didn't end up becoming your player because the deal was done too late. No I haven't Sara. | |||
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| Extreme Fan Joined: Feb 2008
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| It's interesting. Should I type it out in here to see where everyone is at? It's made my Jeff Winter. Just in case you don't know who he is, he was one of the most controversial but respected referee in the PL for 25 years. His last game before retiring was the 2003/04 FA Cup Final and is now a radio broadcaster and a columnist, League of Justice being one of them. __________________ I want your love and all your lovers' revenge You and me could write a bad romance | |||
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| Elite Fan  Joined: May 2000
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| How can Arsenal had negotiated with Arshavin almost a day after the transfer window have closed?  And why am I not surprised?  Quote:
__________________ Someday soon, we all will be together, if the fates allow Until then, we'll have to muddle through somehow So have yourself a merry little Christmas now | |||
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| Extreme Fan Joined: Feb 2008
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| Pos - Team - Actual League Position 1 Man Utd - 1 2 Chelsea - 3 3 Liverpool - 2 4 Aston Villa - 4 5 Arsenal - 5 6 Everton - 6 7 Sunderland- 13 8 Hull City - 11 9 Fulham - 9 10 Man City - 10 11 Wigan - 7 12 West Ham - 8 13 Bolton - 12 14 Middlesbrough- 19 15 Newcastle - 15 16 Tottenham - 14 17 Blackburn - 18 18 Portsmouth - 16 19 West Brom - 20 20 Stoke City - 17 __________________ I want your love and all your lovers' revenge You and me could write a bad romance | |||
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| Master Fan Joined: Dec 2000
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| Quote:
Interesting table Sara. What does the Justice league actually measure? I'm not entirely sure.  at Stoke at the bottom of the table though. Ha!__________________ Leslie: Dream with me for a second, Ann: doesn't this neighborhood deserve a first class park? Imagine a shiny new playground with a jungle gym; and swings; pool; tennis courts; volleyball courts; raquetball courts; basketball courts; regulation football field; we can put an ampitheater with 'Shakespeare in the Park'... | |||
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| Extreme Fan Joined: Feb 2008
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| It just means that all the referee decisions during games that were wrong that costed your team points. It's a table showing what the league would look like if those referees had made the right decision. So say, if another team got a penalty against you but it wasn't actually a penalty and that it has costed the other team say, 2 points. The league of justice would give that team 3 points as it wasn't actually a pen. So looking at the table, you can see which teams have been affected by poor referee decisions the most. Sunderland being one of them. __________________ I want your love and all your lovers' revenge You and me could write a bad romance | |||
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| Master Fan Joined: Mar 2007
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| There really is a big difference in the two Sunderland positions. I'm interested, if say a team is by far the better team but then the referee makes a bad call on a penalty and then the team that had totally dominated and looked like scoring end up losing 3-0 how would he award the points on that one? Do you say that if the ref hadn't made that decision then the team that had been dominating wold have gone on to win the game or what? | |||
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| Extreme Fan Joined: Feb 2008
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| No, because then he would have made it as the other team losing 3-1. It's not 100% accurate because I know referee decisions to effect the rest of the game but it's a fair view. There was goal difference and points and stuff on the table too but I didn't type it all out on here. It's been made by a real referee so it's not fake or anything, it's official. __________________ I want your love and all your lovers' revenge You and me could write a bad romance | |||
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| Master Fan Joined: Mar 2007
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|  Yeah I remember Jeff Winter.Yeah that's the thing with that table, because bad decisions can turn a whole game round, a game that you looked like winning or at least getting something from can turn into a convincing defeat with a bad decision over a penalty or a wrongful sending off. And I meant that the bad decision led to the opposition getting a penalty, so I guess your saying that it would turn out 2-0 so you still wouldn't get the 3 points in his table. Even though had that decision not been given then the other team were unlikely to have got the other 2 goals. | |||
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| Extreme Fan Joined: Feb 2008
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| Ar I see what you mean now. Yeah it probably would be put as 2-0 then but I'm not 100% sure. I think that it's a good view though. Lots and lots of fans complain about referees mistakes all the time and I guess this is just something that is made to make them feel better, or worse, if you're in Stoke's shoes! Edit: "The aim was not to highlight Refs decisions but to see exactly what difference they make over a season, whether or not the old adage that these decisions even themselves out is in fact correct. Over the years it has been done that in fact, with the odd exception, has proved to be the case. Referees mistakes, honest errors of judgement do appear to be growing but it is player's mistakes that have much more effect on the result of the game. That being said the number of high profile errors is far too high. Referees are very much under scrutiny and in this possibly lies the problem, common sense goes out of the window and Refs reach for the card far too readily as their aim to please the assessor takes over. There is this fear that it is better to be strong and get it wrong than weak and be criticized for not take the strongest disciplinary action. Furthermore Refs taking action against the top players and clubs are often not supported by the authorities who pamper to the clubs wishes. This week we see a perfect example, whilst Lampard quite rightly should get his red card rescinded the FA have announced no further action against Bosingwa. The FA should take back control of the game, but they will not do anything to upset the biggest clubs." - Jeff Winter. __________________ I want your love and all your lovers' revenge You and me could write a bad romance Last edited by sara92-brucas : 02-04-2009 at 08:35 AM. | |||
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| Master Fan Joined: Mar 2007
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| Just saw the Beckham interview. I can completely understand why he would want to stay at AC Milan, his England career is obviously very important to him and there is no doubt that by staying at AC Milan he would increase his chances of being picked. I'm not surprised at Given's comments today. He's not the type to lie so I do believe what he said was true, in which case that means that Newcastle did want the money and didn't do everything they could to keep him after all. Which I just find ridiculous, they clearly need to get their priorities straight. | |||
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| Part-Time Fan  Joined: Oct 2008
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| nice thread  i do it find it amusing after all the amount of stick man city got this transfer window. man utd, spurs and arsenal all spent more on a single player and spurs spent more in total than man city, after all that media rubbish, i hope fans around the country realise that not everything written in the mirror is true. __________________ We Love Kinkladze | |||
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