Accy cyclist
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- The hills of Accrington
Me too!!
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Me too!!
Goonerobes
Its okay to be white
- Location
- Wiltshire
I wasn't, there was a seperate thread "I hate Arsenal fc" which was merged in here. I expected someone would ask. I'll leave you all to it again.
martint235
Dog on a bike
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- Welling
Well it's a toughie to beat but it would appear Yaya Toure is capable of throwing his toys even further out of his pram than Cashley Cole. He is apparently considering leaving Man City and taking a pay cut in the process because, wait for it, when it was his birthday last week he didn't get a personal visit from the club's owner and he only got a cake rather than a Bugatti.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
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- Hexleybeef
I thought this was a joke, but the BBC are going with it so it seems to be true.
At my work, we have to buy cakes for the office on our birthday! and I dont get paid £100,000 per week, just imagine that!
craigwend
Grimpeur des terrains plats
I was more concerned about the
'lone marksman on the grassy knoll' who kept shooting Arsenal players' ; when one of our players tackled or went near them ...It was okay though, they soon got up when they got free kicks
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AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
The Toure story has got to be a joke, Shirley? Even if it's not, it's one of the funniest stories I've ever heard.
Waaaaahmbulance for Toure!
Waaaaahmbulance for Toure!
Smokin Joe
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Anyone who thinks supporting England in the final of a major tournament is but a pipe dream should tune into Eurosport tomorrow evening (£3.99 a month for the app on a PC, cracking value if you haven't got Sky) where the under 17's are taking on Holland in the EUFA final.
Decent football with the added bonus of not having Rooney throwing a strop when he gets pulled off halfway through another abysmal performance.
Decent football with the added bonus of not having Rooney throwing a strop when he gets pulled off halfway through another abysmal performance.
AndyRM
XOXO
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- North Shields
Seems your young team are capable of winning a penalty shoot out. Well played.
Scotland's youth picture is currently quite rosy as well, hopefully a sign of good things to come for our national teams.
Smokin Joe
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The problem is - particularly in England - those youngsters will have to be exceptionally talented to break into Premier League sides and develop that talent. With managers having an average tenure of about 18 months there is no incentive to spend time and money developing your own youth players when you can go abroad and buy the finished article.
I fear all or most of those who won tonight will never be heard of again.
martint235
Dog on a bike
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- Welling
But it's not the manager's tenure that's important, it's the tenure of the head of Academy and youth teams. Given the choice, there isn't a manager out there who is going to go abroad for a talented 18 year old if his/her head of academy can offer someone of similar talent for nothing. Look at the '92 Utd or this year's Liverpool side (at least 2 developed by the Anfield academy) to see what's possible.
I expect Man City to soon have a very good academy (for all the wrong reasons, you can offset the cost of the academy against your FFP commitment) and it will be interesting to see what comes out of that.
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- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Without going into the occasional juvenile antics of some players/managers etc which may spoil the game I'd be interested to know why you think the game is not a very good one? What do you think it lacks to qualify as a 'good' game?
