Football 2010-2011

[TheGayTent]

I hear that Southall and Benetti's class is a bit shit now.

[TheGayTent]

Tevez withdraws transfer request

[pink_triangle]

Seve won it last year.

[Kowalski]

In my opinion beckham really stands out as unworthy on that list.

[llcoolphil]

Completely agree. A terrible decision IMHO.

[Kowalski]

Judging from the reaction he got, you're in a small minority there

[ampersand]

I wouldnt put bobby robson on that list. He wasa very good manager who is very fondly remebered, however there are several managers who have won more. To be a great manager you need at least 1 big league title, european cup or world cup in my opinion.

[Kowalski]

Robson won the UEFA cup, Cup Winners Cup, Dutch League, Portuguese League, FA Cup and Spanish Cup:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Robson#Managerial_honours

Not too shabby.

[ampersand]

Robson won the UEFA cup, Cup Winners Cup, Dutch League, Portuguese League, FA Cup and Spanish Cup:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Robson#Managerial_honours

Not too shabby.

[pink_triangle]

Robson won the UEFA cup, Cup Winners Cup, Dutch League, Portuguese League, FA Cup and Spanish Cup:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Robson#Managerial_honours

Not too shabby.

[pink_triangle]

he was dying innit?

beckham is worthy for me. the most famous footballer ever to have lived. and pretty bloody decent too.

[ampersand]

sports 'personality' covers the celebrity bit. obviously there are other worthy winners. but just cos some missed out, not to say he's unworthy.

[Paul ™]

Past winners

1996 ENG Bruno, Frank

1997 ESP Ballesteros, Seve

2001 SCO Ferguson, Alex

2002 NIR Best, George

2003 CSK Navratilova,

2005 BRA Pelé

2006 SWE Borg, Björn

2007 ENG Robson, Bobby

2008 ENG Charlton, Bobby

2009 ESP Ballesteros, Seve

2010 ENG Beckham, David

[ampersand]

also, is bjorn borg really the best tennis player minus our current generation? why not sampras?

there's lots people can nitpick at

[llcoolphil]

Yes, I'm Scottish.

Great night for Monty though!

[eFestivals]

sports 'personality' covers the celebrity bit.

it doesn't. It's been years since anyone with a personality won.

[jump]

The selling spree at Newscastle is about to start, they are trying to flog Barton for £1.5 mil.

[luckysalt]

I saw, I see Villa and West Ham are the teams linked

Also see Sidwell is on his way to West Ham from us it seems.

[pink_triangle]

also, is bjorn borg really the best tennis player minus our current generation? why not sampras?

there's lots people can nitpick at

[ampersand]

I would say Borg is defintely comparible to sampras and in my opinion better. He won 11 grand slams in 7 years. Sampras 14 in 10. According to wiki Borg won 40% of the grand slams he entered and has the best grand singles percentage win record of all time. Sampras was a great player but benefited from playing in a relatively weak era for mens tennis, certainly weaker than borgs era or today. not sure why I have gone into this much detail in a football thread!

[Milky Joe]

looks like our match at Blackpool on Boxing Day will be off. I really hope Roy gets a 'guide to playing attacking football away' book for xmas.

[Kowalski]

Sky Sports reporting that Benitez has been sacked, with Leonardo to replace him!

[beLIEveR]

Sky Sports reporting that Benitez has been sacked, with Leonardo to replace him!

Edited December 21, 2010 by beLIEveR

[luckysalt]

Villa have a new manager then. Let's face it, after Martin O'Neill, who better than Rafa to spend £100 million for effectively one good player (the one good player O'Neill bought is about to be sold anyway), walk out in a couple of years after doing sod all, and be regarded as a hero?

[The Nal]

Villa have a new manager then. Let's face it, after Martin O'Neill, who better than Rafa to spend £100 million for effectively one good player (the one good player O'Neill bought is about to be sold anyway), walk out in a couple of years after doing sod all, and be regarded as a hero?