Football 2013-2014

[eFestivals]

actually, on the man motivation at Utd with Fergie and now Moyes....

Fergie wasn't working on Rooney, was he? Rooney's been playing better this season than he has been for a while.

[kaosmark2]

actually, on the man motivation at Utd with Fergie and now Moyes....

Fergie wasn't working on Rooney, was he? Rooney's been playing better this season than he has been for a while.

[eFestivals]

Yup. Which surprises me considering Rooney fell out with Moyes before moving to Man U.

Publicly Rooney and Moyes had made up, tho there was always the suspicion that one or other was still privately pissed off.

Maybe they haven't made up, but Rooney dislikes him less than he did Fergie?

[pink_triangle]

Was at Fergies book tour thing in Dublin last month and he mostly spoke about motivating and managing players as opposed to tactics. Didn't talk about tactics at all really.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Neil, did you write in to the Guardian "the knowledge" thing? (I am stalking you, it's definitely not that the subject in question was a mixture of your apparent interests)

[lost]

mad!!

Intel have paid £15m to have their logo placed on the inside of Barcelona's shirt. The logo will only be seen if the players lift their shirt during celebrations.

[eFestivals]

Neil, did you write in to the Guardian "the knowledge" thing? (I am stalking you, it's definitely not that the subject in question was a mixture of your apparent interests)

yeah ... why, did they use the info?

[eFestivals]

Ahhh, I see that they did.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/dec/11/players-injured-in-the-warm-up

[The Nal]

Did he discuss Irish horseowners? I have heard that topic was banned from discussion elsewhere.

[kaosmark2]

RVP out 4-6 weeks. Man U to finish below Newcastle?

[The Nal]

Man U to finish below Newcastle?

[kaosmark2]

And numerous other teams maybe!

Not a bad month to be out with the fixtures. Need Rooney at 100%.

[thetime]

RVP out 4-6 weeks. Man U to finish below Newcastle?

[eFestivals]

Ouch!

While RvP maybe hasn't been at his best, he's about the only other player who's been showing a bit of class on the pitch as well as Rooney ... and so on that basis, he's a big loss.

Anyway ... City/Arsenal and Spurs/Liverpool... which way are they gonna go?

Home wiin for the first and a draw for the 2nd are my hunches (so if you wanna make a few quid, bet on something different ).

[kaosmark2]

Ouch!

While RvP maybe hasn't been at his best, he's about the only other player who's been showing a bit of class on the pitch as well as Rooney ... and so on that basis, he's a big loss.

Anyway ... City/Arsenal and Spurs/Liverpool... which way are they gonna go?

Home wiin for the first and a draw for the 2nd are my hunches (so if you wanna make a few quid, bet on something different ).

[pink_triangle]

Surprisingly no!

[eFestivals]

Will be interesting in years to come if the Glazer regime does go sour, how much heat Fergie will get from turfing the Irishmen out of the club and sending it straight to the grasp of the Glazers.

Oooo, i'd not thought of that. That could cause a big future revision of how fergie's time is viewed if it happened.

[pink_triangle]

I don't think it's as big a blow as people think. He's been dis interested all season, name me a game he's played well? We would certainly miss Rooney more.

Injured my balls, Munich in jan.

[pink_triangle]

Oooo, i'd not thought of that. That could cause a big future revision of how fergie's time is viewed if it happened.

[The Nal]

I don't think it's as big a blow as people think. He's been dis interested all season, name me a game he's played well? We would certainly miss Rooney more.

Injured my balls, Munich in jan.

Edited December 13, 2013 by The Nal

[eFestivals]

Man City away is one of the toughest games in world football, Arsenal playing on a Wednesday wont help. Its a home win for me.

I have a funny feeling that Liverpool will win at spurs, but cant explain any logic why they should!

Likewise, I have a funny feeling that because Arsenal lost and City won midweek, when the reverse was more expected of both of them, that perhaps the expected result at the weekend will be reversed too.

But as you've said, City is a toughie ... which is why I ultimately plumped for a home win.

[eFestivals]

Is it right that Rooney only has a year on his contract come the summer?

[kaosmark2]

I don't think Munich would want him, suspect age and injury record could put them off, plus it looks like Levandowski is their top target. Man U may not miss him if it gets more out of Rooney, but one of Welbeck or Hernandez needs to stand up and be counted.

Man City away is one of the toughest games in world football, Arsenal playing on a Wednesday wont help. Its a home win for me.

I have a funny feeling that Liverpool will win at spurs, but cant explain any logic why they should!

[kaosmark2]

Is it right that Rooney only has a year on his contract come the summer?

[The Nal]

Will be interesting in years to come if the Glazer regime does go sour, how much heat Fergie will get from turfing the Irishmen out of the club and sending it straight to the grasp of the Glazers.