2012/13 Premier League discussion thread Part 6

by Guest Thu May 02, 2013 4:38 pm

First topic message reminder :

As you were...

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu May 16, 2013 6:05 pm

Hard with Beckham. At times he was absolutely world class, other times he wasnt. His crossing was insanely good, never seen anyone better. The raking curling crosses he hit from deep in the season Dwight Yorke was on fire for United were perfect. That England Greece game is the best performance from an England player in my lifetime. Hes an English great if not a world great

by NickisBHAFC Thu May 16, 2013 6:09 pm

This week gets worse and worse. Football is falling apart!

Beckham retiring is deeply upsetting. i think every person i follow on twitter has tweeted there dissapointment.

If i wake up and Giggs has retired tomorrow, im calling it on Football!

by NickisBHAFC Thu May 16, 2013 6:10 pm

Also Beckham has to become a Sir doesn't he!

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu May 16, 2013 6:12 pm

NickisBHAFC wrote:This week gets worse and worse. Football is falling apart!

Old player in retirement shocker

by NickisBHAFC Thu May 16, 2013 6:18 pm

But he is a complete legend!!! Surely your upset he is retiring!!!

by Guest Thu May 16, 2013 6:18 pm

Olly wrote:
NickisBHAFC wrote:This week gets worse and worse. Football is falling apart!

Old player in retirement shocker

#headsgone

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu May 16, 2013 6:36 pm

NickisBHAFC wrote:But he is a complete legend!!! Surely your upset he is retiring!!!

Honestly I'm not too fussed either way.

by azania Thu May 16, 2013 6:49 pm

Great guy, great ambassador for football and the UK. His passing range was sublime. Yes he couldn't take on 4 guys on the wing and leave them for dead. That wasn't his skill. But I doubt I have seen a better crosser of the ball in my time of watching football. Give him half a yard on the wing and you can be sure a dangerous cross will be sent over.

Huge passion when playing for England and importantly, a winning mentality.

What a playa also.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu May 16, 2013 7:20 pm

Alan Stubbs now favourite to be next Everton manager

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu May 16, 2013 9:22 pm

Olly wrote:
NickisBHAFC wrote:But he is a complete legend!!! Surely your upset he is retiring!!!

Honestly I'm not too fussed either way.

This is devastating for me. Last one to go will be Giggs and then the players that grew up playing as I grew up watching will be all gone. Maybe its just that they came through exactly when I got into football so its the dying embers of my youth fading away. Especially as a really good batch came through quite similar timing, with the young United lads and Owen too, overseen by the recurring general of football Ferguson. And now only Ryan remains.

by NickisBHAFC Thu May 16, 2013 9:33 pm

Your not the only one Chris! My twitter feed was crying earlier that Beckham has joined the list of people retiring.

by The Special Juan Thu May 16, 2013 9:49 pm

Come on fellas, David James is still playing.......................

by NickisBHAFC Thu May 16, 2013 9:50 pm

Norwich need to sign someone like him, to help steady the ship

Shola Amobi would be perfect.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu May 16, 2013 10:01 pm

If you're going to troll at least spell the names correctly...

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu May 16, 2013 10:04 pm

I do hope West Ham take some of Wigans squad. Maloney is my biggest desire, then McArthur and McCarthy are both quality. Figueroa on a free would be nice, wouldnt mind Kone or Al Habsi cheap either

by Guest Thu May 16, 2013 10:25 pm

haha shola amobi

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu May 16, 2013 10:30 pm

McCarthy and Maloney would be ones I'd love to have at Norwich from Wigan.

Not much to pick from at QPR/Reading

by NickisBHAFC Thu May 16, 2013 10:36 pm

Le Fondre is worth a punt i recon Olly.

by GSC Thu May 16, 2013 10:42 pm

Le Fondre is a lower league player

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu May 16, 2013 10:49 pm

There's a reason he started on the bench pretty much all the time

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Thu May 16, 2013 11:25 pm

Chris Wathan ‏@ChrisWathan
Chico in acceptance speech for best newcomer - 'my english not good. Thank you. You jack bar stewards'

by **Crimey** Fri May 17, 2013 1:42 pm

I think Beckham suffers because of his fame and fortune, people tend to forget that he was actually a very good player. I think if his brand wasn't as big as it is, he'd weirdly be considered a better footballer, particularly in England. I think even at 38 he's been pretty good, and he's always put in 100%, he's always had success wherever he has been but I'm sure he'd trade it all in for success with England, one of the few players left who actually seemed to love playing for England.

by GSC Fri May 17, 2013 1:52 pm

Beckhams a good player who's capable of great performances on his day.

I can't put him in the great tier, because for me, hes never been up there with the best.

by Colan (niner) Fri May 17, 2013 2:12 pm

Olly wrote:McCarthy and Maloney would be ones I'd love to have at Norwich from Wigan.

Not much to pick from at QPR/Reading

I'm fine with Maloney to you guys but McCarthy I don't like, plus I think he is very overrated

by JamesLincs Fri May 17, 2013 2:51 pm

waddle thinks beckham wouldnt be in the top 1,000 players in the premier league..

yyyyyyeah...

by Hibbz Fri May 17, 2013 3:13 pm

I bet Waddle would claim his mate Hoddle was one of the greatest players of all time but there's nothing Hoddle could do that Beckham didn't.

Plenty Beckham could and did do more than Hoddle not least run, tackle and try his hardest 100% of the time.

Can't think of many if any other premiership players that would have the skill let alone the audacity to score from their own half at such a young age.

Legend.

by **Crimey** Fri May 17, 2013 3:26 pm

Can't think of many if any other premiership players that would have the skill let alone the audacity to score from their own half at such a young age.

Xabi Alonso...?

by Duty281 Fri May 17, 2013 3:52 pm

JamesLincs wrote:waddle thinks beckham wouldnt be in the top 1,000 players in the premier league..

yyyyyyeah...

Smacks of jealously.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Fri May 17, 2013 3:55 pm

Wasnt as young.

Waddle said top 1000 of the last 40 years. He still would be in my book but I guess there is more room to debate there.

Le Fondre would be worth a place on the bench for anyone outside the top 8. That goal record off the bench is not to be sniffed at. Id take Readings keeper too, whilst I think there are a few from QPR who could come back strong again in a decent squad away from that mess. If Remy is found innocent id certainly take him

by NickisBHAFC Fri May 17, 2013 5:20 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22568870

#HeadsGone

by GSC Fri May 17, 2013 5:22 pm

A slight exaggeration, but I do see his point. Beckham parlayed a moderate amount of talent into a small empire, but he wasn't a great player.

by NickisBHAFC Fri May 17, 2013 5:25 pm

Its Sir David Beckham GSC, admin need to make a rule if you don't call him Sir David you get an instant 7-12 day ban.

by GSC Fri May 17, 2013 5:28 pm

I hear you get the same for mentioning a certain website...

by Guest Fri May 17, 2013 5:34 pm

Chris Waddle has been a bitter twit for a good few years now. This doesn't surprise me.

How long before Peter Shilton gives his penny's worth?

by The Special Juan Fri May 17, 2013 5:43 pm

Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa......

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22575668

by Duty281 Fri May 17, 2013 6:02 pm

The Special Juan wrote:Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa......

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22575668

This isn't Spain is it? Might be something to do with:

http://oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/thread/214449/training-ground-rumour

by The Special Juan Fri May 17, 2013 6:07 pm

Duty281 wrote:
The Special Juan wrote:Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa......

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22575668

This isn't Spain is it? Might be something to do with:

http://oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/thread/214449/training-ground-rumour

Surely Whelan wouldn't do that? Something's not right at Stoke, that's for sure.

by GSC Fri May 17, 2013 6:14 pm

Its Stoke, lets not pretend its a town of equality

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Fri May 17, 2013 7:11 pm

I would make a point of never visiting Oatcake. Morons the lot of them. I hope it was his prize winning pig and its Cameron Jerome sending a message

by NickisBHAFC Fri May 17, 2013 8:11 pm

GSC wrote:Its Stoke, lets not pretend its a town of equality

by GSC Sat May 18, 2013 12:29 pm

FF talking some sense on Mancini. Harsh to be sacked, but I can see him being a massive pain to deal with and poor man management at times.

by The Special Juan Sat May 18, 2013 12:40 pm

I never thought he was a particularly good manager. His man management, to me, was the second worst I've ever seen after Domenech(?) at France Laugh

by GSC Sat May 18, 2013 12:41 pm

I thought he did a good job, but his European failings at City and Inter can't be ignored. That was the key issue for me.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Sat May 18, 2013 12:44 pm

Should imagine Pellegrini's success in Europe is one of main reasons Citeh are hiring him

by GSC Sat May 18, 2013 12:46 pm

I prefer Pellegrini to Moyes frankly.

by GSC Sat May 18, 2013 12:49 pm

De Gea still can't speak good English. Fairly shocking after 2 years.

by The Special Juan Sat May 18, 2013 12:54 pm

His record against Utd and most of the other big teams was very good I think but City seemed to struggle with the "smaller" teams at times. He's definitely one of the strangest managers I've seen - couldn't manage in Europe to save himself (literally!!).

I don't know too much about Pellegrini so I can't comment on whether he'll succeed or not, but of course I hope he doesn't Wink

by The Special Juan Sat May 18, 2013 12:54 pm

GSC wrote:De Gea still can't speak good English. Fairly shocking after 2 years.

Tevez!!!

by JamesLincs Sat May 18, 2013 12:55 pm

phil neville 15m back to united?

by GSC Sat May 18, 2013 12:56 pm

Some of the criticism of Pellegrini makes me laugh.

Setting a RM points record only being good enough for 2nd is his fault obviously.

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