Euro Division Homepage LVII

First topic message reminder :

606V2 EURODivision

Announcements

Under Brescia crowned Premier League Champions!!

Tactics due by 11.59 on Friday 10th May

PLEASE NOTE - this season you will receive a 1 point deduction if you do not submit tactics (as well as a default loss) and a 1 point deduction if you do not vote. If you know in advance you are unable to do either, then you must state so on the Holidays/Days Off page, to avoid the penalties.

Teams in the Premier League, PM tactics to Sodhat and GSC, send votes to Afro and Olly
Teams in the Championship, PM tactics to Afro and Olly, send votes to Sodhat and GSC

The Qatar Foundation Premier League

Deportivo la Chorizo - Gregers Under Brescia FC - Afro Bratwurst Mannschaft - Olly Dos Cervezas por favor - Marky No Respek FC - Azzy
The German Team - Fan

---

The Hero Championship

Atalanta Falcons - Sodhat UC Supremazia - Russ FC ElphickForJustice - Cherries Spanish Bank FC - GSC Moleicester City - Fernando
VFL Bassender Steigen - Treble

Top Scorers

I bet you he wont leave hero and none of that is true lol

Phil Neville is following apparently coming in as a first team coach.

no not Phil Neville lol

he'd be fine as a first team coach

Dead useful for catching flies too

Bull showing his usual open mindedness I see

Thats it Afro.
How do you feel about Moyes then. Been strongly talked about being announced today.

TheBrahmaBull wrote:I bet you he wont leave hero and none of that is true lol

Bull, I'm seriously not pulling the wool over your eyes on this. I stuck my neck on the line yesterday over Fergie on it before it broke .

Its all about thr Arnold link up Bull, #HeroSpeaksTruth

psh anyone could of just randomly said yeah fergie will retire,

this link up of yours is a load of crap just like those people who say

i know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who works at united..blah blah blah

Yes, anyone could have randomly said it the night before it happened

Zinedine_Ze_Zebra wrote:Thats it Afro.
How do you feel about Moyes then. Been strongly talked about being announced today.

Absolutely gutted.

I'm still clinging to the optimistic hope that he is using it as leverage to get a big pot of money to spend

My wife described me as grieving, but then Moyes has been Everton manager since a few months after I first met her, so he's as much of my life as she is

Moyes has failed to win anything in 10 years at Everton. 10 years of League, FA Cup and League Cup runs amounting to zero trophies.

Fergie won titles galore at Aberdeen and had been Scotland caretaker manager before getting the United job.

While he's had less budget, let's not forget that he has actually spent big - Fellaini (£15m), Bilyaletdinov (£10m), Heitinga (£7m), Jelavic (£5.5m), Mirallas (£6m), Pienaar (4.5m) - it's not United big, but that's more than Albion have spent in transfer fees since the millenium, and it's only 6 players.

Speaking of which, someone said yesterday that United 'make stars', they don't buy them. Stars that United have bought:

Berbatov for £30m
Ferdinand for £29m
Veron for £28m
Rooney for £27m
RVP (already mentioned)
Anderson for £20m
Van Nistelrooy for £19m
De Gea for £19m
Carrick for £18m
Nani for £17m
Zaha for £15m

Not having a go at United's fantastic youth policy, but Fergie has spent fortunes on the first team over the last few years, so expecting Moyes to spend big this summer to make the team 'his own' is hardly pushing the boat out.

BigFellasAfro wrote:

Zinedine_Ze_Zebra wrote:Thats it Afro.
How do you feel about Moyes then. Been strongly talked about being announced today.

Absolutely gutted.

I'm still clinging to the optimistic hope that he is using it as leverage to get a big pot of money to spend

My wife described me as grieving, but then Moyes has been Everton manager since a few months after I first met her, so he's as much of my life as she is

And he probably never made you take the rubbish out

No, he made him watch it instead

sodhat wrote:

Yes, anyone could have randomly said it the night before it happened

Hero - king of coincidences

Would be quite an amazing coincidence to rightly and randomly declare, the night before it happened, that SAF would retire, especially only a few days after he had said that he wouldn't

If Evra leaves this summer we KNOW he's in the know. But then again, it's hardly rocket science to see that Moyes will bring in Baines and need to ship Evra and his enormous salary out...

Azzy Mahmood wrote:..., it's hardly rocket science to see that Moyes will bring in Baines and need to ship Evra and his enormous salary out...

Nor declare that Evra has fallen out with someone

I thought Evra would've gone regardless really. Not very good anymore

I did call Fergie leaving after the Real Madrid game...

Ok mystic meg

I had to open & look at that list of bizitching,
quality, just pure quality! calling Anderson a Star De Gea, Nani, Zaha really made me chuckle

RVP is a star, Ronaldo is a star, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi all stars, Casillas is a star.

Next thing you know Bony is a Star!

Would be quite an amazing coincidence to rightly and randomly declare, the night before it happened, that SAF would retire, especially only a few days after he had said that he wouldn't

Thats Daily Telegraph reported claimed on Tuesday evening at 7:45 ish.

I see Hero as more of a Guardian reader

Plus I think he said the reports were true, not that he was breaking the story

Ohhh too funny this morning ohhh I need to go calm down, do some work & do some FUT Trading, TOTS Jags is a beast by the way, I highly recommend him to anyone that can afford him.

I have to say of all the Moyes put downs from United fans, the one comparing his work at Everton to Aberdeen in the early 80s was the funniest

I've been smashing Be A Pro mode lately on Fifa.

Sadly now my loans are over and I'm back at West Ham, where they are playing me in defensive midfield and taking all the fun out of it. I need to play for a team that plays 4-4-2 or at least 4-2-3-1.

Yes I said the reports were 100% true and he would leave.
My mate did actually find out about lunchtime the day before but kept quiet on it, when it broke I asked if there was truth in it and he said it was definite.

Re Evra: all the players at Chester Races yesterday were talking over it and Gill, Evra and Evras agent had talks yesterday in Hale which got increasingly heated to the point Evra walked out.

sodhat wrote:I see Hero as more of a Guardian reader

Plus I think he said the reports were true, not that he was breaking the story

But it does throw a slight grey area on Hero's statements

Re Ronaldo; that deal is still trying to be done but although other papers are now picking it up its less likely than before to happen as Fergie was a big incentive for Ronnie to return.

Nice try hero but its a load of BS.

did you know i know a guy who knows a guy who also knows a guy who met a guy who knows a guy who is friends with another guy who works at Everton he says Laudrup is going there though he only found out at lunch time.

Good. I don't want Ronaldo back in English football, it's bad enough having Suarez diving all over the shop.

Bull, if you don't want to believe it then don't. But please cut the crap of calling me a liar.

TheBrahmaBull wrote:Nice try hero but its a load of BS.

did you know i know a guy who knows a guy who also knows a guy who met a guy who knows a guy who is friends with another guy who works at Everton he says Laudrup is going there though he only found out at lunch time.

Even if Hero was making all this up, Bull (I can't see why he'd bother, personally), his statements would still have the exact same grounding in fact as yours proclaiming "it's BS!!!!" do.

Why the pressure getting to you Hero the wise man of great knowledge of sports everywhere

claiming you know something pretty much what everyone expected lol or was reported before

heated to the point Evra walked out.

Thats just Evra haha.

Moyes will be fine. If SAF has hand picked him then you have to assume he will have the full support of Rio/Giggs/Scholes & if he takes Neville with him too it will all help towards "winning" the dressing room.

Transfer wise he only needs to do what needed to be done anyway. Sign Kevin Strootman!!! or Fellaini
If a big signing like Ronaldo were to be true & happen that would win most fans over quite quick.

Hero, whats Richard Arnold saying about a Ronnie Return??

the thing that was reported ZZZ which was Nike and Chevy are planning on working together to help fund a transfer for Ronaldo which was reported ages ago.

Rafa Benitez to be Everton manager by the way, ideal fit for both parties.

[quote="TheBrahmaBull"]the thing that was reported ZZZ which was Nike and Chevy are planning on working together to help fund a transfer for Ronaldo which was reported ages ago. [/quote]

So what I said like 3 weeks ago.

Not that I'm calling out mystic meg, but explain the fit

ZZZ - Moyes has scouted Strootman a few times this season so he looks to be a fan. That could be a real possibility.

The only possible negative is that Moyes likes his CF to work hard and work the channels. He has a history of taking some players who have scored plenty (Beattie, Johnson, Yak, Jelavic) and then them losing their scoring form. His tactics takes them away from where they can score goals.

Jelavic scored plenty when he was in the box and Cahill was doing the work. This season, Fellaini has played up top. He is not one to chase the defence and work the channels, so Jelavic had to do it instead. This is why willing workshorse Anichebe is playing instead.

Might not be great for RVP

I hate Fergie. We spent a glorious couple of weeks not talking about United, and yet here we are, doing it all over again

Let's talk about Everton! Laudrup would be a big mistake in my view, not sure Martinez would improve Everton at all, and so you need a manager who's used to working with no money and high expectations. Any ideas besides Mackay (who bought something like 20 players in two seasons)?

Rafa?

Stylian Petrov announces his retirement from the game

A good midfielder, a great captain, and a loyal servant to Celtic and Villa. Shame his career had to end this way.

Marky wrote:Rafa Benitez to be Everton manager by the way, ideal fit for both parties.

That will not happen. 1) Benitez is only interested in adding trophies to his CV and we do not win any; and 2) Everton is probably the only place he is disliked more than he is at Chelsea.

BK would be signing his own death warrant if he did that.

Martinez looks to be the likely one, but hopefully Pereira will be appointed

Benitez still has family living in Liverpool, he has stated he wants to return to Liverpool to work, but never said which club in Liverpool...

Everton want a cheap yet quality replacement, someone out of contract would be ideal, and if that someone is a former European Cup winner with significant Premier League experience then they'd be silly not to.

The only issue is Benitez being ex Liverpool, but I wouldn't say the rivalry between Everton and Liverpool is that hostile. Not exactly Celtic and Rangers.

I don't see the "Moyes hasn't won anything before" as an argument for why they shouldn't hire him.

Klopp didn't win anything at Mainz for 7 years, in fact they got relegated under his tenure, yet given the chance he hasn't done too shabby at Dortmund.

Mafia people?

We don't hate Liverpool. But we do hate Benitez.

His comments about us when he was Liverpool manger were completely classless

TheBrahmaBull wrote:Why the pressure getting to you Hero the wise man of great knowledge of sports everywhere

claiming you know something pretty much what everyone expected lol or was reported before

Benitez also made ill-advised comments about Chelsea then became manager, and while the fans dislike him he's arguably still been a success.

I'm not saying there wouldn't be uproar, but don't be surprised if it happens.