The Championship Portal

[Syn]

I'd quite like Cardiff to go up, just for somebody different.

And so I can :popcorn: at the Swansea v Cardiff riots.

:gp:

They won't though.

West Ham and Birmingham look stronger by far. It'll be one of them. Preferably West Ham - would be more entertaining to have a big club back in the top league.

Cardiff going up will suck for the away fans - the only thing worse than a trip to Wales is two trips to Wales.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

West Ham have a history of decent football. In an ideal world, they win the play offs and Fat Sam is sacked on the pitch at Wembley.

If West Ham go up no way is Fat controller getting sacked.

[Gubby Allen]

Seriously though, what are their chances of doing a Norwich/Swansea or are they more a Burnley or a Blackpool or just a Derby?

Also what kind of football do they play? Last thing we need is more hoofball

I live in Reading so can answer this. They play better football than last year. Their play-off trouncing by Swansea showed them up for what they were - largely Matt Mills lumping it forward 70 yards to Shane Long, who were both good players but have gone now.

They've always been a great counter attacking side, Kebe & McAnuff down the flanks are fantastic. This year they move it around much better, they're very workmanlike, solid, defence are a bit old & will need shaking up, the full-back is only on loan, but they create chances and have plenty of decent strikers, the best one Le Fondre, who'll be fine in the PL doesn't even start.

Definitely the best side in the league and they should be fine but the P.L could be quite strong next year

[Gubby Allen]

If they have a decent few seasons, Mc Dermott could end up as in demand as Rodgers may do. With him being an ex Arsenal player he could be the best suggestion for an English manager of us in the future.

[Cripps_orig]

Tbf, Rodgers hasnt even had a full decent season yet

[Cripps_orig]

Pompey and Coventry are down

Southampton can go up today with a win

1-1 currently at Boro

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Pompey and Coventry are down

Southampton can go up today with a win

1-1 currently at Boro

Southampton lost.

[Cripps_orig]

West Ham can still do it

COYI

[Dennis Bendtner]

Southampton have already doomed Coventry on the last day. Fortunately I don't think the door is wide enough for Fat Sam to squeeze in. Now for him to fuck up the play-offs.

[Cripps_orig]

Leicester v West Ham Mon 23 Apr 19:45

Anything other than a West Ham win means Southampton are up

They win and 2 points behind going in to the last round of fixtures

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Come on Leicester.

[Cripps_orig]

COYI

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leicester 1-0 'Ammers, Beckford. :lol:

37 minutes gone.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leicester 1-1 'Ammers, Reid. :blink:

[Cripps_orig]

COYI

If they dont win today, the last day will be so dull with top 2 and relegation sorted

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leicester 1-2 'Ammers, Collison. :popcorn:

[Cripps_orig]

Fuck yes

Need a few more as Southampton has a better GD

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lansbury is on. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nolan is an idiot, could've rolled it to Lansbury for an easy tap-in yet goes for goal and hits it straight at Schmeichel.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-2 FT. It goes to the last day between Southampton and the 'Ammers.

The only other issue to decide is whether it's Middlesbrough or Cardiff in to the play-offs (I don't think Boro will make up 23 goals on Birmingham).

[Cripps_orig]

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/59819000/jpg/_59819231_collisonempics.jpg

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Southampton will still go up tbh, can't see them losing at home.

[Cripps_orig]

Barnsley v Brighton Sat 28 Apr 12:30
Birmingham v Reading Sat 28 Apr 12:30
Burnley v Bristol City Sat 28 Apr 12:30
Crystal Palace v Cardiff Sat 28 Apr 12:30
Derby v Peterborough Sat 28 Apr 12:30
Doncaster v Ipswich Sat 28 Apr 12:30
Leeds United v Leicester Sat 28 Apr 12:30
Millwall v Blackpool Sat 28 Apr 12:30
Nottm Forest v Portsmouth Sat 28 Apr 12:30
Southampton v Coventry Sat 28 Apr 12:30
Watford v Middlesbrough Sat 28 Apr 12:30
West Ham v Hull Sat 28 Apr 12:30

Games that matter in bold

COYI

[Syn]

Irons vs Bluebirds in the play-off semi finals.

Should be quite the atmos.

[Cripps_orig]

Southampton game on BBC

West Ham on Sky

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'll watch Soccer Saturday instead of the games that are on - Le Tiss is in the studio for SS. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vaz Te missed a sitter. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Millwall 1-0 Blackpool, keogh. :popcorn:

Palace 1-0 Cardiff, Zaha!

[Syn]

Oh fuck. Palace score.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Southampton 1-0 Coventry, Sharp!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0 Southapton, Fonte!

Le Tiss. :haha: Celebrates a goal with giggling.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Millwall 1-1 Blackpool, Evatt.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

'Ammers 1-0 Hull, Cole.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Birmingham 1-0 Reading, Rooney.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Lallana just dropped the Ashes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leeds 0-1 Leicester, Waghorn.

:lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

'Ammers 2-0 Hull, Cole with his second.

Lansbury has been brilliant according to Solako.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Palace 1-1 Cardiff, Whittingham!

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

3-0 Southampton

Hooiveld.

I think it's safe to say they're going up.

4-0 Lallana

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Fat Sam. :lol:

Palace 1-2 Cardiff, Cowie!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Southampton 4-0 Coventry, Lallana.

[Syn]

That should do it for Cardiff too.

Cardiff vs West Ham

Birmingham vs Blackpool

:popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Millwall 1-2 Blackpool, Dicko. :lol:

Watford 1-0 Boro, Iwelumo. :faint:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Birmingham 2-0 Reading, Wade Elliott pelanty.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

'Ammers 2-1 Hull, Evans.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Millwall 2-2 Blackpool, Kane.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Watford 1-1 Boro, Emnes.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Southampton are up!

:bow:

One of their GHELs just swore in the interview with Dan Walker. :lol:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

The Saints :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Southampton :bow:.

Adkins :bow:.

Oxo :bow:.

Theo :bow:.

Fat Sam :haha:.

Leeds lost again.

Warnock :haha:.

[Syn]

They'll be our loan team next season. Atm it's Bolton, but we'll send our next big talents to Southampton now.

Gnabry :wave:

[Cripps_orig]

Forgot about this

Hope West Ham win the play offs

[Cripps_orig]

Cardiff v West Ham Thu 3 May 19:45

Blackpool v Birmingham Fri 4 May 19:45

COYI

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cardiff: Marshall, Blake, Hudson, Turner, Taylor, Cowie, Whittingham, Gunnarsson, Lawrence, Miller, Mason.
Subs: Heaton, Kiss, Gerrard, Earnshaw, McPhail.

West Ham: Green, Reid, Tomkins, Demel, Taylor, Collison, Nolan, Noble, O'Neil, Vaz Te, Cole.
Subs: Henderson, McCartney, Maynard, Faye, Faubert.

[Cripps_orig]

Away goals dont count apparently

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

1-0 West Ham, Collison.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cardiff 0-1 'Ammers, Collison.

:rose:

[Cripps_orig]

Fuck yes

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cardiff 0-2 'Ammers, Collison again.

[Cripps_orig]

Looks like they are going up

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Looks like they are going up

Lets hope they don't meet brum in the final then.

[Cripps_orig]

Lets hope they don't meet brum in the final then.Blackpool or Brum arent the best

Piss easy

Cardiff were the danger

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Green. :haha:

Still as awful as ever.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Kenny Miller is so shit.

[Cripps_orig]

0-2 FT

:dance:

[Master Splinter]

Cardiff fans would suffer less if they just forfeited the play-offs.

Come on Blackpool :scarf:.

[Master Splinter]

Blackpool v Birmingham at 19:45. :popcorn:

Another reason for wanting Blackpool to come up is of course that Barry Ferguson plays for them and it's the only way Syn's wish of seeing him snapped by Koscielny can come true.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Blackpool: Gilks, Eardley, Baptiste, Evatt, Crainey, Ferguson, Angel, Dobbie, Matt Phillips, Taylor-Fletcher, Ince.
Subs: Halstead, Southern, Kevin Phillips, Dicko, Harris.

Birmingham: Doyle, Ramage, Davies, Ibanez, Murphy, Burke, N'Daw, Mutch, Elliott, Redmond, King.
Subs: Butland, Townsend, Rooney, Zigic, Spector.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Blackpool 1-0 Birmingham, Curtis Davies OG!

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

And that is how it finished.

:popcorn:

[Master Splinter]

Blackpool :bow:.

[Xhaka Can’t]

£20 on Blackpool at 11/8 :woohoo:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Drinks are on GB.

:bow:

[Cripps_orig]

West Ham v Cardiff 2nd leg on tomorrow or tonight if you will

COYI

[McNamara That Ghost...]

West Ham: Green, Demel, Tomkins, Reid, Taylor, O'Neil, Noble, Nolan, Collison, Cole, Vaz Te.
Subs: Henderson, McCartney, Maynard, Faubert, Lansbury.

Cardiff: Marshall, McNaughton, Hudson, Turner, Taylor, Lawrence, Gunnarsson, Whittingham, McPhail, Mason, Miller.
Subs: Heaton, Kiss, Cowie, Earnshaw, Blake.

Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

1-0 West Ham.

Nolan.

Cardiff :rose:

Oh well, next on the list... come on Blackpool!

[Marc Overmars]

2-0. Vaz Te.

:rose:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

2-0 Vaz te on 40 mins

Cardiff :rose:

HT now.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cardiff. :lol:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Russell Brand sitting next to Trevor Brooking :lol:

[Marc Overmars]

FT 3-0. (5-0 on agg)

Cardiff in the play-offs. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

West Ham :bow:

They are going up

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

The Bluebirds to become the Red Dragons? :blink:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2012/05/08/the-full-story-cardiff-city-set-for-new-red-kit-and-club-emblem-91466-30926656/

[McNamara That Ghost...]

They've obviously got tired of Cardiff City messing up in the play-offs.

[Letters]

The Bluebirds to become the Red Dragons? :blink:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2012/05/08/the-full-story-cardiff-city-set-for-new-red-kit-and-club-emblem-91466-30926656/

Who needs tradition when you have a truck full of cash? :doh:


Football :rose:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Who needs tradition when you have a truck full of cash? :doh:


Football :rose:

Pretty much, how nice it must be, to be some rich owners play toy.

Football for what it was not for what its become. :rose:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Birmingham: Doyle, Ramage, Davies, Ibanez, Murphy, Burke, Spector, Mutch, Townsend, King, Zigic.
Subs: Butland, N'Daw, Elliott, Rooney, Redmond.

Blackpool: Gilks, Eardley, Baptiste, Evatt, Crainey, Matt Phillips, Ferguson, Angel, Ince, Dobbie, Taylor-Fletcher.
Subs: Halstead, Southern, Kevin Phillips, Cathcart, Dicko.

Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Birmingham 0-1 Blackpool, Dobbie!

[Master Splinter]

Birmingham 0-1 Blackpool, Dobbie!!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5ZK1M5HLlUw/Tsca9zFnMeI/AAAAAAAACqc/5SCteBSEXoU/s1600/dobby.jpg

[Xhaka Can’t]

That it all over!

[Master Splinter]

0-2 Blackpool, Matt Phillips!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Birmingham 0-2 Blackpool, Phillips!

:haha:

[Master Splinter]

Zigic pulls one back. 1-2.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nearly could've been 2-2.

King. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

It is 2-2!

Davies with the equaliser.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-2 Davies. :blink:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

5 added minutes :popcorn:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-2 FT. Blackpool are through to the final!

:bow:

The Play-off final is on the same day as the CL final.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Blackpool v West Ham :popcorn:

[Master Splinter]

Blackpool through to the play-off final!

Birmingham :haha:.

[Cripps_orig]

Hope West Ham win

COYI

[Cripps_orig]

The 2 scores between West Ham and Blackpool this season have been

Blackpool 1-4 West Ham
West Ham 4-0 Blackpool

:lol:

Blackpool might as well not turn up and save face and just hand the win to West Ham

[Kano]

the best new stadium in the world...

http://www.seagulls.co.uk/page/Stadium/0,,10433~2773935,00.html

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Looks good. The best though? :wacko:

Also, come on Blackpool.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/8313313.stm

[Cripps_orig]

Fat Sam :haha:

Also Come on West Ham

[Master Splinter]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18109276

Fat Sam :haha:.

I suppose it will have to do until Real Madrid come along to sweep him up and fulfil his destiny.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

The 2 scores between West Ham and Blackpool this season have been

Blackpool 1-4 West Ham
West Ham 4-0 Blackpool

:lol:

Blackpool might as well not turn up and save face and just hand the win to West Ham

Yes because that's what football is about. In a one off final anything can happen.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

BBC's live text has died. :doh:

[Syn]

Dead man with his customary traitorous tweet.


Jack Wilshere ‏@JackWilshere
At Wembley! Come on you hammers!

I can only guess he is no longer important enough to get a CL final ticket to cheer on his beloved 'You Blues'.

Stay in Sweden bruv. Their graves probably have climate control.

[Marc Overmars]

Think I'll watch this, it's usually the only Championship game I watch anyway.

Come on 'Ollie.

[Master Splinter]

Taylor-Fletcher out?

Fuck.

Anyway, come on Blackpool. :scarf:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

West Ham United: Green, Demel, Taylor, Reid, Tomkins, Noble, Nolan, O'Neil, Collison, Vaz Te, Cole

Blackpool: Gilks, Crainey, Evatt, Baptiste, Eardley, Ferguson, Angel Martinez, Dobbie, M Phillips, Ince, K Phillips.

Lansbury doesn't start? Piss off Fat Sam.

[Syn]

West Ham have done quite well for continuity haven't they? All the usual suspects there. Nobso, Tomskins, Greeny.

Dropping Lanso is a shocker. Really hope Arsene takes him back next year.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Green saves from Dobbie, on to the post!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vaz Te. :lol:

Awful.

[Master Splinter]

Matt Phillips :doh:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Matt Phillips you tit. Should be 1-0 to Blackpool.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oh sod off M. Phillips.

Demel. :haha:

[Master Splinter]

Fucking hell.

Matt Phillips again :doh:.

Should be 2-0 to Blackpool.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

'Ammers needs Lansbury I'd say.

[Marc Overmars]

Demel. :lol:

Part of the first wave of pub teamers WUMger brought to the club.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vaz Te slams it against the side netting. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

Collison :lol:.

[Master Splinter]

For a big guy, Carlton Cole is less imposing than Diaby.

[Master Splinter]

Intense Corner Pressure :bow:.

Fat Sam :bow:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Crainey. :haha:

What was that?

[Master Splinter]

Brilliant from Ince. :bow:.

[Master Splinter]

Gilks looks like he has a Reina in him today.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Blackpool 0-1 'Ammers, Cole.

:sick:

[Master Splinter]

Fuck.

Blackpool :doh:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Demel. :haha:

OMG.

[Master Splinter]

Demel :haha:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Vaz Te cocks it up. That could've been the match.

[Master Splinter]

Angel Martinez :haha:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-1 HT. :sick:

[Marc Overmars]

You can tell West Ham are a Fat Sam team. As soon as they pass the halfway line, they just float hopeful balls forward for Cole to bundle on to.

[Master Splinter]

1-1, Ince!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Blackpool. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Great chance for Dobbie.

[Master Splinter]

Dobbie was in. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

O'Neil hauled off, McCartney on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Demel off, Faubert on.

[Master Splinter]

Arsenal legend Demel off, Real Madrid legend Faubert on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Collison. :haha:

A Benayoun style collapse in the box.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Good save from Gilks to deny Cole.

[Syn]

Carlton Cole is better than Bent is better than Carroll is better than Holt is better than Crouch.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dobbie scuffs it. FFS.

[Master Splinter]

Dobbie you idiot. :doh:

Blackpool should be about five goals clear.

[Syn]

Dobbie you shit. He could see that all the way - how can you scuff that, you stupid prat. Go home.

[Master Splinter]

Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on Twitter: "I'm buzzing for my boy Tom Ince on his goal, great finish, this game is going to be interesting now..."

Oxo supporting the right people :bow:.

Sir Jack :doh:.

[Marc Overmars]

Dobby. :lol:

Stick to being a house elf.

[Master Splinter]

Off the line!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Pubteam pinball. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

K. Phillips off, Sylvestre on.

[Syn]

Baptista and Silvestre. We've got a lot of Arsenal legends on show today.

[Marc Overmars]

Their Silvestre is also a light bulb head. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ince you GHEL.

:bow:

[Master Splinter]

Seventy thousand sitters missed by Blackpool.

Only one outcome: West Ham Fat Sam Special Pub-Team Scuffed And Deflected Winner.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

If the 'Ammers have to win Lansbo best get the winner. Where the hell is he Fat Sam?!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nolan smashes the bar! What an effort!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gilks saved that in fact. :bow:

[Dennis Bendtner]

I don't think Lansbo plays much for West Ham. Most notable game was in goal. Might give Vinger some ideas about a Fabianski replacement.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Play the advantage Webb you tosser.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What was the point in trying to psych Green out if you produce a freekick like that?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-2 Vaz Te. :sick:

[Master Splinter]

Fuck.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

RVT? Shut up Leslie.

So nearly 2-2!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Dobbie and Angel off, Bednar and Dicko on. :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Four added minutes.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Dennis Bednar. Come on.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Green with a dive.

[Syn]

I must say Lansbury has played the Fabregas role superbly today.

[Master Splinter]

Green diving. :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Webb is a tit.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-2 FT. 'Ammers are up.

:sick:

[Master Splinter]

:sick:

They'll be back down soon enough, anyway.

Blackpool far too wasteful.

[Marc Overmars]

Urgh, Fat Sam pubbing it up next year. Great.

[Cripps_orig]

West Ham :bow:

Reading :haha:

Southampton :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

Apparently Cardiff have gone ahead with the plan to rebrand the club from Blue to Red. :lol:

[Letters]

Apparently Cardiff have gone ahead with the plan to rebrand the club from Blue to Red. :lol:

Yeah.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-18337392

Nickname "The Bluebirds"

But hey, sod history and tradition. Sod the fans.
Here's someone with a big truck of money so we'll do what they want.



Football :rose:

[Cripps_orig]

Cardiff :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18584603

These Pub Team footballers :doh:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shebby Singh is already causing trouble. :haha:

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/blackburn_rovers/news/9870211.Blackburn_Rovers_advisor_Singh_apologises_ for_comments/

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cardiff 0-0 Huddersfield currently, on SS1.

Cardiff in Red. :rolleyes:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Cardiff 1-0 Huddersfield, Hudson!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-0 FT. Leeds vs Wolves is on tomorrow lunchtime. :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Was watching a bit of the Cardiff game.

Took me a while to realise that it was Cardiff in the red :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leeds 1-0 Wolves, Becchio.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Birmingham. Complete fuck-up by Butland apparently. :haha:

[GP]

:lol: Butt Land

[Master Splinter]

Wednesday beat Birmingham 3-2 :bow:.

Blackpool beat Leeds 2-1 and go top of the table.

Warnock :haha:.

[Cripps_orig]

Blackburn 1-0 Hull

Kazim Kazim :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

1-0 it finished

Kean was booed throughout apparently :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bolton vs Forest is on at the moment in the npower Championship, Forest lead 0-1. McGugan with the goal.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bolton 1-1 Forest, Eagles.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bolton 2-1 Forest, Sordell. :lol:

Horrific defending from Forest.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

This is pub team supreme. Another one Forest nearly chucked in.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bolton 2-2 Forest, Andy Reid! Great pass from Simon Cox, Reid combed it in off the post.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sordell. :haha:

Since scoring, that's two he has absolutely skied.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sordell hauled off, Afobe on. :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

Sordell.....isnt he that GB Olympic legend?

[Master Splinter]

Afobe scored a hat-trick yet?

He should be the first name on the team sheet.

Coyle :doh:.

[Master Splinter]

Looks like Andy Reid has lost some weight.

He's still fatter than the whole crowd put together though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-2 FT.

Bolton. :lol:

Time for Ryo tbf.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sordell.....isnt he that GB Olympic legend?

That's the guy.

[Cripps_orig]

Blackpool 6-0 Ipswich :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Watford 1-0 Birmingham in the evenign game

Brum :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Watford 2-0 Birmingham, FT.

Almunia. :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

Not a good season so far for Birmingham football

[Cripps_orig]

Zola :bow:

Cant remember who the Brum manager is after Hughton left :pal:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Derby 4-0 Watford.

Almunia. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

5-0. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Derby 4-0 Watford.

Almunia. :bow:


“It was really difficult two years ago… because I expected to play more, and better. The last year wasn’t very difficult because I accepted my situation; I went to training every day, I enjoyed the football and staying at a nice club.

“I was trying to teach the young goalkeepers because I knew it was my last year so I did try to enjoy one last year at a big club.

“I believe I left Arsenal as a gentleman and people know that.”

http://arsenalarsenal.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/in-praise-of-almunia/

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Nice guy but a bit shit.

[Niall_Quinn]

Nice guy but a bit shit.

I think he knows that. It's refreshing, he doesn't need us to rub it in. Especially as he's now Watford's problem. If he had been good enough sounds like he'd still be with us and he'd want to be with us. That's a bit rare these days. We can't stop all the little toe rag ****s using us, but we can shame them (pointless probably as they have no shame) by applauding the guys who have the right attitude and levels of respect even if not the talent. I hated him being in our goal as much as the next guy. But I'd rather laugh at van Purse. Probably won't get much chance to do that.

[Master Splinter]

Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean has admitted he has not seen any of his three deadline day signings play live.

Kean told BBC Radio Lancashire (http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/sport/index.shtml) that Grzegorz Sandomierski, Nuno Henrique and Diogo Rosado (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19444956) were all recommended by global advisor Shebby Singh.

"They're in the club now and we can have a real look at them," said Kean. "I've not seen them play live.

"Shebby Singh was very excited about them coming here and was telling me how good they were."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19487663 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19487663)

:haha:

Shebby Singh :bow:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Blackeye 0-1 Boro. :lol:

[Master Splinter]

Blackburn lost 1-2.

Kean :rose:.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Shebby Singh's banhammer. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Birmingham 0-5 Barnsley, FT.

:haha:

Also, Peterborough have lost all seven games in the league this season.

Durham. :lol:

It's why he searches so hard for inadequcies in other teams.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Just saw that Huddersfield are the live match on Monday. Hopefully they can maintain their good start to the season.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Should be tough against Blackpool.

[Cripps_orig]

Steve Kean is on the brink of being sacked

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Blackpool 0-1 Huddersfield, Novak. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 Taylor-Fletcher.

[Xhaka Can’t]

What a goal!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Blackpool 1-3 Huddersfield is a result. :bow:

[Xhaka Can’t]

It sure is - and pretty well deserved.

[Marc Overmars]

Steve Kean resigns. :faint:

[Cripps_orig]

A shame

He was well liked by Blackburns rivals fans

[McNamara That Ghost...]

What will the Blackeye fans do now Kean Out has been achieved?

[GP]

Steve Kean resigns. :faint:

:lol: About a year too late

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Former Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is the surprise name among the leading candidates to replace Steve Kean as manager of Blackburn.

Representatives of the 39-year-old have expressed an interest in the post, with Tim Sherwood and former Real Madrid boss Bernd Schuster also in the frame. Solskjaer won the Norwegian league title in his first full season with Molde and his contract expires in 2014.

Sir Alex Ferguson has tipped his former striker as a star in the making.

"If you go to a club in Norway that have never won the league in their history and you win that league, then you have to have something about you," the United manager said last year.

After ending his playing career in 2007, Solskjaer took charge of United's reserve team for two and a half years before guiding Molde to their first Norwegian league title in 100 years in 2011.

Molde are level on points at the top of the table this season, with the final game due to take place on 18 November.

Solskjaer would fit the mould of the young, progressive manager favoured by Blackburn but leading figures have yet to settle on a final shortlist.

Sherwood has considerable support among leading figures at Ewood Park but Tottenham are resistant to allowing their technical co-ordinator to walk away from White Hart Lane.

Solskjaer held talks with Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner during the summer following the sacking of Alex McLeish. But the man who earned the nickname of "the baby-faced assassin", opted to remain with Molde because he was reluctant to uproot his wife Silje and three children from Norway.

At the time Molde had qualified for this season's Champions League but defeat by Basel in the third qualifying round ended their hopes of reaching the group stage. Kean quit on Friday, with his assistant Eric Black taking caretaker charge for the 1-1 draw at Charlton.

Rovers managing director Derek Shaw insists appointing a manager to replace the Scot will be a significant decision in Blackburn's history.

Shaw told BBC Radio Lancashire: "Every managerial appointment is important and there are one or two interested names that have come through already."

But he refused to be drawn on potential suitors, adding: "The phones have been ringing and people have been putting names forward for the vacancy.

"We'll have to discuss that in the next week or two. When there's something proper, everybody will be told."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19806122

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sordell has said he and teammates were racially abused by Millwall supporters this afternoon.

[GP]

What will the Blackeye fans do now Kean Out has been achieved?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19856136

:haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Jesus christ.

Kean In!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Owen Coyle has been sacked. :haha:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19856136

:haha:

No Alan, just no.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sheffield Wednesday vs Leeds is 1-1 at the moment. A Leeds fan ran on to the pitch, one of them whacked Chris Kirkland down to the ground. :blink:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 FT.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Neil Warnock is going mental over that fan, thought rightfully so.

Funny that he actually somehow ended up saying moran though. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I didn't realise quite a few fans had gone on to the pitch. Then that dick goes back in to the crowd looking extremely proud of himself.

Chairs were thrown too apparently.

[GP]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2lUPameL0-o

:doh:

[Olivier's xmas twist]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2lUPameL0-o

:doh:

What a ****. Such a classy club with classy fans.

[Marc Overmars]

What a twat.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

The stupid knob end even slipped over.

Hope they dock leeds points and this **** is jailed.

[GP]

Leeds should be thrown out of the country.

[milla]

Leeds should be thrown out of the country.

yeah.. send the rest of Leeds to Afghanistan. :coffee: