General Football Nonsense

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I gotta feeling he's a very good player. However he needs to shut up as I don't think clubs will deal with Shakhtar unless they meet them halfway.

Actually feel for his club, for him to say he is playing well to attract a move.

[Kano]

fuck shakhtar after their last cl game.

will.i.an does look like a very good player however.

with the money they have behind them, they'll be absolutely fine.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Actually feel for his club, for him to say he is playing well to attract a move.

That's all well and good, but did you like the will.i.am based joke? I think I got about three in

[Olivier's xmas twist]

That's all well and good, but did you like the will.i.am based joke? I think I got about three in

Yeah, did not hit my mind as that was a BEP song lol.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Sky Sports understands Everton are lining up a move for former Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon.

Scotland international Gordon is available on a free transfer after leaving Sunderland in the summer.

Everton boss David Moyes admitted after Saturday's draw with Norwich that a lack of competition was harming Tim Howard's form at Goodison Park and he is now thought to be ready to bring in Gordon to add to his goalkeeping options.

Moyes is keen to bring in a new goalkeeper with Howard's deputy Jan Mucha out of contract at the end of the season and he has had several trialists in over the last few weeks to cast an eye over possible reinforcements.

Gordon joined Sunderland from Hearts in 2007 for £9million but his time at the Stadium of Light was blighted by a series of injuries.

A number of clubs have been linked with Gordon, but Everton are now ready to offer the keeper the chance to get his career back on track.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...r-Craig-Gordon

Could be a good bit of business if he stays fit.

[Cripps_orig]

Gordon is a bit shit tbh

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill insists he did not offer to resign from his post in the wake of a 4-2 defeat to West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

After seeing the Black Cats suffer a third setback in their last four outings, it was suggested that O'Neill was willing to stand aside.

Speculation did not take long to spread, with Sunderland's lowly standing in the Premier League table offering weight to the claims.

O'Neill, though, remains very much in charge at the Stadium of Light and is focused on the task of guiding his side away from danger.

He appreciates that rumour and gossip is part of modern day football, but is disappointed to have once again seen his future on Wearside called into question."I don't think there is much more to say, other than the fact that anybody can get on to Twitter and say whatever they want," O'Neill told Sky Sports.

"The very fact that no-one can verify the story makes it a bit disappointing. It was absolute nonsense.

"It's the name of the game. That's what's happening nowadays. It happened once before way back a couple of years ago. These things, there are nothing in them."

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...f-quit-rumours

[GP]

[Ollie the Optimist]

chelmsford

[Olivier's xmas twist]

New QPR boss Harry Redknapp admits he needed a break from football after enduring an extraordinary 2012.
Redknapp takes charge of QPR at Sunderland on Tuesday night following almost six months out of the game since being sacked by Tottenham in June.
The 65-year-old has a tough task on his hands given that the Hoops have picked up just four points from 13 games.
But after a tax evasion trial in February, from which he was cleared, Redknapp is not feeling too stressed about the prospect.
"I didn't go away from Tottenham that night when Daniel Levy sacked me and want to jump off the edge of Bournemouth Pier. The next day I am up playing golf. I mean, what can I do? That is the way that I am."
Harry Redknapp Quotes of the week
Asked if it had been the craziest year of his life, he said: "Yeah, oh yeah. Certainly. The whole thing was a bit bizarre, wasn't it?"I probably needed a break. Maybe it wasn't the worst thing that could have happened to me."

As for missing out on the England job to Roy Hodgson despite being the favourite for the post, he insists he was not fazed.
"I didn't go home that night when I heard on the radio that Roy had been given the England job and lock myself up in a room," he added.
"I didn't go away from Tottenham that night when Daniel Levy sacked me and want to jump off the edge of Bournemouth Pier. The next day I am up playing golf. I mean, what can I do? That is the way that I am."
Redknapp has vowed to axe any QPR player who does not pull his weight as he faces up to the "toughest" challenge of his managerial career.


Harry takes charge at QPR

Redknapp insists Rangers' "nice" owners have not been given the results they deserved for the money they had paid for their squad in transfer fees and wages."We've got four points from 13 games, which is an incredible, low total. We've got to do better to give ourselves and opportunity to get out of this mess. I need people that are going to work.
"When they lose the ball, chase it. It's what you learnt when you were at school. That's what you did in the playground. I need 11 people with the ability to put effort in. And if they give that effort then we've got a chance of surviving.
"If they don't, they're not going to play to start with and I'll find another 11 who will run about and work hard."
He added: "I've got no time for people losing the ball and throwing their arms up in the air, and standing around with their hands on their hips.
"We're in a relegation battle, we've got four points. It's their fault - it's nobody else's fault. If everyone works, the ability's there. I've got to make them work and get the best out of them now.
"If they do that then we'll be okay, we'll survive."
Spurs and Portsmouth were also in dire trouble when Redknapp took charge and he transformed both clubs' fortunes.
But he said ahead of his first game in charge against Sunderland: "We mustn't kid ourselves. This is much tougher than those two jobs in my opinion, but I'm optimistic we can pull it off."

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...-from-football