Anorak 0 Report post Posted October 23, 2005 Up to the dizzy heights of 13th after beating Coventry, whose fans seem to particularly dislike us for some reason. Absolutely everybody had a good bitch and moan after the Burnley defeat so it was a big win, especially coming from a goal down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Damn You Helmsley Report post Posted October 23, 2005 Pires can do what he wants. He's pretty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted October 23, 2005 Danny Mills visibly going 'You TWAT' to his face afterwards, <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ha, I thought I was the only one who saw that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted October 23, 2005 Deancoles. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted October 23, 2005 Yay! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted October 24, 2005 Still laughing at the Pires incident. I have it on my pc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted October 25, 2005 We drew with Brighton, they equalised in the 93rd minute. So like us. Still, Brunt's still looking sharp by the sound of things! We're trying to keep the fact that he's good quiet tho... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deancoles 0 Report post Posted October 25, 2005 Saw Leapy got your goal, what do you think of him? Edit: Quinn looks good so far, 1 goal and 1 assist in an hour, him and Brooker could be a great partnership. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted October 25, 2005 Peacock's finishing leaves a lot to be desired, but he always works hard and does make the chances for himself, so he's ok with me. He wouldn't be a starting striker for us normally but he's a player I like having on the bench. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vanhalen 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2005 Football Manager 2006 is great, and well worth getting, although it does seem harder, especially with these new team talks, I tell them that Im fucking pleased with them at half time and the fuckers let in three, did manage chelsea, won the league cup, but got sacked after they finished 5th(behind West Brom!!!!), didnt want to start a new game so kicked my heels for a while, and I've just taken over at Newcastle Utd(with a £2.7m transfer budget, cheat motherfuckers), anyway Newcastle are in the shit right now which is great, as the fans only expect "escape relegation", which gives me a bit of honeymoon time to turn it round Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deancoles 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2005 Newcastle are in the Championship on my game(in 2007) I'm loving the new feature with players being called "the next Ronaldo/Rivaldo/Beckham/Campbell/Ferdinand" Edit: http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/8339/10talents4hp.jpg List of the players with the highest potential even if most seem obvious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2005 I'll be getting Football Manager once my laptop's fixed. For now though, I'm piddling my time away with Pro Evo 5. Good stuff. The tackling system pissed me off a lot when I first tried it, but I'm getting the hang of it. The chipped through ball is rubbish now, which is annoying, because I scored boatloads of goals on Pro Evo 4 using that. Now, every chipped through ball seems over-hit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anorak 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2005 You can score some great goals on the new one, you can strike the ball better from distance and score some excellent headers and volleys from crosses. Very frustrating to start off with, losing the ball easily and taking ages to get it back or more often concede a foul but it doesn't take too long to adapt to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2005 I'm playing as Newcastle in the Master League and I scored an awesome volley with the kid at right-back, Ramage, of all people. Everyone missed the cross and he just spanks it over the keeper's head and off the bar with a volley. Funny thing is, I can't remember ever hitting a volley in PES 4, now I've scored at least three already since Monday. I've also got FIFA on rental, which makes PES a lot better. FIFA's the kind of game you play to win and get pissed when you can't tackle for minute upon minute, because the O button does hardly anything and any time you get near a player, they inexplicably start doing weird turns and fakes. PES, you can deal with losing because you don't feel so bad losing to realistic goals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Decemberists 0 Report post Posted October 28, 2005 Nottingham Forest are understood to have made an audacious bid to lure Premiership striker Grzegorz Rasiak to the City Ground. The club revealed last night that they had made a bid for Wycombe striker Nathan Tyson. But the Evening Post understands that Reds boss Gary Megson has also inquired about the possibility of taking 26-year-old Polish international Rasiak on loan from Spurs. It is less than two months since the front-man's shock transfer deadline day move to White Hart Lane from East Midlands rivals Derby County. But 6ft 3in Rasiak has failed to break into the Spurs first team on a regular basis, making only two starts, along with a single sub appearance. It is unclear as to whether Spurs will be willing to allow Rasiak - who scored 17 times for Derby last season - to move, although the striker is believed to fear his lack of first team football could jeopardise his international career. I swear to God they must give the sports guys LSD at the Evening Post. This is almost as stupid as the IT'S BAGGIO! headline when they exclusivley announced we'd secured a deal to sign Roberto Baggio to replace Collymore... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Damn You Helmsley Report post Posted October 28, 2005 While the story is no doubt completely false it's no where near Baggio standards. Rasiak is the fourth choice striker at Tottenham, Roberto Baggio is Roberto Baggio. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Decemberists 0 Report post Posted October 28, 2005 But in 1995 Baggio joining us wasn't 100% unlikely - or at least I'd like to think not. Remember, back then we'd just finished 3rd (THIRD damnit!) in the Prem and had £8.5m to spend. Rasiak is probably about a 0.75 on the Baggio scale. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Decemberists 0 Report post Posted October 28, 2005 Shit. I've just realised that ten years ago we'd finished 3rd in the Premier fucking League and we're linked with Roberto fucking Baggio. And today we're 12th in the Second Division and linked with a bloke from Wycombe... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Damn You Helmsley Report post Posted October 28, 2005 When we fall, we fall hard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caboose 0 Report post Posted October 31, 2005 But in 1995 Baggio joining us wasn't 100% unlikely - or at least I'd like to think not. Remember, back then we'd just finished 3rd (THIRD damnit!) in the Prem and had £8.5m to spend. Rasiak is probably about a 0.75 on the Baggio scale. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thats reminds of my old housemate from Uni who was a spurs fan. The number of times he'd bang on my door to announce a new signing was hilarious the "transfers" included Rivaldo, Morientes (when he was good), Raul, Ronaldo, Schevchenko, Roberto Carlos and pretty much very other player to have appeared on the front of a FIFA game box. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Decemberists 0 Report post Posted November 2, 2005 Bet the Leicester fans who went to Plymouth last night were delighted when it got called off at half time... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Damn You Helmsley Report post Posted November 2, 2005 Hey, whatever happened to Bryan Roy? He was good for a couple of seasons. Did he get injured? Where'd he go? I miss him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Damn You Helmsley Report post Posted November 2, 2005 Made. No. Difference. Whatsoever. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Edited for accuracy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Decemberists 0 Report post Posted November 2, 2005 Hey, whatever happened to Bryan Roy? He was good for a couple of seasons. Did he get injured? Where'd he go? I miss him. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Bryan was great in his first year, when he was playing with Stan. Next season he played with either Kevin Campbell or Jason Lee, and his own game suffered as a result and stayed just as ineffective in his final year with us. He was one of those players who wouldn't go and get the ball, but would stand still shouting for it. Our 94/95 team was good enough to carry him, knowing every so often he'd do something magic, but the next few years we weren't. I think he went to Munich 1860 in 1997 when his contract ran out, and is now helping to run the Ajax youth academy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deancoles 0 Report post Posted November 3, 2005 What actually happened at Forest between 95-97(besides Collymore leaving) to turn you from 3rd to 20th? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Decemberists 0 Report post Posted November 3, 2005 I know it sounds stupid, but the only real difference was Stan. The side that finished 3rd was Crossley Lyttle Pearce Chettle Cooper Stone Woan Bohinen Gemmill Roy Collymore And the team that finished bottom three years later was Crossley Lyttle Pearce Cooper Chettle Stone Woan Bart-Williams Gemmill Roy/Cambell Saunders And to me the only real difference there is up front. Although Bohinen was hugely creative for us, Stone and Woan on the wings were more than good enough to make up for his absence. All we really did, with a few exceptions, in the 94/95 season was have everyone behind the ball defending, except Stan and Roy who'd hang about on the half way line and then break when we got the ball and it worked because Stan was so good and he was on the same wave length and Roy. When you've got Dean Saunders and Kevin Campbell upfront.... well it's clearly not the same. But even with Stan going we had more then enough to get in strikers better than Campbell and Saunders. Frank Clark just failed in the transfer market. I'd rather have had Collymore instead of Cambell, Saunders, Bart-Williams, Nickola Jerkan and Andrea Silenzi any day of the week. If only we'd signed Baggio Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Damn You Helmsley Report post Posted November 3, 2005 I have a lot of antagonism towards Stan after his woeful time at Villa. All the usual supported the club as a young boy fairytale bollocks deluded us into thinking he might actually do well. He could have had a similar sort of time at Villa that he had with Forest except by this point his ego had grown enormously having been surrounded by the whole Liverpool Spice Boy image. Having read his autobiography you get a very vague perception of what it's like to truly be insane. He's more than happy to talk about his off the field issues in a blunt, honest way but when it comes to why he was so shit for Villa, he dodges the bullet by moaning about everyone else except himself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
k thx 0 Report post Posted November 5, 2005 Man, Pompey are gash. I really hope there are three teams worse than us in the league this season. From what I remember with Forrest, they had a great team, but they didn't replace the players they let go. When Jason Lee is one of your main strikers, you're fucked. Saunders was a pretty bad buy too. Even now, though, they still seem like too good a team to go down. On other news, I may be moving to Bristol soon. I may well be the boards second favourite Bristol City supporter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Cucaracha 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2005 Crisis? "Bollocks!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2005 Well franchise if it's any consolation you're the best team to come to hillsborough thus far, we got hammered. As my mate put it, 'not even fifa could conjour up a worse goal than Brunt just scored'. Oh well! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
