Ooh Marc, that's just naaaaaasty (said in Cleveland Family Guy's voice).

Marc you leave my Lauren alone. :bawling:

[rquote=2551300&tid=133229&author=Lauren]Back, I was at Scotland game yday.

Firstly, someone said that on Wednesday we have to beat Holland to get into play-offs... not strictly true. A draw will do, even if we lose we have a VERY minimal chance. But a draw should do lol, depending how the other groups do.

Game was amazing, good atmosphere, bad ref decisions, some bad Macedonia diving, some bad sportsmenship from Scott Brown lol. BUT! MOST IMPORTANTLY - I got into the News Of The World pmsl.[/rquote]

You got into news of the world how?

And Glad you enjoyed it, and they won :thumbs:

Did any one watch the argentina game yesterday, what do you think, is it a bad performance by argentina or simply the brazillians out classed them?

Was going to watch the South Americans but meh..

Mexico 86 was the last World Cup to be held in South America! Shocking..

Lauren needs to be deported back to Scotslands? I hear that place have wild beasts that eat the heads of new born babies..

Croatia coach Slaven Bilic has rapped Chelsea captain John Terry for declaring Arsenal's Eduardo had dived against Celtic.

Bilic told The Sun: "John Terry is not talking like that when Didier Drogba goes down for Chelsea.

"I am not saying Drogba is a diver. I adore him as a player but I'm saying when they get a penalty they're not accusing their own team-mates.

"You can't say English players don't dive.

"I've known Eduardo for years. If anyone knows him I know him. He is NO diver. He is a good guy, a sportsman, a professional and a role model of fair play. Sometimes he waits for a contact. Maybe it wasn't a penalty against Celtic but you can't say there was no contact.

"Don't forget he was very badly injured for a long time. And he's just come back.

"I don't care why John Terry did this but it's all part of the game.

"Look, if we're talking about 100 per cent fair play it's also not fair play from Terry to say something like that before the game if he wants to put pressure on the referee.

"That would not be fair play in the same sense as what he was saying about Eduardo, accusing a fellow professional of these things."

Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev is interesting Manchester United.

The Sun says United are eyeing Russian goalkeeper Akinfeev as they prepare for life after Edwin van der Sar.

Manager Alex Ferguson has already started planning for the Dutchman's retirement - and CSKA Moscow's Akinfeev is one of his options.

The keeper, 23, has impressed for club and country since arriving on the scene five years ago.

He has been on the radar of a number of Europe's top teams and Fergie does not want United to miss out.

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He's soo good on FM.

They liked him at the start of the summer there was a couple of reports but nothing came of it.

[rquote=2551756&tid=133229&author=atieah2009]Did any one watch the argentina game yesterday, what do you think, is it a bad performance by argentina or simply the brazillians out classed them?[/rquote]

Brazilian's outclassed them

Top 10 worst transfers of the summer.


10 - Barry Ferguson - Rangers to Birmingham for £1.25million
This signing was as inevitable as night following day, an England batting collapse and John Terry beating his chest and declaring that our honest England boys ain't cheats. However, although £1.25million is barely anything in today's terms, Ferguson failed in England five years ago, and since returning to Rangers his ability has diminished, his fitness become less reliable and as an added bonus he seems to have picked up an attitude problem, as can be seen by that whole drinking/swearing nonsense with Scotland. If Birmingham are to do anything this season, they would be well advised to build their midfield around someone else.



9 - Stewart Downing - Middlesbrough to Aston Villa for £12million
Before Downing hobbled his way into Villa Park, Aston Villa had one of the most promising left-wingers in Europe. So why spend £12million on another player in Ashley Young's position, perfectly decent though Downing is, when at least three other areas of the team required more urgent attention? Furthermore, why spend that money on a player who might not be available until Christmas? Were Villa just bored with the annual 'Downing to Spurs' talk and altruistically decided to end it all?



8 - Pascal Chimbonda - Spurs to Blackburn for £2million
However despicable a character you may think Chimbonda is (and opinions usually vary from 'very' to 'utter douchebag'), his worth as a decent, mid-level Premier League defender is not in much doubt. So therefore signing for a decent, mid-level Premier League club is about right, surely? Well, not when he was signed to replace a left-back in Stephen Warnock, as Sam Allardyce admitted was the case. Chimbonda can play anywhere along the back line, but surely a specialist lefty would have been a more sensible option.



7 - Joleon Lescott - Everton to Manchester City for £24million
Is it a meaningless statement to say City have overpaid for anyone? Do they, with their limitless supplies of cash, care? Perhaps not, but what they should care about is basing their defence on an overrated player. Lescott is a very good defender who had an exceptional first season in the Premier League, but is he really the sort of player in which an ambitious club - as City certainly are - should be placing such defensive faith? If City are serious about mounting a title challenge, one suspects Lescott is simply not good enough to be their first-choice centre-half.



6 - Alberto Aquilani - AS Roma to Liverpool for £20million
Aquilani's inclusion on this list has absolutely nothing to do with his ability, or Rafa Benitez's managerial or talent-spotting qualities. Aquilani may well replace Xabi Alonso convincingly, but the problem is he won't even have chance to convince anyone until October, thanks to his ankle issues, and even then he will require a good few weeks to get up to Premier League speed. It might be the New Year before he fully acclimatises, by which time Liverpool's title challenge could be gone. The importance of Alonso in Liverpool's current system has been commented upon many times on these pages, so without a creative force in the side for half a season, do they have a chance?



5 - Luis Antonio Valencia - Wigan to Manchester United for £17million
Valencia is a perfectly decent player. Had Cristiano stayed at Old Trafford this summer then Valencia would have been a fine addition to the United squad, able to fill in when required and learn from the World Player of the Year. However, no matter how much Alex Ferguson tries to dress it up, Valencia does have to replace Ronaldo. Nani is both too inconsistent and better on the left, Park is a worker and Ryan Giggs is no longer a winger. The comparisons will be inevitable, the pressure great, and the expectation probably too much.



4 - West Ham's lack of striking back-up
OK, not a signing - quite the opposite - but the inactivity on the striking front could be extremely damaging for West Ham. Amid rumours that Dean Ashton will never play again, and after the sale of Craig Bellamy in January, striking reinforcements were the order of the summer for Gianfranco Zola. However, by swapping Savio Naserenko for a defender and sending Freddie Sears out on loan, and replacing them with Frank Nouble and Alessandro Diamenti, the Hammers are back where they started. Luis Jimenez can fill in as a support striker, but they are now relying unbelievably heavily on Carlton Cole. While that is not as much of a risk as it would have been 18 months ago, a risk it still undoubtedly is.



3 - Kevin Prince Boateng - Spurs to Portsmouth for £4million
Some clubs don't disclose transfer fees for competitive reasons, some clubs don't disclose fees for financial reasons, some clubs just don't disclose fees because they're being obtuse. However, one suspects that Portsmouth did not officially disclose the £4million they apparently paid for Boateng because they were embarrassed at paying such a hilariously high amount. When one considers that a few days later Niko Kranjcar moved for half that sum (although that was admittedly because his contract had less than a year to run), the Boateng fee looks even worse.



2 - Roque Santa Cruz - Blackburn to Manchester City for £17million
Santa Cruz was feted as a bargain when he signed for Blackburn a couple of years ago, and one cannot argue with 24 goals for £3.8million in 2007/8. However, that was only the second time he reached double figures for a season in his career, and the first time was back home in Paraguay when he was 18. A decent player for sure, but worth £17million? Hughes had been after Santa Cruz for so long that it almost seems as if it was a pride thing - that he simply had to get his man to save face. Perhaps Hughes will be able to get the most out of him, as he did at Blackburn, but to pay that much for a man who will most likely be a back-up (behind Emmanuel Adebayor) is insane.



1 - Ross Turnbull - Middlesbrough to Chelsea for free
Yes, it was a free, and yes, he's only a reserve to Petr Cech, but he really is rubbish. This time last year Carlo Cudicini was Cech's understudy, but if the Czech breaks down next week Carlo Ancelotti is stuck with Turnbull between the sticks, possibly until January 2011. That is a terrifying thought for Chelsea fans, and a hilarious one for the strikers of the Premier League. That Turnbull was free is neither here nor there - Chelsea are trying to be financially independent, but surely they could have afforded a couple of million for someone better.

Wheres that from Johann?


And Ben - I got into NOTW cos a photographer was walking around and I was 6 rows from front so he took my pic lol, I was all kitted out with facepaints etc.

Lol Stewart Downing, Santa Cruz, Valencia, Aquilani and lescott.


All over priced.

Poor Ross Turnbull

he is **** though

downing would of been a steal if he didnt have a broken foot. lol

Like they said though right now you have Ashley young who plays in same position?

and hes average from what ive seen on him Youngs far better.

Ashley young is far too cocky and arrogant now, and has been overall quite poor the second half of last season and the start of this, having downing will be a kick up the arse to ash

I suppose it will make him work harder to keep his place, and yeh hes annoyingly cocky, but hes young and hes talented i suppose its good, but at 12m i think overpriced.

12 Million is well overpriced

Arteta is valued at 12

Ahhh Arteta!

He narrowly misses out on my top 10 favourite players ever.

Rate him so highly, Everton seem to play so much better with him.

Arteta will be back soon

Arteta will turn Evertons luck around.

The first 4 games he plays, everton will win.

this thread is underused atm

when are all the threads being merged?

Not sure yet.


And yes its underused as the international break, im sure on wednesday everyone will be in here!