Re: Barton, the guy is an idiot and needs to go. It's funny now but if we'd gone down yesterday it would have been all his fault. It's always about him. We've given him a second chance after the Liverpool game, and he's been playing some blinding stuff the last few weeks, but then he goes and does something like that which could have cost us in the worst possible way. Sorry but he has to go, he's a liability, and it's actually a shame because the guy is a very good footballer when he puts his mind to it.
This is Paddy Kenny's last tweet: "What a day with some top lads that I may never play with again cos football is a funny old game" #trainbacktosheff I have a feeling Hughes will bring in Paul Robinson and Kenny will go Leeds.
Would be a sad day if Super Paddy Kenny left us, nothing against Robinson who I've always rated, but I think Kenny is better.
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Pat Nevin on 5Live earlier: On 5 live before. Told a story of the everton players doing a training routine one day, the ball being laid off to the forwards around the 18 yard box, Nevin, Sharp, Steven etc and Southall in goal. After 20 minutes they still hadn't put one past him and they were falling about laughing - not because they hadn't scored, but because he hadn't used his hands. Said his awareness of where you were going to put it gave him that advantage and made him the best in the world.
Southall was two stone overweight in the 1995 FA Cup Final and was probably the man of the match. It's obvious that he relied on some sort of Pernell Whittaker-esque radar to get the job done because, physically, he was never really in shape, and always seemed to be sweating his balls off, even when he was stood there doing nothing but the occasional kick out.
Back in the 80s he was lean. He often used to cycle to and from training, and sometimes matches, from Llandudno!
Oh he must have been in shape at some point. I still remember him being pretty fleshy in 1989. But then he got really really fat. It probably wouldn't be tolerated today, they'd have some "Fit" guy in goals, like Scott Carson. :shit: :shit: The new "Premier League" placed this ridiculous premium on fitness, guys like Souness were chief protagonists of it, he had John Barnes fucking ruined, because Barnes had to be "fit". :shit:.....some players are not supposed to be able to run miles in a game. They stroll a certain distance- then score or set it up. Berbatov, Barnes, John Robertson, Paul McGrath, Gazza, Maradona- all of them were at some point out of shape and miles better than much "fitter" players.
I'm planning on going to Goodison Park again next season. My last trip there was one to remember :bears:
Instead of creating a new thread for next season's premier league, could the powers that be not just change the thread title to the 2012/13 premier league thread???
:rock1: (Not applauding the scoreline.) My favourite player for QPR is the guy in the gray hair. I didn't see him out there last Sunday(unless he had coloured his hair.)
Shaun Derry is legendary. Let's not forget either that it was his goal against Liverpool which kick-started the run of results that would keep us up