scouser 4 Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Well, still a bit off, but Liverpool just signed Kewell. Highly expectant of that one. Lets hope he helps kicks some life into the squad. ManU seem to be having some problems getting Mr Brazil Funny Face to sign hey? It would be interesting if he did....seems like Madrid have pulled out of the race now but Barcelona have made a bid. Any other fun news out there footie fans? Link to post Share on other sites
Wizz 11 Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 ...and Leeds aren't too happy about it all - http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,1563,995070,00.html Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 nearly had me there scouser! thought you meant "American football" footy. My buddy just emailed me to join his fantasy football league already to go now! sweet Link to post Share on other sites
Goemon 0 Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Can't we all just get along? Goalkeeper David James did some workouts with the American Football Miami Dolphins here . I think Marshall Faulk or Terrell Owens should follow suit and do some workouts with Chelski. Just for kicks. Link to post Share on other sites
powwwers 0 Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 good article WIZZ. pack of whingers, tha lot of `em. serves `em saelves right. how come they(LEEDS) can do tha dirty on someone without any remorse(David O`Leary), but when the adidas is on the other foot its a whole different story. also, what about his australian club who `developed` him to the point where he could play in the premiership? wheres their cut? one more thing, how can someone go from being worth 40m pound to 7m pound in three years? i didn`t understand that bit. serves yaselves right Leeds, serves yaselves right! Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 How can values change so much? Quite a few reasons including - a depressed market for the value of players, soccer clubs with less money, performance of the player. Also, there's a lot of strategy involved. When a club buys a player, they sometimes pay more than they know he is "worth" just so they can get him in the club, and not in the competitions club. Look at the way the value of Ronaldinho is going up right now because 2 clubs are effectively fighting over him. Man U, if they get him, will end up paying a fair % more than they wanted to. But they want him all the same.......... Link to post Share on other sites
powwwers 0 Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 Thank-you fukdane. heres another interesting article: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/09/1057430274467.html Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted July 10, 2003 Author Share Posted July 10, 2003 I don't know about all this way back but his Australian club must have let him go either because his contract was up, because they sold him to an interested party or he quit out of the deal for some reason (not happy, not good enough for him to become a better player, etc). The deal was done at that time - tis nowt to do with what is going on now, same situation with all players. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 lets make a yahoo fantasy football league for snowjapan forum members! anyone interested? Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 What exactly is that? Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by bobby12: lets make a yahoo fantasy football league for snowjapan forum members! anyone interested? I just signed up for a league with some buddies, but I would be keen to run in two leagues and smoke all you fools with my great tactical prowess Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 I (might) be interested, if I knew more about it. Go on tell me! Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 Its a fantasy football league run by yahoo. Uou make a team from the English Premiership and enter leagues run by your mates. I was in two leagues last year. You pick your team at the start of the year, and can change it each week (by selling and buying players). Its pretty simple and lots of fun. Each league has a private messageboard for taunts. I just tried to make a league, but it seems the new season is not ready yet. Can someone try and do it during August before the season starts, and post the league name and password on this messageboard? I'll be on holiday so I will probably forget to. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 Ok I think I made a league. But I dont know it will work or not for the next season. Please join it and have a look anyway and we'll see how it goes as the season draws near. The league name is "SnowJapan Championship" but you need to enter this information to join: Group ID: 105714 Password: snowjapan sign up for a yahoo account and then log in here: Yahoo Fantasy Football Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan 0 Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 Didn't Kewell join Leeds from the Aussie Institute of Sports? Besides, the Premiership is again a two horse race Arsenal and Man Utd, Liverpool, I'm sorry to say, are still way off the pace. If Chelsea can sign an aggressive midfielder, then they'll be there abouts. What about Leicester, Wolves and Portsmouth, they've gotta be the WORST 3 teams promoted from Division 1 since the Premiership began Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 for the real footy check it out! http://afl.com.au Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 Maybe Mr Matthews, but they got promoted for a reason - top of Division 1. Link to post Share on other sites
nosaka 0 Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 How about whats happening down Chelsea way hey? Spending big time. Seems Veron is gone from Man Utd as well. And I thought this was going to be the season he got into his stride at United. Can't help but wonder where United are going to be this season, especially if they don't get Ronaldinho. I reckon this season will see a resurgence from Liverpool, and Everton keeping improving too. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 Liverpool have always been able to beat the top clubs. The problem is that they can't consistently beat the bottom ones. Last season, they took a mighty one point off Sunderland, the worst team in Premiership history. Had they taken six like all of their rivals, they would have made the Champions League. Compared with 2001/2, the top six last season lost far more games, so it's opening up for a new challenge. Manure destroyed Newcastle (then still with an outside chance) without Beckham, and Fergie's no mug, so I wouldn't pay much attention to what Harry Kewell is saying. From what Viduka says, he sounds like a bit of a tosser anyway. Clubs can save hundreds of thousands in wages by waiting a few weeks before signing players, so I think we'll see a couple of moves yet before the season starts. Link to post Share on other sites
Antonio 0 Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 The resurrection of Sheffield Wednesday starts this year. We will be back! Gees, its dark down here in seconds.....could somebody turn the lights on....helllooo! Link to post Share on other sites
HotMagma 0 Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Sorry? ??? Can't hear you?? ?? Link to post Share on other sites
powwwers 0 Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Antonio, i sincerley hope tha Wednesday do well this season. a school mate of mine played for them a few years ago(4-5?), so i`ve always had a passing interest in what they`re up to. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted July 15, 2003 Author Share Posted July 15, 2003 NoFakie - unfortunately we can't consistently beat the top clubs either. Capable yes. Look at the beginning of last season. For a few months we were on top of the pile. Then it just seemed to get bogged down in, for want of a better word, crap. Heskey was poor, Owen lost his form for a bit, Dudek had a prolonged nightmare - and there was just generally no spark there. Hopefully this season will be brighter. Much happening in the Newcastle squad right now? (Haven't been hearing much) Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan 0 Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 That's the problem with Liverpool, when Owen goes off the boil they really struggle. I'd like to see them and Newcastle really compete. Bowyer was a snip for the Magpies, I reckon he's really gonna shine this year. And the way Chelsea are looking to splash out (already got Geremi), my earlier prediction of a two horse race looks nearly as poor as the Leicester squad. A word of warning to you ALL...watch out for Cardiff City this year...Crazy Gang part II. With Sam Hamman at the helm assisted by his able sidekick Lennie Lawrence, all you big time Charlies in the Premiership are gonna have the fright of your lives next year. Link to post Share on other sites
BigSausage 0 Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 Surprised Manu are seemingly getting rid of Veron. Perhaps they don't need a midfield anymore Link to post Share on other sites
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