littleover ram

Test cricket at its best is the most exciting sport - 4 days play and it’s still 50/50! 

1 hour ago, Srg said:

Channel 4 need to stop with this Andros Townsend experiment. 

Was worried about them wheeling out Gazza pre-match. He doesn’t look well (not that he’s looked well for the last 20 years)

1 hour ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

C'mon north Macedonia channel that Alexander the Great spirit

A bit of a controversial comment - the ancient Macedonian kingdom was geographically mostly in northern Greece. Greeks got mad at the modern northern Macedonia trying to steal him!

Reading have been charged with multiple financial breaches now 

https://www.efl.com/news/2023/june/efl-statement-reading-fc/

4 minutes ago, Srg said:

Seen he said he was surprised by England’s Ashes declaration. Safegate wouldn’t have declared on 800/3. 

He'd also not enforce the follow-on if he bowled Aus out cheaply 

Qualifiers back today, hopefully off a good first day of the ashes 

we’re looking a bit injury hit, but Malta should be the weakest team in the group 

city centre closed off… anyone there? Hope all is ok and it’s just a gang robbing the sheriff 

Mel must have some cash left if he fancies another go at getting a club into the big time 

55 minutes ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

2 hours ago, ziggyram59 said:

England v Ireland seems a total miss match to me seems such a pointless match. Does anyone have any views? 

Fine as a limited overs game, test cricket only works when the teams are pretty evenly matched. Underdog team pulling out a heroic session or probably ends up not mattering over a 5 day test

They gave England a scare last time they played them in a test, before collapsing in the second innings 

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ireland-tour-of-england-2019-1152835/england-vs-ireland-only-test-1152839/full-scorecard

1 hour ago, Dartmouth Ram said:

Provisional squad lists him as 'unattached'. Do they know something we don't?

he’s free, single and ready to mingle?

Will Hughes equalises for Palace 

They don't have the off field issues we had - manager and board at loggerheads (I remember Davies refused to commit to staying at the club when interviewed after the play off final) and players arguing over promotion bonuses   

1 hour ago, angieram said:

I'm just a bit disappointed that they won't let them play at Kenilworth Road until their new ground is ready,  otherwise I'm well pleased! 

£10m to bring it up to PL standard - needs expanding media facilities and backs put on the seats!

Quite amusing it’s now a PL ground 

33 minutes ago, littleover ram said:

Dortmund need to win at home against mid-table nothing to play for Maniz to win the league...

...they're 2-0 down and missed a penalty when it was 1-0

😬

Finished 2-2 but not enough... Bayern win the league. 11 in a row.

Dortmund need to win at home against mid-table nothing to play for Maniz to win the league...

...they're 2-0 down and missed a penalty when it was 1-0

😬

People say Sir Alex always did what was best for Man Utd. Darren has a premier league winners medal.

10 hours ago, Brailsford Ram said:

ummer 2007 transfer window (Davies)

In

29 June 2007 – Robert Earnshaw – £3.5m, from Norwich City

4 July 2007 – Tyrone Mears – £1m, from West Ham United

7 July 2007 – Andy Todd – £750k, from Blackburn Rovers

10 July 2007 – Ben Hinchliffe – free transfer

25 July 2007 – Claude Davis – £3m, from Sheffield United

26 July 2007 – Lewis Price – undisclosed, from Ipswich Town

1 August 2007 – Andy Griffin – free transfer from Portsmouth

10 August 2007 – Benny Feilhaber – undisclosed, from Hamburg

20 August 2007 – Eddie Lewis – undisclosed, from Leeds United

31 August 2007 – Kenny Miller – £2.25m, from Celtic

Out

31 May 2007 – Seth Johnson – retirement

31 May 2007 – Lionel Ainsworth – released

31 May 2007 – Morten Bisgaard – released

31 May 2007 – Paul Boertien – released

31 May 2007 – Steven Cann – released

31 May 2007 – Tom Cumberworth – released

31 May 2007 – Lee Grant – released

5 July 2007 – Ryan Smith – £150k, to Millwall

27 July 2007 – Lee Camp – £200k, to Queens Park Rangers

31 July 2007 – James Meredith – free transfer to Sligo Rovers

8 August 2007 – Richard Jackson – free transfer to Luton Town

January 2008 transfer window (Jewell)

In

4 January 2008 – Danny Mills – on loan from Manchester City

4 January 2008 – Emanuel Villa – £2m, from Estudiantes Tecos

9 January 2008 – Laurent Robert – free transfer

9 January 2008 – Robbie Savage – £1.5m, from Blackburn Rovers

11 January 2008 – Hossam Ghaly – on loan from Tottenham Hotspur

31 January 2008 – Roy Carroll – free transfer from Rangers

31 January 2008 – Mile Sterjovski – undisclosed, from Gençlerbirliği

31 January 2008 – Alan Stubbs – free transfer from Everton

11 April 2008 – Ruben Zadkovich – free transfer from Sydney 

Out

3 January 2008 – Steve Howard – £1.25m, to Leicester City

11 January 2008 – Andy Griffin – £300k, to Stoke City

11 January 2008 – Matt Oakley – £500k, to Leicester City

28 January 2008 – Jon Macken – £200k, to Barnsley

31 January 2008 – Bob Malcolm – contract terminated

31 January 2008 – Lewin Nyatanga – loan to Barnsley

29 February 2008 – Michael Johnson – loan to Notts County

2 April 2008 – Laurent Robert – free transfer to Toronto FC

Were they in admin when we picked up Byrne?

Pompy did a double admin too, doesn’t seem that unusual and Wigan could be going that way 

we’re lucky Clowes came along!

Is this his 4th spell there? Peterborough don’t know how to quit him 

2 hours ago, AndyinLiverpool said:

David Lacey in the Guardian wrote that the Mexico team at Pride Park would struggle to give Derby County a game.

I remember all the Mexican players being close around Beckham near the final (or half time?) whistle to get his shirt 🤣

it’s odd because Mexico are hardly minnows, WC last 16 seems about their level 

8 hours ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

Wait, what? Maguire had powers.....? 🤣

1 hour ago, GenBr said:

Southgate dropped one of his other favourites in the form of Sterling

He said Sterling not being in the squad was a 'mutual agreement' because Sterling wanted time to work on a hamstring injury

Maguire still in the squad 

Congratulations to Newcastle but the way their fans go on, you'd think they're the only club to have had hard times.

Ashley wasn't even that bad as far as owners go. When they went down to the Champo they came back up with 100+ points, they signed a £40m player under him and he sold them onto billionaires. Try having an owner who separates the club's assets from the club, does questionable accounting, withdraws funding and tries to sell the club to crypto fraudsters or fake sheikhs!

And Mel was at least acting (in his mind) in Derby's best interests. Try having an owner who literally robs the club like at Bury, the chap at Luton who tried to destroy the club and got them a 30 point deduction and the guy at Wimbledon who moved the team to another town!

15 hours ago, Bris Vegas said:

Bayern’s awful form since sacking Nagelsmann has only enhanced his reputation IMO.

One of the reasons for sacking him was 'not playing the Bayern way'.... has Mel found a new job in Germany?