who cares about wigan, just glad for once arsenal won a match to help watford stay up 
wigan got watford next, COMMON THE YELLOW ARMY!
wigan got watford next, COMMON THE YELLOW ARMY!
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You can't really say that, the ref was bad for both teams;
- Toure got a booking for a foul that never happened.
- Heskey should have seen red for elbowing Djourou in the nose.
- Ade's legitimate goal chalked off.
- Heskey handballing in the penalty area from our freekick in the first half (his hand was above his head, you can't get anymore blatant).
- The foul on Clichy at the end; that was a career threatening challenge.
These were all 'significant decisions' that went Wigan's way.
- Toure got a booking for a foul that never happened.
- Heskey should have seen red for elbowing Djourou in the nose.
- Ade's legitimate goal chalked off.
- Heskey handballing in the penalty area from our freekick in the first half (his hand was above his head, you can't get anymore blatant).
- The foul on Clichy at the end; that was a career threatening challenge.
These were all 'significant decisions' that went Wigan's way.
Fair enough. I didn't see the entire game, just the second half highlights (and at that, I was only half paying attention) so I won't pretend to have seen all of those. I'd forgotten about Adebayor's goal, though I thought you could argue either way there - certainly, it was far more a goal than the actual equaliser. I don't think I saw any of the others, but I assume you're at least pretty close to the mark on all of them.
HA! Everyone has terrible referees. It's just very tough to referee very well consistently, and when the cameras are there to pick up on every mistake, it just makes everyone look incompetent.
HA! Everyone has terrible referees. It's just very tough to referee very well consistently, and when the cameras are there to pick up on every mistake, it just makes everyone look incompetent.
One of the linesman was refereeing his first ever premiership game and unfortunately didn't get the leadership needed from the man in the middle.
Dowd is probably one of the lower tier refs in the premiership; he simply isn't that great and you'll never see him taking charge of a cup final or semi-final. Unfortunately there just aren't enough top-tier refs to go around on the weekend, especially when you consider that some refs aren't permitted to take charge of certain games (if it clashes with their allegiance or geographical domicile).
Dowd is probably one of the lower tier refs in the premiership; he simply isn't that great and you'll never see him taking charge of a cup final or semi-final. Unfortunately there just aren't enough top-tier refs to go around on the weekend, especially when you consider that some refs aren't permitted to take charge of certain games (if it clashes with their allegiance or geographical domicile).
Football club Manchester United has appointed its first chief operating officer, with day-to-day responsibility for operations at Old Trafford.:strong:
The Glazers make up the majority of the United board
Michael Bolingbroke, 41, will take care of finance, IT, human resources, and legal and property services, taking up the post in May 2007.
He will also generate revenue through the use of Old Trafford as a conference and event centre, as well as matches.
Soccer issues, governance and strategy will remain with CEO David Gill.
Mr Gill said: "His experience and ability will help drive Manchester United forward off the field."
The appointment means the board of Manchester United will now be joint chairmen Joel and Avram Glazer, Mr Gill, Mr Bolingbroke, and Bryan Glazer, Darcie Glazer, Edward Glazer, and Kevin Glazer.:greed:
A new commercial director will be appointed to the Board shortly.
Earlier this month, the Deloitte's Football Money League showed Manchester United had dropped from second to fourth in the list of the world's wealthiest clubs, trailing Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus.
Deloitte's figures take into account income from ticket sales, merchandising and broadcasting contracts, but do not include transfer revenues and do not calculate profitability. :doh:
United remains the world's most profitable club, making a £49.7m profit in the year to June 2006.:cap:
BBC News
The Glazers make up the majority of the United board
Michael Bolingbroke, 41, will take care of finance, IT, human resources, and legal and property services, taking up the post in May 2007.
He will also generate revenue through the use of Old Trafford as a conference and event centre, as well as matches.
Soccer issues, governance and strategy will remain with CEO David Gill.
Mr Gill said: "His experience and ability will help drive Manchester United forward off the field."
The appointment means the board of Manchester United will now be joint chairmen Joel and Avram Glazer, Mr Gill, Mr Bolingbroke, and Bryan Glazer, Darcie Glazer, Edward Glazer, and Kevin Glazer.:greed:
A new commercial director will be appointed to the Board shortly.
Earlier this month, the Deloitte's Football Money League showed Manchester United had dropped from second to fourth in the list of the world's wealthiest clubs, trailing Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus.
Deloitte's figures take into account income from ticket sales, merchandising and broadcasting contracts, but do not include transfer revenues and do not calculate profitability. :doh:
United remains the world's most profitable club, making a £49.7m profit in the year to June 2006.:cap:
BBC News
Middlesbrough is poised to offer Australian captain Mark Viduka a new contract thought to be worth about $125,000 per week.
Viduka is out of contract in the summer, with Tottenham the latest club linked with a move for the striker, joining the likes of Newcastle, West Ham and Italian clubs Juventus and Genoa.
Boro manager Gareth Southgate persuaded Viduka to stay during the January transfer window, but must quickly stump up a new deal to top his current contract believed to be valued at $100,000 per week.
"I'm keen to move ahead with it as quickly as I can," Southgate said.
"As I discovered last summer, it's very difficult to get players from other clubs, so it makes little sense to let our best players move on.
"We haven't got things underway yet, but the games have been coming thick and fast and Mark was away with the Australia squad last week too."
Viduka has been in top form over the past couple of months, playing a major role in Boro's move away from the relegation zone.
As well as Viduka, Boro must also find extra funds to hang on to defender Abel Xavier and possibly table a bid for England defender Jonathan Woodgate, who is on loan from Real Madrid.:undecide:
The Sydney Morning Herald
Viduka is out of contract in the summer, with Tottenham the latest club linked with a move for the striker, joining the likes of Newcastle, West Ham and Italian clubs Juventus and Genoa.
Boro manager Gareth Southgate persuaded Viduka to stay during the January transfer window, but must quickly stump up a new deal to top his current contract believed to be valued at $100,000 per week.
"I'm keen to move ahead with it as quickly as I can," Southgate said.
"As I discovered last summer, it's very difficult to get players from other clubs, so it makes little sense to let our best players move on.
"We haven't got things underway yet, but the games have been coming thick and fast and Mark was away with the Australia squad last week too."
Viduka has been in top form over the past couple of months, playing a major role in Boro's move away from the relegation zone.
As well as Viduka, Boro must also find extra funds to hang on to defender Abel Xavier and possibly table a bid for England defender Jonathan Woodgate, who is on loan from Real Madrid.:undecide:
The Sydney Morning Herald
ROVERS midfielder David Bentley has revealed the secret of Blackburn's European success is a pair of Jockey underpants!
The England U21 star donned them for Rovers' first UEFA Cup match against Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg and he has been wearing them ever since for the club's European matches.
Blackburn have remained unbeaten throughout their European campaign and have qualified for the knockout stages of the competition with Bentley also scoring a wonder goal in the Salzburg match at Ewood Park, and a last minute winner away against Polish side Wisla Krakow.
Since then he has never looked back and earned himself the man-of-the-match award in last week's Under 21 international draw between England and Spain.
He has vowed to stick with the same underpants for as long as Rovers are in Europe, hopes their lucky charms will also rub off on the club's Premiership run-in.
He said: "Like most footballers I have my superstitions and if something brings you some luck then you stick with it.:wink:
advertisement"I bought a pair of these underpants before the first Salzburg game. I scored and we won so I decided to wear them for the next game and I scored again in the Krakow game in Poland.
"We've done really well in Europe, and our Premiership form is improving, so long may it continue."
Superstitions are nothing new for footballers. Juventus' Adrian Mutu wears his underwear inside out, and Spain's star striker, Raul, was berated for turning up at training sporting a yellow T-shirt, a colour his coach, Luis Aragones, considers to bring bad luck.:ferocious
In 1966 England's Nobby Stiles insisted on following an painstaking, intricately-detailed routine that involved rubbing olive oil on his chest and greasing his face and hands, while team-mate Jack Charlton would habitually change studs at the last minute and could not end the warm-up without scoring.
Rovers manager Mark Hughes admitted he wasn't entirely convinced by the underwear superstition, although he conceded anything that brought his side luck tomorrow night in Leverkusen would be greatly appreciated.
He said: "I don't know about lucky pants, but I've heard of managers having lucky coats before now.":rofl2:
Ruth Stevens, marketing manager for Jockey, said: "We're delighted David is wearing them and they have brought Blackburn good luck in Europe. Meanwhile, Hughes expects David Dunn to be fit to face Bayer Leverkusen tomorrow.
There were initial fears the former Birmingham midfielder would miss the game after suffering a dead leg during the 1-0 defeat by Everton on Saturday.
However, the problem is not as bad as was suspected and he was due to travel with the Blackburn party to Germany today.
Hughes said: "David got a nasty bang on the hip. Although it is sore on the impact area we don't anticipate the problem will cause him to miss the game.":biggrin:
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The England U21 star donned them for Rovers' first UEFA Cup match against Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg and he has been wearing them ever since for the club's European matches.
Blackburn have remained unbeaten throughout their European campaign and have qualified for the knockout stages of the competition with Bentley also scoring a wonder goal in the Salzburg match at Ewood Park, and a last minute winner away against Polish side Wisla Krakow.
Since then he has never looked back and earned himself the man-of-the-match award in last week's Under 21 international draw between England and Spain.
He has vowed to stick with the same underpants for as long as Rovers are in Europe, hopes their lucky charms will also rub off on the club's Premiership run-in.
He said: "Like most footballers I have my superstitions and if something brings you some luck then you stick with it.:wink:
advertisement"I bought a pair of these underpants before the first Salzburg game. I scored and we won so I decided to wear them for the next game and I scored again in the Krakow game in Poland.
"We've done really well in Europe, and our Premiership form is improving, so long may it continue."
Superstitions are nothing new for footballers. Juventus' Adrian Mutu wears his underwear inside out, and Spain's star striker, Raul, was berated for turning up at training sporting a yellow T-shirt, a colour his coach, Luis Aragones, considers to bring bad luck.:ferocious
In 1966 England's Nobby Stiles insisted on following an painstaking, intricately-detailed routine that involved rubbing olive oil on his chest and greasing his face and hands, while team-mate Jack Charlton would habitually change studs at the last minute and could not end the warm-up without scoring.
Rovers manager Mark Hughes admitted he wasn't entirely convinced by the underwear superstition, although he conceded anything that brought his side luck tomorrow night in Leverkusen would be greatly appreciated.
He said: "I don't know about lucky pants, but I've heard of managers having lucky coats before now.":rofl2:
Ruth Stevens, marketing manager for Jockey, said: "We're delighted David is wearing them and they have brought Blackburn good luck in Europe. Meanwhile, Hughes expects David Dunn to be fit to face Bayer Leverkusen tomorrow.
There were initial fears the former Birmingham midfielder would miss the game after suffering a dead leg during the 1-0 defeat by Everton on Saturday.
However, the problem is not as bad as was suspected and he was due to travel with the Blackburn party to Germany today.
Hughes said: "David got a nasty bang on the hip. Although it is sore on the impact area we don't anticipate the problem will cause him to miss the game.":biggrin:
Thisislancashire.co.uk
I read on goal.com a few days back that if you live in China, starting next season, the 30 million viewers of the Priemiership will have to pay. The company who bought the rights, currently have around 40,000 subscribers (not sure if its the exact number). They are charging $25 a month i think.:faq1:
int: Join the club of ripped off football fans China
int: Join the club of ripped off football fans China
I read on goal.com a few days back that if you live in China, starting next season, the 30 million viewers of the Priemiership will have to pay. The company who bought the rights, currently have around 40,000 subscribers (not sure if its the exact number). They are charging $25 a month i think.:faq1:
int: Join the club of ripped off football fans China
int: Join the club of ripped off football fans China
