The English Football Thread

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Paul Pogba and Ravel Morrison would have been good players for United, yet Fergie the supposed youth genius let them go on a whim.

Neither player was let go on a whim. Morrison in particular was given many chances by Fergie but the feeling was that he needed to get away from Manchester for personal reasons. He was a really troubled kid and Fergie really didn't want to lose him but it was the only option open to him by the end of it.

Pogba...well that was a cock-up but he had people telling him he should be playing now and he got impatient. Fortunately he's backed up his ambition with talent.

[Spike 12,049]

Hindsight can make these decisions all seem terrible. SAF couldn't predict what could happen with Ravel and Paul.

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"English football (The FA) being run by people who really haven’t got a clue" - Harry Redknapp

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Sounds correct to me. Absolute joke of an organization too stuck up its own arse to care about real issues in the English game

[Tomo 21,751]

Neither player was let go on a whim. Morrison in particular was given many chances by Fergie but the feeling was that he needed to get away from Manchester for personal reasons. He was a really troubled kid and Fergie really didn't want to lose him but it was the only option open to him by the end of it.

Pogba...well that was a cock-up but he had people telling him he should be playing now and he got impatient. Fortunately he's backed up his ambition with talent.

Couldn't they have sent him on a 2 year loan? and if he needed to get away for personal reason's, i can think of better places to send him than the East End of London and then on loan in Birmingham.

Regarding Pogba, he should have played a lot more without a doubt, only 4 sub appearances outside the Carling Cup was criminal for arguably the best teenager in Europe, you can't say you wouldn't have been spitting feathers if we had him and gave him the same amount of games then let him go for free?

To put it in perspective, we gave average players like Scott Sinclair and Fabio Borini more appearances than United gave Pogba. I could say Huth aswell considering who our CB's were back then, but that was a long time ago.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Kompany out for a month.

[edetarod 2,155]

Arsenal's draw at WBA means they didn't break Chelsea's record for most consecutive away wins

thank fuck for that

[Laylabelle 9,534]

Keep in mind that Arsenal and Livershit have had the easiest draw so far

True but against teams in other seasons they would've dropped points in.Hopefully a false start.....

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Arsenal's draw at WBA means they didn't break Chelsea's record for most consecutive away wins

thank fuck for that

IMHO le arse were very lucky to get that point - le sulk really should have scored a goal. He had some excellent chances. Maybe he felt sorry for them, since it was a club he played for

[Jase 43,479]

Harry Redknapp: Watching Chelsea win the Champions League was the worst night of my football life as Gullit celebrated like a lunatic - then I lost my job at Spurs

Poor ol' Arry..

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Harry Redknapp: Watching Chelsea win the Champions League was the worst night of my football life as Gullit celebrated like a lunatic - then I lost my job at Spurs

Poor ol' Arry..

Uncle 'arry

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Harry Redknapp: Watching Chelsea win the Champions League was the worst night of my football life as Gullit celebrated like a lunatic - then I lost my job at Spurs

Poor ol' Arry..

Piss of 'Arry you old twit. How bitter can you get?

[EBH 283]

They spent 100million. They are not supposed to escape pressure. If we spent that, we'll be skinned for not being on top of the table every week

You can say this... but I do not think this is right... buying 5-10 decent players in exchange for one of the best in the world, it is not going to happen... Bale will have done more for Spurs then all those new player combined. It is like replacing Thierry Herny with 5 Francis Jeffers...

I do not think Spurs will do well, because of this.

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You can say this... but I do not think this is right... buying 5-10 decent players in exchange for one of the best in the world, it is not going to happen... Bale will have done more for Spurs then all those new player combined. It is like replacing Thierry Herny with 5 Francis Jeffers...

I do not think Spurs will do well, because of this.

Bale isn't that great. He is amazing don't worry, but he isn't the type of player to raise a team to the next level.

Bale created a one dimensional team that relied on one player far too much.

I don't think Thierry Henry and Gareth Bale should be compared at the moment.

Paulinho, Soldado, Chadli, Eriksen, Lamela in the same bracket as Francis Jeffers is mental!

Spurs are much better team, than last season. Imagine if Spurs didn't reinforce and Bale tore his ACL, they'd at best finish 6th or 7th.

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Selling Bale for that astronomical amount was correct. Real were stupid to pay that much.

Current Spurs are in decent shape to challenge for top four, I feel. It takes time for the players to gel, that´s all.