NAMING RIGHTS THREAD: Liverpool really won't win the Premiership 2010-2011

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"I didn't feel drained [by what happened at Liverpool] but of course you do feel wounded," Hodgson said. "I've had a very good spell in my career and it was a long while since I'd had a serious knockback in my career.

"It hasn't dented my belief or confidence but I can't lie and say it didn't hurt me or I didn't care. I've had an awful amount of praise and when you get the opposite it's not something you necessarily embrace."

Hodgson was appointed by the former owners of Liverpool, George Gillett and Tom Hicks, after guiding Fulham to the Europa League final and the club's highest finish in the Premier League. But the former Internazionale and Blackburn Rovers manager said he had not felt accepted during his short stay at Anfield and admitted to bitter disappointment over the manner of his departure.

"The people who wanted me at Liverpool didn't last too long. I think the new owners found themselves in a very difficult situation because we weren't winning enough games and the fans made it perfectly clear they wanted me gone and somebody else in," he said.

double sieg heil imo

― Elmer Fuiud (Noodle Vague),

lolled hard

need to do a graph of net spend vs league position or evans thru hodgson tbph

http://www.football365.com/john_nicholson/0,17033,8746_6751785,00.html

Every player has bad runs of form, Rooney's has lasted maybe ten months now. Prior to that he'd had the season of his career in terms of goalscoring at least which was just as well because for a striker at an attack-minded club blessed with lots of creative players, Rooney's goalscoring record is good but not especially great at less than a goal every two games.

that site is waste

rooney idk he is one of the best utility forwards around along with suarez and tevez

f365 is handy, but not the deepest or anything.

but that article otm. he's up there with kuyt and kevin doyle

between them in fact, i'd have doyle ahead of him if paired with an actual goalscorer

villa
eto'o
torres
drogba
ibrahimovic
aguero
pato
higuain
rooney
cavani

ver'patchi

fuck i forgot rvp and berbs

http://www.football365.com/Gallery_Detail/0,17732,17238_6196448,00.html

With the exception of Berbs and Tevez every big name Premiership striker is having a dodgy season at best, but Rooney is the only one who looks like he might be amazing again.

rvp

Let's wait to see how long he lasts before his next injury before calling that one.

injury prone rvp deserves my optimism more than rooney, who's been 'amazing' for no more than maybe ten seconds this past twelve months.

he spent one season as a top class poacher, there were a few years where he was a patchy but talented creative blunderbuss, it's going back to his first utd season since he consistently showed form/ability beyond yr midtable strikers.

I know, I'll be laughing on the other side of my face when Kevin Doyle wins the Ballon D'Or.

he'll never be statistically the worst player at a world cup

Seeing as we're bandying about absolutely meaningless titles?

he'll never even get the chance to be the worst player at a world cup :(

i got faith

"Alex Ferguson's interest in Goetze has intensified"

Also looking at the senior player Parté from Costa Rica's Limón Fútbol Club.

Yeah come on, the Rooney hype has always been way ott, mainly because of his British bulldog face.

It's not even controversial anymore to say he's hugely patchy and injury prone, plus I know we've been through this but he simply isn't as fit or fast as he was as a teen, and he never will be.

his pace for that superb goal on the counter last january suggests he's quicker at full sprint than ever, but he's certainly slower to turn or burst than he was in his first year or two in the england setup

Rooney's main problem these days is his shooting, 9 attempts out of 10 are these horrible scuffed sidefooters.

yeah, but it's fair to point out that him changing his style of shooting brought him a bumper return last year i guess

I'm pretty sure all 34 of his goals last year were headers from a Valencia cross.

the boy's a genius

If United had been playing with both Valencia and Nani all season they'd have had the title sewn up by now.

they do

It's generally believed by Utd fans that having them both in the team decreases Nani's effectiveness somewhat as he's forced to play on the left due to Valencia's inability to use his left foot for anything other than standing on. Nani playing on the left means he cuts inside even more than usual, leading to a lot of wasted shots. The way he's going this season it seems like he could play anywhere though

there is that, was thinkin bout it the last night watching nani. Interestin to see if he loses form switching back, and if so what call ferguson makes

Could you play Nani through the middle?

His game is surprisingly similar to Lampards, but with less fat, more crossing and two feet.

i'd certainly be surprised if his game was similar to lampard's

Loads of my friends met John Salako in the Perseverance on Broadway Market last night, I thought you all should know...

John Salako's boot is in the Croydon Museum.

Tottenham will fight off London rivals Arsenal to sign Ipswich boy wonder Connor Wickham in the summer.

Wickham, who will be 18 next month, is one of the country’s most sought-after youngsters. His value has soared to £15million following his first senior hat-trick in the Tractor Boys’ 6-0 demolition of Doncaster on Tuesday.

have to admit i've never been tempted by the perseverance. too bright in there for a start.

Next thing you'll be telling me John Salako has started buying artisan cheeses and riding a bike with a basket on the front.

saw him at the ica last week.

he was at the ploughing championships this year

could swear i saw john salako the day kennedy was shot.

(the perseverance is sort of lol irish pub, but for watching ireland play it's good, or occasional for general weird irishness. the landlord is this old mentaller who buys rounds and stuff, or cooks stew when ireland are playing a big football game and gives it out for free. bit of a dump but a good place to have handy.)

john salako was a good player iirc

Jason McAteer says he was the toughest opponent he ever faced

at draughts

master of the iberian opening, salako.

Re: Wickham it's not just £15m but also agricultural add-ons depending on CL/England appearances. Scythes, bales and harvesters.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Rundballenpresse.gif

connor wickham would be an agricultural add-on amirite