The AET Soccer/Football Thread

chelsea won 16 points leading :(:(:(:(

AxlUlrich wrote:

oh Sven has done it again ahahhahahahahhahahahhah
this new Sven saga has to be my fave thus far!
hahah i like how Sven said Owen is unhappy at Newcastle and how Rio Ferdinand sucks..ahaaha...

i will punish him and well i will never ever like him bec. rio doesn´t suck!!!_NEVER

AxlUlrich wrote:

maybe he wasnt bad vs City..but come on..admit it he was bad vs Blackburn.
he used to be the best defender in England without any doubts
i cant remember Rio having a bad game in the old days.
even when he scored an own goal for Leeds against Liverpool..he still played very well.
no idea what's gone wrong with the guy...he can be better.

everybody can some days play better or have to ...
i don´t do you that favor
it wasn´t his bad performens in some ways...

by the way i think england will go far in the world cup (with rio) and off course must be-Rooney ...

AxlUlrich wrote:

so fucking happy hahaha...once the final whistle was blown i came here to boast aboot it ahah!

HARRY..HARRY KEWELL!
HARRY..HARRY KEWELL!

I take it Harry is well and truly back in the good books with the liverpool fans?

16 January 2006
PHONEY SVEN
Embarrassed England boss has to call stars to say sorry
By Andy Lines, Martin Lipton And Nick Sommerlad

SVEN Goran Eriksson yesterday made grovelling phone calls to all the England players he criticized in a bid to fend off a team revolt.

The England boss was forced into the humiliating series of apologies after being caught out in a "fake sheik" sting.

He was taped saying he could quit after the World Cup and asking for £5million to become Aston Villa manager.

But though he insisted last night his relationship with David Beckham, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney was fine, some think he could be fired after the tournament - without a £9million compensation payment.

In a hotel in Dubai, Eriksson told an undercover reporter posing as a rich Arab businessman that Ferdinand was "lazy".

He described Rooney as coming from a "very rough" background.

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He claimed if he landed the Villa job he could get Beckham to sign.

And he revealed that Owen was "not really" happy at Newcastle.

Eriksson said: "I have spoken with the players concerned and am very pleased with their reaction... I am confident my relationship with them has not been damaged in any way."

He added: "I would like to assure everyone, especially the fans, I'm 100 per cent committed to the England job and have told the FA this."

The FA have publicly backed Eriksson and he will stay in charge until after the World Cup. But insiders are adamant that, when Germany is over, so is he - and without a penny.

The Swede would still have two years left on his £4.5 million-a-year contract.

His detractors, though, say they now have proof Eriksson wants to leave and so does not merit compensation.

One FA source said last night: "This is the final insult. We know it's far too close to the World Cup to change now.

"The fans and players wouldn't accept it ahead of our best chance of winning a major trophy for years. But the mood about Eriksson has changed completely. When it comes to a payoff, we shouldn't give him anything."

Eriksson's latest PR disaster happened last week at the Burj al Arab hotel. Over £450 bottles of vintage wine, he told the "sheik" he would quit his post if England won the World Cup.

Sven urged him to buy Villa and then consider hiring him at £5million a year - after tax - plus bonuses. Then he made his remarks about the players.

Eriksson said of his skipper Beckham: "I know for sure he wants to come back to England. If it's a London club, he will come tomorrow ... it's up to me to convince him Birmingham is the right place to be."

But last night Beckham denied being unhappy in Spain. His spokesman said: "David wants to stay and win things. He's just bought a house in Madrid and is firmly committed."

Sven also said Owen hinted he was only at Newcastle for the money and otherwise "would not have gone there".

He said Rooney had a temper from coming from "a very poor family ... very rough" and could have been a boxer like his father.

Eriksson called Rio Ferdinand "lazy sometimes" and said his West Ham-based brother Anton "might be even better ... now that's one you could buy for Aston Villa". He also said Chelsea had paid an "exaggerated" amount for Shaun Wright-Phillips and that Welsh star Ryan Giggs would really have preferred to have played for England.

Last night, Eriksson's agent Athol Still described the story as "disgraceful entrapment" and insisted there were never any negotiations about a new job.

He added: "Sven is really angry."

i don´t say it´s funny not @all
but it seems it´s his style to keep players angry ...so they play good ...i don´t know what´s this guy wanna do with this or ....

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2006020424,00.html

it seems it´s a fight between the english press and him but i´ve no idear if i´m right with that ...