Yeah, that's what I meant. It's absolutely the case that if you question the claims for Spain being a fantastic team then you must be by default advocating the English kick-and-hoof style. :roll: The Spanish style is of course very easy on the eye and effective enough to make them the best team in ...

If you say lack of height means they aren't a great team I didn't say that though, did I? I said "they lack the pace and height to be a truly great team". In other words, because they are not particularly pacy (especially when Torres isn't playing) they can't very often get in behind defe...

If you say lack of height means they aren't a great team I didn't say that though, did I? I said "they lack the pace and height to be a truly great team". In other words, because they are not particularly pacy (especially when Torres isn't playing) they can't very often get in behind defe...

You've completely misquoted me. Ah well. No I didn't. You said lack of height meant they weren't a great team. You said they couldn;t beat Holland using skill and did so by playing dirty. 'Misquoting' doesn't mean disagreeing with you.... I said that lack of height was a factor. If they were quicke...

Not that quote - the bits like:- "because they don't have lots of tall players they aren't actually very good !!". I never said that. "I'd guess being European and World Champions means absolutley nothing. " I never said that. "And LOL that they inly beat Holland by playing ...

Fact is, this Spain team is no better than past Spanish teams that have got to the Q-Fs of major tournaments. They lack the pace and height to be a truly great team, but are fortunate to be around during an unprecedentedly mediocre period for the major national teams. They are the best around at th...

In the context of the match, picking on Spanish transgressions is somewhat like complaining about Mandela's activities in Apartheid South Africa. :lol: True enough. What's with the sudden expectation of refereeing perfection by the way? Where did that come from? Football's a game of mistakes and ho...

Yep, I would have been a big talking point tonight, in fact should have, but obviously it was lost in the appaling Dutch fouling. Shame the BBC were too busy slagging the Dutch and over-hyping the Spanish afterwards to comment. Thought the summarising was really poor tonight. They let themselves ge...

...is the WC 3rd/4th place 'playoff'. Seriously, does anyone really give two shiny ones about this game? The only reason it exists is so that FIFA can squeeze a bit more money out of broadcasters and advertisers. What they should do, is that the winners of this match, providing they qualify for nex...

This wouldn't be an issue if we all just grew up and went back to wearing cloth caps and suits to the match.

Sweden and Croatia set quite a lot of store by finishing 3rd and I reckon Uruguay will too if they win the playoff.

Smoking Kills Dancing Doe Some pretty funny comments http://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?/topic/ ... ge__st__90

"Cisse played alongside Harper in the Reading promotion team, with Hunt and Kebe(sp!) out wide."

Don't know whether to , or

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/sport/Br ... ticle.html

Midfield powerhouse - who knew?

Actually, he's another I will miss. I just hope he doesn't find the consistency he lacked here, because he could be a real asset to our rivals if he does.

Terminal Boardom Who are Borough? Peterborough were relegated last season. Or do you thickos mean Middlesbrough? Almost as bad as referring to Notts Forest!

But Middlesbrough fans refer to themselves as Boro so all you are really complaining about is a few superfluous letters. Ugh.

Isaac Hunt Always thought it was strange why we got the 13 too - the expression has always been about the fans being "like a 12th man".

Footballers are a superstitious bunch, therefore 13 is the number least likely to be coveted.

clearly not- he liked the ciss, and played him alot, and to be fair cisse rewarded him with some very good performances Only Bristol City away stands out for me (and even then it was because of the goal he scored), Not just the goal - he was absolutely brilliant that day and I think that's where th...

clearly not- he liked the ciss, and played him alot, and to be fair cisse rewarded him with some very good performances Only Bristol City away stands out for me (and even then it was because of the goal he scored), what other performances can you think of m8? Scored at Wolves too. And played well a...

Dirk Gently Not a great shock, except for just how neatly it does correlate across the whole season and across all the leagues.

All of which I guess means that we have a 95% probability of finishing roughly where we did last season?

'greed generally Sun but 3. He can only have learned from this farce and will be highly motivated to restore his reputation I'd have thought there must be a hundred other jobs where he'd be more able to restore his reputation, he's still going to be lumbered with the same bunch of clowns staying wi...

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Ian Royal And of course Rodgers record with signings isn't great.

As we saw when he spent three or four million with us.

mills, mcanuff and bertrand were all very poor signings?

Mills was a good signing, but I reckon he was happier than most when Brendan left.