(That long since we've had any, couldn't find the thread)

Alan Nixon: "Top Liverpool starlet Cameron Branagan will Ben allowed out on loan in Jan.

Bolton lead the race for the 20 year old midfielder"

Edited December 11, 20169 yr by Ratwhite

Wyn Davies won the Fairs Cup with Newcastle.

Frannie Lee won the Cup Winners Cup with Citeh.

Edited February 6, 20251 yr by Dr. Feelgood

37 minutes ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

Tony Dunn, Brian Kidd. Possibly Willie Morgan.

Cahill by a different definition.

 

All Willie Morgan won at Man Utd was the 2nd Division.

1 hour ago, Zico said:

Well he only called out the Qatari regime when it was en vogue and not when he was being paid to do a job by Al Jazeera 

He's definitely a style over substance type of a person for me

Loves to be seen as saying the right thing without putting too much thought into what he's saying 

For anyone wondering as I didn't know, he worked for Al Jazeera (part funded by Qatar) sports between 2009-2013. 

He keeps arguing for an appeals system in football. It's a fucking daft idea. 

20 minutes ago, Roger_Dubuis said:

All Willie Morgan won at Man Utd was the 2nd Division.

I did say "possibly".

That bbc broadcast from Qatar was piss funny. You had them lining their pockets while being on their high horse tryna look dead somber. Never forget Alex Scott stood there with a armband on 

He was a big advocate for VAR as well

1 hour ago, little whitt said:

He Won 2 CL Medals 

I did double check his honours list before posting and saw he was credited with two 

One v Valencia which he started so fair enough

But the other was v Leverkusen when Zidane scored that screamer 

Though he wasn't even on the bench that night so not sure why it's listed for him, wiki says he appeared in 2 cl games that season 

Suppose it's a squad game 

1 hour ago, jayjayoghani said:

For anyone wondering as I didn't know, he worked for Al Jazeera (part funded by Qatar) sports between 2009-2013. 

Reminds me of

 

 

Gary Neville has no excuses. At least Lineker worked for Qatar before they built the 2022 WC on slave labour. 

7 hours ago, Zico said:

I did double check his honours list before posting and saw he was credited with two 

One v Valencia which he started so fair enough

But the other was v Leverkusen when Zidane scored that screamer 

Though he wasn't even on the bench that night so not sure why it's listed for him, wiki says he appeared in 2 cl games that season 

Suppose it's a squad game 

I only Know cause 

I asked him Once 

at the Player of the Year Awards 

8 hours ago, deeane Koontz said:

That bbc broadcast from Qatar was piss funny. You had them lining their pockets while being on their high horse tryna look dead somber. Never forget Alex Scott stood there with a armband on 

The same Alex Scott previously photographed sunning herself whilst on holiday there.

I have some sympathy for them: they're entitled to earn a living, and who knows, such events and visitors may ultimately help change the human rights situation there, but simply don't preach and prostitute themselves in the meantime. 

38 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

who knows, such events and visitors may ultimately help change the human rights situation there

They won't

11 hours ago, gonzo said:

Sure we did how many CL/EC winners past or present have we had playing for us...

There's quite a few.

There’s three on that big picture in the Bernabau tour route.

So past or present 

Brian Kidd

Phil Neal 

Sammy Lee

Peter Thompson

Ibrahim Ba

Julio Cesar

Ivan Campo

Fernando Hierro

Daniel Sturidge

Gary Cahill

Nicolas Anelka

Eidur Gudjhonson

 

 

13 hours ago, Zico said:

Reminds me of

 

 

I'd be inclined to go a bit further than the comments made at the end of this - but I have to declare an interest as I worked on building Doha in the 70s when it was a one horse town and not at all dissimilar to the Wild West - and I met a lot of Qataris who like every other nation had it's good 'uns and bad 'uns.

I had >120 Filipino workers and they were a great bunch, and lived in a crescent of the same design as those in Hulme, worked hard, ate well and were very happy with good social lives and earning 8x the wage they would have received in the Phillipines - which they invariably sent back to their families. TBF not all immigrant workers were treated so well but the vast majority were.

The faux indignation of the British media about human and workers rights and conditions around the time of the WC ground my gears a fair bit given that the UK has an appalling record - the dead Chinese in Morecambe Bay, the house slaves in London, the seasonal crop pickers locked away in Lincolnshire without pay to cite just a few examples.

People in glass houses etc etc....

 

12 minutes ago, Wanderlust said:

 

The faux indignation of the British media about human and workers rights and conditions around the time of the WC ground my gears a fair bit given that the UK has an appalling record - the dead Chinese in Morecambe Bay, the house slaves in London, the seasonal crop pickers locked away in Lincolnshire without pay to cite just a few examples.

People in glass houses etc etc....

 

don't let em in

c the usuals

11 minutes ago, Wanderlust said:

I'd be inclined to go a bit further than the comments made at the end of this - but I have to declare an interest as I worked on building Doha in the 70s when it was a one horse town and not at all dissimilar to the Wild West - and I met a lot of Qataris who like every other nation had it's good 'uns and bad 'uns.

I had >120 Filipino workers and they were a great bunch, and lived in a crescent of the same design as those in Hulme, worked hard, ate well and were very happy with good social lives and earning 8x the wage they would have received in the Phillipines - which they invariably sent back to their families. TBF not all immigrant workers were treated so well but the vast majority were.

The faux indignation of the British media about human and workers rights and conditions around the time of the WC ground my gears a fair bit given that the UK has an appalling record - the dead Chinese in Morecambe Bay, the house slaves in London, the seasonal crop pickers locked away in Lincolnshire without pay to cite just a few examples.

People in glass houses etc etc....

 

Can echo these sentiments to an extent. 

Been to Qatar numerous times and found it to be a hospitable and welcoming place. Some question marks for sure, but we make this assumption in the West that our way is the right way when, in reality, we've plenty issues of our own to sort before making moral judgments on others. 

The country wasn't really a country until the 1950's (i'll need to fact check that date), so how on earth we expect them to view the world as we do I don't know.

Don't mind Ian Hislop normally, but he irritated me on that clip. Hasn't been to Qatar as far as i am aware, and went for the easy digs against a bloke who clearly (and weirdly) hadn't taken the time to consider the answer should he be pushed on it.

Anyway, this is the transfer thread and we only signed 3 players this window. Boooo

52 minutes ago, gonzo said:

So past or present 

Brian Kidd

Phil Neal 

Sammy Lee

Peter Thompson

Ibrahim Ba

Julio Cesar

Ivan Campo

Fernando Hierro

Daniel Sturidge

Gary Cahill

Nicolas Anelka

Eidur Gudjhonson

 

 

Shilton 

8 hours ago, little whitt said:

Shilton 

 

8 hours ago, little whitt said:

Shilton 

Mcgovern picked it up for forest

Edited February 6, 20251 yr by masi 51

3 minutes ago, little whitt said:

Shilton 

Didn't Roger Hunt and Jimmy Armfield get World Cup Winners medals?

12 minutes ago, Casino said:

don't let em in

c the usuals

The gangmasters won't be happy.

56 minutes ago, gonzo said:

So past or present 

Brian Kidd

Phil Neal 

Sammy Lee

Peter Thompson

Ibrahim Ba

Julio Cesar

Ivan Campo

Fernando Hierro

Daniel Sturidge

Gary Cahill

Nicolas Anelka

Eidur Gudjhonson

 

 

Thompson?

Not if we are still on European Cups

1 minute ago, masi 51 said:

 

Mcgoven picked it up for forest

Wikipedia 

says he got 2 

15 hours ago, gonzo said:

Sammy Lee?

 

15 hours ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Two-time winner

Sums up his stint as manager here.

12 hours ago, jayjayoghani said:

Gary Neville has no excuses. At least Lineker worked for Qatar before they built the 2022 WC on slave labour. 

daily mail i know

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-11479113/Gary-Lineker-pocketed-whopping-1-6million-working-Qatars-state-broadcaster.html

but he worked for them for nearly 2 years after they "won" the bid, and provided with 5 star accomodation and first class flights

plus his rants went beyond the WC and was on about gay and womens rights too and everything else deemed backwards about the place

maybe this is the start of my descent into gammon, but he's a twat and full of shit