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Carlton Cole in "Footballer shows down to earth common sense and humility" shock!! "I've kept my mouth shut for quite a while but I did take a wage cut to stay in the Championship," Cole said. "Half my wages just went. I thought 'I want to help the club get back to where we belong'. I didn't want to leave the ship. I would not have been able to live with myself. It is just such a reward to get to the Premier League again with West Ham at the first time of asking. It was like D‑Day for all of us. "No contract talks have been planned but we will see what happens. Hopefully both sides will be happy that I sign a new contract. I am here to help West Ham and if there is a relegation clause, then I am happy to do it. You can't be on Premier League wages in the Championship. I know money is a massive factor in everyone's career, and obviously I want to earn as much as I can, but when you don't deserve it, as you have been relegated, you need to work back to where you need to get to." http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/may/20/sam-allardyce-carlton-cole-west-ham

Del Piero's last game for Juve ends in disappointment..Napoli beat them 2 nowt to win the Coppa Italia... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18140471 Seemed to be the player for the Juve fans when we went there in the champs league....but even back then, Nedved looked far better to me. I think Del Piero got both the goals over there mind, so I'm maybe being a bit over critical.....great career overall.

Saw Two Days in New York earlier......it was very funny, if a bit sappy...Julie Delpy wrote,directed and starred in it...basically its an old fashioned "farce" which she did very well..Chris Rock as the "straight man" was good too. Had to go 30 miles to see it... I live in a conurbation of almost a quarter of a million people and its got a dozen or so picture houses but had to go to Southampton to watch it...Mrs PL was also able to indulge in credit card abuse in the swanky shopping centre nearby so it wasnt just a journey to watch a film but I cant work out why it wasnt shown round here...fair enough its not a multiplex type "blockbuster" but theres 3 or 4 arty screens round here too but none of them had it on...would it be a "first weekend" limited release thing?...

Didn't Chelsea do Spurs in the cup semi too?

Sorry but you've got to laugh at those fritz's faces Fuckin unreal. Chelsea European champions. Couldnt see this when captain Birdseye wanted to put electric fences around the pitch at the bridge....

First London side to win the European Cup. Out of the 8 largest cities in Europe, they're the first side from any of them to win it. Oh and fuckin take that Spurs you fuckin cockney twats

Drogba. Couldn't make this shit up.

Careful now 2bias, am round the girlfriends.....she reckons you've had one too many blue wkd's....

For those of you not watching council telly Gareth Southgate just (correctly) pointed out that Bayern had a pitch full of Germans but let a Dutchman take the pen Howman spaeketh the truth....as usual

Havana Club and diet Pepsi...€23 for a litre of HC in Paris, quite reasonable. Best part of 30 quid here. Don't you lot still make your own grogg ewerk?!

Toonpack have you got your "double winners" scarf from 86 out the wardrobe?! My brother has ....hes a glory seeking twat as well

Fuckin hell Hibs got twatted by Hearts....no real surprise there but you'd think that they'd be able to put it up to their biggest rivals. Begbie won't be happy..

Martin Kelner just said on fighting talk "whoever gets the job will just be managing the continuing decline of the 4th best team in Lancashire"

before my time, but I saw Darth Vader,some Storm Troopers & "oblgatory fit as fuck bird in futuristic black ( and enoromous) boob tube" perform some mix of it in a circus tent in the early 90s...fuck knows where mind... One track that got me into dance music?..... your love by frankie knuckles... but it went tits up after that, some of the shit we used to listen to....jungle, "happy hardcore" etc etc...fuckin "kill me now!!" stuff nowadays...

"I feel love" was pretty much the first electronic dance record to break through what used to be charmingly called "the hit parade"...the original 1977 recording was produced by Giorgio err "Molester" himself rip Donna da Diva

You can laugh, but there was a time when he was scoring for fun in the U21's and getting goals for us at the likes of Anfield and Leverkusen, all the while the only strikers Erikson was picking were Owen,Heskey and Darius fuckin Vassel. He didnt even make a squad at the time though, poor fucker.

Have the Arabs gained their money as legitimately as Louis Edwards did? How could Man U afford to break a transfer record that stood for most of a decade when they signed Bryan Robson? Could Newcastle have afforded a million pound player in 1980-81. Until then Manu's record was good, but not brilliant (to be fair no teams dominated at the time, Liverpool aside-ish) and Robson didnt make them much more than a good cup team (if that) during the 80s. But the fact they also took Stapleton from Arsenal and Birtles from Forest about the same period marks them out as huge spenders for the times. Louis Edwards was a middle class millionaire meat importer and Liverpool were backed by the Moores family who owned Littlewoods, the countries biggest football pools company (google it kids ) That was a significant advantage over other clubs, its just that manu squandered it with Dave Sexton and Ron Atkinson not being good enough. The finance was there to dominate. And of course the "Munich" factor helped too.

Aye, they murdered hundreds of fans at the World Cup, just as all the papers said they would

Am not saying he won't be tempted by Liverpool, I just think he's the least likely to be bought off by anyone, and Gemmil has listed the very good reasons not to take the Liverpool job. The issue pertaining to NUFC in all this is this "Moneyball" narrative at Liverpool....the bosses at Fenway Sports employ Billy Beane, on whom the book and film are based. Billy Beane recommended Comolli for the DoF job at Liverpool (fuck knows what happened there last summer, Comolli must have returned his copy of the book to the library!) but what Carr and Pardew have acheived in the last 18 months is fully in line with the principles laid down by Billy Beane. Its inconceiveable that the "team" at Newcastle haven't been noticed by the top bods at Fenway. Whether they make an approach is a different thing.

That attitude sort of illustates why hardly anybody gives a fuck about the England team now...if the players dont care, why should the fans?....Stuart Pearce turned up for every squad he was selected in after he was replaced in the team by Graham Le Saux, played in every training game, and occupied the bench for years when he could have retired. Then he cam out of retirement twice when he was asked to, once by Hoddle and once by Keegan and got more caps in a different central defensive role. He did this because he thought he was fortunate to play football for a living and he loves the country who gave him the oppurtunity to represent them. A bit more of that attitude and we'd be a lot better off and there wouldnt be such a lethargic attitude from the fans to the England set up in general.

Did he?...where did you read/hear that?....

"generations have given their blood"....not sure, but that might not be a reference to a Merseyside donor scheme

Yeah mate he was on the dole before he was a footballer which is 30 fuckin years ago We'll see. He's the least likely to be bought off out of anyone at the club though iyam.

Some fan on the Huff Post keeping things nicely in perspective This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program Whyalwaysme 29 Fans 2 hours ago (21:08)Liverpool FC It's the most loved club in the world I didn't say supported I'm not talking about wealth or the men who came over and bought it This clubs about love Generations have given their blood Familys come here to sing With missing memorys they bring They join together as one Their veins explode into song Vibrations trigger a pulse and the players are the lungs which it breathes Away players feel the grounds heartbeat As their own hearts start dropping one by one Before the games even started the clubs pride has already won I know they dont always win games But it's the trying and belief felt within It's the way the clubs always been managed And in safe hands it should always stay in The club was in pain for a why'll there you only had to listen to her crys Bring back one of our great managers And get rid of the ones that dont try. Kenny will always be number one But it's time to move on again and to the clubs future Gerrard player manager with Carragher coach. We dont need anymore Roys at the club If not Gerrard then Benitez back