Football

[determindator]

Two 80 year old men, Mike and Joe, have been friends all of their lives.

 

When it's clear that Joe is dying, Mike visits him every day. One day Mike says, "Joe, we both loved football all our lives, and we played football on Sundays together for so many years.

Please do me one favour, when you get to Heaven, somehow you must let me know if there's football there."

 

Joe looks up at Mike from his death bed," Mike, you've been my best friend for many years.

If it's at all possible, I'll do this favour for you.

 

Shortly after that, Joe passes on.

 

At midnight a couple of nights later, Mike is awakened from a sound sleep by a blinding flash of white light and a voice calling out to him, "Mike--Mike."

 

"Who is it? Asks Mike sitting up suddenly. "Who is it?"

 

"Mike--it's me, Joe."

 

"You're not Joe. Joe just died."

 

"I'm telling you, it's me, Joe," insists the voice."

 

"Joe! Where are you?"

 

"In heaven", replies Joe.. "I have some really good news and a little bad news."

 

"Tell me the good news first ," says Mike.

 

"The good news," Joe says," is that there's football in heaven. Better yet, all of our old friends who died before us are here, too. Better than that, we're all young again. Better still, it's always spring time and it never rains or snows. And best of all, we can play football all we want, and we never get tired."

 

That's fantastic," says Mike. "It's beyond my wildest dreams! So what's the bad news?

 

"You're in the team for this Saturday."

 

[Conniff]

lfc win hammered the spurs.

 

Having thought a bit more about this, Spurs couldn't have turned up.

[determindator]

Oh yes they did, but I wonder if the Manager will turn up tomorrow...............

[Conniff]

Perhaps it was this Singapore betting syndicate then, I thought Spurs were doing well but to lose by that much ....

[Nystagmite]

AVB has been sacked. No surprise there.

 

City have Barcelona in the last 16. Eek!

[Guest]

AVB has been sacked. No surprise there.

 

City have Barcelona in the last 16. Eek!

 

will Hoddle be back to take over? that would be interesting.

 

CL draw; city v barca, arse v bayern, manure v olympiakas, chelski v galatasaray

[determindator]

In the interim I should think Tim Sherwood and Les Ferdinand, great team, and then names in the frame Hiddink, Matteo and Capello.

[Guest]

was it a bit harsh to sack him? spurs are not that far off top 4. still in europa, and league cup.

hiddink could be a good choice, but he has just signed for holland.

cappello! i didn't like his game as eng manager. would the spurs like it?

apparently basel coach has been approached? and, hoddle would welcome the job? frank deboer also heavily linked?

what about klinsmann? although he has just signed further for the US.

or will they stick with tim.

Edited December 18, 2013 by Ford

[Conniff]

I don't expect hi minds, he still get paid up to the end of his contract.

[Nystagmite]

City have West Ham and Sunderland have United in the League Cup.

[Guest]

Suarez signs new lfc mega contract. no doubt there is a get out clause this time which hopefully will be quite high. (bale, ronaldo etc signed new contracts just before they went!)

cardiff boss now also on the rocks? who next?

[Guest]

lfc win top of the pile, for now. suarez goals, marvelous, again.

[caro]

Coventry are planning to build a new stadium. The Ricoh was built for them so what a white elephant that has become. Why don't they sort their differences and stop this ridiculous waste of money?

[renegadeimp]

lfc win top of the pile, for now. suarez goals, marvelous, again.

 

I'm waiting for a european team to place a bid for him. They could easily buy him out of the 75 mill contract he has. Especially since he's heading to the ability of messi and ronaldo.

[Guest]

he's on fire atm. his goals are audacious etc, his effort is 100%, and his game play is outstanding/three steps ahead.

i think he'll stay at least until the summer, to see where we end up. but, if a big offer comes in in january?

[renegadeimp]

He just signed a new contract with liverpool so the new club would really need to want him. 75mill is the minimum to buy him out before next season.

[determindator]

Spurs:-D Player from the under 21's another good move from the 'interim' Manager let's hope interim is the word removed.

[rebel11]

Premiership Managers really aren't too bothered about getting the sack, they get compensated in millions, example Roy Hodgson got approx. £6m when he left Liverpool.

 

AVB shouldn't be too worried either as he will be able to demonstrate his 'Project' to Alan Sugar on the next series of 'The Apprentice', then Sugar can fire him personally.

[determindator]

Apparently there's twittering Tim Sherwood has an Arsenal Tattoo. I believe this to be incorrect:madgrin:

[Guest]

tim now spurs boss, for now?

arse/chelski draw tonight.

Edited December 23, 2013 by Ford

[determindator]

Contract could be until 2015 or forever!

[maroondevo52]

Tragic weekend for Hearts and Hibs youths.............

 

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/double-loss-two-young-footballers-die-hours-apart.23016308

 

Talk of Hearts and Hibs wearing each others coloured armbands in the new year derby, puts it all into perspective.

[Guest]

lfc lost to city, just good game though. chelski next.

cardiff boss sacked.

another good weekends footy coming up.

Edited December 28, 2013 by Ford

[renegadeimp]

SOme very bad calls by the officials in the LFC match. Not enough to turn the match around, but those officials shouldnt be in premiership matches.

[Conniff]

Maybe they holiday in Singapore