It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Aye sadly so can I Stan, black and white telly :0)

Harry Redknapp: Howard Kendall was a special talent - and fun to be around
Howard Kendall was a great manager and player who I loved talking to about our England U18 World Cup success, writes Harry Redknapp


By Harry Redknapp10:03PM BST 18 Oct 2015Comments2 Comments
There are three things that you can say about Howard Kendall with absolute certainty. He was a truly great player. He was a truly great manager but, most important of all, he was a fantastic person.
I have known Howard for more than 50 years and saw him only last month at Goodison Park when we were both at Everton’s 3-1 win against Chelsea. Howard never missed an Everton game and, through all my years in management, one of the highlights of the season was going to Goodison and catching up with Howard.
It was unheard of for him not to be an Everton game. Just impossible. He loved talking about football and our conversations would invariably drift back to 1964 when we were both selected to play for England in the Under-18 World Cup. Regardless of whatever else we went on to do, it was one of our happiest moments in football.
We were kids – I was 16, Howard was a year older – and it was the sort of shared experience at that age that you never forget. It was played in Holland and Howard was our captain. Howard would go on to become the youngest player ever to start an FA Cup final later that year for Preston North End against West Ham United and we also had a fantastic Under-18 England team at the time.

As well as Howard, men like John Sissons, Peter Knowles, Don Rogers, David Sadler, John Hollins, Micky Wright and Tony Brown all went on to have great careers in the game. We also had a lad called Bobby Noble, who would have played many times for England at left-back were it not for a car accident a few years later. We beat Spain 4-0 in the final to become the first English team to win the competition on foreign soil. Howard was fantastic and I remember us all lifting him above our heads when we won it.
A lot is rightly made of his managerial achievements but, as a player, he was also something very special. We have seen some wonderful footballers in this country but he played in what I honestly still regard as the best midfield I have ever seen in England. Kendall, Ball and Harvey, the Holy Trinity, and three of the most fantastic players you could imagine. None of them were big guys. Alan Ball would have been 5ft 6ins, Colin Harvey 5ft 7ins and Howard 5ft 10ins. They could play and tackle. All three of them were just the most complete midfielders.
Howard then achieved great success at quite a young age as a manager. The job he did at Everton during the 1980s was remarkable. Liverpool were one of the greatest sides in English football history during that period but the team he built was, for a time, the best in the country. He knew how to set up a balanced team. There were two wingers; Trevor Steven and Kevin Sheedy, who had a magical left-foot. He had Gary Lineker up front with Graeme Sharp then Peter Reid and Paul Bracewell in central midfield. Derek Mountfield was outstanding at centre-back and he had a great goalkeeper in Neville Southall.

Tactically Howard was also excellent and he would change systems when he had to. Everton beat teams like Bayern Munich when they won the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1985 and, throughout that competition, he showed that he knew how to adapt to different opponents. It is amazing to think that no other English manager has won a European competition in the 30 years since.
That team played wonderful football but Howard also knew how to be pragmatic. His other great strength as a manager was his relationship with the players. You only have to listen to some of the tributes this weekend to realise how people like Peter Reid idolised him. Anyone who played under Howard loved him. He was one of those sorts of people. He was a fun character. He would always have a story. He lived life to the full and was great company to be around.
People on Merseyside, including all the Liverpool players and managers of that era, loved him as well. He was just someone that no one could possibly dislike. Whenever I went to Everton I always looked forward to see him and, even this last time, we were still laughing about the fun we had playing together in the England youth team.
Everton is a fantastic club for looking after the ex-players and managers and the chairman Bill Kenwright was great with him. Goodison Park is a place with real heart and feeling but it will never be quite the same again. They loved Howard there and he lived for Everton Football Club.

Are yes, those were the days.

Uwe Rosler: Leeds United sack head coach after 12 games.

Leeds United have sacked head coach Uwe Rosler after 12 games in charge.

Dil's reserves getting worst -):

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Former Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand was told off by a guard for putting his feet on the seat on a train.

He truly is a prize one retard

Roberto Martinez: Everton must overcome Arsenal hoodoo
Spaniard left baffled by his side's long-term failure to win in North London

By Chris Bascombe10:30PM BST 23 Oct 2015 CommentsComment
Roberto Martinez, Everton’s manager, says his club must overcome a psychological barrier to defeat Arsenal on their own turf.
The Merseysiders’ have never won at The Emirates Stadium, and their wait for an away win over the Gunners stretches to the 1995/96 season.


Martinez was able to guide Wigan to victories in North London, but is bewildered as to why his current club has had to wait so long.
“I don’t know. I’ve been thinking the same and it’s difficult to give a straight answer,” said Martinez.
“Obviously, two years ago we were very good there and deserved to win the game but ended up drawing 1-1 and you’re thinking about something a bit further than just the game itself in terms of the psychological edge you might need to go to places like Old Trafford and the Emirates and believe that you can win.
"On Saturday we have to react to our performance last weekend. We cannot just afford to be facing Arsenal and that could narrow things down in terms of not carrying that baggage of not being able to win there for a long time.
“We are facing an Arsenal team that I watched against Bayern and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that they won. They were very worthy of the win. They are a very complete team at the moment and I think this will be as big a challenge as we will face all season.”


Arsenal’s is not the only tough venue Everton have toiled. A similar barren run at Old Trafford ended two years ago.
“I think we are overcoming that,” said Martinez.
“There are landmarks that you need to achieve – winning at Old Trafford and doing the double over United is one; winning against Arsenal at the Emirates or at Anfield would clearly be other ones. You’ve got significant psychological barriers if you want that as a team you need to test yourselves against and those are landmarks that we are quite open about trying to reach.”



After last weeks performance they should be well up for it. Please give Mirrallas a start Bobby. The usual away tactic of hitting on the break won't work against the Arse, defence has been the catalyst which has improved for them imo, quick to cover and strong. Good time to play them. 5.30pm kick live on Sky. I'll be hiding behind the setee :0)

Another 3 away promotion pts in the derby I think you will agree Dilment.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34557635

Well played Arsenal, again. 20 years now!

Dreadful display of goalkeeping again by Tim Howard. Been nicknamed Dracula, frightened of crosses.

You would think that Mirrallas must have shagged Roberto's missus, how he can justify playing Lennon ahead of him is beyond belief.

Every cloud, Liverpool really are shite. Well done Saints.

I hope Arsenal bury Swansea next week. :-))

dc - Gunner eh dc? There is a cure LOL!!!!

:-))

Oooh to, oooh to be,
Oooh to, oooh to be,
Oooh to, ooh to be,
Oooh to be a Goo-ner!

West Ham United 2 Chelsea 1.
after defeat and red card for Jose what next for him ?
a complete ban as a manager is the only answer for me ........

Has Jose ever had therapy about losing so many games on his life?
Has been a Bastard Manager all his life.

Chelsea boss refuses to speak after red card
Jose-Mourinhos-day-to-forget-summed-up-in-one-photo-and-one-encounter-with-an-Eastender

poking Barcelona 2nd coach
Jose Mourinho poking Tito Vilanova in the eye

Casillas' Madrid downfall
how Mourinho caused Casillas' Madrid downfall


slurred speech diarrheaea .....

Has he gone yet?

Not yet, but the media have already find a substitute......

.......Brendan Rodgers to become temporary Chelsea boss if Jose Mourinho sacked?
October 30, 2015 at 08:58 UK Former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers could reportedly become Chelsea's interim boss should the Premier League champions opt to part ways with Jose Mourinho.

Stoke City 1-1 Chelsea (Stoke win 5-4 on penalties)
more pain for Jose and some sleeping nights as well as the performance is much to be desired

Chelsea 1 Liverpool3

Liverpool fans singing "Your Not Special Anymore"

Chelsea must be bad if the red shite can score three against them. LOL!!!!

Taxi!!!

Arsenal 3 Swansea 0

Jose Mourinho: Chelsea boss feels wrath of Twitter after Liverpool loss
By Luke Reddy - BBC Sport

Has there ever been a better pantomime villain in football?

As the form of Jose Mourinho's Chelsea side hit a new nadir with a 3-1 defeat by Liverpool, social media took great delight in mocking the under-pressure Blues boss.

But only around 3,700 tweets, of around 200,000 which were sent, contained both the words 'Mourinho' and 'sack'. Does, deep down, the public want to keep a man who tends to create talking points?
Maybe. But even so, no one said they can't have a giggle.
A defeat worth laughing at
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Mourinho: Sacked in the morning?

In the words of the chanting Liverpool fans..

"You're not special any more, any more ".

Gossip column: Mourinho, Capello, Costa, Guardiola, Rooney

http://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/news/article/no-admission-to-blackburn-u21-cup-tie-2778508.aspx

... It's grim up north -):