[Archived] Other Pl Happenings 2009/10

[Hughesy]

Doubt it Brian - aint they 10 behind & Rangers have 2 games in hand?!

[mickbrown]

Nothing to do with picking fights with mick or anybody. The purpose of my post was to dissipate the strong smell of bullshit.

[S15]

Eh Mick, after Sullivans' cringeworthy little outburst, has it dawned on you what you're in for now?

Owners who want to be celebrities, and who are no doubt going to be a constant source of embarrassment on your club.

[thenodrog]

I reckon you could pick a fight with a tea towel.

A real keyboard warrior

[Hughesy]

No doubts that the porno brothers are starting to cause Trouble for Zola to simply remove him in summer and blame something else!

[Earlydoors]

14 Premier League Clubs rated "at Risk"

Manchester United, Arsenal and Rovers AAA+

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article7076652.ece

[Hughesy]

14 Premier League Clubs rated "at Risk"

Manchester United, Arsenal and Rovers AAA+

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article7076652.ece

From above.......

Manchester United and Arsenal are considered “good risks” to whom it is “OK to offer your best terms” in the reports, as are Blackburn Rovers.

Seventy per cent of Barclays Premier League clubs have had their credit ratings “suspended”, an investigation by The Times can reveal.

The clubs with a “suspended” rating are Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Hull City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Portsmouth, Stoke City, Wigan Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

As for the list.....its abit pointless as it contains the likes of Villa, City & Chelsea who all have plenty of cash!

[thenodrog]

As for the list.....its abit pointless as it contains the likes of Villa, City & Chelsea who all have plenty of cash!

No they don't. The blokes that own them do and thats a different kettle of fish entirely.

Rem the Walkers have plenty of bunce but of late have decided to keep it in their wallets.

[mickbrown]

No they don't. The blokes that own them do and thats a different kettle of fish entirely.

Rem the Walkers have plenty of bunce but of late have decided to keep it in their wallets.

Big difference is the fact the Walkers don't want to own rovers.

[modes98]

Big difference is the fact the Walkers don't want to own rovers.

Whereas you have owners who want you but have no desire to actually put much money towards it.

Please can we have a stadium designed for athletics and paid for by the Olympics/Taxpayer.

Get your cash out and buy your own or stay where you are.

[mickbrown]

Whereas you have owners who want you but have no desire to actually put much money towards it.

Please can we have a stadium designed for athletics and paid for by the Olympics/Taxpayer.

Get your cash out and buy your own or stay where you are.

We weren't talking about West Ham and it wasn't a dig, just merely stating to the guy that you cannot compare Villa's owners to Rovers owners.

As I have said previously you guys don't know how lucky you are, and you should be careful what you wish for.

You have a very well run premier league club with a manager who for me will never get you relegated, alright the football may not be great but at least you are in the top division!

[American]

Didn't Fortune cost like £5m?

Wow, he cost a fortune.

I'll get my coat...

[patrickvalery]

From BBC gossip column

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy is planning a raid on Portsmouth for forward Tommy Smith and midfielder Aaron Mokoena - and could get the pair for £1.5m.

Full story: The Sun

Good old Wolves. Pompey bottom of the league and Mick McCarthy looks to snap up possibly their worst two players

West Ham co-owner David Sullivan called some of the team "fat, lazy and useless" after he hijacked manager Gianfranco Zola's get-together on Thursday.

Full story: Daily Mirror

I wonder if this was aimed at Benni?

[philipl]

The problem with credit rating agencies is they are enormously backwards looking in the data they are using.

There is no way Man U is AAA+ (note I have not said they are a poor credit risk) whilst Chelsea, City, Villa and Spurs are very good credit risks based on the way they are currently set-up and financed. Chelsea will be damned by the fact that at one time Abramovich's money was mostly in debt, City by their flirtation with insolvency before and during Thaksin, whilst Villa and Spurs getting the thumbs down is completely inexplicable in my eyes beyond the fact they both run their cash incredibly tightly taking liberties on payment terms where they can legitimately.

The important thing for us is that Rovers are AAA+ no matter which way you cut it and read it and that is a fantastic achievement on the part of the management and board.

[Majiball]

One Irish bookmaker is threatening to ignore all goals Thierry Henry scores at the 2010 World Cup, following the French striker's handball incident against the Republic of Ireland in their qualifying play-off last November.

Full story: Daily Telegraph

You can just imagine it.

[American]

The problem with credit rating agencies is they are enormously backwards looking in the data they are using.

There is no way Man U is AAA+ (note I have not said they are a poor credit risk) whilst Chelsea, City, Villa and Spurs are very good credit risks based on the way they are currently set-up and financed. Chelsea will be damned by the fact that at one time Abramovich's money was mostly in debt, City by their flirtation with insolvency before and during Thaksin, whilst Villa and Spurs getting the thumbs down is completely inexplicable in my eyes beyond the fact they both run their cash incredibly tightly taking liberties on payment terms where they can legitimately.

The important thing for us is that Rovers are AAA+ no matter which way you cut it and read it and that is a fantastic achievement on the part of the management and board.

Chelsea is also hurt by the fact they were near administration when Roman came in. Interesting that they base things on past ownership, not just current.

[philipl]

Chelsea is also hurt by the fact they were near administration when Roman came in. Interesting that they base things on past ownership, not just current.

If they go back to Ken Bates' time, Rovers would have been hurt by the Walker money in Rovers being mostly debt in those days.

Interesting fixtures today. Here' hoping for an Arsenal win at Brum and neither Hull nor West Ham to lose to really open up the possibility of 9th for us.

Wolves v Everton pitches two form sides against each other and could be the pick of the day but what odds Coyle to beat Ferguson twice in derby visits this season?

[Grabbi Graeme]

Hull 1-0 up against Fulham, be interesting to see if they chuck it away before the 90 mins.

Not Prem League but Luton 7-0 up against Hayes and Yeading after 35 mins, fans certainly getting their money's worth, well Luton fans anyway.

[American]

In debt, yes, but Chelsea have some court proceedings from then hanging over their head (read the article).

If it was about debt, United wouldn't be with us. It's about debt, ability to repay it, and history of repaying it.

[DE.]

Hull 2-0 Fulham ... bad times for West Ham

[HemelRover]

Hull 2-0 Fulham ... bad times for West Ham

Good times for us too. When we win tomorrow we will move above Fulham whos game in hand is against Stoke(1 place below us).

In other news. Anchelotti makes a biiiiig mistake leaving Drogba on the bench against Villa.....really shot himself in the foot there didnt he?

Stoke now 1-0 up against West Ham, great!

[BuckyRover]

Villa are getting a spanking at the Bridge.

(It's not only us!)

[Anti-Dingle-Brigade]

On the plus side Lampard is in my fantasy team.

On the downside, so is Dunne. And Lampard was my captain until last night!

EDIT: FFS, WHY DID I PUT ROONEY AS MY CAPTAIN?!?! Not even in the squad. :'(

[BuckyRover]

West Ham losing again!

[DE.]

West Ham now losing to Stoke...

Serious danger of relegation there. A team shot of all confidence, board members who want all of the attention on themselves, regardless of its affect on the team, and a manager who doesn't seem to be ready for the Premiership yet.

Think it's going to be between WHU and Hull to go down. Going to be very close. If West Ham can't beat Wolves or Stoke at home, you have to wonder where they plan to pick their points up from. Even a draw today isn't really enough for them, they need to win.