surrifox Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 Shane Long They must be desperate bruce must have struggled like mad to keep a straight face doing that business - makes the Ulloa fee easier to digest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfoxes Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 Is this a statement with an upward inflection at the end? If so there's a thread for you. QPR getting divine intervention from Hoddles direct line to God !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tielemans63 Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 Wayne Rooney new Man Utd captain, Fletcher vice captain. Not sure who else in there has much leading ability other than those two. I reckon he'll be the next England captain too. Hodgson is nothing if not predictable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 Ben SmithBBC Sport Premier League predictionsFootball Posted at 10:16 "In Cesc Fabregas, Diego Costa and Filipe Luis, Chelsea have bought experience, proven winners and talent that will immediately improve an already strong first XI. Manchester City will, however, push them all the way. Manchester United will improve and may well end up in the top four but they still look light in central defence and in midfield but that could, of course, change before the transfer window closes. "At the other end of the table Burnley have struggled to recruit real quality and I have a hunch West Brom may get dragged down too. Top four: Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal & Liverpool. Bottom three: West Brom, Leicester City & Burnley." Ben Smith can go do one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 I reckon he'll be the next England captain too. Hodgson is nothing if not predictable.Putting your best player as Captain is not a bad decision really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlaneyLCFC Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 Sunderland have agreed a fee of £2.5m for will buckley from brighton. Not a bad signing that. On SSN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 Putting your best player as Captain is not a bad decision really. I don't why the best players are made captains these days, when there are better choices. Messi and Ronaldo both captain their Country, for example, which I don't understand when there are better choices with better leadership skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 Does the captain really matter in football anyway? It's not like Cricket where you actually have to do something. They toss a coin and pick up trophies when they win, I don't think a captain makes any difference whatsoever, if you had made Jerome Boateng the Germany captain this summer I still think they would have won the World Cup. No idea why it's even newsworthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicesterpool Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 Tipped to go down! by these gits http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28742392 and they think QPR will finish above us! Erm as someone told them we won the league with 102 points. I somehow don't think this is a prediction table more like how they want the league to finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 Tipped to go down! by these gits http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28742392 and they think QPR will finish above us! Erm as someone told them we won the league with 102 points. I somehow don't think this is a prediction table more like how they want the league to finish. They also seemed to have accidentally used a photo of Phil Mitchell in the photo montage at the top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 Qpr have signed players that have been in the Premiership recently. I think that is why pundits seem to think they will be okay. We have only signed one, so that doesnt help us. Hopefully we will surprise them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicesterpool Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 I respect people's opinions but how come so many pundits are tipping us to go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Railway Man Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 It's nothing new, I don't know why people are worried, newly promoted teams are always tipped to go down by all and sundry. I don't remember a single person last year who tipped Palace to stay up and look what happened. The good news the vast majority of football pundits talk absolute shite and are giving out their opinions on the BBC or Sky etc as they aren't good enough to work in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 It's nothing new, I don't know why people are worried, newly promoted teams are always tipped to go down by all and sundry. I don't remember a single person last year who tipped Palace to stay up and look what happened. The good news the vast majority of football pundits talk absolute shite and are giving out their opinions on the BBC or Sky etc as they aren't good enough to work in the game. This is true. Champions are usually predicted to finish 18th, second place 19th, play off winners 20th. The only exceptions in recent times are probably Newcastle and West Ham, who were already "equipped". I just don't see how these pundits have QPR finishing above us but never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28770356?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Please go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleronnie Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 Of course he's in favour, of course clubs are too, money rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicesterpool Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28770356?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Please go away. It's about like the Greg Dyke League Three plan, everyone said "no" but for some reason he just won't drop the idea same for this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 Liverpool's Martin Kelly on the verge of signing for Crystal Palace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Railway Man Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28770356?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Please go away. Would be a sad sad day for the game if this ever happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 39th game, what why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danizen Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 Luke Shaw is out for a month. Looks like he'll be back just in time to play us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydos Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 Does the captain really matter in football anyway? It's not like Cricket where you actually have to do something. They toss a coin and pick up trophies when they win, I don't think a captain makes any difference whatsoever, if you had made Jerome Boateng the Germany captain this summer I still think they would have won the World Cup. No idea why it's even newsworthy. Exactly, real leaders come out on the pitch anyway. Saying that, no idea why Messi would be captain over Mascherano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 Looking forward to these predictions changing after we tear Everton a new one on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos88LCFC Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 Does the captain really matter in football anyway? It's not like Cricket where you actually have to do something. They toss a coin and pick up trophies when they win, I don't think a captain makes any difference whatsoever, if you had made Jerome Boateng the Germany captain this summer I still think they would have won the World Cup. No idea why it's even newsworthy. Gerrard is a prime example of what a captain is at Liverpool. He's the one motivating the team on the pitch and giving 1000% for the team. I guarantee if Gerrard wasn't playing in that champions league final. Liverpool would have got spanked! I've played football with terrible captains who are silent and I've played football with captains who make you feel their presence and make you give it that extra 10% Gerrard is a prime example of what a captain is. Not many other people can call themselves a captain just because they were an armband but I think Rooney will do a very good job. It's not about Rooney being the best player that's why he gets the band. It's because of his work ethic and attitude towards the game and winning. A team with a poor captain will get eaten alive if they have a bad start to a game, look at Brazil for example. Alves dropped his head and the team crumbled. You need someone (a captain) to pick you back up and fight, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 13 August 2014 Share Posted 13 August 2014 Gerrard is a prime example of what a captain is at Liverpool. He's the one motivating the team on the pitch and giving 1000% for the team. I guarantee if Gerrard wasn't playing in that champions league final. Liverpool would have got spanked! I've played football with terrible captains who are silent and I've played football with captains who make you feel their presence and make you give it that extra 10% Gerrard is a prime example of what a captain is. Not many other people can call themselves a captain just because they were an armband but I think Rooney will do a very good job. It's not about Rooney being the best player that's why he gets the band. It's because of his work ethic and attitude towards the game and winning. A team with a poor captain will get eaten alive if they have a bad start to a game, look at Brazil for example. Alves dropped his head and the team crumbled. You need someone (a captain) to pick you back up and fight, re Brazil - Thiago came back after the semi final and they still got destroyed, it was the fact they were missing their best defender and playing a rampant German side that caused them to be hammered, not the lack of a captains speech. A defensive organiser doesnt have to be a captain either. Gerrard was on the pitch, I don't think his performance in that CL final would have been any less had he been wearing the armband or not. Are footballers that stupid they need a man in a armband to shout at them to get them fully motivated to perform at their best? To get up and fight? I really hope not. Though it wouldn't surprise me. People should want to do that anyway. The only real 'captain' I can remember in any sport who seemed to get an extra 10% of out everyone else was Mike Brearly and he had all sorts of psychological qualifications to go with it, I don't think Rooney has that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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