The Homeless SZS fantasy league thread

[ChiangMai noon]

^
would you not include mutch?

to me he often looks like our only chance of an open play goal

btw
we went nearly 500 minutes without an away goal til we nabbed one yesterday
that's very worrying

wonder if cornelius might get 60 minutes in one of the next two
i'm intrigued to see if he's capable

[Jimmy McNulty]

Oh yes, definitely Mutch as well.

[Jimmy McNulty]

From How the world's media are covering Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan's treatment of Malky Mackay following the Liverpool FC clash - Wales Online

Of particular interest -

Ee May Lee, The Malaysian Insider

At a time when our Prime Minister touts that the government is doing all it can to curb our spiraling deficit, it seems puzzling that they were more than eager to splurge RM15 million to aid Vincent Tan in his sponsorship for Cardiff City.

Furthermore, when queried over why our government was willing to waste RM15 million of taxpayer’s money on this, Tourism and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz stated that the deal covering one season would help the ministry gain global “publicity and public relations” benefit and to attract high-end tourists from the United Kingdom and other Western European nations to Malaysia.

However, instead of achieving the latter, Vincent Tan’s latest stunts at Cardiff City only brought embarrassment to our country. With Twitter trends like #TanOut, a huge lambast by Liverpool FC manager and even non-Cardiff City fans protesting against Vincent Tan, this debacle serves to smear the name of Malaysia more than it has to aid it.

The first action by Vincent Tan that angered the Welsh fans was changing the club's crest and jersey colour from blue to red. Vincent Tan does not understand what football means in British culture. It is not merely a hobby or an interest as it is in Malaysia. To the British, football is a serious way of life, a sense of belonging and an integral part of an association.

What Vincent Tan did by stripping away the blue and replacing it with red, and changing the club's crest to a dragon was entirely overturning the very identity of the club. He showed absolutely no respect for the culture, history and interest of Cardiff City FC and its fans.

I think here that the biggest plus for us is the negative publicity he's getting back in Malaysia and the potential pressure that will put on him to take a more hands-off stance. Yesterday's humiliation was something we'd been hoping for on the world stage for a long time. This was something a lot of us have been saying for a good while. Marches on the club weren't going to make him rethink his stance, it's too far from him. Humiliating him on the world stage in front of the millions of Asian football fans sat at home watching this game and then the negative reflection this is having on Malaysia as sponsors and Tan as a clueless and high-handed owner would be the only way to make him sit up and take note. This may have hit him both in the pocket and given him the all important loss of face in front of those people that he does actually care about, the super-rich whose circles he walks in and the investors he hopes to attract to his enterprise.

[Jimmy McNulty]

Read of a fresh new rumour regarding Tan's meddling based on superstition. What could have been a key transfer was vetoed based on the fact that the player was born in the Chinese year of the sheep. Last years of the sheep would indicate a player born 91-92 or perhaps less likely 79-80.

Had that been Sam Hammam, he would have signed him and eaten his testicles.

[ChiangMai noon]

they mentioned that on 'kicking off' podcast the other night

[Jimmy McNulty]

Never heard of that. Cardiff pod? I only listen to the Sloper Road guys as a purely Cardiff pod.

[ChiangMai noon]

no..the radio 5 one every friday night.....
it's a good show

first 35 minutes is all cardiff

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/...1220-2127a.mp3


this saints ...spurs game has just exploded to life

great second half so far

2/2..........30 to go

[ChiangMai noon]

2/3 now

adebayor brace (that will please AVB)

not a lot of defending going on
spurs playing a 4/4/2 for the first time in forever and no defensive midfielders whatsoever

fun

[Jimmy McNulty]

I'll download it when I get home. Currently on a train pulling out of my birthplace lovely lovely Newport.

[ChiangMai noon]

HT swansea v everton

chances : nil
shots on goal: nil
possession: about 50/50
atmosphere: morguelike

weird game

i retain barklay because i keep thinking he'll come good and he's playing in the right area of the pitch and he has a good striker in front of him and he fails to deliver week after week

[NickA]

at least I left oviedo on the bench

[NickA]

i retain barklay

lucky fuck

I got rid of him a while ago

[NickA]

you're everton boys have paid out


my fuckers haven't

[Jimmy McNulty]

He may not be providing Noon with points week on week, but he looks pretty fucking good that Barklay kid. What chance some lowball bids from Moyes in the next year? Maybe they'll try and bamboozle Everton again with a two player bid with Baines that when split into their respective two come nowhere near the club's valuations but it still looks good because it's a bigger number.

[Jimmy McNulty]

Oh and Mackay won't be losing his job. For the time being...It's a real rarity that the actions of fans have a genuine effect on the inner-workings of football. It feels good that for once, at least to some degree and in tandem with media coverage and negative feedback from the footballing community at large, we've got some sort of a result. Perhaps.

[NickA]

we've got some sort of a result. Perhaps.

He'll regroup and come back with a better (worse) plan

If I was Mackay I'd make sure I stayed away from shark infested swimming pools and asians wearing hats

[Jimmy McNulty]

Yeah, rereading the statement again, particularly the portion imploring fans to not protest further indicates that this might be an effort to just have the disgust and the media furore calm down a little (stop embarrassing Tan on the tele in front of an increasingly interested and critical Malaysian audience).

[helge]

at least I left oviedo on the bench

Well done

[helge]

how do you embed videos here?



that seems to work now

Lyrics :

Don't sack Mckay
don't even try

.........and ?

Thanks in advance

[NickA]

Dont Sack Mackay
Malky Mackay
I Just Dont Think You Understand
If You Sack Mackay
Malky Macky
Your Gonna Have A Riot On Your Hands!

[NickA]

seriously what the fuck

no MOTD2 until tomorrow?

[helge]

Thank you

[reinvented]

too many of mine are just pulling 2 points here and there; back to the 7 at the back approach i think

[Jofrey]

Midfield is where it's won.

Will be going for a superb mid wildcard show.

[cyrille]

at least I left oviedo on the bench

That twat robbed me of three clean sheets.

The first goal 'swansea' have scored in this league against everton.

Add to that the og by Gabbidon, and the cursed hand of joffrey has had quite an impact.