[Vader]

Originally Posted by 93.20

watching the fiorentina/inter game, im so glad savic has managed to be the player i thought he would be there. didn't deal with the pressure of playing in place of kompany unfortunately. luckily the swap has worked out really well for both us and fiorentina.

I wondered where he'd gone, was he part of the Nastasic deal?

[Hajduk1911]

yes, Savic and money went to Fiorentina for Nastastic. Nastasic for me is the better prospect because he has already played in a good strong European league. For Savic, it was always going to be difficult to jump from the Serbian league to the EPL right away, it took Modric half a season to go from the Croatian league to EPL (Croatian-Serbian I would consider equal, both not even a top 20 European league at this moment). Plus I think Savic only played one season in the Serbian league which wasn't enough experience, at least Modric had 4-5 seasons under his belt and played at a European Championships

in terms of what I would like to see in the QF round, granted these teams go through
- Dortmund vs. Manchester United
- Malaga vs. Barcelona (these two have played some good games in La Liga and Copa, Barca are obviously heavy favorites in two legs but Malaga could give them a game)
- Juventus vs. PSG
- Bayern vs. Galatasaray

I don't want to see a Classico or Manchester United/Barca already in the QFs. Usually in these knockout competitions you get one weak semi and one strong semi which I hate

[danny_boy]

Di Canio has just stepped down from the Swindon job, can understand his decision, he was so dedicated to his job, even going as far as funding transfers from his own personal money but yet the Swindon Board have pretty much stabbed him in the back.

He will be back in Football Management, just hope he continues in England

[Expectnomercy316]

Even Pele is getting sick of Neymar, he said that everytime he plays for Brazil he sucks. He's right tho, he can't handle the pressure he needs to get in europe before the world cup.

[Cookie Monster]

Didn't Pele say that Neymar was better than Messi?

[united_07]

this will teach him not to leave a game early

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/cov...2746-32852811/



oh and a partridge-esque moment in there as well

[danny_boy]

Source: BBC Sport Police have angered football fans in Hull by imposing travel and ticket restrictions on them for next month's Championship clash in Huddersfield.

The kick-off time for the match on 30 March has been changed to 17:20 to allow Sky to broadcast it live.

West Yorkshire Police said it limited tickets for Hull fans to 1,500 and was making them travel on official coaches to avoid trouble from all-day drinking.

The Football Supporters' Federation wants the "draconian" rules overturned.

Amanda Jacks, from the federation, said: "Last season not one single Hull supporter got arrested for an alcohol-related offence.

"We very much hope that this can be resolved by dialogue and compromise but if it can't be then we have already spoken to solicitors and we will be exploring potential legal action which will hopefully force West Yorkshire Police to overturn this appallingly draconian decision.

So what this means is that if you were a Hull City living in Huddersfield and wanting to see the game you would have to travel from Huddersfield to Hull to catch a bus that's going to Huddersfield.

[Nige™]

Originally Posted by danny_boy

So what this means is that if you were a Hull City living in Huddersfield and wanting to see the game you would have to travel from Huddersfield to Hull to catch a bus that's going to Huddersfield.

Burnley & Blackburn fans have had to do this for years.

Stupid dingle bastards destroyed their own shitty town in 2001 after losing to us away and going back to the dark ages. Since then even stricter rules have been applied.

[WOOLCOCK]

Originally Posted by danny_boy

So what this means is that if you were a Hull City living in Huddersfield and wanting to see the game you would have to travel from Huddersfield to Hull to catch a bus that's going to Huddersfield.

Joke of a system, but sadly too many fans don't think for themselves and just accept that the police must be wise and making the best decisions for everyone. Complete overreaction from them and pathetic that in this day and age people can't be allowed the freedom to travel to the game by themselves. If people are going there to kick off they'll do it regardless of going on a club coach or catching a train and this is just another way for the police to impose their great power over the fans and then cite a trouble free game as further justification for such draconian rules.

Bubble games are ridiculous and should have been done away with years ago. Stadiums these days are being designed with the anticipation of segregating home and away fans and making it impossible for them to mix around the ground and an efficient force would be able to manage a coherent and organised operation without having to strip people of their basic freedom to make their own travel in their own comfort.

[BANKSY]

West Yorkshire Police have been dicking us about all season. Numerous games like Leeds and Cardiff have to be moved cause they're so inept to try and police these games at 5:20. It came to the point where we would have a points deduction because we wouldn't have been able to have a home televised games as per the contract with the football league.

Did laugh at their report saying they had received information that Hull fans where going to use the late kick off as a reason to spend the day consuming alcohol. Well dur.