General Football 2013

[baitman]

Gerard Deulofeu has been ruled out until the new year with a hamstring injury, Everton have confirmed.

i will go and edit my post in the title race thread now...

[Reece]

Matt Slater @mattslaterbbc 1m
El Pais reports that Barca, Real Madrid & 5 other La Liga clubs are under investigation by Brussels for getting illegal state aid

[Vermilion]

Took their bloody time!

[Reece]

http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/12/16/inenglish/1387214441_486283.html

[dom9]

No, Liverpool fan.

Joined a few sites recently, the others are better than this one hence i haven't bothered with here, just the occaisional look.

That mateys comment is one of the stupidest most ignorant things i have read for a while, its beyond thick, as mentioned by a poster above his ignorant ramblings makes us look like arrogant stupid pricks.

If it helps, he's Slovenian so he might be forgiven for not having an in depth knowledge of the history of English football.

[Chazza]

Good stuff just before we play them manager and owner on collision course.

Cardiff City boss Malky Mackay's plans upset owner Vincent Tan

Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan is "extremely upset" after manager Malky Mackay said he was hoping to recruit three new players in the January transfer window.
Chief executive Simon Lim says Tan feels Mackay has had sufficient funds to keep the club in the Premier League.
He added ex-recruitment boss Iain Moody had been removed amid a £15m overspend.

"As such, he [Tan] has stated that not a single penny will be made available in January," said Lim.
In a statement issued by the club, Lim said: "Tan Sri Vincent Tan was extremely upset to read quotes from the manager concerning the possibility of new recruits, before he had been informed whether funds would be made available.
"He believes that doing so unfairly raises supporter expectations, placing unnecessary pressure on the club.
"His view is that due to the funds already committed, including the originally-authorised summer transfer budget of £35m that rose to £50m in total, including add-ons, the manager has been fully supported.
"The overspending of £15m has upset Tan Sri greatly, resulting in the removal of Iain Moody as head of recruitment. As such, he has stated that not a single penny will be made available in January.
"Having been the highest-spending promoted club and the seventh-highest spender in the Premier League last summer, the owner believes that the manager has been given the best possible chance of retaining our Premier League status."
Iain Moody was replaced as head of recruitment in October by Kazakh Alisher Apsalyamov, who was at Cardiff on work experience before his appointment and has since been temporarily suspended in a query over his visa.
Moody has since taken up a role at Crystal Palace.

"It would be great if we can bring in three quality additions to the squad," said Mackay.
"I would look to strengthen all three departments in terms of a defender, a midfielder and an attacking player."
Mackay, however, praised the club's board for the backing they gave him during the summer, and that he was awaiting guidance from them as to how much he will have to spend next month.
"I will talk to my chairman [about January] who will then discuss it with the board of directors and our owner and I will take my lead from them," he said.
"It's up to them what they want to spend in January.
"I've got my lists of players, whether they be permanent targets or loans for various positions. We've got to try to strengthen again."
Cardiff are in 15th place in the Premier League table, four points above the relegation zone, after gaining promotion from the Championship last season.

[Leyton388]

The best thing Malky Mackay can do is **** that poxy club right off. There are plenty of clubs who deserve a manager like him and Cardiff are not one of them. I can't wait for us to smash them next weekend.

Malky Mackay has done a fantastic job at that club and when he leaves they will really feel the loss as they slide back down into football oblivion.

The ****ing FA need to have a word with themselves with these fit and proper tests. There's some right ****ing mongs running English football clubs these days and we had the worst two.

[ChesterDave]

ccording to Wiki they spent £31m

If that is a £15m overspend then the owner is going to learn a very expensive lesson about what it takes to bridge the gap between Championship and Premier League

[ChesterDave]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25408303

Seems a bit OTT to me - unless they have unreleased evidence to support that he might have been intending it to be racist.

[Chazza]

[ame="http://youtu.be/3QaluTZD-cY"]An Ode To Football, featuring Steven Gerrard, Ant & Dec, Theo Walcott, John Bishop and more... - YouTube[/ame]

[Reece]

Is that as dreadful as it sounds?

[Chazza]

Give it a whirl Reecer

It's by Musa Okwonga https://twitter.com/okwonga

[Fivex]

That Musa Okwonga - wasn't he a huge fan of Duncan Jenkins?

[Shaggy]

Yes. He's a really nice guy. And pretty talented too.

[Fivex]

Seems humble, intelligent and unbiased. And he's a Manc isn't he?

Reece - worth a watch for sure. Certainly beats that Guidetti 'thing' that Shaggy just posted in the Man City thread. Don't watch that.