Information on Soccer Fans in England

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I'm a newcastle fan, been for about 15 years and to say i'm suicidal about the state of my team at present would be a slight understatement. Bad defence, constant injuries and the stupity of the geordie fans who all want souness out and look at Shearer to save us. Thankfully i can look at the situation and say that shearer is a pensioner and an annoying old mott who can't even walk let alone run and looking at saturday he can't even take a penalty that good anymore and if we get a new manager in he will bring more changes and ruin the club even more.

If i see Bramble, Boumsong, Elliot, Faye, Ameobi, Bowyer and Babayaro disgrace the black and white shirts again i'm going to cry. We have got Arsenal next week and thankfully owen and dyer will be back but that defence. jesus. Henri will rip it apart by himself with one leg tied behind his back.

I just had to get that off my chest. By the way IA, looks like you might be signing Keane

[InsaneApache]

A 'barcode' army fan eh BKB you have my sympathy mate...no!!! you really do...I'd be suicidal if we had Sourness as our manager ....after all he managed the 'banjo pluckers' (Blackburn) for a few years ... (that's our nearest rivals folks)...you are spot on about Shearer and your defence..what!!! you mean you actually have a defence....you're pulling my leg mate...but hey don't worry too much about Arsenal we rolled 'em easy-peasy on Saturday...hang on though..we have a decent team. Sorry mate looks like your stuffed

Yeah I'd take Keane for a season or so, he's still good as a winner and stopper of the ball, sitting just in front of the back four.

[Mount Suribachi]

Big Sam has made something of an art form out of taking aging stars and getting the best out of them - Hierro, fatty Campo, Speed (he must be nearly 40 by now) etc, so I'm sure he could get the best of Keane

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

If he wants an ageing player, and underline ageing, please have Shearer as i'm sick of the sight of him. Geordie fans think he has some god given right to be on the pitch and that is not right.

I don't blame souness, i honestly believe this rut started with alot of Senile Robsons buys. Some of the players he brought were just insane, really awful i could name loads but it would just leave me more depressed. He sold two of what i think were just great players, Gary Speed to Bolton and Solano, with the latter leaving you actually pinpoint are freefall.

January needs some quality indefence signed not crap. 8 million for Boumsong? What in gods name was souness thinking? But at least Parker, Emre, Owen and Nobby were signed and i believe with Dyer back our team can do better. Luque is still not fit but i think N'zogbia can easily play left side as i think he is one to watch for the future.

A striker though is a must and i think of all the players and within a good price range, Robbie Keane is just the sought of player we need and around the 6 million mark it should suit us down to the ground. He had a fight in mid week with Davids and him often being left on the bench could see him leaving. I would also love to see us target Anelka as he could bring some serious pace to any team. Just don't buy crap and some fella who won't pull his weight such as that Kluviert who was as slow as Shearer was.

[InsaneApache]

Yes selling Speedy was a good bit of business...well for us it was, cheers Bobby

Just heard on 'tinternet that Keegan's the barcode armys choice to supercede Sourness....and we thought we had it tough

Cliché-Man ... just some of Kevin Keegle's quotes ; -

'Alongside me is Keggy Keegle - sorry, Kevin Keegle...' - Brian Moore

'It's like a toaster, the ref's shirt pocket. Every time there's a tackle, up pops a yellow card.'

'The ref was vertically 15 yards away.'

'There are two schools of thought on the way the rest of this half is going to develop; everybody's got their own opinion...'

'Goalkeepers aren't born today until they're in their late twenties or thirties.'

'This could be a repeat of the final.'

'The game has gone rather scrappy as both sides realise they could win this match or lose it.'

'I don't think there's anyone bigger or smaller than Maradona.'

'England can end the millenium as it started - as the greatest football nation in the world.'

'They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Heighway and he's nothing like him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different'

'Despite his white boots, he has real pace...'

'You can't do better than go away from home and get a draw...'

'He can't speak Turkey, but you can tell he's delighted.'

'There'll be no siestas in Madrid tonight.'

'...using his strength. And that is his strength, his strength.'

'One of his strengths is not heading' (of course, one of Keggy's strengths is not talking)

'Gary always weighed up his options, especially when he had no choice.'

'I'm not disappointed - just disappointed.'

'Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose.'

'That would have been a goal if it wasn't saved.'

'I came to Nantes two years ago and it's much the same today, except that it's totally different.'

'A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm - and it nearly came off.'

'The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the game'

'The substitute is about to come on - he's a player who was left out of the starting line-up today.'

'That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong.'

'I know what is around the corner - I just don't know where the corner is. But the onus is on us to perform and we must control the bandwagon.'

'Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're different countries...'

'In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg.'

'The 33 or 34-year-olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup comes around, if they're not careful.'

'England have the best fans in the world and Scotland's fans are second-to-none'

'It's understandable that people are keeping one eye on the pot and another up the chimney.'

'I'd love to be a mole on the wall in the Liverpool dressing room at half-time.'

'It could be far worse for me if it was easy for me.'

'Discipline is not only very important, it's crucial.'

'Young Gareth Barry - he's young'

'Argentina won't be at Euro 2000 because they're from South America.'

'They're the second best team in the world, and there's no higher praise than that.'

'You don't get two chances at this level, or at any other level for that matter.'

'You're not just getting international football, you're getting world football'

'Kanu, a guy with a heart as big as he is'

'Luis Figo is totally different to David Beckham, and vice versa'

'Football's always easier when you've got the ball'

'They don't come every three days, like they come after this one'

'I want more from David Beckham. I want him to improve on perfection.'

'The tide is very much in our court now.'

'There's a slight doubt about only one player, and that's Tony Adams, who definitely won't be playing tomorrow.'

'We have spent three matches chasing a football.'

'It’s no longer an 11 man game.'

'The Germans only have one player under 22, and he's 23'

'For some it's the ultimate job, for the others it's the last job.'

'I've had an interest in racing all my life, or longer really.'

'We managed to wrong a few rights.'

'We are three games without defeat is another way of looking at it. But if we are honest we have taken two points from nine'

'He'll also be very dangerous from set-pieces. That means he'll be a threat from free-kicks and corners in the final third of the field.'

'Danny Tiatto is not going to make a mistake on purpose'

'I'll never play at Wembley again, unless I play at Wembley again'

'You need 88 points for the title and we’ve got 61 at present with 16 games to go, but if you set targets you limit yourself'

'We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first half'

'He’s got a heart as big as his size, which isn’t big, but his heart’s bigger than that'

'Well, if that's true then it would be a big suprise, but then nothing surprises me in football these days.'

'You get bunches of players like you do bananas, though that is a bad comparison.'

'Not many teams will come to Arsenal and get anything, home or away'

'Shaun Wright-Phillips has got a big heart. It's as big as him, which isn't very big, but it's bigger'

'Nicolas Anelka left Arsenal for £23million and they built a training ground on him'

'As far as I'm concerned, Danny Tiatto doesn't exist'

'One team with destiny already decided...'

'Maine Road was a great football stadium but as time moved on it stayed where it is...'

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

The last thing i want to see is that basketcase back at the club as those quotes show he has gone insane.

I honestly don't think we need another manager. I mean we apparently want old walrus face from Bolton but why would he come? We need to get behind Souness. It is the players performances that is letting us down and really it is not the managers fault. He can't be blamed for Bramble charging round like a wounded rhino and hacking a villa player down in the last couple of minutes or Shearer leaning all over players as he can't move anymore!

[Ianofsmeg16]

Football fans in England? well, not all of them are like Vinnie Jones, but alot of them are.
Like When Doncaster Rovers Won 3-0 agaisnt Aston Villa (i'm a rovers fan and my mate is a villa fan) he broke his telly and his dad started a fight with him, it was hilarious! I love football, i mean watching england win 5-1 against germany was one of the highlights of my life, but some people take it too seriously :)