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There will be a maximum squad of 25 & 8 of em have to be “home grown”
Home grown will apparently be classed as anyone who has been with a club in the english or welsh fa’s for at least 3 years from the age of 16 or sometEDIT
From the bbc website:
“To qualify as home grown, a player will have had to be registered for at least three seasons at an English or Welsh club between the ages of 16 and 21”the vast, vast majority of pre-season friendlies are played at a snails pace anyway (regardless of who is involved) so IMO I don’t think it makes much difference at all (regarding helping a player adjust to the speed of the prem) who you are playing so long as it aint a team from the south lancs counties or somet
As for playing a glamour team like Barcelona or Real Madrid – these clubs charge an absolute fortune for you to play them. lower level clubs will pay it & know their fans will fork out over the odds to see their team play a glamour club. Latics can’t get a full home end when they charge £25 for a league game against United so i can’t see em getting enough in for a friendly & so they’d lose money.
If Latcis budget is restricted there are more important things I’d want em to spend their money onOr perhaps there was a reason why a low achieving top division spanish side (pretty similar to ourselves in that respect) wanted shut of him
“I totally agree with everthing you say. We scored from a cross from a right footed play crossing from the right. Fancy that.”
Correct em if I’m wrong, but wasn’t it N’Zogbia’s work on the right (winning the ball, beating another man & then playing in a great pass behind the defence) that put melchiot in to play teh cross that led to the goal?
Fair does if I’m wrong, I’ve only seen the highlights & I was drunk/hungover at the timeI can’t understand the fuss about that “goal” on half time.
For one, football isn’t (thank feck) like rugby league. When the whistle is blown that is it. You don’t blow the whistle & wait for the ball to go out of play before the half is over. Zola said on one of the highlights programmes that there was no need for the ref to blow the whistle when he did. Sorry Gianfranco but yes there was – it was because the half was over. End of story
Secondly, having seen the highlights a couple of times, the whistle is blown just as Cole wins the initial ball & not (like I heard he guy on talksport describe it) as it was on its way into the net“I want to sit there in a bar pre-match soaking up the atmosphere not lookin over me shoulder for any bugger with a gun and a bad attitude”
That was my point – you won’t have to. I went in big popular bars in city centre’s, night clubs & small “shabeens” (no idea if that’s the right word but it sounds like how I remember it being pronounced) in small towns in the middle of nowhere & not a hint of trouble, no threats & no-one with guns
So don’t believe the hype. The attitude reminds me of some Afrikaaners I was talking to the night before going to the game that I went to. I had warnings telling me not to go coz it was a “black mans game” & I’d get stabbed & mugged, don’t take any money or valuables & all other sorts of prophecies of doom. Me & a mate went as probably the only 2 white guys in the whole stadium & as soon as their (or what I assume was) main bulk of hardcore fans saw us (my mate had a Latics shirt on) we were invited over to em & welcomed. Didn’t get mugged, stabbed, beaten up or owt
The only crime I saw or experienced was some bloke trying to rob my mobile phone from a pub bench I was sat on but considering I’ve had my mobile robbed in London & both my jacket & wallet robbed in successive weeks in the Bees Knees, its hardly somet I got worked up aboutI spent 3 weeks travelling round the eastern parts of south africa about 4 years ago & all I’ll say to anyone thinking of not going there next year because of the scare stories is to ignore them & go coz you’ll have a great time.
Follow sensible safety rules like you would anywhere else like don’t walk on your todd through downtown soweto, pished & singing England songs at 3 in the morning & you’ll be alreet
You’ll probably meet some real racist pillox but by & large the population (black & white) are some of the friendliest you’ll come across
I went to a football game in Pretoria (Mamelodi Sundowns v Ajax Cape Town) & even though they held it in the big rugby stadium there instead of their own ground (meaning it was only about a quarter full) the atmosphere was like nothing I’ve experienced in Europe. Those horns that were so annoying during the confederations cup when combined with drums & all sorts of other makeshift instruments they bring along sound really good coz they actually all bash out a proper, heavy, tune unlike that bunch of feckers that get free tickets to watch England & only know god save the queen & the great escape
As for the weather, it is their rainy season at that time of year apparently but I was there in July & it was 70-80 degrees & it rained once
So, all in all, if you get the chance to go – do it. You won’t regret it
