mikey Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 The Malaysians are falling into the classic trap of chasing the Asian pound. The bulk of your cash in the Premier League comes from the collective sale of domestic and foreign TV rights. I really think this will piss off fans. They've tried this "Wales' premier club" thing before, people ain't buying. I think there's 3m people in the whole of Wales and I guarantee 2.25m of them will not support anything to do with Cardiff and of the 750,000 left, a large chunk of them do not give a tuppenny toss about football. They've been usurped, Swansea got there first. I admire the idea of building the club's infrastructure and giving Malky Mackay some cash to turn a team of playoff hopefuls into a team of playoff certainties but saying you're going to make some money marketing the club in South East Asia is an utter freaking loser. Get some more locals in the ground, then we can talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Oh and good performance by West Ham over the two legs. Cardiff looked spent, almost like they'd shot their load getting to the playoffs and I felt somewhat sorry for David Marshall, who didn't do a whole lot wrong in either game and yet had to pick the ball out of the net five times while getting pestered by Kevin Nolan on every corner. Looking forward to tomorrow's game between Blackpool and Birmingham and I still think the Blues will pull it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Blackpool squeak a tight tie. Birmingham must be kicking themselves now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted May 9, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Don't think Birmingham have got owt to kick themselves about. Blackpool should have been 5 or 6 goals up on aggregate at half time tonight. Now they would have had cause to kick themselves if Brum had got back into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I meant that they did so much hard work to get to the playoffs and then didn't turn up in spectacular fashion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted May 9, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Fair play, agree with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I really enjoyed watching Birmingham this season and they succeeded against a backdrop of austerity at the club and an excessive number of games, sixty-two in all competitions. They've just looked spent these last two games and I would assume that certain key players will be moving on. You know I'm a big fan of Chris Burke and somebody surely has to buy him, he's been their biggest danger this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylin_and_Profilin Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Was Marlon King always that bad. ? Gave him benefit of the doubt after watching first leg but it was as poor again tonight. Granted Zigic alongside you doesnt help matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 He was never super-athletic to begin with but he's had a decent season. Problem with Marlon King has always been that if he doesn't get the exact service he needs, he's not really in the game. Apparently, on his first day at Forest, Joe Kinnear marched up to King and said "why ain't you scoring goals" and King replied that it was because he wasn't getting the ball how he needed it. Kinnear set the team up to give him the right service and, Forest fans can correct me if I'm wrong, but all bar two of King's goals were scored while Kinnear was at the club, despite a tempestuous relationship between the two.I don't know what his problem is - depression, dickheadedness, something - but he's either keen, up for it and scoring or a dressing room cancer and if he's scoring goals, it seems more of the former. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted May 10, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted May 10, 2012 King was magnificent in his first 4 months with us. Best player we've ever had with his back to goal, great movement and a good finisher. Heard Phil Brown speaking recently and he was talking about why he got rid of King. He said that his numbers on pro-zone just dropped in half out of nowhere. He'd already had a punch up with Dean Windass in a casino and then was arrested so we got shot.He was poor in the two play-off games. Last night I thought it was because of Zigic. King's game isn't playing off another striker, he needs to be the focal point of the attack and have people running off him. The number of times he was caught offside was embarrassing. I wonder if he's compensating for a lack of fitness. He's always been well built but he looks like he's carrying some weight at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Some players need to be the main man. Billy Sharp scored nothing in two spells at Sheffield United but has a ridiculously good scoring record at Scunthorpe and Doncaster. This, amongst other reasons, was why Allardyce didn't buy him and why Baldock hasn't quite made good on his early promise at West Ham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daaaaaad! Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Roughly how gutted will Stephen Dobbie be if Blackpool are promoted again with a helping hand from his goals and he is still not signed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Today is the 27th anniversary of the Bradford City Valley Parade fire disaster where 56 people died watching a game of football. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 As I recall, he's available on a Bosman so he's now I'm Blackpool's price range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Sheffield United are the first team through to the League One playoff final. Despite my reputation as a grudge bearer, I have a soft spot for the Blades eventhough they sued us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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