Another catagory we didn't have a winner in this season.

[usscouse]

Damn! No-one from the pool in this team...!

PREMIERSHIP XI: THE UGLY BUGGERS
http://www.football365.com/All_News/News_Features/story_65251.shtml

sample.
Striker: Ruud Van Nistelrooy
If ever proof was needed that Alex Ferguson is more interested in horse racing than football, it came with the signature of this Dutch Stallion from PSV Eindhoven. I’ll try and resist all the obvious innuendo about him scoring plenty of times for United but nowhere else. I’ll try, but it’s hard.

Anyone got some subs for this team?

[Dr. Wankler]

Can't think of any subs, but I'm fairly certain Luke Chadwick wears the captain's armband for this side.

Wenger's an intereting choice manager. For most of today's match on FSW, it was Allerdyce who looked like he was smelling something really vile, but then later on... Wenger looked like hammered shit for the last 10 minutes or so. So when results aren't going his way, competition is a lot more cut and dry.

[RedKnight]

From the "Summer Transfers" thread:

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45389&perpage=15&pagenumber=3

Originally posted by RedKnight
quote:

I almost wish we hadn't sold Stephen Wright.


Originally posted by zpjohnstone
quote:

I know I wish Liverpool had not sold Wright.



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[liverbird]

Originally posted by Dr. Wankler
Can't think of any subs, but I'm fairly certain Luke Chadwick wears the captain's armband for this side.


loved this part of original story:

Right Midfield: Luke Chadwick
The proverbial ‘first man on the team sheet’. In about fifty years’ time, when someone is compiling a contemporary list of ugly footballers, old men will raise their heads from behind their newspapers and say: “Ah, you never saw Luke Chadwick play, son. The crowd used to gasp every time he ran with the ball…”

[Theo]

That is freakin' hilarious.

before scolling down, Luke Chadwick cam immediately to mind. he would perhaps be captain on the All-In Great Need of an Orthodontist team as well.

[zpjohnstone]

Ivan Campos/Sideshow Bob

[skipshady]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=265653&cc=5901

A couple of Liverpool players did make this list, as well as a former Red and a one time Houllier target.

[Theo]

so glad that we backed off from signing Lee Bowyer. what a bad year that guy has had. he would have added nothing to the squad.

am i talking about Cheyrou as well?

[RedKnight]

Originally posted by skipshady
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=265653&cc=5901

A couple of Liverpool players did make this list, as well as a former Red and a one time Houllier target.

Well, the article gives as its selection criteria those who have fallen far short of expectations.

Based on that, Dudek might be in the running for this "Team of the Weak"--based on the fact that he was so far beyond everyone else at his position last year. You can have a decent argument over this selection.

But Traore? Sorry, but I don't see that at all. How a player can come in from a loan spell, cover a couple of positions in an injury-decimated Liverpool back line, and do so pretty competently, and be declared a "flop" is beyond me.

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[Lanky134]

Originally posted by usscouse
Damn! No-one from the pool in this team...!

PREMIERSHIP XI: THE UGLY BUGGERS
http://www.football365.com/All_News/News_Features/story_65251.shtml

sample.
Striker: Ruud Van Nistelrooy
If ever proof was needed that Alex Ferguson is more interested in horse racing than football, it came with the signature of this Dutch Stallion from PSV Eindhoven. I’ll try and resist all the obvious innuendo about him scoring plenty of times for United but nowhere else. I’ll try, but it’s hard.

Anyone got some subs for this team?
Ogrizovic? Hendry? Dicks? What is this, the Ugly list from 1992?

I nominate Riise for left back with his combination of ginger hair and uber-pasty complexion.

And Zola looks too much like Fonzie to be on an ugly list. That guy nailed the Hooper Triplets, fer chrissakes.

[skipshady]

Originally posted by RedKnight
Well, the article gives as its selection criteria those who have fallen far short of expectations.

Based on that, Dudek might be in the running for this "Team of the Weak"--based on the fact that he was so far beyond everyone else at his position last year. You can have a decent argument over this selection.

But Traore? Sorry, but I don't see that at all. How a player can come in from a loan spell, cover a couple of positions in an injury-decimated Liverpool back line, and do so pretty competently, and be declared a "flop" is beyond me.I thought that was odd too. Dudek played well below expectations but Traore did not come in with any expectations.

Be consistent, I say.

[RedKnight]

Originally posted by skipshady
I thought that was odd too. Dudek played well below expectations but Traore did not come in with any expectations.

Be consistent, I say.

Just thought of two words that invalidate the entire article:


Abel Xavier.


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[Lanky134]

Originally posted by RedKnight
Just thought of two words that invalidate the entire article:


Abel Xavier.


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And he could make the ugly list, as well, if not for Wright taking his place.

[Theo]

was there a manager on the ugly list? i nominate Glenn Roeder. he looks like a rat.

[RedKnight]

Originally posted by Theo
was there a manager on the ugly list? i nominate Glenn Roeder. he looks like a rat.

Yeah, but somehow he makes it work--a stylish rat?
I nominate Sam Allardyce instead.

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[Theo]

Big Sam is a good choice.

David Moyes might be the coach. he always looks like he's been up for 72 hours straight and/or he's just been electrocuted.

[usscouse]

You guys have gotta know that if we held a World Cup in this catagory.

Brazil would win again...!

[minorthreat]

I'm surprised Ivan Campo didn't make this list. When Bolton bought him, the ugly quotient at Real Madrid dropped dramatically for a brief period of time.

Of course, then we went and signed Ronaldo.

[Duuuuude]

Originally posted by C-towner
I'm surprised Ivan Campo didn't make this list. When Bolton bought him, the ugly quotient at Real Madrid dropped dramatically for a brief period of time.

Of course, then we went and signed Ronaldo. At least Ronaldo's sort of adorable ugly. Ivan Campo has a face for radio.

[Lanky134]

Originally posted by Duuuuude
At least Ronaldo's sort of adorable ugly. Ivan Campo has a face for radio.
The best thing that can be said for Campo's face is, thanks to the hair and stubble, you can't see most of it.