Not much new, but seemingly a summary of the "press briefing" yesterday: - Jimbo says McBride deal not finalized - Lagos, Elliott and Fraser announcements Fraser, 37, brings another established presence to the club..."I can still play quite a bit," Fraser said. "There’s a good core of players, a group of exciting players. One of the reasons they looked in my direction is for my leadership and experience." (I know this will sound crabby, but do we now have all the "veteran leadership" we didn't have before with Clark, Mais, Hejduk, Paule and McBride? Hell, any more "leadership" and the chiefs will outnumber the indians. Any more effin' "leadership" on this team and every player will have his own personal leader. Sort of a Big Brother program.) And finally some confirmation of stuff we all guessed anyway: Midfielder Brian West could be headed to Fredrikstad in Norway which we'd know more about if that lazyass Splarg would hump his butt over to some Norway sites and decipher the gibberish for us. . . . Midfielder Freddy Garcia might return to Guatemala on a transfer which is good because he doesn't have a job here anymore. . . . Defender Eric Denton is still unsigned and I want to know why; is he dumb enough to be holding out for more money based on his sterling play last season? or is the Crew not making offers?. . . . The SuperDraft is Friday in Charlotte, N.C. The Crew has the second pick and, barring a trade, is expected to choose Stanford defender Chad Marshall so they must now be admitting it, which is nice of them http://www.1460thefan.com/tf.php?story=dispatch/2004/01/15/20040115-B6-01.html
hey, uh, my father in law is norwegian... give me the link to the articles and ill see what i can do.
http://www.fredrikstadfk.no/index.php?art=411 This one appears to be the latest: http://www.demokraten.no/lokalsport/article844453.ece
Re: Re: Re: CrewBoy Checks In btw...this was when, not why. I'm going down this summer, so I can't begrudge anyone else for doing so.
Re: Re: CrewBoy Checks In So, Splarg is currently sticking it to your wife's mom? (edit: I know there has to be a mayonnaise joke in there...)
Norwegian: Ik tvika nasai... SUBTITLE: 'GOOD EVENING' Norwegian: . .. Stivianka sobjiord ki niyanska ik takka Norge weginda zokiy yniet... SUBTITLE; YOU MAY THINK IT STRANGE THAT WE SHOULD BE ASKING YOU TO VOTE NORWEGIAN AT THE NEXT ELECTION' Norwegian: ... Ik vietta nogiunda sti jibiora... SUBTITLE: 'BUT CONSIDER THE ADVANTAGES' Norwegian: In Norge we hatta svinska offikiose buinni a gogik in Europa. SUBTITLE: 'IN NORWAY, WE HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA INCOME RATES IN EUROPE' Norwegian: Sti glikka in Norge tijik dinstianna gildoosi stiiioska kary. SUBTITLE: 'WE HAVE AN INDUSTRIAL RE-INVESTMENT RATE OF 14% Norwegian: E in Norge we haua siddinkarvo dikinik chaila osto tykka hennakska. SUBTITLE: 'AND GIRLS WITH MASSIVE KNOCKERS!' Norwegian: Gikkiaski ungurden kola bijiusti stonosse. SUBTITLE; 'HONESTLY' THEY'LL DO ANYTHING FOR YOU' Norwegian: Hijiasgo biundenen ki yikilpa stivvora niski ofidae. SUBTITLE: 'THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE CARD' Norwegian: E stavaskija, E stonioska. SUBTITLE'. 'YOU NAME IT' THEY KNOW IT' Norwegian: Stingtic oloshoyert okka in Trondheim khi oyplitz... SUBTITLE: 'THERE'S ONE IN TRONDHEIM WHO CAN PUT HER . . .' (Blackout.) CAPTION: 'PARTY POLITICAL BROADCAST ON BEHALF OF THE NORWEGIAN PARTY' Voice Over: Highlights of that broadcast will be discussed later by Lord George-Brown, ex-Foreign Secretary, Mr Sven Olafson, the ex-Norwegian Minster of Finance, Sir Charles Ollendorff, ex-Chairman of the Norwegian Trades Council, Mr Hamish McLavell, the Mayor of Wick, the nearest large town to Norway, Mrs Betty Norday, whose name sounds remarkably like Norway, Mr Brian Waynor, whose name is an anagram of Norway, Mr and Mrs Ford, whose name sounds like Fjord, of which there are a lot in Norway, Ron and Christine Boslo
Re: Re: Re: Re: CrewBoy Checks In Who knows, within the next year or so I might be dragged into the fires of hell, as well.
The one from demokraten.no seems to be more recent - from a few days ago. I don't really speak Norwegian, but here's a brief synopsis: It's an article about Brian's trial with the club. Starts off with some quotes from him saying how it's a dream for American soccer players to play in Europe. Apparently his agent heard that FFK's coach, Eggen, was a good coach. It then talks about how fast he is. West then gives a quote about his practice with the team. Something like "I've never played on such a field before. I like it, though. I have better skills then I was displaying, though." He goes on to say that he can bring speed and agression to FFK. The next bit escapes me, but they ask him what he likes best and he says "Laget", naturally. I'm guessing that is "forward" in Norwegian? It then says he doesn't have a contract yet. West gives a quote about how he likes training with the team and hopes they like him. It says that he should have no worries, the coach likes him. The coach gives a couple of quotes about West being a good player, with alot of ability. I think he says that West could play both on the wing or at forward. It goes on to say that West has fit in very well with the other players, and finishes up with a quote from the coach when asked about whether they will sign him. "I believe we are able to begin negotiations". He is then asked about other new players and says something like they have a couple in every day. In all, it sounds like they are hoping to sign Brian. Hopefully Splarg can get off his butt and give you a better translation. Lee
Brian played the first 45 minutes in a friendly on Sunday. They won 7-2 and he left with the team ahead 2-1. They had some info about him later in the match info. This comes from the same link that Bill provided (the recent one) and then following the scoreline towards the right of the screen near the current standings. The translator I used says, "We are confident that West would be a good acquisition for them (per Harry Hansen). Brian departed for Germany the next day for a test match there and they were going to discuss what offer to give him. They have already discussed some of these facts with his agent. Brian is a good player and looked good in training last week."
Re: Re: Re: CrewBoy Checks In a few weeks back. sure didnt. congrats. and nope, you sure cant. uh, he lived in sweden not norway. and since when do people think he knows norwegian?... and yeah there probably is. that looks like a sick alteration of finnish... really? and the fires of hell? you wont be if you have that attitude of it...
Re: Re: Re: Re: CrewBoy Checks In My Norwegian is pretty good and it looks like if Finnish and Dutch had a baby where the mother smoked crack thoughout the whole pregnancy. also, "Laget" as mentioned about would mean "the team"
Han liker Fredrikstad veldig godt og kunne godt tenke seg å flytte hit. På spørsmål om hva Brian liker best i Fredrikstad er han ikke i tvil. – Laget, selvfølgelig! He likes Fredrikstad very much and could imagine going there. On the question of what Brian likes best in Fredrikstad - The Club, of course!
Those Looooooong Winter Nights ought to lead to some real creativity. Especially when you can catch them on the way in from the sauna...
Ahh.... That makes more sense to me. I thought Fredrikstad was the name of the team and they were asking him what he liked playing the best... My Norwegian is pretty bad. Thanks, Captain. Lee
Re: Re: CrewBoy Checks In Father-in-law?! Boy, I must be outta town too much on these audits. Photos, please (of Mrs. OGHT).