From: Benny on
> Subject : 10 most hated football teams
> From : MH <nospam(a)ucalgary.ca>

> Luther Blissett, Joey Jordan and Mark Hately say hello.

Pre Berlusconi.

> Plus all the expensive flops (and there have been quite a few in the
> striking department) suggest the scouting was not so hot after all.

Trust me I could go through the transfers of any club and pull out a
long list of flops. In this case they're far outweighed by the successes.


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On Feb 26, 3:27 pm, Benny <Be...(a)soccer-europe.com> wrote:
>  > Subject : 10 most hated football teams
>  > From : alkami...(a)hotmail.com
>
>  > I dont know much about Milan from that era but a quick peak at the
>  > history of transfer records shows that they broke the world transfer
>  > record three times from '87 to 92', including twice in '92 itself!
>  > Gullit 6m 1987
>  > Papin 10m 1992
>  > Lentini 13m 1992
>
> That's right but other players were signed for a pittance i.e. Van
> Basten, Rijkaard, Desailly, Savicevic and Boban which you have of course
> continently left out and the Papin and Lentini signings were made after
> a Milan side built for pennies had established itself as the best in the
> World. The transfer record was broken three times in 1992, £10 million
> Papin to Milan, £12 million for Vialli to Juventus then £13 million for
> Lentini to Milan.

Early 90s weren't Red Star Belgrade and Olympic Marseille arguably
better? Also Milan got to avoid English teams, which is not to say
they wouldn't have won in 89 and 90 though.

> Excuse me? How many Ballon D'or winners has Wenger developed? >None. There isn't a single player, not even Henry, who can hold a candle >to Van Basten or Savicevic or Shevchenko (at his peak) or Kaka'.

Henry couldn't hold a candle to Sheva or Kaka? Didn't Henry have one
season where he had like over 20 goals and assists?




From: Sven Mischkies on
ken.overton(a)gmail.com <ken.overton(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> On Feb 26, 4:55 am, hs...(a)der-ball-ist-rund.net (Sven Mischkies)
> wrote:
> > Instead they did what they could and
> > pulled one upset after another, thanks to their great coach and their
> > huge balls.
>
> The probability that they were doped to the gills kind of shoots down
> their underdog aura for me.


Never heard of that. What do you have to back that theory up?


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From: Sven Mischkies on
Benny <Benny(a)soccer-europe.com> wrote:

> > Subject : 10 most hated football teams
> > From : MH <nospam(a)ucalgary.ca>
>
> > What about Chelsea post 2003 ? There is lots to dislike.
>
> Unless you support Arsenal, Liverpool or Manchester United why on Earth
> would ANYONE who follows the EPL have a problem with Chelsea?


Because they are teh scum of the earth who buy success with money they
did not earn?


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From: Jesper Lauridsen on
On 2010-02-26, Sven Mischkies <hsv83(a)der-ball-ist-rund.net> wrote:
>
> It should be Bayern always. Cynical football, ref decisions in their
> favour (but that I guess is normal for a top team), buying players from
> direct competitors, etc.

This seasons ideal HSV lineup has 3-4 players bought from Bayern:
Jansen, Trochowski, Ze Roberto and maybe Guerrero. Plus Jarolim who
came via N�rnberg.

Bayern has 1-2 HSV players: Van Buyten and maybe Olic. Plus Butt who
came via Leverkusen and Benfica.

And then there's recent transfers like Hummels to Dortmund, Baumjohann to
Schalke and, above all, Kroos to Leverkusen. That last one could cost a
championship.