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Listed below are comments made by down with spam between Wednesday, 23rd July 2008 and Sunday, 20th December 2009.

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Hughes harshly treated by Man City 10:53am on 20 Dec 2009 I'm not what you'd call Mark Hughes' biggest fan. in fact i've grown to loathe the arrogant little so-and-so. However, this decision beggers belief. If i remember rightly, there was an article at the start of the season in the Manchester Evening News, when they said that their target for Hughes for this season was to finish in the top six. If i'm not mistaken, aren't city in the top six?

These owners come out and say they want top six. they say they dont expect instant success, and they back him with more than enough money to make the target they set out achievable. Things werent going perfectly for city to be fair, but they were in the top six, and they did have a game in hand over all the top four teams. Then Hughes gets sacked. Ruthless, callous and pointless decision. i know these owners are super rich, but they clearly have more money than sense. Mancini might not want these players. he might want his own £200,000,000 kitty to buy more players. money wasted!

I feel for Mark Hughes, as he has done a good job, and has done fairly well at controlling all those ego's in the dressing room.

One more thing - how underhanded and sly was Mancini's appoinment. done, dusted, and signed before dispensing with Hughes.
Hiddink holds his nerve 07:50am on 15 Apr 2009 a fantastic match. good luck to chelsea against barcelona - your going to need it.

unlucky liverpool, another tropyless season is upon you.
Shearer gets taste of reality 09:18am on 05 Apr 2009 what surprises me about this is the lack of people pointing out that Shearer has no experience what-so-ever as a manager. when times are tough, which they are at the toon, you need someone who knows how to grab the club by the scruff of the neck and pull them through. Shearer has never done this before and to expect him to get it right with 8 games left is laughable.

I think Ashley has done this on purpose because he knows newcastle will more than likely go down. By bringing in shearer he has cleverly managed to soften the relegation blow and takes the hatred that would be aimed at him down a peg or two.

All that said, i do wish shearer the best of luck, and dont want newcastle to go down - they are very good for wayne rooney's confidence lol.
Scolari will ignore Ferguson's old tricks 3:08pm on 23 Jul 2008 To: thelovelyhotspot

I think we will have to agree to disagree on this one, you make a good arguement and i respect your views on why the premiership is dull. however, here is my ten reasons as to why i love it

1. it will be won by one of the big four, true. but who's gettin relegated, who's gettin in uefa, who brought in the wrong manager, who bought cleverly, who is most improved? the premiership is more than just who wins it.

2. i have already argued this point, big clubs do buy the best players. i would love to see my team field a bunch of kids to give them chance to develop properly. however, i also wanna see my team win, and to win you need the best players

3. your arguement lacks evidence. All the top clubs have big links with local communities. i do however think they should dig into their pockets a bit more to help out the grass routes of the game. i would agree that some of the top four teams have "over-hyped foreigners", but utd have a good history of fielding english players: neville, brown, scholes, carrick, hargreaves, rooney - all first team regulars (when fit)

4. the owners of clubs dont come into it. like it or not football is big business, so it will attract some "shady" characters. for the average fan, football is about what happens on the pitch and not behind the scenes. i'd love it if every football team was owned by some whiter than whiter rich person, but truth be told, that person doesnt exist. and if teams were all owned by the fans, a club would be successfull based on how rich the fans were. so while i agree there are some dodgy people in the game, i ask you to find a better scenario

5. premier league about profit - true, but to be profitable, you have to be successfull, and to be successfull, you have to play good football

6. not true, i prefer to watch match of the day lol. seriously though, some people may buy into the sky "crap" but that doesnt mean we all do, dont lump all premier league fans in the same boat

7. you cite middlesborough as an academy club, what about west ham, man city, everton, and indeed man utd. the reason academy players dont generally make it is because they simply dont have the raw talent to begin with. its a sorry state of affairs, but its not the big clubs fault that english players by nature aren't the best in the world. look at brasil, a country with no money to invest in grass roots game, but still produces the best players... explain that one for me

8. priced out. as you know i'm a man u fan. i earn relatively low amount of money, yet can still afford my season ticket along with my other expenses (house, car etc...). the fans that argue your point are usually fans that seem to forget inflation exists and that clubs cant chrage the same for tickets as they did forty years ago. as for merchandise, the average shirt cost £10 more ten years ago than it does now

9. i do agree completely with you here, how can it be fixed?

10. footballers bland...??? i'd say they are a load of primadoners but certainly not bland. who can forget the arguement between ballack and drogba in the man u vs chelsea game at the bridge. two passionate players argueing over who can do better for their team. Ronaldo, amazing talent, quick on an off the ball, and lethal in front of goal. steven gerrard, tireless and very talented. there are some very very talented players in the PL, some of whom can turn a game and truly excite a crowd. they do get paid way too much though!
Scolari will ignore Ferguson's old tricks 2:25pm on 23 Jul 2008 To thelovelyhotspot:

While you may be right in saying that the big 4 lack ethics, you must take into consideration why...

It is also true that they do have a habit of buying everybody else's best players instead of creating there own, but there are two sides to this story:

Take wayne rooney for example, united paid near 30 million quid for him, and that 30 million has been pumped into everton, making them a much stronger team than they were with one star player (rooney). They are a much stronger team than ten years ago and some of that is due to the over inflated transfer prices they can extort from the big clubs. so to say the rest of the premiership is struggling, is i feel a little wrong.

Secondly, to the big four. i hold my hands up and agree they are guilty of buying success, but that isnt always a bad thing. if chelski hadnt had the hundreds of millions of investment, then it would be down to the likes of liverpool and arsenal alone to challenge man utd. also, the big four buy the best players for a good reason - they want success. if they all stopped buying the best tomorrow, it was be like saying, "we only want to be a mediocre team and aren't bothered about competing. you may hate the big four, but even you must concede that the most part of last season was exciting to watch.

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