Emerson Crane

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The way some English clubs have been run into the ground by financial mismanagement is criminal, Leeds, Portsmouth (hang your head in shame Redknapp) Liverpool, West Ham, Southampton, Luton, Man u, Newcastle, et al have all been victims to a lesser or greater degree. Lets not forget, football is a business and has been for many, many years, and should be run using established and successful business models.

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The thing that I find odd with this whole debate is that the onus off avoiding injury seems to be put upon those injured to avoid injury, in other words it's their own fault. Very little is being said about how we should train players NOT to make career threatening challenges, or to increase the level of technique and skill they posses so that they don't have to resort to scything people down, or is that too mush of a radical departure for you?

To qoute you, "non deliberate" , no mention of non limb breaking, until just now. And as for training methods, how do you train a player to avoid a player of lesser ability causing a non limb breaking injury. Case in point Robinson on Diaby in the recent fixture against Boltom. Diaby is a big lad but awas caught on his standing leg, across the shin by a very late, clumsy, unnecessary, overly aggressive challenge. Please tell me what training regime you could put in place to negate this. I would galdly pass it on to many of my freinds inolved in running football teams of varying levels, I'm sure they would be greatly interested.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SeanMacGabhann Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > To think of the concept of fairness by considering > only the less well off in society is narrow. But surely the less well off are in most need of assistance, no?

Narnia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Emerson Crane Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Narnia Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > A recent study of the PL teams show the Arse > to > > > the the shortest and lightest players on > > average. > > > They get so many injuries of the non > deliberate > > > kind perhaps they should look at how they are > > > training. > > > > Interesting point. Barcelona are one of the > > shortest and lightest teams in La Liga. I don't > > recall them having to put up with as many > broken > > limbs as The Arsenal. This because they have > far > > fewer argicultural, journeyman players that > litter > > the English game. > > I think you missed the point. On contrary I think you have.

RosieH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Emerson, I give you the very fabulous Miranda > Priestly (fictional editor of Runway fashion > magazine) in The Devil Wears Prada, who puts it so > much better than I ever could: > > "This... stuff'? Oh. Okay. I see. You think this > has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet > and you select... I don't know... that lumpy blue > sweater, for instance because you're trying to > tell the world that you take yourself too > seriously to care about what you put on your back. > But what you don't know is that that sweater is > not just blue, it's not turquoise. It's not lapis. > It's actually cerulean. And you're also blithely > unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la > Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then > I think it was Yves Saint Laurent... wasn't it who > showed cerulean military jackets? I think we need > a jacket here. And then cerulean quickly showed up > in the collections of eight different designers. > And then it, uh, filtered down through the > department stores and then trickled on down into > some tragic Casual Corner where you, no doubt, > fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that > blue represents millions of dollars and countless > jobs and it's sort of comical how you think that > you've made a choice that exempts you from the > fashion industry when, in fact, you're wearing the > sweater that was selected for you by the people in > this room from a pile of stuff. " > As clear as day, how could I have not understood the whole fashion thing. Very poor on my part.

Narnia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A recent study of the PL teams show the Arse to > the the shortest and lightest players on average. > They get so many injuries of the non deliberate > kind perhaps they should look at how they are > training. Interesting point. Barcelona are one of the shortest and lightest teams in La Liga. I don't recall them having to put up with as many broken limbs as The Arsenal. This because they have far fewer argicultural, journeyman players that litter the English game.

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You've only got to blow on an Arsenal player and > he'll go down. Nasri's dive at White Hart Lane a > couple of weeks ago for their first penalty > epitomised that. Contact was there so it was a penalty. Unlike the dubious awards for Spurs against Twente, and as for Huddlestones fore arm smash, well the less said the better, distinct lack of talent and tekkers.

To be honest if I was fortunate enough to earn over ?100k a year, not getting child benfit would be the least of my worries. Regrettably life isn't fair. When I get off the train in the morning feeling like the world is against me, and then walk past some poor sod sleeping in a door way, I suddenly realise how lucky I am after all.

Perhaps Mr. Wenger has a point after all regarding the level of misguided aggression at the top level.

Who decides what is fashionable and what isn't, and are those that follow fashion devoid of imaginative thought and unable to decide for themselves what looks good on them, regardless of whether its in vogue or otherwise. Discuss at your leisure. Edited as a result of rubbish spelling.

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Any thoughts on de Jong's tackle, I didn't see it, > but what with his kung fu 'tackle' in the World > Cup he's certainly gaining a bit of a reputation. > It was awful as was Camara's for Wolves. Tackling is one thing but these were all out assaults.

No the goal was very saveable, as I was warching the game with a my sons mate who is a semi pro keeper, and he agreed it was very saveable. The cross shouldn't have been mase, sure, but the keeper was almost standing on his near post. Woeful.

Not a wholly unexpected loss for The Arsenal. Mr. Wenger I think your mantra that we can win something with this squad is like whistling in the dark. The first goal should have been saved, any keeper worth his salt should save at his near post. The second goal, as good as it was, could have been avoided if Song had stood his ground. Nor can we moan about injuries. Any club with the stature and resources of The Arsenal should have 2 top quality players in every position, we haven't. As for the rest of the results, the only unexpected result was the Liverpool score. What is going on at that club??? Financial meltdown off the pitch and meltdown on it. How the mighty have fallen! City very lucky against Newcastle who had two stone wall penalties turned down, but that's football for you.

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This fella has a very high opinion of himself An international footballer was court offside today after a judge told him he was not famous enough to be exempt ? from JURY SERVICE. Angry Carl Fletcher ? captain of League One side Plymouth Argyle ? was first called up to sit on a jury in June. Midfielder Carl, 30, a former Welsh international, was on holiday with his wife and three children at the time and was granted a deferment. But when he was re-listed for duty he told the court he was not available because of work commitments. Carl was then told to attend Plymouth Crown Court to show ?good cause? why he should not be a juror on a trial. He explained that he could not sit on the jury next week because of a scheduled away match at Cheltenham Town on Tuesday. But Judge Francis Gilbert QC said the match was ?not a valid excuse? and that Fletcher was less famous than other previous jury members. Fletcher then said he was a well know face around Plymouth in Devon ? before storming out of the courtroom. Judge Francis told him: ?Jury service is an important public duty everyone has to do, including judges, however well-known they are. ?Captaining Plymouth Argyle is not sufficient reason for not doing jury service. Employers are required to give you time off for jury service as a matter of law. ?So far, what you?ve said is not sufficient. You will have to come next Monday unless you make a proper application. ?Lots of well-known people, some more famous than you, have been required to sit on juries.? Fletcher appeared in court on Wednesday to argue the case that he was too well known, adding: ?I don?t want anything to come back on me for sitting on a jury.? The heated exchange began when Fletcher, wearing a grey sweatshirt and dark blue jeans, strode into the witness box clutching a letter from one of the Argyle directors. He told the judge he had planned to travel with the team next Monday to Cheltenham Town to prepare for Tuesday evening?s Johnstone?s Paint Trophy match. But Judge Gilbert told him he should have written to the court saying when he would not be available ? but Fletcher replied he had not been able to plan his work commitments. Judge Gilbert told him he could travel on the day of the game, and if required for a trial that day would still have time to drive or be driven to the match for the 7.45pm kick-off after court closed around 4pm. The Judge also added that potential jurors had to serve within 12 months of being called unless excused. He said Fletcher would be one of 12 jurors, and if he felt threatened ?in any way? he should report it to the police. Judge Gilbert explained the only two reasons for exclusion from jury service were previous convictions or ?mental disorder?, asking if either applied to him. The midfielder replied: ?You?ll have to ask my wife on that one.? Carl then unsuccessfully demanded the judge?s name and stormed out of the court, adding: ?I am glad I have to pay my taxes to do jury service.? Fletcher, a former Wales international started his career at Bournemouth before moving to West Ham United in 2004. He also played for Watford, Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest before signing for Plymouth Argyle last year. A spokesman for Plymouth Argyle refused to comment. INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You couldn't make it up.

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