From the WHUFC Website
James Tomkins and Freddie Sears have been named in the England squad for May’s qualifying round for the 2008 European Under-19 Championship.
The Young Lions need to overcome mini-tournament hosts Belarus, Serbia and Poland to be one of the eight nations competing in the final round in the Czech Republic this July. England will play Poland first in Borisov on 26 May, before meeting Serbia two days later in the same venue. The qualifying campaign will end against Belarus in Minsk on 31 May.
The final tournament will take place between 14 and 26 July, and should England get there then fellow West Ham United players Jordan Spence, still only 17, and Junior Stanislas will also fancy their chances of earning a place in the final squad. Both have also figured for the U19s this season and will only
We all know that Sven is probably leaving Man City after his last game next week, and according to The Independent it seems the City Chairman is showing an interest in Bilic as the new potential manager.
In a recent Poll on Cmonyuirons.com , 76% of West Ham supporters voted for Bilic to be West Ham’s new manager.
Listening to TalkSport, i do know that the Man City Fans are furious with the Chairman even considering getting rid of such an Elite manager as Sven, even to the fact some supporters have threatened not to renew their season tickets.
The independent said:
The Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra is already seemingly preparing a replacement for the club’s manager Sven Goran Eriksson – with the Croatia coach, Slaven Bilic, and Portugal’s Luiz Felipe Scolari contenders – having, it is alleged, resolved to sack him at the end of the season.
Eriksson’s assistant at City, Tord Grip, confirmed yesterday what was becoming increasingly apparent when he said that he and Eriksson were probably to be dismissed.
“It’s probably true what they say,”
Grip told the Swedish paper Aftonbladet.
“Why? Well, they probably think that the job we have done is not good enough. They think we have done a bad job.
“We believe we have done a good job,” he added. “But I don’t think the owner has shown enough patience. This has happened so fast. That’s what this is all about – patience.”
Acknowledging City’s
Silly season has already begun and the usual amount of transfer rumours are in full flow, with some that might have some credibility and others straight out of the beano comic, And players going in their droves from our club.
Rumours are already suggesting Dean Ashton is leaving, and the old rumour of Green going to Arsenal keeps popping up, with also a mass clearance of players that resembles a clearance sale at MFI.
I personally don’t think Green or Ashton are going anywhere, but there is confirmation that there will be a clearing of players.
My reckoning is that
The Times have supplied a Podcast on an interview with Alan Curbishley on how DiCanio influenced the team to go out and fight hard against the Magpies on Saturday and also Curbs intentions for next season 08/09
From Worldclubrankings.com
World Club Rankings Top 25 – Week Ending April 28, 2008
1. Manchester United (Eng) (1) – Played road games against the numbers two and three teams in the world last week and couldn’t come away with a victory. Did manage a road draw against Barcelona, which is always a good Champions League result, but did not score a goal, which could come back to haunt them. Fell 1-2 to Chelsea to fall even, but they still hold the advantage in the Premiership, so they still hold the advantage here. In addition to the Barcelona rematch this week, host West Ham United on Saturday to maintain their domestic league.
2.
Chelsea (Eng) (2) – Like Manyoo, Chelsea scored a road draw in the Champions League, which is always nice. Unlike Manyoo, Chelsea scored an away goal, which is even nicer. Also unlike Manyoo,
Chelsea won the Chelsea/Manchester United game, which is the nicest of all. Play the rematch against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge, though I hope they aren’t going to wait for another own goal to score this time. As they chase down Manyoo in the Premiership, they travel to play my beloved Newcastle United.
3.
Barcelona (Esp) (3) – Just doesn’t seem fair to rank them this high the way they’ve been playing in the Primera Division. Rested a lot of their best players this weekend in
losing to Deportivo La Coruna 0-2. It would seem that they are willing to surrender second place in La Liga to Villarreal for a chance to defeat Manchester United in the Champions League. We’ll see if the sacrifice works out on Tuesday. This weekend they host Valencia, which could be a good game if both teams bother to try this week.
4.
Sao Paulo (Bra) (11) –
Defeated Colombia’s Atletico Nacional 1-0 to win their group and gain home field advantage in the first round of the Copa Libertadores knockout rounds. Plays on the road on Wednesday in Uruguay against Nacional, which is a really tough draw for my pre-knockout stage favorite to win it all.
5.
Liverpool (Eng) (4) – A 94th minute own goal is all that kept Liverpool from heading to London with a lead in its Champions League draw with Chelsea. That’s gotta hurt. Could manage only a
draw with Birmingham City this weekend, but the domestic matches are second stage at this point. Face Chelsea on Wednesday and they must be hoping that Saturday’s match against Manchester City won’t be their last match this season against a team from Manchester.
6.
Internazionale (Ita) (5) –
Defeated Cagliari 2-1 to move closer to their second consecutive (more if you count the ones abandoned by the cheating bastards) Serie A championship, but it’s not clinched yet. Just to make it interesting, Inter faces cross-town rival AC Milan on Sunday in what would be the most anticipated game of the weekend if it wasn’t for the next one I’m going to talk about.
7.
River Plate (Arg) (8) –
Defeated Argentios Juniors 4-2 to stay tied atop the Clausura with Estudiantes de la Plata. Like Sao Paulo, River Plate got an unfortunately tough draw in the Copa Libertadores, having to face fellow Argentine San Lorenzo, who defeated Boca Juniors this weekend, on Wednesday. Speaking of Boca, the game of the weekend will be when River goes on the road this weekend to face Boca Juniors in the Superclasico. Wish I could be there.
8.
Porto (Por) (6) – You’ve got to hand it to Porto. They’ve already clinched the bwin Liga and this weekend they went on the road to play the second-place team in Portugal and they didn’t only come to play, they came to kick ass and take names,
defeating Vitoria Guimaraes 5-0. Host Nacional in domestic action this weekend.
9.
Real Madrid (Esp) (7) – Moved to within a Ruud Van Nistelrooy (sp?) nose hair of clinching the Primeral Division title,
defeating Athletic de Bilbao 3-0. It helps that nobody in Spain other than Villarreal seems to give a damn about winning, and even Villarreal cares only every other week. Should clinch this weekend against Osasuna, or even sooner if everybody else loses again.
10.
Roma (Ita) (9) - It got ugly quickly this weekend in Rome as Roma
manhandled Torino 4-1 to keep Inter Milan in their sights. While Inter is facing AC Milan this weekend, Roma won’t exactly have it easy, playing a road match against Sampdoria.
