The 2011/12 Gary Speed Memorial Thread

[Lineker]

You forget Super Thudds, if he ever has an injury-free stretch.

van Persie always has a bad injury. Every year. They are screwed when it happens again this year. Sooner rather than later please!

[MJB]

Just read Garth Crooks' team of the week and under Paul Robinson it states that he's the first goalkeeper to win a penalty in the Premier League since the 1998/1999 season. Huh?

Thinking back, it wasn't Schmeichel who would probably be the obvious answer so I'm stuck, anyone got any ideas?

[jack95]

Just read Garth Crooks' team of the week and under Paul Robinson it states that he's the first goalkeeper to win a penalty in the Premier League since the 1998/1999 season. Huh?

Thinking back, it wasn't Schmeichel who would probably be the obvious answer so I'm stuck, anyone got any ideas?

Why couldn't it have been Schmeichel? 1998-1999 was his last season at Man Utd...

[MJB]

Because I'm a geek and would have remembered, he only went up for one corner that season, the Champions League Final vs Bayern.

Edited November 22, 2011 by MJB

[jack95]

Because I'm a geek and would have remembered, he only went up for one corner that season, the Champions League Final vs Bayern.

Fair point.

[Kaney]

You forget Super Thudds, if he ever has an injury-free stretch.

van Persie always has a bad injury. Every year. They are screwed when it happens again this year. Sooner rather than later please!

Who is Super Thudds?

[IAceI]

Tom Huddlestone, I'm assuming.

It's very confusing when British people use nicknames which aren't just Surname-y or Surname-o however. So it's just a guess.

Edited November 22, 2011 by IAceI

[Kaney]

Oh. Yeah, I would have never got that.

[Liam]

It is probably more catchy than 'the fat guy who plays in midfield for Spurs'.

[Lineker]

His nickname has been Thuds since he has a kid at Derby, that's just the nickname he's been given presumably by friends. Obviously because of his ridiculously powerful shot.

[Colly]

Tom Huddlestone, I'm assuming.

It's very confusing when British people use nicknames which aren't just Surname-y or Surname-o however. So it's just a guess.

Surely in a world of K-feds, K-flo's and A-rods T-hudds makes perfect sense?

[IAceI]

If any of that made sense to me, I'm sure it would.

[Kaney]

T-Hudds would make sense, simply seeing the word "thudds" completely baffled me

[Cheeky Hughes]

Just read Garth Crooks' team of the week and under Paul Robinson it states that he's the first goalkeeper to win a penalty in the Premier League since the 1998/1999 season. Huh?

Thinking back, it wasn't Schmeichel who would probably be the obvious answer so I'm stuck, anyone got any ideas?

Technically, I'm sure David James won one for Manchester City in 2003(?) against Boro which Robbie Fowler missed, hence lumping us out of a UEFA Cup place. He was playing as a striker though (including wearing his own outfield shirt!), presumably because we had sod all squad depth.

[Lineker]

Ha, David James is awesome.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Yeah Thudd is just T-Hudd without the hyphen....and cos Thud also refers to such shots as this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVE-Gg7ExQE

and this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncDqQhNPxfQ

[Lineker]

[Hobo]

Oh for the days when you could easily grab Tom Huddlestone and Lee Holmes from Derby on Championship Manager. They made the best of players.

[Lineker]

SSN are now reporting the Steve Kean new contract story.

[Guest jocky]

SSN are now reporting the Steve Kean new contract story.

I wish him all the best but what has he done to earn that new contract. He did ok but nearly took Blackburn down and it could be argued big Sam got alot of the points.

Now on his own he is struggling. As I've said before if venkys are willing to accept relegation as a worst case scenario why not.