http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_5425486,00.html

Manchester City defender Micah Richards has revealed he has contracted swine flu and is stuck in Cyprus.

Richards has been on holiday in Cyprus following his involvement in England's European Under 21 Championship campaign.

He was due to return to City earlier this week, but is not allowed to fly back to England after catching the virus which has infected over 10,000 people in Great Britain.

Considering we have been and Wednesday are going to Malta are any of you worried about your players

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_5425486,00.html

Manchester City defender Micah Richards has revealed he has contracted swine flu and is stuck in Cyprus.

Richards has been on holiday in Cyprus following his involvement in England's European Under 21 Championship campaign.

He was due to return to City earlier this week, but is not allowed to fly back to England after catching the virus which has infected over 10,000 people in Great Britain.

Considering we have been and Wednesday are going to Malta are any of you worried about your players

Well i watched Jermaine Johnson for Jamaica the last few day's and he could have been sent off about 5 times in 2 game's lol.
I think you can even recover from swine flu by the time he would have finished his ban :hihi:

Well i watched Jermaine Johnson for Jamaica the last few day's and he could have been sent off about 5 times in 2 game's lol.
I think you can even recover from swine flu by the time he would have finished his ban :hihi:

That bad was he?

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_5425486,00.html

Manchester City defender Micah Richards has revealed he has contracted swine flu and is stuck in Cyprus.

Richards has been on holiday in Cyprus following his involvement in England's European Under 21 Championship campaign.

He was due to return to City earlier this week, but is not allowed to fly back to England after catching the virus which has infected over 10,000 people in Great Britain.

Considering we have been and Wednesday are going to Malta are any of you worried about your players
id start worrying if your players start grunting :D

Once again you come out with a corker [no pun intended corker mate] ffs man you are total boring and not well liked on here by the large majority so do us a favour and F*** OFF = F*** means = PLEASE GO AWAY !

Once again you come out with a corker [no pun intended corker mate] ffs man you are total boring and not well liked on here by the large majority so do us a favour and F*** OFF = F*** means = PLEASE GO AWAY !

Don't tell me pigs? swines? sty?

what gets me is dumb and dumber are the first to start crying about us spoiling threads
When are the mods going to do something about them?

paul the mans object on here is too wind up and upset people then get them barred for there negataive response, I aint too bothered, but listen dont let the muppet get you barred if you dont want too be ;-)

paul the mans object on here is too wind up and upset people then get them barred for there negataive response, I aint too bothered, but listen dont let the muppet get you barred if you dont want too be ;-)

Since I've put them on my ignore list I'm not getting half as wound up as I was last week:rolleyes:
By the time somebody quotes then the urge to commit harm on them and get barred has gone away
Better than getting drunk:hihi::hihi:

:rolleyes: Whats beny done now?

Time for Corker . Alty and co. to contribute and put an end to the grusome two some.

As supporters we all give and take stick, but of late banter from two posters in particuar have been rather sad, bitter and baited.

Between the pair a massive 10 matchs were attented last season, the biggest offender did not attend at all !!

As a blade its easy for me and others to spout on here about the content and tone of the pair. But many Owls contribute to this forum and enjoy the banter.

The mods have been more than tollerent, banning the occasional thread as they did early today.... But without wanting to promote any bullying, fellow forum members Owls included may wish to stand and be counted, the ignore facilty does not work, as many of the postings are still made available when in "quoted" mode . What can be done ?

Who is drunk paul? hi cup, belch, fart, not me mate:help: cant help it paul my name is andrew and im an alcoholic :hihi: ps as the football season started yet?

:rolleyes: Whats beny done now?

Time for Corker . Alty and co. to contribute and put an end to the grusome two some.

As supporters we all give and take stick, but of late banter from two posters in particuar have been rather sad, bitter and baited.

Between the pair a massive 10 matchs were attented last season, the biggest offender did not attend at all !!

As a blade its easy for me and others to spout on here about the content and tone of the pair. But many Owls contribute to this forum and enjoy the banter.

The mods have been more than tollerent, banning the occasional thread as they did early today.... But without wanting to promote any bullying, fellow forum members Owls included may wish to stand and be counted, the ignore facilty does not work, as many of the postings are still made available when in "quoted" mode . What can be done ?

No idea nobody's quoted yet but considering the thread was about swine flu I'll leave it up to you to surmise what was said :loopy::loopy:

Who is drunk paul? hi cup, belch, fart, not me mate:help: cant help it paul my name is andrew and im an alcoholic :hihi: ps as the football season started yet?

LOL look out BB we've got another comic on here:hihi::hihi::hihi:

:rolleyes: Whats beny done now?

Time for Corker . Alty and co. to contribute and put an end to the grusome two some.

As supporters we all give and take stick, but of late banter from two posters in particuar have been rather sad, bitter and baited.

Between the pair a massive 10 matchs were attented last season, the biggest offender did not attend at all !!

As a blade its easy for me and others to spout on here about the content and tone of the pair. But many Owls contribute to this forum and enjoy the banter.

The mods have been more than tollerent, banning the occasional thread as they did early today.... But without wanting to promote any bullying, fellow forum members Owls included may wish to stand and be counted, the ignore facilty does not work, as many of the postings are still made available when in "quoted" mode . What can be done ? love that photo of woody reminds me of my playing days, good right winger but not quite fast as me ;)

love that photo of woody reminds me of my playing days, good right winger but not quite fast as me ;)

Had the pleasure of meeting Woody at his celebration doo at the lane 2 year ago , at 2am Woody, Currie, Hemsley. my dad, brother in law and i, were in a merry state and last to leave :).

Still USA based he rarly gets back to the UK. The evening was in honour of Woody and the team of 71.

Yea a great photo,great times.

Had the pleasure of meeting Woody at his celebration doo at the lane 2 year ago , at 2am Woody, Currie, Hemsley. my dad, brother in law and i, were in a merry state and last to leave :).

Still USA based he rarly gets back to the UK. The evening was in honour of Woody and the team of 71.

Yea a great photo,great times. Was my favourite player of all time, how he was never capped for England still mind boggles me, know he comes home from states every xmas and takes case loads of daddies brown sauce back with him :) [apparantly you cant buy it in states]

Was my favourite player of all time, how he was never capped for England still mind boggles me, know he comes home from states every xmas and takes case loads of daddies brown sauce back with him :) [apparantly you cant buy it in states]

Never mind bend it like Beckham, Nobody could bend it like Woody and with a older ball not the fairy ones they have now:hihi::hihi:

Was my favourite player of all time, how he was never capped for England still mind boggles me, know he comes home from states every xmas and takes case loads of daddies brown sauce back with him :) [apparantly you cant buy it in states]

He would have loved playing in the current era, where he would have received some protecton. I recall a derby at Hillsborough when Ken Burton hit him with a horror tackle that sent him into the stand, he was very quiet for the rest of the game.

You are talking of the era when players such as Lorimer and Giles were dirtier than the defenders who were marking them. A sad fact mate, a lot of very skillful players were quite simply kicked into submission in those days.

He would have loved playing in the current era, where he would have received some protecton. I recall a derby at Hillsborough when Ken Burton hit him with a horror tackle that sent him into the stand, he was very quiet for the rest of the game.

You are talking of the era when players such as Lorimer and Giles were dirtier than the defenders who were marking them. A sad fact mate, a lot of very skillful players were quite simply kicked into submission in those days.


Ah but then we had Trevor Hockey (r.i.p):)

Ah but then we had Trevor Hockey (r.i.p):)

Had I been turning out against the late TH, I would have worn a suit of armour. He used to frequent the Rising Sun on Abbey Lane, he was a very pleasant guy, it must just have been the football that got to him.

Had I been turning out against the late TH, I would have worn a suit of armour. He used to frequent the Rising Sun on Abbey Lane, he was a very pleasant guy, it must just have been the football that got to him.
A very nice man remember his car

I was talking about TH to a mate the other week (too young to have seen him play) I said:-

If you got past him once he would pat you on the back and say well done

If you got past him twice he would glare at you and

If you got past him a third time it would be 5 foot up in the air

remember gorilla,gorilla,gorilla

: What can be done ?

Ignore them, don’t fuel the fire.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_5425486,00.html

Manchester City defender Micah Richards has revealed he has contracted swine flu and is stuck in Cyprus.

Richards has been on holiday in Cyprus following his involvement in England's European Under 21 Championship campaign.

He was due to return to City earlier this week, but is not allowed to fly back to England after catching the virus which has infected over 10,000 people in Great Britain.

Considering we have been and Wednesday are going to Malta are any of you worried about your players


Is it just me wondering about the relevance of this, and the connection between Cyprus and Malta? They're more than a thousand miles apart...

Is it just me wondering about the relevance of this, and the connection between Cyprus and Malta? They're more than a thousand miles apart...

I would have thought it was obvious but evidently not


http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/157271.php
WHO

the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the level of influenza pandemic alert at phase six on 11 June 2009.

-- Phase six indicates there is human-to-human spread of the virus in at least two countries in one World Health Organization region, with community level outbreaks in at least one other country in a different WHO region.

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http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090708/local/swine-flu-cases-rise-to-48

Wednesday, 8th July 2009 - 13:37CET
Swine flu cases rise to 48

The number of confirmed cases of A (H1N1) rose to 48 late yesterday from 39 in the afternoon, Parliamentary Secretary Mario Galea said today.

Seeing as how the footballing community both play and holiday abroad I thought it may have been of interest but evidently not

If you think there is no problem

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_07_06/en/index.html

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_5425486,00.html

Manchester City defender Micah Richards has revealed he has contracted swine flu and is stuck in Cyprus


Considering Wednesday are going to Malta are any of you worried about your players
I heard that all Wednesday players had been tested by the medical authorities at a leading research centre and because of natural exposure to the disease, have built up antibodies in their immune system and have no chance of getting swine flu.

I would have thought it was obvious but evidently not


http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/157271.php
WHO

the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the level of influenza pandemic alert at phase six on 11 June 2009.

-- Phase six indicates there is human-to-human spread of the virus in at least two countries in one World Health Organization region, with community level outbreaks in at least one other country in a different WHO region.

.................................................. .............................

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090708/local/swine-flu-cases-rise-to-48

Wednesday, 8th July 2009 - 13:37CET
Swine flu cases rise to 48

The number of confirmed cases of A (H1N1) rose to 48 late yesterday from 39 in the afternoon, Parliamentary Secretary Mario Galea said today.

Seeing as how the footballing community both play and holiday abroad I thought it may have been of interest but evidently not

If you think there is no problem

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_07_06/en/index.html

Your original post talked about Richards getting swine flu in Cyprus, then went on to say "Considering we have been and Wednesday are going to Malta are any of you worried about your players", insinuating a link between Malta and Cyprus.

There's no increased risk of getting it abroad (the Americas excepted) - your post didn't make much sense seeing as there have probably been more confirmed cases in Sheffield than in the whole of Malta! So they're more likely to get it when they come home anyway.

However, I did like this bit in the Sky Sports article. Did anybody else read it the same way that I did? :) :


The 21-year-old told The Sun: "At first I thought it was a really bad chest infection, or maybe alcohol poisoning.

"I felt so weak that I couldn't move or eat.

"My friends had to bring me drinks in bed"