Euro 2008 (Official Man City LOL Thread)

[munky_magik]

Lithuania 0-2 Scotland

So far so good :)

[Britney Diva]

Scotland \m/

FIFA rankings aren't everything though. Macedonia have been playing very well recently and should be approached as such.

[Minus The Flair]

Yeh, weren't Czech Republic rated 2nd in the world before the WC? Or was that USA? Both completely wrong. But yeh, as Mclaren said, they should go in not thinking it's an easy match. Scotland doing better than the Italy then.

[Britney Diva]

Well Europe and S America are essentially the only places where the rankings reflect reality in some way, so yeah. But the Czechs have been in the top 3 or so for about ten years now but the problem is the old ranking scheme FIFA used was collected over 8 years, so if a team was awesome a few years ago and wasn't so much now, they could still be ranked really high. That, plus their massive inconsistency on the world stage, contributed to the Czechs being well overrated.

The same thing can be true of nations that perform poorly. A team can have a great defence but have difficulty scoring, and their low ranking will give a misleading impression that they'll be easy to beat.

[munky_magik]

Live: Lithuania 1-2 Scotland

:(

EDIT: FULL-TIME Lithuania 1-2 Scotland
Yay :)

[Lord Abortion]

I for one am looking forward to the England game.

[Frankie]

WTF its not being televised. Thats just ghey.

[Minus The Flair]

Definitely a penalty on Crouch, still 0-0 at half time. lmao at the guy who was carded in 20 seconds. Not too bad from England, Macedonia were better to begin with but England working their way into it. Nothing special from England though. I miss Rooney

[Britney Diva]

Told you they could hold their own.

[ChodaBoy]

They have done so far, but are hanging on by the skin of their teeth.

[Minus The Flair]

Told you they could hold their own.

I guess, but it's not over yet

[Lord Abortion]

1-0

Crouch ftw:)

[Minus The Flair]

Just

[ChodaBoy]

Poor San Marino, getting their behinds handed to them

Currently 7-0 against Germany

Edit: Make that 8, with Podolski on 4

Edit 2: Within seconds of editing that post, they scored the 9th

Oh sweet lord, 10! I give up editing

[Lord Abortion]

Penis.

The 5 live online commentary has fecked:mad:

[munky_magik]

Poor San Marino, getting their behinds handed to them

Currently 7-0 against Germany

Edit: Make that 8, with Podolski on 4

Edit 2: Within seconds of editing that post, they scored the 9th

Oh sweet lord, 10! I give up editing
That's just a shame.

2117: Peter Crouch is treading a fine line. He is all over Nikolce Novevski like a randy octopus and concedes a free-kick.
:lol:

[ChodaBoy]

Haha, I had to check that you hadnt edited that, but you're not lieing.

The guys who work on the BBC football site seem to have a good sense of humour, if you look at the pictures they post of players, they are always pulling some awful face

[Lord Abortion]

Yeah, it's a real laugh, the cricket commentary is great too.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Happy birthday to Carlo Cudicini who is 33 today. He shares a birthday with me, who is 21 today (yesterday for me). :)

EDIT: Also a happy b-day to Massimo Macarone, Joseph Yobo, Tim Henman, Greg Rusedski and the new heir to the Japanese throne. September 6 is a good day!!!

[munky_magik]

13 for Germany :eek:

Belated wishes, Randy.

[Minus The Flair]

Ok, maybe we didn't slaughter them. Far from, we literally won by an inch

[Minus The Flair]

btw whos next for England?

[Lord Abortion]

1-0 is good enough for me.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Cheers mate. It's 6 in the morning, I am still mildly intoxicated. I've no idea why I'm posting on the net, but whatever, I have nothing to do tomorrow except sleep and training at 6.30. Mmm, sleeeeep!

EDITos: To munky magic!

[ChodaBoy]

That ball off the line was obviously close, but I wasnt convinced that it was going into the net anyway. Cole being on the line is probably the best place for him, hes hardly a great defender

[Minus The Flair]

7 posts in 3 minutes in the football forum :gasp:

[Minus The Flair]

Cole is a great defender. He's one of the best left backs in the world, he's just been 'busy' lately. I thought he made some very good challenges and got down the left well.

[Lord Abortion]

Cole is great going forward but suspect defensively.
And atrocious in the air.

[ChodaBoy]

If he came out and told us that Cheryl had been keeping him up all night, I'd forgive him. But based on recent performances, hes definately not worth Arsenals valuation on him

[Lord Abortion]

Northern Ireland 3-2 Spain.

:amaze:

[Britney Diva]

wtf

[morrissey]

How can you guys know how well a player performed if you're only listening to the commentary?

[ChodaBoy]

Sky Sports showed it live

[Lord Abortion]

How can you guys know how well a player performed if you're only listening to the commentary?
I trust Alan Green implicitly.

[Minus The Flair]

Northern Ireland 3-2 Spain.

:amaze:

This is the same Northern Ireland that lost 3-0 to Icebergland?

Kurwow! Well done NI.

[ZaaR]

so italy go down to france

italy are 0-1-1

[Lord Abortion]

I really shouldn't think Italy care too much.
They won when it was really important.

[ZaaR]

well, they didn't play a lot of their big stars, and usually don't in qualifiers and friendlies. they're kown for showing up when they need to

[DonMancini]

well, they didn't play a lot of their big stars, and usually don't in qualifiers and friendlies. they're kown for showing up when they need to
Wow.

France obliterated us.

We didn't have all our players but still, the ones that were playing looked VERY out of form.

France were VERY impressive. Henry is a maniac.

[TakeWarning]

Hey what was the France Italy score?

[Drop The Baby]

3-1. Govou (2), Henry, and Gilardinho for the Italians.

Well played Northern Ireland, and in particular David Healy! Phew, Van Persie is just amazing for Holland, 2 goals and an assist last night!

[TakeWarning]

Yeah I saw the highlights for the Netherlands game, he played really well.

[Frankie]

Anyone see Brazil Vs Wales t'other day. Ronaldinho getting tackled by a 20 yr old full back whos only played once in the first team for Pompy made me relaise he is human after all. Infact Ronny looked a wee bit out of sorts t'other day.

[Minus The Flair]

Ronaldinho hasn't been 'best in the world' quality for quite a bit.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Ronaldinho hasn't been 'best in the world' quality for quite a bit.
Who do you think is the best player in the world?

I think a better argument would have been to talk of his form, as his quality is undoubted.

[Lord Abortion]

Not Henry.

Thierry Henry is NOT the best player in the world.
I would rather chop off my dingdong than admit that.

[Minus The Flair]

Rooney could exceed what Ronaldinho's capable of if he focuses. Kaka too

[Dead Star]

Rooney is nowhere near best player in the world material imo.

Hes a world class player, theres just a lot of players I rate higher.

[Minus The Flair]

Not right now obv, hes only 20? When he hits his prime he could be

[Lord Abortion]

Speaking as a Man United fan, I wouldn't take Ronaldinho if it meant losing Rooney.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Speaking as a Man United fan, I wouldn't take Ronaldinho if it meant losing Rooney.
And that's why you support United :p

[TakeWarning]

I think Kaka's got what it takes to be the best in the world.

Apart from that, I can't think of many others.

[Minus The Flair]

Kaka and Rooney are the only 2 I can really think of. But Rooney does have his faults.

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=414886&CPID=8&clid=5&lid=2&title=Rooney+in+restaurant+scuffle

[TakeWarning]

Hahaha.

Many people would say that's poor form, but I think that's hilarious.

[Lord Abortion]

Well, I believe I would do the same, if someone makes disparaging comments about your betrothed, you ****ing deck the cunt.

[Frankie]

Well, I believe I would do the same, if someone makes disparaging comments about your betrothed, you ****ing deck the cunt.

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And I was questioning Ronny's abilities as I haven't seen any players better than him, hes just had a dip in form thats all which happens to all player.

[TakeWarning]

Well, I believe I would do the same, if someone makes disparaging comments about your betrothed, you ****ing deck the cunt.

Me too, but I'm not too sure I would if there was a chance I'd cop a huge fine from my employer.

[poorquality]

Everton 2-0 Liverpool at H/T

Well what can I say...'pool started fairly well before Everton scored...and since then Liverpools defence have looked terrible...the rest of the team are going fine I think, but Carrigher(sp?) and Hypia just are getting in each others way...hence Evertons second goal....both were nice finishes though.

[E sharp]

Reiner = Sacked.

[Lord Abortion]

One Nil and you know it is!

[poorquality]

as a utd fan I can say...thank f*** ....1-0 but we didn't deserve it...spurs should of been level....shows how much we miss scholes n rooney i thought....can't wait for arsenal :P

[Lord Abortion]

Yeah, but Saha missed a crapload of chances.
Every time he did, I said "Ruud would have scored that"

[poorquality]

Yeah, but Saha missed a crapload of chances.
Every time he did, I said "Ruud would have scored that"


No point thinking that mate, ruuds gone, no offence but deal with it. I personally choose Saha over him anyday, Saha offers more to the game than ruud ever did, sure Ruud scored goals, but how many did he create? probably 2 in his entire utd career, he relied on the team playing well to feed him the ball for easy goals.

Right now I'm happy with having Rooney, Saha, Scholes, Ronaldo and Giggs all acting as attackers when we attack..like against Fulham....bring on Arsenal

[Lord Abortion]

I think you'll be in a minority of people who think that.

Ruud always scored goals, Saha misses too easy chances.

[Britney Diva]

Yeah, but Saha missed a crapload of chances.
Every time he did, I said "Ruud would have scored that"
Haha, I swear I said that like 20 times. Saha's finishing was appalling, though his general play is easily the better of Ruud.

We barely deserved the win, but Spurs were so pathetically bad they didn't deserve to draw level. I think, even though United's midfield was poor, Tottenham's general game showed how important Carrick was to them. I've said it before too, Carrick made Jenas look like a far better player than he actually is.

[poorquality]

I think you'll be in a minority of people who think that.

Ruud always scored goals, Saha misses too easy chances.


I'd prefer a player whos excellent in the air, can take on defenders and can create chances, which he's shown end of last season and beginning of this season, to a person who relys on the other people in the team to give him the ball where he can simply tap it in....granted Ruuds scored some good goals for united, im not saying he's a bad player, but i think if it wasn't for injury, Saha would be just as good/better than ruud.

So what Saha had a bad game, don't take away what he did against Fulhum, Charlton and Watford. Bare in mind...Ruud had plenty of bad games.

[RCVA]

Ruud may not have scored decent goals but he got a lot.

[Lord Abortion]

Ruud may not have scored decent goals but he got a lot.
Yeah, and that's my point, he scored goals, and United haven't got a 30 a season man any more.
Saha will do more in buildup, but that's what we have Rooney for.
But Saha can't score that many goals in a season.

[RCVA]

You have to hope Rooney will get about 15-20, Saha about 15 and Ronaldo, Giggs and Scholes supporting from midfield.

You'll have Rossi scoring 20 odd in a few years.

[HipHopDontStop]

Ah dear, we (Spurs) are playing truly awfully atm. I don't understand why either, although I'm starting to subscribe to the "we relied on Carrick" theory, even though when we originally sold him I was happy for the money and because I think Zokora's just as good, if not better.

Still, I'm sure Martin "Tony Soprano" Jol will turn it around soon, plus the only game we should have won but didn't was Everton (bolton away first game is no easy prospect, and an on-fire Utd)

[RandyfromPennywise]

Jimmy Floyd's name ringing around the Bridge once again. OH JIMMY JIMMY.

Lamps missed his first penalty in the League today. Shyte. Oh well, three needed points.

On the Ruud v Saha debate... There isn't one. Ruud is world-class and would walk in to any team's line-up, save for perhaps Barcelona (but he probably would anyway). Saha would not. Yes they are different players but as an out-and-out goal-scorer, Ruud is the modern-day master. Saha is good. Ruud is world-class.

[Britney Diva]

Individually, there's no comparison, but I don't think it's a coincidence that Ruud's gone and United are playing much, much better football.

Anyway, Chelsea were shocking today. None of the usual spirit and hard work you'd expect from Mourinho's side. Liverpool too, same deal.

[Frankie]

Yeah Ruud beats Saha everytime. Oh and Woodgate played amazing today got really stuck into the game. To have such a world class player AND who when he pulls on a boro shirt does so with pride is quite rare to a Boro fan. Oh and ermm same old arsenal always cheating then eh ? :)

[Untitled]

Jimmy Floyd's name ringing around the Bridge once again. OH JIMMY JIMMY.

Lamps missed his first penalty in the League today. Shyte. Oh well, three needed points.

On the Ruud v Saha debate... There isn't one. Ruud is world-class and would walk in to any team's line-up, save for perhaps Barcelona (but he probably would anyway). Saha would not. Yes they are different players but as an out-and-out goal-scorer, Ruud is the modern-day master. Saha is good. Ruud is world-class.
Isnt Ruug goinf real madrid?

I was reading that hes realy excited about playing alongisde beckham, and how stuff like that.

Liverpool were poor today :upset:

Ruud beats Saha also, i agree.

[poorquality]

Individually, there's no comparison, but I don't think it's a coincidence that Ruud's gone and United are playing much, much better football.


That's exactly what I was trying to get at, thanks for summing it up better than I could. The main thing i've noticed without Ruud, is the fact the whole team is playing superb football at the moment (bar Spurs game). Sure Ruud got us tons of goals, but I'd prefer having 5 people (Rooney, Saha, Ronaldo, Giggs, Scholes) playing well together and scoring atleast 10 each (the midfielders at least...Rooney will get 25+ and Saha probably 15-20) than one single 30-goal-man who brings nothing to the team anymore...

Sure Ruud WAS the best out and out striker, but he's past it now, and I feel bad for Madrid for paying so much for a player who's getting older and won't score as much as he's reputed to be able to.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Isnt Ruug goinf real madrid?

I was reading that hes realy excited about playing alongisde beckham, and how stuff like that.

Liverpool were poor today :upset:

Ruud beats Saha also, i agree.
He left United quite a number of weeks ago and has already played for Real.

Villa v Hammers was a cracking match in parts, died out a bit towards the end but the first twenty minutes of the second-half was some of the best Footie I've seen in months. Exciting stuff.

[Lord Abortion]

Yeah, I saw a little bit at my Grandparents' Sky enabled house.
Saw Zamora's goal, the goalline clearance and Tevez come on.

[Britney Diva]

Sure Ruud WAS the best out and out striker, but he's past it now, and I feel bad for Madrid for paying so much for a player who's getting older and won't score as much as he's reputed to be able to.
Hold on now, I didn't say THAT. Ruud is still very much in his prime.

[Lord Abortion]

****ing hell. I just saw Jimmy Bullard's injury again and that looks horrible.

[pep]

Sure Ruud WAS the best out and out striker, but he's past it now, and I feel bad for Madrid for paying so much for a player who's getting older and won't score as much as he's reputed to be able to.

He just scored 3 goals for Madrid, so i think he will be able to play the way he is capable of.

[Lord Abortion]

That's so damn funny it's untrue.

[poorquality]

He just scored 3 goals for Madrid, so i think he will be able to play the way he is capable of.


I just saw that now, but I still stand by what I say, sure he'll play alright now, he's just signed, give it a few weeks and you'll see a different player...I hope :P Cos I hate admitting I was wrong.

[TakeWarning]

If you haven't read part of the serialisation of Ashley Cole's autobiography yet, you've got to take a look at it. It's the most unintentionally funny thing that I've read in ages.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3341-2352554,00.html

My personal favourite bit is

Poor Ashley. :(

My god, that sounds incredibly painful for everyone involved.

[Britney Diva]

It reminds me of a Bill O'Reilly novel.

[Frankie]

Greedy. Bas'tard. So much for the "Oh I've come for footballing reasons then eh :rolleyes:"

[ChodaBoy]

Argh! Not impressed with the first half. Corradi just isnt fitting into the prem, hes pretty poo. Distin seemed to get booked for having 2 arms, Sinclair is aiming for Tier 2 - row 11.

Watching City isnt easy!

[matt_h]

£60,000 a week = £3,120,000 a year
£55,000 a week = £2,860,000 a year
Difference = £260,000, or 12% of 60k a week or 11% a week.

Dont really know if this means anything, but those percentages are close, so in percentage terms he would have lost that much. Anyway, he is a greedy bastard.

[Britney Diva]

Why shouldn't he demand his net worth?

[Lord Abortion]

And since Gallas is on just about twice that, it's rather telling that it wasn't all that was going on.

[Britney Diva]

Exactly, I'm no Ashley Cole supporter, but for an established England international and one of the few functional left-backs in the country, £55,000 a week is a bargain.

[Lord Abortion]

Yeah, and the fact that they were unwilling to give him that shows that they really weren't being too fair, there were plenty of less valuable players on much more money.

[Britney Diva]

I don't think they wanted him. They were waiting for Chelsea to make a move, but they didn't want to compromise their chances of a high fee by transfer listing him. In the end, they just ended up with an even bigger problem player.

[TakeWarning]

I suppose 260 000 pounds a year does make a huge difference.

It amazes me how much some footballers get paid.

[matt_h]

Not really. I know relative to others he is worth more, but you should be playing for the love of it. But it is nowhere near what Sven was (and still is) getting paid.

Speaking of Sven, he is moaning that people are calling him **** and incompetant. Well if he had listened to people in the first place we would have done better. But he was too busy ****ing Urika and that secretary.

[Dead Star]

Ashley Cole autobiography:

MY WORST FEARS WERE CONFIRMED when, as Thierry (Henry) and I sat in the centre circle after the final whistle, his name was sung from the rooftops while my contribution was recognised by a deafening silence. As his chants faded away we waited for mine. And we waited. And there was nothing. “They’re not bothered about me,” I said, resigned to the fact. It was like I was the invisible man.

None of the other teammates quit though. And its Thierry Henry, come on.

[Britney Diva]

As his chants faded away we waited for mine. And we waited. And there was nothing.
hahahahahaha

The only person who has come out of it looking anything like respectable is Arsene Wenger
How do you figure that?

[Britney Diva]

I think it's pretty clear that Wenger doesn't have any authority at the club, if he couldn't or wouldn't tell the board to give a valued player a little extra money to stay at the club.

[Frankie]

Ya know what I don't like about A.Cole going. The fact that the only home grown player arsenal have (and he isn't even from london ffs) is Theo Walcott.

[RandyfromPennywise]

What a ****ing joke.

ASHLEY COLE CAN **** OFF.

The whole situation with Cole and Gallas showed some of the dirtiest, filthiest sides of Football. Money-driven, egocentric players being pawned around by their ridiculously greedy agents and players cracking the shits because they are being offered a salary for one year which is enough to comfortably retire on. ****ing joke. What happened to the love of the game, the passion for the club, loyalty, integrity, decency? Gallas and Cole can **** off.

[Britney Diva]

What happened to the love of the game, the passion for the club, loyalty, integrity, decency?
And you're a Chelsea fan?

[RandyfromPennywise]

And you're a Chelsea fan?
Yes I ****ing am.

[Lord Abortion]

Anyone think the Liverpool-PSV game was probably the dullest game they've seen in years?

[TakeWarning]

Anyone think the Liverpool-PSV game was probably the dullest game they've seen in years?

I haven't seen it yet, but it can't have been as bad as Switzerland vs Ukraine in this year's World Cup round of 16.

[Britney Diva]

Anyone think the Liverpool-PSV game was probably the dullest game they've seen in years?
The opening round in that group produced 0 goals. Sounds like a good one.

[Lord Abortion]

I haven't seen it yet, but it can't have been as bad as Switzerland vs Ukraine in this year's World Cup round of 16.
Yeah, not quite that bad but it was pretty mind-numbing all the same.

There were about four chances all game.

[Britney Diva]

Did you see Reina trying to decapitate Jamie Carragher, twice?

[Lord Abortion]

Did you see Reina trying to decapitate Jamie Carragher, twice?
If I was in the same side as him, I'm sure I would too.

[TakeWarning]

If I was in the same side as him, I'm sure I would too.

Ouch.

I think Carragher's over-rated to be honest, he made an amateur mistake to concede one of Everton's goal on the weekend too.

[Frankie]

So did reina which I lol'd at. I think without Carragher and Hyppia Liverpool's defence would leak goals constantly. They had a pretty decent defensive record last season but they need to go for it this season.

[morrissey]

I'm so excited, I finally get to watch these games. I've just moved back to my school-year place and we have cable here, and we have semi-decent coverage. I saw Milan v. Lazio on Sunday, today I'll be seeing Man U v. Celtic. It's so much better than listening to commentary over streams.

[Frankie]

We have sky and I'm trying to convince the p's to have sky sports put on. Either that or I'm gonna get sky digital. I mean its a fuc'king joke that theirs no Premiership games on Terrestrial TV at all. Stupid premiership and its money makin' scams.

[Dead Star]

I wont get to see the Manjoo vs Celtic game :(

I was really looking forward to it too.

[Minus The Flair]

Well you missed a damn good game.

[Britney Diva]

So did reina which I lol'd at. I think without Carragher and Hyppia Liverpool's defence would leak goals constantly. They had a pretty decent defensive record last season but they need to go for it this season.
Without Hyypia they'd probably concede less goals.

I mean its a fuc'king joke that theirs no Premiership games on Terrestrial TV at all.
We get 1-2 live premiership games on terrestrial TV every Saturday :cool:

[Lord Abortion]

Damn Irish.

Damn good game, and we won, not often I've got to say that over the past couple of years, is it?

[TakeWarning]

So did reina which I lol'd at. I think without Carragher and Hyppia Liverpool's defence would leak goals constantly. They had a pretty decent defensive record last season but they need to go for it this season.

Yes, that was absolutely terrible.

We get 1-2 live premiership games on terrestrial TV every Saturday

We get 5 Premier League games a week on Australian TV, plus Champions League, UEFA, a few Spanish, Italian and Dutch games, and all Australian games.

We get it pretty good actually.

[Kyle]

Haha, that penalty decision was ridiculous!

Great game though.

[morrissey]

So far I've found that we get 3 Premiership games on Saturday, 2 Serie A games on Sunday, and assorted other matches throughout the week (Champions league, some international qualifiers etc). There is also a channel which shows La Liga and some random South American football but I haven't had a chance to watch a full match.

I'm still not really supporting a team yet, I've yet to actually see a Tottenham game yet so I'd feel retarded declaring myself a fan but I'm just loving football in general right now.

[Britney Diva]

B-)

Haha, that penalty decision was ridiculous!
I dunno, I don't see how he couldn't have given it. The keeper is the one who made a ridiculous decision to come out, did you see where he ended up? Even if he had got the ball (which there was no reason to) he'd have carried it ten yards outside of the box though. He's a great goalkeeper though, one of the best in the world.

Ugh, Ferdinand and Brown were a ****ing mess again last night. It's like they feel compelled to follow a couple of good performances with an absolutely horrific one.

[RandyfromPennywise]

So Rosický's goal was ****ing amazing. The Sporting goal against Inter wasn't a bad crack either.

Good to hear you've caught the fever morrissey.

[Kyle]

I dunno, I don't see how he couldn't have given it. The keeper is the one who made a ridiculous decision to come out, did you see where he ended up? Even if he had got the ball (which there was no reason to) he'd have carried it ten yards outside of the box though.Yeah, and if there was any significant contact, I would agree with you, but there was nothing as far as I could see.

Hmm, Newcastle got a 1-0 victory in the Uefa Cup. Good enough, but we're gonna have to start playing better than this at some point. On the positive side, Martins looked pretty dangerous (omg, what pace!), and Sibierski had a good debut. Scott Parker also, continues to excel himself.

[TakeWarning]

I, for one, am very impressed with what I've seen of Scotty P thus far.

[Britney Diva]

Yeah, and if there was any significant contact, I would agree with you, but there was nothing as far as I could see.
He's Ryan Giggs, he's faster than most 20 year olds. There was definitely a little contact, so all I can do is blame the 'keeper.

I've also been impressed with Scott Parker lately, especially given the atrocious displays he gave up in his first six months at Newcastle.

[Kyle]

He's Ryan Giggs, he's faster than most 20 year olds.Speaking of Giggs, he's on top form right now.

[Frankie]

Hes in a league of his own ATM.

[TakeWarning]

He definitely deserved August Player Of The Month, and if he's lucky he'll get September player of the month too.

Easily one of my favourite players to watch.

[Angry Balled Fists!]

so newcastle are sucking right about now :(

[Frankie]

^ Hit the nail on the head there.

[Angry Balled Fists!]

but were still waaayyyy better than you.

[matt_h]

Your both doing crap atm, but I think Boro will improve as they have a much better defence with Huth & Woodgate (provided they dont get injured). Newcastle will struggle to make the top 10 unless their strikers start scoring regulary.

[Angry Balled Fists!]

that's stupid, we'll make the top 6 for sure.

[Frankie]

Theres no arguement that Newcastle have and always will have a sh'it defence

[matt_h]

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=416380&CPID=219&clid=2909&lid=2&title=US+consider+Eriksson
Erikson to manage the US
Ha ha ha, they would be so screwed.

[Dead Star]

that's stupid, we'll make the top 6 for sure.

:rolleyes:

Top 10 if lucky.

[Minus The Flair]

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=416425&CPID=8&clid=3&lid=2&title=Wenger+slams+foreign+investors

rofl hahahaha. oh my

ARSEne Wenger "I feel it is important that English clubs continue to have English values"

hahaha

[Frankie]

Howay Arsene practise what you preach.

[munky_magik]

http://i10.tinypic.com/405e7p5.jpg

I love the bbc website.

I also thought Celtic were unlucky to get anything against Man U.
Rangers were crap as well :(

[ChodaBoy]

Can't see Chelsea/Pool game being any good, but United/Arsenal should be very interesting, I can see United running rings around the Arse

[RandyfromPennywise]

Chelsea 2 - 0 Liverpool
Manchester United 3 - 1 Arsenal

[Minus The Flair]

^ would of been nice.

Dissapointing to lose, I thought we should at least of got a point out of the game. ROFL at Lehmann getting knocked out but what an awesome save from Solskjaer's shot. lol at Solskjaer's face when it was saved, that was my face. I thought it was in

[Dead Star]

Arsenal won :eek:

I didnt expect that.

[poorquality]

I'm well impressed with uniteds second choice keeper (i won't even attempt to spell it) made some really good saves.

Also lehmann had a good game aswell with a couple saves, i dont think he knew much about ronaldos shot though..but i bet he felt it :P

Gutted about the loss though, but oh well, Arsenal were going to win eventually, they hadn't beaten us in the premiership since 2002.

[Minus The Flair]

Arsenal won :eek:

I didnt expect that.

I actually had a feeling they would, it's the sort of thing Arsenal do. Bad spell then come top against big teams

[morrissey]

So...Portsmouth is in first.

wtf

[Angry Balled Fists!]

oh yea f'uck you cockney wankers :D

[Britney Diva]

Gutted about the result, we really didn't have anything new to offer in the second half. The fact that Scholes was almost dead and was still getting more done than anyone on the pitch is an indication of how average we were.

Arsenal are in a worse position than last season, they're really going to struggle to make the top four this year.

[Kickflip_Burrito]

What a result, couldn't believe Adebayor had scored though, I was wanting him to be subsituted for Walcott.

Still, its funny how the Gunners beat United away but then lose to Man City and draw with Boro and Villa.

[morrissey]

It's like Middlesbrough, except Middlesbrough aren't a "Top 4" club.

[RandyfromPennywise]

^ would of been nice.

Dissapointing to lose, I thought we should at least of got a point out of the game. ROFL at Lehmann getting knocked out but what an awesome save from Solskjaer's shot. lol at Solskjaer's face when it was saved, that was my face. I thought it was in

It's "should have" and "would have", not "of".

---

Didier. Drogbaaaah.

[TakeWarning]

Drogba's goal was amazing, it takes alot of skill to chest it down with your back to the goal and score with your opposite foot with your next touch.

Spurs result was incredibly dissapointing, and brings up the question; if we can't even beat Fulham who the hell can we beat?

[Kyle]

Spurs result was incredibly dissapointing, and brings up the question; if we can't even beat Fulham who the hell can we beat?At least you didn't bloody lose to them!

I was pretty pleased with Newcastles result against West Ham though, it was an important 3 points, and Martins is off the mark.

[Frankie]

WTF is up with West Ham and Tottenham this season anyways ??

[Minus The Flair]

And Arsenal doing crap. Even Chelsea aren't first. Gasp

London's burning

[morrissey]

And QPR. :(

[TakeWarning]

WTF is up with West Ham and Tottenham this season anyways ??

Alot of good teams just haven't found their form this season; Liverpool, Tottenham, Arsenal.

Alot of teams hit their form after the first good win of the season, it can restore alot of self-confidence and often gives a team the support they need to start winning

But to be honest, I see no signs of Spurs hitting good form anytime soon :(

[morrissey]

I've only heard mention of it but obviously haven't seen it myself, but does anyone else have more information on some program that aired last night? Apparently Sam Allardyce is in very hot water, but the other situations are not so clear from what I've read (Harry Redknapp, Liverpool and Chelsea accused of tapping up?) Can someone who is familiar with FA regulations explain what the consequences might be?

[Britney Diva]

You should be able to watch it on the bbc website, I think was on Newsnight. Mike Newell, who's the manager of Luton Town, accused a number of agents and top managers of being involved in routine corruption. A couple of undercover reporters invented a company and pretended to have the backing of a billionaire investor and by virtue of this information they managed to bluff their way into this circle of agents and met with, among others, Harry Redknapp and Sam Allardyce.

Harry expressed an interest in taking bribes from one particular agent in order to buy only that agent's players, but I guess nothing came of it. Sam seems to be in more trouble though, he has his son of camera numerous times claiming that every time a deal goes down involving Bolton, Sam ensures his son gets a cut off the top which, if nothing else, is just shitty parenting.

[ChodaBoy]

I'm so proud to be a Man City fan. One year its Oldham, the next year its Doncaster, the next year its Chesterfield.

[Kyle]

Commentaters are making me sick talking about Xabi Alonsos goal like it's sooooo good. I mean sure, it was pretty couragous shooting from there, but Harper slipped, and it would have been a comfortable catch had he not.

[Frankie]

Ya know I was quite pis'sed off last night.............until I saw Harper concede a 65 yard strike LMAO.

[matt_h]

Harper must be so embarrased.

Carling Cup: was it 4/5 Prem teams knocked out who played last night?! Should make for a good pay day for the winners.

[Britney Diva]

Well he's got another 6 weeks or so to make up for it. He's a very good goalkeeper, it's unfortunate that he had the slip.

[Minus The Flair]

I didn't see this goal, what actually happened? Anyone got a link too a video

[morrissey]

http://img.waffleimages.com/752d082c0769225ab3a2d0c09f80dc7e1553f53d/alonsooooooo.gif

[Dead Star]

I want that as my avatar :(

[ChodaBoy]

The other Italian (I think it was Italian) goal that happened recently was much better. The player took one kick from a pass and just ...... vrrrrrooooommmmeeeddd into the net

[nitzguy]

Reading has had some bad fortune with keeping people healthy, hopefullt kitson will be back soon

[Frankie]

Your 5th. Thats good. STFU

[TakeWarning]

Here's the video, Minus The Flair:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7032316303141404085&q=xabi+alonso

It's nothing amazing, the goalie is just a douche.

[Frankie]

^Tr00f

[Minus The Flair]

True, goalie is a douche. But still great vision and accuracy from Alonso. Twice in two seasons aswell. (Beckhams was better)

[rik]

Liverpool 3 Spurs 0

Liverpool played great, and a great goal by Risse. Spurs pretty bad, missed chances. Jenas was awful.

[Britney Diva]

True, goalie is a douche. But still great vision and accuracy from Alonso. Twice in two seasons aswell. (Beckhams was better)
His last three goals were from an average of 55 yards. Insane.

Chelsea are looking painfully average this season. Error-ridden and lazy, they were lucky to beat a poor Fulham side.

Jenas was awful.
I'm telling you, he's not going to get much better. He'll always score a few goals, but playing with Carrick made him look a lot better than he actually is.

[Minus The Flair]

whats going on with united. losing 1-0 to reading!

[Minus The Flair]

Looks like 1-1. I havn't seen how we're playing but that is a seriously bad result. Damn you Gary Neville and your handball penalty giveaway

[Britney Diva]

We just have no midfield. Ronaldo's goal was super though.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Chelsea are looking painfully average this season. Error-ridden and lazy, they were lucky to beat a poor Fulham side.

I didn't think Chelsea were too bad today, I thought Fulham were really up for it, Essien was immense as usual. Good to see Frankie bag one from outside the box today as well. Major points for me: How was Čech's bravery coming and collecting that ball with Brown diving in - studs-up? Great play. And Michael Brown is a dirty, dirty cunt of a player.

There's only one team in Fulham.

Ronaldo's goal was class.

What happened with the PSG v Derry match?

[Minus The Flair]

cunt

What a fantastic word.

[poorquality]

I dont think neville knew much about that handball...but he didn't complain...meh...Ronaldo was our best player by far and deserved that goal.

We dominated the match for the most part, but we couldn't create chances, everyone knows Rooney can't play out and out striker on his own...so why does Fergie try it? Oh wait I know...he didn't want to risk Saha because of Tuesdays game....When will Fergie learn, you play to win your current game, you don't play to win your next.

Meh....

/angry united fan

So...Reading for the title?

[Britney Diva]

I probably shouldn't criticise Chelsea too much, seeing as United aren't up to much, but Chelsea have just ceased to resemble a team of their obvious quality, or even a Mourinho team. You know there's a problem when Drogba is your hardest working player.

Brown's not a dirty player. He committed a lot of fouls, but apart from the one on Cech they were all small ones. Even so, he was entitled to go for the ball. Cech dealt with it well, most of the goalkeepers in the premiership probably would have been taken to hospital over it.

Derry drew 0-0 with PSG at home. PSG wanted the match moved half way across the country to a bigger stadium and ended up not using their full allocation. Stupid ****ers. I'm not expecting much, but I thinl Derry will make it difficult for them in Paris; they don't concede many goals.

[RandyfromPennywise]

I probably shouldn't criticise Chelsea too much, seeing as United aren't up to much, but Chelsea have just ceased to resemble a team of their obvious quality, or even a Mourinho team. You know there's a problem when Drogba is your hardest working player.

Brown's not a dirty player. He committed a lot of fouls, but apart from the one on Cech they were all small ones. Even so, he was entitled to go for the ball. Cech dealt with it well, most of the goalkeepers in the premiership probably would have been taken to hospital over it.

Derry drew 0-0 with PSG at home. PSG wanted the match moved half way across the country to a bigger stadium and ended up not using their full allocation. Stupid ****ers. I'm not expecting much, but I thinl Derry will make it difficult for them in Paris; they don't concede many goals.I think you should criticise as you see fit, don't worry if United aren't firing. I see what you say about the Drog, but he's is a really very hard working player. I'm really coming around with him of late... He definitely in my preferred starting XI right now. I think we miss Joe Cole. Anyway, it says a lot about our quality that we are still winning games playing below our best. God I hope we get this system sorted in a month's time... *cough* Barcelona, twice *cough*

Brown is dirty in my opinion. That tackle on Ashley Cole was malicious, deliberately over the ball. Ok maybe he's not deliberately dirty but he has far too much of a temper for my liking. He could have at least injured Cole so Bridge could play again, good-for-nothing bastard :p Yeah I thought Čecho was very good in getting straight up after taking studs in the shoulder/neck... More than I could say for Robben or Drogba. Ronaldo man of the match? I hope so. I have him in for fantasy, and add that to Lampard being my captain = :thumb:

PSG have to be one of the strangest clubs in world Footie. They are the only major club in one of the biggest cities in Europe, they continually fail to win anything, they have no consistency in crowd numbers yet they still remain one the 'glamour' clubs in France, if not Europe - I would imagine they are one of the most frustrating teams to support in the world!

[Britney Diva]

The French are weird, their national team rarely sees good numbers either.

Yeah, I'm thinking of putting Kevin Doyle in my first team now that he's got two goals in two weeks; Rooney and Keane have done nothing in the same time :( I have got Ronaldo though, which is nice.

[RandyfromPennywise]

The French are weird, their national team rarely sees good numbers either.

Yeah, I'm thinking of putting Kevin Doyle in my first team now that he's got two goals in two weeks; Rooney and Keane have done nothing in the same time :( I have got Ronaldo though, which is nice.

Yeah Spurs are struggling, and I think they might take a bit to find form, but Keano will start banging them home soon enough, he's quality.

When I was in France at the start of the year my brother and I went to a French Cup match in Paris, v Auxerre. Really poor scheduling to put the match at 5pm on a Wednesday arvo (what the truck?) but even so, there was 7,000 there. But Lyon the following week there was 42,000. Lyon are the ****.

[Britney Diva]

Maybe it's just Parisians, too busy sharing their feelings and other girly things I imagine.

[Frankie]

Yeah PSG have always confuddled me a bit. But if you think its hard to support them try supporting Middlesbrough FFS................:upset:

[matt_h]

At least Boro havent been relagated 3 times in ten years and find themselves in the Old Third Division... But at least we'll get promoted this year, top so far...

[RandyfromPennywise]

Maybe it's just Parisians, too busy sharing their feelings and other girly things I imagine.

:lol:

Yeah PSG have always confuddled me a bit. But if you think its hard to support them try supporting Middlesbrough FFS................

:lol:

[Lord Abortion]

We were arse yesterday, and on Sundayagainst Arsenal, utter,utter arse...so much for a good start to the season and not needing Ruud

[sgrevs]

How long until Given is back from his "life threatening" injury?

On top of that, Riise for Pres.

[rik]

How long until Given is back from his "life threatening" injury?

On top of that, Riise for Pres.
I think Roeder said something like 6 weeks from when it happened, though also said something about not wanting to give an exact time, as not to put pressure on Given to return.

Harper was pretty good yesterday, didn't make any mistakes. Bramble on the other hand, still a complete and utter joke.

[TakeWarning]

Gah, Spurs ****ing suck.

I kind of agree with Randy about Brown being a dirty player, I remember when he played for Spurs, I was constantly saying under my breath: "Don't get yourself sent off, Michael, stop being stupid."

True story.

[Britney Diva]

I think Roeder said something like 6 weeks from when it happened, though also said something about not wanting to give an exact time, as not to put pressure on Given to return.

Harper was pretty good yesterday, didn't make any mistakes. Bramble on the other hand, still a complete and utter joke.
Yeah, 6 weeks, but Harper was joking before the 'Pool game that he wouldn't believe it until he was actually on the pitch. Harper's a really good 'keeper though, he'd easily make the first team at most Premiership clubs. Speaking of which, I just noticed how well the Premiership is doing goalkeeper-wise, so much talent.

[Minus The Flair]

Worst injury in football is cruiciate ligaments? I don't think so.

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=418229&CPID=8&clid=47&lid=2&title=Silva+loses+leg+after+crash

That is really really awful. And from the sounds of things, it's not over for him. He apparently has been infected. And that can lead to anything, even death.

Get well soon Dario.

[morrissey]

Well it's not really a "football" injury, though it absolutely does suck. But if that counts as a football injury then so does the Munich air disaster.

[Minus The Flair]

Yeh ok then. Not a football injury but y'know... the worse thing that could happen to a footballers career. I mean, if you're dead I'm sure you won't care about your career. I dunno, but still that's really bad.

Munich air disaster, that's on a totally different level.

[Pinhead13]

Worst injury in football is cruiciate ligaments? I don't think so.

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=418229&CPID=8&clid=47&lid=2&title=Silva+loses+leg+after+crash

That is really really awful. And from the sounds of things, it's not over for him. He apparently has been infected. And that can lead to anything, even death.

Get well soon Dario.


:(

I just read about it 2 minutes ago.

[Frankie]

^ Yeah. Without all the violence and anti religion slurs, the old firm games just plain suck. I mean who wants to watch the two best teams in scotland actually play.








:rolleyes:

[TakeWarning]

I've heard stories about the Rangers vs Celtic gamesback in the 70s and 80s, they sounded very entertaining.

[Frankie]

Yeah yeah I know. But still nothing beats the atmosphere of an old firm game. Last time I was at one it was an average game (quite **** TBH) but the rivalry always adds to the entertainment.

[Britney Diva]

What?

Firstly, don't kid yourself if you think there's no bigotry or violence attached to these games anymore. It may not be quite as bad as it used to be, but it's still rife.

And secondly, I was talking about the quality of the games. These games used to regularly be high-scoring, unpredictable, edge-of-seat stuff. I remember one season especially, when Rangers beat Celtic 5-1 in the first derby of the season, and Celtic responded by winning 6-2 in the second. All sorts of incident would occur...red cards, goals, penalties, embarrassing misses (Van Vossen anyone?) etc. Now they are mostly dull games it seems, the majority of which are played in the middle of the park, and the results predictable. It's been that way for the last 3 years or so. The games have lost some edge.
That's because Rangers are crap.

[RicheyIs4Real]

Miller aint a hun no more.

[AnyColour74]

lolerz T.O. what a fag

[Lord Abortion]

I hope Tuesday is a recovery from that slight hiccup United just had.

[matt_h]

What a goal from Crouch! Not bad for such a gangly guy

[Minus The Flair]

Ye, that was a pretty awesome goal. So Barcelona were lucky to survive last night. And Eto is out for at least 3 months.

[Britney Diva]

Spurs look set to win 1-0; happy Robbie's scoring again but Spurs still look far from convincing. Mido's a good player but I have no idea (and I doubt he does either) of what he's supposed to be doing on the field.

Derry went down 2-0 to PSG in Paris, which is a very respectable scoreline I must say. Unfortunate they got a difficult draw in the first round. Surprise surprise, BBC pulled their coverage of the game because the French wanted too much money :-|

[Dead Star]

Hearts lost tonight, and looked pretty unimpressive bar a few chances. I get the impression their manager doesn't know what hes doing, got the tactics all wrong.

And Rangers won, whoop.

[matt_h]

Those Argy stars really arent helping West Ham at all. What is going on there, everyone was hoping to se them light up the side. At least Spurs, Blackburn and Newcastle won. Martins got another couple, 3 now in total. Hopefully he will keep on scoring.

[Britney Diva]

The Premiership isn't the easiest of leagues to adjust to. These guys are used to the Argentinian style of football and Argentinian weather; they'll take a while to settle in. No to mention the fact that most of their team mates are way below their quality level. The rumour is that their arrival has unsettled all the other players too.

[RandyfromPennywise]

So Adelaide United have signed Romário. Terrible signing. Maybe I'll be proved wrong, but I highly doubt it.

So with the Eto'o injury, Gudjohnsen will most likely start against Chelsea in the forthcoming Champions League matches. And he'll most likely score.

[TakeWarning]

So Adelaide United have signed Romário. Terrible signing. Maybe I'll be proved wrong, but I highly doubt it.



I heard about that and I agree it's stupid.

I don't remember him back in his prime but he must be old as hell by now. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The A-League has run out of ideas, so they're just buying as many South Americans as they can.

[RandyfromPennywise]

I heard about that and I agree it's stupid.

I don't remember him back in his prime but he must be old as hell by now. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The A-League has run out of ideas, so they're just buying as many South Americans as they can.

While I don't agree with the assessment of the A-League running out of ideas, the signing of players on four-week guest contracts devalues the league and is not good for anyone. Romário is 40 and has been playing in the US second league with Miami. It's a name player that might get a few bums on seats, but surely Adelaide is one of the last clubs that needs help with its profile and attendences, we've been getting 12-13 thousand each week and already have Bobby Petta, Qu, Rech, Aloisi and Dodd. I'm going to the Sydney match on Monday, should be great, Carbone's debut possibly as well.

By the way Romário is one of the all-time greatest. Maradonna said he is the best striker he has ever seen and would put him in his all-time XI with no hesistation. If we had him five or six years ago then I'd be loving the decision - as it stands, we don't need a lazy 40-year-old striker when we've already got the best strike-force in the league (Qu and Rech).

The game tonight wasn't bad, Lazaridis was very good for Perth, and Newcastle are really crap at the moment. Sunday's game will be a belter, as (hopefully) will the big match on Monday.

/Adelaide United and A-League Ultra.

[TakeWarning]

Well, I hope Perth Glory's long-awaited win will bring some people to next week's game, as it is our average crowd is only 7800, or somewhere around that number.

Also, Football Australia don't seem to be thinking of long term factors regarding the A-League; bringing Romario in, it seems to me like they're concentrating more on short term popularity, which won't pay off at all a few years down the track. I think they need to concentrate more on creating life-long supporters of the A-league, instead of hoping for some quick, cheap, overnight success.

[matt_h]

Just watched Kevin Keegan say that he would have Beckham in his 22, and thought all the viewers would do so too! Coming from the man who was an absolutely shocking manager, much worse than Sven.

[Frankie]

Keegan a bad manager ?? Newcastle had their best run in the last 50 years under him.

[matt_h]

I meant for England.

He said:
If you did a poll to see if he is one of the top 22 players who is English, and is playing at the moment, he would definitely fit in my 22, your 22 and the 22 of everybody listening to this.

[Frankie]

^ Well then keegan obvviously thinks alot of himself to make suuch broad statements.

[RandyfromPennywise]

I think Beckham is in the top 22 English players, but that doesn't necessarily mean he should be in the squad. Haven't given too much thought as to whether I'd put him in my squad if I was the gaffer of England though.

[Britney Diva]

I'd take Beckham ahead of relatively ordinary players like Greening and Lennon, and he's always going to score goals, but I think players like him become liabilities when they're not doing well. I think his absence will be good for England.

More injuries stacking up for Ireland. If we lose to the Czechs our chances of qualifying for Euro 08 are gone already.

[Minus The Flair]

I actually heard somewhere that Scholesy might be returning to the squad. Is that true?

[Britney Diva]

I'd be surprised, the reason he retired in the first place was to prolong his career, wasn't it?

[TakeWarning]

Beckham would fit in my 22, he's still a world-class player, he's just had a horrible form drop lately.

[matt_h]

He may play well for Real, but it has hampered his England performances, he just wsant contributing enough and was stopping much needed changes from happening because he in the team because of who he was, not how he was performing for England.
Splat_out_Plath, Lennon is very useful, though he may not be good enough all round to start every match. And why did you mention Greening? He plays for West Brom in the Championship! Do you mean Downing?

[Angry Balled Fists!]

Oba Oba Obafemi Martins

[Frankie]

Yeah cos you all hate Donwing in this thread.

[Minus The Flair]

Maybe it's because Middlesborough got beaten by Sheffield. Maybe.

Aston Villa still unbeaten, drew Chelsea 1-1.

And GUTTED to be Everton. Chance to go 2nd in the league, winning 1-0, 94th minute Micah Richards scores for City. ahahaa

[Britney Diva]

Oh Yeah, Downing, Greening, same thing.

Yeah, Everton blew it, they had so many chances to win and didn't. Take a look at the highlights on MotD, there's a shot by Samaras in the dying minutes that take at least three deflections before hitting the post.

[Untitled]

That bolton freekick today which in turn got there first goal was so stupid.

Reina was clearly in the box when he let go of the ball, he may of kicked it out of the area, but as far as i know, thats allowed, ergh, liverpool had so many chances too, im angry now.

[Minus The Flair]

But most importantly.... van Persies goal... Holy ****! ****ing awesome goal

[Britney Diva]

That bolton freekick today which in turn got there first goal was so stupid.

Reina was clearly in the box when he let go of the ball, he may of kicked it out of the area, but as far as i know, thats allowed, ergh, liverpool had so many chances too, im angry now.
That was a really weird decision in every respect. He should have saved the free kick though, he didn't even dive in the right direction.

Actually, the guy commentating for BBC on the match insisted through 3 or 4 replays that the ball had taken a deflection off the inside of Hyypia's left leg, when the replay quite clearly showed it was a good half yard outside his right leg and didn't take a deflection at all :confused:

"When Big Ron Went Iffy" is on right now on Sky One.

[matt_h]

The linesman wasnt even in line with Reina

[Kyle]

Oba Oba Obafemi MartinsI'd like to add my belated celebrations to this thread too :D

And Parker in the Englnd squad, fully deserved. Shame Man U are gonna kill us today.

[matt_h]

Well your 2-0 down already, 2 from Ole Gunnar. Heinze subbed after 30m, is he injured again?
3 out of 4 matches in the prem had a scorer after 2 minutes, very rare.
West Ham dropped Mascherana and still lost, but I think they should go back to the Harewood/Zamora partnership that was working so well until the transfers, and use Tevez as a sub until he starts scoring.
And Spurs are winning, I noticed Mido isnt starting after his commnets about Campbell.

[Angry Balled Fists!]

i hate life.

i knew we were going to lose but if roeder wasnt such a fanny and played 2 strikers we would've had at least some chance. did he really think we'll be able to sit back and defend against one of the best attacking forces ion the prem for 90 mins ?

[Frankie]

I've hardly seen Rossi play for Newcastle, can he not play against Man Utd as a part of the loan deal ?

[Britney Diva]

We don't have the Utd match on TV, I thought we had Prem Plus :(

Tottingham 2 Portsmouth 1. Kanu just got a well-deserved goal back for Pompey before half time after Defoe took a dive to win a penalty.

[Frankie]

I like pompey as a team. Plus its nice to see a smaller club do pretty well.

[poorquality]

Man Utd 2-0 Newcastle, now...I didn't see the game as it wasn't on, but judging by the commentary..after our first goal we dominated the match completely, ronaldo hit the woodwork 3 times...he's on the form of his life right now, playing so well.

I also like how the commentators took every opportunity to say "You know...Newcastle are playing rubbish"

[ChodaBoy]

Was that on Century FM?

[poorquality]

Was that on Century FM?

Quite possibly...I used the "Listen to the match Live" thing on manutd.com

[ChodaBoy]

Oh, well it kind of figures they would say "You know...Newcastle are playing rubbish"!

[Untitled]

That was a really weird decision in every respect. He should have saved the free kick though, he didn't even dive in the right direction.

Actually, the guy commentating for BBC on the match insisted through 3 or 4 replays that the ball had taken a deflection off the inside of Hyypia's left leg, when the replay quite clearly showed it was a good half yard outside his right leg and didn't take a deflection at all :confused:

"When Big Ron Went Iffy" is on right now on Sky One.

I thaught i kinda saw it hit his leg, (maybe i am thinking that as consilation of 'pool loosing, agian :( ) but tbh i didnt realy notice, even if he did Reina was still going the wrong way.

[poorquality]

Oh, well it kind of figures they would say "You know...Newcastle are playing rubbish"!

Yeah I know, but judging by the fact pretty much everything else they said was involving united on the attack, close chances, and stuff like that, I just assume they were...I think Newcastle had like 1 shot on target.

[ChodaBoy]

Well United have played quite well this season from what I've seen. Hopefully they can beat Chelsea


:eek: Im torn between my natural City instinct to hate Utd, and my overwhelming despise for Chelsea

[poorquality]

Well United have played quite well this season from what I've seen. Hopefully they can beat Chelsea


:eek: Im torn between my natural City instinct to hate Utd, and my overwhelming despise for Chelsea

I used to be torn like that...about United though....but then I came to a conclusion, I would much prefer Man City (yes...Man City..) to win the premiership over Chelsea....

[Frankie]

Man Utd are the lesser of two evils.

[Rams]

Man Utd are the lesser of two evils.

That is never true.

[Untitled]

Well United have played quite well this season from what I've seen. Hopefully they can beat Chelsea


:eek: Im torn between my natural City instinct to hate Utd, and my overwhelming despise for Chelsea

Oh come on, your a blue, you hate utd whatever the cause.

Id rather neither Chelsea or Utd won that championship, id prefer Liverpool too, or arsenal, but they arnt exatly playing well enough to are they.

Bolton are doing well enough this season to so far, but they will fade away tail end of the season im sure, and being a half bury fan i would hate for them to win it.

Go Portsmouth?

[matt_h]

Pathetic dive by Zokora. When is Fifa gonna do something? They need a fair-play committee for every league that analyses matches and bans cheats like him.

[Reactor158]

You guys are so lucky. I live in the states, and as far as I know, there's pretty much no way to watch soccer (football) over here. I just have to settle for FIFA on my Playstation :mad: