Euro 2008 (Official LOL Vidic Thread)

[Iai]

Hah, haven't heard that one. My dad explained to me why everyone from Boro hates Newcastle....basically back in the '50s and '60s when there was major issues with employment in the North, Newcastle declared 100% employment and then hired a load of buses to take all their unemployed people into Middlesbrough, Sunderland, and a few other places surrounding them, and get jobs there instead. It really ****ed up a lot of people who lived outside of Newcastle - people lost their houses and had children die of easily treatable diseases and all that lovely stuff. In extreme cases, anyway. Regardless of that it's still an incredibly underhand thing to do.

I left Boro when I was about 3 months old anyway. I reserve my hatred for people from Watford, Corby, and Italy now. :p

[2muchket!]

Yes I do hate the job stealing geordie inbred wankers as much as the next smoggie.

So I'm reveling in the 'messiahs' attempts at bringing the goerdies back to there best. He needs time you say ? Well in geordie land about a month int job is long enough for some of those.

[Dave de Sylvia]

He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!

[2muchket!]

Gotta love those boys over at 606 at the BBC.

[The_Passenger]

For the most part whenever I read the football part of 606 I die a little inside.

[poorquality]

See Ronaldos out for 9 months :| done his tendon in his knee....

[Dave de Sylvia]

Holy ****, we actually got Trapattoni :eek:

Accepting a job to spend more time with your family is not always the greatest endorsement, but with Giovanni Trapattoni being unveiled as the new manager of the Republic of Ireland yesterday it undoubtedly amounted to an astonishing coup.

In employing the 68-year-old on a two-year contract the Irish have, to some extent, trumped England's appointment of Fabio Capello. Trapattoni, with seven Serie A titles, plus titles in Germany and Portugal, the European Cup, three Uefa Cups and a Cup Winners' Cup triumph, is even more decorated than his highly-feted compatriot. Importantly he also boasts four years in charge of the Italian national team, from 2000 to 2004, leading them to a World Cup and European Championships.

:-D

[madtaste]

See Ronaldos out for 9 months :| done his tendon in his knee....

The fat one.

[sgrevs]

See Ronaldos out for 9 months :| done his tendon in his knee....

That sucks. 9 months is a super long time. I've always liked Ronaldo, even since he went crap.

[The_Passenger]

I wouldn't be surprised if Milan terminated Ronaldo's contract, I'm pretty sure this means that at the end of the this season Ronaldo will have had made 18 appearances in as many months with the club. They need to buy a striker or two in summer to play with Pato.

edit: oh yeah, the ROI did well to land Trapattoni, the man's CV is fantastic

at the very least he can't be any worse than Staunton

[Timm]

Holy ****, we actually got Trapattoni :eek:



:-D
congrats :-D

I've always liked that guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqp64q7kHmw&feature=related
subtitled version

everyone made fun of that but I was actually quite impressed by him talking german. or trying to :-)

[VomitStainedCretin]

at the very least he can't be any worse than StauntonBeating Cyprus or any side ranked higher shouldn't be much of a challenge.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Maybe he wanted to make it a challenge, and that's why he was the most fun manager ever!

Or maybe not.

I feel sorry for Stan. He seems like a lovely guy and he was a great servant for the national side as a player, but he just wasn't suited for the job. He made some really strange tactical decisions, and the team couldn't even execute basic things like throw-ins and keeping possession, things they accomplish easily at club level.

Luckily, Irish football never ceases to be boring. The only reason we can afford Trappatoni is because a billionaire businessman/con artist is bankrolling half his wages. Looks like Roy Keane's statement earlier this week that the FAI will always try to do things "on the cheap" has been justified.

[The_Passenger]

Haha, Liverpool are in danger of becoming funnier than Newcastle.

I wonder how much longer this blind support of Benitez will continue.

[Dead Star]

:lol: Oh liverpool

You never cease to amaze

[poorquality]

Arsenal who?

3-0 at half time, apparently only one team turned up today B)

Closing Arsenal down all over the place, not giving them a chance to play their passing game.

Fletcher and Anderson and Rooney are playing amazing.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Arsenal were awful today. Two eyes on the Champions League and no real desire to play, even when it became clear they were about to be humiliated.

I was really impressed by Nani. My favourite moment being when he was juggling the ball on his head, was kicked 3 times by a defender (Huyt or Traore, can't remember which) and finally got hacked by Flamini. And Flamini starts shouting at him as he runs past, as if being the most skillful player on the pitch is something to be ashamed of.

[Spiney_Norman]

Arsenal were poor today, just didn't look interested, but Utd's game plan was great - close them down everywhere. Nani was lucky he got out of the way of Flamini's challenge: on the replay Flamini comes flying in, could have been very nasty.
Oh, and the Liverpool result is hilarious - Benitez has completely lost it this season :lol:

In other news, the mighty Oxford made it two wins in two :D

[sgrevs]

Seriously, wtf is wrong with Liverpool? This is starting to piss me off.

[talk show host]

Considering Liverpool have had a cup run most premier league teams could only dream of, it's really quite astonishing how badly they've actually performed. Really, it was probably for the best that they got knocked out so they can just forget the fa cup this year ever happened.

[2muchket!]

**** me boro look like they could make a semi final here if they dont **** up at brammal lane

Liverpool jesus benitez I hope you're prepared for getting the sack now (knee jerk reaction ftw?) or at the end of the season.

[talk show host]

Hopefully Man Utd and Chelsea will be drawn against each other on monday. Anything to avoid a replay of last year.

[poorquality]

Hopefully Man Utd and Chelsea will be drawn against each other on monday. Anything to avoid a replay of last year.

The way united are playing, I hope chelsea do get us in the final, it won't be the shambolic display like last time, we're playing quality attacking football

[benfan1]

**** me boro look like they could make a semi final here if they dont **** up at brammal lane

Liverpool jesus benitez I hope you're prepared for getting the sack now (knee jerk reaction ftw?) or at the end of the season.


Nar the smoggies are getting a real game against Sheff Utd.

Also, lol @ Sheff Utds comical free kick plan before half time :)

[2muchket!]

Ahh well atleast were in t' draw.

Beat em at the riverside weeeee

[VomitStainedCretin]

Looks like Pompey skanked their way through no small thanks to Jamesie. Hope we get a nice draw in the quarters.

[2muchket!]

Lets all hope for a chelsea man utd in the quarters

lest they meet in the final and bore us all to death. Again !

[Interstate]

Can't believe Arsenal lost against Man U :(

[Iai]

Every game I watched yesterday was terrible. Worst day for football I can remember since I've worked where I work now (and that's been 2 1/2 years).

I have a funny feeling Boro will get knocked out of the cup by Pompey. If we get drawn against Man U or Chelski at home I'd actually feel fairly confident, our record there is really good against those two.

[Surtr]

Lets all hope for a chelsea man utd in the quarters

lest they meet in the final and bore us all to death. Again !

I'm a Utd.fan and I'll agree on this one.

When these two teams play its like waiting for something amazing to happen, that you know will never happen. Its like waiting on the second coming of Christ.

But I guess they're both trying to maintain control, as they know they're fairly well matched and a single wrong strong advance could give up the ball and leave them lost in a situation, where they could have recovered had it been another team.

[benfan1]

I was gutted for Preston yesterday, they played so well in the second half.
'Boro are making a habit of just scraping through. First against Mansfield and then against Preston.

Lets just hope Barnsley get to the final haha!

[Surtr]

Oo, just gave a check up on SPL stuff and The Well are now sitting in 3rd.

[2muchket!]

Every game I watched yesterday was terrible. Worst day for football I can remember since I've worked where I work now (and that's been 2 1/2 years).

I have a funny feeling Boro will get knocked out of the cup by Pompey. If we get drawn against Man U or Chelski at home I'd actually feel fairly confident, our record there is really good against those two.

It depends if we draw pompey away I predict a 11-0 boro win with a Lee Dong Gook double hat-trick. If its at the riverside we'll prolly lose 3-0.

****in yesss boro draw cardiff.

[poorquality]

United get prem opposition AGAIN!

FFS I dont think we've drawn any non-prem sides in the fa cup in like 2-3 years -_- what's going on.

Yep haven't played non-league opposition in the FA Cup since Wolves in 2006.

That's 11 draws against Prem Clubs

[benfan1]

I think Pompey have a good chance against United.
United seem to have bogey teams like that.
Nice to see Barnsley draw Chelsea.

[Surtr]

I think Pompey have a good chance against United.
United seem to have bogey teams like that.
Nice to see Barnsley draw Chelsea.

I can't see it.

This one is United through and through. Portsmouth are hopeless.

[rik]

Bare looking forward to Liverpool - Inter tonight. I start my new job tomorrow night though which sucks as i'm gonna miss the Arsenal - Milan match, which was one I was really looking forward to.

[2muchket!]

Quite looking forward to the Inter-'pool game meself

[poorquality]

Gowan inter ;)

[2muchket!]

Ayeee love to see Inter do Liverpool. Then there season will be truly shite.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Liverpool are looking really up for this one; Inter seem a little subdued in the first 10 minutes

edit: apparently Benitez's plan this week is to whack the ball at defenders in the box and appeal for a handball

edit 2: hometown ref this week. 2 bookings in the Inter defence within 11 minutes

edit 3: referee's finally got the excuse he needed to ruin the game as a spectacle. Ridiculous.

[talk show host]

Materazzi off. Two ridiculously soft yellow cards.

[Dave de Sylvia]

It's awful. Ironically, this might actually open the match up, since Liverpool might actually have a chance to score a goal now.

[Iai]

apparently Benitez's plan this week is hometown ref to ruin the game
hey splat i deleted all the unnecessary bits of your post

Seriously though this ref is insanely biased.

[Dave de Sylvia]

To be fair, Torres is a pretty convincing diver (if you're blind and the Kop is your only source of fair and balanced news coverage)

[Iai]

I reckon this'll finish 1-1, with Crouch getting Liverpool's late on and Inter scoring with their only shot on target all game.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Probably. Inter were pretty muck even before the sending-off.

[poorquality]

Just saw the 2 'fouls' that got him the red card.

That is a complete load of wank, neither challenge warrented a yellow card, hell the first looked like Torres went over easy and the second didn't exactly have a whole ton of contact.

Don't even know if they should of been fouls letalone bookings.

Fecking refs wanting to ruin a potentially good game.

[Iai]

Babel needs to come off. He's seen so much of the ball and basically done nothing other than run straight into a defender or pass it back inside.

[talk show host]

lol I felt sorry for Kuyt at the end there wanting to swap shirts with a Milan player and him going 'nah, i'm going to swap with someone else.' Rejected :-(

[ATM]

You guys see the China vs South Korea incident?

[Pastorius]

GET IN

Inter, no problem. Barnsley, now there's a team worth beating.

Bit of a biased ref, but to be fair he made some pretty awful decisions both ways. Regardless, Liverpool were clearly the better side. I thought the yellow cards were soft, but still, they were putting themselves in the positions to get yellow cards in the first place.

[talk show host]

You guys see the China vs South Korea incident?

what happened?

[ATM]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Z92Qur1fM

Not the worst thing that's ever happened, still pretty poor sportsmanship.

[Echleon]

What a dissapointing match.

I was really hoping to see Ibrahimovich(sp?) and the sending off just destroyed any chance of that happening really.

Oh well, as long as Utd get a decent result tomorrow i'll be happy.

[talk show host]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Z92Qur1fM

Not the worst thing that's ever happened, still pretty poor sportsmanship.

heh, that's pretty bad. I like how all the other Chinese players are congratulating her at the end.

[Dave de Sylvia]

where did you leave fair-play mind?????

[madtaste]

Inter Liverpool game was marred by dodgy refereeing. Inter was looking crappy anyway though.

Looking forward to Milan-Arsenal tomorrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Z92Qur1fM

Not the worst thing that's ever happened, still pretty poor sportsmanship.

Haha, that's ****ing stupid.

[talk show host]

Aren't Milan down to their third choice keeper now? I think Arsenal will win tomorrow.

[madtaste]

Kalac dislocated his finger, don't know if he'll be right to go or not though.

[Spiney_Norman]

lol I felt sorry for Kuyt at the end there wanting to swap shirts with a Milan player and him going 'nah, i'm going to swap with someone else.' Rejected :-(

:lol: really?

[Surtr]

Holy ****, that China thing is retarded.

My god. What the hell!

[The_Passenger]

Liverpool benefitted from poor refereeing tonight, although the only big incorrect desicion that didn't go their was a pretty blatant handball and penalty. I am tempted to say Liverpool deserved their win but life was made easier for them and Inter's defending was brilliant for the most part. Liverpool are probably favourites now but I stil fully expect Internazionale to win in the San Siro. Can see it going to extra time myself.

As for Chelsea, do they choose to make life more difficult than it needs to be for themselves? They obviously have the personnel to beat Olympiakos quite comfortably but now thy'll probably have to be more defensive than they wished at home to avoid conceding an away goal.

I expect tomorrow's ties to be more entertaining than tonight's. No idea who'll go through out of AC and Arsenal, expect Man U to draw tomorrow but go through in the end.

edit: also lol @ the korea/china thing

[2muchket!]

Pft women playing football ey

But yeah the ref just let it descend into chaos by not sending off the player if she already had a yellow. Korea shoulda got another corner.

[Interstate]

I watched the last 20 minutes of the Liverpool game thinking "nah they're not going to do it", next time I look at the screen they've scored 2!

[Surtr]

Anyone know of a way to get texts sent to your Mobile for free with Football updates.

The thing that makes it the hardest is they need to be able to work for Canada, not the UK or where ever.

[sgrevs]

Kalac dislocated his finger, don't know if he'll be right to go or not though.

It's probably better for AC if he did, because he's ****. The game will be a cracker though, I think Milan will go through in the end.

Liverpool game was awesome despite poor refereeing, I feel we still certainly deserved the win. Nice to see Kuyt in the goals again.

My predictions for who will go through:

L'Pool
Schalke
Chelsea
Real Madrid
Barcelona
Sevilla
Man Utd
AC Milan

[madtaste]

It's probably better for AC if he did, because he's ****. The game will be a cracker though, I think Milan will go through in the end.

Liverpool game was awesome despite poor refereeing, I feel we still certainly deserved the win. Nice to see Kuyt in the goals again.

My predictions for who will go through:

L'Pool
Schalke
Chelsea
Real Madrid
Barcelona
Sevilla
Man Utd
AC Milan

He's in good form guy, gotta support a fellow Aussie (no matter how **** he may be, haha).

[Iai]

Absolute lol at that Chinese chick.

Also at the fact that YouTube etiquette makes him put WTH instead of WTF.

[madtaste]

Absolute lol at that Chinese chick.

Also at the fact that YouTube etiquette makes him put WTH instead of WTF.

Nice Korean guy, haha.

I love the debate going on in the comments. The Koreans are bagging the Chinese for copying their products :lol::lol::lol:

[Iai]

Watching YouTube comments is how I imagine it would be to be a scientist watching a primitive civilization of small carbon-based organisms created in a lab attempt to evolve. It's like, you want to help them or guide them or destroy them or something, but the minute you start caring you realise that they can't possibly be real people and you go do something else.

[ATM]

:lol:

I agree. You have to feel sorry for most of them.

[poorquality]

Anyone as excited by tonights games as I am? I love watching my club in the Champions League.

Only thing i'm gutted about is Giggs and Scholes starting. Granted they've done amazing for Man Utd over the years. But Anderson and Nani are the on form players (Giggs hasnt been on form at all this season to be honest, and shouldn't be a starter in my opinion anymore, last 30 mins or something, he's never been a champs league player, he doesn't do well in the comp, even when we won it he wasn't as amazing as he used to be in the league.
Plus he never tracks back, or tackles back, when he loses the ball he stands there with his arms raised as if the world's done him a major wrong or something. Nani gets back, he was in his own half when he dazzled Arsenal with the flicks etc to take away any pressure).

I refuse to accept all the "Experience" bollocks.

What ever happened to "If you're good enough, you're old enough"?

I think we'll win really, and I love Giggs n Scholes to bits, but Anderson + Nani are entertaining and quality, they deserve their chance, on current form they should be first choice.

Should be a good game, really looking forward to it.


EDIT: Don't I feel like a prick now, I assumed Since Scholes n Giggs were in, Anderson + Nani were out.

But Anderson is starting. So disregard anything I said about leaving him out.

Nani is on the bench though when I still say he shouldn't be.


EDIT 2: Also would it be too much to say I think Fletcher deserved to keep a place after the match against the Arse?

[Surtr]

Trust me man, I think tonight Giggsy could pull through.

And yeah, we've got this match. This is ours!

GLORY GLORY UNITEDD!

[Dave de Sylvia]

haha Celtic took the lead against Barca, but it's back to 1-1 :(

[Surtr]

Motherwell are up 2 - 1.

Also I'm waiting on some action from this Man. Utd. match, we'll see how it plays out, but lets hope to god we win.

[Dave de Sylvia]

2-1 Celtic! I don't even know who Barry Robson is.

[poorquality]

2-1 Celtic! I don't even know who Barry Robson is.

You don't know the legend that is Barry Robson? :eek:

Nah me neither :P

Gowan Celtic, Gowan United, Gowan AC, Gowan Sevilla.

[madtaste]

Oh man, Adebayor had a open goal in the dying seconds of the game, and it hits the cross bar!

Arsenal pretty much dominated the match, should have had a few goals. AC Milan were ridiculously off the ball tonight, particularly due to Kaka being tagged by Flamini. Even with Pirlo though, all his passes were bad.

I wonder how Milan are going to deal with Arsenal's containment of Kaka in a few weeks time. He's pretty much the central guy there, so you stop him and you stop Milan's offense. Pirlo having a bad game didn't help. Plus, with only a few strikers, there's not much to feed to.

[rik]

Henry's finish was soo, so nice.

[Dave de Sylvia]

haha yeah, Henry can do that. Messi's dragback for the third was also out of this world. I can't believe Celtic performed so poorly. I know Barcelona were exceptional and the backline is hampered by injuries, but seriously- why did Strachan put a 19 year-old whos played one senior game ever up against Ronaldinho?

[rik]

haha yeah, Henry can do that
Indeed he can, although I haven't seen a finish like that from him in a while, easily his best so far for Barca.

[sgrevs]

He's in good form guy, gotta support a fellow Aussie (no matter how **** he may be, haha).

I'm still pissed off from when he let that goal in against Croatia at the WC.

[Iai]

haha yeah, Henry can do that. Messi's dragback for the third was also out of this world. I can't believe Celtic performed so poorly. I know Barcelona were exceptional and the backline is hampered by injuries, but seriously- why did Strachan put a 19 year-old whos played one senior game ever up against Ronaldinho?
In all seriousness, have you seen Ronaldinho play in the past 10 months?

[Dave de Sylvia]

Did you see him play yesterday?

[Iai]

Nah. But I've been watching him semi-regularly in La Liga and he's basically been a disgrace. I find it impossible to imagine him being anything more than Barcelona's 7th most dangerous player now.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Probably, but only because Barca have 6 other really dangerous players. He's been pretty rank for a couple of years, but if you give him 10 yards every time he has the ball like he had last night, he can do whatever he wants.

[Minus The Flair]

Woah, Adebayor's miss was terrible. And what timing, that'll be costly.

[poorquality]

So....Everton looked decidedly average today...

*cough*

>_>

<_<

[VomitStainedCretin]

More like:So....Spurs looked decidedly average today...

[Dave de Sylvia]

You can't really take much from that Spurs performance. They understandably had an eye on Sunday. Berbatov all but left the stadium once they'd scored the goal.

Also I still don't see the fuss over O'Hara. He's a tidy player and all, but I can't help thinking his place in the team is down to a lack of competition rather than his own brilliance.

[Pastorius]

I like Bale tbh. But that might be because he went to my school, was in the year below me.

[madtaste]

I'm still pissed off from when he let that goal in against Croatia at the WC.

Let bygones be bygones.

So....Everton looked decidedly average today...

*cough*

>_>

<_<

I'm jumping on the bandwagon.

[poorquality]

1256: Eduardo is given oxygen as he is stretchered from the pitch after eight minutes of treatment. Nicolas Bendtner replaces him. We have not been allowed to see a replay of the incident - which probably tells you horrific it was.

1254: Thankfully, you rarely witness scenes like these. The Arsenal team are looking around in absolute horror at the fate of Eduardo, who is being attended to by several medics.

1251: RED CARD Birmingham
Martin Taylor gets a straight red after a challenge on Eduardo. Cesc Fabregas urgently tells the physio to attend to Eduardo, with the rest of his team-mates looking shocked. The striker is badly injured - looks like it could be a broken leg.

Holy **** :|

I hate this sort of thing. It's like when Buust got his leg destroyed and I think it was Beckham who ran like hell to get the stretcher or something...don't remember specifics.

I remember Alan Smith for Man U who broke his leg from blocking a Riise shot, how pale he was etc...I hate seeing this sort of injury..hope Eduardo is ok

[Pastorius]

Woah, I want to see it now.

[Dave de Sylvia]

McFadden!

I didn't see the Edouardo deal but my dad said the Sky Sports people were debating whether it was a red or not.

[poorquality]

McFadden!

I didn't see the Edouardo deal but my dad said the Sky Sports people were debating whether it was a red or not.

Yeah I didnt catch it either, going by BBC updates here.

It may of not been a red, who knows, I mean Eduardo probably has a broken leg but those sort of injurys don't always come from exceptionally reckless challenges. I'll have to see a replay to decide if I think it was a red or not.

Wonder if the seriousness of the injury helped the ref make his decision. As I said until I see the replay I don't know, unless anyone who saw it can clear it up?

[talk show host]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNiWMbH1A5k

There's a video of it there but it's hard to tell from that angle. It didn't look particularly malicious or anything.

[superpeer]

Anderlecht beat Bordeaux in the Uefa Cup, they're up against Bayern München now. ):

It was a pretty dirty match, Bordeaux got two red cards (one direct and one after a second yellow card) and like four yellows and Anderlecht got like five too.

[poorquality]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNiWMbH1A5k

There's a video of it there but it's hard to tell from that angle. It didn't look particularly malicious or anything.

That didnt take long to be uploaded then.

Erm it definately was a late challenge, but as far as I can tell he went in one footed and it didn't look malicious or intentional...I think the injury pursuaded the ref more than anything, I would of thought that'd be a yellow card otherwise.

[Echleon]

Leg breakers are always terrible to see.

Some really bad videos of the Cisse ones on Youtube of the Cisse ones - his leg just snaps like a twig.

[Surtr]

Nah from that angle it didn't look bad but christ leg breakers are awful.

[rik]

Really bad defending from Clichy gives Birmingham a last minute penalty and a point. Haha, Gallas did not seem to impressed.

[talk show host]

lol at Gallas sitting on his own in the middle of the pitch sulking.

[poorquality]

Arsene Wenger is a joke. Saying Taylor should never play again for that challenge, It wasn't malicious, intentful or deliberate,1 footed tackle, which you see countless times every weekend from various players, and they get yellow cards rightly for it.

One tackle goes horrifically wrong and he's calling for a ban for life? What a joke.

If the roles were reversed he'd be saying it was an accidental challenge and these things regretably happen in football.

[talk show host]

Yeah it's a really shitty thing to say. Unfortunately Taylor's probably going to be vilified for it anyway even though you see worse tackles most weeks so it's just needless from Wenger.

But jesus christ, a norwegian paper has pictures of the tackle and it really is horrific, it looks like his ankle's basically snapped off. I'd honestly be surprised to see him playing again.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/england/article1906193.ab?service=galleryFlash

for the curious. It gives me the shivers and I feel really bad for him.

[Surtr]

It's stupid. As bad as the tackle was you can't expect Taylor to have been trying to break his leg. Watch the video that was put up earlier, its a fairly regular tackle that went wrong. Also those pictures almost make me feel the pain...In each one if you look at his face you can tell he's feeling it.

[Minus The Flair]

Jesus, that is horrific. Man, that's terrible, he won't be playing for a very long time, and from what I've seen he's a very talented, exciting player. But yeah, after seeing the video, it was clearly an accident.

[Surtr]

Hearts beat out Motherwell 1 - 0 :(

[Collis]

I feel incredibly sorry for Eduardo ... I really doubt he will be playing for a good couple of years. A similar incident happened to Rory Delap a while ago and he was in the starting XI for Stoke today, so hopefully we will see Eduardo playing again.

As for Stoke, we are top of the league! Haha. And everybody watch Liam Lawrence's goal for us, it was an inredible strike.

[Echleon]

Newcastle are a joke.

[Dave de Sylvia]

A similar incident happened to Rory Delap a while ago and he was in the starting XI for Stoke today
I was wondering where he'd disappeared to.

I dunno, Taylor's tackle was late and reckless. I'm sure the injury contributed to making it a red rather than a yellow, but it was quite clearly a dangerous one. Bad news for Eduardo and Arsenal, but good news for England's World Cup hopes!

United obliterate Newcastle again. It's not even fun anymore.

haha a mate just texted me: "tomorrow's headlines should be WENGER SEES INCIDENT"

The guy is such a windbag it almost makes Avram Grant look interesting.

[Surtr]

Hahaha all I know is that a win is a win, and if its beating the living christ outa' Newcastle then have at it.

[2muchket!]

errrr oreet nice one ref for getting bullied by those scouse cu'nts into givin ali a red card and every single boro player a yellow card

you had a mint game :thumb:

****ING NT YOU STUPID CU'NT

[RandyfromPennywise]

Sup lads? The Chels gonna add some silverware to the cabinet tonight to be sure. Av it.

[2muchket!]

We're alll sure there gunna win in the frank household

even bet on chelski winning cos they're a sure bet. especially as I'm gunna bet on every cup final till the end of the season.

[Pastorius]

Come on Torres, you are proper amazing.

Bullied he may have been, but the superior player doesn't let himself get in a chance to get sent off.

[Spiney_Norman]

Jesus, just seen Eduardo's injury - it's horrific. Honestly, I think he'll be lucky to play again within two years, if at all... The tackle wasn't malicious (as Wenger admitted later on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7261153.stm), but it was still really bad.

Anyway, I think Spurs will get the trophy.

[sgrevs]

Come on Torres, you are proper amazing.

Bullied he may have been, but the superior player doesn't let himself get in a chance to get sent off.

Word. Some great goals there. Don't really think Aliadiere's red was deserved, but whatever, 3 points were much needed and Torres is a beast :thumb: 21 goals already!

[2muchket!]

Come on Torres, you are proper amazing.

Bullied he may have been, but the superior player doesn't let himself get in a chance to get sent off.

lol I like you pasta you're one of the soundest lads I've come across on these boards

but thats bullshit

if ali was gunna get the red for raising a hand mascherano should of gone also (for raising his hand initally to ali). Check the replays yo.

[rik]

Mate, saw the Eduardo injury properly on MOTD. I'm so upset for him, that was horrific. I hope so much this won't end his career.

[Pastorius]

lol I like you pasta you're one of the soundest lads I've come across on these boards

but thats bullpoop

if ali was gunna get the red for raising a hand mascherano should of gone also (for raising his hand initally to ali). Check the replays yo.

ha, cheers man

Yeah I know Mascherano should have gone too by the law, but still, so often it's the retaliator who gets the punishment. Is it that much to ask that you keep your temper when you're getting 50k a week?

[Dave de Sylvia]

Neither of them should have been sent off, it was handbags. No wonder fans of other sports think football is a fairy's sport.

Going into my second day of being bored by Wenger. Seriously:

It goes with the idea that to stop Arsenal you have to kick Arsenal
Not to mention the idea that to stop Nani you have to kick Nani, right? Oh wait, they couldn't even do that properly!

[Surtr]

Wenger applogized for his "harsh" statements earlier. I know its easy to jump down on him for it and I actually really dislike him, but people can lose their temper and go on about stuff without thinking it through. And now there's been a ton of proper views of what happened and everything isn't being based on one or two angles.

I dunno' if I totally believe any of it and yeah what he said about needing to kick Arsenal is uncalled for but Wenger's never been a clear headed bloke on this stuff.

[arrell]

Poor Eduardo, just caught the incident. Good luck to him and his recovery.

[talk show host]

Well that's 8 straight defeats now, ****.

[ATM]

Poor Eduardo, just caught the incident. Good luck to him and his recovery.

Do you have a video of it? I can't find one on YouTube.

Shocking stuff!

[rik]

HT. That was some really shoddy goalkeeping from Robinson for that Drogba goal.


To Arrest this man, most the videos have been taken down, there's pictures here though... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_JIfGld7L4&feature=related

[talk show host]

here's a video of it, but like rik said they don't seem to be up for long before being taken down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2_mXOBR6HU

[ATM]

:eek:

So nasty. What do you guys think of it? Clumsy or was it intended to harm?

[Collis]

:eek:

So nasty. What do you guys think of it? Clumsy or was it intended to harm?

I think Eduardo was just too fast for Taylor tbh.

[ATM]

Yeah he kind of nicked the ball away at the last second, leaving his ankle where the ball was.

[arrell]

Try footytube guys. It's the current news piece.

http://www.footytube.com/

[talk show host]

Yeah I don't think there was any intent or anything just really unfortunate timing.

ugh, every single time 5Live commentate on a game at Wembley they spend 5 minutes banging on about the executive boxes being empty after half-time. Every bloody game! We get it! Just comment on the match.

[poorquality]

Woo Spurs :D

[E sharp]

Come on! Yeaahh!!

How awesome was the roar when Berba lifted the cup!

Super Spurs. Well in.

edit: jesus 5am. thank god i start uni on tuesday.

[Echleon]

That was such an awesome match.

I support United but i'm really glad Spurs stuck it to the Chavs!

[Collis]

Yeah Spurs totally deserved it.

[2muchket!]

gg woodgate I hate you even more now. Not only are you judas but you cost me a tenner ffs.

[Echleon]

I don't get it, the pundits are saying it was a poor game.

It's probably the best game i've seen in ages.

[Surtr]

I'm not much of a Spurs fan but thank the lord Chelsea didn't win. :)

[Dave de Sylvia]

Great win for Spurs, considering their entry to Europe via the league table is all but impossible. They wanted it more than Chelsea did, it was evident from the start of the second half, if not before. Referee did well I thought, but the flood of yellow cards at the end of the game for tiny offences that barely even wasted any time took a bit of a shine off his performance.

[Echleon]

Yeah he did well, apart from the ridiculous amount of time added on in the first half of ET.

The pub was just screaming the place down: 'blow the ****ing whistle you ****ing cunt' :lol:

[TakeWarning]

Well in Spurs.

Not the best game by any means, but Ramos sure knows how to win a cup final.

[sgrevs]

Awesome, so glad Chelski didn't win, and happy for Spurs.

And Reading just can't score. They did in the end obviously, but they had about 15 shots cleared off the line as well. But Villa were better mostly and deserved the win.

[Iai]

Gareth Barry's penalty just landed in my back garden.

[Surtr]

lol...I don't know what you're talking about but regardless that's :lol:

[sgrevs]

Gareth Barry's penalty just landed in my back garden.

Man he blasts the **** out of those things, I wouldn't be surprised.

[rik]

He's usually a great penalty taker, I think he said he kicked the floor first or something on that one.

[Dave de Sylvia]

haha I forgot all about this tackle. Check out the wild, two-footed lunge about half way through the clip, and note the name on the back of the player's shirt

http://www.d1g.com/video/show/1790408

[Echleon]

Wow that is pretty ironic. Two-footed, studs showing and everything.

Still, he doesn't deserve what he got by any means.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Yeah, but when you're part of the problem it's hard to complain to much when you become the victim.

edit: Arsene Wenger can go suck a bag of dicks

[poorquality]

Wow that is pretty ironic. Two-footed, studs showing and everything.

Still, he doesn't deserve what he got by any means.

Nah course not, no-one deserves it.

I think it was more of a question as to how Arsene Wenger manages to miss anything that his team do but suddenly has 20/20 vision if his player is on the recieving end..

Oh did I say 20/20? judging by his original reaction to taylors challenge, it's probably more 5/5 with a tint of Bias.


Sure he retracted it, fair play to him, but he needs to stop seeing selective instances, especially one as plain as that, Eduardo 2 foots Nani, Gallas kicks Nani, Wenger see's nothing at all.

[rik]

Of course he sees it, he's just obviously biased as is every manager. And he shouldn't of said what he did about Taylor after the match, but I can see how he just got caught up in the emotion after such a horrific injury on one of his players. Like you said he retracted the statement, so he knew when thinking back what he said was wrong.

[clairvoyant]

The folks over in Croatia were very disappointed to hear Arsene Wenger retracted his statements.

Apparently over 60% percent of people over there either want Taylor banned for life or suspended for a lengthy period of time...

[2muchket!]

****in jokers at the FA

not only has Ali's red card not been retracted BUT hes been given an extra game ****ing ban. Taylor breaks someones leg and Ali gets a lengthier ban. Bravo you cu'nts.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Serves him right for appealing really. Although if he was English it probably would have been rescinded, but there you go.

[poorquality]

****in jokers at the FA

not only has Ali's red card not been retracted BUT hes been given an extra game ****ing ban. Taylor breaks someones leg and Ali gets a lengthier ban. Bravo you cu'nts.

Not really a fair comparison as Taylors challenge should of resulted in at most a yellow card.

But if Ali gets banned, shouldn't the other guy too? I mean as I understand it Ali was responding to being flicked or something silly on the nose? As the rules state there should be no approach by a player to make physical contact with an opposing players face or whatever, if Ali can get banned for a tiny slap, the other guy should as well for a flick or whatever he did.

Of course it's a silly rule, but minimum contact gets a red, hell if you miss and the ref see's it can be given as intent and sent.

[2muchket!]

Of course Mascherano aint gunna get banned

as he plays for one of the big 4.

[Iai]

Pretty much. How long is his ban now? Four games?

[poorquality]

Of course Mascherano aint gunna get banned

as he plays for one of the big 4.

*5 :P Everton have 4th B)

Hm interesting, just looked up sendings off for the top 4, they stand as follows:

Man Utd - 1
Arsenal - 4
Chelsea - 6
Liverpool - 1

Of course that's just for this season in all competitions.

I don't really think it's down to ref bias to the bigger teams, I mean I haven't exactly seen any challenges warrenting a red card from United all season, can't talk about the others haven't seen all of their games.

I'll compair them with midtable sides:

Portsmouth - 1
Man City - 3
Blackburn - 5
West Ham - 1

Seems pretty fair to me, infact top teams have had 2 more players sent off this season.

Bottom 4:

Birmingham - 1
Reading - 5
Fulham - 7
Derby - 2

That's 3 more than the top sides.

Overall I think it's fair to say the top teams aren't recieving special treatment, they're getting around the same number of sendings off as the rest of the prem.

Source: BBC Sport

I truly had nothing better to do than find those facts and post them. I don't even think you were insinuating top teams get better treatment, I just did this anyway.

[Iai]

So basically refs hate London clubs?

[2muchket!]

Pretty much. How long is his ban now? Four games?

yep 4 games. Fancy alves to start on wednesday should be a good game only £5 in fer me (can pass as under 16 when am 18 ahahahahha).

[poorquality]

So basically refs hate London clubs?

Yes...yes they do.

Everyone hates London




..clubs...

[Dave de Sylvia]

It's obviously a conspiracy against Chelsea.

[ChodaBoy]

Maybe its a plot to get a facial expression out of Grant, rather than the Mr. Toad look

[Dave de Sylvia]

In that case it's been a spectacular failure!

[poorquality]

Mr.Toad? Am I the only one who thinks of him as the Emperor?


All I can imagine is Chelsea drawing or losing and Grant going all 'lightning jedi power' on the team in the dressing room

[Iai]

Nah, he's totally Jabba The Hutt.

Or an orc.

[2muchket!]

Nah, he's totally Jabba The Hutt.

Or an orc.

beat me to the Jabba The Hutt comparison.

[Surtr]

Anyone know how to listen to SPL matches without listening through BBC? BBC usually works but isn't right now for me, and I really wanna' listen to this Motherwell match.

[poorquality]

Kenny...Kenny NOOOOOOOOO!

:( Poor Paddy Kenny...almost to penalties...where it's anyones game.

[Dave de Sylvia]

That was an incredibly lucky goal.

[Dead Star]

I felt so bad for Kenny. How incredibly unlucky.

[Surtr]

When you let in an own goal its gotta' feel like ****, especially in a situation like that.

:(

[E sharp]

Oh my god. I feel soo soo bad for him

[2muchket!]

I lol'd so much. Best player for them and then that happens :lol:

a pretty terrible game, but conisdering they really didnt make any effort really to score the better team won in the end. But still I dont get why mido was left on the pitch and Alves was subbed. He's lookin a lot sharper and if he and tunc play well on sat I'm confident.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Tuncay is woeful in front of goal, he really is. I dunno if his general play is any better, but I'd still bet Mido was the better creator of chances. Not to say anybody created any good chances last night.

[2muchket!]

He had an off night last night but his general play is quality. He's not an out and out scorer but he'll grab a good few and help set up.

Still the pace of the partnership of Ali and Alves is interesting.

[Surtr]

Goddamn I'm out all day so I'm not gonna' get to listen in and see how the matches go. :(

I hope to christ Utd. can get ourselves into first.

[talk show host]

I hope to christ Reading can get a win. Even a point would do!

[poorquality]

I know it can all fall apart very very quickly in football, but looking at the fixtures, I'm starting to believe Man U can make another push at the treble this year. I mean, if we beat Fulham, and Arsenal lose/draw we're top or behind by one (even if Arsenal don't, we can still pull that lead back, as we've shown time and time again).

We beat Lyon midweek, we're in the quarters of the Champs League, and we beat Pompey next weekend, and we're in the Semi of the FA Cup.

I know it's really early but 4 Champs league games (including Lyon), 3 FA Cup Games (including pompey and 11 Prem League games.

That's all that's left (assuming we make it to the finals) it's not impossible to think we have the quality to win most of those games.

I'm probably working my way up to a massive fall (aka losing midweek and next weekend) but It's exciting to think we could do it again realistically.

[2muchket!]

This is boro's year for the Fa cup I believe !

We're gunna have to commit a lot more ****ing effort tho'.

[rik]

From the beginning i've predicted Man Utd would win the title, and i'm still sticking with that prediction. Though I would much rather see Arsenal win it.

[poorquality]

going well so far, Arsenal losing, United winning, I can see Arsenal picking up a point, which would mean they're 1 point clear. I can deal with that.

They can't keep a lead, sure they play well, but this would be the second 6 point lead they've thrown away, you can't afford to do that when going for the title. They capitalised on uniteds failings, then threw the advantage away.

Also I hate how much the sky sports guys are defending Lampard...ok sure, it may of been the softest push ever, but if Alliadiere (i think) can get sent for gently slapping mascherano AFTER mascherano flicked him or something silly, then they have to accept it.

Sure I dont agree that they are sending off offences, but as it stands, deliberate attempts to push/shove/hit are sendings off in the current game, whether you fully connect, touch barely, or even miss at all (judged as intent).

[rik]

For **** sake, we batter Blackburn all game and miss some glorious chances. Then Blackburn score in the last ten minutes. I could ****ing see that coming. Devastated.

[The_Passenger]

lol @ Spurs. I wonder Ramos had to say about that. He'll probably never let them have a 'few drinks' again.

Still not confident on who I think will win the league but now that Arsenal are getting the results that their form for the past two months reflects I'd start to fancy Man Utd.

I'd also be annoyed if I were Chelsea fan, does it really take losing a cup final to get your players motivated to make it up for the fans? Cos it sounds like it was the best they've played this year.

Also starting to worry about Newcastle. That's what, 5 losses and 2 draws since Keegan took over? Apart from Reading, Derby and possibly Fulham they have to be bottom of the form table.

And Plymouth lose. Oh well it was West Brom away, wasn't expecting too much. 5 consecutive wins would've been nice.

[talk show host]

First points of the new year, things are looking up :cool:

it's bloody typical that Birmingham decide to batter spurs though.

[Spiney_Norman]

Sure I dont agree that they are sending off offences, but as it stands, deliberate attempts to push/shove/hit are sendings off in the current game, whether you fully connect, touch barely, or even miss at all (judged as intent).

I love Boa Morte, he starts so much **** and gets away with it :lol:

[talk show host]

hehe, I liked Linekar's dig at Cole there - "Good to see Ashley Cole scoring again". Classy.

[Iai]

Yeah, I liked that.

@ Splat: don't forget that Tuncay was almost never used as a forward until he came to Boro. Naturally he's a left winger, which makes me wonder whether he was signed in anticipation of Downing swanning off to Spurs.

[Echleon]

I had a nightmare last night that the Gooners beat Milan 2-0 :(

[rustysurf84]

The Milan game will make or break Arsenal; so much riding on it. RVP really needs to get back on the field, he's been injured for millenniums it seems.

[sadtaste]

Ja, Arsenal are going to have to pull a rabbit out of the hat for this one. Just read that Seedorf will be absent for Milan.

I wonder if Inter can do something against Liverpool.

[2muchket!]

Yeah, I liked that.

@ Splat: don't forget that Tuncay was almost never used as a forward until he came to Boro. Naturally he's a left winger, which makes me wonder whether he was signed in anticipation of Downing swanning off to Spurs.

idk I saw the games were he played right wing and he looks far more comfortable upfront. Regardless I say we atleast try playing 4-3-3 for a bit at the end of the season (if we still aint completly safe that is) with a forward line of alves, ali and tunc.

[The_Passenger]

So what does everyone think about Lampard's successful appeal?

Correct desicion in my view, but it is obviously inconsistent by the FA. I reckon its down to a combination of the criticism they've had about the Alliadiere desicion, and unfortunately, because Chelsea are one of the big boys.

Also, AC, Barca, Man Utd and Sevilla to progress to the quarter finals tonight.

And Argyle to beat the basement boys.

[Spiney_Norman]

Ugh, Lampard got off? This is just after Alliadiere got an extra match ban for appealling, so it's a complete joke :angry:

[rik]

I reckon it's because Aliadiere 'struck' Mascherano's face, and everyone knows no matter how petty it is, that usually gets a red card. That, and of course everyone including the FA hates the smogs.

[poorquality]

The FA are about as consistent as Porridge.

[Echleon]

In all honesty, whatever choice the FA made, they were going to get criticized.

If they extended the ban like the Alliadiere incident, they would have been criticized for being too harsh
If they turned down the appeal and didn't extend, they would have been criticized for inconsistency.
If they relieved Lampard of his ban, they would get accused of favoring the big clubs.

It's a no win situation.

Utd, Sevilla, Arsenal and Barca to go through tonight imho.

[Dave de Sylvia]

In all honesty, whatever choice the FA made, they were going to get criticized.
And rightly so. It's a problem entirely of their own making. If they'd apply rules equally instead of one for English players and one for foreigners, things like this wouldn't happen. Lampard's was a nothing push, but it's clearly stated in the rules and he should sit out his punishment like anyone else. And if they think this is going to stop Avram Grant from complaining about Chelsea being victimised, then they're in for a big shock.

also lel @ Alex Ferguson's comment on Monday:

"Yes, well, 95th minute - normal seven minutes of injury time at Arsenal."

Genius.

[rik]

1-0 Arsenal. Decent hit by Fabregas, Kalac probably should've done better. Arsenal all but through now.

[The_Passenger]

Well I was wrong about Arsenal. More dissapointed with Milan than impressed with Arsenal really, but the Gunners deserve to go through over the two legs.


also lel @ Alex Ferguson's comment on Monday:

"Yes, well, 95th minute - normal seven minutes of injury time at Arsenal."

Genius.
It's odd, if there was one man in the country who couldn't complain about long injury time periods it's Ferguson and he's the only one who mentions it.

[poorquality]

United are through, I'm happy.

Sevilla match extra time B)


It's odd, if there was one man in the country who couldn't complain about long injury time periods it's Ferguson and he's the only one who mentions it.

When I heard him say it I assumed it was a sly dig at the people who always say we have as much added time as we need. He was laughing when he said it.

[Ganondorf]

Well I was wrong about Arsenal. More dissapointed with Milan than impressed with Arsenal really, but the Gunners deserve to go through over the two legs.


It's odd, if there was one man in the country who couldn't complain about long injury time periods it's Ferguson and he's the only one who mentions it.

You've gotta be joking, Arsenal played so well tonight, Milan looked crap in comparison and it could have easily been more than 2-0.

[rik]

Fenerbace go through by beating Sevilla on pens. I missed all of normal time, sounds like a great match though.

[sadtaste]

Ha, that's cool. Some superb goals in that game, Keita's missile was pretty amazing. Goalkeeper was on sight to touch it, but it was just so powerful.

United game was pretty boring. Or maybe, I was just sleepy. Pretty sloppy play in general.

I think Milan need a shake up. The old trains have just about run out of steam.

[talk show host]

Barcelona - Celtic was quite dull too. I thought it would be a rout after the goal but Barca were on cruise control, just passing around aimlessly and Celtic couldn't get a sniff. Messi bawling his eyes out after getting injured again was pretty :-( though.

Good to see the English teams getting through. Hopefully all four will be in the QF.

[rik]

Ha, that's cool. Some superb goals in that game, Keita's missile was pretty amazing. Goalkeeper was on sight to touch it, but it was just so powerful.

It was a great strike, but the attempt to save it by the keeper was so so poor. Although not as poor at he was for the first goal. Great to see him come through it though and become the hero in the shootout.

[sadtaste]

Barcelona - Celtic was quite dull too. I thought it would be a rout after the goal but Barca were on cruise control, just passing around aimlessly and Celtic couldn't get a sniff. Messi bawling his eyes out after getting injured again was pretty :-( though.

Good to see the English teams getting through. Hopefully all four will be in the QF.

Ah yeah, poor Messi. I hate it when awesome players get injured, young ones especially.

It was a great strike, but the attempt to save it by the keeper was so so poor. Although not as poor at he was for the first goal. Great to see him come through it though and become the hero in the shootout.

Haha, I gave him the benefit of the doubt and assumed Keita's strike was very, very fast.

[2muchket!]

I reckon it's because Aliadiere 'struck' Mascherano's face, and everyone knows no matter how petty it is, that usually gets a red card. That, and of course everyone including the FA hates the smogs.

theres **** alll in violent conduct to do with touching someones face. Or with the lack of force that ali did.

Am glad that Lamps got off but then again it's no surprise he plays for the top 4.

Good win for Arsenal I think and well happy that Fenerbahce are through.

[Iai]

I had a nightmare last night that the Gooners beat Milan 2-0 :(
dude wtf

you should get that looked at

[Kickflip_Burrito]

Good win for the Gunners. Bit gutted about Sevilla but oh well.

I'm not too pleased about Lampard's appeal. He clearly kicks out and studs Boa Morte then pushes him down. Thats 2 yellow card offences. Then Aliadiere gets 4 matches! Its pretty unfair, lower teams aren't treated as fairly. Oh well, I've probs pissed off the Chelsea fans :smash:

Having said that, Makelele's challenge on Foubert was far worse, that should've been straight red.

[Pastorius]

Lampard clearly struck out with his feet, that alone is a red card offence.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Am glad that Lamps got off but then again it's no surprise he plays for the top 4.
p.s. HE'S ENGLISH

[rustysurf84]

Good stuff from Arsenal today, although I'm kinda surprised at how poor Milan were.

[Echleon]

dude wtf

you should get that looked at

I know :confused:

Next time I had a dream about football results, I think i'll put some money on.

I had a dream on the same night that Inter beat Liverpool 3-0, but I don't think i'll put money on that.

[rik]

Hah, I did the same thing last year in the Milan - Man Utd match. Wrote this in this thread way before the game had started..

I had a dream Milan were 2-0 up at half time in tonights match. We'll have to see if my vision is correct.

[sadtaste]

You guys dream about football? Haha, pretty crazy.

[rik]

Always, my dreams tend to mix football and bands a lot, which sometimes gets really messed up. Newcastle lost 3-0 to Mastodon the other day.

[Iai]

Yeah, if Mastodon played Newcastle right now that'd probably be the score.

[rik]

'lol' :rolleyes:

[talk show host]

I laughed :o

[1338 h4x0r]

1-0 Arsenal. Decent hit by Fabregas, Kalac probably should've done better. Arsenal all but through now.

http://snurl.com/211ri

OWNT LOL

That game was epic

[2muchket!]

Quite a big surprise but Roma beat Madrid 4-2 on agg.

Porto and Schalke are in extra time and Chelski cruise through.

[talk show host]

is that two hat-tricks in a row in the league for Torres now? not bad, wish he was in my fantasy team really

[Spiney_Norman]

That's two 4-0 defeats for West Ham in a row, unlucky! I think Torres' other hat-trick was against Sunderland, dunno when then was though.

[sadtaste]

Quite a big surprise but Roma beat Madrid 4-2 on agg.

Porto and Schalke are in extra time and Chelski cruise through.

Real Madrid were sloppy. I fell asleep during the second half, that's how unexciting the game was to me. Madrid really missed their Dutch boys.

[Dave de Sylvia]

That's two 4-0 defeats for West Ham in a row, unlucky! I think Torres' other hat-trick was against Sunderland, dunno when then was though.
My decision to drop Clichy for Upson in my fantasy team has not worked to my advantage.

[talk show host]

So I see Lita's gone on loan to Charlton. Looks like he'll be on his way out in the summer since it's clear him and Coppell hate each other. So that leaves a strike force of Kitson, Shane "Super-Sub" Long and Doyle who I believe has yet to score with his feet this season. Marvellous.

[Dave de Sylvia]

In Doyle's defence, Coppell's ludicrous decision to play him on the wing despite his complete lack of aptitude has contributed.

[talk show host]

True. It also doesn't help having no decent right winger though. Oster's been crap since he's come back and I haven't really seen enough of Kebe due largely to Coppell's reluctance to give any of our signings (bar Matejovsky) a decent chance for about 6 months after they arrive. Hopfully Little will be back at some point.

Bah, this season is ****.

[sgrevs]

Good win for Liverpool, back in the top 4. About time too.

[sadtaste]

Everton > Liverpoo

[sgrevs]

Everton < Liverpool

[sadtaste]

A fine argument.

btw, Schalke won the penalty shootout against Porto. Schalke's keeper had a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very good game.

[sgrevs]

For the whole game or for the penalties?

[sadtaste]

Both. I recall seeing a point black save from him in a highlights reel this morning.

As a matter of fact, the uefa highlights show is on sbs now.

[Timm]

A fine argument.

btw, Schalke won the penalty shootout against Porto. Schalke's keeper had a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very good game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve0qkjdfb30
^^save of the year :amaze:

[The_Passenger]

Everton < Liverpool

Truth

Everton are good but I think that people have put a bit too much belief in their good season. I remember when everyone thought they would beat Chelsea in the CC semi they got that wrong. It seems that Everton are clueless against the better defences they come up against and that's their main problem for me.

[sadtaste]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve0qkjdfb30
^^save of the year :amaze:

Copyright pwned, but I'm assuming it was the point blank header which was saved with his leg?

Truth

Everton are good but I think that people have put a bit too much belief in their good season. I remember when everyone thought they would beat Chelsea in the CC semi they got that wrong. It seems that Everton are clueless against the better defences they come up against and that's their main problem for me.

Haha, I just don't like Liverpool :D

[Timm]

Copyright pwned, but I'm assuming it was the point blank header which was saved with his leg?


yeah that was the jackie-chan-kung-fu-save

[Pastorius]

Torrrresssss

[sadtaste]

Who is Torrrresssss? In other news, nice hattrick by Torres.

Also, nice work by Bayern Munich sharing the goals amongst their attackers. Altintop, Ribery, Klose, Toni and Podolski all scored.

[sgrevs]

Shame about Spurs, I wanted them to win. I don't care about Everton losing though.

[E sharp]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve0qkjdfb30
^^save of the year :amaze:

im not even gonna read the rest of the thread and say this is the save where he parries the header with his foot.

how many times did the ball hit the goalposts in the real vs roma match!


e: lol.

[Timm]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rypzP1h4Jrg&NR=1

lmao

[sadtaste]

Chhhhhheappppppp

[dei]

Why wouldn't anyone warn the keeper?

[sadtaste]

It's noisy on a football pitch dei.