Euro 2008 (Official Man City LOL Thread)

[jcxstargazer]

oi butler this is the football thread dont talk about that crap

[Anarchy for the UK]

Is there any other Championship team fans around?
the only real team in manchester-man utd :thumb:

[Adam Jones is GOD]

the only real team in manchester-man utd :thumb:

They would be Premiership. Im referring to the first division/championship league

[Untitled]

oi butler this is the football thread dont talk about that crap
At least mclaren win somtimes, unlike that man city of yours.

[Till_Lindeman001]

They would be Premiership. Im referring to the first division/championship league

I'm a Spurs fan but I follow Brighton too, I got a ticket to see the two play in the FA Cup too, at White Hart Lane, East Stand Lower, about 6 rows from the front.

[mr snrub]

Sol Campbell you beauty! I love you! Saved us from embarrasement because anything other than a win today would of been dire for Arsenal.

[Adam Jones is GOD]

The prem race is interesting this year. im glad Arsenal won, the more teams contesting behind Chelsea, the more entertaining it becomes for the neturals.

Plus any Arsenal win gives my Fantasy Football team a boost

[Anarchy for the UK]

They would be Premiership. Im referring to the first division/championship league
oh yeah i've just realized i misread the original post. i thought it said champions league, not championship... :p

[mr snrub]

Ronaldinho has won the Fifa Player of the Year award, just ahead of Henry with Shevchenko in third. Again Henry has just missed out on the prize which is sad. However no complaints, Ronaldinho is an awesome player.

In other news apparently Liverpool have made a bid for Morientes, who is unhappy because he isn't getting enough first team football.

[Anarchy for the UK]

Ronaldinho has won the Fifa Player of the Year award, just ahead of Henry with Shevchenko in third. Again Henry has just missed out on the prize which is sad. However no complaints, Ronaldinho is an awesome player.

In other news apparently Liverpool have made a bid for Morientes, who is unhappy because he isn't getting enough first team football.
ronaldinho should have won. ahh, justice :p
and i want morientes in england, he's ace. even though i support man utd...

[Adam Jones is GOD]

Ronaldinho has won the Fifa Player of the Year award, just ahead of Henry with Shevchenko in third. Again Henry has just missed out on the prize which is sad. However no complaints, Ronaldinho is an awesome player.

In other news apparently Liverpool have made a bid for Morientes, who is unhappy because he isn't getting enough first team football.

HAve you read the stats though? Henry has scored more goals in few games, and have a lot more assists.

And looks like Trevor Francis is showing interest in managing us, which may or may not work. It would be nice having a forest forest manager though again

(well, i did read this from the Sun, so they may be inaccurate)

[Anarchy for the UK]

but henry cant force a defender into a 360 spin to keep his eyes on the ball whilst continuing to run in a straight line :thumb:

[Adam Jones is GOD]

Unlike ME!

"look over there! Now over there! Now over there! BYE!"

/scores

I would love to know how the position is eventually judged, whether its on stats, or personal preference

[Anarchy for the UK]

Unlike ME!

"look over there! Now over there! Now over there! BYE!"

/scores

I would love to know how the position is eventually judged, whether its on stats, or personal preference
it must be stats, otherwise there could be like mark venus (cambridge), junior mendes (huddersfield), and ronaldo (real madrid) in the final 3...

[Adam Jones is GOD]

That would be such a weird line up for the prize.

I couldnt imagine Mark venus accepting the award. Most players in the lower divs would probably be happy with the free trip abroad.

And if it is stats, why didnt Henry win it? It probably narrows it down to the final 3, but then i guess its just a vote

[mr snrub]

it must be stats, otherwise there could be like mark venus (cambridge), junior mendes (huddersfield), and ronaldo (real madrid) in the final 3...


Mark Venus doesn't play for Cambridge anymore, by the way.

[Anarchy for the UK]

Mark Venus doesn't play for Cambridge anymore, by the way.
i'm not a cambridge fan. its my mate i learned that off. well whoever he plays for anyway...

[Anarchy for the UK]

how about if we name the best 11 in the prem, and subs if you want. and max 2 players from the team you support, max 5 from chelsea (only 2 if you support chelsea though) here's mine
team i support-man utd

GK-Petr Cech
LB-Gabriel Heinze
CB-John Terry
CB-Rio Ferdinand
RB-John Arne Riise
LW-Arjen Robben
CM-Frank Lampard
CM-Steven Gerrard
RW-Freddie Ljungberg
ST-Thierry Henry
ST-Jimi Floyd Hasselbaink

Subs
GK-Carlo Cudicini
LB-Ashley Cole
CB-Sol Campbell
LM-Robbert Pires
ST-Jermain Defoe

:thumb:

[jaymz_is_god]

how about if we name the best 11 in the prem, and subs if you want. and max 2 players from the team you support, max 5 from chelsea (only 2 if you support chelsea though)

I support Man Utd so:

GK-Paul Robinson
LB-Ashley Cole
RB-Jamie Carragher
CB-Rio Ferdinand
CB-John Terry
LM-Arjen Robben
RM-Shaun Wright-Phillips
CM-Frank Lampard
CM-Steven Gerrard
ST-Thierry Henry
ST-Ruud van Nistelrooy

Subs:
GK-Petr Cech
DF-William Gallas
MF-Tomas Gravesen
MF-Stewart Downing
ST-Jermain Defoe

[Rancid Dan]

I support Newcastle :

GK - Cech
LB - Heinze
RB - Ferreira
CB - Terry
CB - Ferdinand
LM - Robben
RM - Bellamy
CM - Lampard
CM - Gerrard
ST - Henry
ST - Shearer

Subs :
GK - Cudicini
LB - Cole
CB - Campbell
RM - Duff
ST - Baros

[mr snrub]

I support Arsenal in the prem.

GK: Paul Robinson (Spurs)
DR: Tony Hibbert (Everton)
DL: Gabriel Heinze (Man Utd)
DC: John Terry (Chelsea)
DC: Sol Campbell (Arsenal)
MR: Shawn Wright-Phillips (Man City)
ML: Arjen Robben (Chelsea)
MC: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
MC: Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
FC: Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
FC: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Man Utd)

Subs:
GK: Kiraly (Palace)
D: Carragher (Liverpool)
M: Downing (middlesborough)
M: Okocha (Bolton)
F: Huckerby (Norwich)

[jaymz_is_god]

This has probably already been done, but what would everyone's first choice England team be?

Mine would be:

GK:Paul Robinson
RB:Gary Neville
LB:Ashley Cole
CB:Rio Ferdinand
CB:John Terry
RM:Shaun Wright-Phillips
LM:Stewart Downing
CM:Steven Gerrard (c)
CM:Frank Lampard
ST:Jermain Defoe
ST:Wayne Rooney

[Rancid Dan]

England Team:
GK - Robinson
RB - Neville
LB - Cole
CB - Ferdinand
CB - Terry
RM - S W Phillips
LM - Downing
CM - Gerrard
CM - Lampard
ST - Rooney
ST - Owen

[mr snrub]

GK: Paul Robinson
RB: Tony Hibbert
LB: Ashley Cole
CB: John Terry
CB: Sol Campbell (c)
RM: David Beckham
LM: Wayne Bridge
CM: Steven Gerrard
CM: Frank Lampard
ST: Micheal Owen
ST: Wayne Rooney

[Anarchy for the UK]

robinson
g nev
rio
terry
ashley cole
swp
stevie g
lampard (c)
stuart downing
smith
vassel

[davey]

heres my best in the prem side:
i support arsenal but im not sticking to that 'only 2 players from the team you support' idea

GK. Paul Robinson
RB. Paulo ferraira (sp)
CB. Sol Campbell
CB. Rio Ferdinand
LB. Ashley Cole
RM. Steven Gerrard
CM. Patrick Vieira
CM. Frank Lampard
LM. Arjen Robben
ST. Thierry Henry
ST. Ruud Van Nistelrooy

subs
shay given
John Terry
Robert Pires
Shaun Wright Phillips
Damien Duff
Alan Shearer

England Team
GK Paul Robinson
RB Gary Neville
CB Sol campbell (C)
CB Rio Ferdinand
LB Ashley Cole
RM Shaun Wright Phillips
CM David Beckham
CM Frank Lampard
LM Steven Gerard
ST Micheal Owen
ST. Jermaine Defoe

What would everyones best team in the world be? (with subs aswell if you want) Heres mine.
GK. Buffon
RB Cafu
CB Sol Campbell
CB Rio Ferdinand
LB Ashley Cole
RM Zinedine Zidane
CM Patrick Vieira
CM Deco
LM Pavel Nedved
ST Thierry Henry
ST Ronaldinho

Subs
Cech
Thuram
Terry
Gerard
Schevchenko (sp)

[Drumma]

my dream team would be :
Cech

Samuel
Campbell
Ashley Cole
Nesta

Deco
Robben
Pires
Ljungberg

Adriano
Henry

[jaymz_is_god]

Hmm...Best team in the world?

GK:Gianluigi Buffon
LB:Ashley Cole
RB:Carles Puyol
CB:Rio Ferdinand
CB:Alessandro Nesta
LM:Pavel Nedved
RM:Cristiano Ronaldo
CM:Patrick Vieira
CM:Ronaldinho
ST:Theirry Henry
ST:Ruud van Nistelrooy

[mr snrub]

GK: Buffon
RB: Puyol
LB: Cole
CB: Campbell
CB: Nesta
RM: Ronaldinho
LM: Nedved
CM: Vieira
CM: Deco
ST: Henry
ST: Shevchenko

Subs:

Casillas
Cannavaro
Zidane
Joaquin
Raul

[KappaKid17]

Best team in the world:

GK: Cech
RB: Puyol
LB: Cole
CB: Nesta
CB: Maldini
CM: Nedved
CM: Ronaldinho
RM: Scholes
LM: Pires
ST: Shevchenko
ST: Henry

Subsitutes:

Buffon
Zidane
Makaay
Ibrahimovic
Eto'o
Campbell
Gerrard

[Anarchy for the UK]

GK: Casillas
RB: Thuram
CB: Cannavaro
CB: Nesta
LB: R. Carlos
RM: Figo
CM: Ronaldinho
CM: Zidane
LM: Robben
ST: Henry
ST: Shevchenko

[metal-militia]

Best team on form i think

GK: Chech
RB: Puyol
CB: Nesta
CB: Gallas
LB: Cole
RM: Ronaldinho
CM: Gerrard
CM: Makaay
FC: Henry
FC: Shevchenko

[Adam Jones is GOD]

I no longer have the knowledge of football that i used to, so putting together a best team is a struggle for me.

However, as a new subject, with the year coming to an end, and the last games being played of 2004, post your personal reflection of your team's year, their highs and lows, and what the future holds..

For me, (forest fan) this has probably been the darkest season for us. After we had a mediocre finish last season, this one has been a complete nightmare.

Money problems have never left us, and the constant need to sell our well groomed youth players has crippled our side and left us in relegation. Along with this, the legend Brian Clough died, which sums up how our season is looking, bleak.

As for the new year, I am confinded to the fact that unless our new management can perform a miracle and pull out some good players, and keep Andy Reid (complete miracle there), we are lookingat Div 1 on the championship next year, where we shall 're-build and prepare to go straight back up'. This was said a few years ago, whe we left the Premiership.

Right, anyone with a happier team story? :thumb:

[Rancid Dan]

Jesus Christ.
Newcastle get a lead then lose it, then score again and then let in another.
What is the matter with us ?

We are the team who has lost leads more than any other in the Prem.

[jaymz_is_god]

Jesus Christ.
Newcastle get a lead then lose it, then score again and then let in another.
What is the matter with us ?

It's probably because your defence is sh*te.

[davey]

i was at the arse today we won 2-0 good performance and were still up there. Bergkamp was bloody awful today does anyone know when reyes will be back?

[metal-militia]

Southampton

Most seasons they are tipped to go down but suprise everyone and finish in mid table or lower half security. This year however, the season has started worse than usual. Already on the 3rd manager of the season there seems to be little stability and no confidence in the squad. The players show no commitment and some players are tipped to be sold in January. The results have been poor, especially against the weaker teams in the premiership, and some results have been thrown away. None of the new signings have done much and along with the massive injury blow to Michael Svennson and Mathew Oakley, the squad lacks depth. This time last year saints were 4th, holding off for a champions league place. This year they are 19th and fighting for thier lives. If they go down I think a lot of the squad will be sold to balance the books, and the team will not recover and eventually go into freefall like Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday have done.

[KappaKid17]

Anyone else remember this?

http://content.collegehumor.com/media/movies/eric_cantona_attack.mpeg

The NBA hasn't go anything on Cantona.

[mr snrub]

It's probably because your defence is sh*te.


Correct. Any defense with Titus Bramble in is always going to concede goals. Hopefully Arsenal can take advantage of that tomorrow. ;)

[KappaKid17]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=492&e=3&u=/ap/quake_celebrities

Read further down, this is what you'll get out of it...

Several Italian soccer players — including AC Milan striker Filippo Inzaghi, Milan captain Paolo Maldini, and Juventus defender Gianluca Zambrotta — were caught in the maelstrom in the Maldives but were unhurt.

I know they may not be harmed, but that'd sure have been a great tragedy for the soccer world if we'd lost those guys...of course, that is amongst the tragic other 60,000 + dead.

[revolution]

I no longer have the knowledge of football that i used to, so putting together a best team is a struggle for me.

However, as a new subject, with the year coming to an end, and the last games being played of 2004, post your personal reflection of your team's year, their highs and lows, and what the future holds..

For me, (forest fan) this has probably been the darkest season for us. After we had a mediocre finish last season, this one has been a complete nightmare.

Money problems have never left us, and the constant need to sell our well groomed youth players has crippled our side and left us in relegation. Along with this, the legend Brian Clough died, which sums up how our season is looking, bleak.

As for the new year, I am confinded to the fact that unless our new management can perform a miracle and pull out some good players, and keep Andy Reid (complete miracle there), we are lookingat Div 1 on the championship next year, where we shall 're-build and prepare to go straight back up'. This was said a few years ago, whe we left the Premiership.

Right, anyone with a happier team story? :thumb:


Have some consolation in the fact that we can actually still play some nice football. I was at the West Ham game on Boxing Day, and in the second half we had plenty of chances to win the game and looked a pretty good side. (Although we couldn't actually take advantage of the chances :upset:

Yep it would be a miracle of Reid stayed, and Dawson too, but we sure could do with them

[mr snrub]

Very lucky Arsenal. Scrapped a win tonight against Newcastle. The officials were poor however. Missed two handballs in the area and made some poor decisions with offsides and bookings.

[mr snrub]

I no longer have the knowledge of football that i used to, so putting together a best team is a struggle for me.

However, as a new subject, with the year coming to an end, and the last games being played of 2004, post your personal reflection of your team's year, their highs and lows, and what the future holds..

For me, (forest fan) this has probably been the darkest season for us. After we had a mediocre finish last season, this one has been a complete nightmare.

Money problems have never left us, and the constant need to sell our well groomed youth players has crippled our side and left us in relegation. Along with this, the legend Brian Clough died, which sums up how our season is looking, bleak.

As for the new year, I am confinded to the fact that unless our new management can perform a miracle and pull out some good players, and keep Andy Reid (complete miracle there), we are lookingat Div 1 on the championship next year, where we shall 're-build and prepare to go straight back up'. This was said a few years ago, whe we left the Premiership.

Right, anyone with a happier team story? :thumb:


Well I have a few team stories:

Arsenal:

Champions of the league and almost went the year unbeaten. Made a new English record of un-beaten matches but then fell short at 50 at Old Trafford, of all places. From January it seemed like a treble was on, but Europe again befalled us at the hands of Chelsea, throwing away a home advantage to lose and wasted our best chance for winning the elite trophy. It went from treble to double to just the Championship as Man Utd beat us in the semi-final of the FA Cup meaning we could not retain it again plus it was the first time we did not make the final for 3 years. Winning the league was the highlight backed by the unbeaten record. Jose Antonio Reyes joined us in January, Robin van Persie the biggest summer signing, and also the youngsters of Fabregas, Clichy, Flamini and Hoyte all pushing if not getting first-team action. It looked like it was going to be a cruise to retain the title as we seemed unbeatable again, until the 50th, which mentally scarred us and have yet to really pick up our form again. Some late scrappy wins against Portsmouth and today at Newcastle ensure that we will still be there in the race of which Chelsea seem to be running away with already. I am very much doubtful that the check-book will be used during the january window as I feel we have it in our squad to be the biggest again in 2005.
Prediction for 2005: Champions again (I have to say that!), but still no form in Europe.

Norwich:

More of a local team they are to me, but winners of the old first division they came into the Premiership looking odds on to go down. They didnt win a match for the first 12 or so games, but with a load of draws sit just inside the drop-zone at New Year. Some real talent with Huckerby, Bently and others makes us on paper look capable of staying up, but wins are essential in the New Year.
Prediction for 2005: Just avoid the drop, but will lose key players in transfers.

Wolves:

2 years ago I supported them with all my heart, but now I am stuck with a busy life and they are too far away from me for me to care about as much. Relegation from the Premiership was bad enough, but now we sit at the wrong end of the table in the Championship, and dreams of a return to the top league seem overturned, in that now the aim is safety for another year.
Prediction for 2005: Mid-table. Thats it.

Cambridge United:

The final part of my essay of my clubs is the team that sits bottom of the football league. Embarrasement. 2-0 up agains Yeovil with little over 30mins to play on bowing day and we still manage to lose. A new director of football was named (Claude LeRoy) in the early parts of the year, with a new manager (Herve Renard) who saved us from the drop last season. This season he sadly hasn't done the trick again, and was sacked 3 weeks ago with Steve Thompson named the new manager on saturday. Wins are needed essentially because Conference football does not sound in any way appealing, but I fear for the worst.
Prediction for 2005: Conference football, bankruptcy and just about anything else that can go wrong.

Thank you for your time, and a Happy New Year to you all.

[Iai]

Having had access to the sports channels recently, and having nothing better to do (spending a lot of time at my Dad's, unfortunately), I'd just like to say how great it is that, for once, the two greatest players in the Premiership are British. I'm talking, of course, about Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard.

The England national side now has easily the best central midfield in the world, and probably the best central defence, too, with Terry, Ferdinand, and Campbell. There's no excuses if we fail to win Euro 2006 with all of them fit.

[Iai]

Very lucky Arsenal. Scrapped a win tonight against Newcastle. The officials were poor however. Missed two handballs in the area and made some poor decisions with offsides and bookings.
It's a theme to Arsenal games.

[Anarchy for the UK]

It's a theme to Arsenal games.
yeah, the refs just want them to win

[jaymz_is_god]

The England national side now has easily the best central midfield in the world, and probably the best central defence, too, with Terry, Ferdinand, and Campbell. There's no excuses if we fail to win Euro 2006 with all of them fit.

If Sven-Goran Eriksson could see past reputations and actually pick players on ability then England would have a good chance of winning a major tournament. If he dropped Owen and Beckham, I'd say England could be a major footballing force.

[Rancid Dan]

Come on Newcastle,
We might actualy hold a lead and win !!

[Eccles]

If Sven-Goran Eriksson could see past reputations and actually pick players on ability then England would have a good chance of winning a major tournament. If he dropped Owen and Beckham, I'd say England could be a major footballing force.I wouldn't drop Owen. I would replace Beckham with Wright-Philips though, and I'd pick a left midfielder and **** well stick with him for more than one game.

[jaymz_is_god]

Chelsea b*stards! How lucky can one team be? Liverpool were all over them, should have had a penalty and they scored a f*cking lucky goal. Can't wait to see Abramovich get bored and leave them in debt.

On the plus side, United win again and keep another clean sheet :thumb:
Finally the defence is sorting itself out. And again Ryan Giggs proves he can still do it :thumb:

[jcxstargazer]

i hate chelsea (i guess you do too)
i blame Man City (despite being a City fan), coz since we beat them they usually keep winning 4-1 or having a lucky win. we did the same 2 seasons ago when we beat united, and they went on to win the title!

[guitarbaz]

Come on Newcastle,
We might actualy hold a lead and win !!

and indeed we did.

what a bloody relief!

[Maggies_Farmer]

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

[moderaterock222]

i hate chelsea (i guess you do too)
i blame Man City (despite being a City fan), coz since we beat them they usually keep winning 4-1 or having a lucky win. we did the same 2 seasons ago when we beat united, and they went on to win the title!
I'm a city fan too. SWP is a legend, one of the best footballers in the premiership for me.

[Rancid Dan]

I'm a city fan too. SWP is a legend, one of the best footballers in the premiership for me.

He is one hell of a player. Among the top 10 in the Prem.

[jaymz_is_god]

What does everyone think about a British team? Do you think it would be a good idea? The England team would probably be better, but it's just hypothetical.Pick your team including 7 subs (must have at least 2 from each country)

Mine would be:

GK: Roy Carroll
LB: Ashley Cole
RB: Gary Neville
CB: Rio Ferdinand
CB: John Terry
LM: Ryan Giggs
RM: Shaun Wright-Phillips
CM: Steven Gerrard
CM: Frank Lampard
ST: Jermaine Defoe
ST: Wayne Rooney

Subs:
GK: Paul Robinson
DF: Aaron Hughes
DF: Sol Campbell
MF: Barry Ferguson
MF: Darren Fletcher
ST: Alan Smith
ST: Craig Bellamy

[mr snrub]

Worst ref decision so far in this season.



Referees at the moment are getting handballs all wrong. Even though I am an Arsenal fan, I admitt that Ashley Cole did handball and it should of been a penalty. Again in the Liverpool - Chelsea match, Thiago blatently handballed it, and the ref even put the whistle to his mouth before taking it away, claiming it was 'ball to hand'! There was also another handball incident I saw on Match of The Day on Saturday but I forget which one. And finally today in the Norwich v Liverpool match, Caragher clearly handballed it in his own area. It's these decisions that go wrong and change matches. Liverpool went on to win 2-1, as did Chelsea when they got lucky with a decision and so did Arsenal. This has to be the worst perioud of time I have ever seen for referees because it seems that in every match day, a handball is going un-noticed.

[Maggies_Farmer]

perhaps technology will soon be introduced to help decisions. tv replays and things.

[guitarbaz]

perhaps technology will soon be introduced to help decisions. tv replays and things.

wtf would we argue about tho? the contentious decisions are all part and parcel of the beautiful game. the pundits would be out of a job if they brought in video replays and the like!

[Maggies_Farmer]

true, but they still have pundits for rugby and things, and they have introduced it, and cricket too.

[mr snrub]

wtf would we argue about tho? the contentious decisions are all part and parcel of the beautiful game. the pundits would be out of a job if they brought in video replays and the like!

It is all part of the game yes, but recently all the favours have gone towards the bigger clubs. Arsenal and Chelsea both would of dropped points if the handballs were pointed out at Newcastle and Liverpool respectively. Although I agree that it is part of the game, it would make it fairer. They are also talking about penalising players who dive if it is spotted on tv, which is good because there is nothing I hate more than players diving.

[chumpradio]

What does everyone think about a British team? Do you think it would be a good idea? The England team would probably be better, but it's just hypothetical.Pick your team including 7 subs (must have at least 2 from each country)

Mine would be:

GK: Roy Carroll
LB: Ashley Cole
RB: Gary Neville
CB: Rio Ferdinand
CB: John Terry
LM: Ryan Giggs
RM: Shaun Wright-Phillips
CM: Steven Gerrard
CM: Frank Lampard
ST: Jermaine Defoe
ST: Wayne Rooney

Subs:
GK: Paul Robinson
DF: Aaron Hughes
DF: Sol Campbell
MF: Barry Ferguson
MF: Darren Fletcher
ST: Alan Smith
ST: Craig Bellamy

GK: Paul Robinson
LB: Ashley Cole
RB: Gary Neville
CB: Sol Campbell
CB: John Terry
LM: James McFadden
RM: Shaun Wright-Phillips
CM: Steven Gerrard
CM: Frank Lampard
ST: Michael Owen
ST: James Beattie

Subs:
GK: Nigel Martyn
DF: Ledley King
DF: Rio Ferdinand
MF: Barry Ferguson
MF: Ryan Giggs
ST: Wayne Rooney
ST: Craig Bellamy

I can't be bothered checking if there are two from each nation etc, that's just my quick idea.

[americana_idiot]

Go Portugal

[duffroxmysox]

COME ON PALACE


/ late ahem...:D

[chumpradio]

I hope Everton can beat Portsmouth tonight, two defeats in a row is terrible form.
At least we will have James Beattie playing soon, and hopefully another new player or two.
I blame the loss of Stubbs and Martyn to why we lost 5-2 to Tottenham, Stubbs is our best defender and Martyn is much better than Wright.

[jaymz_is_god]

Martyn is much better than Wright.

Whatever happened to Richard Wright? He was being tipped as the 'next England number one' when he was at Ipswich a few years ago, and now he's second choice at Everton. :confused:

I can see the same happening to Rob Green in the future.

[metal-militia]

Wright lost his place to Martyn becuase he was injured. He was unlucky becuase then Martyn has been in great form.

Edit: to chumpradio - Us selling you Beatts is great. You have an overated pie eater, and we have 4 million. Mwahahaha!

[chumpradio]

Wright lost his place to Martyn becuase he was injured. He was unlucky becuase then Martyn has been in great form.

Edit: to chumpradio - Us selling you Beatts is great. You have an overated pie eater, and we have 4 million. Mwahahaha!
Beattie is a good player.
And us selling Rooney to Man U is better. Around £20m for an over-rated fag who does nothing a lot of the time, and will turn into the next Paul Gascgoine, but not as talented. Rooney is an overrated pie eater.

[davey]

Asenal have lost 1-0 to man city and chelsea have beaten boro. Leagues over.

[metal-militia]

[QUOTE=chumpradio]Beattie is a good player.[QUOTE]
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

When Beattie first arrived he was shocking. He has occasional good glimpses but overall is a fairly poor player. I've always thought Rooney wasn't too good at club leval and is the most overated player in the world.

[davey]

Sorry jumping to conclusions there, arsenal just equalised.

[jaymz_is_god]

Spurs were just robbed of 3 points (coming from a United fan). But to be fair, the match should have been over long before that. We had so many chances to put the game away. Typical of United in a few games this season. But after that incident towards the end, I'm just glad we got a point.

[shearer87]

what an effort from mendes! im mike new mxer

[KappaKid17]

Welcome Mike. :wave:

Who do you support (football-wise)?

[KappaKid17]

Spurs were just robbed of 3 points (coming from a United fan). But to be fair, the match should have been over long before that. We had so many chances to put the game away. Typical of United in a few games this season. But after that incident towards the end, I'm just glad we got a point.

Indeed.

<-- Man U supporter.

[devils_night]

Alrite Mike, good to see another Newcastle fan (I assume) on the forums

[KappaKid17]

SHEARER87

I'm an idiot....

Kluivert's slowly growing on me.

[devils_night]

Aye Kluiverts alright, His shooting isn't as good as it once was like but I reckon once he's fully fit again he'll be firing them in from all over the place. He's got a great first touch

[mr snrub]

Asenal have lost 1-0 to man city and chelsea have beaten boro. Leagues over.

It was 1-1. And the league isn't over. Man Utd and Arsenal have both closed larger gaps than this before, and Chelsea will slip somewhere.

[davey]

It was 1-1. And the league isn't over. Man Utd and Arsenal have both closed larger gaps than this before, and Chelsea will slip somewhere.
ive just got a bad feeling that 7 points could be too much for us. I agree that chelsea will have a blip in form because everyone is saying they are invincible but everybody said that about us and we still went on a bad run so if it can happen to us it could easily happen to them and i supose there's still a fair to go so never say never eh?

[mr snrub]

Exactly. But everyone is also mentioning that Man Utd closed down a 12 point gap once from March to win the league, and Arsenal closed a 7 pointer in 1997-98, so in my optimistic view I believe it is still possible. Anyway it is Chelsea's to lose now, not anyone else's to win.

[jaymz_is_god]

Maybe I'm just being optimistic, but I can't see Chelsea keeping their nerve until the end of the season. They are a great side and have a big lead, but I don't think there is enough Premiership experience in their squad. I'll be impressed if they can keep this form up until May.

[rik]

Aye Kluiverts alright, His shooting isn't as good as it once was like but I reckon once he's fully fit again he'll be firing them in from all over the place. He's got a great first touch

<--------------- Newcastle fan.

Yer Kluivert hasn't been fully fit since we've signed him I think people should wait and give him a chance. What you think of the Babayaro and Boumsong singnings, it'll be good to get Bramble out of the first team, he's useless.

[mr snrub]

What you think of the Babayaro and Boumsong singnings, it'll be good to get Bramble out of the first team, he's useless.

I am not a Newcastle fan, but I have noted for a long time what a complete waste of space Bramble is. The only thing I have ever seen him do well was a few awesome passes against West Brom the other day. I don't really know much about Boumsong, but Babayaro is a useful player. Any additions to your defence is good though as it is your are of weakness at the moment.

[rik]

I am not a Newcastle fan, but I have noted for a long time what a complete waste of space Bramble is. The only thing I have ever seen him do well was a few awesome passes against West Brom the other day. I don't really know much about Boumsong, but Babayaro is a useful player. Any additions to your defence is good though as it is your are of weakness at the moment.
Yer Bramble can have a few decent moments, he is useless though, very unreliable. Defence is our main weakness at the moment but another thing that gets the team down a lot is injuries, we always seem to be having major injury problems.

[devils_night]

I don't know much about our two new signings , but anyone new in defence has gotta be a plus, I noticed our latest load of crap results have all happened whilst Carr has been injured, so im sure things will pick up when he's back. I think people should lay off Bramble a bit, for all the **** things he does, ive seen him save heaps of games for Newcastle. He can slide in on someone from behind and cleanly take the ball like the best. If I were manager he would regulary be on the team sheet. Not all the time though, best to keep on his feet make sure he knows he has to concentrate to get picked.

[shearer87]

i think kluivert was brilliant when we played everton. he was flicking the ball of for bellamy, jenas and dyer all the time. I would like to see him taking up a midfield position just to feed the strikers and then wait for any rebounds to fall his way. But to be onest i dont think that Graeme Souness will do that because i think he is a diabolical manager! whats your view on souness then devils night?

[thelizardkingcc]

redskins, seminoles, and mountaineers!

any FSU fans here as happy as I am that the Chris Rix era is over FOREVER??!! thank god. 4 years of him at starting qb, and xavier beitia as PK just hasn't done my heart too well.

[mr snrub]

redskins, seminoles, and mountaineers!

any FSU fans here as happy as I am that the Chris Rix era is over FOREVER??!! thank god. 4 years of him at starting qb, and xavier beitia as PK just hasn't done my heart too well.

This is an English football, aka soccer, thread.

[Lord Abortion]

Living in the area I know alot of Newcastle fans who hate Bramble

as for me... bring back Tim Howard!

[upthebracket]

Celtic vs Rangers on Sunday *rubs hands*

Predictions? (from anyone who cares)

I reckon it's Celtic's turn for a win again, Rangers won't be able to cope without Boumsong... McGeddy will rip through them.

and it's at Parkhead, which always helps.


2-0 celtic.

[devils_night]

Souness I hear you ask???
Well, when Bobby was "relieved of his duties" I was pretty pissed/sad, i didnt think there would ever be anyone quite like him at Newcastle, he really loved the club. But when Souness first took over my first impressions were "meh" I went to the first game he was in charge and we won 2-0, we then contionued on a nice unbeaten run and I thought he was brilliant, since then we've gone downhill and im not so sure.
Im giving him till the end of February, give him chance for the players he's signed to settle in, then i'll make my decision.

[devils_night]

O yeah, as for Celtic Rangers, im also going with Celtic, I don't know heaps about Scotish football but they lways seem to get the better of the blues. I don't particulary have a favourite out of the two but i really enjoy watching when they meet, the fact its in such an early stage of the cup is even better. Shame the Toon games on at the same time I think, so i won't be watching it. Otherwise i would. Prediction 2-1 Celtic

[rik]

I might be going down to see Newcastle play Yeading on sunday. Be good If I can because I don't ever see Newcastle play as I live down South.

[devils_night]

Nice, I wanted to go but my mum and dad wouldn't let me, and they said theres no way in hell im going down with my mates, all that way. Apparantly we are very stupid when we go places on the train, just becasue we got caught fair dodging once, and we were only doing it becasue we accidently spent all our money at Burger King

[jaymz_is_god]

What does everyone think of the FA Cup? I think it'll be great this year. No Premiership sides paired in the 3rd round. Leaves the more excting ties until later on in the competition. Not that lower division teams don't produce exciting matches, I just think interest will be restored to the FA Cup with a few high profile ties later on in the competition.

[metal-militia]

I've always loved the FA cup, and even went to the final in 2003 when Saints lost to Arsenal 1-0 :(

Shame i can't go to the Northampton game, it sold out before i had the chance to get tickets.

[The Essential]

Think which premiership team will go down this wkend for FA Cup?

[The Essential]

Man U and Arsenal will definitely go into the next round.
theyve never lost at this stage of the competition before.
My bets on them.

[devils_night]

I reckon if any premiership clubs go out it will b Newcastle, no serioulsy we're gonna have to keep it tight at the back, anyone who follows us will know we could lose to thin air if we're not careful. According to nufc.com we've never beaten a non-leauge team first time round in the FA Cup, in six attempts.

[americana_idiot]

I reckon if any premiership clubs go out it will b Newcastle, no serioulsy we're gonna have to keep it tight at the back, anyone who follows us will know we could lose to thin air if we're not careful. According to nufc.com we've never beaten a non-leauge team first time round in the FA Cup, in six attempts.

We may have a chance though with Boumsong and Babayaro and maybe Distin at the back. We need some decent defenders though. Im praying...

EDIT: I mean the whole cup run, not just the yeading game

[devils_night]

Yeah, we'll win, Boumsong and Babayaro will play 90 minutes I reckon, so the manager can see what there like with the rest of the team, in an easy game. I said we'll probably go out before but it is really unlikely *touches wood*

[jaymz_is_god]

What the f*ck was that all about?!? F*cking Exeter City! Who the f*ck are they?! United need to sort themselves out, this is a disgrace.

[mr snrub]

What the f*ck was that all about?!? F*cking Exeter City! Who the f*ck are they?! United need to sort themselves out, this is a disgrace.

That is quite embarrasing for you. But you've got to hand it to them. Also Oldham, who would of thought they would of beaten Man City! Shame about Scunthorpe, started so well and then looked like they could of got it to 2-2, but ran out of ideas and Chelsea took it. Other shocks; Sheff Utd beating Villa, and also the way that Notts County led Middlesborough for so long. Hopefully Yeading can do something special against Newcastle, and I hope Arsenal don't mess anything up against Stoke.

[metal-militia]

At least Saints avoided embarrasment. I live close to Northampton but the tickets were all sold out before i had the chance to get some :(

:lol: United can't beat Exeter. Lets hope that Yeading can put a few past Newcastle.

[guitarbaz]

At least Saints avoided embarrasment. I live close to Northampton but the tickets were all sold out before i had the chance to get some :(

:lol: United can't beat Exeter. Lets hope that Yeading can put a few past Newcastle.

don't even say it, just don't... :eek:

[Adam Jones is GOD]

Gotta love the FA cup.

3 - 0 away from home will not happen again for us this season.

Anyone NOT backing yeading today? (Newcastle fans obviously for a start)

[jaymz_is_god]

:lol: Stoke are leading 1-0 at Highbury!! :lol:

Unfortunately, Newcastle have just scored against Yeading. :upset:

[jaymz_is_god]

OK, I spoke too soon. Arsenal went on to win 2-1. Well done to Yeading. They put up a good performance against Newcastle. They can be proud of themselves.

[devils_night]

Well mission accomplished for the toon, but a big well done to Yeading, they gave us a challange and for a good 50 minustes were just as good as us. You've done yourself proud. Any Yeading fans on these forums?

[guitarbaz]

aye, decent match and the right result thankfully. should have got a load more goals tho, they were guilty of a bit of showboating at times.

[Rancid Dan]

Well done Newcastle. Babayaro played well.

[Untitled]

I realy wanted yeading to win, i like it when the underdogs win.

[Ganondorf]

Well at least West Brom won :D

[kong88888]

Well done Exeter! From a Doncaster Rovers fan...if we got through we probably would have beat them!

[Anarchy for the UK]

i'm seriously pissed off. i pay £27 to get into the north stand at old trafford, the first match i've ever been to, and fergie puts a crap team out and its the worst fa cup game man utd have ever played. yeah, it was a good game to watch but from a fans point of view it was killing me. how could the fa cup holders not beat a conference team? :confused: it's pathetic. i suppose it's a big well done to exeter but it feels like united have suffered a thumping loss.

[guitarbaz]

i'm seriously pissed off. i pay £27 to get into the north stand at old trafford, the first match i've ever been to, and fergie puts a crap team out and its the worst fa cup game man utd have ever played. yeah, it was a good game to watch but from a fans point of view it was killing me. how could the fa cup holders not beat a conference team? :confused: it's pathetic. i suppose it's a big well done to exeter but it feels like united have suffered a thumping loss.

:lol:

it's the pain of being a football fan, the rough comes with the smooth but you would expect to see a comfortable win at your first game there. bit of bad luck there! take comfort in the knowledge that you were at a match that will be well remembered, although the memory might be a bit painful.
you'll win at exeter tho, i don't doubt that.

[devils_night]

I realy wanted yeading to win, i like it when the underdogs win.

Yeading :evil:
Nah, I know what you mean, it's always good to see little clubs do well, I was supporting Yeovil last season against Liverpool

[devils_night]

Oh by the way, I don't think anyones posted the fourth round draw yet, so if you don't know it hre ya go

Derby County v Watford or Fulham
Manchester United or Exeter City v Middlesbrough
Cardiff City or Blackburn Rovers v Colchester United
Chelsea v Birmingham City
West Ham United v Sheff United
Oldham Athletic v Bolton Wanderers
Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Everton v Sunderland
Nottingham Forest v Peterborough United
Brentford v Hartlepool United or Boston United
Reading or Swansea City v Leicester City or Blackpool
Burnley or Liverpool v Bournemouth
Southampton v Portsmouth
West Bromwich Albion v Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United v Coventry City
Charlton Athletic v Yeovil Town

Ties to be played weekend of 28, 29 and 30 January

Howay Toon, Pools (one half of my family is from Hartlepool, gotta support em) Exeter and Everton (because they have the mackems)

[jaymz_is_god]

Southampton v Portsmouth should be interesting. Would be good to see Harry Redknapp get one over on Milan Mandaric. Can't really see any Premiership teams slipping up but if i had to choose one it'd be Bolton. Oldham will be on a high after that win over Man Scummy.

[metal-militia]

Saints vs the Skates at home :D

Played them in the cup last year and won, so more of the same this time around lads! :thumb:

[Maggies_Farmer]

for liverpool its burnley then bournemouth, should be making good progress

[shearer87]

Newcastle v Coventry!

At St James' should be a great match, if that was drawn as an away match i think we would have lost, but we should win with the help of the mighty geordies! howay the lads!

[Adam Jones is GOD]

My predictions for who goes through in the next round. Predicted winners in bold. :)


Nottingham Forest v Peterborough United


Good boy.

Like i always say with the FA cup, I dont care who we draw, as long as we're at home.
Trouble is being a Champ team, we cant really be giant killers, but we can be giant killed.

I hoped for more prem v prem ties myself, but again, dissapointed

[metal-militia]

My predictions for who goes through in the next round. Predicted winners in bold. :)


Southampton v Portsmouth (tie of the round, hands down)

:amaze:

Are you sure about that? Pompey are just about the only team we ever seen to beat :lol:

[davey]

Its the carling cup tonight liverpool v watford. I cant reaally see an upset there to be honest. Its man u v chelsea tommorow night i hope ferguson puts out a stronger side because i want man u to win that because chelsea have already have won the league.

[Anarchy for the UK]

Manchester United or Exeter City v Middlesbrough
dont you mean "manchester united vs middlesbrough"? :p

[Anarchy for the UK]

Don't count on it...after our performance at Old Trafford, if we go to Exeter with an under strength team and play like that again, I can see us losing, as they'll be incredibly fired up for the game. Having said that though, we really should go through.

yeah i was at the old trafford game and what the tv highlights didnt show was a gerard pique shot that was so bad it went out for a throw in and united had about a 3% pass success rate! and plus at exeter the pitch is crap and our team is used to decent pitches. i'm not sure but we should wipe the floor with them.

[Rancid Dan]

Not enough Premiership ties.
Newcastle need some big teams to go out but we will probably get Man U or Arsenal of Chelsea in the next round.

[woodsinho]

Not enough Premiership ties.
Newcastle need some big teams to go out but we will probably get Man U or Arsenal of Chelsea in the next round.

Well I certainly hope it's not Newcastle v Man U in the next round because 'boro should be able to beat the Man U reserve team.
As for the carling cup, it's still 0-0 at Anfield after 5 minutes of the second half and it's not a weak liverpool team (no weaker than usual anyway what with injuries and all that.)

[metal-militia]

I'm afraid Portsmouth are just better in my opinion man...I'd like to see Harry Redknapp win, but I can't see it happening.

I can see why you say that. Pompey are higher in the league than us, but I think Saints have a better squad, and will rise to the challenge of a derby game with Pompey :)

[davey]

chelsea are 7 points clear at the moment and i garantee by the 2nd of febuary chelsea will be 11 points clear, how do i know this? Well here are the next 3 league games lined up for the top 3:
Arsenal
Jan 15 - Bolton (a) result = draw
Jan 23 - Newcastle (h) result = draw
Feb 1 - Man U (h) result = man u win

Chelsea
Jan 15 - spurs (a) result = chelsea win
Jan 22 - Portsmouth (h) result = chelsea win
Feb 2 - blackburn (h) result = chelsea win

Man u
Jan 15 Liverpool (a) result = man u win
Jan 22 Aston villa (h) result = man u win
feb 1 Arsenal (a) result = man u win

How the table will look after this:
1. Chelsea 64
2. Man U 53
3. Arsenal 50

[jaymz_is_god]

chelsea are 7 points clear at the moment and i garantee by the 2nd of febuary chelsea will be 11 points clear, how do i know this? Well here are the next 3 league games lined up for the top 3:
Arsenal
Jan 15 - Bolton (a) result = draw
Jan 23 - Newcastle (h) result = draw
Feb 1 - Man U (h) result = man u win

Chelsea
Jan 15 - spurs (a) result = chelsea win
Jan 22 - Portsmouth (h) result = chelsea win
Feb 2 - blackburn (h) result = chelsea win

Man u
Jan 15 Liverpool (a) result = man u win
Jan 22 Aston villa (h) result = man u win
feb 1 Arsenal (a) result = man u win

How the table will look after this:
1. Chelsea 64
2. Man U 53
3. Arsenal 50


Arsenal will beat Bolton and Newcaslte, and United-Arsenal at Highbury will be a draw.

[devils_night]

Arsenal will beat Bolton and Newcaslte, and United-Arsenal at Highbury will be a draw.

Pardon, lol, surely you can't say that Arsenal will beat Newcastle like that, the last three times we've met we've given them a hell of a run, take earlier in the season for example, any other day it was a draw, the gola was a total fluke, yeah, it was at St James's and we had a big home advantage but still. I'm not saying we'll thrash em, but I don't think its fair to write us off that quickly, i'd say draw or another sneaky win by Arsenal.

[davey]

Pardon, lol, surely you can't say that Arsenal will beat Newcastle like that, the last three times we've met we've given them a hell of a run, take earlier in the season for example, any other day it was a draw, the gola was a total fluke, yeah, it was at St James's and we had a big home advantage but still. I'm not saying we'll thrash em, but I don't think its fair to write us off that quickly, i'd say draw or another sneaky win by Arsenal.
Its a draw and a banker at that. Newcastle will be up gor it after that sneaky arsenal win at st james, espeically after that dodgy penalty incident aswell.

[RNR]

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, futbooooooooooowl, its a gooooooooooooooal! *takes off shirt and runs around*

Futbowl rox my sox.

[shearer87]

Newcastle are always up for it, usually in the first 20 minutes what we need to do is keep that attacking pace all the way through the match and not just sit back on one goal! esspecially when playing teams like Arsenal you need to have a couple of Goals under your belt to confirm that the game is over! well not over, but definately more out of reach than with just 1-0!

[devils_night]

*takes off shirt and runs around*

yellow card

[upthebracket]

:amaze: apparantly Madrid are going in for Graveson from Everton...

I didn't see that one coming...

and Barcelona are going for Tore Andre Flo as cover for Henrik Larsson :lol:
funniest thing I've read for a long time.

[metal-militia]

Gaverson to Real? :lol:

So who does everyone think will win the FA Cup?

I think it will be Arsenal, as now this is probably their only bit of silverware they have a good chance of winning.

[Rancid Dan]

Nice avatar Devils lover.
I think that Chelsea will win the F.A Cup but dearly hope Newcastle will win it. I think that most supporters wouldnt mind if Newcastle won it.

[jaymz_is_god]

Can't see Newcastle winning it. If I had to pick anyone I would say Chelsea. They have amazing depth in their squad, so even if Mourinho picks a weakened team, they will still beat most teams in England. I'm hoping United can win it again. Many United fans don't see it as a major trophy but I still do and I hate to see it when Ferguson puts out under-strength teams in it.

[Adam Jones is GOD]

Cheers Med, I dont even need to buy newspapers anymore if you keep giving these news bulletins

[devils_night]

I think Newcastle deserve to win this year, its always close but no cigar with us, Shearer at least deserves something. UEFA cup would be nice I suppose

[Rancid Dan]

I think Newcastle deserve to win this year, its always close but no cigar with us, Shearer at least deserves something. UEFA cup would be nice I suppose

Truer word never said.

[metal-militia]

I think Newcastle deserve to win this year, its always close but no cigar with us, Shearer at least deserves something. UEFA cup would be nice I suppose

Why? They seem to be playing poorer this season

[davser]

Anyone taking part in football aid this year? just got an e-mail sayingb bidding has started for places. I got to play at pittodrie, home of Aberdeen FC, in 2003 which was kinda cool. I had Jim Bett as my captain which was weird playing with a player of his class. Just getting told you made a good pass by him was magic. Anyway which clubs ground would you like to play at?

[devils_night]

Why? They seem to be playing poorer this season

Yeah I know, but I mean it has to happen this year for Shearer, he's supported the club since a kid, and it would be a dream come true for him to captain them to silverware. If you watch a game you'll see that no one puts in as much effort as Big Al, he's always back clearing the ball from corners and despite his age can get back up the pitch.

Not that other players don't try, I've seen Bellamy run himself stupid chasing the ball, and to no avail.

[Welcometothezoo]

Alan Shearer is an absolute god, long may he score great goals and elbow Utd players.

- Chelsea fan

[davey]

why does everyone hate robbie savage?

[Adam Jones is GOD]

why does everyone hate robbie savage?

Because he played for Leicester. Instant hate there from me

[devils_night]

why does everyone hate robbie savage?

I didn't know everyone hates Savage, I mean I don't like the guy but thats because he always gets one over Newcastle, and Idon't like the way he looks.
Bellamys gotta be more hated though, did anyone see him against Yeading. about 4 mins in he got took aout and is seen and heard on camere pointing and saying "Your a ****in **** head you". Fans of other clubs hate him for this attitude he has.

[metal-militia]

I've never liked Bellamy and Savage's attitudes. They are very tempramental even if they are ok players.

[devils_night]

I've never liked Bellamy and Savage's attitudes. They are very tempramental even if they are ok players.

Thats cool with, I like Bellamy because he's like me in a way, when I'm really into a game I get really worked up and mouth off a bit :lol:
It just shows how much he wants to do well with club and country. I do however think he should keep his cool a bit more.

[metal-militia]

Yeah i know he gives 100% percent it's just annoying when he's constantly shouting/swearing/being a nob :thumb:

Anyway, Saints vs Toon tommorow

Saints will get slaughtered :(

[devils_night]

I take it your a Southhampton fan then? And don't bank on it, you know what Newcastle are like

[metal-militia]

yeah Saints fan and I can't remeber them beating toon away. It's going to be a massacre

[Rancid Dan]

yeah Saints fan and I can't remeber them beating toon away. It's going to be a massacre

I hope so !!

I hate Robbie Savage because i think he's crap. Hopefully Yakuubu will join the toon as a long term replecement for Shearer as i cant see Kluivert extending his 1 year contract. Shearer is 17 goals off Jackie Milburns goalscoring record and if he doesn't stay on then i doubt he will get it.

[americana_idiot]

why does everyone hate robbie savage?

I dont hate him i just think he's ****e

[americana_idiot]

I dont hate him i just think he's ****e

Actually i changed my mind - i dont like his pony tail

[devils_night]

yeah Saints fan and I can't remeber them beating toon away. It's going to be a massacre

I remeber when we played you in the FA Cup last season, you were unlucky to lose 3-0 at home in your first FA Cup game of the season (and last). But I have to say that win goave us a lot of confidence. You played well but we we're that bit better. We had that little extra class we we've really been missing for too long, and for once it all came together quite nicely for us.
Anyway, good luck to Southhampton in the cup this year. Hope its a bit longer than last years.

[metal-militia]

I remeber when we played you in the FA Cup last season, you were unlucky to lose 3-0 at home in your first FA Cup game of the season (and last)

Thats just harsh :P
I turned off the TV at 2-0 it was terrible. Saints usually beat Newcastle at home, and i remember from a while ago I went and I think it was 4-0 or 4-2. Please correct me if i was wrong :wave: 98/99 season I think

[davey]

Back on the robbie savage subject, i really dont understand why everyone hates him i think hes alright. I certainly wouldnt call him a bad player by any means in fact id say he is very underated and he always works hard out on the pitch. He is certainly worth the wages that the club pay him, because hes not like overpaid and overrated twats like kieron dyer who does sod all apart from whinge all the time and still earn 60k a week. Everybody says hes really annoying when he plays aswell but thats a good charecter to have in the team. If anyone should be hated in football its got to be el hadj diouf who goes round spiting at everyone under the sun. Now thats a real ******* for you.

[devils_night]

Thats just harsh :P
I turned off the TV at 2-0 it was terrible. Saints usually beat Newcastle at home, and i remember from a while ago I went and I think it was 4-0 or 4-2. Please correct me if i was wrong :wave: 98/99 season I think

I can't remeber back that long ago, but yeah you do have a good home record against us.

[devils_night]

Back on the robbie savage subject, i really dont understand why everyone hates him i think hes alright. I certainly wouldnt call him a bad player by any means in fact id say he is very underated and he always works hard out on the pitch. He is certainly worth the wages that the club pay him, because hes not like overpaid and overrated twats like kieron dyer who does sod all apart from whinge all the time and still earn 60k a week. Everybody says hes really annoying when he plays aswell but thats a good charecter to have in the team. If anyone should be hated in football its got to be el hadj diouf who goes round spiting at everyone under the sun. Now thats a real ******* for you.

Yeah your right, to be fair Savage is a good player, I still think he's a bit of a dick but if he can play football who am i to judge. He's still a better player than most people.
As for Dyer I agree again, he is overpaid and overrated. It really pissed me off when he refused to play on the right. I'd give everything I have to play just 5 minutes for Newcastle United in any position going.

When he first signed for us all those years ago I thought he was class, rally fat and skillfull. Unfortunatly though as his wage went up his efoort went down. To be fair he's started trying quite a bit recently, as has Robert, but I reckon its because its transfer window time, and they know that if they don't try, they'll be sold off with a bad reputation.

[Firecracker]

i like robbie savage personally.

what happened in the liverpool man utd game? i didn't watch the second half, i got bored in the first.

[devils_night]

i like robbie savage personally.

what happened in the liverpool man utd game? i didn't watch the second half, i got bored in the first.

Not a clue, I was about to watch it but my mate came rouns so we went out instead.

[jaymz_is_god]

Not much happened in the second half. Wes Brown got sent off for a second bookable offence. That's about it. But United got 3 points at Anfield for the third season in a row :D We have Calamity Dudek to thank again.

[devils_night]

Newacastle beat Southampton 2-1 but from what I can tell it was a close game, with a number of bad referee decisions, by Alan Shearer's best mate Uriah Rennie. I think it was two three clear penalties he turned down.

[metal-militia]

^^^
I told you didn't I, but you wouldn't listen :)

Saints once again lose away, and once again players are injured (Niemi,Phillips).

We're going down :( :upset:

[davey]

rally fat and skillfull. .
:lol: :lol: :lol: qoute of the month!

[themandontgiveafuk]

Glasgow Celtic Are The Greatest Team In The World Next To Woodley Hammers Under 15s(I play for them)

[davey]

how right was i about todays results?! arsenal are going to 3rd after there next two games.

[metal-militia]

It's strange that Graversen is at Real. At first when i heard it I thought it was a joke. Yes he's good, but would he feature in a team thats one of the best in Europe?

[devils_night]

It's strange that Graversen is at Real. At first when i heard it I thought it was a joke. Yes he's good, but would he feature in a team thats one of the best in Europe?

Exactly, He is good but just doesn't quite fit in with the class of players they have at Real

[metal-militia]

Another thing is why didn't Real wait until he was out of contract in the summer? I mean more clubs wouldv'e gone in for him, but i'm sure he wouldv'e picked Madrid.

[davey]

graverson was one of the most unerated players in the premiership he will deffinately fit in the real madrid squad.

[woodsinho]

Another thing is why didn't Real wait until he was out of contract in the summer? I mean more clubs wouldv'e gone in for him, but i'm sure he wouldv'e picked Madrid.

Real can't afford to wait 'til the summer, they need a defensive minded midfield player or they might not even make it into a champions league spot in la liga. Graveson has been the reason Everton have been successful this season (that and nigel martyn) and he's been consistently good for Denmark over the last few years.

[devils_night]

Real are doing pretty much underachieving really. They've got one of the best squads a club could ask for at the moment.

[Welcometothezoo]

Real are doing pretty much underachieving really. They've got one of the best squads a club could ask for at the moment.

Team, not squad.

[Rancid Dan]

Results went Newcastle way aswell.
Liverpool lost and Middlesborough and Everton drew.
Newcastle will be in the top 6 in a months time.

[devils_night]

Team, not squad.

I take it their reserves and subs bench isn't the same calibre of player then?

I don't know to be honest, I just see their starting line up and wonder why they aren't top of the league

[devils_night]

Did anyone see the Fulham - Albion game, bloody hell so unlucky for The Albion, I was rooting for them.

[metal-militia]

I didn't watch it but thank god they lost, otherwise Saints would be in the **** :)

[jaymz_is_god]

Gravesen is the type of player Real Madrid have been missing. Ever since Makelele left there's been a gap between their defence and attack. Although, I don't see why they went for Gravesen. Sure, he's a good player, but surely Real Madrid can attract players of a higher standard to fill that gap.

[shearer87]

Yeah I know, but I mean it has to happen this year for Shearer, he's supported the club since a kid, and it would be a dream come true for him to captain them to silverware. If you watch a game you'll see that no one puts in as much effort as Big Al, he's always back clearing the ball from corners and despite his age can get back up the pitch.

Not that other players don't try, I've seen Bellamy run himself stupid chasing the ball, and to no avail.

I totally agree, as a young newcastle fan, (17 years old) i havnt seen newcastle win a cup! i would love for them to win a cup this year, but for only one reason, Super Aln Shearer! i will be devastated for Alan if we dont win a cup. He is a lovely man and someone hat i have looked up to all my life. He is a legend in the game and a legend to the Toon! I dont think there is any football fan in the world that can say he doesnt deserve a cup with the mighty magpies! May Super Al, live long and one day manage his team to cup glory! all those in favour say aye! lol!

[Anarchy for the UK]

can someone please spell graveson properly?

anyway, i totally agree that real are just buyiong players because they can. beckham, figo, zidane, solari, guti...and graveson. its not right. everton need him and real madrid dont, its that simple...

[devils_night]

Real must have some kind of master plan and unleash him in a bid to get back to the top of Spanish football. He'll fit into place somehow.

[Rancid Dan]

Graveson came on yesterday and Owen scored again.
I think it's good that Real are taking an interest in the premier league.

[metal-militia]

Spanish league is very strange this season. Real are very inconsistent and Deportivo are way down the league, when they usually challange for the title.

[Rancid Dan]

The premier league is definetlety the strongest league.
Top premiership teams that could take on Europes best :
Man U
Liverpool
Arsenal
Chelsea
Newcastle
Middlesborough (maybe)
Everton (maybe)
Tottenham (maybe)

[jaymz_is_god]

[QUOTE=Anarchy for the UK]can someone please spell graveson properly?
[QUOTE]

*Gravesen

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/4176451.stm

[metal-militia]

The premier league is definetlety the strongest league.
Top premiership teams that could take on Europes best

Tottenham (maybe)

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Are you serious? Am I the only one here who thinks Tottenham are pretty poor?

[jaymz_is_god]

The premier league is definetlety the strongest league.
Top premiership teams that could take on Europes best :
Man U
Liverpool
Arsenal
Chelsea
Newcastle
Middlesborough (maybe)
Everton (maybe)
Tottenham (maybe)

There is no way the Premiership is the strongest league. These teams may be able to hold their own against the stronger sides in Europe, but how many have actually went on to win a European trophy?

[Rancid Dan]

Name 5 great teams in the spanish and Italian leagues.
Theseleagues win the trophies because the same teams win it.

[jaymz_is_god]

Name 5 great teams in the spanish and Italian leagues.
Theseleagues win the trophies because the same teams win it.


Italy has produced 2 different winners of the Champions League over the past ten years (one winning it twice). Germany has produced 2 different winners. A Spanish team has won it 3 times. The Premiership has produced ONE finalist in nearly 20 years.

I agree that the Premiership is probably the most exciting league in terms of football, but it is by no means the strongest league.

[Rancid Dan]

These are the great teams from each elite league:

Manchester United
Arsenal
Chelsea
Liverpool
Newcastle

Juventus
AC Milan
Inter Milan

Bayern Munich
Bayern Leverkusen

Real Madrid
Barcelona
Valencia

And all the English teams are through into the knockout stages of the champions league but only 3 Italian, 3 German and 2 Spanish teams are.

[jaymz_is_god]

If you can include Liverpool and Newcastle, you can include Parma, Lazio, Roma, Deportivo, Villarreal, Borussia Dortmund etc.

Liverpool and Newcastle cannot compete with the best in England, nevermind Europe.

[Anarchy for the UK]

everyone knows that the best teams in england are man utd and huddersfield town...

[Rancid Dan]

Lazio ? Are you having a laugh.
Did yu see them against Boro ?
One of the worst teams i have ever seen play.

[jaymz_is_god]

Lazio still have more of a claim to being a 'great team' than Newcastle do though.

[Rancid Dan]

Lazio still have more of a claim to being a 'great team' than Newcastle do though.

Sorry,
i forgot we were talking about football 5 years ago.

[metal-militia]

:lol: Newcastle competing against Europes best? I'm sorry but they are a Uefa Cup team at best. They don't play well enough to win anything but just for Shearers sake I would like him to win something.

[Rancid Dan]

I didnt mean they are one of the best teams in europe but lets leave it at this:
The premier league has more top quality teams than any other.

Moving on - Who will win the Champions league, F.A Cup, Uefa cup and Premiership ?

[metal-militia]

FA Cup - Arsenal
Premiership - Chelsea

I've never paid much attention to Europe as Saints are never in it :( I'll watch the latter stages now though, but I can't comment becuase I haven't watched teams play.

3 to go down
Crystal Palace
Norwich
West Brom

Saints to stay up :)

[jaymz_is_god]

Premiership - Chelsea (hope not, but I can't see them throwing it away now)
FA Cup - Manchester United
UEFA Champions League - Barcelona
UEFA Cup - Valencia/Dynamo Kiev

[Rancid Dan]

FA Cup - Man U (Hopefully Newcastle)
Prem - Chelsea
Champions League - Barca or Chelsea
UEFA Cup - I honestly think we can win it.

3 to go down (in order):

Saints (sorry metal militia)
Palace
West Brom

[metal-militia]

The bookies i saw didn;t even have the Saints in the 2 to go down :)

/me beats Med and Rancid Dan with a stick :wave: :p

I think its going to go down to the last day of the season, which, unfortuneatly for Saints is Man United.

[Rancid Dan]

We've got Chelsea on the last day of the season...

[davey]

premiership - chelsea. Everybody knows that they are going all the way know and theres no way you can slip up ten points. I think chelsea will probably win the carling cup aswell.

FA cup - Man U. I think its going to be groundhog day again for united becuase there not going to win the premiership and i also think AC milan will knock them out of the champions league. So they might have to settle for the FA cup again.

Champions league - Arsenal. Providing they dont draw each other in the earlier stages im going for a Arsenal V Barcelona final. Wenger and everyone in the arsenal camp knows that the premiership title is surely done and dusted know with chelsea 10 pints clear so i think they will really go for it in the champions leaugue. Europe has provided some harsh times for arsenal but its only big trophy that they havent won and in my thoughts its only a matter of time before they do. They want it badly and if they put their heads together this could be their year.

uefa cup - i really havent been following this very well so dont know. I hope newcastle win it though.

3 to go down - norwich and west brom will definately go down. The other relagation place i gonna be between southampton and palace. Knowing what palace are like i bet they will stay up on goal difference on the last game of the season.

[devils_night]

Burnley beat Liverpool, anyone see the game, they desereved to win, they were the better side, but you do have to feel sorry for Liverpool, in my opinion they didn't field a string enough side, I mean Newcastle picked there best 11 available to them against Yeading, but thats the way things go. Anyway, good luck Burnely against Bournmouth, you deserve a good cup run after that performance.

[OI!Tricky]

Premiership- CHELSEA FC
Champions League- CHELSEA FC
FA Cup- CHELSEA FC
League Cup- CHELSEA FC
Best Pies- CHELSEA FC

[Rancid Dan]

HA HA Liverpool lost to Burnley.

What a goal by Djimi Traore! World class player.

[metal-militia]

Traore is a joke

I remember when Saints were 3-0 down to Liverpool at the Dell ages ago and with 15 minutes left made it 3-3. Traore was apalling :lol:

[Rancid Dan]

Benitez should get rid of all the crap signings Houllier bought, they've already got rid of Diao.

[Welcometothezoo]

It's spelt Gravesen

[jaymz_is_god]

Anyone see the United-Exeter match? Pretty exciting match. Exeter done well. My hat goes off to them. But in fairness, United should have killed the game off sooner.

[metal-militia]

Yeah i watched it and Exeter gave them a good game. I feel sorry for them, but at least they got a lot of money from the tie.

[Ganondorf]

I support West Brom, our season is basically done :(

What makes some of you guys think Palace will go down and not Norwich?

[devils_night]

Exeter were really good I thought, the difference in the teams was the pace that Man U had. I think its good that a lot of small clubs have got such good publicity from this years FA Cup, and theres a few of them about this years who did well.

[Anarchy for the UK]

i'm a man utd fan i went to the exeter game at old trafford and watched the match last night. i think that exeter deserve to be in the champions league they played brilliant! and their keeper is unbelievable he will be in the premiership within 5 years.

[metal-militia]

I support West Brom, our season is basically done :(

What makes some of you guys think Palace will go down and not Norwich?

They will both go down and the mighty Saints will stay up :D

[jaymz_is_god]

They will both go down and the mighty Saints will stay up :D

Hate to say it, but I think you are being a bit optimistic. I'd love Southampton to stay up because I have nothing but respect for Harry Redknapp. Unfortunately, I just cannot see it happening. Their squad just isn't up to the standard of the Premiership.

[Rancid Dan]

I support West Brom, our season is basically done :(

What makes some of you guys think Palace will go down and not Norwich?

I just like Norwich and think they have a better squad and better quality. Bar Johnson.

[Distorted Vision]

Man, United played crap yesterday. Look at the players we had out there - first team players and they couldn't kill off the game at all until the very end!

Props to Exeter, they definitely didn't deserve the thrashing that many predicted, but I thought it was gonna happen, had all the chances Ron and Roon missed in the second half been converted. It went over the bar how many times? Rooney is still failing to justify the £30m they spent on him.

The only time I think we deserved to score was when the ball was going towards an open goal, but it bounced into mud which stopped it dead, and the keeper pounced on it! That's what you get playing on a non-League pitch, I guess.

It makes you wonder how we're going to beat Chelsea and AC Milan when a near-full team can't fully see of a Conference side.

/end rant

[metal-militia]

Hate to say it, but I think you are being a bit optimistic. I'd love Southampton to stay up because I have nothing but respect for Harry Redknapp. Unfortunately, I just cannot see it happening. Their squad just isn't up to the standard of the Premiership.

We've stayed up by the skin of our teeth before, and i belive we may be able to do it again, butit will be very close.

Yes, I was suprised by United too. Playing like that with a full strength teams makes me wonder how they can hope to beat quality opposition.

[devils_night]

Got my tickets for the Newcastle Coventry game today, anyone else going and what stand are you in?

[Rancid Dan]

I was going to go but i can't - bloody work.

[devils_night]

I'm on the balcony in the Milburn Stand, where the hell's the Balcony? My dad ordered them and I asked him to try and get Milburn Level 7, near the half way line, I'm right on the half way line and right at the front of level 7 by the looks of it, but I don't know. I've been to quite a few games recently but I havn't come across "the balcony" before

[metal-militia]

Saints beat Liverpool :D :D :D :D

Prutton was fantastic and so was Higginbotham, Redknapp and Crouch. If Saints play like that every week theres no way they will go down.

[devils_night]

Well done to Southampton, what was the final score, last I heard was 2-0

[jaymz_is_god]

Yeah, it finished 2-0 to Southampton. Great result for them and again shows Liverpool up for the waste of space that they are.

United won again. 3-1 against Villa. Looked pretty dodgy for a while after Barry equalised but finished them off comfortably.

Unfortunately, Chelsea won again. Doesn't look like they're gonna be stopped :upset:

Also, great comeback by Norwich :thumb:

[Adam Jones is GOD]

Gotta watch that Norwich one tonight

And WE WON! 0 - 0 away from home!

[Rancid Dan]

Well done The Saints and Norwich - told you they have what it takes to stay up.

Come on Newcastle, if we beat Arsenal tomoroow then we will get into the top half and be 5 points of Middlesborough and Liverpool.

[metal-militia]

Yeah, was a good win for the saints, but was kind of ruined by Palace winning and Norwich remarkably getting a draw.

[Rancid Dan]

Yeah, it's the week for the lower teams!

[devils_night]

Norwich and Palace did really well, I hope Newcastle get a result tomorrow or we're well and truly sunk. The gap between us and 5th/4th place isn't getting smaller

[Ganondorf]

Yes West Brom Won!

[metal-militia]

typical, saints have a chance to pull away and all the relegation battlers get a result

[Kingadamx]

The Manchester U - Arsenal game on the 1st should be pretty good, the teams are both pretty close.

*Just started following English Football now that it is available in the states, on my cable stations*

[Ganondorf]

typical, saints have a chance to pull away and all the relegation battlers get a result

I know, it's crazy. The weekend West Brom win, so do Southhampton and Crystal Palace, and Norwich get an awesome draw. So unfair :p

I think West Brom have Crystal Palace, Norwich and Southhampton all next Month. I think.

[jaymz_is_god]

The relegation battle seems to be really interesting this year. I think all the teams will push each other all the way.

[metal-militia]

I know, it's crazy. The weekend West Brom win, so do Southhampton and Crystal Palace, and Norwich get an awesome draw. So unfair :p

I think West Brom have Crystal Palace, Norwich and Southhampton all next Month. I think.

Saints play WBA away next month, im hopefully going to it.

[Iai]

The Manchester U - Arsenal game on the 1st should be pretty good, the teams are both pretty close.

*Just started following English Football now that it is available in the states, on my cable stations*
Welcome to our world. :)

[devils_night]

The relegation battle seems to be really interesting this year. I think all the teams will push each other all the way.

Yeh, palace squeezed their way out with that 3-0 win, I have to say I'm surprised Southampton are down there.

Newcastle can go 9th if they beat Arsenal today, hmm, not to sure we can manage it at Highbury though

[Ganondorf]

Saints play WBA away next month, im hopefully going to it.

We nearly won last time we played Saints :p

[Rancid Dan]

GOD, I'm so angry. Once again Newcastle have a great chance to get back into Champs league/UEFA cup positions and we lose.
We have a great run of games soon though.

[metal-militia]

We nearly won last time we played Saints :p


Won't be the same next time around :D

If you go to it, look at the away section and the saints fans. If you see a small, angry ginger person it's probably me :p

[jaymz_is_god]

Won't be the same next time around :D

If you go to it, look at the away section and the saints fans. If you see a small, angry ginger person it's probably me :p