Euro 2008 (Official Man City LOL Thread)

[mph4ever]

And Hunt is pretty good at cracking skulls. Cunt.

its fair to say that cech has a skull made of china. and no one should be called a Cunt for something that happened by accident

c'mon wigan, see it through

[Interstate]

Just shows that City may have the millions but that doesn't make them automatically good. Wigan outplayed them the whole game.

[Pastorius]

lolmg

just saw geovanni's goal

[mph4ever]

i wonder who will buy wigan

[RandyfromPennywise]

its fair to say that cech has a skull made of china. and no one should be called a Cunt for something that happened by accident

It wasn't an accident. He dropped his knee. It's plain as day to see it. He had Čech's head lined up from miles back.

Geovanni's goal - fkn yes.

[Britney Diva]

It's pretty obvious it was an involuntary movement. Unless he has the flawless ability to have his knee buckle any time he feels like killing somebody.

[RandyfromPennywise]

He's a cunt, and I will always hold that opinion.

[Britney Diva]

haha ok, but if it was anybody other than a Chelsea player you wouldn't care and you probably wouldn't have come about the ridiculous opinion that he actually tried to put a dent in Cech's head.

[mph4ever]

He's a cunt, and I will always hold that opinion.

the lads an honest pro, he didn't mean it. i can understand your hate, afterall, cech has really deteriorated as a goalkeeper since then. wouldn't make my top 3 these days after neing number one for so long. he was born with a thin skull, just lucky he lived

[Happy]

Jesus christ will Spurs ever win a match in the Premier League?

[TakeWarning]

Up next, we've got Hull, Stoke and Bolton.

It could be an embarassing few weeks Happy.

[Happy]

Now if we don't manage at least 4 points from those 3 games I will be pissed off.

[TakeWarning]

Definitely.

Just out of curiosity, would you like to see Ramos leave the club?

[Happy]

I'm not sure myself. We've all seen what he can do and I'm hoping that he can start to take Spurs in that direction.
On the other hand, he's made mistakes in selling certain members of the squad and he is obviously doing something wrong for us to not have a single win in the League yet.

[Britney Diva]

I don't think he's cut out to manage in England. The fact that he has been in the job almost a year and still doesn't seem to have gotten even a basic grasp of the language is bizarre. The fact that experienced players like Keane and Malbranque were so eager to jump ship doesn't really reflect well on him either.

[talk show host]

He doesn't come across as someone who knows what he's trying to do. He seems to put a different team out for every game so noone's really gelling.

Admittedly I haven't seen much of them this season but there doesn't appear to be anything close to a settled lineup. It's all a bit directionless.

[mph4ever]

i blame it all on robbie keane coz hes a dick

[Frankie]

wtf is up with my boro :|

We outplay teams and then get beat late on !

Still not as bad as the geordies, they're ganin downnnnnnnn

[mph4ever]

theres so little pattern to the league this year

manu, chelsea to battle it out, although i wonder how chelsea will do against manu, arsenal, liverpool. manu should have beat them at the bridge, anyone who knows anything about football could see that

liverpool, arsenal to fight for third and fourth with everton, villa. maybe portsmouth
spurs, boro, city vying for top six, west ham or blackburn might just ruin the party

[Pastorius]

I think everyone will get excited about Liverpool until we start our usual mid-season drawfest.

That said, was nice to see a bit of chemistry between Nobbo Keane and Torres against Everton. Could prove a dangerous partnership. Keane has to work hard to draw defenders away from Torres so he can have space to work his magic.

[Frankie]

Drawfest normally is in conjunction with their champions league run

[sgrevs]

^^Except we have gotten to at least the semi-finals 3 out of the last 4 seasons in Champs.

Last season in the league we drew like 15 games or something stupid, season before that as well. This season I think we're looking pretty good though, I think we we still be up there with Chels and ManU come January.


liverpool, arsenal to fight for third and fourth with everton, villa. maybe portsmouth
spurs, boro, city vying for top six, west ham or blackburn might just ruin the party


I don't really see Everton challenging for top 6 unless they really up their game soon. Definitely Villa, City, maybe Hull up there, would be nice.

[mph4ever]

manu to play full strength tonight. i wonder what that means upfront.

[Britney Diva]

Pats are absolutely slaughtering Hertha. I can't believe they're not at least 1-0 up.

edit: Jesus, they just hit the post again

[mph4ever]

brave effort, pity. couldn't have done much more

[Britney Diva]

well they could have won

[Frankie]

Arsenal are bloody rampant ere like

especially THEO THEO THEOO

[talk show host]

yess, 3-0 away to leading wolves and scoring goals for fun. Hopefully that's the dodgy away form out of the way for now too.

[Britney Diva]

Wow, that sounds like quite the win. I would be very happy to see Wolves and Reading both promoted automatically.

Ugh, Celtic lose again. Strachan seems to have some sort of allergy to playing positively away from home. They'll likely have to beat this crowd at home and United just to have a chance of qualifying.

[talk show host]

Wow, that sounds like quite the win. I would be very happy to see Wolves and Reading both promoted automatically.



I'd be happy with that.

Damn, just seen Scholes is out. Do United have any fit midfielders left other than Anderson? And what happened to Rooney? It'd be good to see him have a season not riddled with injuries.

[Britney Diva]

I don't know how long Hargreaves is out for, but other than him it's just Anderson, and then Fletcher and Giggs are probably next. After that there's Darron Gibson, but I don't think he's ever started a meaningful match.

[Interstate]

Pleased to see Arsenal get a good result. Should have been more than 4-0 though, we missed so many good chances.

[Britney Diva]

Porto could have been out of sight early on though- they had at least 2 golden chances. I think Arsenal's defence will be their undoing again this year.

[Echleon]

Great to see Berbatov get off the mark, should have had a hat-trick but his second goal was nice :)

I think Rooney was just a precaution, glad it's just a knock to the ankle as I feared the worse when I saw him clutching his foot - he's had so many meta. injurys.

Huge blow to lose Scholes as Hargreaves can't be relied on to be fit. I'm abit weary about the Fletch-Anderson partnership, though hopefully Carrick will be back by the Celtic game and if not Hargreaves will be available.

Fletch and Ando should be ok for Blackburn/Albion but I guess Giggs can always be used in the centre and O'Shea; although it's not really ideal.

[Britney Diva]

haha Cahill lost his appeal against his red card

I'm sure we can all agree that this is a huge shock and that if it had been Frank Lampard in the same position he would surely have been given the exact same treatment.

[sgrevs]

:rolleyes:

[mph4ever]

especially if john terry came out and said he felt it should be reversed.

don't john and frank run the fa now?

[mph4ever]

dean ashton out for 5 months, sure the season has only started, why would that be newsworthy!

[Echleon]

David Blaine is gutted after his record of doing **** all in a box for 48 days was broken by Robbie Keane.

[Pastorius]

oh lololololol you are so funny

[Echleon]

:):):)

[Pastorius]

just you wait

oh you'll see

[mph4ever]

oh scholesy

[poorquality]

I'm not too bothered about Scholes tbh, I rate Fletcher highly and believe he's completely underrated by most fans, yet always gives 110% every game and plays well, getting on the scoresheet in the process on occasion. More than suitable for covering a few games.

In fact we'd of had a much worse start to the season without Fletcher B)

[mph4ever]

yeah, i am a fletch fan. he could have gone and looked for more games elsewhere but he knows his chances will come, especially in a team who have figured out how to be constantly in transition. adaptability counts. brown is similar, hargreaves, carrick also

[ChodaBoy]

What were the chants about Campbell there seems to be a fuss about?

[mph4ever]

i am sure they were to do with the fact that he left spurs to play for the gooners :rolleyes: you know, friendly inter club banter

i am sure it has nothing to do with the idea that some sections of society think he is a coloured queer who shows no loyalty. as a matter of fact, i can't even think of anything that rhymes with that

[Pastorius]

liverpool 3-1 then?

who's making david blaine jokes now, shouldn't even have conceded a goal

[mph4ever]

great to see robbie off the mark too

[Pastorius]

it is good, hopefully this will open the floodgates

can see a chemistry building between fernando and him

[badtaste]

How did Liverpool play? Decided to pass up the 4:30 wake to avoid the chance of having to suffer beautiful Benitez football.

Watched the Inter-Bremen game instead, and Inter were lazy.

[Pastorius]

Dominated them when we wanted to, but sat back on our lead a bit. Were really the superior team by far.

[badtaste]

Hmmkay. Probably should have watched it anyway for the inevitable goalfest.

Just caught Gerrard's goal again. Only had to aim at Torres, who moved out of the way for the ball to travel in.

[TakeWarning]

What were the chants about Campbell there seems to be a fuss about?

Well I heard " Campbell Campbell you're a c.unt" pretty clearly through the TV, which is fair enough, but the ones in question were apparently both racist and homophobic, which is pretty poor.

[mph4ever]

drogba out now for chelsea too. not good with essien, deco, joe cole and carvalho out also.

united have hargreaves, scholes, carrick out, not good either.

liverpool should be looking to capitalise in the new few weeks, chance to stride out in front if you ask me

[Pastorius]

Yup, should test Man City's strength this week, I bet we'll stuff it up though

[mph4ever]

hope not, the longer they keep going then the better for the overall season. makes a lot more games interesting like 'pool vs arsenal and chelsea and all the northern derbies and stuff. a strong consistent liverpool is always good for football

[Pastorius]

Consistency is our biggest problem, partly due to the fact that rafa won't keep a core squad to save his life. Hopefully he'll see that it's working this season though.

We're not even playing to our potential at the moment.

[rid]

Well he's started sticking to more of the same team than last season, but I agree we're not playing as good as we can. Liverpool play really good at times, but there's too much of the unnecessary mess. I never feel completely confident in the defense.

[Pastorius]

That's odd as we've got one of the most solid defences in the league.

I wish he'd start including Agger in the team instead of Squirtle. Apparently we're gonna bid for Bale in January, I would not mind him at all, Bale and Riera would be a brutal left wing

[mph4ever]

this should be changed to the "liverpool on the up thread" in recognition of the growing confidence felt amongst their supporters

[Pastorius]

Anything other than the bloody Boro thread!

Gotta face it though, slowly but surely we've built a solid squad. Keane, Torres, Gerrard, Mascherano, Babel, these are all great players. Though I don't know what Benitez plans to do with Babel.

[mph4ever]

no, i more thinking that it should be called the "liverpool on the up thread" for the duration of time that they are actually on the up, we can change it back to the boro thread next week :naughty:

[rid]

That's odd as we've got one of the most solid defences in the league.

I wish he'd start including Agger in the team instead of Squirtle. Apparently we're gonna bid for Bale in January, I would not mind him at all, Bale and Riera would be a brutal left wing

I know, but there's quite some sloppy play even if the other team doesn't get much out of it, it's only a matter of time. Prefer Agger too. Whatever helps us win though.

There's also the matter of losing points to teams we SHOULD beat.

[Frankie]

Anything other than the bloody Boro thread!

Gotta face it though, slowly but surely we've built a solid squad. Keane, Torres, Gerrard, Mascherano, Babel, these are all great players. Though I don't know what Benitez plans to do with Babel.

me and you are you gonna fall out sunshine ! :angry:

[Britney Diva]

That's odd as we've got one of the most solid defences in the league.

I wish he'd start including Agger in the team instead of Squirtle. Apparently we're gonna bid for Bale in January, I would not mind him at all, Bale and Riera would be a brutal left wing
Eamon Dunphy made a great comment yesterday. "This player Riera, he's a proper player. But Benitez is trying to turn Riera into Kuyt." I have to say I haven't really seen much of Riera in any of the games he's played so I can't really say, but it was a wicked comment.

I have to agree with him on Mashcerano though- they really haven't missed him the past 2 matches.

[Surtr]

BIGGEST GAME IN MOTHERWELL HISTORY TODAY!!!

BRING IT NANCY!

Heh, I'm pumped.

[mph4ever]

my mates cousin, i think hes my distant cousin, jim o'brien, plays for motherwell.

used to play for celtic

c'mon motherwell

[Surtr]

Nice. Yeah I'm ****ing pumped. I just gave a huge fake excuse to get out of one of my classes just so I could watch this. Sadly I need to rely on streams and ****, so they hopefully work.

[talk show host]

not looking good for them now though

[Surtr]

I can't get the ****ing thing to work. :(

[RandyfromPennywise]

haha ok, but if it was anybody other than a Chelsea player you wouldn't care and you probably wouldn't have come about the ridiculous opinion that he actually tried to put a dent in Cech's head.

Nah, I think that lots of players are malicious fukwits, not just ones that hurt players of teams that I support. I have seen the incident 100 times and there is no doubt that Hunt was going for the ball/head with his knee, which is completely negligent at the very least. And that is cutting him a lot of slack.

[sgrevs]

Thread should definitely be changed to 'Liverpool On The Up Thread'

[Pastorius]

liverpool for the double

[sgrevs]

treble

[mph4ever]

liverpool could do their unique treble again, couldn't they. remember when they won the uefa cup, the league cup and the fa cup.

and then won the charity shield and the super cup.

give 'em away for just one premiership, even the champions league is worthless compared to winning the prem. i wonder will they ever win it again?

[Pastorius]

after this season you mean?

[talk show host]

did anyone read about Joe Kinnear's press conference? it's ****ing hilarious

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/oct/03/newcastleunited.premierleague

[Britney Diva]

Best thing that's ever happened.

For further reading: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahJbjpBfQQY

[Pastorius]

Oh Joe.

Goodbye Newcastle.

Honestly, they're going down.

[TakeWarning]

Joe Kinnear: Which one is Simon Bird (from The Daily Mirror)?

SB: Me.

JK: You're a c**t.

SB: Thank you.

Love it.

[mph4ever]

after this season you mean?

its great to see undying love, hope and belief in a team. you do know its going to be unbearable when liverpool do eventually win the premiership. i might even go to america or australia where they know nothing aboout football for 12 months while it calms down over here hahahahahahahaha

[badtaste]

Cmon, with all the Aussies that post in this thread, you really think that football is oblivious here?

[mph4ever]

Cmon, with all the Aussies that post in this thread, you really think that football is oblivious here?

all the games on the box are nil nil. i had to do something to entertain myself

[Frankie]

Get in ther first and overdue away win in ages.

[mph4ever]

Get in ther first and overdue away win in ages.

and against a really solid team so the good perfromances are starting to pay off.

gooners were just jammy today, i'd say keane is presently killing gordon among others

[Britney Diva]

Sunderland were woeful around the box in general. Every time Arsenal got the ball near Anton Ferdinand I was sure they were about to score.

Arsenal still look lightweight. I lost count of the number of times Reid and Malbranque just brushed their midfield players and defenders off the ball.

[mph4ever]

Sunderland were woeful around the box in general. Every time Arsenal got the ball near Anton Ferdinand I was sure they were about to score.

Arsenal still look lightweight. I lost count of the number of times Reid and Malbranque just brushed their midfield players and defenders off the ball.


gooners lack a couple of men

[Frankie]

They're a couple of elder statesmen from staging a real title challenge imo

Man U's start hasn't even exactly been any better tho has it ?

[Britney Diva]

Well United at least have the excuse of playing good teams- Arsenal still haven't faced anybody else in the top 4.

[Frankie]

Tbh a dont give a **** about the gooners :')

David Wheater being in the England squad is a bloody must tho'

[mph4ever]

They're a couple of elder statesmen from staging a real title challenge imo

Man U's start hasn't even exactly been any better tho has it ?

not yet but there are signs. i fear for life without scholes. we need someone. its time for anderson to step up to the plate. possebon would have been useful right now too. could be a tough couple of weeks

[The_Passenger]

So is Tevez now backup to Rooney and Berbatov? It's starting to look that way.

[mph4ever]

not sure. i think hes holding him back a little for now, but his real chances will come

[Britney Diva]

I think Rooney and Berbatov will be the preferred partnership but there will be plenty of injuries and whatnot I feel.

Blackburn look absolutely dreadful. Playing 5 across the middle at home and the midfield still looks like it's invisible. Granted they have a few injuries but ****!

[mph4ever]

brown scores, sort of game it seems to be

[mph4ever]

nice to see anderson and rooney taking up the scholes role at different stages

[poorquality]

Thought we played really well, particularly rooney, and his finish was sublime. Ronaldo is looking good again, but lacking an end product atm, Berbatov had arguably his best team performance for united today but lacked goals, but they'll come.

It's funny people complaining about uniteds first (not here, that i've seen), they are the same people who argue that keepers are given too much protection, then one falls in a challenge which was completely unintentional and they're up in arms about it. Also the guy on the line should have stopped the effort anyway, what's he there for if he couldn't stop that?

[Britney Diva]

I don't think there was a Scholes role to play today- Blackburn were that bad. I think Ince has to take the blame- such a negative formation against the Champions at home doesn't exactly scream UEFA Cup material. I thought the same thing about Everton against Liverpool, although David Moyes should really know better.

one falls in a challenge which was completely unintentional and they're up in arms about it
I don't know if it was unintentional, but the goalkeeper should have been stronger. If that had been a defender there would be no controversy, yet somehow we're supposed to believe goalkeepers are delicate flowers who cannot take some basic arm-to-arm contact?

[FiveLives]

I'm so happy to see Ronaldo + Rooney all happy and solid again.

[mph4ever]

friedel is going to be the difference this season, him, gone, blackburn are going to struggle. i thought they would have been better than this

hope i am not the only one who thinks he saw the champions '08/'09 playing there tonight. such a solid defense when vidic is there. and such a young front five

[TakeWarning]

I think Man U should try to buy Joao Moutinho if they're trying to find a direct replacement for the Ginger Prince. He plays alot like Scholes, but is younger and more attractive.

[mph4ever]

we can buy anyone we like with the money from ronaldo in two years time. scholes just signed an extension and will be used sparingly. not sure we'll need midfielders though

[TakeWarning]

Think you will. You can't find a right winger anywhere near as productive as Ronaldo. You'd want a goalscoring midfielder if Ronaldo and his goals left. And a new left winger in any case.

[Britney Diva]

You can't really go around buying players on the assumption that Ronaldo's about to leave. The main concern right now is finding a strong voice in midfield with Scholes out. Anderson might grow into that player, but I seriously doubt the leadership capabilities of Darren Fletcher and Michael Carrick. Maybe if Owen Hargreaves can go 60 minutes without his knees breaking he could be that man, I dunno.

Benitez leaves Keane out of his starting line-up. Obviously this is a brilliant plan to upset the opposition defenders by not playing the ball in their half.

[The_Passenger]

I really don't understand Benitez's attitude when it comes to games like this, Liverpool are clearly a stronger team than City and just because they do pose some kind of threat is no reason to string 5 men across midfield when a 4-4-2 has been working well against lesser opposition. There are only 3 grounds in the country where I think it would make sense for Liverpool to play 4-5-1 (no prizes for guessing which 3).

Also, I've been watching the Chelsea-Villa game and after all the pre-match hype about how many problems Villa would cause Chelsea it's really making me wonder if people still aren't grasping how much better the top 4 are than everyone else after all this time.

[Britney Diva]

Poor Spurs. 1-0 down to Hull, booed off at half-time, Pavlyuchenko substituted...

[The_Passenger]

Poor Spurs. 1-0 down to Hull, booed off at half-time, Pavlyuchenko substituted...

does not compute

[Pastorius]

yes yes yes yes yes yes

[Britney Diva]

Jesus, that was a disgraceful challenge.

[Surtr]

I feel awful about Spurs. :( They're my 2nd favourite Premiership team and they're falling everywhere and at every chance they get. :(

[Pastorius]

i hate listening to football on the radio

where do you guys stream footie from?

[Pastorius]

it's business



it's business time

[The_Passenger]

Pretty impressive comeback from Liverpool even if it was against 10 men.

Spurs lose again. I would laugh but it's too easy.

[talk show host]

justin.tv can be pretty good for streaming. I used to use sopcast but I can never get it working anymore.

I usually just listen on the radio though

you can't help but laugh at spurs, they're such a mess. Hull into 3rd now though!

[Pastorius]

Pretty impressive comeback from Liverpool even if it was against 10 men.

Spurs lose again. I would laugh but it's too easy.

i didn't see it, been listening to it but from what i can tell the comeback started before the card

[The_Passenger]

well they'd pulled a goal back but were still losing when Zabaleta was sent off

[Britney Diva]

justin.tv always gets shut down now. I've just started using sopcast again but it is shitty

[Pastorius]

well they'd pulled a goal back but were still losing when Zabaleta was sent off

but to attribute the comeback to the card seems a bit rash. didn't hurt but the comeback was in motion already

people just refuse to believe liverpool can be good

[rid]

F YES! Amazing match. Now we just have to keep this up.

Liverpool \m/

[The_Passenger]

but to attribute the comeback to the card seems a bit rash. didn't hurt but the comeback was in motion already

people just refuse to believe liverpool can be good

I can believe Liverpool can be good, in fact they are a very good team, and generally play to pretty high standard. They are just too inconsistent to win the league (or that's been the case for a long time now).

That said I find it hard to believe the red card didn't have a significant bearing on the game. It's hard to say for definite though.

[mph4ever]

nothing counts, nothing at all matters, st. mirren have beaten rangers, yippee

[mph4ever]

but to attribute the comeback to the card seems a bit rash. didn't hurt but the comeback was in motion already

people just refuse to believe liverpool can be good

liverpool have the best midfilder in england in gerrard. they have some real quality players, up there with the best of them, its rafa that needs to go

[Pastorius]

I can believe Liverpool can be good, in fact they are a very good team, and generally play to pretty high standard. They are just too inconsistent to win the league (or that's been the case for a long time now).

That said I find it hard to believe the red card didn't have a significant bearing on the game. It's hard to say for definite though.

Of course it had a bearing on the game, but to be honest, he made a rash challenge, he got sent off. We took advantage of their mistake, it's what you have to do!

[talk show host]

did Skrtel break his leg? I just put him in my fantasy team last week

[The_Passenger]

Of course it had a bearing on the game, but to be honest, he made a rash challenge, he got sent off. We took advantage of their mistake, it's what you have to do!

oh yeh I'm not saying that Liverpool got lucky or anything, Zabaleta deserved the card, I'm just not sure Liverpool would have won if the guilty party hadn't been so stupid

[Pastorius]

maybe not, maybe so

but he was stupid so we did win

badda bing badda boom, he shouldn't have made the challenge

[mph4ever]

moyes to spurs by the weekend

[Britney Diva]

I think it was more a case of City being awful in the second half than Liverpool being particularly. I mean, Liverpool are a good team and all, but the 5 man midfield was an absolute disaster. It's hard to judge exactly how it would have gone were Zabaleta not sent off, but Liverpool's first goal came against the run of play and the only way they looked like taking back the match was if City imploded. And they did.

[Pastorius]

Liverpool have to absolutely demolish a team for anyone to give them an iota of credit

5 man midfield was ridiculous, will accept that. Don't understand Benitez sometimes.

From what I could tell, it wasn't against the run of the second half.

They got a man sent off, Liverpool pounced. Simple as.

[Interstate]

i hate listening to football on the radio

where do you guys stream footie from?

Try using TVU Player (just type it in to google to find a site to download it from). It's like Sopcast but it actually works. It's where I've watched a few premiership matches. Can't remember which exact channel I watched them on though.

[Britney Diva]

Well you said the comeback had started before the sending off when it really hadn't. I mean Liverpool were clinical, yeah, but it was far from an impressive performance. I suspect they would have played a lot better had they started 4-4-2 but we will never know now.

[Pastorius]

It's the Liverpool we need to see if we're in with a chance of winning the league. Not playing our best football and still getting wins. Especially against a good Man City side etc.

Sure they got a player sent off, but that's football. If we didn't take the opportunity, then we'd be schmucks!

[Britney Diva]

I really don't think you'll be impressed when you see it. The Liverpool that played PSV/Everton is the one you'll need to have a chance of winning the league- this side basically nullified all of Liverpool's greatest strengths. It's like United playing John O'Shea instead of Ronaldo- bizarre.

[mph4ever]

was just talking to a mate of mine, hes a blue. he said he is sick. they had the game, goal against run of play, dope got sent off, city didn't know what to do and sat back for 15 minutes and let liverpool camp in their half. i haven't seen it yet but he said if city were half as good at the back as they are going forward then liverpool wouldn't live with them.

[Pastorius]

shame they're not eh

[mph4ever]

i'd rather see liverpool beat city tbh

[sgrevs]

did Skrtel break his leg? I just put him in my fantasy team last week


I don't know but his landing looked reaaally painful. I hope it's not too bad.

All in all good spirit showed by Liverpool, regardless of how we did it, those are the kind of games we need to win if we want to challenge. Last season we would have drawn that one for sure (or lost).

Apparently Crouchie's goal for Pompey was a screamer, haven't seen it yet but looking forward to it.

[Britney Diva]

it was a bicycle kick

there have been some ****ing ridiculous goals the past couple of weeks

[RandyfromPennywise]

Lampard's back to his 2005 form. World Player of the Year top three 2009.

[Britney Diva]

I wonder if he'll keep his place ahead of Gerrard in the next England match. That is, unless Gerrard makes the decision for him and picks up an "injury" in training.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Gerrard's form's been ok from what I've seen but I haven't watched much of Pool Scum this season, but Lampard is just on fire for Chelsea, really at the top of his game. Pulling the strings more than ever. Ballack's gone missing at times, that's how dominant Fat Frank has been in the middle there. Interesting to see if he is still dictating things when a certain Mr Deco comes back though.

[Happy]

Juande Ramos and Gus Poyet are the best management team we have had for years. Spurs fans must get behind the management and team

Load of bollocks. I'm not convinced anymore.

[badtaste]

Holy **** Geovanni \m/

As for the Spurs :lol:

[RandyfromPennywise]

Just saw Valencia's goal for Wigan last week too, what a thunder bolt.

[TakeWarning]

Load of bollocks. I'm not convinced anymore.

I wasn't convinced in the first place. Other than three games in the Carling Cup, we haven't put in any particularly good performances(just off the top of my end).

I'm almost past the point of caring about Tottenham, we can already write off another season in the league because of such a poor start.

[Pastorius]

Yup, it's gotta really blow when you're season is over before it's really begun!

[mph4ever]

skrtel crocked

[Pastorius]

Yeah, read that today. Not good news, although at least this means Agger should get his re-try out. But Squirtle and Carragher really had a solid central unit, sad to see him out for so long.

Geovanni's free kick....wow

[mph4ever]

hate to see players out for a long, their careers are so short at the top anyway

maybe ramos changed a little too much since levy seemed determined to cash in on keane and berbatov. hope he stays and makes it work. a good spurs is good for football

and at least hes not shrek

[TakeWarning]

I've always thought Agger was better than both Carragher and Skrtel to be honest.

Speaking of centre-backs, good to see Ivanovic get a run out, he's looked pretty good when I've seen him for Serbia.

[Pastorius]

Agger's a great player, not sure what he'll be like returning from long term injury. He will be better than Carragher, not yet though. Everyone hates Carragher though.

[RandyfromPennywise]

What's with Milan's numbering, it's crap, 'Dinho is #80 and Sheva is #76 or 78 or something. Shouldn't be allowed. Just watched them get held 0-0 by Calgiari (replay from yesterday). Fair effort by Calgiari. Kaká is still wicked though.

Going to Brisbane next week for the qualifier against Qatar, should be awesome. Haven't been to Suncorp before, looks like an awesome stadium. Hopefully Bresc plays.

Can't wait to go on wednesday night to Hindmarsh either, Rivaldo playing down the road, get in there. Come on Doddy, double from the Dodd Squad for sure.

[sgrevs]

Yeah, read that today. Not good news, although at least this means Agger should get his re-try out. But Squirtle and Carragher really had a solid central unit, sad to see him out for so long.

Geovanni's free kick....wow


This. Geovanni's scored two screamers in the last two matches.

Agger's a great player, not sure what he'll be like returning from long term injury. He will be better than Carragher, not yet though. Everyone hates Carragher though.


Wait, everyone like who?

[Pastorius]

(I don't hate him)

Everyone like everyone other than Liverpool fans

The amount of times i've heard that Carragher is an overrated player who gets away with too much

[mph4ever]

carragher epitomises everything scouse. hes dyed in the womb liverpool red. anyone who dislikes liverpool would see him as a figure for that dislike. the fact that he would die for liverpool and isn't ashamed of it. hes no different to gary neville at united. there really aren't many around that generate the same passion.

anyone care to name another at other clubs?

only one i can think of is stephen gerrard. he was doing post match interviews at old trafford a few years back and had done itv, sky, bbc, a few radio stations and then another tv crew came along, he asked who they were, they said mutv, gerrard said "**** off, not talking to that scum"

[RandyfromPennywise]

carragher epitomises everything scouse. hes dyed in the womb liverpool red. anyone who dislikes liverpool would see him as a figure for that dislike. the fact that he would die for liverpool and isn't ashamed of it. hes no different to gary neville at united. there really aren't many around that generate the same passion.

anyone care to name another at other clubs?

only one i can think of is stephen gerrard. he was doing post match interviews at old trafford a few years back and had done itv, sky, bbc, a few radio stations and then another tv crew came along, he asked who they were, they said mutv, gerrard said "**** off, not talking to that scum"
I just don't really like Scousers in general to be fair. Speak English first you ferals.

[mph4ever]

yeah, i wouldn't like them too much either, 'cept the ones from bristol from time to time ;)

[Pastorius]

I'm actually Welsh :p But don't worry, supported them since I was about 7, after my mum bought me the 93/94 season video, with one of the greatest games ever.

Man United 3 - 3 Liverpool

Dennis Irwin scored a cracker, I can still remember it.

[mph4ever]

hahahahahahah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qamVB4ixxGs

kekekekekekeke

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

[Pastorius]

ha ha back when he funny

paul whitehouse's impression of gerrard was so funny

[mph4ever]

I'm actually Welsh :p But don't worry, supported them since I was about 7, after my mum bought me the 93/94 season video, with one of the greatest games ever.

Man United 3 - 3 Liverpool

Dennis Irwin scored a cracker, I can still remember it.

that was liverpool 3 manu 3. razor scored the equaliser with a powerful header after clough had dragged you lot back in to it. i was in the pub with my dad and his mate. remember it all. thanks for reminding me, game and a half

[Pastorius]

One of the best games I've ever seen, such a comeback, even though it was a draw it was fantastic.

I'm dying to get a Ruddock shirt

[Britney Diva]

Agger's a great player, not sure what he'll be like returning from long term injury. He will be better than Carragher, not yet though. Everyone hates Carragher though.
He's a good defender but he's too slow.

[Pastorius]

Meh, I disagree. You don't have to be lightning fast if you're positionally good. He always gets back to cover.

[Britney Diva]

Well like I said he's a good player, but there's a gap of quality between him and the likes of Vidic and Terry.

[rid]

http://img.skysports.com/08/10/800x600/MartinSkrtel_1265253.jpg

[Pastorius]

and the city fans booed him

disgraceful!

[poorquality]

The city fans booed him because of a high kick into Jo's middrift which he should of been sent for. You know how it is, after a bad tackle that player gets booed regardless everytime the game centers around him.

[Britney Diva]

Well he did injure Jo like 5 minutes earlier...

[Pastorius]

that was an accident

[Britney Diva]

well the city fans booed him by accident!

[Pastorius]

that was no accident, there was malicious booing

[Britney Diva]

oh come on, it's the only sound they're capable of making

[mph4ever]

oh come on, it's the only sound they're capable of making

'cept when they beat us twice last season

[Pastorius]

a feat soon to be repeated by liverpool

[Britney Diva]

i'm not sure if it's possible for liverpool to beat us twice last season

[Pastorius]

well the feat was beating you twice in a season

beaten you once already, remember that

[Britney Diva]

everybody knows the season doesn't start until the first time you play bolton

[Pastorius]

oh, well looks like our pre-season domination of man united still counts towards our league win

[Britney Diva]

somebody fudgepacked the numbers >:0

So Ireland's B team are playing Nottingham Forest this week. I have no idea why. Then we play Cyprus at home- I can't wait to see Damien Duff actually playing on form. It's been a good 4 years since he was fully fit and playing for us.

[sgrevs]

So Ireland's B team are playing Nottingham Forest this week. I have no idea why.


Wtf??

[TakeWarning]

There's an international break this week then yeah? Have England got a game, like?

[ThrashMaster27]

If we don't win against Stoke, it's relegation.

Seriously.

[Pastorius]

If we don't win against Stoke, it's relegation.

Seriously.

take it easy, the league winners only drew against stoke

[talk show host]

There's an international break this week then yeah? Have England got a game, like?

yeah, Kazakhstan at home and Belarus away. Hopefully 6 points from them.


and I just found out that itv in scotland aren't showing the match, opting for reruns of Poirot instead. which is annoying.

[TakeWarning]

Tell me about it. I subscribed to Setanta with promises of "the UEFA Cup, the Carling Cup" etc. And instead of the UEFA Cup they go and show the Fat Bastard Dart Competition.

[Britney Diva]

Oh well, a Spurs win is a Spurs win!

[Frankie]

yeah, Kazakhstan at home and Belarus away. Hopefully 6 points from them.


and I just found out that itv in scotland aren't showing the match, opting for reruns of Poirot instead. which is annoying.

should that really be a surprise tho' tbh ?

[RandyfromPennywise]

somebody fudgepacked the numbers >:0

So Ireland's B team are playing Nottingham Forest this week. I have no idea why. Then we play Cyprus at home- I can't wait to see Damien Duff actually playing on form. It's been a good 4 years since he was fully fit and playing for us.
Is Duffer one of your favourite players? He is one of mine. Last time he was playing anywhere near his top form was 2005. There was a period there where he was playing well for your country, too, but like you say that hasn't happened for a long time now. I reckon he's a bit like the Irish Harry Kewell. One of the nation's best talents, brilliant at times, but injured too often to really fulfil his potential. Kewell's scored 3 in 5 for Galatasaray in the league and another in a cup game, but he's just picked up a groin strain. Right frustrating init.

Anyone ever heard Anthony Gardner ever speak? I have never heard anyone use the word "like" in a more superfluous and incessant manner.

[Pastorius]

should that really be a surprise tho' tbh ?

what's that mate 2-1?

[Frankie]

How long is this gunna last mate.

We dominated youse lot in that game.

[talk show host]

should that really be a surprise tho' tbh ?

nah, it's fair enough but it's still annoying. at least when the bbc had the rights you could stream the match on their site if it wasn't being shown here.

[Pastorius]

How long is this gunna last mate.

We dominated youse lot in that game.

yeah you dominated us 1 goal to our 2

[mph4ever]

yeah you dominated us 1 goal to our 2

i am sure you will look back at these heady days of success with fondness











in about two weeks time hehehehe

[Pastorius]

i will look back in fondness

"remember when we weren't beating teams 7-0, that was funny"

[mph4ever]

i will look back in fondness

"remember when we weren't beating teams 7-0, that was funny"


ya liddle welsh scally, ya

calm down, calm down

[Frankie]

i will look back in fondness

"remember when we weren't beating teams 7-0, that was funny"

yeahhhh I know

its gunna take a lot of doing to make me forget ****ing Man City up the arse 8-1

[RandyfromPennywise]

GEEEETTTTT IIIIIINNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!

ADELAIDE UNITED 3 - 0 Bundyadkor

Asian Champions League semis first-leg, we just smashed Rivaldo and Zico out of the park, fkn awesome, best club match I've ever been to including Chelsea.

UUUUUUUUNNNNNNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDD

World Club Cup here we come, Manchester United we'll have 'em for breakfast.

[mph4ever]

wow

to be honest, i hope we wouldn't go anywhere near that world club cup. its such a junket and always messes up the season

[RandyfromPennywise]

And clubs like ours (Adelaide United) could really do with the $2m or more that you get for qualifying. Would be massive for the great AUFC. And United will be going everywhere near it my friend, they are champions of Europe, and will be competing in the tournament. :)

[mph4ever]

And clubs like ours (Adelaide United) could really do with the $2m or more that you get for qualifying. Would be massive for the great AUFC. And United will be going everywhere near it my friend, they are champions of Europe, and will be competing in the tournament. :)


i know, i know. and it is good for all the teams from all the federations. it just really sticks in my throat after the fa cup debacle a number of years ago

[RandyfromPennywise]

Like fukn dead set, talking to the Aussies here, but seriously, why don't Adelaide sing Travis Dodd on as the Marquee player? Like he is our best player by far and he deserves a very good wage, and the J-League clubs are looking, why don't we give him $500,000 a year for him to stay, the J-League clubs are looking, fk them off and make him our marquee player. He'd do more than most of any of the other marquee players that have been in the A-League to be sure.

Dodd Squad.

[sgrevs]

Travis Dodd is good yeah, it would be crap for Adelaide if he left.

[mph4ever]

is it because boro don't have that many full internationals that the thread goes quiet?

btw, rooney to shine, shine like a star, the star that he is, this is his time, now and for about five years

[poorquality]

****ing hell, He's a spineless wanker that england manager, changing a winning team who played good football, just to incorporate lampard and gerrard together into the team.

I dont care if they win, it's a backwards mentality that needs to be kicked out, we beat this pub team and then what? 4 managers couldn't make it work, it's not meant to be ffs.

[The_Passenger]

I don't really think you can accuse Capello of being spineless. He obviously thinks he can get the pairing the work and thus I think its fair that he's given a couple of games to see if he can get it working. If he can't and still insists on using it then he deserves criticism.

[poorquality]

I know he's won 5 in 7 opening games, he's tried pairing them for the first 4/5 which resulted in a lot of negative football and scraping results. He changes to field a strong team rather than best players and we win comfortably, doesn't give the winning team more chances and changes back to a proven negative style as soon as both lamp n gerrard are available. It's negative football and it's wrong and unfair.

We're 0-0 at half time currently, we're getting most of the possession as is expected but nothing more.


EDIT: Barry off, SWP on...so the masterful center pairing continues...they can do no wrong.

EDIT 2: Good result, Rooney played well again, Heskey played well prob deserved a goal, beckham did alright when he came on, Walcott played well. I don't recall much from lampard apart from the freekick that setup the first. Gerrard tried lots of shots from outside the area, lacking acuracy or threat, but atleast he was taking shots I guess. Still don't think they should partner each other in the middle, they'll be given another chance on wednesday against sterner opposition though.

[RandyfromPennywise]

is it because boro don't have that many full internationals that the thread goes quiet?


No. The thread goes quite because there is not enough interest in ADELAIDE UNITED; the greatest club in the world. If there was more interest in this great, great team, then this thread would thrive, but as it is, you are all interested in some team from some English village who plays against some other village for some vase and that is that.

[mph4ever]

No. The thread goes quite because there is not enough interest in ADELAIDE UNITED; the greatest club in the world. If there was more interest in this great, great team, then this thread would thrive, but as it is, you are all interested in some team from some English village who plays against some other village for some vase and that is that.

of course. i should have known. remind, next time i am out your way maybe you can bring me to a game :chug:

and as for england. watched the whole game. due to the fact that i support teams with england players in them then i really do honestly like to see england do well. that said, they must lose barry permanently. he is not good for the team, he is not a great footballer either.

drop lampard or gerrard, even use one for 60 and the other for 30, sometimes alternately. drop a carrick or a hargreaves type. i am not limiting it to them coz they are manu, there are others who would do a very effective job for the team. italians build the best team, not based on always picking the best players. capello has proven that they can't work together. he has made his point. i hope he moves on now

swp was a disaster

ashely cole should be shot since against a better team would have got a better boost from that goal

they need terry back and leave the back four the way they are

englands best team looks like this

james
brown, ferdinand, terry, a. cole
beckham, gerrard (a), hargreaves (d), walcott
rooney, crouch

subs, j. cole, lampard, heskey, carrick, p. neville,

[talk show host]

rooney and crouch are a horrible partnership though, they both drop way too deep.

wouldn't have beckham in the team either, it's time to move on. though it was a bit of a surprise to see him skinning the left back tonight.

decent result but england looked awful for most of it.

[poorquality]

I agree with the previously mentioned team apart from 2 changes, leave Heskey in there, why add Crouch now? Heskey has played well in the last couple games and Rooney has played better for it.

Also Beckham? I thought he was a done and dusted argument, shouldn't be selected from the start anymore, Joe Cole and Walcott on the wings will cause the most damage as it stands.

[mph4ever]

rooney and crouch should just learn to play together. its the only pairing that works, it allows rooney to help beckham out a little, it allows beckham to cross with someone like brown supporting him and gary neville type role. i am only thinking results, heskey get injured too often, crouch and rooney have years ahead of them

joe cole and walcott, they are interchangeable for me, just like carrick and hargreaves, lamps and gerrard, crouch and heskey

the backbone is

james
brown, ferdinand, terry, a. cole
hargreaves, gerrard/lamps
rooney

[Britney Diva]

Yeah, I don't really see why Crouch and Rooney shouldn't be able to play together. Crouch is fully capable of playing the main striker role and he probably plays better in that position than coming for the ball. I'd like to see Defoe given a greater role- he's limited in the fact that he needs somebody to play off, but his scoring record is incredible when he is part of a good system.

England were awful tonight. The fans, as usual, crack me up. Booing the team at half time, booing Cole when he had the massive brainshit that led to the goal. No wonder England's best performances happen on the road. Hilariously, by the end of the match they were ecstatic.

[Frankie]

I'd choose:

James
Brown Terry Ferdinand Cole
Walcott Barry Gerrard Cole
Rooney Heskey/Defoe

[mph4ever]

I'd choose:

James
Brown Terry Ferdinand Cole
Walcott Barry Gerrard Cole
Rooney Heskey/Defoe

that would score goals if they all were on form.

i'd still have hargreaves before barry but he probably picks up too many injuries

[RandyfromPennywise]

I only saw second half... so, I thought Lampard played really well, and Gerrard was ok too, but tried the 60-yarder a few too many times. Wayne Bridge should be the left-back, I've been saying it for years, no doubt about it. Terry looked like a big loss, if for nothing else apart from his character and composure. I have to chuckle seeing Peskey playing international football though. And he wasn't that bad was he?! Haha Peskey 'Eskey. Why don't you play a 4-2-3-1, it is a very popular formation at the moment, that way you can have Rooooney in the hole behind, J. Cole and Walcott as wingers, and two central midfielders behind. Or would that not work? Has anyone thought that maybe England just aren't that good?

Going up to Brisbane on tuesday for the qualifier against Qatar, should be good. Australia is better than England, you know.

[Happy]

Not at football.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Not at football.

What happened last time the two nations met?

[TakeWarning]

No. The thread goes quite because there is not enough interest in ADELAIDE UNITED; the greatest club in the world. If there was more interest in this great, great team, then this thread would thrive, but as it is, you are all interested in some team from some English village who plays against some other village for some vase and that is that.

Let's not forget the mighty PERTH GLORY.

Argentina vs Uruguay was terrible, I've never seen a game with so much potential ruined so badly by constant fouls and horrible refereeing.

[talk show host]

. Why don't you play a 4-2-3-1, it is a very popular formation at the moment, that way you can have Rooooney in the hole behind, J. Cole and Walcott as wingers, and two central midfielders behind. Or would that not work?


That's what they played against Croatia, with Lampard and Barry as the two, and it worked well, but with Gerrard back Capello changed it to try to play him and Lampard together again.

Hopefully that's the end of that but it probably isn't.

[mph4ever]

yeah, it could be the end of it, gerrtard or lamptard otherwise capello is a retard

[sgrevs]

I think Crouch and Defoe up front make a nice pairing, though I can't really see Rooney being left on the bench.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Let's not forget the mighty PERTH GLORY.
Please, no more humour. This thread is for serious debate and serious comments only.

[The_Passenger]

Please, no more humour. This thread is for serious debate and serious comments only.

then why is the A-League being mentioned at all

[Surtr]

^^^Hahaha, yup.

I'm not impressed with England's run at that match, but I'm even more disappointed in my Scotland. I feel thoroughly done after all that. Words don't quite say what I feel. :(

[talk show host]

Iwelumo's miss was pretty lol though

[Surtr]

Not if you were dying to see a Scotland win. :(

[Britney Diva]

I hear Kris Boyd has retired. What a baby.

[Frankie]

then why is the A-League being mentioned at all

oh snappp !

[Echleon]

I hear Kris Boyd has retired. What a baby.

I don't undestand why players retire under some managers, yet are willing to come back if the manager leaves.

Surely this shows that they have absolutely no commitment to the team?

[Surtr]

I think it just means they've got commitment but are showing that they don't support that particular manager and don't agree that it would be best for them and the team.

[Britney Diva]

I think it just shows that he's a dick.

[mph4ever]

this seems to be down to the fact that hes not getting on the pitch even though his club form would indicate a goal shy team like scotland could do with him.

he hasn't done his team mates any favours either since they, in a strange way, disagree with him by staying with the team and that does bring extra pressure

isn't he a rangers player? need we say more?

[Happy]

So Ramos has been given the next 6 games to turn Spurs around.
With Arsenal and Liverpool being the last 2, he has to win the first 4.

Goodbye Ramos :)

[TakeWarning]

Brazil vs Venezuela was a bit of fun, pretty much no midfield for about half the game.

So Ramos has been given the next 6 games to turn Spurs around.
With Arsenal and Liverpool being the last 2, he has to win the first 4.

Goodbye Ramos :)

The board have just given him their vote of confidence.

So yeah, he should be gone in a month or two. :thumb:

[RandyfromPennywise]

then Why Is The A-league Being Mentioned At Allsnapp!

   

[Frankie]

I'm still laughing at all these officials and players running to the aid of Ca$hley Cole. If I pay upwards of £50 to watch my national team, I'll tell you what I'll boo and (within reason) shout, chant and call whatever the **** I like because I am a consumer and the product he is supplying is of sub-standard quality.

The little ****ing cunt and his ugly big brother rio can **** themselves.

[Britney Diva]

I think people who go to England matches are generally among the stupidest people on the planet. Ashley Cole is a weasel but he doesn't deserve to be booed for making one mistake, especially he was one of the least terrible players on the night. If England fans keep booing players at the drop of a hat, I wouldn't be too surprised if you started seeing players take early retirement.

[Frankie]

Personally I'd never go as I don't personally care about internationals.

[Britney Diva]

Apparently the people who do go feel the same way!

[mph4ever]

all this booing, its not from real supporters, i blame chelsea and the new breed of supporter they have introduced to football

[The_Passenger]

all this booing, its not from real supporters, i blame chelsea and the new breed of supporter they have introduced to football

what the hell are you talking about

the booing is strange, I fail to see what it achieves, unless people really want to remind Cole that he's unpopular that badly. certainly won't stop him making mistakes.

also can someone like Frankie explain why they don't care about internationals? there are some people I do get the reasoning but for the most part I don't

[mph4ever]

what the hell are you talking about

within recent times i can remember teams getting boo'd at for their performances. the team that stands out is chelsea. it was disgusting what happened the other night, simple mistake. real supporters wouldn't do it. any england player who done that would have gotten slagged, its the way its gone, its no longer loyal supporters, they are spectators, looking for goals, looking for a high. more like gladiator fans than football fans. and cole has been castigated way to much. there was a professor on sky talking about how much damage this will do to him in the short and long term. c'mon, his team won 5-1, he has forgotten it already, so has his team, but the press and these so called fans haven't. sh!theads, even though i personally don't like cole but i am pretty sure he doesn't give a ****

[Frankie]

what the hell are you talking about

the booing is strange, I fail to see what it achieves, unless people really want to remind Cole that he's unpopular that badly. certainly won't stop him making mistakes.

also can someone like Frankie explain why they don't care about internationals? there are some people I do get the reasoning but for the most part I don't

Supporting a bunch of largely over-rated underachievers, who gain place on a team on reputation, rather than recent run of form is as hideous as it gets. Generally I'm not that patriotic when it comes down to it either.

One of the main reasons I love supporting Middlesbrough football club is the amount of local born lads coming through and developing into excellent pro's and it's enough to instil (even the most depressive fan like myself ) a lot of ****ing local pride.

Booing is an expression of an opinion, the fans deserve to have their opinions heard on how god awful Ashley Cole is as a left back. They collectively aren't listened to anywhere else other than when they let their feelings known during a game.

Idk give me these fans who boo and are passionate about the football they're watching over Man U's casual prawn sarnie munching 'fans'

[Britney Diva]

Prawn sandwich brigade is a term that describes corporate or otherwise emotionally detached football fans who attend matches primarily to enjoy hospitality, rather than support their team. The term originated from a media comment by Manchester United captain Roy Keane who felt certain sections of the crowd had not been vocal enough in their support, and at times too quick to criticise minor mistakes, during the Champions League game against Dynamo Kiev in November 2000
fyi like

I don't know, I'd rather have knowledgeable fans who get behind their team even when they're not playing well rather than a bunch of largely over-rated underachievers.

[Surtr]

within recent times i can remember teams getting boo'd at for their performances. the team that stands out is chelsea. it was disgusting what happened the other night, simple mistake. real supporters wouldn't do it. any england player who done that would have gotten slagged, its the way its gone, its no longer loyal supporters, they are spectators, looking for goals, looking for a high. more like gladiator fans than football fans. and cole has been castigated way to much. there was a professor on sky talking about how much damage this will do to him in the short and long term. c'mon, his team won 5-1, he has forgotten it already, so has his team, but the press and these so called fans haven't. sh!theads, even though i personally don't like cole but i am pretty sure he doesn't give a ****

I'd have to agree with this, which is odd, 'cause I've almost never agreed with your opinions. As far as I can tell, if my teams down, and we're losing, I don't boo them. They know I'm not happy with the way they're playing, because they're just as unhappy. What they want to hear from the fans is a ****ing load of positive noise and a real feeling of support and positive energy. You'll get more outa' them by showing them you know they're doing poor but you're still rooting for 'em than if you let them know every time they do poor you're going to stop supporting them.

[Britney Diva]

It should probably also be noted that England smote one of the best teams in the world a few weeks ago, coincidentally (i.e. not coincidentally at all) when there were hardly any England fans around.

[Surtr]

Mhm, its definitely easier on them to be playing in front of a stadium of rival fans than Englands own. Its ridiculous.

[mph4ever]

I'd have to agree with this, which is odd, 'cause I've almost never agreed with your opinions. As far as I can tell, if my teams down, and we're losing, I don't boo them. They know I'm not happy with the way they're playing, because they're just as unhappy. What they want to hear from the fans is a ****ing load of positive noise and a real feeling of support and positive energy. You'll get more outa' them by showing them you know they're doing poor but you're still rooting for 'em than if you let them know every time they do poor you're going to stop supporting them.


i hadn't really noticed the fact that you almost never agreed. lets take 12 months to come this close again because this opinion is scarily like mine

i just support all the way through, have done through ups and downs, no need to boo, even if you are getting thumped or someone makes a stupid mistake, its still a battle to keep the oppositions fans drowned out