Euro 2008 (Official LOL Chelsea Thread)

[poorquality]

Liverpool are looking good I must say, 5 goals and it looks like Kuyt was upfront on his own (didn't score) No torres and can rest in form Keane and get 5 goals away.

Yeah it's Newcastle, it's expected to win, but it was extremely comfortable.

I could honestly see the United vs Liverpool game at Old Trafford deciding the title as our games in hand take us 1 point behind and the game at OT will be vital.

[badtaste]

One wonders what Liverpool will be like post-Gerrard.

and as if leak a goal to Newcastle, those are valuable fantasy points down the drain.

[Happy]

Oh dear, Tottenham.

[Pastorius]

Oh dear, Man City.

[Iai]

Oh dear, Chelsea.

[Pastorius]

Oh yes, Liverpool. Get in, get in, get in.

[Iai]

I'm actually beginning to want you to win the title.

[Pastorius]

You can't believe how much I was punching the air come 89 minutes into the Fulham game.

Good old Gilette Soccer Sunday

[Ganondorf]

West Brom won again, come on the Baggies!

[TakeWarning]

Oh dear, Tottenham.

I blame Ramos for leaving us with such an utterly **** squad. Brom deserved to win, we really have nothing going for us in the midfield or up front.

[TakeWarning]

I Hate My Life

[Dave de Sylvia]

Ramos didn't force Arry to play that Essou-Ekottou retard instead of Bale.

[TakeWarning]

Bale's been rubbish this season, Assou-Ekotto on the other hand has put in a somewhat impressive run of performances before today.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I was impressed by his hair.

[Iai]

Take a look at my left-back
He's the only one I got
Not much of a left-back
He gets sent off a lot

[Iai]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7802932.stm

Gerrard arrested.

[TakeWarning]

Was just about to post that.

Interesting stuff.

[mph4ever]

true to form, real scouser scum

[Happy]

I blame Ramos for leaving us with such an utterly **** squad. Brom deserved to win, we really have nothing going for us in the midfield or up front.

Transfer window coming up, hopefully Harry can fix it.


And also Paul Jewell has quit as Derby manager. I thought he was doing a good job :lol:

[Pastorius]

I refuse to believe ole Stevie was part of a 6 on 1 beating

[poorquality]

I refuse to believe ole Stevie was part of a 6 on 1 beating

It is a bit hard to believe, he's always seemed like a level headed person. Kept in custody though, still there now, it would be interesting to see what went on, apparently the guy that was beaten up was the club DJ, so what went on/what was said will be very interesting.

I think chances are it was his mates being twats and since he was with them he got taken in as well.

[Iai]

Maybe he's the father of Alex Curran's kids.

[2muchket!]

Boro look dangerous on the break against United.

owayyyy lads

[2muchket!]

****ing berbatov

[Dave de Sylvia]

Easy 8-)

[mph4ever]

stroll in the park

stevie g faces up to six months

[Dave de Sylvia]

I figured it would just be a case of a famous name being dragged into a brawl that didn't concern him, but if the Times article is true he might be in a spot of bother. Let's hope the courts are more impartial towards English footballers than the FA Disciplinary Council :o

[Surtr]

Heh, Berbatov always looks so funny with his like Nike gloves on. Makes me laugh every time, what a funny looking fellow. Damn good though.

[poorquality]

So 3 of the 6 released, 3 charged with assault and affray, including Gerrard. Not looking good for him.

[Happy]

its Stevie G, the worse they'll give him is about 3 hours community service.

[poorquality]

Or they'll say something silly like "Due to all the service for the community Stevie puts in by his excellent performances for Liverpool we deem his sentence served" >_>

[Happy]

Probably.

People do community service at my work and I know nobodies that only get about 40 hours for assault.

[Iai]

'Playing for Liverpool, and living there, is punishment enough.'

[Happy]

Or maybe everytime there's a replay of one of his shots, goals, tackles etc, they show that gif of him missing the ball and falling down like a little girl.

[2muchket!]

I wish poggy had battered the **** outta Cronaldo last night :(

He'll be cheered like a hero by me during our next home game.

[poorquality]

Poggys a bit of a dick grabbing someone by the throat regardless of who it is, no attempt at the ball, wasn't even looking, how it was missed I don't know, maybe the ref hates Ronaldo as much as the rest of the prem >_>

Though I can't expect the FA to do something about it after the game when Rooney has gotten away with that elbow attempt, which is rediculous should have got a ban straight away. Also ronaldo kicking out should of been looked at.

[Pastorius]

should have

[2muchket!]

there you go again

ffs pasta

this is a football thread

take your proper grammar elsewhere !

[Pastorius]

no excuses football fans!

I wanted Pogatitz to nut Cronaldo.

[poorquality]

should have

That's what I said >_>

*cough*

[Pastorius]

....and the other one please.

*Wags finger*

[Happy]

Pasta, are you going to be the judge in this Stevie G case?

[Pastorius]

The verdict is: Not Guilty

As compensation, Liverpool FC will be given 30 extra points.

[Happy]

I meant the finger wagging.

[Pastorius]

Do judges do a lot of finger wagging?

[mph4ever]

no excuses football fans!

I wanted Pogatitz to nut Cronaldo.

maybe he should watch gerrard a little more to see how its really done.

gerrard faces up to five years in the nick. the fa and liverpool need to act quickly and honorably and suspend him pending the outcome of the case. just when the scouser scum looked like they might stay the pace a knacker like gerrard goes and lets them down. easy know hes from liverpool

[Pastorius]

I really want to know what actually happened.

[mph4ever]

I really want to know what actually happened.


police to do not take charging high profile individuals with such crimes lightly and without having a fair share of justification otherwise they end up with a serious amount of crap.

at the same time i think its fair to say that this is out of character for gerrard, its usually him lying on the ground claiming he was hurt

[Iai]

He threw a bottle at the DJ because he refused to play Coldplay.

I'm not even kidding.

[mph4ever]

see thats the trouble with these yellow bellied scouse scum. all they seem to do is start trouble after they have a rush of blood to the head

[Iai]

The thought of such terrible behavior makes me shiver. Someone should put him in his place!

[mph4ever]

we've flogged this one a little

[Dave de Sylvia]

u hav




Villa beat Hull with a last-minute own goal and referee reverses his decision to award a penalty. It was the right call but both managers are mad at him for doing the right thing. Shux.

[Happy]

Do judges do a lot of finger wagging?

When famous people are in the dock, yes.

Glad Villa won tbh, I think they deserve that CL spot more than Arsenal this year.

[Pastorius]

He threw a bottle at the DJ because he refused to play Coldplay.

I'm not even kidding.

Where is this from?

[Happy]

I'm guessing the Sun.

[mph4ever]

u hav


anything to do with the coldplay anthology should be flogged constantly

[Iai]

@pasta

The Times, The Guardian, the gay club gossip scene (don't ask). Haven't looked at The Sun.

[mph4ever]

@pasta

The Times, The Guardian, the gay club gossip scene (don't ask). Haven't looked at The Sun.

i'm assuming the gay club gossip scene is there because of the recent meet up with mark lawro

[MattSharpIsCool]

He threw a bottle at the DJ because he refused to play Coldplay.

I'm not even kidding.

all they seem to do is start trouble after they have a rush of blood to the head

I see what you did there....clever....and lolsy.

[Iai]

@mph

It's because my best friend is gay. I always get told the lulz-worthy gossip, and it's shocking how often it turns out to be true.

[mph4ever]

@mph

It's because my best friend is gay. I always get told the lulz-worthy gossip, and it's shocking how often it turns out to be true.

hope this one is true, its a real cracker

[RandyfromPennywise]

Bonjour tous.

Fkn av it, Steven Gayrrard going down for 5-10, best case.

Adelaide United are now the 5th-best team in the world.

Paris Saint Germain playing better this season. Maka.

Chelsea for champions.

Orwight.

[TakeWarning]

Looks like Bridgey is off to Man City, huge amounts of money being talked about both for the transfer fee and wages. He should have left Chelsea years ago.

[Dave de Sylvia]

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/85/england/2009/01/02/1036558/givens-lawyer-drops-newcastle-exit-bombshell

Excellent :cool:

[mph4ever]

one of the few i would love to see at manu

[Pastorius]

There's no way Gerrard is going down for 5 years. A guy at my school punched someone and knocked him out, and he fell and hit his head and died, and he only got 2 years. He won't even do any time and you non-1st placers know it.

[mph4ever]

words cannot describe my feelings for city today. i am missing a few for southend too

[2muchket!]

2-1 win for the boro.

Happy tbh.

[Iai]

I'll say it again.

MAN CITY LOL

[Pastorius]

Man City..........lol.

Good that Fernando got a run out.

[Iai]

I am the thread title king :cool:

[Pastorius]

Are there any City fans on here?

[Dave de Sylvia]

One. Choda Boy, I think.

[badtaste]

I've got a Man City shirt.

This was one when they were semi respectable though.

edit: assuming that they were respectable some time ago.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Bridgey they boy has left, I am well sad, certainly one of my favourite players. Still, hope he gets his chance now and pushes Twatley Cole out of the England team too.

Adelaide United killing 'em in the A-League, well in you Reds.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I can't believe Chelsea got so much money for a player that never gets his game. It's like Liverpool selling Jermaine Pennant to Real Madrid or something.

[TakeWarning]

Man City will end up paying over the odds for transfers more often than not since everybody knows how much money they've got.

[Iai]

Definitely.

Marcos Senna turned them down, which is devastating for them; he's exactly the kind of player they need.

[Interstate]

Another one for the Lulz on seeing the Man City score. I was watching Maidstone v Hastings on saturday and was in the bar. I nearly spurted my pint all over the bartender when I saw that Forest had trashed them. She was not amused.

[2muchket!]

Hughes needs time really.

Still LOL @ them.

[Happy]

Gillingham are playing great today.

[Collis]

The 4th round draw is quite brilliant. Liverpool v Everton & Derby v Forest is massive, MASSIVE!

[chumpradio]

Being an Everton supporter I am pretty happy with that draw.
If it was at Goodison it would be better, I'd expect some chants at Gerrard, eg Phil Collins songs.

[mph4ever]

what a tie for gerrard to lose his rag and knock someones tooth out. hope the evertonians get stuck in

[Pastorius]

Pfffft Gerrard will be perfectly behaved, like an honourable scouser.

Anyone who says oxymoron gets shot

[mph4ever]

poxymoron more like

[2muchket!]

One. Choda Boy, I think.

Aye he's also the only person on these boards from manchester to support a manchester team.

Funny that.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Gerrard has broken more legs in Merseyside derbies than any other fixture.

[mph4ever]

Gerrard has broken more legs in Merseyside derbies than any other fixture.

any of them his own?

and why do they call it a clash of merseyside giants?

[Pastorius]

They should call it the merseyside giant vs everton clash

[mph4ever]

c'mon tranmere

[Happy]

any of them his own?

and why do they call it a clash of merseyside giants?

Because in the FA cup any team in the Premiership is a giant.

[mph4ever]

i thought that was because of everton

[benfan]

Newcastle to win the Carling Cup this year boys.

[Iai]

I actually had to go and check that they'd already been knocked out then. This is how much the average football fan cares about the Carling Cup!

[Happy]

Spurs knocked em out under Ramos - one of his only wins this season.

[benfan]

Newcastle to win the FA Cup this year boys.

Fix'd :naughty:

[TakeWarning]

Lol no way. I can't see Newcastle winning anything for years. Maybe a Carling Cup, but even that's a stretch.

[Collis]

They'll win the Johnston Paint Trophy in two seasons.

[Happy]

Pompey have accepted Spurs' bid for Defoe, he's coming back :D

[Pastorius]

Good buy for Spurs.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Another shrewd move by the Spurs. Next up: buying Keane back for 30m and Berbatov for 40!

[Pastorius]

Lol, how much did they sell him for?

[Dave de Sylvia]

7.5, which means they paid double what they got for him.

[Happy]

He should never have been sold in the first place.

[Surtr]

Haha agreed.

[benfan]

They'll win the Johnston Paint Trophy in two seasons.

Why you gotsta be hating? :(


But seriously. We are pretty ****.

[Collis]

Why you gotsta be hating? :(


But seriously. We are pretty ****.

Haha I'm only joking.

I must say something about Newcastle though whilst I'm here. I'm a Stoke fan and was in the away end at St James for our game last month (Where we pulled it back from 2-0 to 2-2). And to be honest the Geordies are deemed as the most passionate fans and what-not, but the atmosphere for that game was quite gash. Seriously, 2-0 up and cruising and you could hear a penny drop ...

I dunno, maybe it's just because the away fans are so high up in that stand that you cant hear a thing.

[badtaste]

Dear Tommy:
1-0

and lol at Defoe returning to the Spurs. Just lol.

[Iai]

So at a time when it's just been proved to us that Newcastle fans are so dim that they can't tell the difference between the Carling and FA cups, it seems like a good idea to post this....

'Soccer ace Shola Ameobi was as sick as a parrot after being burgled.

'The furious Newcastle star, 27, called cops detailing the items stolen, including his cheque book.

'Then the truth hit home to the dopey striker, 27 - his £500,000 pad had not been ransacked, he had just left it incredibly messy.'

Read it once and it's funny. Read it again, notice the word 'ace', and it's even funnier.

[TakeWarning]

Hahaha. Ameobi is ace though, like.

Defoe back to Spurs; he's always been a yid. Sure, it wasn't particularly sensible to pay so much for a player we sold at a far lesser price, but hey, we're Spurs and our transfer policy has never been sensible. ;)

[2muchket!]

Haha I'm only joking.

I must say something about Newcastle though whilst I'm here. I'm a Stoke fan and was in the away end at St James for our game last month (Where we pulled it back from 2-0 to 2-2). And to be honest the Geordies are deemed as the most passionate fans and what-not, but the atmosphere for that game was quite gash. Seriously, 2-0 up and cruising and you could hear a penny drop ...

I dunno, maybe it's just because the away fans are so high up in that stand that you cant hear a thing.

nah it's an urban myth that the St James' atmosphere is good.

Riverside tho' ftw

Apparently Arsenal are in talks with Zenit for Arshavin. Good buy if they can get him and quite a shock seeing as he isn't a 12 years old like Arsenal's normal transfer targets.

Pavlychenko and Defoe upfront will be a good little partnership I reckon. Dunno if Harry really rates the former tho but we'll see ey.

[Happy]

Harry does rate fatty pavvy.

[2muchket!]

He's a good player regardless.

Wouldn't mind him at the boro tbh.

Mido needs to get his act together and get some semblance of fitness back.

Oh and for Downing not to go :( **** Nicky Hunt as a replacement.

[Happy]

Haha my girlfriend works at the Marriott hotel and today she had the Burnley team in.

She just said to me
"we had some footballers in, they're playing Tottenham tonight, Bromley or Burnsley or something"
She doesn't really follow football that much but apparently they're really nice people and the nicest footballers they've ever had there.

[benfan]

So at a time when it's just been proved to us that Newcastle fans are so dim that they can't tell the difference between the Carling and FA cups, it seems like a good idea to post this....


Well, i do know the difference. Made a typo really. Darts was holding my interest much more than football at the time you see.

[Happy]

4-1 to Spurs.

I hope Derby can hold off Manchester United(LOLOLOL).
Don't really fancy them in both the FA cup and League Cup.

[2muchket!]

Well, i do know the difference. Made a typo really. Darts was holding my interest much more than football at the time you see.

i am lavin the darts atm like

[benfan]

Phil 'The Power' Taylor mate, you cant beat entertainment like that. I was in glee as i watched him crush poor old Barney.

[TakeWarning]

Harry does rate fatty pavvy.

He's got the same goal return as Berbatov's first 20 games atm, 10 goals. Which is even more impressive considering Spurs' poor start.

[Collis]

nah it's an urban myth that the St James' atmosphere is good.

Riverside tho' ftw

Apparently Arsenal are in talks with Zenit for Arshavin. Good buy if they can get him and quite a shock seeing as he isn't a 12 years old like Arsenal's normal transfer targets.

Pavlychenko and Defoe upfront will be a good little partnership I reckon. Dunno if Harry really rates the former tho but we'll see ey.

BOLLOCKS! I was there when you beat us (Stoke) 2-1. The atmosphere was shocking. They even need music after a goal to get the crowd singing, t'was quite pathetic.

But hey ho maybe I just went on a bad day.

[Pastorius]

Get that darts crap out of here

[Iai]

Atmosphere at all the north-east grounds is ****.

[Collis]

The best I've witnessed is Portsmouth. Stoke's is pretty decent to, from a very biased point-of-view.

[2muchket!]

BOLLOCKS! I was there when you beat us (Stoke) 2-1. The atmosphere was shocking. They even need music after a goal to get the crowd singing, t'was quite pathetic.

But hey ho maybe I just went on a bad day.

Anyone who disses pigbag (our song), gains an instant epic fail.

But in all honesty I've gone to 20 + games in the past 2 seasons with a varied amount of teams and not just the big 'uns like the derbies or when Man U or Arsenal visit, and the atmosphere has always been spot on right from drinking in the pub (The Station ftw), to the walk down to the ground, to singing virtually all the way through the game.

[mph4ever]

@dave

what do you reckon about stephen ireland? trap has come out and made it clear he can come back if he makes the move.

do you think him and andy reid are the players that can actually change a game for ireland once the initial strategy comes up short? or should they be in the startting line-up?

[Happy]

So lads, by how many goals will Derby win by tonight?

[Pastorius]

Derby by 8-2

[Happy]

Nearly there!

[Dave de Sylvia]

@dave

what do you reckon about stephen ireland? trap has come out and made it clear he can come back if he makes the move.

do you think him and andy reid are the players that can actually change a game for ireland once the initial strategy comes up short? or should they be in the startting line-up?
I agree with Trapattoni basically. They're both good players (Ireland is way, way better) but neither provides much in the way of defensive cover. I think Ireland could possibly do a job on the right in place of McGeady or an injured Duff, but that would kind of scupper the wing threat that seems to have worked well so far.

[Happy]

Nice one Derby :D

[poorquality]

FFS United, Derby fully deserved that win + should of won by a bigger margin.

That's what you get for going into a match thinking you'll walk it, luckily it's a two legged affair and Alex should kick the **** out of the players until they get their mentality right.

Expect nothing less than a win at OT, that was shambolic, I think only Vidic, Rafael and to a lesser extent Evans had decent games (Which shouldn't be the case, it implies we were defending alot which we shouldn't of been -_-).

[Iai]

Time to switch it up....

MAN UTD LOL

[Interstate]

Time to switch it up....

MAN UTD LOL

This. Nearly fell off my chair laughing when I read the Sky Sports news report.

[Happy]

Wait until they lose at OT.

[Pastorius]

....not the point.

MAN UNITED LOL

[mph4ever]

I agree with Trapattoni basically. They're both good players (Ireland is way, way better) but neither provides much in the way of defensive cover. I think Ireland could possibly do a job on the right in place of McGeady or an injured Duff, but that would kind of scupper the wing threat that seems to have worked well so far.

yeah, that makes a lot of sense. irelands old man came out and said he thought his son would be playing for ireland in '09. as long as trapattoni sticks to his guns and uses them as replacements then based on how each games is going then we should be ok.

looks like the ghost of jim smith got us tonight. wouldn't be surprised if there was a few bob collected tomorrow.

hey happy, wait until we ruin your season over the next month or so

[Collis]

FFS United, Derby fully deserved that win + should of won by a bigger margin.

That's what you get for going into a match thinking you'll walk it, luckily it's a two legged affair and Alex should kick the **** out of the players until they get their mentality right.

Expect nothing less than a win at OT, that was shambolic, I think only Vidic, Rafael and to a lesser extent Evans had decent games (Which shouldn't be the case, it implies we were defending alot which we shouldn't of been -_-).

From what I've seen of Evans, I really don't think he's that good.

Then again playing alongside Rio or Vidic can be doing no harm at all for him.

[Pastorius]

FFS United, Derby fully deserved that win + should of won by a bigger margin.

That's what you get for going into a match thinking you'll walk it, luckily it's a two legged affair and Alex should kick the **** out of the players until they get their mentality right.

Expect nothing less than a win at OT, that was shambolic, I think only Vidic, Rafael and to a lesser extent Evans had decent games (Which shouldn't be the case, it implies we were defending alot which we shouldn't of been -_-).

shouldn't have been

don't i do this enough guys?

[Dave de Sylvia]

Evans hasn't really impressed me so far either. He looks the vulnerable link whenever he plays, and I really don't like the idea of having to rely on Rio Ferdinand. I'd like to see John O'Shea step in when Ferdinand is injured, but Ferguson obviously doesn't rate him in the centre.

as long as trapattoni sticks to his guns and uses them as replacements then based on how each games is going then we should be ok.
I think Ireland will be good enough to start in the centre eventually. I just don't know how he'd react to having to sit on the bench for a couple of years.

[mph4ever]

Evans hasn't really impressed me so far either. He looks the vulnerable link whenever he plays, and I really don't like the idea of having to rely on Rio Ferdinand. I'd like to see John O'Shea step in when Ferdinand is injured, but Ferguson obviously doesn't rate him in the centre.

o'shea would be better as cover for the centre. his creative play from left back is useless


I think Ireland will be good enough to start in the centre eventually. I just don't know how he'd react to having to sit on the bench for a couple of years.
i think we know how he'll react. its a pity. maybe he should go abroad

[TakeWarning]

Time to switch it up....

MAN UTD LOL

Came to post this.

Evans looks relatively assured, but one thing that sticks out is that he's easier to beat than a suspect in shackles.

[Iai]

Presumably this will be edited very soon, so here's the full Wikipedia entry as it stands now for Richie De Laet.

Richie De Laet (born 28 November 1988 in Antwerp) is a Belgian footballer currently playing for Premier League side Manchester United. A highly-rated defender, he can play anywhere along the back four.

De Laet signed for Stoke City for an initial £100,000 fee, on 17 August 2007, from Belgian club Royal Antwerp, penning a 3-year deal.[1]

In July 2008, De Laet joined Bournemouth on trial, and played his first game in a friendly against Portsmouth, a 4-1 defeat. However, he later returned to Stoke City. In October 2008 he joined Wrexham on a one-month loan deal, making his debut in a 2-0 victory over Lewes. He made a total of three appearances during his time at the club before his loan spell was terminated in order for him to undergo a hernia operation.[2]

The belgian was surprisingly signed on a performance-based contract by Manchester United on January 8th, where he would play on-loan in the reserves until the end of the season. Many though it was a joke and Andrew Marshall has agreed to do shoot himself if he ever makes a Premier League appearance for the Red Devils.

Many were surprised at the transfer, which appears to hark back to his period with Royal Antwerp, a feeder club of Manchester United. Nonetheless, the fact that he had not made a single appearance for Stoke, has seen popular fans-forum RedCafe go into meltdown, with many claiming to be experts on a player that they had, up to this point, never heard of; some even likening him to United great John O'Shea, Kop crusher and Figo nutmegger.

He is widely expected to start sundays crucial match against Chelsea as a replacement for the injured Rio Ferdinand, with Fergie ready to unleash the man dubbed the Belgian Biggins onto the world stage. De Laet is said to be bitterly dissapointed to have been axed by Stoke, with Tony Pulis looking to build a team of 11 players who are all over 6 ft and 7 inches or above in height, so that Rory Delap can continue to hurl the ball into the box from throw ins and air bombard to kingdom come.

Made me lol.

[Pastorius]

Quality, I love false wiki entries.

[Collis]

Haha that cheeky bastard.

If they guy has potential (which he obviously must have) then I can't see why Pulis never gave him a chance. Mind you, we sold this 19 year old Belgian called Adam Vaas lat year with Pulis thinking he's not going to make it big ... well he's signing for Napoli this week.

[Pastorius]

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45356000/gif/_45356865_ferrari226.gif

lol ronaldo

[Iai]

Generic Princess Diana joke goes here.

[mph4ever]

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45356000/gif/_45356865_ferrari226.gif

lol ronaldo

somehow it sounds vaguely familiar, the story line that is. ronaldo, in red, and he still manages to hit the wall with no one else involved



and anyway, who's to say that he wasn't racing someone. wonder was there cctv

[poorquality]

I don't know what's worse, the damage to that lovely car. Or the fact he blatantly went out after training and baught a replacement as if it was nothing.

He was being followed by VDS in a Bentley, I'd be crapping myself too tbh.

[Happy]

I was upset he came out unhurt.

[mph4ever]

shouldn't have been

don't i do this enough guys?

up there with then/than in the list of all time failures around here

[Collis]

I was upset he came out unhurt.

Hah. As seen as I don't know you I have to make sure...

You are joking, right?

[Iai]

Na, that's Dave King's brother.

[Iai]

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x82/franklinpeter/ronaldo.jpg

[mph4ever]

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x82/franklinpeter/ronaldo.jpg

so both about god then

[mph4ever]

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_4770324,00.html

benitez must be still on meds after the kidney stones. either that or hes got vertigo. either way its a little early for a pretender

EDIT - found this little nugget from the transcript of his rant on the bbc website


"There is still no news about my contract, my agent has not received any d0cuments so he is a little bit disappointed. But we will see.

"I would rather not talk too much about this, though, when we have an important game ahead."

[Pastorius]

yeah i guess he is pretending to be at the top of the league

oh wait

oh wait

he is

[mph4ever]

yeah i guess he is pretending to be at the top of the league

oh wait

oh wait

he is

hey, see they have another weed thread down in pnwi. just that its friday, thought you might enjoy it!

[Pastorius]

i think i'll stick in the football thread, where liverpool are top of the league

[Happy]

I like how the all the fans on the Sky website are all saying the same things

Liverpool fan : "So true Rafa, Fergie thinks he's untouchable, you tell him blah blah blah"
Man U fan : "Looks like you fell for Fergie's mind games lololl u sound like KK lololol"

[Pastorius]

I think he's just playing mind games of his own.

I loved how he said "Let's talk football...on Sunday, they should play zonal marking against the United staff"

[mph4ever]

I think he's just playing mind games on his own.

I loved how he said "Let's talk football...on Sunday, they should play zonal marking against the United staff"

fixed

[Pastorius]

lol, fair play that was a good one.

That whole thing did kind of look like a baby throwing his toys out of the pram.

[TakeWarning]

IOSS to be cancelled after this weekend. How annoying.

[Happy]

Pompey vs Man City and Fulham v Blackburn cancelled due to frozen pitches.

Ridiculous, its the Premier League for crying out loud.

[badtaste]

lol, premier.

[2muchket!]

Lol @ the A-league tbh

[Happy]

lol, premier.

What's lol about it?

[Dave de Sylvia]

more like the frozen pitches league lol

also Arsenal lol

[mph4ever]

laugh at scolari saying that his chelsea stars are as good as ronaldo. who exactly is he talking about?

[Dave de Sylvia]

That might be true if he hadn't sold Wayne Bridgeo.

[Happy]

Bosingwa according to FIFA 09.

[mph4ever]

fifa 09 aint football. pes2009 rules

[Happy]

You lie.

[poorquality]

Get in Stoke :D apparently Liverpool were rubbish :\ oh well tomorrow is our chance to take advantage of their slip ups. Knowing our current form we will probably draw which is frustrating to think about.

Hopefully it'll be the game Ronaldo kicks into some form, Berbatov and Rooney decide to score, and we do them 4-1 >_>

[Happy]

Hey Spurs are back in the relegation zone.

Until tomorrow.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Liverpool were awful. Gerrard had a good freekick that hit the bar and stole in at the end and had a good effort against the post, but they basically offered nothing. I didn't even spot Benayoun until half way through the second half, and Torres didn't even put together ten touches in his entire half-hour on the pitch.

I don't think it has anything to do with Benitez's outburst at the week (I think he was playing a few games of his own), but the decision to play neither Torres nor Keane, especially when it clearly wasn't working, was bizarre. And I still think he's going to bottle the title sooner rather than later.

[mph4ever]

i think he has bottled it already. i would imagine he is on a "title in five years" contract and the squad he has looks likely to fail

gerrard will leave in the summer and torres will go back to spain

[Dave de Sylvia]

Doubt Gerrard will go this summer but if they continue not winning titles I'm sure he will be on his bike eventually. Torres will go back to Spain eventually but I reckon he'll be around at least as long as Benitez.

[mph4ever]

rafa gone if they don't win title. gerrard gone because he either needs a title or a big money move before hes too old.

he doesn't look the best lately either. pending court case, same time as failing at all competitions = leave or turn into a muppet like jamie carragher

[Dave de Sylvia]

I thought he played well against Preston and did well today considering he wasn't getting much service. I still think he operates better as a supporting midfielder, but then it's hard to argue with 0-0 at Stoke.

[mph4ever]

why put all the pressure on him and leave keane and torres on the bench. riera should be coming on to give torres a break, not the other way around

[Dave de Sylvia]

Nothing Benitez does makes much sense. This is the lad that drops a striker who, after enduring a goal drought, gets three goals in two games, including a vital equaliser against Arsenal.

[mph4ever]

Reina, Carragher, Hyypia, Skrtel, Aurelio, Benayoun (Babel 76), Leiva Lucas, Mascherano, Riera (Torres 60), Gerrard, Kuyt.
Subs Not Used: Cavalieri, Dossena, Keane, Plessis, El Zhar.


hard to know what else you would do with this squad

[Happy]

Fight people in clubs.

[TakeWarning]

Nothing Benitez does makes much sense. This is the lad that drops a striker who, after enduring a goal drought, gets three goals in two games, including a vital equaliser against Arsenal.

Yeah. I still can't believe they're top of the table with Benitez as manager. It defies logic.

[poorquality]

He clearly wants to give other teams a chance you know, why else would you start a team so toothless?

Nice to know that if we win our games in hand now, we're top :)

[Collis]

As if we got 2 points off Liverpool this year. Amazing stuff.

[badtaste]

What's lol about it?

The lol was a continuation of your "Ridiculous" call.

[Pastorius]

So United could be top of the league before Liverpool play their next game.

:(

[poorquality]

So United could be top of the league before Liverpool play their next game.

:(

Wow before you play your next game? Of course your game against Everton is a Monday game...nows our chance then, leagues ours to lose again >_>

[Pastorius]

As if.

[Happy]

Watch out Liverpool, we're coming to get you!

[poorquality]

Easy stuff that. Excellent performance from the lads, Evans + Giggs particularly

[mph4ever]

stand up for the champions

[Pastorius]

Thanks Chelscum for putting in the most lacklustre performance I've seen from any team this year. Fancy floating in any more easy defendable balls?

Jesus, get a grip.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Thanks Chelscum for putting in the most lacklustre performance I've seen from any team this year. Fancy floating in any more easy defendable balls?

Jesus, get a grip.
United were worse at Anfield :o

[Pastorius]

Wrong, United just got shut down by Liverpool at Anfield. Chelsea barely tried today.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Nothing wrong with acknowledging a Championship-winning performance :cool:

Also lol @ Ballack

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1711/chelsea/2009/01/11/1054829/michael-ballack-liverpool-are-chelseas-biggest-threat-not-manche

[mph4ever]

chelsea were not allowed to try. they looked all out of ideas. time to break up the aging squad and invest some more money. first out the door should be drogba.

[Pastorius]

Chelsea just straight up once they figured out they couldn't pass the ball into the net or float it over the top stopped trying. Chelsea lost it, Man U didn't win it.

Fair play they took their opportunities and all, but they didn't break Chelsea down, Chelsea just disintegrated.

[mph4ever]

Chelsea just straight up once they figured out they couldn't pass the ball into the net or float it over the top stopped trying. Chelsea lost it, Man U didn't win it.

Fair play they took their opportunities and all, but they didn't break Chelsea down, Chelsea just disintegrated.

if manu play well then give them some recognition.

if liverpool play well then i give them recognition, its just i haven't seen them play well yet this season

[Pastorius]

Rubbish, we played United off the park at Anfield for one example.

I just don't think United played that well today. I think they played better than Chelsea, but I've seen better United performances.

[mph4ever]

Rubbish, we played United off the park at Anfield for one example.

I just don't think United played that well today. I think they played better than Chelsea, but I've seen better United performances.


no, united never turned up at anfield

i thought united were superb whilst leaving carrick, scholes, tevez et al on the bench and missing ferdinand too. chelsea had close on what is their finest on display and they were well and truly beaten

be interesting when they go to anfield, might do us a huge favour there

[Pastorius]

It's not the players you put out, it's the performances they put in. You can have the greatest squad ever, but if they're not playing then it's no use.

United got shut down at Anfield, they folded under high pressure tactics from Liverpool and had no answer to not having time on the ball to play.

I thought United tonight had nothing to defend against, any half decent team will avoid goals with Chelsea's attack tonight.

[Dave de Sylvia]

So when United play badly, it's because Liverpool forced them to.

When Chelsea play badly, it's completely unforced?

[Pastorius]

Well United didn't play badly, they just weren't allowed to play. There were times when Liverpool eased up on the pressure that they played well but they were rare.

[Dave de Sylvia]

There's still an insane double standard going on here.

United did play badly against Liverpool, whether they were forced to or not, just as Chelsea did today.

The reason I think United were so bad against Liverpool was that they sat back and allowed Liverpool to have all the possession, which is usually the best way to contain Liverpool's attacking ability, but Liverpool generally don't give you many opportunities to break, and so it proved during the match.

That doesn't downplay Liverpool's achievement (they were magnificent), but it doesn't change the fact that United were bogged down by their own flawed approach.

Chelsea didn't play well today, but that doesn't negate the fact that United put in an extremely disciplined performance that cut out Chelsea's usual channels of attack, cut out almost all of their options in the final third and exploited their obvious defensive weaknesses. They didn't play well but they're still a great team and they were still flipped over and boned royally by a far superior side.

[Pastorius]

I don't think United played particularly amazingly today, I think any half decent side would have done well against that Chelsea performance, they offered nothing in attack, save floated balls over the top, and defensively looked out of sorts.

In contrast, I don't think any half decent side would have done as well against the United team that played against Liverpool, because when Liverpool slacked off the pressure, they did create more chances and push forward. I don't think they sat back that much, it's just that Liverpool chased the ball and didn't let United attack them before trying to steal the ball back, in particular Robbie Keane put in a phenomenal amount of work to stop United even getting started.

[Dave de Sylvia]

United backline was incredible today. Park put in dozens of great challenges, O'Shea was incredible in defence when he came on and Rooney and Ronaldo looked revitalised. And you can't really discount the fact that they put the ball in the net 5 times.

[Pastorius]

Nope, like I said, they took their chances well. And Park was a little pitbull as usual, he was everywhere.

[Dave de Sylvia]

If Park could actually kick a football he'd be the complete player.

[mph4ever]

mikel, lampard, ballack, joe cole, deco, drogba. chelsea played like they wanted a draw and failed. jose must be laughing at roman now

[mph4ever]

fifa world player of the year

[mph4ever]

that was a suggestion for thread title hahahaha

[punkprince123]

How about "Official Liverpool Still At The Top (just) Thread"

[mph4ever]

How about "Official Liverpool Still At The Top (just) Thread"


excellent idea for a thread title

[Iai]

Official 'Only Iai Gets To Suggest Thread Titles' thread

[punkprince123]

Come on, let me milk it before United win their games in hand

[badtaste]

Man City have made a $200 million bid for Kaka.

I say: Do it for the lulz.

[TakeWarning]

AC Milan would be silly to turn that down. No player is worth that amount of money.

[punkprince123]

Why the bid in dollars?

[Dave de Sylvia]

Its 90-100 million pounds. He's Australian so I assume his media converted it.

[badtaste]

Aye, that is the case.

It has just come to my knowledge that STG stands for Sterling. STG$100 million was the amount of the bid for Kaka.

[punkprince123]

100 million euros, 91 million pounds.

Insane.

[TakeWarning]

And 500 000 pounds a week I hear.

[punkprince123]

13.6 million pounds a season

[Kirgasm]

if milan don't accept the offer, they should really re-evaluate the worth of kaka to them

100 million can get you an entire starting 11 of quality players

[punkprince123]

They would be mental not to accept.

[ChodaBoy]

Well there isn't any progess with these Scott Parker and Craig Bellamy deals, I guess we're stuck with bidding double the transfer record for Kaka.

Times are hard

[Dave de Sylvia]

Dunno why Hughes seems so intent on those two. I don't think either are UEFA Cup players, let alone championship-winners.

edit: apparently Bellamy launched an unintelligible tirade at Shay Given in the tunnel at half-time in the Newcastle-Hammers match. That'll be fun if they both wind up signing for the same club.

[Iai]

AC Milan would indeed be stupid to turn it down.

Kaka would also be stupid to accept.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Kaka's agent has come out and said, basically, that it's not impossible but there's no way Kaka would do a Robinho and sign for a club just for money.

[Iai]

At the age Kaka is, with the ability he has, there's no way he'd go to a club that weren't regular Champions League quarter-finalists, at the very least. And then you've got to wonder whether he'd be willing to play in any league that isn't England, Spain, or Italy. Get rid of Inter Milan because he won't betray AC like that. That leaves you with what....maybe 6 teams?

And honestly, would he even want to live in a Godless country like ours?

[Happy]

Wow, this is incredible, Man City are dreaming if they think they can sign players like Kaka.

[badtaste]

I wish Man City would be more content with making bids for slightly less awesome players.

[mph4ever]

couple of things

since football is an english game then can we use pounds as the currency for english dealings.

£91 million is just sick for kaka. didn't even get in the top three although he is way ahead of torres imo

right now city need defenders. holding midfielder too perhaps. goalie

[punkprince123]

didn't even get in the top three although he is way ahead of torres imo


there's a surprise

[Dave de Sylvia]

Well Kaka didn't really have a great season last year, as demonstrated by his team's poor performance in the CL and failure to even qualify for this year's tournament.

In fact, the only reason he ranked so highly this year is arguably because he was so good the previous couple of years.

[Iai]

I dunno, most of the Milan games I caught last season had Kaka basically trying to carry the team on his own. Apart from Gattuso and sometimes Pato, everybody else looked either uninterested (attackers) or about 10 years past their best (defenders).

[mph4ever]

there's a surprise

which element of that do you find surprising?

[mph4ever]

kilbane signs for hull. good move all round

[Pastorius]

which element of that do you find surprising?

none of it

[Iai]

Should we make a list of players Man City might realistically sign, so we can show them it and save them all the hassle?

Let's start with Mido.

[Pastorius]

I reckon they should go for Zarate

[Iai]

Joey Barton.

[mph4ever]

none of it

hehehe

[mph4ever]

drogba

[Happy]

kaka

oh wait