Euro 2008 (Official LOL Vidic Thread)

[TakeWarning]

1623: "Latest news on Keane and Liverpool is that an agreement has been made with Valencia over David Villa. This is why Liverpool are letting Keane leave. Villa and Torres up front, now that would scare me."

Yup, that is scary.

Wouldn't be too surprised if it was true either.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I'd be surprised. Where would Villa play? He plays for Spain the role Torres plays for Liverpool; I can't see Benitez displacing his best player like that, especially when the team is now in the chasing position.

Disappointed to see Keane go. He'll probably never be tested again as vigorously as he was at Liverpool and he'll be a worse player as a result. I guess you can only take so much humiliation.

[poorquality]

1704: Breaking news: The Football Association has confirmed that no disciplinary action will be taken against Chelsea defender Jose Bosingwa for his challenge on Liverpool's Yossi Benayoun on Sunday.

So, physical assault on the football field is acceptable, but winning a tackle (Frank Lampard) is a red card offence. Pathetic.

fecking shambles.

[2muchket!]

fecking shambles.

balances out tbh, dunno what your moaning about.

[The_Passenger]

Chelsea have apparently signed Ricardo Quaresma on loan. He's been shocking at Inter, even worse than Malouda has been for Chelsea, seems an odd one to me.

[mph4ever]

we all dream of a tema of robbie keanes

[poorquality]

balances out tbh, dunno what your moaning about.

Oh ok then, we should just allow random red card offences to go without punishment if the same team had a wrongly given red card earlier in the game.

[mph4ever]

lampards deserved a red, his studs were up as far as i could see. he may have caught the ball but if he hadn't then he could have broken a leg. alonso outsmarted him too.

boswinga should be banned for 3 to 5 for the cantona-esque studs on the back

[Pastorius]

balances out tbh, dunno what your moaning about.

Come on man, it's not about that.

[2muchket!]

Come on man, it's not about that.

dunno why I commented on that situation, cos I really don't give a **** about glory supporters and their teams when my boro are 19th.

[Pastorius]

Ha, standard response from a loser.

Just because you're supporting a rubbish club with a big-nosed idiot at the helm :p

[2muchket!]

I refuse to bite.

Also we're not a bad club at all. Just a rough patch I hope.

[Happy]

dunno why I commented on that situation, cos I really don't give a **** about glory supporters and their teams when my boro are 19th.

19th and going dowwwwwwwwwwwn.

[mph4ever]

bosingwa

"i know it was wrong and i apologise"

"i apologise for what i did and i never meant to hurt him"

it was blatant, intentional. should be done for it. dangerous precedent being set.

[Pastorius]

I refuse to bite.

Also we're not a bad club at all. Just a rough patch I hope.

Pffft refuse to bite, you were the one casting the line!

[The_Passenger]

I refuse to bite.

Also we're not a bad club at all. Just a rough patch I hope.

Boro are awful by prem standards tbh.

I can't laugh given my club's position and recent form, but still.

[2muchket!]

this season yes

previous seasons no

[Pastorius]

Resting on their non-existent laurels eh

[mph4ever]

imagine being dumped by a dope like robbie keane? imagine taking him back?

[2muchket!]

Harry Redknapp is whore of football, with very low morals.

I thought we'd been over this.

6mill for given tho what a ****ing steal

[mph4ever]

defoe is out for ten weeks. robbie needed down there now

[Dave de Sylvia]

Apparently George Gilette launched a tirade against Benitez to some fans' club representative. Blamed Benitez's rant for United taking over the lead. Good man George! That's how they run football clubs in the Merica.

[Happy]

I bet Keane turns out to be turd at Spurs.

[mph4ever]

I bet Keane turns out to be turd at Spurs.
he was brave enough not to waste any more time trying to convince benitez.

he was an expensive replacement for resting torres from time to time

[TakeWarning]

I bet Keane turns out to be turd at Spurs.

I'm glad he'll at least add a bit of passion out on the pitch, what with all the pointing and shouting he does.

[Happy]

They're giving him Captaincy already apparently.

[mph4ever]

i still haven't seen anything convincing from benitez explaining what went on

[Pastorius]

i'm a spanish twat

pretty much

He's an odd fellow indeed, can't see him staying once his contract has run out.

[Happy]

If Man U win again this year we should all vote them out of the Premiership :)

[Pastorius]

If Liverpool win Benitez might stay, otherwise he's gone I reckon.

If Man U win again I'm gonna change my name to David Man United

[Happy]

Ok David Man United :)

[Pastorius]

Please, I'm Excalibur Liverpool for the moment.

[mph4ever]

Please, I'm below calibre Liverpool for the moment.

*fixed

[Happy]

Tottenham notsohotspur

[Pastorius]

Man Ushited

[Happy]

Liverpoo

[sgrevs]

Arsenal

[Guinness]

My vote goes to Tottenham for this one... Haha! Jokes.

[Happy]

Lol SPL

[808]

Shut it, Happy. Celtic are fantastic.

[Happy]

Maybe so, but what about the rest of the SPL?

[mph4ever]

chelsea

[Guinness]

Rangers aren't bad, and Motherwell are brilliant considering the cash they have to work with and all that.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Man Ushited
Man Ushited
Flush em down the toilet
They come back up
To win the FA Cup

[mph4ever]

livershitl

my favorite football score is arsenal coventry in an northy accent

beckham goes to milan for three years then goes to chelsea on a free for five years and 150k per week

[Dave de Sylvia]

arsenil everten

[Happy]

Beckham to end up at Bournemouth like Darren Anderton.

[mph4ever]

bournemouth infirmary?

[Pastorius]

Little brazilian twat.

[Dave de Sylvia]

lol lucas

The top 6 outside of Merseyside will all be happy with the way this is going :cool:

[Pastorius]

You mean a tiring slogfest?

[Happy]

"Lucas is a liability. Does Harry want him at the Lane?"

Some quote from the BBC.

Don't really understand it. I mean Lucas never played for Tottenham beforehand.

[Dave de Sylvia]

leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellllll @ liverpool

ITV's coverage went to an ad break about 10 seconds before the goal went in. Idiots.

[sgrevs]

Glad to see Lucas helping us on the way to more silverware!

[mph4ever]

can't really say anything apart from it was coming after the two previous encounters at anfield

[Happy]

leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellllll @ liverpool

ITV's coverage went to an ad break about 10 seconds before the goal went in. Idiots.

Sounds like ITV

[Dave de Sylvia]

I will love David Moyes forever if he comes out after the match and says: "only one team tried to win today."

[Happy]

I hope Derby knock Man utd out of the FA cup.

[mph4ever]

I will love David Moyes forever if he comes out after the match and says: "only one team tried to win today."

i'll just love him anyway

imagine down to ten men and no striker to bring on at this stage in the season.

i saw benitez on the setanta coverage after 20 mins of extra time writing on a piece of paper. i reckon he was writing down the order for penalty kicks

[Happy]

or "shoot" in the box like Ince :)

[mph4ever]

or "shoot" in the box like Ince :)


might just be heading for the same ending

[Happy]

I can see that happening, it feels like Liverpool have already lost the title race.

[mph4ever]

i think they went downhill once keane left

[Happy]

Spurs have definitely improved since his arrival.

[mph4ever]

Spurs have definitely improved since his arrival.

and liverpool seem to have disimproved. like when keane was theere they drew twice with everton. keane leaves and everton win. need we say more

[Happy]

Benitez out, now.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Liverpool aren't half the team they were when Robbie was sitting in the stands trying not to cry.

[mph4ever]

Liverpool aren't half the team they were when Robbie was sitting in the stands trying not to cry.


yeah, that seemed to spur them on a little

[Dave de Sylvia]

robbie's not stranger to spurs of course

[mph4ever]

and at least his house won't get broken into so many times

[Dave de Sylvia]

idk according to Sergei Rebrov there are a lot of dark-skinned people around north London

So what are the odds of Spurs finishing above Liverpool this year?

[Happy]

1/2

[Dave de Sylvia]

Breaking News: Liverpool have sold Fernando Torres...

... He is now owned by Phil Jagielka.

[mph4ever]

have to say i enjoyed watching everton, and cahill, over the last few games.

[TakeWarning]

Spurs have definitely improved since his arrival.

I think he's been a flop so far. If he was really that good he would have got us some points before he arrived.

Sack 'Arry, sell Keane

[Happy]

Sell the whole team then buy them back.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Stevie G out for at least 3 weeks; Micah Richards arrested on suspicion of assault.

[Iai]

wtf has gone on this thread

like all of the top 7 or 8 posts on this page are funny

[2muchket!]

We're always a barrel of laughs in this thread, wtf man ?

[Iai]

yeah but i mean 22575 might as well have been subtitled CCCCCCOMBOBREAKER

[Interstate]

Lol @ ITV for epic fail broadcasting an advert during the Liverpool Everton match.

[Pastorius]

I know, massively epic fail. Mind you, spared me a few tears for 10 seconds.

[mph4ever]

I know, massively epic fail. Mind you, spared me a few tears for 10 seconds.


i was talking to the most total liverpool fan today about last night. he reckons it is all rafa's fault. what do you reckon? after drawing the two previous games against everton and losing gerrard in the first 15 minutes and with torres still not totally sharp then i can only fault him on lucas starting.

what do you reckon?

[Pastorius]

I reckon he's going a bit batty, he's plugging away with Lucas even though he's failing big time, isn't excelling in any area. Slow passing, bad tackling, not a lot of pace.

Can't fault him on Gerrard getting injured, or Torres starting to feel his lack of fitness catching up to him, but Lucas is a huge mistake, I suppose it just goes to show he doesn't really care about the FA cup, but the rest of the squad was set up like he did care about it. Confusing.

Personally I think he should try Babel out up front a bit more, Riera is more than keeping him out of left wing, and without Keane, Torres will need support. Only problem is he tends to choke a bit, and lacks a finishing touch. But he's pacy and so so promising. Get him some striking training.

I don't reckon it's all Rafa's fault, I think we've generally lacked that killer edge that will allow us to turn our consistent domination of possession into goals.

[mph4ever]

yeah, lucas seems to be the one that lets it all down, especially when you think about the freedom that mascherano would give alonso from the start.

perhaps with keane out of the equation then there will be a little less uncertainty and players can settle into their role. but it needs to be quick because some huge games coming in the next month or so.

[TakeWarning]

Sack Rafa; sell Lucas

[Dave de Sylvia]

Apparently Lucas is supposed to be an attacking midfielder. Which does go someway towards explaining his total inability to read the game.

[mph4ever]

and tackle

[Happy]

Stevie G out for at least 3 weeks

So Liverpool are going to lose all those games he's missing.

[Pastorius]

I dunno, we're missing Lucas too for some of them so we're in with a shot!

[Dave de Sylvia]

lol chelsea

[Iai]

lol liverpool more like. No Gerrard, no Torres, no Alonso, no Kuyt, no Riera.

Oh well, if that game finishes 0-0 I'm happy. Bellamy, Milner, Agbonlahor, Kompany, Bosinga, and Ashley Cole have already done the Fantasy Footy business, I've got 38 points and 5 players are yet to score (including my captain!).

[The_Passenger]

I think it's safe to say Chelsea are now in the fight for fourth place.

I'm pretty sure I predicted earlier in this thread that Aston Villa wouldn't finish in the top four, I take that back. Their combination of effective counterattacks, defensive resillience and huge slices of luck have surprised me.

Anyone seen Liverpool's line-up? Looks like a 5-4-1 with Arbeloa and one of Dossena/Aurelio as wingbacks and the other of the the two as a left-winger, with David N'Gog as the lone striker. I can't remember the last time I saw a 5-4-1 formation in the Premier League, if at all.

[Iai]

I think he's actually playing Benayoun as a striker, judging by his comments in the week. Aurelio is acting as a CM, Carragher full-back, and Babel on the wing.

[The_Passenger]

Where's Arbeloa playing then? Seems a bizzare formation given the personnel on the pitch.

[Iai]

On the wing. Well I assumed it was this -

Reina

Carragher - Agger - Squirtle - Dossena

Arbeloa - Aurelio - Mascherano - Babel

N'gog - Benayoun

We'll see on MOTD I guess.

edit: Kuyt has scored. Phew! He's made up for the points Reina just lost me.

[Dave de Sylvia]

lol portsmouth

good job england #1 david james

it's not every international goalkeeper who can write "conceded three goals at my near post in the space of 20 minutes" on his cv

[mph4ever]

the fact that david james is ex scouse scum playing for a gooner showed today

[Happy]

I can't believe he's England number 1.

[mph4ever]

I can't believe he's England number 1.

hard to believe hes anyone number one

[Happy]

Indeed, he's far too old now, he should go to Bournemouth.

[mph4ever]

in his bio fuel chrysler

[Happy]

He converted any skill he had into bio fuel.

[Dave de Sylvia]

He is still the best English goalkeeper around.

[Iai]

Almunia

It keeps occuring to me that Arteta is eligible to play for the English national side. But of course we're too proud and stubborn and stupid for that.

[mph4ever]

spurs 2 - arsenal fifth place at best

[Pastorius]

Kuyt's shot would have needed an incredible save to stop it, it was blasted and happened to find the one place that it could have gone in.

A...strange line up to say the least. They seemed to be making a few chances while staying in bad positions most of the time. But once the better players came on it was better play.

Had my arsehole going a bit I've got to say, a draw against Portsmouth wouldn't have done.

[mph4ever]

its all down to no lucas

[Pastorius]

I vote he gets sent off in training, then he'll be suspended for every game.

[Dave de Sylvia]

All he needs is to add a couple of own goals to his repertoire and he's pretty much the complete player. For the other team.

[TakeWarning]

I could hardly tell where anyone from Liverpool was playing. Rafa's idea of three at the back seems to be a reuglar back four with a centreback taken out.

[Iai]

Maybe it was? Crouch was up top on his own with Nugent and whoever else coming in from the flanks, I suppose there's some sort of logic in a like-for-like marking system. Although that's assuming that Liverpool actually have a marking system, which judging by the two goals yesterday they probably don't.

David Nugent, then. Harry Redknapp has this reputation for being the man who puts his arm round a player's shoulder, boosts their confidence, and then sends them out to play to the best of their ability, in a way other managers can't. So why is Tony Adams doing a better job of it? Redknapp in the media = Moyes in reality, really.

[TakeWarning]

Maybe it was? Crouch was up top on his own with Nugent and whoever else coming in from the flanks, I suppose there's some sort of logic in a like-for-like marking system. Although that's assuming that Liverpool actually have a marking system, which judging by the two goals yesterday they probably don't.

David Nugent, then. Harry Redknapp has this reputation for being the man who puts his arm round a player's shoulder, boosts their confidence, and then sends them out to play to the best of their ability, in a way other managers can't. So why is Tony Adams doing a better job of it? Redknapp in the media = Moyes in reality, really.

Let's not split hairs here, Adams is doing a really awful job so far.

[Iai]

He's got David Nugent scoring goals in the Premier League. Whatever else he does he's already achieved the impossible.

[Happy]

Spurs should've won that.

[808]

spurs deserve nothing.

[Happy]

They deserved to win that.

[Pastorius]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAh ye bastards

[Happy]

Don't tell me you expected West Ham to win this one?

[Pastorius]

No, but I was optimistic while it was staying 0-0.

[Happy]

Yeah but even then Man U would've knocked Liverpool off the top spot with a game in hand.

[Pastorius]

But it's still better than a Man U win.

[Happy]

I suppose.

In other news, how stupid is Eboue?

[Iai]

Loved seeing Ryan Giggs score that goal, reminded me of watching football when I was about 9 years old.

[Interstate]

I suppose.

In other news, how stupid is Eboue?

I didn't catch the game, what exactly did he do? He's useless we should have got rid of him a long time ago.

[Happy]

He got booked the first time for dissent with the ref, he'd told him to go away after Sagna (I think) fouled Modric 3 times and Eboue just ignored him so got booked.

The second card came after Modric knocked him over, the ref didn't see that after he went down, he kicked out at Modric. The ref gave Modric a yellow for diving but didn't let play resume. He then watched Eboue pretty much take the piss out of him and Modric and sent him off.

[Interstate]

He got booked the first time for dissent with the ref, he'd told him to go away after Sagna (I think) fouled Modric 3 times and Eboue just ignored him so got booked.

The second card came after Modric knocked him over, the ref didn't see that after he went down, he kicked out at Modric. The ref gave Modric a yellow for diving but didn't let play resume. He then watched Eboue pretty much take the piss out of him and Modric and sent him off.

**** sake what a douche.

[Pastorius]

Yeah, stupid Eboue for sure.

[Iai]

Pretty much yeah. He was their most dangerous player while he was on, too.

[Happy]

Palacios was pretty awesome today too.

[TakeWarning]

He's a beast, significant upgrade on Zokora.

It's amazing how quickly we've gone from Champion's League hopefuls to unable to score against a 10-man side at home.

[mph4ever]

nice to see giggs chip in with one of those crucial goals

adams gone. thats crap. again, may be a case that he should have spent more time as an assistant or in the lower divisions. dare say harry will find a role for him, be a real tough one for him to go to spurs

[TakeWarning]

Just says Giggsy's goal, what a legend.

Really solid performance on the whole from United.

[Happy]

He's a beast, significant upgrade on Zokora.

It's amazing how quickly we've gone from Champion's League hopefuls to unable to score against a 10-man side at home.

I don't think its a bad result for us actually. I'd be happy if we played like that all the time.

[mph4ever]

scolari sacked

[mph4ever]

wilkins to lead in the interim

[mph4ever]

i'd say they are trying to appoint avram grant before portsmouth do ahahahahahaha

[Dave de Sylvia]

Tony Adams appointed new Chelsea manager. There's a surprise.

[mph4ever]

who could they possibly appoint at this stage? like, who is available?

[Happy]

Harry Redknapp is always available.

[The_Passenger]

Chelsea get enough ridicule as it is, I can't believe they'd make it worse for themselves by re-appointing Grant. It's obvious that some of the players didn't respect him anyway.

I can see Chelsea trying to get Zola to appease fans, but I reckon they should try for Rijkaard. I still think they should've gone for him in the summer.

[mph4ever]

Chelsea get enough ridicule as it is, I can't believe they'd make it worse for themselves by re-appointing Grant. It's obvious that some of the players didn't respect him anyway.

I can see Chelsea trying to get Zola to appease fans, but I reckon they should try for Rijkaard. I still think they should've gone for him in the summer.

grant was a joke

zola is an option but young managers - keane, adams, ince - are the ones that have failed this season. time could be right for rijkaard. do you think he would take on the job before the summer when he has no chance of transfers?

[talk show host]

could be sven. he was linked in the past and I don't think he's having a good time in mexico.

[Surtr]

Sven wouldn't be what they need I don't think though.

But who knows. Still, Chelsea :lol:

[talk show host]

I think he'd do alright there really. He may not instill the attacking style Abramovich seems to want but I reckon he'd steady them up. He's worked with a few of the players before too which would probably help in the short term.

[Interstate]

Abramovich is getting a bit tetchy isn't he. Joker desperately wants some silverware!

Still, Chelsea :lol:

[Iai]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/thruthejudas/bus-3.jpg

[mph4ever]

peter kenyon needs to get that bus

[Happy]

Aren't they the atheist adverts?

[ChodaBoy]

Theres one of those generators out for it, the fill in the blank type thing

[Happy]

That's so cool

[Dave de Sylvia]

grant was a joke

zola is an option but young managers - keane, adams, ince - are the ones that have failed this season. time could be right for rijkaard. do you think he would take on the job before the summer when he has no chance of transfers?
Adams never really had a chance. He inherited a squad with a massively inflated wage bill and was immediately forced to sell his best players with not much money left over to replace them. I wouldn't really be sorry to see them go down this year, even though they probably have enough good players to avoid it for another season.

[TakeWarning]

Tony Adams appointed new Chelsea manager. There's a surprise.

This + Iai's picture :lol:

Rijkaard is available, he's my tip.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Guus Hiddink looks likely to take over until the end of the season, keeping the Russia job in the meantime. Seems like a good move, but I wonder if he'll be tempted to stay on when it's done.

Can someone explain this to me? Birmingham send out their only recognised right-full on loan to Stoke, play one disastrous game with Sebastian Larsson, who is in no way a full-back, and then go and sign Liverpool legend Djimi Traore on loan to plug the gap. It's mental.

[Pastorius]

Traore is the greatest player ever to have lived. After Ronny Rosenthal.

[Iai]

Guus Hiddink looks likely to take over until the end of the season, keeping the Russia job in the meantime. Seems like a good move, but I wonder if he'll be tempted to stay on when it's done.

Can someone explain this to me? Birmingham send out their only recognised right-full on loan to Stoke, play one disastrous game with Sebastian Larsson, who is in no way a full-back, and then go and sign Liverpool legend Djimi Traore on loan to plug the gap. It's mental.
Clubs do pay each other for loans. If they got more money for their fullback than they spent on Traore (which is likely) then it makes perfect sense.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I believe Stoke paid half a million for Kelly, which is nothing really. Especially when the net result is having Djimi Traore in your team.

[Iai]

Traore could have moved for free, and as bad as he was at Pool he's good enough for the Championship.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Yeah, but Birmingham are challenging for the title.

edit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/7881813.stm

OK it was an emergency loan. So obviously they didn't anticipate having to bring anyone in, and more than likely they had to pay above market for the privilege. Mental.

[mph4ever]

Adams never really had a chance. He inherited a squad with a massively inflated wage bill and was immediately forced to sell his best players with not much money left over to replace them. I wouldn't really be sorry to see them go down this year, even though they probably have enough good players to avoid it for another season.

grant could be the man to solve it for them. people forget how close he got chelsea last year. within a slip of winning the champions league and within a win of the title

[Iai]

If Grant get appointed bet you his first two targets are Tal Ben Haim and Ben Sahar.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Then Ronny Rosenthal.

[Pastorius]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiVq5-u7MH0

With skills like that you'll get in any team in the world.

[Interstate]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiVq5-u7MH0

With skills like that you'll get in any team in the world.

LOL I've seen that before but it's one of those clips you never get tired of.

Also, COME ON ENGLAND!

[srjeremybarton]

only grant can save chelsea, sorry to tell you that guys

[Pastorius]

Hiddink appointed as caretaker manager until the end of the season.

[Happy]

only grant can save chelsea, sorry to tell you that guys

No need to say sorry, I don't think anyone here supports Chelscum.

[Interstate]

Hiddink appointed as caretaker manager until the end of the season.

Bloody pointless, Abramovich is clearly mad. Who know's maybe they'll appoint Hiddink on a permanent basis if he does well but then they have to pay his stupidly large salary that he has with the Russian team at the moment.

[Happy]

Hey look Aston Villa are on the tv

[2muchket!]

Had a decent start to the game tbh.

Nice to see Capello go with the in-form players in the prem and also those who played so well against Germany.

EDIT: ****ing James nearly ****s up again, true to form.

[Happy]

David James - what a prick.

[2muchket!]

Magic from David Villa there.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Something needs to be done about this England strip. The white shirt-white shorts-white socks-white player thing just isn't good enough at this level. And you can trust that Beckham clown to top it off with white boots.

Villa's goal was fantastic. Jagielka looks a bit out of his depth, then again he's not exactly getting much guidance from James and Terry.

lol @ barely beating Georgia at home

[Happy]

Nothing wrong with the white strip, I like it.

I don't like Crouch though :mad:

[Dave de Sylvia]

They look like a team of ice cream men. Not good enough at international level!

[Happy]

Playing like ice cream men!

[mph4ever]

marlon king ahahahaha its about the only way he'll score

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_4915471,00.html

[Dave de Sylvia]

leeeeeeeeeeeellll

http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/stan-targeted-to-bring-back-glory-days-to-malaysia-1638816.html

[mph4ever]

we could do with a right full

[Iai]

wat like rafael

[mph4ever]

that would be nice

i was just thinking stephen carr coming out of retirement might solve it for trapp

[Iai]

oh wait you're talking about international football lol

[mph4ever]

oh wait you're talking about international football lol


hahaha

[2muchket!]

boro 1-0 up

yesssss

[Happy]

The FA Carlsberg Trophy
York 1-1 Kidderminster (York win 13-12 on penalties)

Just found that on the bbc site.

How tense must that have been?

[Dave de Sylvia]

That's even better than the Celtic-Dundee United shootout a few weeks ago.

Super City beaten again lol

[Happy]

Hey Frankie, 4-0!

[gaslightanthem]

more importantly villa lost

up the arse

[Pastorius]

Let's hope Arsenal don't get back in to the top 4.

[Happy]

Indeed.

[gaslightanthem]

screw you guys!

you're a liverpool fan right pastorius?

[mph4ever]

Pos Team P Pts
1 Manchester United 27 65
2 Chelsea 28 58
3 Liverpool 28 58
4 Aston Villa 28 52
5 Arsenal 28 49
6 Everton 28 45

its going to be close

[Pastorius]

Aye, I'm a Liverpool fan.

Big week next week!

[808]

Let's hope Arsenal don't get back in to the top 4.

Arsenal will get back into the top four, and when we do I'm going to smash you up.

[Happy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7925963.stm

A footballer being arrested, but not for rape!

[Pastorius]

Arsenal will get back into the top four, and when we do I'm going to smash you up.

Come on, no-one wants Arsenal back in the top 4 apart from Arsenal fans.

[Happy]

This thread represents most of the teams in the prem and everyone here wants Arsenal out.

[mph4ever]

do you mean most teams supporters would want asrsenal out?

i wouldn't see it that way. liverpool out first, chelsea second, always city if they ever get close

[gaslightanthem]

Aye, I'm a Liverpool fan.
This has been your best season in ages & you have still played ****.
I wouldn't be surprised if Liverpool end up only 4th again this season.

[Surtr]

Come on, no-one wants Arsenal back in the top 4 apart from Arsenal fans.

Yessir.

****ing Arsenal better stay out.

[gaslightanthem]

why we play pretty football when on form, dont spend loads of cash like the other teams, bring everyone up through an outstanding youth system and hey look we're finally bringing up an english contingent too

[mph4ever]

This has been your best season in ages & you have still played ****.
I wouldn't be surprised if Liverpool end up only 4th again this season.

they will do well to get fourth. i read all the bs about chelsea and liverpool hunting down manu. liverpool need to worry more about villa and arsenal hunting them down

[gaslightanthem]

Zing

[mph4ever]

man i would much rather be competing with a team like arsenal that tries to play good football and develop and stick by their players

[Happy]

hey look we're finally bringing up an english contingent too

Its a bit early to say that when about 6 of your current players are English.

[gaslightanthem]

no our youth team who will be in the first team over the next couple of seasons are predominantly english actually so

man i would much rather be competing with a team like arsenal that tries to play good football and develop and stick by their players
Good man :thumb:

[Happy]

Yeah, that's the next couple of seasons, not now.

[gaslightanthem]

all i said was "hey look we're finally bringing up an english contingent too" so i'm right regardless ;)

[Happy]

ok, fair enough

man i would much rather be competing with a team like arsenal that tries to play good football and develop and stick by their players
I don't know who you're trying to have a dig at here (Chelsea, Liverpool, even Man City?) but Villa stick by their players, they deserve that CL spot. Okay, a few of their players have only been signed in the last couple of years, but that's just from where O'Neill has adressed the problems Villa had and fixed them. You watch, he's going to stick by that team.

[gaslightanthem]

yeah villa deserve a cl spot but so do arsenal - i'd rather c both of those in the top 4 at the expense of chelsea. but tbh i would happily see liverpool drop out the top 4 as well and c everton sneak in there

[Happy]

If things were more like FIFA 09, it'd be more fun.
I mean 10 games played and Sunderland are top of the EPL.

[gaslightanthem]

i'm in my second season with arsenal on that mode just above world class - i came top last season with tottenham, sunderland & villa joining me in the champions league.
this season after like 6 games i'm 3rd having won 4 & lost 2 with newcastle and tottenham both 2 points ahead of me. pwning in the champions league after one game. a 6-1 away win at juventus.

the only thing that annoys me about 09 is that in manager mode the champions league games are set during the day, do you know how to make it night mode?

[Happy]

I think they're all set in Day or Dusk - lame or what?

I got Bournemouth into the prem league, winning the FA cup and UEFA cup on the way. Now I'm on my 3rd Spurs season, came 4th 1st season, 1st last season and I'm currently 2nd.

What I want to see is a manager mode that starts 15 years in the past, so I can finish the mode actually recognising all the players instead of them just being computer-generated.

[gaslightanthem]

yeah it doesnt bother me that much because i never get further than the fourth season because by that time the next fifa is out. i normally get distracted by my yearly resident evil series binge which lasts a few months at least plus 1 or 2 other spectacular releases ie fallout 3
on that note resi evil 5 out soon but hey

anyway I think they're all set in Day or Dusk - lame or what?
super lame

[Happy]

I've had snow before in be a pro but that was 1 game in about 100

[gaslightanthem]

yeah that's my main complaint with 09 tbh

[808]

What are your gamertags? I'm on FIFA 09 right now.

The time of day is set to whatever your last online or kick-off match was set to. So if you play a night match in kick-off mode, and then jump into manager mode, every game will be in night until you play your next kick-off match and change it.

[gaslightanthem]

even after all this time i still havent gone online on it :(

[Happy]

Are you playing on Xbox?
I've got a PS3

[808]

Yeah, I'm on 360. :(

[Happy]

Shame.

It would be nice to play someone who doesn't quit when they're losing.

[808]

It would be nice to play someone who doesn't play with five defenders and three defensive midfielders.

[Happy]

4-4-2 for me.

Always.

[808]

Yeah, that's the formation I use.

[mph4ever]

any pro evo 2009 players here?


I don't know who you're trying to have a dig at here (Chelsea, Liverpool, even Man City?) but Villa stick by their players, they deserve that CL spot. Okay, a few of their players have only been signed in the last couple of years, but that's just from where O'Neill has adressed the problems Villa had and fixed them. You watch, he's going to stick by that team.

don't really have an issue with villa except that they might be a waste of a CL spot unless they sign some more players in the summer. and you have to ask who would go there.

[Pastorius]

Get a job mate, FIFA canes Pro this generation, for the first time like, ever.

[mph4ever]

i dunno. i have played pes for since iss pro evolution so am afraid of change

[RandyfromPennywise]

So is Guus Hiddink the best gaffer in the world or what?

[Pastorius]

So was I, I was a big time supporter of the Pro Evo franchise right up until this generation of games, where FIFA have just really outdone them. Every single other generation of footie games, Pro Evo has beaten FIFA hands down though.

[mph4ever]

So is Guus Hiddink the best gaffer in the world or what?


its definitely what

[Pastorius]

It pains me to say it, but it's fairly obvious Alex Ferguson is the best manager in the world.

[gaslightanthem]

shame he's such a twat

[mph4ever]

nothing twatty about him. wenger is a twat, huddink is a twat, benitez is a twat, fergie is not a twat

[gaslightanthem]

no i'm pretty sure that out of all them he is the biggest twat the large bundle of sticks

[Happy]

Redknapp is a twat

[gaslightanthem]

bit of a cunt yeah

[mph4ever]

no i'm pretty sure that out of all them he is the biggest twat the large bundle of sticks


entitled to your opinion. i just can't see it

[808]

Wenger is not a twat.

[Happy]

Fergie is a twat, but he's a brilliant manager

[gaslightanthem]

^^ this

but wenger & hiddink are better imo - they could do well with a small team, i can't see ferguson being able to lead a small team

[mph4ever]

maybe its a language barrier, define twat

[gaslightanthem]

the ability to be a large bundle of sticks 24/7

[mph4ever]

oh. then i really don't understand how you could come to that conclusion about ferguson

houllier was a twat, harry is a twat, keegan is a twat, huddink is a genuine dutch twat, ferguson is not a twat

[Iai]

^^ this

but wenger & hiddink are better imo - they could do well with a small team, i can't see ferguson being able to lead a small team
What, like Aberdeen?

[mph4ever]

st. mirren?

manu when he took over

[Iai]

Also I'm gonna be honest and say that there are like maybe five managers in the Prem that AREN'T twats. Zola is inarguably a legend and a great man, and the others are Southgate, O'Neill, Bruce, and Hodgson by my reckoning. You could maybe argue the case for Hughes, Sbragia, Brown, and Moyes.

[Happy]

Not Hughes.

[ChodaBoy]

Im a Man City fan, so Man U are like the anti-christ. But you have to have respect for Ferguson, hes had success for all this time, and despite winning everything for so long, he still gets more fired up than most managers out there. And he knows how to get the team in the mood for winning

[gaslightanthem]

i respect fergie but he's definitley a squirrel

[TakeWarning]

Definitely. Not as bad as someone like Wenger though.