Euro 2008 (Official LOL Vidic Thread)

[808]

Y'all niggas be jealous.

[Happy]

The fact Wenger is also French does him no favours!

[gaslightanthem]

he looks like a pedophile just saying

[Iai]

Arsene Wenger gave me a wink.

And a smile :(

[TakeWarning]

he looks like a pedophile just saying

Looks more like swiss cheese to me.

[Pastorius]

Wenger is the biggest twat.

[mph4ever]

benitez is the biggest twat

[2muchket!]

Ferguson is hands down.

[Happy]

Ince was manager of the season.

[808]

Happy is the biggest twat.

[mph4ever]

having the semis at wembley is stupid

[Happy]

Happy is the biggest twat.
808 is even bigger

[Pastorius]

There is no way anyone is a bigger twat than Wenger. Has there been one ****ing game where he hasn't moaned about everything possible afterwards?

[mph4ever]

no, but you have say that rafa has had the biggest moan lately

[808]

808 is even bigger

I gladly accept the title.

[Pastorius]

Wenger keeps up a slow, constant stream of moan, that's way worse.

[mph4ever]

Wenger keeps up a slow, constant stream of moan, that's way worse.


he could be french you know

[Pastorius]

that just makes him worse

[gaslightanthem]

last season things went against arsenal so many times the moaning was justified so w/e guys

[808]

We have lots of things to moan about at Arsenal.

[Dave de Sylvia]

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.
Southgate has annoying teeth and Bruce is the biggest moaner this side of Arsene's leathery face.

Phil Brown and Moyesy are my favourite managers. If Craig Burley was in management he'd be my favourite,

[Iai]

Bruce seems to have maybe three really big pathetic moans a season. But then, he'll also come out after a 0-0 draw with a big smile on his face and say, 'Well, sorry to all our fans for that, that'll definitely be the last game on Match of the Day'. So idk.

[mph4ever]

arsenals goals were class. villa and liverpool better keep their act together, arsenal are on the hunt

[808]

I wasn't able to wake up early enough to watch the match, but just knowing the score and seeing Eduardo's name on the score sheet makes me feel great.

[mph4ever]

his volley was sublime, truly world class

[TakeWarning]

Bruce seems to have maybe three really big pathetic moans a season. But then, he'll also come out after a 0-0 draw with a big smile on his face and say, 'Well, sorry to all our fans for that, that'll definitely be the last game on Match of the Day'. So idk.

I like Brucey. I think if it weren't for Tottenham, I'd support Wigan.

Ricky Sbragia seems a decent bloke. After the Spurs game he was honest enough to say: "No excuses for today's reuslt. We were f'ucking s'hit."

[RandyfromPennywise]

its definitely what

Bollocks to that, Hiddink is the best gaffer, better than Mourinho even.



Maybe even as good as Zola.

[gaslightanthem]

hiddink is great at getting the best out of players but who has wenger's knack for bringing up young talent & turning them world class?

[Happy]

Bollocks to that, Hiddink is the best gaffer, better than Mourinho even.



Maybe even as good as Zola.

Wait a few matches and we'll see.

[Pastorius]

hiddink is great at getting the best out of players but who has wenger's knack for bringing up young talent & turning them world class?

come on, benitez for sure

look at the massive progress babel, lucas, ngog, etc have made

[TakeWarning]

hiddink is great at getting the best out of players but who has wenger's knack for bringing up young talent & turning them world class?

Let me answer your question with another question. When was the last time Arsenal won anything?

[gaslightanthem]

look at the massive progress babel, lucas, ngog, etc have made

lol babel's being wasted at liverpool - he has/had such potential

Let me answer your question with another question. When was the last time Arsenal won anything?

4 years ish
doesn't really answer the question though

[mph4ever]

Bollocks to that, Hiddink is the best gaffer, better than Mourinho even.



Maybe even as good as Zola.

your sense of humour is sorely missed around here

[Pastorius]

lol babel's being wasted at liverpool - he has/had such potential


Someone needs to deprogramme him. He's been taught to fear his own pace, to run into players, and to always choose the same option for the entire time he's on the pitch.

[gaslightanthem]

he should have gone to arsenal

[Pastorius]

pffffft as if

[gaslightanthem]

would be a better player now if he had just saying

[Pastorius]

perhaps, perhaps not

[gaslightanthem]

almost definitely

[Pastorius]

he would definitely have turned out to be a whiny twat under wenger

[gaslightanthem]

the arsenal players themselves v v rarely moan

[mph4ever]

rather be a whiny footballer than not a footballer at all

[Pastorius]

the arsenal players themselves v v rarely moan

win*

[Iai]

Babel would be better at Arsenal.

Lucas would be better literally anywhere else.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I am pretty sure you need to have a first touch to fit in at Arsenal.

[mph4ever]

unless your name is silvestre

[talk show host]

wb Kitson and Little, they should never have left

[Iai]

Liverpool are absolutely pasting Real. It's kind of shameful.

[Dave de Sylvia]

The gulf of class is actually sort of embarrassing. Babel is actually better than most of the Real team. Babel.

[Interstate]

Lol at Madrid. Although they have been unlucky with some of the decisions. I should have put a Bet on Bet365 for Gerrard to score first after the break. Kicking myself now.

[Happy]

Some crazy scores tonight.

[Pastorius]

Hello you huge losers.

[sgrevs]

**** Liverpool were phenomenal. One of the best performances I've ever seen by them. Everyone played well. Babel actually ran at the defence and got past them without having to cut inside. Even Lucas was good. LUCAS.

Fantastic night.

Lol at Sporting Lisbon.

[cmb1888]

I suppose all the Champions League games are a decent lead-up to the Celtic v Rangers match at the weekend

(sour grapes? of course not!)

[Dave de Sylvia]

Liverpool were excellent tonight. United will still get an easy draw at the weekend, if not a win.

[Happy]

Hello you huge losers.

Who's losing here?

No-one supports Real Madrid, Juve or Sporting Lisbon (LOL) here.

[Pastorius]

You're losers by comparison to our amazing performance. That's the way we played against United in our first match, giving them no space at all.

[poorquality]

While Real Madrid looked shocking out there, can't take away from Liverpools performance, it was amazing, though I don't think Torres and Gerrard will find the space they did against our defence, which is considerably better than Madrids.

Last time we played you with Gerrard and Torres starting, Vidic had Torres under control and Anderson pocketed Gerrard. Though obviously a different game, on the back of that performance. Just gotta see what we do with Inter tonight, no reason we shouldn't make them suffer as much as Liverpool made Madrid suffer, we were considerably better in the first leg, but alas no goal.

Either way i'm really looking forward to the weekend, and I'm completely confident we will win (let's hope that doesn't come back to bite me in the ***).

[Pastorius]

Anyone with sense would bet on United, they're on fire at the moment, and we worked our arses off against Madrid. Hopefully it'll be a gruelling 120 minute game tonight.

Either team could win at the weekend, but I'm assuming Liverpool have pretty much given up hope of winning the title, though beating United (again) wouldn't hurt.

[poorquality]

Yeah I don't see the weekend's game as being a battle for the title, everything goes out the window in my opinion, it's a rivalry, both teams will be playing for pride. I think it'll be a massive game regardless of what's at stake from a domestic point of view.

It better not be a gruelling 120 tonight, I couldn't take the stress. Moscow was bad enough tyvm :P

[mph4ever]

any hope liverpool have for the premiership ends this weekend and their season will end in the q/f of the champions league as no one will make them look as good as they did against madrid

[Pastorius]

Yeah, ruling out Liverpool for the Champion's League is always a good bet. :p Are you suggesting that Liverpool didn't have a good game mph? Cue you saying Liverpool were average and Madrid were terrible

Damn Vidic has a head on him.

[Happy]

I think Vidic's goal tally just passed his IQ.

[Pastorius]

well it's no 5-0 but it'll do them well

[poorquality]

Good result for us, never got out of third gear, lucky they didn't pull a goal back but confident had they, we would have stepped it up a notch.

I can't decide who I want in the draw, Liverpool or Barca.

If we end up losing this weekend i'll definately want Liverpool for revenge.
But Barca have shown recently they're not invincible, a better team could do more damage against them.

[Iai]

Bayern are the team to fear tbh.

[poorquality]

Bayern are the team to fear tbh.

Yeah not enough people think they're contenders. They've absolutely demolished a team in the last 16 of the Champions League. Definately a team I don't want at the moment.

[808]

Arsenal are through!

[Happy]

well it's no 5-0 but it'll do them well

its no 12-1 either.

[mph4ever]

united looked like they were making sure they had enough in the tank for liverpool

[Pastorius]

well, we'll just have to see won't we

[Dave de Sylvia]

Yeah not enough people think they're contenders. They've absolutely demolished a team in the last 16 of the Champions League. Definately a team I don't want at the moment.
I'd take them. Sporting barely scraped through a very poor group. And while Bayern have players who can punish average teams, only Ribery and Schweinsteiger would be regarded as world class.

lol @ Arsenal

[mph4ever]

i just hope manu get liverpool, put it all to bed, its time

[Pastorius]

it is time united got taught a lesson (Again) isn't it

[mph4ever]

it is time united got taught a lesson (Again) isn't it

maybe so, over two legs it would be very interesting, its time to put it all to bed. i just hope we get liverpool in the next round. thats what its all about

[Dave de Sylvia]

I'd rather not get any of the Premiership teams. I think we can rely on Arsenal to get eliminated against anybody except maybe Porto, but I think they'd be a hard task for any of the English sides.

[mph4ever]

I'd rather not get any of the Premiership teams. I think we can rely on Arsenal to get eliminated against anybody except maybe Porto, but I think they'd be a hard task for any of the English sides.

apart from the english teams, you could only fear barcelona

[808]

Arsenal to win it all.

[Pastorius]

i honestly only see the champion's league ruining united's quintuple, and even then they've got a great chance of winning it

[808]

I don't want to draw any English team or Barcelona.

[Happy]

I will lol if it ends up an all English semi-final/final.

[gaslightanthem]

i want that ^^

on the other hand i think if that was to happen it would reignite the whole teams can only have a certain quota of foreign players in their team blah blah

[Pastorius]

All depends on who Arsenal draw :P

[Happy]

it would show how the EPL pisses over everyone.

[Pastorius]

Currently pisses over everyone*

[Happy]

It always will.

[Pastorius]

There have been times when it didn't. In terms of depth I think it always will, I think we're seeing the awesome depth the EPL has now more than ever.

[gaslightanthem]

arsenal have had a bad season but our team is just as strong if not stronger than liverpool's. on average arsenal have had 4-6 first team players out all season so

[mph4ever]

arsenal are a far better squad than liverpool, probably better than chelsea too. they just got hit by injuries to very important players.

[gaslightanthem]

pretty much

[Pastorius]

arsenal are a far better squad than liverpool, probably better than chelsea too. they just got hit by injuries to very important players.

like liverpool didn't

[Happy]

There have been times when it didn't. In terms of depth I think it always will, I think we're seeing the awesome depth the EPL has now more than ever.

I was being patriotic in a football sense :)

[gaslightanthem]

Quote:
Originally Posted by mph4ever View Post
arsenal are a far better squad than liverpool, probably better than chelsea too. they just got hit by injuries to very important players.
like liverpool didn't
Liverpool haven't consistently from the beginning of the season had 4-6 of their first team players out the whole way through. It's also not Arsenal's fault that if Torres and/or Gerrard is out that your whole team kind of falters. ;)

[Pastorius]

yeah like we faltered against man united

[gaslightanthem]

haha that was way at the beginning of the season, your first win against them in like ever (i recall arsenal beating them as well around the same time with a weakened squad). to sum up man utd were in bad form at the time whilst liverpool were pretty confident since then your form has slipped and without your two main stars you often play below par - there's proof of that over the last two seasons.

[Pastorius]

hey shut up

I will admit we need to strengthen our squad, but it's mainly Torres we miss when he's out. We've got central midfielders that can fill in (no-one is gonna be able to fill Gerrard's shoes completely) but Benitez has put together a top notch backup system for our forwards. Ngog and El Zhar. Woop de woop.

[mph4ever]

yeah like we faltered against man united


wow, you can see into the future

[Pastorius]

nah man, then it would be "like we faltered in the first minute, allowing man united 50% possession, then we fought back steady 95%-5% possession distribution in liverpool's favour for the rest of the game, contributing to a 15-0 victory, all 15 of which scored by pepe reina"

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST

[mph4ever]

aceeed

[mph4ever]

i can't believe how poorly we played. we actually made liverpool look as good as they did against real madrid.

[poorquality]

ffs united, I have no complaints there, we were properly done today. Best defence in Europe looked lackluster today. Guess it was bound to happen eventually, can't be amazing every single game.

Ah well, still 4 points clear with a game in hand. Still ours to lose.

[TakeWarning]

I agree, awful performance.

But I think Ferguson made some poor choices. He proved he's no Bobby Robson, that's for sure.

[rid]

who's happy? I'm happy. Liverpool! Liverpool!!!

[Dave de Sylvia]

Ack, should've stayed in bed.

[TakeWarning]

It's not the end of the world, you've still got a 4 point lead and a game in hand.

Man U certainly looked a bit hungover from the mid-week game.

[poorquality]

It's not the end of the world, you've still got a 4 point lead and a game in hand.

Man U certainly looked a bit hungover from the mid-week game.

Yeah in the long run it isn't so bad, but our main rivals have done the double over us, convincingly, it hurts :( and Pastorius will not let us hear the end of this :P

[Happy]

I was shocked when I saw the result.

[Iai]

nah man, then it would be "like we faltered in the first minute, allowing man united 50% possession, then we fought back steady 95%-5% possession distribution in liverpool's favour for the rest of the game, contributing to a 15-0 victory, all 15 of which scored by pepe reina"

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST
Almost right, with the scoreline AND the scorer for the fourth goal.

[Happy]

I bet Pasta isn't even up yet.

[Minus The Flair]

Pick your moments, Vidic. Game got me riled enough to start posting again.

[mph4ever]

truth

to me it looks like ferguson is gong to have to prove himself again after today and inter

hes up to it though

still expect liverpool to fall apart

[gaslightanthem]

chelsea man utd & liverpool to lose the rest of their games while arsenal keep winning 4-0 to the end of the season nabbing the title

[808]

I believe it.

[talk show host]

good god Pederson's dive was ridiculous.

[gaslightanthem]

i know so so bad. worst i've ever seen

[TakeWarning]

Spurs away at Villa today :(

And now I have a game to play in 38 degree heat. :amaze:

[Dave de Sylvia]

I think Bates' was worse. He deserved a straight red for just being so unconvincing.

p.s. lol @ Reading

[gaslightanthem]

no pederson's was worst ever because he wasn't even touched had the ball in front of him looked over his shoulder to see if the ref was watching, proceeded to throw himself on the floor & then get up and call for a penalty baha!

[RandyfromPennywise]

Essien to mark his Prem comeback with a man-of-the-match performance tonight and a Lampard double, Chelsea 4-0 City. Av it.

[Dave de Sylvia]

do you just appear occasionally like beetlejuice

[RandyfromPennywise]

Anything that has a young and succulent Winona Ryder in it is ok by me.

[talk show host]

I think Bates' was worse. He deserved a straight red for just being so unconvincing.

p.s. lol @ Reading

it's all gone so wrong

[sgrevs]

How awesome was Dossena's goal? **** yeah.

[808]

How awesome was Bendtner's goal?

[RandyfromPennywise]

Back in to second, good three points, should've had more. So I was right about Essien. That bloke is a tank, amazing athlete. Robinho is the biggest little ****head in the Prem just about, up there with El Hadji Diouf. See when Ballack was like "What's with Caicedo tripping me when I'm about to take the free?" and dickhead comes up and in his five words of English is like "**** off, **** off, **** off." Good on you you stupid little dickhead. Players like that piss me off so much. So glad we didn't buy him. Drogba's acting today was yet again a disgrace, the guy is a laughing stock, it is quite obscene. I wish we'd sell him, don't want that shyte at my club. He goes up for a header, misses it, lands on his feet, and goes down with a leg complaint for three minutes. **** off.

[mph4ever]

pasta is obviously still locked somewhere trying to drag himself out of the euphoria and trying not to allow the keyboard to appear drunk

[Pastorius]

WELL HELLO EVERYONE

tum tee tum tee ****ing tum

[mph4ever]

guess that made your season

not that it will make a difference but have to hand it to you, we made you look brilliant

[Pastorius]

oh there it is, the old "we made you look brilliant" argument

mate, vidic was made to look like a fool and lucas shut down your midfield

[Happy]

Yay spurs.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I thought United played ok yesterday. He took a risk picking Anderson and Carrick in the centre and it didn't really work out; Carrick's having a nightmare few weeks and Scholes or Giggs would have been the better option in hindsight.

Can't really account for Vidic's performance. Just complacency, I guess. I'm more worried about when, if ever, Ferdinand is going to step up his performances in Vidic's absence. Right now, Evans looks like the experienced player in the centre.

[Happy]

I think all the Arsenal fans need to thank Spurs.

[Pastorius]

A player like Vidic shouldn't get as rattled as he did when Torres wiped his arse with him. And he certainly shouldn't rugby tackle someone when they're clean through on goal!

[Happy]

Didn't he get a yellow for something similar against Newcastle?

[808]

I think all the Arsenal fans need to thank Spurs.

Probably the only time I'll ever be happy that Spurs won a match.

[Pastorius]

Hang on, why the hell is anyone talking about anything other than the 4-1 BATTERING we dished out to Ushited.

[gaslightanthem]

because did you not see arsenal played like themselves for maybe the second time this season

...finally

[Pastorius]

which was dwarfed by liverpool pissing in alex ferguson's tea

[808]

I'm still laughing at Pedersen's dive.

Sorry.

[Pastorius]

where the hell is mph, i've got more face rubbing to do

actually, this suits me, i can spread out the face rubbing over many weeks

[Minus The Flair]

I'm still laughing at Pedersen's dive.

This. I heard from my housemate who was watching Goals or Sunday that Allardyce was on there and he was defending Pedersen saying Sagna clipped his heels so he was entitled to go down or something. Okay.

[gaslightanthem]

sagna may have clipped the air behind his heels

[RandyfromPennywise]

I thought United played ok yesterday. He took a risk picking Anderson and Carrick in the centre and it didn't really work out; Carrick's having a nightmare few weeks and Scholes or Giggs would have been the better option in hindsight.Yes. I couldn't believe he started with those two. Scholes in there for sure. Bad selection.

Can't really account for Vidic's performance. Just complacency, I guess. I'm more worried about when, if ever, Ferdinand is going to step up his performances in Vidic's absence. Right now, Evans looks like the experienced player in the centre.
I thought Rio was playing better recently, looked a little more assured. Then again, I've probably only seen half of United's games in the last month so can't really comment too well.

On other matters, you know what still baffles me? Prices for English players. Can you believe that James Milner is Villa's record signing? That is fkn ridiculous. £12m for James Milner? That is crazy. Everton were close to signing João Moutinho from Sporting for £10.5m - Moutinho is a much better player than Milner. And that's a bad example even. Crazy.

[Happy]

where the hell is mph, i've got more face rubbing to do

actually, this suits me, i can spread out the face rubbing over many weeks

Why, because Liverpool aren't going to win the league and beating United is their consolation?

[TakeWarning]

Why, because Liverpool aren't going to win the league and beating United is their consolation?

LOL

My prediction: Fergie will give his team the hairdryer treatment and they'll flog Fulham 4-0 at the weekend.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Yeah, definitely trying to get my three Fulham players (one GK and two defenders) out of my fantasy team for this week, United are going to punish them.

Arshavin's got good technique. He should do quite well at Arsenal. If they had a fully-fit squad, they'd be alright. But they don't, so **** 'em!

[Pastorius]

Why, because Liverpool aren't going to win the league and beating United is their consolation?

because we smashed them 4-1, duh

don't you know anything about football

[Happy]

Just read the sun's predictions for Chelsea's, Man U's and Liverpool's remaining games. They reckon Chelsea will win the league.

I really shouldn't read the sun but its stories are so funny.

[mph4ever]

oh there it is, the old "we made you look brilliant" argument

mate, vidic was made to look like a fool and lucas shut down your midfield

torres looked world class. its why i use spain in international mode on pes.

where the hell is mph, i've got more face rubbing to do

actually, this suits me, i can spread out the face rubbing over many weeks

i'm here and ready for the pasta'ing. bring it on, its what football is all about. at the end of the day, its a funny old game, init.

4 points clear, game in hand, still need us to mess up and that won't happen. also, i wouldn't expect anything less from liverpool in a season when we start to rewrite history

if anything i am happy with the fact that the quintuple(sp) rubbish takes a back seat to liverpool being the greatest side on the planet after scoring eight and conceding one against real madrid and manu. real were poor, manu were not so bad but made a few silly mistakes. a nicely timed kick in the arse for a team that looked like they were coasting on all fronts

[RandyfromPennywise]

Just read the sun's predictions for Chelsea's, Man U's and Liverpool's remaining games. They reckon Chelsea will win the league.

I really shouldn't read the sun but its stories are so funny.

The Sun, quality read that is. Essential reading to keep abreast of the latest international affairs and important developments in all areas. Their coverage of sport is also top-notch. Visionary journalists they have writing for them. Chelsea will win the league. (Champions and Premier.)

:thumb:

[Iai]

Where do they think United will drop points, exactly? I can't even see them dropping any against Arse.

And who did they predict would go down, or did they not bother?

[Dave de Sylvia]

You guys are all missing the obvious fact that Wigan Athletic can still mathematically win the league.

[Iai]

Mathematically, I could spit on you from where I'm sat right now.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I don't think you understand maths Mr. Butler.

[Iai]

I don't you think you understand me being sat right behind you, Mr. Donnelly.

[Dave de Sylvia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVnw7BLhlWs

[RandyfromPennywise]

That was rather smirk-worthy.

I reckon the bottom three will stay as is : WBA, Stoke, Boro.

Top 4 will be Man U Chels Scouser Scum Arse.

And just quietly, has anyone been checking the Fantasy league lately? Very nice.

[mph4ever]

villa have used the least amount of players of any team this season. so much for their being a down side to squad rotation.


Top 4 will be Man U Chels Scouser Scum Arse.

i assume in that order

[Happy]

Where do they think United will drop points, exactly? I can't even see them dropping any against Arse.

And who did they predict would go down, or did they not bother?

They reckon they will draw with Fulham and Boro.

Or something.

Interesting how they predicted each team to thrash Spurs when we actually play our best against top 4 teams.

[RandyfromPennywise]

i assume in that order

Yeah, that's how I think it will finish.

[mph4ever]

Yeah, that's how I think it will finish.


its going to be a very interesting end to this season

manu, everton, chelsea and arsenal in the fa cup

manu, chelsea, liverpool and arsenal in the league

manu, chelsea, liverpool and arsenal in the champions league

as a chelsea fan, would you rather stop manu three in a row in the premiership or win the champions league

[RandyfromPennywise]

its going to be a very interesting end to this season

manu, everton, chelsea and arsenal in the fa cup

manu, chelsea, liverpool and arsenal in the league

manu, chelsea, liverpool and arsenal in the champions league

as a chelsea fan, would you rather stop manu three in a row in the premiership or win the champions league
Well, I actually hate Liverpool, and if Man U win the league, then Scouse Scum will no longer be the record holder for most titles. This will please me. So I would prefer United to win three-in-a-row and Scousers no longer holding the record than Scousers to still hold the record. I guess the only way here is if Scouse won it, because obviously I would prefer us to win it. But that's not what you asked. I would prefer to... ****, tough one... depends who the Champions League was against... If we were the last English team in it, then I'd say prefer to win the Prem. I dunno, I just feel that it kind of devalues the European win if you don't win your domestic title. Obviously the CL is the #1 trophy in Europe, but like when Scouse Scum won it, I kind of thought it didn't mean as much because they were a complete joke in England. Not to mention that they only won it on penalties, which doesn't even count. They should be stripped of their title. And relegated to Conference North. And stripped 30 points.

But to answer your question, I'd prefer to win the Champions League.

[mph4ever]

hahahaha, i know how you feel.

but i do think that with everything that has gone at chelsea recently, since josé left, then winning the champions league and getting 2nd in the premiership would be an excellent season. not forgetting that they have a shot at the fa cup too. and with liverpool beating real madrid and manu then the pressure is off manu, chelsea and arsenal a little, for a while anyway

[RandyfromPennywise]

The pressure is on Man U I reckon. One loss, I know, but if they draw or lose in their next game against Fulham, can you imagine the hype? And Fulham aren't too bad at home either, it is at the Cottage I think... I reckon the FA Cup could be Chelsea's this year. Guus is a phenomenon in cup competitions. We are a real chance for CL with him in charge. He is the ****.

[mph4ever]

yeah, but it is not that long ago that we went to the cottage and kicked them off the park. hodgson tends to fold when it comes to manu. i dunno, its as if they feel they owe us easy victories since we actually paid them for saha

i am looking forward to arsenal/chelsea in the cup, looking for to manu against chelsea in any competition, all since guus arrived. he plans to the chelsea player's strengths, what they were bought for

[RandyfromPennywise]

Yeah I am looking forward to the FA Cup a lot. Both semis will be great I reckon. Toffees could put up a real fight, ya know.

Dunno about Fulham, I mean you lot are going to be so fired up one would think, but then again maybe the confidence is down. Mmmm, Fergie wouldn't let that happen. Can't wait for the Champo draw, friday I think it is.

Maybe after the WC 2010, Fergie will retire and Guus will be finished with Russia.............

[mph4ever]

hull were just a little hard done by, and what about claims of cesc spitting at brian horton. gooners might need another captain before this is over, can't be setting examples like that

[gaslightanthem]

i always thought kolo toure should've been chosen as captain, or maybe VP

but i think cesc was given captaincy as an added incentive to stay at the club

[Pastorius]

Know what, screw you guys.

You're all just sore still from when we voided our bowels from a great height all over Fergie's chewing gum store

[mph4ever]

liverpool fans seem to dwell on the past too much. its three days later, time to start thinking about who you would like to draw on friday in the champs league

[poorquality]

liverpool fans seem to dwell on the past too much. its three days later, time to start thinking about who you would like to draw on friday in the champs league

Well it IS the highlight of their season to do the double over us.


I want Liverpool next round.

[TakeWarning]

i always thought kolo toure should've been chosen as captain, or maybe VP

but i think cesc was given captaincy as an added incentive to stay at the club

Definitely. There's specualtion that Fabregas, Adebayor and van Persie might all leave if Arsenal don't qualify for the Champion's League. Now there's a thought that pleases me.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I don't think Adebayor would be much of a loss at this point.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Remember when Chelsea smashed Liverpool at Anfield 4-1 in the 2005-06 season? Duffer, Lamps, even Geremi got in on the act. What a stuffing that were. And Chelsea won the title that year too.

Remember in 1999 when Chelsea beat Manchester United 5-0 at Stamford Bridge? Gus Poyet after 28 seconds and another in the second half, even Chris Sutton and Jody Morris managed to score, and poor Henning Berg thought it was so bad he poked one home for us too. Good times they were.

Remember when Chelsea smashed Arsenal 5-0 in the League Cup in 1998?

So, looking forward to the Champions League draw then.

[gaslightanthem]

Two of those results come from 10 years ago :lol:

I don't think Adebayor would be much of a loss at this point.
He would be, squad morale would drop I'm pretty sure.

There's specualtion that Fabregas, Adebayor and van Persie might all leave if Arsenal don't qualify for the Champion's League. Now there's a thought that pleases me.
Unlikely but keep dreaming. I'm talking about us not qualifying for the Champions League btw & VP and Fab will stay. It's only Ade I'm worried about at this point.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Two of those results come from 10 years ago :lol:



Haha yeah I know, it was in response to mph4ever's comment that Scousers live in the past. Nothing wrong with the past!! 1997 FA Cup Di Matteo after 42 seconds GOAAL!

[TakeWarning]

This one time against Bradford - Ledley King, 14 seconds.

Just sayin'

[Happy]

Then he hurt his knee.

[gaslightanthem]

lol

i'm not gonna lie though i think if ledley wasn't injured all the time he would be england's best

[808]

Didn't Fabregas say something like, he would only leave Arsenal if Wenger left?

[Happy]

I prefer Woodgate.

[RandyfromPennywise]

I don't want to know about your private life Happy.

And I prefer John Terry.

[Happy]

Woodgate is v sexy.

[gaslightanthem]

i personally think king is a gamechanger in defence
he can keep most people in check and can come and do this coming in straight after injury
to have his ability when he is out near enough half the time is phenomenal

[Happy]

Especially against Man U in the Carling Cup final.

I heard the only training he could do beforehand was riding the excercise bike.

[RandyfromPennywise]

With no seat.

[mph4ever]

really the only ones that can dwell on the recent past currently are manu and portsmouth

united hold the carling cup, the premiership, the champions league and the world club cup.

[Pastorius]

living in the past, pffffft

guys, it was like 5 days ago, and there haven't been any other league games since then

united fans, so keen to gloss over their failures, especially against the scouse

edit: yeah that world club cup was a real achievement

[RandyfromPennywise]

At least we can all agree on one thing: we all hate Scousers.

[Pastorius]

You all hate scousers.

[mph4ever]

everyone hates scousers, now, calm down, calm down

[Pastorius]

you're tempted to tell scousers to calm down, but that just makes it worse

[mph4ever]

scallies are worse than scousers tbh

[RandyfromPennywise]

Eating rats in your council house...

[mph4ever]

in robbie fowler's newly reconditioned council estate

[Iai]

Nothing wrong with the past!! 1997 FA Cup Di Matteo after 42 seconds GOAAL!
:mad:

[Pastorius]

Fowler has one of the biggest property portfolios in Britain

[Iai]

They posted a list of the richest footballers in terms of property once, I think Michael Owen might have been top? Fowler was second in any case.

[RandyfromPennywise]

:mad:

It's the reason I support the Chelsea. What a great day it was. And League Cup '98 too haha you're alright Boro you're alright.

Robbie Fowler is playing for North Queensland F.C. next season. (They're in the A-League. (That's in Australia.)) I never really rated Fowler you know. I mean, from 94 to 97 he was ace but he's been living off that ever since.

Lamps just split with his missus. Lamps' fortune is apparently £25m. I mean he earns £7.5m a year now, so you'd expect him to be fkn minted by the time he retires.

[Iai]

She might get future earnings too, she wouldn't be the first.

[mph4ever]

Fowler has one of the biggest property portfolios in Britain


yeah, its called toxteth

[Pastorius]

ladies and gentleman, mr mph 4ever

[RandyfromPennywise]

She might get future earnings too, she wouldn't be the first.

That's fkn ridiculous. I've never heard of such a thing. Certain that we don't have that in Australia. I mean there is maintenance but that is separate from earnings as such. Fkn wags.

[Iai]

I can't remember who it was but there was one footballer (or ex-footballer) a couple years back who was basically bankrupted by having to pay future earnings that he never actually earned. Lee Dixon? Someone ex-Arsenal, I'm sure.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Ray Parlour

[mph4ever]

ladies and gentleman, mr mph 4ever

how did you know i was a bloke?

[Pastorius]

because women aren't funny

CRACK OPEN ANUVVA TINNY, ONE MORE FOR THE LADS

[RandyfromPennywise]

because women aren't funny

CRACK OPEN ANUVVA TINNY, ONE MORE FOR THE LADS

HAHAHAHA I laughed at this, golden.

[Iai]

Ray Parlour
That's the bastard. Ex-Boro, too, of course, so I really should have remembered.

[mph4ever]

That's the bastard. Ex-Boro, too, of course, so I really should have remembered.


ex ground force too apparently

[Pastorius]

ex 'the salon' as well, he left before they started cutting any hair apparently

[mph4ever]

never liked him or keown, winterburn was a coward, seaman looked like a german porn star

good team though

[Dave de Sylvia]

Jesus, I leave for ten minutes to go to the offie and City ship two goals.

[mph4ever]

unreal, this is going to be the man city lol thread for some time by the looks of it

[Pastorius]

jebus christ

this may be enough to stop me making fun of united supporters for getting smashed by liverpool 4-1

no wait

you let in a dossena goal (who has been looking a lot better recently, hope he'll be here for a long time and continue to improve tbh)

[Dave de Sylvia]

Yeah, he looks a lot better when he comes on long after the game is over as a contest and his complete lack of ability is no longer a liability.

City scrape through, just. The Brazilian lad off Aalborg's penalty was ridiculous.

[Pastorius]

Yeah because I was just referring to that game, wasn't I. He's been steadily growing more confident and letting his game shine through. He's great at getting up and supporting Riera.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Well I suppose he's at least proven that he's better than Garrido.

[Pastorius]

then again, fabio aurelio can play there, and i'd prefer him

[Dave de Sylvia]

Aurelio's probably the only good full-back Benitez has ever signed. Arbeloa is a decent player but Finnan was better.

[Pastorius]

Finnan was getting on though man. Had to let him go, he was painfully slow by the end of his Anfield time. Arbeloa is decent, he can handle most wingers without too much hassle.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Well pace isn't too big a deal for Liverpool full backs since they're not really supposed to cross the half-way line anyway.

[Pastorius]

unless it's for a free kick to make it 3-1 and punish a red card further

[Dave de Sylvia]

>:/

[Pastorius]

buh-zing!

[mph4ever]

Well pace isn't too big a deal for Liverpool full backs since they're not really supposed to cross the half-way line anyway. except if you happen to be j a riise, then they are supposed to also be a full on twat

[Pastorius]

made for some good youtube 'thunderbolt compilation' videos though

[mph4ever]

yeah, some of his free kicks were unreal, pity he is such a dick

[Pastorius]

i don't think any of us valued him for anything more than his thunderbolts and squashed face

[mph4ever]

going to be some draw for the cl

[808]

When is it?

[RandyfromPennywise]

I saw Steve Finnan play in January against Malaga. Malaga smashed Espanyol 4-0.

I never minded Riise, which is saying something considering he played for the Scum Scummy Scum Scums.

[TakeWarning]

Manchester United vs Porto
Villareal vs Arsenal

Liverpool vs Chelsea
Barca vs Bayern

Kinda boring draw tbh.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Hahaha scousers are going to lose.

[Happy]

Very boring tbh.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Semis will be pretty similar to last year.

Man Utd v Arsenal
Chelsea v Barcelona.

Final : Man Utd v Chelsea.

Winner : Chelsea.

[Happy]

I would like to see:

Man Utd vs Villareal
Chelsea vs Bayern

Bayern vs Man utd.

Winners Man U.

Only because all English cup ties are boring.

[poorquality]

Semis will be

United vs Arsenal
Chelsea vs Barcelona

Final:
Man United vs Barcelona

Winners Man United.

(I'd rather Liverpool vs Barca in semi but can't see them doing Chelsea over 2 legs)

[808]

United v. Arsenal
Liverpool v. Barcelona

Arsenal vs. Barcelona

Henry thinks he's playing for Arsenal and scores a couple of own goals. Arsenal win.

[gaslightanthem]

808 knows what he is talking about so you guys should probably take notice.

Arsenal 4 Champions League bitches ;)

[mph4ever]

this is as good a draw at this stage as possible

bayern/barca will be a huge game. liverpool/chelsea will be massive, end of the season for whoever loses since neither will win the premier league. arsenal/villareal will be top notch entertainment, two excellent footballing sides. manu/porto is interesting because we are at home first.

barca vs/liverpool/chelsea as a semi would be a fantastic spectacle

manu against arsenal as a semi would be out of this world. arsenal are going to start motoring a little now. they play chelsea in the fa cup, may face manu in the final of that, they play manu in the second last game of the season and then maybe in a cl semi. manu could have four games against arsenal that will shape their season. liverpool or chelsea may have no say in the outcome

[RandyfromPennywise]

Guus Hiddink will have a big say in the outcomes.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Be interesting to see how good Bayern actually are.

[poorquality]

Be interesting to see how good Bayern actually are.

I always said that Uniteds attack were better than Barca's defence, but our defence is better than Barca's attack. So we'd win by 1 or 2 goals. That was for the match last season.

Now it's Bayern's turn. I think their attack is better than Barca's defence, but I can't see their defence coping with Barca's attack, I'm going for a 6-3 Agg scoreline in favour of Barca.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Frank Rib is so fukn good, he really is.

[Pastorius]

may as well just give us the trophy now tbh

[Iai]

So they've drawn the two biggest challengers to English domination against each other?

FIX

[TakeWarning]

Meanwhile, looks like it could be a pretty interesting weekend EPL wise.

Saturday Previews
Fulham v Man Utd
Tottenham v Chelsea
Newcastle v Arsenal
Portsmouth v Everton
Blackburn v West Ham
West Brom v Bolton
Stoke v Middlesbrough

Sunday Previews
Liverpool v Aston Villa
Wigan v Hull
Man City v Sunderland

[Happy]

Lawro is such a wanker.
Why does he predict Spurs to lose every week.

[TakeWarning]

He's actually more unpopular than Arsenal on the Spurs forum I go on.