Euro 2008 (Official LOL Vidic Thread)

[Iai]

Lawro is such a wanker.
Why does he predict Spurs to lose every week.
Because he likes being right more than he likes being wrong?

[Pastorius]

Why would he predict Spurs to lose against Chelsea, it's madness!!!!!!11

[TakeWarning]

I think we could well get a draw against Chelsea.

It's not just this week, he picks us to lose every game. Unless we're playing Boro at home, in which case Spurs "just might scrape it".

[Pastorius]

Ha ha, I actually rate Spurs's squad, and they seem to be coming together a lot better as a team recently. Modric in particular has been living up to his original hype.

[poorquality]

The worst part about Lawro's prediction atleast this week is he opens up his statement by raving about Spurs' current form etc, and how much they've improved and are playing well, then says 2-0 loss at home to Chelsea.

[Happy]

Why would he predict Spurs to lose against Chelsea, it's madness!!!!!!11

Like I've said, we always seem to do well against the bigger clubs plus we've got a pretty good home record of late.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Most clubs are "bigger clubs" where Spurs are involved.

[Happy]

Nah not really, we like to pretend we're a club that could make the CL.


Next year for sure

[Dave de Sylvia]

Isn't that what Newcastle fans say?

[Happy]

Probably.

[Iai]

Scholes off
Rooney off
2-0 down
Chelsea also losing

Sup pasta?

[Happy]

Oh look at that.

Go Fulham.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Berbatov injured too, so possibly him, Scholes, Vidic and Rooney all out for the next match. Ugh.

I didn't see the match (dodgy box crapped out) but from the way the BBC commentary was going it was the second match in a row where it looked like we were certain to equalise and then got done on the break. LAME.

[808]

Fulham... Tottenham...

[Happy]

This must mean Newcastle are going to win.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Pfft, Newcastle win every week.

[poorquality]

RARGH!!


:(:mad::angry::upset:

[mph4ever]

Berbatov injured too, so possibly him, Scholes, Vidic and Rooney all out for the next match. Ugh.

I didn't see the match (dodgy box crapped out) but from the way the BBC commentary was going it was the second match in a row where it looked like we were certain to equalise and then got done on the break. LAME.

incredible game. rooney sent off for throwing the ball to where the free kick was to be taken. referee was the star, dishing it out all over the place. scholes handball looked instinctive, like he was expecting zamora to clatter him or something. sent off and a penalty, set the theme for the day. that ex scouse scum murphy scored the peno which just added insult to injury. international break coming at the right time

we did our best to let chelsea back into the chase and they mess up at spurs guus me arse

[Happy]

Go Spurs.

[Minus The Flair]

Ugh, it was about time United started making me nervous. Thank Jesus for Modric. Villa will pick up the win tomorrow against all odds.

[mph4ever]

Go Spurs.

too right. modric is the man

[Dave de Sylvia]

incredible game. rooney sent off for throwing the ball to where the free kick was to be taken. referee was the star, dishing it out all over the place. scholes handball looked instinctive, like he was expecting zamora to clatter him or something. sent off and a penalty, set the theme for the day. that ex scouse scum murphy scored the peno which just added insult to injury. international break coming at the right time

we did our best to let chelsea back into the chase and they mess up at spurs guus me arse
Do you reckon it'd be good or bad if the Berb missed the Ireland match?

[Happy]

too right. modric is the man

The whole team are playing like they should it seems.

[Pastorius]

aaaaaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[Dave de Sylvia]

Newcastle missed a penalty against Arsenal :o

[Pastorius]

hey mph

hey, how are you feeling

[mph4ever]

Do you reckon it'd be good or bad if the Berb missed the Ireland match?

the way hes playing it might be helpful if he was on the pitch but it looks like they have planned for him to miss it. he knows bulgaria have a very slim chance, he needs a break, as do the whole lot of them to assess what is happening. we need rafael or neville fit, john o'shea makes the whole defence shaky for me

The whole team are playing like they should it seems.

well they have the squad. we all said at ther start of the season that we expected spurs to push on, just got off to a bad start. nice for harry to put one over on chelsea

aaaaaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

big thing is whether liverpool can take any advantage. chelsea had a delayed kick off so they knew united were under pressure and couldn't take advantage.

[mph4ever]

hey mph

hey, how are you feeling

very confident. everyone has a purple patch. we are just having it now. no harm done yet. we'lll win the league, it might even work to our advantage to have crucial games at the end of the season, give us some extra motivation to it all through

[Happy]

The delayed start was due to a suspect vehicle wasn't it?

[2muchket!]

Was a must win game today.

Middlesbrough are down now, good and proper.

[Pastorius]

i mean how are you feeling about losing 2-0 to fulham

stop looking at the bigger picture all the time, loser

[Iai]

everyone has a purple patch. we are just having it now.
You appear to have completely misunderstood what a purple patch is.

[Pastorius]

yeah, a purple patch is where everything goes your way

[mph4ever]

i'm ****ing colour blind

and like i said, we are having a blip but its about time for fergie to get back in there and shake them up a little for the crucial times ahead.

there nothing to worry about presently. we have been through this so many times. the fulham result was disappointing. we have beaten them two out three this season. i'd prefer to win the fa cup tie than this one. we've enough of an advantage to carry us through the situation. hodgson is a very astute manager and scholes didn't help.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Just saw Scholes' handball- it was definitely deliberate. Or at least he put he hand up to block the ball in case it was headed over him.

[mph4ever]

scholes handball reflects his tackling, sometimes he just doesn't think about consequence

only his eight red card, for a player with such poor timing then thats not bad

[Pastorius]

How many yellows does he have? I'm betting 5000+

Any tackles he tries he fails

[Dave de Sylvia]

Tackling has never been Scholes' strong-point. Then again, he started life as a forward and has been creeping back ever since, probably as a result of his lack of pace, which in turn is the reason he gives away a lot of free kicks on the break.

[Pastorius]

United are such a bunch of babies.

[mph4ever]

How many yellows does he have? I'm betting 5000+

Any tackles he tries he fails


yeah, but it wasn't a tackle today

[Pastorius]

It was pretty stupid though, even though it looked like a reaction to protect his face. His pretty pretty face haaaaaaa

[Dave de Sylvia]

If I was him I wouldn't bother protecting my face. On a more serious note, he probably didn't plan to do it, but I don't think he was trying to protect his face. I know, I've done it myself, sometimes you just put your hands up without thinking. I was sent off at school once :(

You know, watching Guus Hiddink in interviews, I've realised how much I've missed Martin Jol. The Premiership just isn't the same place without something talking gibberish in a Dutch accent.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Pele has accused Robinho and Fat Ronaldo of taking drugs :o

Pele is currently appearing in court in relation to a case involving his son Edinho, who has confessed to being addicted to cocaine. According to the radio station Jovem Pan, Pele told the court, "It is unfair to talk about drugs in football because of just one or two cases, like Ronaldo and Robinho, who have that problem."

[sgrevs]

Lets hope Liverpool can capitalise tonight, Villa have been shaky lately but Liverpool always choke at times like this. Prob gonna be another 0-0 snorefest, but maybe not if Torres and Gerrard start.

[TakeWarning]

Spurs. Get in.

[Interstate]

I put my first ever bet on Arsenal winning 3-1 yesterday and won £140, well happy.

Hopefully Villa will slip up today, would like to see Liverpool edge closer to United.

[Iai]

Just watching MOTD now. Seriously, how good was Murphy's penalty? That was pretty much perfect. Also, how many times has Murphy now scored in victories over Man U? 4 times at least by my count.

[Interstate]

Just watching MOTD now. Seriously, how good was Murphy's penalty? That was pretty much perfect. Also, how many times has Murphy now scored in victories over Man U? 4 times at least by my count.

Did you record it, cos I just checked and it's not on BBC iplayer yet.

[talk show host]

The BBC haven't got the rights to put motd on iplayer I don't think.

[Iai]

http://www.footytube.com/

It's never on iPlayer as far as I know. Licensing and that.

Also, how exactly did Rooney get sent off and Ronaldo didn't? The tackle he got booked for was evil, if Murphy hadn't seen it coming his season might well have been over. And what about Steven Taylor? He was guilty of about four bookable offenses yesterday - he actually put Clichy in a headlock at one point.

[talk show host]

Ronaldo should've gone just for being a petulant little **** all day, let alone the tackle.

[Happy]

8 man Man Utd team would've been hilarious.

[Interstate]

http://www.footytube.com/

It's never on iPlayer as far as I know. Licensing and that.

Also, how exactly did Rooney get sent off and Ronaldo didn't? The tackle he got booked for was evil, if Murphy hadn't seen it coming his season might well have been over. And what about Steven Taylor? He was guilty of about four bookable offenses yesterday - he actually put Clichy in a headlock at one point.

It says not available on the programme list for Iplayer but it's still listed.

Nevermind, thanks for the link, I was listening to the Arsenal game on Bet365 and the commentators thought that Steven Taylor should have been sent off about 3 times.

[mph4ever]

liverpool look like they might make a champions league spot afterall

[Minus The Flair]

shh, Pasta's coming.

[mph4ever]

shh, Pasta's coming.

all over the tv screen presently

[Minus The Flair]

lol'd

[Pastorius]

How the hell do United fans still manage to sound patronising when we score 13 goals in 3 games?

[Minus The Flair]

Because it's Liverpool scoring 13 goals in 3 games.

[Pastorius]

Yeah?

4 of them against those United bastards.

[Minus The Flair]

Yes, we're bitter. No, you're not winning anything this year.

[Pastorius]

Don't get ahead of yourselves now boys, all you've got to do is draw and we're back in the game!

[mph4ever]

Don't get ahead of yourselves now boys, all you've got to do is draw and we're back in the game!

i'd say we are all very concerned about events of late but we have been through this before. granted liverpool have done well lately. the big question is whether or not they have the bottle to see it through. chelsea will beat them in the champs league. they could wobble at that stage. our manager and lots of our players know exactly what it takes and as a fan you have to have confidence in that. a point ahead and a game in hand, i'd take that way before having to chase.

[Pastorius]

What a strike by Riera.

You said you were gonna beat us, you'll understand if I don't take your opinion :p

[mph4ever]

hey, funny thing is that i want my team to win every week and can take a positive out of most circumstances. like we have just been crap over three games and we are still infront with a game in hand. nice to have that sort of cushion. enjoy it while you can, it won't last. its the liverpool way.

yeah, it was a brilliant strike from riera. sort of like keane's one for you lot recently. i guess riera will be sold soon too

[Pastorius]

Ah there's no doubt United still have the advantage, it's gonna be a fun end to the season though.

[mph4ever]

Ah there's no doubt United still have the advantage, it's gonna be a fun end to the season though.

this isn't fun, this is business

ferguson always admits that he sees twists and turns from march onwards

[Pastorius]

It's fun for us fans. No-one but United fans (aka scum) wanted to see United run away with the title.

[mph4ever]

yeah, including sky

[Pastorius]

don't get angry at sky because you lost to fulham

how funny was rooney throwing a paddy because giggs took the free kick like 10 yards away from where it was committed

[mph4ever]

everyone would love to see manu beat liverpool to the title. don't get me wrong, the players are dead cool, their style of football can be very entertaining. its just they are from liverpool

[Pastorius]

can't believe people hate liverpool more than the scum that are united

[TakeWarning]

Why not?

[Pastorius]

because united are the ones who attract all the glory boys, you know a liverpool fan is a fan with all the ****ing stick we get

lol

[gaslightanthem]

i'm an arsenal supporter

pretty sure that i talk for most of us when i say we'd like to see liverpool beat united to the title.

i mean whoever wins it this year it's pretty obvious that next year it's gonna be arsenals so

[Dave de Sylvia]

I'm pretty sure the vast majority of football fans would like to see both United and Liverpool get relegated every year. It's aight.

[gaslightanthem]

i love your posts

[RandyfromPennywise]

You know, watching Guus Hiddink in interviews, I've realised how much I've missed Martin Jol. The Premiership just isn't the same place without something talking gibberish in a Dutch accent.
Let's get Steve McLaren back!

[Happy]

That scoreline yesterday almost made me fall out of my chair.

[Dave de Sylvia]

yesss

England and Chelsea captain John Terry's mother and mother-in-law have been arrested by police for shoplifting, after being accused of stealing food and clothing worth £800 from Tesco and Marks and Spencer.

Sue Terry, 50, and Sue Poole, 54, were allegedly caught loading the goods into a car at the Brooklands shopping centre in Weybridge and were taken to Staines police station where they accepted a police caution - meaning they formally acknowledged their guilt but that no further action was taken against them.

The incident is hugely embarrassing for the footballer, who earns £135,000 a week and has bought detached homes for both his mother and mother-in-law in the same street in which he also lives in Oxshott, Surrey, with wife Toni and their two-year-old twins.

A Surrey police spokesman said: "Officers arrested two women aged 50 and 54, both from Oxshott, on suspicion of theft. This followed reports of shoplifting. The women were interviewed in custody and have been cautioned for the offences.

"Cautions are usually applied for more minor matters, when it is a first-time offence. A caution represents an admission of guilt and forms part of a criminal record."

[punkprince123]

I heard man, so so so funny.

Front page of the Sun, good one lads.

[mph4ever]

oxshott? man the english and their place names

but what a great name for a place to come from if you lost the champions league by a poxshott

[Dave de Sylvia]

Internationals start tomorrow:

Scotland vs Holland shouldn't be too hard to predict.

Wales should beat Finland easy enough at home.

Northern Ireland face a very tough match with Poland.

Ireland won't have any excuses for not beating a Bulgaria side decimated by injuries, but losing Duffer for Wednesday is a huge blow. Also the idea of Paul McShane playing right-back against the Italians fills me with a dread I cannot put into words.

[mph4ever]

strangely enough just paul mcshane playing does that for me

and losing duffer is a huge blow but if we get the right result tomorrow then we will be very focussed on getting something from the game on wednesday

[Interstate]

I fail to see why JT's mum decided to shoplift. I mean we all get a bit skint from time to time but if your son earns £135k a week, what harm is it to ask for a bit of cash every now and again?

[Happy]

Wouldn't everything be easier for Ledley King if he bought a new knee?

[Interstate]

Wouldn't everything be easier for Ledley King if he bought a new knee?

Most definitely. Poor guy can only play 1 game a week and is at risk of being thought of as lazy as he can't train as fully as his team mates in between matches. He's a quality player when he's match fit.

[punkprince123]

He could have JT's mum steal him a new knee

[Happy]

Good idea.

I mean there must be something he can do, if I were him, I'd rather go for major surgery, miss the season, then be able to play every game the next.

[talk show host]

There's nothing they can do with surgery, I thought. The bloke's got no cartilage left in his knee so he'll never play more than he is at the moment.

[Happy]

Yeah but surely there must be something? Like a new knee?

[Dave de Sylvia]

There's nothing they can do with surgery, I thought. The bloke's got no cartilage left in his knee so he'll never play more than he is at the moment.
Paul McGrath played every week for ten years with no cartilage in either knee. King is just being a baby.

[mph4ever]

spurs have to have a sick note, it wouldn't be the same at training if there wasn't

[Happy]

That's true, just like Anderton.

[mph4ever]

surprised saha never went there

[TakeWarning]

We're not as bad as Arsenal these days. Is Rosicky even still alive?

[mph4ever]

thats true but its not really an area you need to feel superior to them in

[Iai]

Good idea.

I mean there must be something he can do, if I were him, I'd rather go for major surgery, miss the season, then be able to play every game the next.
He tried that already.

[Happy]

He needs to stop being a woman then.

[Interstate]

We're not as bad as Arsenal these days. Is Rosicky even still alive?

I haven't heard anything about him in ages, I'm quite convinced he's either dead or we've sold him and not told anyone.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Everyone well up for the massive match on Wednesday? Going to be huge. Basically book our ticket to SAfrica if we win.

(Australia v Uzbekistan, derr.)

[homer5657]

Anyone follow a non-premiership football team?

I'll start the ball rolling.

Queens Park Rangers - they're based in LONDON, UK.

[mph4ever]

I haven't heard anything about him in ages, I'm quite convinced he's either dead or we've sold him and not told anyone.

read this earlier. 14 months out but hoping to be back soon.

http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/9386648/Rosicky-optimistic-over-comeback

Everyone well up for the massive match on Wednesday? Going to be huge. Basically book our ticket to SAfrica if we win.

(Australia v Uzbekistan, derr.)

of course. can't wait. i love beach volleyball

if you do qaulify then will you try and get there for the games?

[RandyfromPennywise]

of course. can't wait. i love beach volleyballWe're good at that, too.

if you do qaulify then will you try and get there for the games?
Yeah, it just all depends on my uni as I probably won't be able to leave Australia before the end of June, meaning I will probably only be able to get to SAfrica for the quarters and onwards. Australia should still be in the comp by then so not to worry, and all the Poms will have gone home too.

[mph4ever]

We're good at that, too.

nothing like a brazil australia game

Yeah, it just all depends on my uni as I probably won't be able to leave Australia before the end of June, meaning I will probably only be able to get to SAfrica for the quarters and onwards. Australia should still be in the comp by then so not to worry, and all the Poms will have gone home too.
i wouldn't bee too sure about them going home early. its a year and an english team with wlacott and joe cole as options is a lot different to the one thats out there today

rooney and gerrard could rule, with lampard backing them up, its there time. if only they had a striker

[Happy]

4-0 come on.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Excellent result for Northern Ireland today: even with the last-minute goal, they were by far the better team. Boruc had an absolute nightmare.

Wales looked really poor. I can't believe he brought Earnshaw on instead of Evans. No invention, though they do have some really promising youngsters.

[Iai]

I love how Wales have a 'golden generation' that might get them to a European Championships, maybe.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Wales' big chance was 2004. They had a play-off against a very average Russia team (that had hammered Ireland) and blew it.

edit: 1-0 Ireland :D

[mph4ever]

ireland 1-0 :(

[RandyfromPennywise]

nothing like a brazil australia game
I don't mind watching women's volleyball.

Uzbekistan smashed Qatar 4-0 tonight, makes Wednesday's game more interesting. (Australia v Uzbekistan in Sydney.) Match in Tashkent was a 0-1 victory to Australia. Get excited people, it's the biggest game of the fortnight.

[Happy]

Darren Bent has been called up LOL.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Bring back James Beattie. Every self-respecting English team needs a battering ram.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Darren Bent is a good player. Better than the entire Ireland squad, for instance.

[mph4ever]

truth

england that davies bloke from bolton, always loved him as a holder upper

[Wish]

Partially support Nottingham Forest, but only really because of a friend and his undying love for them.

I guess Ipswich Town has a little place in my heart though I'd never usually admit it.

[gaslightanthem]

being an arsenal supporter i have every right to dick all over championship team supporters. nah i'm kidding but if you support a championship team they suck.

[Dave de Sylvia]

You're probably best of taking this to the Official Man City LOL thread, where all the football fans congregate:

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=201801

Personally, I always look out for Reading's results, but I wouldn't call myself a fan.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Darren Bent is a good player. Better than the entire Ireland squad, for instance.

Meh you're not that bad. I can think of at least five Irish players who are better than Darren Bent. So that's something.

[TakeWarning]

Benty's been in good form lately. Very one-dimensional though, don't see what he brings to the team that isn't already there.

[mph4ever]

Meh you're not that bad. I can think of at least five Irish players who are better than Darren Bent. So that's something.


yeah but at least two of them don't get called up, andy reid and stephen ireland. also stephen reid is a huge loss to ireland. at the same time we look odds on for a play off and i am sure trapp has a few ideas on how to mix it up a little

[Iai]

Cheer up Stephen Reid
Oh what can it mean...

[Happy]

Stephen Ireland isn't in the Irish team?

What?

[mph4ever]

his two grandmothers died in the same week, hasn't got over it yet

[Dave de Sylvia]

Yeah, awful shame that grandmothers thing. Especially to his grandmothers.

[mph4ever]

yeah, they must have felt terrible bad choosing to die when their grandson was away on international duty. selfish if you ask me

[RandyfromPennywise]

So the lad lied two years ago, let him play for ****'s sake.

[Dave de Sylvia]

He doesn't want to play.

[mph4ever]

hes been an idiot but i do wish he'd change his mind because i am fed up listening to brady explaining "the manager this" and "the manager that"

andy reids situation is different and i do think that we need a game changer of which he is one of the few with an irish passport

mcshame should be shot, with a full metal jacket, and ensure that kilbane is standing directly behind him, a head shot would be nice, sort of injury where theres no coming back from

[mph4ever]

watched argentina last night, watching brazil tonight. doesn't get much better than this. brazil have never beaten equador at home, they haven't even scored against them at this ground in a world cup qualifier

[Happy]

Wow, that's crazy.
Why haven't Ecuador won 5 world cups?

[Dave de Sylvia]

Altitude.

[Pastorius]

Yeah isn't the Ecaudor stadium like 5,000 feet above sea level?

[Happy]

All games should be played at 30,000 feet.

[mph4ever]

3km or something like that

the ball certainly flies around

[Happy]

Play on the Moon.

Moon cup

[mph4ever]

derby's baseball ground used to look like the moon

[Pastorius]

aaah torres highlight videos on youtube

what a sight

[RandyfromPennywise]

August 12, Ireland v Australia, Limerick.

0-3.

[Dave de Sylvia]

It will probably be 1-1 because is going to be the score of every Ireland match for the next few years.

[TakeWarning]

August 12, Ireland v Australia, Limerick.

0-3.

What a great excuse to get out the Jameson. :chug:

[mph4ever]

they play football in limerick?

make sure the team come with body armour, they don't call it stab city for nothing you know

[TakeWarning]

Since 1937, yes.

Don't know where they'd play though, the ground where Limerick play only has a capacity of 3,000 or something. Maybe Thomond Park.

[mph4ever]

nice stadium

[Dave de Sylvia]

Yeah, it's at the new Thomond Park. Which just goes to show how dire the FAI's resources are that they have to rent yet another stadium from a competing organisation.

[Pastorius]

mate, don't call football soccer if you're looking for championship fans

[mph4ever]

delaney should go

[RandyfromPennywise]

Who do you reckon is gonna get the '18 & '22 WCs?? Australia a chance? Russia a chance? England a chance?

[Iai]

I'd be pretty surprised if England don't get 2018, but I also think they'll temper that by giving it to somebody completely contrasting in 2022 lest they be accused of racism. Russia or Japan, probably.

[Dave de Sylvia]

It's funny, if England got the World Cup it'd be great cos I'd be able to go, but I still don't want them bastards to get it.

[mph4ever]

yeah, i'd have said england would get it. but i would love to see australia get it but can't see them so close to south africa

russia would be a no go, there'd be murder

[Iai]

If murder figuring into their thinking then they wouldn't hold 2014 in Brazil tbh.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Or 2010 in Africa, to be honest....

[TakeWarning]

yeah, i'd have said england would get it. but i would love to see australia get it but can't see them so close to south africa

russia would be a no go, there'd be murder

You'd think so, but there'd be police absolutely everywhere. Unlike in Italy, where the police couldn't care less.

[Happy]

yeah, i'd have said england would get it. but i would love to see australia get it but can't see them so close to south africa

russia would be a no go, there'd be murder


Its not that bad in Russia, SA is much worse.

[Kickflip_Burrito]

I've always had an affinity for Lincoln Town. Although they're not in the Championship.

I used to like Wolves but everytime they come to the Premiership, they stink it out with crappy football.

I guess I'd have to say Ipswich would be my preferred team in the Championship.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Yeah I'd imagine that's the case. I've been to Russia, didn't feel unsafe once. Walking around Moscow at midnight, didn't get hassled or even looked at twice. Sure, it's more dangerous than Australia or the UK, but it doesn't appear to be that dangerous on face value. Street crime would probably be on the same level as the USA. I felt pretty safe in both of those countries. It's more the underground problems that plague Russian society.. I doubt tourists would see much/any of this.

[Dave de Sylvia]

When my Dad and brother were in Moscow in '02 their hotel got raided by hooligans a couple of times. Moscow might be relatively safe at normal times, but they have their share of football thugs.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Oh no doubt about that, Eastern Europe in general has crazy hooligans, way worse than the UK. What was happening in '02 in Russia that was football-related for your family?

These type of clips are numerous, I picked this one out because I hadn't seen it before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpoKcEFVsXc&feature=related

[Pastorius]

So Shearer is at Newcastle again...

[mph4ever]

i hate alan shearer

[Pastorius]

he hates you

[mph4ever]

he hates anyone from manu since he knows deep down inside he should never have gone to newcastle and be a local hero as opposed to manu where he might have actually won something

and keane should have connected that day at st. james. would have loved to see shearer hit the ground, wanker that he is

[Happy]

I had a dream I was watching tonight's game.

England won 3-2.

If it turns out right I am definitely down the bookies next time.

[RandyfromPennywise]

WE'RE ALL GOING TO SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH AFRICA!

****ing hell yes we are the **** we are going to South Africa, first team through apart from the hosts OH YEAH!

[TakeWarning]

Wha?

I was under the impression that we weren't through just yet?

[Happy]

Congrats anyway.

England are practically through anyway.

[Dave de Sylvia]

I had a dream I was watching tonight's game.

England won 3-2.

If it turns out right I am definitely down the bookies next time.
Surely this scoreline would require Shevchenko to score, which never happens.

[Dave de Sylvia]

hahaha Italy down to 10 men after 2 minutes

John O'Shea has a big hole in his face

[mph4ever]

there will be blood

[Dave de Sylvia]

lol 1-0 italy

[mph4ever]

wtfdye

[Dave de Sylvia]

Question: Keane is dropping back in dictating everything from midfield, like he likes to do for Spurs. Why, then, is he never allowed near midfield in a normal situation?

[mph4ever]

trapp said at the outset that he sees keane as the irish totti which would have play in the hole, then we lost stephen reid and we went with the attituate of 9 defenders and 2 attackers

[Pastorius]

crunchy nut crouch does it again

[mph4ever]

mcshame should be put down

[mph4ever]

way to go northern ireland

[Dave de Sylvia]

He's been better since slotting in the centre. We really need Finnan back and Foley to be playing in the Premiership though.

edit: and the Czechs are losing, which is also good news for NI

[mph4ever]

yeah, yeah, yeah

[Pastorius]

lol @ england . com

edit: ah jaysus, not terry

[Dave de Sylvia]

your mate scored, mph

england winning again

[mph4ever]

i really hated him when he was with scouse scum, sort of warming to the little mouth, tepid i'd say

[Happy]

My prediction wasn't too far off, and Shevchenko did score!

Not enough English people in this thread though.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Bolivia just beat Argentina 6-1. Who had that in the pools?

[Happy]

I should have put £1 on that!

[mph4ever]

dream on

[RandyfromPennywise]

Wha?

I was under the impression that we weren't through just yet?

It's practically impossible that we won't qualify from here: Bahrain would have to beat Australia away and Uzbekistan at home; Australia would have to lose to Bahrain and Japan at home and Qatar away; and even if all of this happens, we would still qualify on goal difference unless Bahrain can improve theirs by 10 goals over two matches - one of which is against us, and we haven't conceded once in this stage.

= We are through!

[sgrevs]

Yeah we are through. It's good but I certainly expected us to go through with ease.

More like Bolivia 6-1 Argentina wtf?

[Dave de Sylvia]

lol sven sacked

[RandyfromPennywise]

Everyone all set for the run-in on Fantasy now? Looking pretty tight for second, but who's gonna take the step up and challenge the juggernaught that is Scolari's XI???

Got a feeling Essien will score v Toon, I dreamt about it.

[Pastorius]

Extra Torrestrial are looking like a certain mid table finish unfortunately. Could climb a little bit.

[poorquality]

I was doing so well but CHAMP10NS looks like they're destined for 4th, though after a couple changes over the last few weeks, hopefully will make a push for 2nd.

[mph4ever]

what exactly did the rangers cunts do?

[Iai]

They got to their hotel after a game, stayed up drinking all night, and didn't report for training. Then, when dropped, they spent most of the game making V-signs at the manager behind his back.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Wow, I knew they'd been suspended by Rangers, but I didn't know the Scottish FA had banned them from every playing for the national team again. Seems a little harsh, but you probably don't want people that monumentally stupid in the team anyway.

Also, when you see the title "Stupid football players: Phil Neville" on Youtube, you really have to click it, don't you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWAAUIWCmsc&feature=related

[mph4ever]

but they are football players. why does anyone think they are any different to whats in the stands?

[TakeWarning]

You would expect them to at least try and act with some degree of professionalism.

[Pastorius]

but they are football players. why does anyone think they are any different to whats in the stands?

$$$

[mph4ever]

$$$

like i know gerrard and half the chelsea squad tend to go around buying their way out of trouble, can't expect that from an honest fan, all their money is gone on the season ticket

[Pastorius]

do you have any idea how many young girls paul scholes has to pay hush money to?

it's thousands

[mph4ever]

do you have any idea how many young girls paul scholes has to pay hush money to?

it's thousands

maybe, but he doesn't knock **** out of them and then buy his way out of it

and anyway, scholes is a good looking bloke, girls are bound to fall for him

[Pastorius]

everyone ends up falling when scholes is around, with his tackling

[mph4ever]

he can be a little late from time to time

[Iai]

i heard girls like men being late with their tackles though

[mph4ever]

is it really bad of me to wish that newcastle get relegated because shearer the wank stain is in charge

like geordies are loud mouths and thick but i always found them nice and they always support their team and kevin keegan is a toe rag but i have never felt this bad about them

[TakeWarning]

I want Blackburn to get relegated. Dirty cheating bastards.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Who do you rate more highly: Fabregas or Essien?

[Pastorius]

top of the league, top of the league

[Happy]

Until tomorrow.

[mph4ever]

Who do you rate more highly: Fabregas or Essien?

essien

[TakeWarning]

Essien. Fabregas has a lot to offer, but Essien is one of the most complete players in football today.

[Pastorius]

god jesus christ i hate united

5 minutes who did they pay for that

[sgrevs]

****

Who the **** is Macheda

[Minus The Flair]

My new best friend. Even if he does look 7 years older than me despite being 2 years younger. Beautiful goal though, reminded me very much of Henry.

[Dave de Sylvia]

A legend is bornnnn

[RandyfromPennywise]

I reckon there's something strange about boys who have completed puberty by age 15. It's not right. Unless you're Fijian or Samoan. They finish it at 9.

[mph4ever]

probably have hormones pumped into them since they were first spotted by a scout

[poorquality]

god jesus christ i hate united

5 minutes who did they pay for that

4 subs = 2 mins
Gabbys injury after scoring = 2 mins
Time wasting with throw ins (which the ref indicated he was keeping an eye on to the villa player taking it) 1 min I guess.


Doesn't matter, scored in 93rd minute. Brilliant debut from Macheda, looked as if the occasion didn't bother him in the slighest, tried to get stuck in to defenders, wanted the ball, and had the audacity to try what he did to secure us the points. Might have finally produced a striker from the Academy (yeah we signed him to the academy from Lazio I think in 2007).

[Dave de Sylvia]

Even if he hadn't scored, his all-round performance was really good. Showed up Nani in any case.

Brian Kerr appointed new Faroe Island coach. lol obviously, but I reckon he could do a good job. He was a brilliant underage coach.

[TakeWarning]

That was liquid football for sure. Man U have some real prospects coming through.

[Dave de Sylvia]

That Gary Neville kid's gonna be a star some day.

[mph4ever]

hopefully the last 15 minutes yesterday means the blip is over and we can get back down to business

[E sharp]

That **** was actually, top grade, high-class


Bananas.

[TakeWarning]

That Gary Neville kid's gonna be a star some day.

You can tell by the moustache.

But seriously, Man U could really do with a first-choice right back in the transfer window.

[mph4ever]

wes is up to the job, just injured. and rafael is coming up close behind, just injured, hargreaves always plays well in that position too, just injured

[Pastorius]

wes clown

[Iai]

Rafael will so obviously be the first choice right back next season it's not even funny.

[TakeWarning]

Rafael's pretty good but still very young and inexperienced.

I think Wes Brown will still be first-choice for a few seasons.

[sgrevs]

Arsenal v Villareal is gonna be sooo good.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Having seen them play United 4 times, I've reached the conclusion that there are no exciting games involving Villarreal.

[Minus The Flair]

But there are exciting goals.

United result was fair, maybe even a bit lucky, Porto played amazingly well. That Hulk looks an interesting player, I was immediately dreading the match-long Tyledsly puns as soon as I heard his name though.

[Dave de Sylvia]

There's not really a maybe about it. Porto were the better side and deserved to win, and would have if their defenders weren't so incredibly awful.

[mph4ever]

well, that was interesting. thankfully we have improved since the liverpool game otherwise these lads would have beaten us 20 nil

can't wait for tomorrow's games. they are so much more interesting that tonights. sort of on a par with the upcoming manu arsenal semi

[sgrevs]

Senna's goal was an absolute beauty, and so was Adebayor's. Game didn't live up to my expectations but the first half of Manpoo v Porto was great.

[mph4ever]

you've gotta love that result, scousers sickened

[RandyfromPennywise]

Ah. Ha. Ha. Ha ha ha hahahaha hahaHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA

[mph4ever]

post of the century so far

[808]

Where's Pastorius hiding?

Arsenal v Porto
Barcelona v Chelsea

Arsenal v Barcelona

Arsenal become champions of Europe.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Barca v Man U in the final I reckon at this stage.

Barca are fuking unreal, just quietly. Anyone watch it? I have rarely seen possession dominated so completely at this level.

[Dave de Sylvia]

You have to ask the question about whether Bayern constitute "this level" on the basis of that display.

[RandyfromPennywise]

Barcelona can make good teams look like amateurs, I think that's the point.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Maybe, but Barca have conceded goals against poor teams in this competition and I don't remember Bayern creating an opportunity all night.

[Pastorius]

*hangs head in shame*

Zonal marking.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Zonal marking works! It's just unfortunate that players who operate under zonal marking tend to make an unusually high number of "mistakes"!

[Minus The Flair]

Thread title needs changing back. Only saw the highlights on footytube but the result seemed a bit unfair on Liverpool, looked like they created a lot of decent chances. Probably more than Chelsea. Gotta be putting them away at this level though. For anyone who saw it, was it an even match?

[Pastorius]

It works most of the time, it's just when a team figures your players out and spies the weaknesses, they'll do it again and again.

[Dave de Sylvia]

That's what's called "not working" :p

[808]

Barcelona can make good teams look like amateurs, I think that's the point.

Amateurs make Bayern look like amateurs.

I don't know why everyone is confident that United are going to be in the final. They might not even get past Porto so calm the **** down!

[sgrevs]

Thread title needs changing back. Only saw the highlights on footytube but the result seemed a bit unfair on Liverpool, looked like they created a lot of decent chances. Probably more than Chelsea. Gotta be putting them away at this level though. For anyone who saw it, was it an even match?


Liverpool had far more possession, Chelsea created more chances. Liverpool dominated first 20 mins or so but after that played like **** and Chelsea (Essien in particular) just ripped us apart :(

[808]

I read that Essien kept Gerrard from doing anything all match.