Anyone watch football/soccer?

[Nutcase:259]

i remember seeing (being forced :rolleyes:) a match on tv. it was snowing and there was this awfull, awful noise. just constantly. unless everyone in Russia just chants in monotone?

a heads up for 4years time anyway :P :D

[OBH]

Good to see that for the excellent job Chris Hughton has done at Newcastle that Mike Ashley has given him the sack....

[DJ Techno]

for u arsenal n chelsea fans
I want to do a little wagering...
up coming 13/19

[yeldar2097]

MANCHESTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH :hyper

....United :P

Well done lads :+

[OBH]

Wasnt the best game yesterday. Dont think ive ever seen man utd defend a 1-0 lead like they did yesterday.
Cant blame them though, once they sat back Arsenal looked toothless in their attack.

So glad Park Ji Sung scored. He is my hero. :) And you know hes good when sir alex says hes one of his favourite players hes ever worked with. (wonder if they fact he brings the support of asia to his club has anything to do with it though? :g)

If anyone saw the Spurs vs Chelsea game, now that was entertainment. Cant believe we didnt win that one. Yet in the same breath we came so close to losing it after Gomes gave away a penalty in the 92nd minute.

[MegaGeeza22]

I see Heskey is back on form, id pick Heskey over Defoe anyday...
Wolves won!! my predictions are-
United
Arsenal
Chelsea
Man City... Wolves will be 6th just under spurs! liverpuul:turd

[OBH]

I could understand why youd pick Heskey over defoe. But every single time? :) I mean I like heskey, but hes not a striker you pick if you want to score goals :g

[MegaGeeza22]

Lol.. are you kidding me? i thought i was the only person who liked heskey! i always use him on fifa and own people! they hate him... my mates rinse me for liking him.
Defoe is a make up man, he always looks up at the bigscreen so he can look at himself (Ponce) yes he scores but Heskey is the man! if you count his assists as goals he would be the business! his name says it all - Hes key.... and he was our best player in the world cup by far!
He has 5 sons lol so i still have hope for a Heskey statue outside Wembley, The Home of World football...:g
osama bin haydn- "I mean I like heskey, but hes not a striker you pick if you want to score goals:g"
Very good:clap

[OBH]

I'm going to be partial towards Defoe being a Spurs man myself, but like I said i do like heskey.

Secretly I'm hoping we try and snap him up for a cheap sum from Villa. If 'Van Der Man' can work off Crouch's predominantly accidental knock downs, I can only imagine how many he'd score with Heskey in the team.

If only Heskey was as aggressive in the past as he can be now. Then maybe the whole nation wouldnt have hated him for 2 decades........ myself included.

[OBH]

AC Milan VS Tottenham Hotspur :)

Get in. Their an aging team, and we beat Inter who are far better. Am I worried? Not one bit.

[yeldar2097]

I was about to say, it's not as bad as people say it is. I reckon Spurs have got this one.

[DreamyElf]

AC Milan VS Tottenham Hotspur :)

Get in. Their an aging team, and we beat Inter who are far better. Am I worried? Not one bit.
Inter are far better?
Maybe last year, i guess you haven't seen my team play this year (except Real Madrid matches).
Don't worry though, ACM doesn't speak on papers, they speak on the pitch and with their history, you'll witness that on february.

Your team may fight brave but in the end they will lose.

Also aging team? lol
Go check the average age of the AC Milan squad that won the 03, 07 and reached the 05 final.

[UB3R~JKP]

End for spurs I forsee.

C'mon Copenhagan dump the this russian/english team Chelski!

[OBH]

I think you guys who think it'll be the end of Tottenham are underestimating us :) (Except Gareth, he knows the score :beer)

Of course I shouldn't do the same, it is the mighty AC Milan at the end of the day. I just cant see Milan knowing what to do about Bale and Lennon. Plus strangely going back to the San Siro is the best thing that could happen to us!! We froze in the first 20mins of the game against Inter. Being in a huge stadium in Europe really got to us. Going back to the exact same stadium however, especially after we nearly made an awesome comeback is absolutely ideal for us.

One thing I think we can all agree on though ---- Arsenal are fooked :)

[DreamyElf]

No mate i DON'T understimate the Spurs, i know they are on top form this season!
I know Bale is an excellent player, in fact ACM is scouting him for the last 2 years, i'd love to have him in my team...
My reply was just to try and show some more respect to ACM, nothing to seperate mate. :)

I agree on Arsenal, tough luck for them but in football you'll never know for sure what will happen, that's why we love this game... :)

[OBH]

I have the utmost respect for Milan :) I just don't think they are the team now that they were. Man for man i dont think you'd have many players faster than ours. Though I'd always be worried if Pato is on the pitch. He's quick and a great player on his day.

As for scouting Bale; you and half the world I think my friend :) Luckily he's down to earth and signed to us for another 6 years, so someone would have to pay an awful lot of money to get him :beer

[KGB]

I see Rafa Benitez has been sacked from Inter Milan, I kind of wish he was back at Liverpool. How fickle am I :g

[OBH]

Cant BELIEVE how many Liverpool fans are saying that. As if everyone don't enough ammunition from recent years to take the piss out of you about :g

Granted he was decent in European competitions, but have you already forgotten his totally inept tactical decision making? I mean the number of times he played players totally out of position, and left his best players on the bench despite them being fit was ridiculous. Plus I swear every other player that left Liverpool during his reign had nothing but bad things to say about him as a person.

All this and I haven't even got to how Sir Alex made him look ridiculous every time Rafa tried to play mind games :)

Move on mate, move on. I mean c'mon the man's just been sacked after epicly failing at Inter.

[MegaGeeza22]

Boxing day football!
The perfect xmas day hangover cure!
Iv been kicked out the girlfriends house lol as her parents are there for the day! so im at home watching the football with a crate of lager! Come on you Wolves!!!
Liverpool fans are desperate if they want that geeza back, why?
Liverpool fans are now like wolves fans, they WERE a top team.... once.

[KGB]

I was joking...I think.

[OBH]

2-1 spurs despite being down to 10 men. Lovely 2nd goal too. Van The Man grabs another 2 goals. He is on it. Turning into our own little Gerrard.... except we dont rely on him to win :beer

In other news, its nice to Chelsea really struggling :) what happened to their incredible start!!??

[MegaGeeza22]

Chelsea should of never sacked that bald geeza! he was there tactical Genius and the reason they are now slacking!
Bloody wolves... 2 seasons ago we won the league and won almost every game! but now we lose every game! hang over cure my ***.
Its nice to see spurs doing well! there my dads team so i always keep an eye on them!

[OBH]

wolves have scored some pretty sick goals at times since they've been back :)

[MegaGeeza22]

We are the Wolves......8)
Liverpuul 0 - 1 Wolves, maybe i spoke too soon!
If wolves get relegated we will take liverpool with us:twisted
I cant wait to play chelsea! A new year, a new Fear.... WOLVES:g

[OBH]

Great win for you boys :) Liverpool were shocking, but they still needed beating.

Was also nice to see Man U draw, Arsenal draw, and Bale score an absolute screamer :beer

[KGB]

We are the Wolves......8)
Liverpuul 0 - 1 Wolves, maybe i spoke too soon!
If wolves get relegated we will take liverpool with us:twisted
I cant wait to play chelsea! A new year, a new Fear.... WOLVES:g

...and I just became your friend as well :D

Liverpool were awful last night, they were so bad I switched it off after 10 minutes. Hodgson is a bit out of his league with Liverpool and the players look very uninterested. All the signs of a new manager coming soon. I really like the man for his honesty and integrity but he won't last long when the fans are booing him game after game.

[erich123]

My heart is bleeding. Whats going on with my Liverpool??. Been a supporter as long as l can remember. They really suck big time,watched the game yesterday with big pitty. And when the wolves scored l turn of the telly and went to bed. :blarg

[KGB]

It took Man U about 25 years to get back to where they thought they should be, in-between that time they were living on past glorys. The same thing has happened to Liverpool, never thought I would see 20 years without them winning the league and they now look as far away from winning it than ever :frown:. I guess I was just spoiled when I first started supporting them back in the 70s.

[blackwiggle]

I'm glad Wolves actually won a game for a change, and an away one at that.
So many times this year they have lost when they should have won, having so many injured players hasn't helped.

[MegaGeeza22]

lol, i dont hate liverpool!! i just hate the people... (joke)
Haha, iv just always wanted to see a top team go down! i would prefer to see united go down and see fergie choke on his gum but thats never going to happen!
Im not getting my hopes up with wolves yet, we are still 2nd from bottom!
birmingham, villa, west brom to go down:g

[mdhay]

Hah, One nil. ;)

[UB3R~JKP]

Old firm game on Sunday, I'm ready!

[stin]

Guys, did you watch Only An Excuse last night?, right on the belt and extremely funny!:clap

Yeah, I will watching it on Sky Sports channel with my dad.

stevie:)

[UB3R~JKP]

2-0 so far


sammibhoy!

[stin]

This game was pish!!!

stevie:frown:

[infoxicated]

By the time I got to the pub the Old Firm game was pretty much done and dusted, but it was a dire affair from what I heard on the radio and saw at the end.

I know it's rare that Old Firm games are classics, but switching to the exciting 3-3 Chelsea v Aston Villa game only served to highlight how dire the SPL games are in general these days.

Living in England for 8 years like I did from 2000-2008, I got a bit sick of the English media trumping up the Premiership and the dismissive attitude toward the SPL, but now I've been back a couple of years I can't really argue.

The SPL is where mediocre players think they're something special and where once great players come to top up the pension fund. // nods at previously fast Freddie Ljungberg

[OBH]

Gotta love that Blackburn Rovers are trying to buy Ronaldinho !!!! :beer

[MegaGeeza22]

Blackburn? i heard it was blackpool lol, its nice to see west brom getting hammered by fulham! Chelsea vs Wolves tomorrow! i cant wait... come on wolves! lets bring it to them!
You are right... it is blackburn! blackpool lol
YES!!!!!!! Wolves 1 Chelsea 0, i see liverpool have lost again... surely they will sack roy now! and Heskey got sent off! a good night of football!!

[OBH]

Fair play Wolves :) Shame Spurs lost to Everton.... and even more of a shame that my bro is an evertone fan! Still, I'd have never guessed in a million years that i'll get to see David Beckham play at White Heart Lane!!! :P

On a more random note, has anyone ever heard of Paulo Henrique Ganso (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7qf0TGo45U)???? I sure hadn't. Just been reading about him on the net. A tall, young, left footed striker who's become Brazil's first choice no.10 after only a single game. Being budded 'The Brazilian Zidane'. This kid looks like he's got skills. :)

[KGB]

i might put a sneaky bet of roy hodgson becoming the next liverpool manager :)




I hope not, he's been around the block a few too many times and never been any good to stay anywhere decent.




I think roy hodgsons a great manager.


Roy was at Blackburn for a while but nothing to do with the King Kenny era. They sacked him after he proved to be ****! :lol


He's sacked, I win ;)

I might put a sneaky bet on Harry Redknapp becoming the next Liverpool manager :)

[OBH]

Nah, though your right; that is a sneaky one lol. In all fairness it wouldn't be so bad for us now - Chris Hughton was at Spurs for years before going to Newcastle, and showed he's a great manager. I'd take the cash for Harrys contract then snap him up personally :) A year ago I'd have been doing a little poo poo in my pants, but now I'm not quite as fussed :beer

You know Hodgson will succeed at whatever team he goes to. Sods law mate :)

[KGB]

Let's see how this new chap gets on today, what's his name, Dalglish? :P

[Hellfire_WZ]

And the scores come up for Berbatov: 6.3 - 5.7 - 4.9 - 5.8

Pretty average dive, needs to do better.

[KGB]

The first half couldn't of gone much worse, might still manage to get a draw out of it (wishful thinking).

[mdhay]

Gotta love that Blackburn Rovers are trying to buy Ronaldinho !!!! :beer

Yeah, if he doesn't like Samosas, he's not going to last long. :P

[erich123]

Well done Howard Webb, you can burn in hell:turd
Along with Berbadive

[KGB]

Liverpool didn't too badly considering. It could of been a lot worse.

It's very strange to see Dalglish back after all these years, has it all been a dream. I started supporting Liverpool the year after he joined I think. I can't help thinking it's a bit like when Newcastle got Keegan back for the second time to appease the fans. I hope he sorts it all out though, we need to get in to winning ways again.

[erich123]

l agree kgb we played very well. So let's hope we get that extra boost with king kenny:P
Just shame that we lose the way we did.Never a penelty:turd

[KGB]

Just read that Andy Gray has been sacked from Sky Sports! Nearly as bad as when Jimmy Hill left MOTD ;). I have heard from someone that works for Sky that he is a right tosser mind but this seems a bit over the top for a slightly sexist remark. It won't be the same without him even if he is by all accounts a sex-pest :g.

Edit: On a brighter note, Ryan Bable has left Liverpool for pastures new :D.

[MegaGeeza22]

I think its wrong that women are joining in on the mens football... you have your own leagues!! soon there will be women refs and all we will hear is "the ref is biased... she fancies becks"!! im not sexist, i love watching womens football8) but i dont want them on a pitch with 22 male millionaire's...
i dread the day when a woman with "issues" sends of or rewards free kicks for nothing! and if someone shouts "the referee is blind" all we will get is "is it coz i iz female" and someone will lose there job and be branded a sex pest? wtf

[Nutcase:259]

Whats the difference between sexism and racism? and wouldn't i be right in assuming that there are male refs in female games? I doubt that any kind of 'issues' would affect a professional judgement. i mean women do tonnes of majorly more important jobs, i cant see them cocking up heart surgery and blaming it on PMT. :lol

And anyway Andy Gray's a right twunt who shouldn't be seen or heard. so this a good thing.

TAKE A BOOWW SON! TAKE A BOOOWW lol

[MegaGeeza22]

Im not saying women cant do the job because men and women are both equal! apart from the obvious! margaret thatcher had the top job and she was ace! she would own any mp or politician today! i just dont want to see women taking charge of a mans game, its just to complicated and troublesome.
Andy gray is a brilliant commentator, if his words are sickening to people as sexist remarks, watch Loose Women or programmes like these... its just a bunch of women slagging men off!! thats sexist but you cant be sexist to a man...
by the way, i dont watch loose women:paperbag

[KGB]

by the way, i dont watch loose women:paperbag

I do sometimes :paperbag and I agree, one of the presenters even said the same thing.

Richard Keys has resigned with the suggestion that there are "dark forces at work". Jamie Rednapp must be a favourite for Andy Gray's job.

[MegaGeeza22]

Lol, most of the woman i no think its all just been blown out of proportion.. because they hear these remarks everyday! "i got beaten by a woman" and all those sort of remarks and women use "man flu" and other things...
If a man shouted "hey sexy" they could go to court for sexual harassment if the woman wanted to get some easy money...
If a woman shouted "hey sexy" and a man tried to take the woman to court they would get laughed at and told "you should be happy"
sexism is a 1 way street and we dont need it on the football field...

[KGB]

Torres, what are you doing :(? Can we have Anelka back then please.

[OBH]

Anelka "back"?? :?

Anyone watching Spurs vs Fulham??? Can't believe I'm saying this but its going worse than the first 12 minutes against Inter - Dawson sent off, and 4-0 down at half time. Plus they missed 2 glorious chances.

Never seen such shambolic defending in all my life.

[KGB]

Yeah Anelka back. He did ok when he was at Anfield and we need someone who can hold the ball up at a bit better.

[Jav]

Yeah Anelka's has been good for Chelsea in recent times tbf.

[OBH]

No player has ever had more money spend on him than Anelka. Over 120million all together i think.

Didnt remember he went oon loan to liverpool t all. Had to wiki it :)

Got to love transfer day. Tottenham are being reported to have made a british transfer record bid of 38.5million for Sergio Aguero. Yeah right :)

[KGB]

Harry said he knew nothing about that one.

News coming through at the moment that Torres has gone and Andy Carroll and Charlie Adam are on their way to Liverpool. It may turn out for the good after all.

[OBH]

Torres £50m, Carrol £35m = Joke.
Looks like Forlan could be heading to Spurs...

[KGB]

That's funny about Forlan because there was a rumour that Liverpool were after him as well. Great player after he left Man U.

[OBH]

We almost got Forlan, and apparently were going to get Charlie Adam but we were a few signatures short before the deadline day.

So near. So far. So Tottenham.

[MegaGeeza22]

lol, Liverpool sold there best striker and have bought an over rated englishman.. if you play for england your value goes up by 30million? a year ago carrol was worth 250k max?
all i hear liverpool fans say is "we won 5 european cups, were the best" maybe in the 70s but your time is up. Wolves were the 2nd english team to play in europe and we beat Real madrid, Barcelona in the tournaments... wolves even played a full season in the usa.
Yes this was 40+ years ago but now its liverpools turn, your just has beens! live with it.
Theres nothing worse than hearing scousers whining :mad:

[KGB]

Easy there, don't think any Liverpool supporter here has said any of those things. Calling a team has-beens that have been to 3 semi-finals of the Champions league in the last 6 years seems a bit silly.

[MegaGeeza22]

Lol, i cant hear the scouse on wz but i listen to Talksport radio alot and its full of crybaby liverpool fans...
I dont think its silly, there slowly going down the table. 5 years no trophy, all the good players have left, i wonder why? coming 4th or 5th is nothing to be proud about especially now when liverpool will not even qualify.
Remember the good old days... :g

[KGB]

Well ring Talk Sport and complain about them there then :+.

I remember The Good Old Days, crap songs, terrible programme.

[MegaGeeza22]

Oh im sorry... i thought this was a football thread?
I can say and do as i please as long as i dont break the forum rules.
Liverpool are history:g

[KGB]

Yeah it is a football thread, but one where there isn't a lot of stupid bickering and posturing about how great our own teams are and how **** all the others are. It's only a game, you win :).

[MegaGeeza22]

lol, i was trying to get under your skin... i do have a hatred for liverpool fans.
i think you need the win (3points) more than me lol.
you cant beat a good football rant/argument.
liverpool are still above wolves :frown: maybe liverpuul will prove me wrong..

[UB3R~JKP]

If we are talking bout best british acheivments lets see.....FIRST BRITISH TEAM WITH ALL COUNTRYMENJ TO WIN A EUROPEAN CUP......glasgow celtic! :)

[OBH]

Bet they werent as good a team then as when they had Larsson in the team though :)

L.E.G.E.N.D

[UB3R~JKP]

King Henrik! What a player! all time legend OBH!

[OBH]

In his prime was one of the best strikers ever in my opinion :) Glorious first touch. Wish he'd stayed in England for a while longer too.

[KGB]

"yeah I know"

[MegaGeeza22]

Have you heard the news about liverpools stadium? apparently it has a major fault... all the seats face the wrong way...
Good game for Liverpool anyway! who needs torres? and of course Wolves beat united but we still sit at the bottom of the league:frown:

[UB3R~JKP]

We embarrassed Rankers in their own stadium, absolutely hammering them even with:
-Goalie sent off
-10 men
-Penalty conceded
-Going behind after 2 mins
-Having that scum Diouf on the park was sickening but hey it was hilarious when he went for the ball at the away end and everyone putting up umbrellas....:mr-t













Ended 2-2 all though but for the 1st time in ages I can safely say Celtic are a good team :D Commons is an amazing player!

Made even better when my english team Wolves won!

[MegaGeeza22]

ENGLAND!!! good win for England! especially if your an Aston Villa fan! Darren Bent and Ashley Young the scorers! if Heskey didn't retire he would of scored a hattrick... here are a few of the better results
Denmark 1 - 2 England
Argentina 2 - 1 Portugal
France 1 - 0 Brazil
Scotland 3 - 0 Northern Ireland:D

[OBH]

****ING HAVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! COME ON YOU SPURS!!!! :beer:beer:beer:beer

All Spurs first half, Milan's football was hilariously slow. Definitely sorted themselves out in the second half, but the better team on the night won for sure.

Looking forward to the second leg, was a feisty affair! No one will be taking any prisoners in the next game! Gattuso though needs to sort his life out and calm down.

[DJ Techno]

Clapping

For the Germans win n the goal that was made for there teams historic records.


But that's all.

A clap

FC S 1 - Vile 1

[KGB]

Nice to see Arsenal do a hit and run on Barcelona, they will be wanting Wilshere after that, not Fabregas.

[OBH]

Fair play Arsenal.
Bad start but really pulled together. 2nd goal was immense.

[MegaGeeza22]

][_, ([]) ][_,
Chelsea, this year you leave with nothing... I bet Torres is living the dream :lol

[UB3R~JKP]

Celtic were absolutely, positively, incredbile against a Rangers side who where HUMBLED 3-0 in a match that was waaaay too easy for the bhoys! The Thunder Is Back

[infoxicated]

Heck, you're easily blown away - Celtic were very good, but Rangers were bloody awful.

Samaras skins Davie Weir a few times and Hoops fans are comparing him to Messi! That's hilarious! :D

Still, at least he has Champions League football to look forward to... until December, anyway.

[UB3R~JKP]

blame rangers fans for thinkingvthey have a good team...though tbh we arevtoo good for you this season. End of. THUNDER

[infoxicated]

Ah... "end of. thunder."

Forgive me for thinking we were going to have an intelligent discussion on the rivalry.

[UB3R~JKP]

Mate, don't act all high 'n mighty next time don't try and link Sammy to "Messi" I think that's a view you ragers fans have conceived in order to hide the fact that Celtic have celebrated their victory in a manner that consists of celebrating just how far we have come as a team...we'd never compare ourselves to the big clubs/and or their players.
So, yes you should be forgiven for thinking we would be having an intelligent discussion on the rivalry (mostly cause "rivalry" was substituted for men vs amateurs yesterday) when you didn't post an intelligent post at all.

[infoxicated]

Ah well, there you go - we'll leave it at that for the rest of our natural.

[OBH]

Chill out Uber mate. Your a passionate sort aren't you :)
I've been laughing this morning at newspaper reports linking Roman Pavlychenko with a move to Real Madrid!!! And Spurs apparently looking at bringing in Anchelloti of Mr. Jose himself as our next manager! :beer What total rubbish all of it!! Absolutely priceless journalism there.

[MegaGeeza22]

I wouldn't call it passionate...
I have a friend who supports Man Utd and hes always saying "were the best" and "we beat you" but as soon as someone says Man Utd lost or any bad word he goes through the roof, swearing, name calling, spilling beer! Happy at giving but cant take... real supporters no how to take it on the chin... yeah it hurts but you no payback is just around the corner!
As im a wolves supporter iv learnt to laugh it off, "wolves are gonna get relegated haha" but i always have some positive thing to say! "at least we will win the league next season" not "we own so STFU" otherwise its end of conversation and bad feelings...
Its a game, i dont tell my Wipeout opponents to go jump if i lose...

[infoxicated]

I don't think any of the teams I follow have a divine right to win all the time, so I'm quite ready to accept it when they're beaten by a better team. It's not the be-all, end-all - it's not "JUDGEMENT DAY" as Sky Sports would like to paint it. It's a game and it's meant to be enjoyed, and, to steal a quote from Margaret Thatcher; No success or failure is necessarily final. (She was paraphrasing Winston Churchill, I believe.)

To that end, I quite enjoy a dialogue about who played well, who made a difference or who was the weakest link with fans on the other side of the result. It's just a shame that there are a lot of people who display negative traits regardless of the result. Bad losers are one thing, but bad winners are equally obnoxious.

If being disappointed by that kind of behaviour is seen as being high and mighty then **** 'em - I'm calling it like I see it.

[UB3R~JKP]

Ever heard of an opinion ladies before you go around a bitching circlejerk? I said that Celtic destroyed Rangers (which they have in my opinion), I said The thunder has been brought back *my opinion* I said "end of." Implying that from my point of view there was no redeeming features of ragers performece from any viewpoint so much so that no-one even has the audacity to condure one up. You made up something about messi being related to samaras-where the **** did you get that from? Once again, here we go "the devine right to win" great point-but the who said they had this in the 1st place? If you can find an instance where I have said this then well done have a cookie but I'm pretty damned sure you won't find it. Also "Bad winners" I stated in my original post that Celtic humbled rangers, I didn't even make mention of that horrendous scumbag of a person diouf..or even go on about you bringing up secterian singing from the dark ages while we move scottish football on. I also won't bring up your "clever" little banners calling Celtic fc "ambulence stalkers" and the Nazi saluts from your fans across the stadium, So yeah maybe your right maybe I am focusing on Ragers bad points right enough instead of Celtic playing well....oh wait I didn't.

Interesting story about your freind right enough---but I fail to see the relevance here at all. Infoxicated brought up an incident I highly doubt happened and therefore I enquired about it, I would have went about it kinder but hey it's not as if he papped off Celtic's good performence on Ragers downfalls or anything. So it seems "bad loser" is appropriate in this sense. I think it's hilarious how losers being negative makes them better people or even better losers who don't ackowledge their team being fairly beaten as they were but prefer to pass it off as a "shortcoming" on their own team's behalf.

next time you want a discussion Rob how about you intiate it, instead of posting a snide comment and then using it to gain bait off of.

I don't care if any of you don't call it passion, that's your own mistake


So **** 'em - I'm i've called it like I see it.

[OBH]

For the record, "passionate" wasn't as an insult.
As for the Samaras thing, I too read in the paper about how a few Celtic fans were comparing Samaras to Messi. Made me laugh (mainly as he's pretty damn shite in my opinion :) ) No need to take it to heart so quickly my friend :)

As for todays football, if Spurs don't beat Blackbool today I'll be so gutted. A great opportunity for us to move up into 3rd place.

[UB3R~JKP]

Oh I know OBH :) I thank you for that compliment! The point about messi is that it's probs tounge-in-chek humour...at least I hope:|

[OBH]

Oh for god sake. We only went and lost to Blackpool.

It was a very entertaining game. Their goal lead a charmed life in the 2nd half. 2 goal line clearances (one a defensive header off his own crossbar), couple of amazing saves, and missed sitters. We finally scored in 92nd minute when we were already 3-0 down.

Fair play to Blackpool though, they took their chances and we didn't.

[infoxicated]

Ever heard of an opinion ladies before you go around a bitching circlejerk?
Clearly you missed a lot of biology when you were skipping charm school. :rolleyes:

To the point - you didn't post in this thread to talk about football. You posted here to swing your dick in the wind, beating your chest like an ape because your team won.

And as for the talk about the negative stuff that happens off the field - you brought that up, not me. I only care about the contest on the field, not all the other garbage, and certainly not the disgusting behaviour fuelled by religious bigotry.

I'm quite happy to talk about who I thought had a good game or a bad game on either side.

Jelavic? Should be on the next plane home.

Davy Weir? Has become a liability that should retire before all the contributions he's made to the team get forgotten due to his continued mistakes.

Cooper? Looks like a brilliant striker - impressive pace and tenacity.

Kris Commons? Great player - jealous that Celtic managed to sign him instead of us.

See? Doesn't fuss me - I'm no so blinkered by all the baggage that comes with the Old Firm that I can't discuss the other side. More?

Favourite Celtic manager? Tommy Burns - should have been given more time. Classy guy right to the end and would have gone down in history as a legendary manager but for a handful of Andy Goram saves that denied him wins in the big games.

Favourite Celtic player? Has to be Paolo Di Canio - I went to a West Ham game back in 2000 just to see him play after he'd left Celtic.

And, in 2001 I went to see Celtic play QPR in a pre-season friendly because the Scottish Champions were going to be on my doorstep in London. They made QPR look silly that day and I was proud that a Scottish team had come down to do that, even if it was a meaningless fixture.

I could go on, because I have no shame in tipping my hat to a decent player or manager that's not on my team, nor in saying that Celtic were the better team by a good distance on Sunday.

But, like I said - we're done for the rest of our natural on this subject and on most others. At least the way you've acted here today has helped me clear a bit of space on my PSN friends list. No sense in cluttering it up with the kind of person I wouldn't want to associate with in real life.

Now have at it - tell us all how ****ing awesome your team are again? :rolleyes:

[MegaGeeza22]

Bad luck osama bin haydn... it always happens lol, whats happened to Defoe? i used to get wound up by people saying hes the best english striker, i have hated him since he said he could jump off a 10 storie building and just walk away... up his own backside!! even rooney hates playing along side him and thats why heskey was rooneys 1st choice for england!
Anyway Harry Redknapp is a legend and spurs will keep climbing! come on the spurs!

[OBH]

Defoe's an enigma. One minute he's sublime, the next he's utterly useless. Only man to have scored 5 premiership goals in a single half.

His downside has always been that he can ONLY score goals. His link up play is pretty pathetic.
Still, he loves it at Spurs, and would be a happy man to play his whole career here, so I'm all for letting him.

Did you know come April it'll have been a whole year since he last scored in any competition?

[UB3R~JKP]

So you did have an actual discussion in you infoxicated next time bring it up instead of claiming you had one in the 1st place. And for the record this is a football thread and therefore I should be able to celebrate victory and be gracious in defeat however I so please. Next time I wouldn't be so ****ing lambast with your assumptions and pretending you were intiaiting a conversation because all your little sniping comments were picked up on even though you tried your damn hardest to hide them in your original post. oh and about the PSN friends list thing, words cannot explain my devistation boohoo also; my team is too ****ing awesome for discussion with the likes of you.

[UB3R~JKP]

Rangers are in europa league action tonight against Sporting and I have this feeling they will go through....sporting are just a shambles at the moment I could easily see a 1-0 Rangers victory away from home, lord knows they're better than us away from home ;)

Spartak Moscow game had better be on! Want to see old mcGeady in action...man that boy had talent!

Chelsea bet my copenhagan last night :( Which was slightly surprising...but oh well Let's hope they can rejuvenate themselves for the next leg! How poor were Man United last night (likewise for Marsellie they don't get off the hook)

Let's hope we have some great football to discuss tonight ;)

[MegaGeeza22]

El hadji diouf should be shot at dawn...

[KGB]

I hope West Ham stay up, but come on Liverpool! 2-0 :|

[MegaGeeza22]

LOL, dalgliesh should be sacked! hes doing worse than hodgson! hes sold their best striker and hasnt changed a thing for liverpool. fair play to the scotsman i say! ruin them...
now, birmingham will LOSE:nod

[infoxicated]

You seriously believe that Dalglish had anything to do with selling Torres? :lol

Liverpool just appear to be very fragile regardless of who their manager is - I think Torres knew that and I can't say I blame him for taking another opportunity. A football career is short - if you're in your prime and the rest of the squad look unlikely to win you trophies then you have to do what's best for yourself regardless of how many fans have bought your shirt.

Talking of fragile... Arsenal look like they're marching towards a new manager themselves this afternoon.

[UB3R~JKP]

A shooting strike back down to earth for Celtic today, talk about a disgusting performance! Oh well, guess it made me realise just how much Kayal means to our side at the moment. And that charlie mulgrew hasn't ridded himself of his old habits :P

Wedensday is looking a cracker now becuase Rangers are fdoing pretty good, and Celtic will want to calm any fears we are back in our ealy december form


Roll on Wednesday ;)

[KGB]

LOL, dalgliesh should be sacked! hes doing worse than hodgson!

Eh? I take it you are trying to get under my skin again?`

[mdhay]

So, Birmingham. Well done. Shame about what Martins tried to do failing, it looked awesome.

[infoxicated]

I don't think they deserved to win that - they were under the kosh for a lot of that second half. Such a jammy way to get a result, but I'm happy for Alex McLeish.

[OBH]

What a disastrous end to the Gooners :) My god that made my day!!
Birmingham played brilliantly.

[MegaGeeza22]

lol KGB1971, i wouldn't do such a thing... your not as bad as the liverpool fans that i no. i just thought it was only fair that dalgliesh should be under pressure of losing his job!
Hodgson was thrown into the deep end with benitez's "spanish" team and he was sacked within months, now dalgliesh is doing exactly the same! which proves its not the manager!
infoxicated, yes he did have something to do with torres departure... torres was in a contract with liverpool which means that he is binded to the club as soon as he signed the dotted line. but when he started moaning they let him leave? and to a rival in the same league?? kenny could of put his foot down with a firm hand and said "your in a contract" and if you want to leave you can buy yourself out of the contract and become a free agent... and he could of joined barca or madrid easily.
If i broke one of my contracts i would be severely penalised.
well done birmingham, 1st ever trophy :lol you can now purchase a trophy room... i meen cabinet haha!
It will help the economy though... Birmingham City job vacancy - Trophy polisher.

[KGB]

And here's me thinking being unbeaten in 8 games was an improvement on Hodgson. Thanks for putting me straight :+:D.

[infoxicated]

KGB', can you maybe explain to me how a then caretaker-manager could have so much say in letting the best striker on the team walk away, as MegaGeeza22 alleges?

[MegaGeeza22]

Yes ok KGB1971, you are right lol! i only seem to pay attention when they lose!
But a team could go undefeated in 38 games and still get relegated...
i admit though that i do pick on liverpool a bit to much, there underachievers, which in a way is a slight compliment...
infoxicated, ok you got me there but as i said, he could of been told no buy whoever was in charge

[KGB]

From what I read he wanted to go in the summer but they wouldn't let him/he agreed to stay, as he would of devalued the price of the club which they were trying to sell at the time. He wasn't even the best striker at the club when he left, it was N'gog who was top scorer I think.

Player power wins when they come out with transfer requests usually, especially when there are 'silly money' offers coming in, how or why would they say no to that kind of money? I would of thought it made good business sense to sell a player who didn't want to play for the club, injury prone, sulky and easily pushed off a ball for as much as they did. To quote a phrase, 'Money talks, bullshit walks' :D. He was a great player, but Liverpool miss Alonso and Mascherano more than they will miss Torres. Those two as far as I know were more or less forced out by Benitez!

I'm not sure if Dalglish is the man to sort them out, but he has done a great job to turn them round so far. In his time he was a fantastic manager and made some superb buys, the list of who he bought that became top players is incredible. If he can do that again this time it should be exciting times for Liverpool in the future, that's if he's manager next season mind.

[MegaGeeza22]

I wont argue with you as your a liverpool supporter and you no alot more than me, but...
you say - "how or why would they say no to that kind of money? I would of thought it made good business sense to sell a player who didn't want to play for the club."
Good business sense to sell to a rival in the same league? you could get the same money by making him buy himself out of his contract... effectively paying his own transfer fee! and stick him in the reserves until he paid up.
i would of said " help our team liverpool or buy yourself out of the club" become a free agent and join the club of your choice, i think chelsea would of liked him for free even though they have the cash...
players are bigger than the clubs these days, and they dont get punished. i should take up management i think...
you want to leave? your contract runs for 2 more years! pay 40M or stfu...:twisted

[KGB]

I know he will be rich but I doubt he would of had 50 million quid floating about :P.

You never know what goes on behind closed doors at football clubs, for all we know the Liverpool medical team may of thought that he was likely to be forever more injured, in which case taking millions off a rival for a crocked player might seem a bit of good business. We might of done the same with Carrol though :P.

You should think long and hard before going into management Geeza, there's always some idiot on those Internet forum things slagging you off, thinking they know better than you, accusing you of some old rubbish when in fact they evidently know very little about football themselves, best keep away from it ;)

[MegaGeeza22]

maybe your right... i dont think il manage, why manage when i can afford not to work.
i think il leave this subject alone, some people take things personaly

[OBH]

God bless the Spammers for beating Liverpool :)
Well, god bless them at least for their last result. The scum are always claiming were 'tapping up their players' and rubbish. Levy is considering a complete embargo with them.

[UB3R~JKP]

so excited for tomorrow! :) have a feeling we are gonna have the first ever OF penalty shootout! that would be nuts...gotta be a good sendoff for old wally smith....win on penalties for Celtic...2-2 in normal time

[UB3R~JKP]

WHEN I SEE YOU CELTIC


I GO OUT OF MY HEAD I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH

I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH

ALL THE THINGS YOU DO TO ME AND ALL THE THINGS YOU SAY

I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH, I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH

WE SLIP AND SLIDE AND WE FALL IN LOVE AND I JUST CANT SEEM TO GET ENOUGH OHH

DU DU DU DUDUDUDU DU DU DU



Celtic 1 Rangers 0 THUNDERRRRRRRRRRRR

[mdhay]

Fanboi. :P

[UB3R~JKP]

:P Sorry i'm still a bit hyper after all that jumping around with the lads XD

[mdhay]

xD, good mix of Depeché mode, though. :g

[DJ Techno]

Chelsea fans
Clap clap

Yeah I heard you beat Man U,
2-1.

But against Liverpool

For my team Manchester United.


What the hell

I'm sick

[KGB]

Get in :D. Liverpool 3-1 Man U. Played them off the park.

[OBH]

Congrats to Liverpool. Their best performance all year surely? Suarez showed how good he really is. Not saying he's a better player than Torres, but he's definitely better at linking up play.

Spurs 3-3 with Wolves was mad. Unlucky that we conceded so late, but lucky that we had 11 men on the pitch, and that a perfectly good wolves goal was disallowed, so I cant be too down about it.

[UB3R~JKP]

Celtic Were decent at best on saturday but Kris Commons first goal was unbeleivible! Hey! Has anyone noticed that the mirror and other media outlets have reported the Liverpool and Man-u games as 3-0?

[DJ Techno]

Get in :D. Liverpool 3-1 Man U. Played them off the park.

Take a dip.

Make a trip...

I'm watching the replay of that sunny day match right now.

Take a dip, make a trip!

Injuries on the field, and foul sportsman conduct on Liverpool.
Man U comes back with something.

Man U. Is still going to Cup match. Bump Arsenal

The goal man for man, is needed to be replaced for arsenals match. With a man who will do double effort inside.

[KGB]

Yep, it was a horrible tackle by Carragher on Nani, he should of been sent off no doubt. I haven't seen many men start crying on a football field mind so that was amusing to say the least. He got up to complain to the ref, looked at his leg and nearly fainted, what a fanny :D.

[infoxicated]

I'm afraid that as this thread is very little to do with talking about actual football and more about goading opposing fans, it's served its purpose here.

There are football forums where winding up other members is all part of the fun, but on WipEoutZone it's something I've spent a decade trying to discourage.

// Update

I've been convinced that this thread should be re-opened by folk who actually want to talk about football. Rest assured that this thread will be monitored for posts by those who think a football thread is an excuse to goad or insult other people, and doing so will earn you a suspension from the community - i.e. no access to General Discussion or the sub forums that fall under the Community category.

On the subject of football - well done to Spurs for making it through a tough game last night. :+

[OBH]

I take pride in my persuasive skills :)
And take great pride in supporting Spurs!! :beer Considering how well we defended last night I'll never understand how at times we can completely fold in the first 10 minutes!!

Apparently Harry is the first English manager to reach the last 8 since Terry Venables with Barcelona. And the very first English manager to reach this stage with an English club :)

Despite my bliss at winning, I must spare a thought for the Gooners. Robin van Persie's sending off was one of THE most ridiculous decisions in the history of football. There is no doubt that the best team won (as Arsenal didn't have a single shot all game!), but it was still totally disgraceful.

[KGB]

Yep well done Spurs and Harry.

Liverpool continue to be up and down, bad result last night :brickwall.

[DJ Techno]

thats what they get for showing up against Manchester
at liverpools home

Arsenal and Man U was beautiful

beautiful it made sense that the last match arsenal had that had two of their players hurt and carded.

but...
from the Man u website

"Arsenal finished the match with 10 men after Johan Djourou was carried off on a stretcher"

sportsman clapp. hope he feels better.

[OBH]

Yeah, once again an Arsenal player injures his own man!!

[DJ Techno]

they didn't their last game against...


B something.. can't remember who it was, but since arsenal is three points behind anyway..

i wouldn't hold it to them to stay there.

manchester city is behind them by four points.

and just like the NFL here

any number of the best players in a team getting injured on/during the playoffs. makes the chances harder for that or any team to be in the championship.

[OBH]

Tottenham vs Real Madrid in the Champions League Quarter final.

Damn it feels good to say that :)

[xEik]

I hope you win the following two matches and lose the two that would follow those. ;)
That is if we get to eliminate Shakhtar. :P

[OBH]

We've already beaten both Milan clubs in the same year. They must be sick of the sight of Spurs in that city now! :beer

Real Madrid then Barcelona too would be just be utterly ridiculous!

Mainly though, I think it's only fitting that Van der Vaart should get to play against his old club Real. He came to England after a terrible time on and off the pitch at Madrid, and desperate for a new start. Now he's loving football again, loving the support from the fans, and importantly he and his family are loving life again.

I can't wait :)

Oh, and of course I'll be routing for Barca this round too! :beer

[infoxicated]

Quite a tense old firm cup final today.

Don't know if it was the heavy pitch, but both teams looked slower than they did in the last old firm game - especially Celtic, although they were quite fast on the break.

Although I saw Rangers' first goal, I didn't really watch until the final 25 minutes of regular time and didn't think much of it as a game from what I saw. Very scrappy, but Rangers second goal was a good one and it sort of looked like Celtic had run out of steam in the second half of extra time.

Glad that Rangers won and that Walter Smith got to lift the trophy one last time, but I think in the league campaign Celtic are the stronger side and will most likely go on to do the double.

[stin]

Well, I got to admit, on both teams are scare to touch each other for a while but eventually they starting to play like footballers. Rangers do deserve it cos they worked hard for that.
Pitch, looks pretty poor for Hampton!!, that`s shocking mess.:|

stevie:)

[infoxicated]

Totally agree on the state of the pitch - it was in a shocking state.

[DJ Techno]

Let's go America here we go

Usa vs Argentina

Score one more to win

[Aeroracer]

usa have become a really good team..i saw them in world cup and was impressed with how thye have improved since previous world cup

[DJ Techno]

both mens and womens USA teams will get on top of the final four.

beat Brazil, n south Africa

the women team got a score to settle from last year

[Hellfire_WZ]

Hmmm, interesting. Dodgy goings-on last night in Serie B?

http://benjilanyado.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/padova-atalanta-fix/

[mdhay]

Wouldn't suprise me if there was some sort of corruption. Happens almost everywhere, no reason why the sports industry would be immune...

[MegaGeeza22]

:P ENGLAND!!
Great game tonight, it was very enjoyable! i think we should stick with the youngsters because they play there hearts out, unlike the overpaid laid back guaranteed first team. we did concede in the last minute but ghana deserved a goal and it was Lescott who was at fault...
Im glad to see that Jarvis (wolves) had a good 20mins and Baines was superb. a great way to see the future of our national team. Defoe was poor, his 1st touch is appalling which makes his second touch a tackle as he looks at himself on the bigscreen....
The Ghana fans were great and it felt like a world cup game lol. 3 months until our next game:frown:

[OBH]

First England game I've watched in years that didn't make me want to shoot myself :) Was nice to see some kind of understanding on the pitch for once.

Other than that, I'm getting sooooooo bored of opening a paper daily to see stuff about Van der Vaart, Modric and Bale are all to leave Spurs this summer. Rubbish.

[OBH]

I'm wondering what KGB thinks about your man Roy Hodgson beating Liverpool with West Brom? :)

I cant say much, we drew again with Wigan. A far cry from last years 9 - 1 thrashing.

[KGB]

Not a lot mate, I thought we would hammer them but it just had to happen didn't it :brickwall. Always said he was a brilliant manager :g.

[DJ Techno]

The sports gods like Manchester United today.

Getting off west Ham better than last weeks match.

I think and ESPN agreement west ham must have been playing like its high school league not pro.

Surprise it made the top ten list of ESPN good pics
After the NHL and MLB blupper shots

[MegaGeeza22]

Haha! Today is the day that Fulham a "Football" team unveil a statue of a legend....
Michael jackson Haha! how stupid is that??? the unveiling is just before their game against blackpool and their is reports saying there will be protests... i dont blame them lol.
Imagine the uproar if George michael or Phil collins had a statue erected outside of the superbowl. its just ridiculous...:|

[OBH]

Always said he was a brilliant manager :g.
Dont make me go back through this thread and quote you!! :beer

Cant believe Spur drew 0-0 AGAIN. Wigan, West Ham and AC Milan all 0-0 draws. Last goal we scored was against Wolves in another 3-3 draw.

On the plus side, Real Madrid lost at home yesterday. Amazingly it was Jose Mourinho's first home loss, with any club he's managed, for an incredible 9 and a half years.

[MegaGeeza22]

Lol :|

[Nutcase:259]

lol it doesnt really even look like him. then again if you look at 80's Jackson and 00's Jackson you could probably say the same thing ;)

always knew the king of pop had a soft spot for Fulham :lol

[xEik]

it was Jose Mourinho's first home loss, with any club he's managed, for an incredible 9 and a half years.
I must clarify this takes into account only the national league competition (for example, he lost to FC Barcelona at home in 2006 on the Champions League) and it is nine years and one month, not nine years and a half. Nonetheless an impressive record. I think it is obvious I don't like the man that much. :P

I must say I thought it would be Guardiola who would bring an end to his unbeaten streak but it was Preciado instead. Good for him. :D

[OBH]

Haha, you are funny my friend! :beer you really do not like him!

Hope youll be cheering us on against Real tomorrow! :g

[xEik]

You can have no doubt about it.
I already told you I am hoping for that Barça-Spurs semifinal. :D

[DJ Techno]

Poor poor chelsea


Not close to making the points board for the championship match....


Maybe next year.... i think the coach for the team should have worn all black suit n tie for his team.

[OBH]

So, so gutted about the game today. :(
Playing against Real with only 10 men absolutely killed it as a contest.

Was more annoying that I thought we defended well. They might have had 18 shots, but only 5 were on target, and 4 were goals. Thought both Crouch's bookings were soft, and bale was blocked off repeatedly by sergio ramos.

I was praying we'd keep it at 1 or 2-0, leave us with a chance. Going to be a monumental task to come back from 4....

[KGB]

Just a bad ref I think, no way should he have gone off for that second tackle, he didn't even touch him and only had intent of going for the ball . It ruined the whole game after that. Spurs did well to keep it 1-0 in the first half.

Bad luck Haydn, I would of liked them to go all the way but I can't see it happening now.

[mdhay]

What is the only thing that's worse value for money than a Waitrose service station?
Fernando Torres. :g

[MegaGeeza22]

Haha, so true mdhay. Torres is a cheat & a pretty boy.
Giggs was superb today! the way he cut inside and passed the ball to rooney was just World class. i think fergie is right to say that Giggs has a few years left in him.
If only he chose to play for england :(
United vs Madrid in the final.

[xEik]

United vs Madrid in the final.
Really? Do I have to remind you that Barça beat Real Madrid 5-0 this year on our home league match?
I still want the Spurs to pass although it will really be difficult for them. Keep in mind that nobody counted on Inter to eliminate Bayer when they lost at home on the previous round and yet they passed.
All this said, I think it's far too soon to make predictions about the teams that will reach the final.

[MegaGeeza22]

I still believe that Madrid will beat Barca. Anything can happen, just like wolves beating the top 5 english teams, and then loosing to blackpool....
I hope it will be Madrid v Manu, i want to see Christiano Ronaldo's face when Manu lift the cup and Sir Alex Ferguson punching the air in his direction...
I feel bad for Tottenham but Redknapp said yesterday that hes not risking anyone in that 2nd leg, just 1 goal for madrid will kill the game... no way will defoe score 6 but i will have my fingers crossed.

[DJ Techno]

So, so gutted about the game today. :(
Playing against Real with only 10 men absolutely killed it as a contest.

Was more annoying that I thought we defended well. They might have had 18 shots, but only 5 were on target, and 4 were goals. Thought both Crouch's bookings were soft, and bale was blocked off repeatedly by sergio ramos.

I was praying we'd keep it at 1 or 2-0, leave us with a chance. Going to be a monumental task to come back from 4....


Come test a group. Of myself and a mix partners n a game and will try u them ten out.

Now u can handle a mix of players from black, Latino, mexican, white, and Asian.

No praying please..... :)


Now after I leave the tax office and wash off a PT session at the US marines recruiting office.
Going to watch the replay of yesterdays defeat for chelsea by Man U.

Then well working Saturdays games. But Pulham will be....? A question mark

[xEik]

Two interesting facts (if my sources are correct): Christiano has never scored a goal against FC Barcelona; Messi has never scored a goal in an English football stadium (at least playing with Barcelona not sure if it is true with Argentina).
I hope the former fact remains true while the later is broken at Wembley. :D

[OBH]

Then well working Saturdays games. But Pulham will be....? A question mark
Pulham!? Fulham! :g:+ Haha, that cracked me up.

@xEik
Not sure when the last time we played Argentina was....
Bet it's actually more recently than I'm giving it credit, probably just don't remember.

Hopefully Ronaldo won;t get a chance to score against Barca anyway :D Though that's some slightly bias and hugely wishful thinking lol

[DJ Techno]

I bet it crack u up.


It goes to show that team will b P

Pulling whatever they have out there butt to try n win.

It's to championships season. N not one team on the list of contendors has got up to real skill points.


It's not fulham any more its Pulham.

Just like that question I said to you. Come bring ten or more to face my 10 to 15.
Call it the early picture that team USA men's dominated England, France, whatever the African Unions Got. And of course Big Brazil.

Really haven't played soccer man to man on the field in year. Since after I got out serving half a year n state prison. N the soccer in there is funny n no joke.

[KGB]

Not sure when the last time we played Argentina was....



Really haven't played soccer man to man on the field in year. Since after I got out serving half a year n state prison. N the soccer in there is funny n no joke.

I can't remember the last time we played them but I recall the 98 world cup game where Beckham got sent off, I got arrested shortly after the end of the game for being drunk and disorderly - which was a total fit up. Saying to the WPC that she had Penis envy probably didn't help mind ;). Not saying Penrith police cells are any thing like State prison techno but it was a real shock to the system the next morning waking up to the stark lights and blue mattress thinking "oh ****, what did I do"?

Great times.

[MegaGeeza22]

England 1 Argentina 0
We knocked them out of the World Cup 4 years ago....
Beckhams penalty won us the game! I cant believe nobody remembers this???
You call yourself Football fans :|

[KGB]

There wasn't a world cup 4 years ago, 5 yes.

Beckham scored the penalty against Argentina in 2002 not 2007 didn't he?

As football fans we can get things wrong or forget sometimes :g

[MegaGeeza22]

:mad: Clever dick :lol :redface:
2002 Blimey time flys, 9 years..... i admit i was wrong lol, but forgetting our biggest competitive win in decades is unforgivable....

[OBH]

Thought you were just confused :) I didn't forget it, I was thinking of games more recent.
9 years doesn't constitute "recent". At least not in my book :beer

As for today, it was good to see Spurs get a win. After a succession of 0-0 draws and a horror away game at Madrid we really needed a win. Stoke got a great win at our place last season, and I was worried they would do it again. Fair play though boys, you put the sadness of Tuesday behind you and at times played some great football.

Now Im just waiting to cheer on the scousers against Man sh.itty on Monday :)

[MegaGeeza22]

I know none of you forgot it lol, it just evaded your memories and as you both say it was a long time ago but i seriously thought it was 4-5 years ago....
But after all, you all support teams that usually do well and have a chance of winning something!
but for me England is the only team i can support that have a chance of winning something :lol and it put a tear in my eye when jarvis came on as a sub....
My country is my life.

[DJ Techno]

I want to make a bet with the chelsea fans.


I wager

My wholesale self.
I'll be nice, kind, caring, and won't even step up to the plate to bring down somebody's ego or argument about something. Like that bs call on the forum topic situating about Libya and whether or not Gidaffi is finally kicked the bucket. And got me started with Muslims and Country Pride.

That one n probably more.
I'll be so nice and good. It will look like an Addams Family Nightmare.

But this bet is for the match against Chelsea today n today only.

If chelsea loses. Nothing except what maybe another better might come up with.

Bets over.. To late ha

[OBH]

Congrats Liverpool :) Man City were terrible in that last game. Well deserved win.

2nd leg of Spurs Real tonight, nothing short or arguably the greatest champions league comeback ever will see us through lol. Should be an interesting game none the less :)

edit:
Ahhhhh.... 1-0 Real Madrid. Disappointing to be out the Champions League, but not disappointed with how we played. With 11 men we gave a much, much better account of ourselves. If Pavlyuckenko hadn't blazed it over, or we'd be given at least one of our 4 penalty claims, the game if not the tie might have gone our way.

[infoxicated]

Like that bs call on the forum topic situating about Libya and whether or not Gidaffi is finally kicked the bucket. And got me started with Muslims and Country Pride.
Hi Mike, long time no talk.

If you can't drop that subject, I'll ban you until you're old enough to have forgotten all about it. Promise.

On with the football talk, please... :+

[xEik]

Today's Madrid-Barça was more boring than expected. 1-1 both goals from penalty. Two long standing facts were broken: Ronaldo has finally scored against Barça and Messi has finally scored against a team managed by Mourinho.
We'll meet again this Wednesday for the Spanish Cup.

[DJ Techno]

Hi Mike, long time no talk.

If you can't drop that subject, I'll ban you until you're old enough to have forgotten all about it. Promise.

On with the football talk, please... :+

Rob you haven't replied to my last messages. so today or tomorrow pick up the phone. and reply to the voice mail ( private message )

heres the same soccer/football new as it always go.


Manchester United is still on top
whatever about the lost to Manchester City


they will come to Newcastle, dominate, and push on top of the board.

For team USA mens
shame i don't or wont have time to personally watch America dominate the 2010 champions Spain in their so call friendly match.

Team USA goes against Spain the same week North American tournament at Al's

and rob pick up the phone.

[infoxicated]

I don't want to talk to you about it, I want you to stop polluting other threads by mention of another that was closed. End of story.

[DJ Techno]

well reply to the pm. cause second thing your saying.

i "pollute" you been showing me somethings up, tell me whats up.
my office is always welcome to somebody to say to me the good, the bad, n ugly.
i dont put a gun to nobodys head. except at a time of war n im in uniform

and for the soccer-football
im going to do another bet for man u

they win... nothing except a black man put up a picture of himself wearing his own soccer clothes. minus waiting on the authentic man u jersey. thanks to those on that part. and saluting the american flag n wearing man colors

they lose, i be a bit nice like Wednesday Addams turned good n nice in the addams family 2 movie. i'll smile for week instead of one of the opposites

maybe i was late on the bet against chelsea. then again. i saw the replay video on fox sport south yesterday. n i couldn't help but say. there was no need to put a bet after all. but really i want to see someone take my offers.

even when the championship match comes.


my prediction
man u will be champs
one of the africann union teams will come off good
madrid will fall
usa cross my fingers to getting a trophy for this year
it was germany or munich, i forgot. but "theres always next year
and always next year for chelsea n liverpool

[KGB]

Today's Madrid-Barça was more boring than expected. 1-1 both goals from penalty. Two long standing facts were broken: Ronaldo has finally scored against Barça and Messi has finally scored against a team managed by Mourinho.
We'll meet again this Wednesday for the Spanish Cup.

And then again in the two Champions league matches, should be great to watch. I fancy Barca to win them all. As much as I like Real Madrid they are way behind Barcelona at the moment.

Liverpool got out of jail yesterday, I loved Dalglish turning to Wenger with a big smile on his face. Wenger was fuming. Reports say Dalglish told him to piss off (or words to that effect) classic :D.

[Hellfire_WZ]

He did indeed, heard very clearly over the Sky Sports coverage! Slightly less obvious but still audible was Dalglish also telling him to f*ck off as he was walking away :)

[KGB]

Found it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKe9p0ZVqP8&feature=related What a legend :g.

And this too :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHVtD_NzFYo&NR=1

[OBH]

Slightly less obvious but still audible was Dalglish also telling him to f*ck off as he was walking away :)
Didn't even need to hear it. Lip reading was plainly obvious :D

An epic 3-3 draw with Arsenal tonight in what was easily one of the best games this season. Only better game was the 4-4 draw between Arsenal and Newcastle. 5 goals in the first half, 4 were were absolute class, and some absolutely sublime football set up by some incredible back heels.

Assou Ekkoto is a completely different man to the liability who played for us last season.

[MegaGeeza22]

Im going to watch wolves play fulham tomorrow with a few pals, its a must win game and its possibly a six pointer...
Lets hope im not the jinx sitting in the crowd :|

[xEik]

What a match! After Madrid's well deserved win in the Cup last week we had to rise from our ashes.

Pinto (Barça second goalie) behaved like a moron during the half time and deserved his red card.
Pepe's red card was too rigorous in my opinion. I've seen him do much worse in other matches and not even receive a yellow one.
The ROFLMAO moment of the night: the deserved expulsion of Mourinho. I love how he believes he can be an ass to the referees and yet suffer no consequences. You had it coming Mr. Special One. :P
The second goal shows why Messi is always a contender for the Ballon d'Or.

And after three consecutive matches I've finally realised what bothers me most from Mourinho. It's not his bad manners. It's that he uses very expensive players to play rather cheap football.

[UB3R~JKP]

Messi <3

[OBH]

Great goal, TERRIBLE game of football.

Why is it that every limb, of every player on the pitch last night, is connected directly to their face. For god sake stop falling over and play the damn game.

Disgraceful. Made me so angry.

[xEik]

I honestly don't know what you are talking about. :P
Limbs connected to faces? What is that? Cephalopodes? I missed some octopuses and squids on the field? :D

And whoever wants to know what kind of player Pepe really is, you just need to look for Pepe and Casquero on youtube.

[OBH]

Are you mad? :)
Pedro wasnt touched and fell over holding his face, Villa wasnt touched and fell over crying. Sergio ramos did it, Di Maria did it, Alves, they all did it.

I was so looking forward to it but there was little football, and instead just a hell of a lot of moaning. Bored me senseless at times.

It did how ever make me respect Messi even more. He doenst complain and doesnt appear to fake many injuries. He just plays football.

Good man.

(1st half in particular was one of the worst halfs of football id seen for ages. Besides all the constant crying and complaining to the ref, every now and then a game of football tried to break out. Shocking stuff)

[xEik]

Well the problem with Mou and his trademarked stingy football is that you must play an excruciatingly tactical game where you cannot loose a single ball in the midfield or one of his otherwise excellent counterattacks may royally screw you. So much we learned in the Cup final.
That's the reason you'll have found the game boring. Tons of ball possession is, after all, what Barça always do. For the good or the bad. This time we couldn't play risky attacks for their inherent double-edged nature. More so on the first match and playing away.
In the end it turned out quite well as a tactic to deactivate Mourinho.
And if you were bored, I believe that there being a team that never wanted to control of the ball (a possession percentage of about 30%) is what is to blame. :)
I don't doubt the semifinal would have showed prettier football had the Spurs eliminated Madrid. But that's Mourinho for you: for him results come before everything else.

[infoxicated]

I was on holiday near Salou and watched some of the match in the resort bar. Didn't look like a great game, but the goals were decent and it was cool watching two Spanish sides play in the Champions League whilst I was actually in Spain. :D

Having visited the Nou Camp 12 years ago when we last went to Salou, I wanted Barcelona to win, so it was a good result for me! ;)

I'd agree with OBH's assessment of Messi; seems to want to just get on with the game, and his late goal was superb. All the other falling about and play-acting just does my head in, though - I lose all respect for a player when they stoop to that level.

[OBH]

That's the reason you'll have found the game boring. Tons of ball possession is, after all, what Barça always do. For the good or the bad.
Trust me, I don't find Barca's ball possession boring at all :)
It's all the play acting (not just Barca of course). Honestly it can be utterly pathetic. Doesn't matter what part of your body is hit, doesn't matter how minor the contact was, everyone fell over clutching their face.

Painful to watch.

Anyone see the Spurs vs Chelsea game?? That's how you react to a slide tackle - you get up and slide the man back. Don't cry about it. Seeing Modric out hussle Drogba was classic.

Can't believe we lost 2-1 to one goal that never crossed the line, and one that was offside. I was fuming.
Gomes you absolute tool.

[xEik]

Anyone see the Spurs vs Chelsea game??
I only saw the "goals". I don't really know if the first crossed the line but after seeing your goalkeeper's performance yesterday and on the Champions quarter-finals, I think you should look for a new one (no offence intended). :P
Our match this Saturday was truly awful. Guardiola reserved too many players thinking of the second round of the semi-finals and we lost after a second half where we were painfully lacking in concentration.
I fear that, even if we manage to get to the final, if we keep playing at this sub-par level, Manchester will mop us up. That is, if Schalke doesn't surprise everyone (which I doubt).

[UB3R~JKP]

Anybody seen Daryll Murphy's goal today? Poor messi got upstaged by a Celtic reserve! JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSG1Qg4pdj8

[infoxicated]

Not a bad goal, considering it's Scottish football, but wow... I hadn't realised Messi was in the Celtic squad for that game.

Since the only way someone could be upstaged by someone else is if they played together in the same game against the same defenders... :rolleyes:

RANDOM SONG LYRICS IN CAPS TO SHOW HOW PASSIONATE I AM.

[OBH]

Not as good as the 2009 goal of the season by Simon Cox scoring his first goal for the club when he was playing for my hometown Swindon :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy0YuNuPrhw

Annoyingly he recently scored a belter, again on his debut, against spurs to all but destroy our champions league chances....

http://www.soccer-blogger.com/2011/04/24/video-simon-cox-goal-vs-tottenham-west-brom-april-2011/

(granted I might have only said its better because the link you posted no longer works! :beer )

[UB3R~JKP]

Rob - get your funnybone checked. It's a tounge in cheek statement. Oh and i'm sorry you don't like my random song lyric...well not really.

[infoxicated]

Mate, don't act all high 'n mighty next time don't try and link Sammy to "Messi" I think that's a view you ragers fans have conceived in order to hide the fact that Celtic have celebrated their victory in a manner that consists of celebrating just how far we have come as a team...we'd never compare ourselves to the big clubs/and or their players..So it's only tongue in cheek when you do it?

Not that you ever would, of course - you said so yourself.

What astounding , yet unsurprising arrogance.

[xEik]

Well, Barça 1 - Madrid 1.
Not a brilliant game but rather well managed. Being a sunny country, we are not used to playing under heavy rain so the quality of play suffered a bit.
I'd have preferred HiguaÃ*n's goal had been allowed since I'm convinced we would have passed regardless (only two shoots on goal in the whole match for Real Madrid).
Real Madrid did beat a record, though: the highest number of fouls in a Champions League match with 31. Congrats to you "merengues". :P
See you in Wembley. It will probably be Manchester United but I have to admit that having the chance to defeat Raul in the final would be sweet. :D

[KGB]

I hope Man U get to the final and win, after watching so much diving between both teams last night and last week it's put me right off both Real and Barca. Ferguson might retire and give someone else a go then :).

I'd love Chelsea to win the league and if Liverpool manage 5th I'll be ecstatic.

[UB3R~JKP]

So it's only tongue in cheek when you do it?

Not that you ever would, of course - you said so yourself.

What astounding , yet unsurprising arrogance.

oh lord, caught me out. oh woe is me :/

What outstanding, yet unsurprising asshat attitude to have on a tounge-in-cheek statement. Although I do laugh to think that you have such a monotonus, boring life that you must start up a war with a , what was it, "internet hardman". With all due respect that title belongs to you. Thanks for looking up that quote, reminded me of how grudge grasping and sad some people are in the world.

[infoxicated]

Heh! Funny that you can use the phrase "with all due respect" and dish out insults at the same time. :D

Take a hike until you've grown up, little boy.

[infoxicated]

Quite a day of football yesterday, with all the teams I follow picking up good wins - Rangers, Everton, Leicester... and Rochdale!

This afternoon could prove to be pretty interesting, too - Celtic just cannot afford to lose if they want to stay in the title chase, and the Manchester United v Chelsea match could be dynamite if both teams play to their potential.

It's cool that both the English and Scottish Premier Leagues could go right down to the wire this year, even if they do involve the usual suspects.

[DJ Techno]

Watching either live or the replay on fs sports south

chelsea lose against united

N even chelseas management is mad

Ha ha

[KGB]

Fulham 2 v 5 Liverpool

Got to say that's the best Liverpool performance I have seen in a long long time. Suarez is fantastic, Lucas is fantastic, Spearing is fantastic, the whole team are on fire at the moment. Just a pity we were so crap at the start of the season.

Bring on Spurs ;)

[erich123]

LIVERPOOL:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap

[infoxicated]

What a start by Liverpool tonight, though - it was over by half eight!

I think that's what's most frustrating about the reds; they can just show up and demolish a side one night and then turn in a lacklustre performance in the next game.

Spurs look very vulnerable in that 5th spot now.

[KGB]

Yeah, that's been their problem for the last 20 years or so, they looked like they could beat anyone on their day but went through bad patches every season. Maybe with Dalglish back he will solve that. He's got them playing really good football at the moment, yesterday they were just really good to watch and that can't of been said for a while. It's years since they played football like that. I've seen a lot of false dawns at Liverpool over the years so we will have to see what happens next year. I can't see any room for Gerrard in the team at the moment, I'll say it again - sell him!

It's been a very interesting season at Anfield, it started very badly with a manager and owners that no one wanted and ended the complete opposite.

[OBH]

Bring on Spurs ;)
:D
To be honest if we cant get 4h place I'd rather have 6th!! Europa League is a killer on the players.

Should be a cracking game though, I think if we beat City we'll go into the Liverpool game feeling good. If not, we won;t have anything really to play for so I'm worried we'll get turned over. Hope not though, Liverpool havn't beat us for ages! :beer

Credit where it's due, no one predicted you'd be where you are now.

[KGB]

Then again, if Spurs win tonight and then Liverpool beat Spurs we could still get 4th if results went our way:beer

You never know ;)

[OBH]

Crouch you ****ing donkey.
Cant believe it. 64%/36% possession and we lose.

Granted City really know how to defend, but bar David Silva watching them play football is like watching paint dry.

Gutted.

(Great to see Carlo Cudichini play tonight though. Solid Goal keeper for years)

[KGB]

Useless lanky git :(

[xEik]

Most anticlimatic league win ever. :(
We got the point we needed to secure the title in what is probably the most awful game we have played in the whole season. Not even in the matches that we lost did we play so badly. Most of the second half was a farce where it was clear that none of the teams were going to challenge a 1-1 that was good for both of them.
If we play an even remotely similar game against Manchester they will crush us.
I just hope we show a better image in the final. :(

[KGB]

I don't think he will, but if I was Neil Lennon I would get the rock out of Glasgow. Attacked by fans, bullets sent through the post and a whole lot more. How much can a man take?

[infoxicated]

It's hard to have sympathy for a guy who says a lot of very stupid things, but the sheer level of hate is shocking.

If Rangers win the league he might depart in the summer anyway. If Celtic win it, he'll be harder to get rid of and might just be daft enough to stick around to prove a point.

Either way, I'd take a long summer holiday in another country if I was him!

[runingman111]

Johan Mjallby means that is yet over and Lennon quite - but he is a strong man and no other can this put away like him. And this go on ... since 2008 as usual ...as i see it.

[KGB]

I've never really followed the story much, what has he said in the past Rob? It seems everyone is after him, starting with his own countrymen.

[infoxicated]

He just makes daft statements and generalisations.

A week or so back he suggested that Rangers' opponents might lie down to let them win the league, after Celtic lost to Caley Thistle. This was pretty disrespectful of the teams involved, and after Hearts got beat 4-0 by Rangers last weekend, Lennon again said he had hoped that Rangers' opponents might have put up more of a challenge.

Which pissed off the Hearts team & fans no end, and probably led to the nutter attacking him last night.

The thing is, he talks about Rangers, about Walter Smith, about referees being biased, about anything other than his own team all the time. He's just a completely loose cannon, but seems unable to look in the mirror when it comes to explaining why he's hated. About the only time he's talked about his own team is when he threw them all under the bus after they were beat by Caley Thistle.

Maybe he's too young for the job, maybe he's just an ass, but he hasn't handled his position with any kind of class.

[mdhay]

From what I've seen, Lennon wasn't even hit. It was like someone was trying to dive-hug him. :|

[OBH]

The thing is, he talks about Rangers, about Walter Smith, about referees being biased, about anything other than his own team all the time. He's just a completely loose cannon, but seems unable to look in the mirror when it comes to explaining why he's hated. About the only time he's talked about his own team is when he threw them all under the bus after they were beat by Caley Thistle.

Isn't that just a classic managerial tactic though?
Even the greats like Sir Alex & Jose try their utmost to talk about anything other than their own team to divert the pressure away.

[xEik]

...to divert the pressure away.
I've always believed this to be a fallacy. In my opinion it's just a matter of overinflated egos and this "diverting the pressure" just a lame excuse.

I didn't know Lennon until Rob mentioned him but he really seems to be in Fergusson and Mourinho's alley. I dislike their personality of those two equally. The only difference being that I do enjoy watching sir Alex style of play.

[OBH]

Thing is though it isn't just an excuse.
It gets the fans, the media, as well as ourselves right here right now talking about something else other than the match :)

Clearly works.

[KGB]

Bring on Spurs ;)

What was I saying :P

[OBH]

Haha!
Was a great game to watch as a Spurs fan, totally outplayed Liverpool. Modric bossed midfield and Sandro cleaned up anything that went past him. Also was good to see Modric taking set-pieces. For all Van der Vaarts qualities set-pieces isn't one of them. We hadn't scored from a corner in months, and not one direct free kick all season.

Was annoyed to see ol' King Kenny saying the penalty decision is what changed the game. No it wasn't. You barely got near our goal! King had Suarez in his pocket all game. What a player he'd have been if not for his glass knees. Sheer, sheer class.

Wish we'd have been playing like that 11 games ago.

Not only was it a good result, but so was the news that due to selling Berbatov, our good run in the Champions League, and general good money management, we could have as much as £70million + to spend in the summer. (even more if we sell of our fringe players). Hope we can use Jamie O'hara next year. Another fantastic year on loan for him, and his free kick taking is better than everyone in our squad.

[xEik]

Was annoyed to see ol' King Kenny saying the penalty decision is what changed the game.
I'm starting to get fed up with people claiming that the referees stole their matches when they didn't play a worthy one.

This week, Girona's team in the Spanish second division (I think that would be akin to your first division since we don't have something called "premier" here) had 5 players sent out in a match. Now "that" is a referee screwing you royally. :P

EDIT: Oh, it looks like now the first division is called The Championship. Weird. :D

[OBH]

It's been called The Champion ship for a number of years now, but yes, it is very strange! :g

5 players got sent off!? Thats rough! Did they have to forfeit the match? Over here the game ends if your reduced to less than 7 players (At least I'm pretty sure it's 7).

edit:
Just gone over Tottenham's season, and what a crazy season it's been. Only 1 defeat at home all season (only United can beat that) except we've had 9 home draws, more than anyone! As well as that we've failed to win 8 games against teams the bottom six...... Only ourselves to blame for not being much higher than 5th... only 6 wins away from 1st...

All this drama and I haven't even got to reaching the QF of the Champions League, and beating both Milan clubs yet :P

[xEik]

It's been called The Champion ship for a number of years now, but yes, it is very strange! :g

Yeah but it has already been 13 years since I took my last English lessons. In those, my teacher (a Barça fanatic like no other) told us not to confuse the First Division with the highest league in English football (the Premier League). People used to make that mistake by doing a literal translation: here the highest league is usually called "Primera División" and the next one "Segunda División" (their official commercial names now being "Liga BBVA" and "Liga Adelante" which both suck).

[blackwiggle]

I'm waiting for the result of Wolves [H] V' Blackburn [A] .
Wolves really need to win it to save themselves from drooping into the relegation 3, and subsequent playoffs to the drop back to the Championship level.:redface::bomb

I think MegaGeezza will be hoping for a win/draw as well. :)

[MegaGeeza22]

I hope wolves can stay up! Mick Mcarthy is a great manager and i think he can do it!
Liverpool... i hope to see alot of improvement next season, Kenny is the man.
Next season will be the best season yet!! with 6 teams all pushing for top 4 and the title! lets hope these top teams dont purchase any more of these frail overrated spanish players.
Im dreading watching Manu vs Barca... barca will be like a pack of domino's getting knocked down by the breeze and tripping over blades of grass.

[xEik]

lets hope these top teams dont purchase any more of these frail overrated spanish players
Torres was already made of Fail even before you bought him when he played for Atlético de Madrid. :P
Being overrated is one of the hassles that come with winning the world cup. ;) Not that I'll ever support the Spanish national team for several irrelevant personal reasons.


...barca will be like a pack of domino's getting knocked down by the breeze and tripping over blades of grass.

Most of you Brits are such a bunch of whiners. :D
Next Saturday I just want the team that plays the best match to win. If it happens to be Manchester Utd, then so be it. :beer

[infoxicated]

If by "brits being whiners" you mean it's a national trait of ours that we have little tolerance for players falling over, play-acting, trying to get their competitors sent off, and essentially cheating then, for a change, I'm quite proud to be British. :)

Thanks for the compliment. :+

[xEik]

I just find it funny that people talk as if Barça players were the first to ever dive or exagerate.

And I said "most of you". :D I didn't mean to offend anyone. Just friendly banter. I'm sure British newspapers wouldn't be so "outraged" if it was another of the possible finals, let's say Barça-Bayern. I think it's just them heating up the atmosphere in preparation for the finals. Usual procedure for national sports press in every country, nothing wrong about that. ;)

BTW you'll never catch me saying I'm proud to be Spanish. :) Not even after last summer's world cup (there's proof in this forum).

[infoxicated]

I wasn't offended at all - just friendly banter like you say. :)

BTW you'll never catch me saying I'm proud to be Spanish. :) Not even after last summer's world cup (there's proof in this forum).
I wouldn't expect a proud Catalonian to do that, either! ;)

[Hellfire_WZ]

Whatever happens today, I just want Wigan down. I can't bear the thought of them a league above us.

EDIT: Bollocks...

[OBH]

Damn, I wanted Wigan to go down too..... only cos I think Charles N'Zogbia would be sick at Tottenham :)

Was a crazy last day of the season, fair play to Wolves, you couldnt have cut it any closer! :D:+

Looking forward to Champions League final now. Should be a damn good game.

[KGB]

I imogen Giggs will have a great game :g:D;)

I don't say it very often but come Man U.

[xEik]

I don't play football videogames but this year's covers were almost prescient.
The players of two teams merely look. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/Fifa11_keyart_uk-492x600.jpg) :P
The player of another team has the ball. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/PES2011boxart.jpg) ;)

Oh, and sorry Mr Techno but you underestimate Guardiola and Messi at your own risk. :g

[stin]

Game were awesome tonight and two great goals and another great goal from Rooney too!

Congrats to Barca!:nod:+

stevie:)

[KGB]

I really wanted Man U to win but Barca were just brilliant, they are fantastic to watch, the best team I have ever seen.

The best bit though was at the end when they were interviewing Mascherano, he said that even though some Liverpool fans were disappointed with him leaving the club, the win was for them. it made me laugh and remember who I actually support :paperbag.

I thought the ref had a great game too, he just let the game flow. There's too many games I've seen ruined by card happy refs.

[SaturnReturn]

Despite not being into the football in a big way, I turned the TV on today and watched almost the whole match. It was really entertaining and a very positive game too.

[xEik]

Yes. This kind of matches are the ones that get people into football. :)
Manchester United played a very good game but Barça played even better.
Rooney was the best for Manchester but I was also impressed by the performance of Van der Sar. If he wanted, I'm sure he could continue for some years before retiring.
Park turned to be much better than I would normally expect from a Korean player. The only disappointment was Chicharito's performance. There's no doubt he can offer a better image and he probably will in the following years.

[ion harvest]

That was a really good game. I watched it all in the pub (typical) and the atmosphere was tense.

Barcelona were fantastic.

[OBH]

I was so hoping Spurs were going to sign some real quality this summer.

Instead we've got another Berbatov fiasco with Modric. It's a sad, sad day; made worse by Chelsea fans rubbing our noses in it....

:(

[UB3R~JKP]

Is Modric leaving Spurs? :( I sure hope not.

[OBH]

Looks like it. It's a ridiculous scenario.

He signs a 6 year contract extension on 30th May 2010.
About 2/3 weeks ago Chelsea make a £22million pound bid which we instantly rejected.
Then Modric says we have a "gentleman's agreement" to let him go if the offer is good enough. (which pesonally I think £22m is a joke. We spent 16.5 on him and he's been worth well more (http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11675_7030773,00.html)
And just now Tottenham deny his accusations completely. (http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11668_7031135,00.html)

It's a complete disgrace. I honestly didn't think he would be the kind of player to kick up a fuss about us not wanting to sell him. I presumed when you sign up for a massive 6 years your in it for the long haul. Instead it's another Berbatov throwing his toys out the pram cos we won't let him make the step up.

I've been such a fan since we got him 3 years ago. Now I say get rid of the little sh*t. No one wants an unhappy player, but instead don't give him his "dream" move to Chelsea, ship him out to Italy or Spain and use him as bait to get a quality player in return.

I can totally understand players wanting to achieve as much as they can in the short time they have in their careers, but this is stupid.

Absolutely gutted. Even more so that Chelsea fans are well and truly rubbing our faces in it

[DJ Techno]

Don't feel bad.

All teams got to draft n trade players


Hell when August comes up.

N you seeing the Champs n champagne pour out for
Man. United.

I don't think nobody is worried on trading players.

N for American football
USC Gamecocks will taste gold. And not skrew themselves at a bowl championship
Greenbay, Greenbay, Greenbay!

N for the first time seeing New Jerseys soccer team n there stadium.

I salute them.