I will probably banned but... (Football chat) !

[viper_man]

Time for some more Footy chat!

Whats everyones predictions for tonights big games then?

[SuperAguri]

Chelsea will win easily :D

(I am not a Chelsea fan, I hate them as much as Man Utd)

[quicksilver]

Bayern munich to beat Inter and Liverpool to beat Galatasary :up:

[pino]

Bayern munich to beat Inter and Liverpool to beat Galatasary :up:

You were totally right :p

Anyway I watched Barca last night...what a great show, they should've won with more than 2 goals. Gudjohnsen was amazing !

[Storm]

I could not watch it but they won anyways!

pino what did I tell ...who will score ? ;)

[pino]

I could not watch it but they won anyways!

pino what did I tell ...who will score ? ;)

You were right ;) Anyway Gudjonsen made a fantastic dribbilng and deserved a goal, unfortunatelly he hit the wood...great show from Barca !

[quicksilver]

You were totally right :p


Just as well im not a betting man :D

[stevie_gerrard]

Super job by the mighty Man Utd to scrape through tonight :p : they didnt deserve to win if the game was 30 minutes long, but they really turned it round magnificently :)

5 british teams in the Knockout stages of the CL. are you scared Pino and the rest? the british are coming to snatch the CL off everyone else and that rubbish team called Barca :D :p : :laugh:

[BeansBeansBeans]

Great game at St James's Park tonight, capped off by a cracking Emre goal.

[viper_man]

Arsenal and Porto both needing a draw to progess, 0-0 draw. Fancy that!

Cant wait for the Chelski Arse game this sunday, hopefully itll be a thriller, on current form Chelski should easily win. Still remains whether to be seen if Mr Henry will be playing, if indeed ever again for Arsenal.

What does everyone think of the current take over talks surrounding my beloved Liverpool? Personally Id rather there not be any mega rich owners pouring millions into clubs just to turn them into a brand, but whilst everyone else is at it I dont see why we shouldnt dip in.

[Viv]

Arsenal and Porto both needing a draw to progess, 0-0 draw. Fancy that!

Cant wait for the Chelski Arse game this sunday, hopefully itll be a thriller, on current form Chelski should easily win. Still remains whether to be seen if Mr Henry will be playing, if indeed ever again for Arsenal.
I don't think Henry is playing this Sunday..but never again for Arsenal??Thats goin' a little too far I think...


What does everyone think of the current take over talks surrounding my beloved Liverpool? Personally Id rather there not be any mega rich owners pouring millions into clubs just to turn them into a brand, but whilst everyone else is at it I dont see why we shouldnt dip in.
I think Liverpool is fine now,they've got talent too..just need to use them a little better. But if it helps them perform better, then maybe...

[stevie_gerrard]

It wouldn't surprise me to see Henry leaving for Barca or Real Madrid. There been rumours Gerrard could head to Spain as well, but i think he's too committed to the club.

As for the takeover talk, i think its a formality for a team in the premiership now to be taken over by multi millionaires :p : but i dont think it wil do liverpool much harm, i think it could be a good boost for the club, it might just help win the premiership one season as well :p :

[pino]

5 british teams in the Knockout stages of the CL. are you scared Pino and the rest? the british are coming to snatch the CL off everyone else and that rubbish team called Barca :D :p : :laugh:

Sorry mate but this year Lyon will win, they are the best Team in Europe at the moment ! :up: They will beat Chelsea in the final :p :

[Storm]

Don't be so sure pino....Barcelona crossed the difficult hurdles of qualifying for knock-outs and by the time (Feb) Etoó and Messi will be back :up:

Real are playing some decent stuff this time round with Ronaldo scoring goals again and defensively they are better. ( :s )

[Josti]

Sorry mate but this year Lyon will win, they are the best Team in Europe at the moment ! :up: They will beat Chelsea in the final :p :

Best or not, I notice that Lyon are always rated as the biggest outsider in the CL, but surprisingly enough they never get further than the quarter finals. I won't be surprised if they don't make it this year, but they defenitly deserve it.

Hope PSV will not draw Lyon BTW, considering our last encounter with a French team (and Lyon also). Wasted 30 euro's on that game :down:

Hoping for Bayern or AC Milan :up:

[Robinho]

just a bit of good news (as far as i'm concerned) you may remember a month or 2 ago that Sol Davis, the Luton full-back suffered a stroke on the way to the game with Ipswich, which we subsequently lost 5-0.

However, after some time in hospital, and estimates that if he were able to come back it would take at least 6 month, Sol has returned to training and completed a full session with the team this week.

glad to see him making a speedy recovery :up:

[viper_man]

Surprised no one has mentioned this so far, although maybe it was on the old forum.

Did anyone see Ronaldinhos free kick in the Champions League the other week? Have you ever seen anything in football crafted with such genius? The mans a god.

[odykas]

Vamos Blaugrana!!! :D

[viper_man]

Beat you to it Bezza ;)

Good bit of action today is Les Premiership, Liverpool won 4-0 of course in the most important game of the day :D

Just seen an after match interview with stuart pearce, obviously upset his Man City got beat 3-1 by Manyoo, but more interesting was when the interviewer asked his opinion on Corradi's 2nd yellow for diving. Pearce said 'absolutely fantastic decision, and Ill be having a word with him this week about staying on his feet'.

Now that is what we need more of if football is ever going to stamp out diving and cheating.

[Ian McC]

Well I am happy for a change, 5-1 is a nice score :D

[BeansBeansBeans]

An honourable mention goes a Mattie Taylor of Portsmouth for his stunning volley against Everton. I've seen people lob goalkeepers from that distance, and I've seen Ivan Campo score from a similar length with a daisy cutter, but I've never seen anyone strike one on the volley from that far out. Phenomenal.

[escortg3]

An honourable mention goes a Mattie Taylor of Portsmouth for his stunning volley against Everton. I've seen people lob goalkeepers from that distance, and I've seen Ivan Campo score from a similar length with a daisy cutter, but I've never seen anyone strike one on the volley from that far out. Phenomenal.

Just seen it on MOTD, great goal. :up:

[stevie_gerrard]

Don't be so sure pino....Barcelona crossed the difficult hurdles of qualifying for knock-outs and by the time (Feb) Etoó and Messi will be back :up:

Real are playing some decent stuff this time round with Ronaldo scoring goals again and defensively they are better. ( :s )

If Real win the Champions League, i will eat my wolves shirt :p :

Have to Agree Pino, Lyon looking strong, but Lyon look strong every year recently then go screw it up.

On the Matty Taylor Goal, Pure Genius, i dont think you will ever see a better volley hit than that, fantastic. :)

[Funks]

Oily... do me a favour and pop down the turrets will you? If you could just install some anti-sven devices around the ground - just in case the blighter tries to sneak in and take residence in Mr Pardews vacant office.

[oily oaf]

Oily... do me a favour and pop down the turrets will you? If you could just install some anti-sven devices around the ground - just in case the blighter tries to sneak in and take residence in Mr Pardews vacant office.

Don't panic old chap I just heard on radio 5 from none other than Svens agent that he will NOT be joining The Hammers.

So Pards gets the order of the boot. Yet another decent, hard working guy stabbed in the back due to the lack of application from the boys on the business side of the touchline.
Perhaps if messrs Reo Coker, Harewood and Zamora had shown the same enthusiasm on the park as they clearly do in various gents outfitters and trendy London fleshpots we'd be a lot higher in the table and Pardew would still have a job to go to.
I'm not alone in my opinion either. I've just come from the unofficial Hammers forum and the place is seething with rage at the new owners and awash with sympathy for Pardew who is widely perceived as being let down by his players.
Well it's Man u at home next week and I guarantee you that most if not all of the 2 bob lightweights and show ponies that have disgraced the shirt recently will give the performance of their lives as they bask in the limelight which the so called "glamour fixtures" bring.
A well it's a fait accompli now so who next for the poisoned chalice.?
For me I can't see beyond Alan Curbishly, a local boy and ex hammer (sadly I'm old enough to have seen him in his pomp :( ) a well respected tactician and man manager who worked wonders at Charlton on a limited budget and a pretty mediocre set of players TBH.
Some of the boys are talking up Terry Venables on the website. Again a good choice but may prove unpopular with a section of the fans due to his "Spuds" connection.
As far as I'm concerned as long as the new incumbent turns us round and makes a few decent signings in the January window I dont mind who gets it.
Arsene Wenger being the honourable exception ;) Blimey I've just gone all cold :(

[odykas]

Arsene Wenger being the honourable exception ;)

Yes, Whinger is so special! :laugh:

[BeansBeansBeans]

I was sad to see Pardew go. Clubs need to realise that success is built on stability, not replacing the manager every time you have a bad patch. There were even some Liverpool fans calling for Benitez's head after Liverpool's poor start. If Alex Ferguson had started out at Man Utd in the current climate, he'd have been sacked before he'd won his first trophy.

[BTCC2]

So who are we tipping to be the new manager of West Ham. Grahme Souness perhaps??

[Funks]

Can't say I am excited by the prospect of Curbishley being the guv'nor. I'm not convinced he has got the pedigree to actually take an average club forward. He never did it at Charlton. At least AP had a vision - it's just a pity that the players thought that last years success meant that they can rest easy this year. How wrong they are being proved.

I never believe players or managers when they rule themselves out of a potential transfer or appointment to management. Sven can rule himself out all he likes but I bet he still gets a phone call from Egg!

[Storm]

Oily, the Beeb website still seems to suggest that Sven is in the running for the post of manager..I think that should make you freeze.
As someone who has always liked West Ham (wee apart from Bowyer) I hope they get out of this mess soon. Tevez has been working hard IMO.

I think I watched too much of football over the weekend and ended up with an upset tummy due to lack of sleep. :(

On saturday a bit of Premiership action and then late night saw
Barcelona defeat Real Sociedad 1-0 and then a pretty good Sevilla come from behind to win against Madrid :D ..Although that meant I slept at 430 AM :s

On sunday eve did see the Stamford Bridge game and got to say Chelsea played superbly for the last 15 mins after they went a goal down....great goal by Essien and they almost got 1 or 2 more!

[oily oaf]

Stormy I was having a pretty good day until you said that mate :(
You're spot on about Senor Tevez BTW. The boy's been a shining beacon of quality and endeavour in what thus far has been a sea of dross.
Don't reproach yourself over your lack of love for Mr Bowyer mate I was at a match the other day and his mum was throwing coins at 'im ;)

[pino]

Sorry oily one more bad news for you : Juventus Team Manager Secco, is in London trying to sign Mascherano ;)

[pino]

On sunday eve did see the Stamford Bridge game and got to say Chelsea played superbly for the last 15 mins after they went a goal down....great goal by Essien and they almost got 1 or 2 more!

Don't forget that Arsenal had to play with a defense whos average age was 21, due too many injured players unavailable... I was impressed by Arsenal, not Chelsea :p :

[oily oaf]

Sorry oily one more bad news for you : Juventus Team Manager Secco, is in London trying to sign Mascherano ;)

I dont think anyone would notice Pino, he was on the bench so often the other players called him "The Judge" :p

Looks like Curbisley is a racing cert to get the gig.
Good choice IMHO.
East End boy born in Canning town, came through the Hammers youth team to become one of the finest players to wear the shirt.
He's got the club in his blood and will have the fans backing which is a massive bonus for a new boss.
Let's not forget that when he took over Charlton they were a division 2 outfit with no ground and no prospects and he somehow managed to turn them into a more than useful Premiership outfit until lack of ambition from the Charlton board brought about their current plight.
Anyway let's hope that the board give the guy a decent crack of the whip with a few bob to spend on players come the January sales.

PS If the board hadn't got rid of Harry none of this would have happened.
He must be laughing his proverbials off.

[Funks]

PS If the board hadn't got rid of Harry none of this would have happened.
He must be laughing his proverbials off.

Amen to that.

Pino - Why would Mascherano want to go to Juve? At least West Ham are still in the top league in the country! :p :

[pino]

Amen to that.

Pino - Why would Mascherano want to go to Juve? At least West Ham are still in the top league in the country! :p :

Because Juve is leading Serie B and will be back in Serie A...stronger than ever :p :

[Funks]

I can't understand why anybody would begin to think about taking a job training and playing football in Turin when the delights of Chadwell Heath and East Ham are available.

[Iain]

Delightful pun I heard the other day on Sky Sports News - Sven's agent said he wasn't interested in the job, as he had other irons in the fire. <groan>

[stevie_gerrard]

Well, Alan Curbishley will soon be announced as the West ham manager according to BBC Sport, i know he didnt quite get it right with Charlton, but i hope he can turn things around for the Hammers, because its such a sad sight to see the Hammers down the bottom after playing in one of the great FA Cup finals just a few months ago. :(

[SEATFreak]

Disgusted Pards was sacked. The WHUFC board had the nerve to sack the manager after one or two mildly bad results when one or two teams last season in the Premiership were close to going the whole season without seeing a win. West Ham's new owner should think himself luck the run wasn't longer.

[Storm]

SeatFreak, only one or two bad mildly bad results? Even his biggest supporters will tell you that 11 pts in 17 games is quite bad. Of course the players who did wonders last season are not doing enough this time which doesn't help :s

Alan Curbishley is indeed the new manager..I think he did reasonably well at Charlton considering the money they had so lets see if he can turn around the Hammers this season.

[SEATFreak]

SeatFreak, only one or two bad mildly bad results? Even his biggest supporters will tell you that 11 pts in 17 games is quite bad.

Trust me I can trump the 11 in 17 with no bother at all.

Have a guess at which team from the 05-06 season in their first 17 (which began ironically in more than one way at home to Chartlon and ended away to Charlton), got a grand total of 5 points?

*The five points in the first 17 coming in a win over Middlesbrough (the winner scored by a player now at Boro), and home draws against WBA and ironically West Ham.

* And also that team got 0 points from an available 12 in both August and November, got 4 from an available 9 in September, got 1 from an available 13 in October and got no points in the final 2 games of the 17 at the start of December.

Have a guess which team?

[Storm]

I know what team you are talking about :p :

[SEATFreak]

Remember when Mick McCarthy was sacked? It wasn't till March that he was sacked because caretaker manager Kevin Ball did the final 10 games whic counting 10 games from Aston Villa (A) on the final day takes you to Bolton (A) on March 18.

Whereas Mick McCarthy's tenure can be best remembered for losing to Brentford in the FA Cup, Bally's tenure can best be remembered for going to Old Trafford and frustrating 50k+ fans with a 0-0 draw. OK, we got relegated, but this fan knew on Matchday 1 of the 05-06 season it was a case of when and not if we got relegated. That is how different Ball was to McCarthy.

Plase, don't anyone tell me Alan Pardew deserved to go any sooner than Mick McCarthy because the form of West Ham this season can be compared to the form of Sunderland last season.

[stevie_gerrard]

Newcastle added a 15th player to the injury list, Charles N'Zogbia joins the likes of Owen and Moore on the medical table.

Is it time to feel sorry for Newcastle a bit? :p :

[SEATFreak]

Newcastle added a 15th player to the injury list, Charles N'Zogbia joins the likes of Owen and Moore on the medical table.

Is it time to feel sorry for Newcastle a bit? :p :

No. :p :

[pino]

Group winners (Pot 1): AC Milan, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Liverpool, Lyon, Manchester United & Valencia.

Group runners-up (Pot 2): Barcelona, Celtic, Inter Milan, Lille, Porto, PSV Eindhoven, Real Madrid & Roma.



Can't wait to see who from pot1 will play Barca, I also hope Chelsea will play Roma or Real Madrid :p :

[Storm]

I would like to see Barcelona kick Milan's butt (just for fun and so that they dont win this CL as they dont deserve to be in it. Sneaked into CL via appeal and a reduced points deficit in Serie A too :\ )

or Barcelona kicking Man Utd out could be fun too :D


Chelsea v Real M ;)

[pino]

Here's the draw :

Porto v Chelsea
Celtic v AC Milan
PSV Eindhoven v Arsenal
Lille v Man.U
Roma v Lyon
Barcelona v Liverpool
Real Madrid v Bayern Munich
Inter Milan v Valencia

[Storm]

damn..a English club that I actually like vs my favourite club!

Milan and Chelsea have it easy :s
Lyon...c'mon whip Totti's whinny butt :up:

[jso1985]

Go Liverpool! :D

Man U has the easiest rival...

PSV vs Arsenal, looking forword for it :up:

[viper_man]

Barca.




Oh Bugger

[fandango]

I have to admit I feel a little divided about Barça - Liverpool. I'll only be happy if it's a good match and the winners deserve it through better play. Liverpool have a job on their hands, but then again if anyone can deal with Barça it's Benitez. He did it enough times while at Valencia.

[pino]

Barca down 0-1 in the World Clup final against International...with 8 min left :s

[pino]

btw I must say I am very happy that Martins has started to score for Newcaste, he's a great guy and very talented :up: ...still can't understand why Inter sold him :crazy: :down:

[stevie_gerrard]

The chase for the Premiership Title this season gets more interesting....

Everton 2-3 Chelsea
West Ham 1-0 Man Utd :D

Although i would prefer man Utd to win the title, this is a big moment for West Ham, please tell me this is the moment that changes West Ham's season and saves them from relegation! :D

Drogbas goal for Chelsea :up: very good, we've had some right crackers this month and its only the 17th :) Bring on the Christmas schedule :)

[jso1985]

Club World Championship:
Internacional 1 Barcrap 0 :D

whoa!! West Ham finally won something :eek:

[Storm]

Internacional defended really well (not that great a team while attacking) and Gudjohnsen had abad game...should have scored atleast 2 :s

Where's oily? still drunk? partying with Mourinho?

Hammers :) :up:

[pino]

I hate to say this, but I must congrats Chelsea...wasn't easy to win at Everton, especially after they were down 0-1. Thanks to West Ham the champ title it's now exciting :up:

[pino]

btw today Cannavaro will be called FIFA player of the year ! :D The french will get mad again :p :

[oily oaf]

btw today Cannavaro will be called FIFA player of the year ! :D The french will get mad again :p :

When you say "The French" Pino I take it you are referring to a certain Mr Wenger of Highbury ;)

Well what can I say boys. The Hammers throw a spanner into the big red machine.
It's a pity the players didn't show the same kind of commitment for Alan Pardew as they did for the new boss

I wonder if Jose has sent Alan Curbishly a bottle of Portuguese vinho tinto in the post.
He owes him a little tipple at least ;)

Storm you were absolutely correct in your summation. I was indeed as drunk as a skunk :(

[pino]

When you say "The French" Pino I take it you are referring to a certain Mr Wenger of Highbury ;)



Not only at him, I am sure most of french people wanted Zidane to win that award :s

[odykas]

I bet Whinger supported Henry! http://www.thelab.gr/images/smilies/hehe.gif

[Storm]

Cannavaro is FIFA World Player of the Year
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/6189503.stm

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41874000/jpg/_41874028_cannavaro_al203.jpg

[CARPARTS_4U]

:bounce: I'm for the celtic :bounce:


:bounce: C'MON THE HOOPS :bounce:

[stevie_gerrard]

Yeh, you might have your work cut out against AC Milan :p :

[pino]

Real Madrid-Recreativo 0-3 :eek: :laugh:

In Serie A 10th consecutive win for Inter, this time in Rome against Lazio . I don't have much sympathy for Inter, because they only have 1 italian in their squad, but I am glad for their President Moratti ; he's a very nice person and the best President of Serie A :up: Standings in Serie A :

Inter 45 points for 14 wins and 3 draws !
Roma 38
Palermo 34
Sampdoria 23
Udinese 23
Catania 23
Lazio 22
Empoli 22
Atalanta 21
Livorno 21
Torino 21
Siena 19
Milan 17
Cagliari 16
Fiorentina 15
Messina 15
Chievo 14
Parma 12
Reggina 9
Ascoli 6

[555-04Q2]

Does anyone know when the postponed Arsenal vs Liverpool replay will be held :?:

[BeansBeansBeans]

Does anyone know when the postponed Arsenal vs Liverpool replay will be held

January 9th, mate.

[555-04Q2]

January 9th, mate.

Thanks triple Beans :up:

[Fangio]

In Serie A 10th consecutive win for Inter, this time in Rome against Lazio . I don't have much sympathy for Inter, because they only have 1 italian in their squad, but I am glad for their President Moratti ; he's a very nice person and the best President of Serie A :up: Standings in Serie A :


Exactly!
Why don`t just put on Argie NT shirts...maybe they would have better luck in the world cup.http://forums.motorsport.com/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif

[stevie_gerrard]

Busy period for Liverpool after the postponement, they have 10 games in 41 days now, Playing Arsenal in two seperate competitions, and with some tough games over Christmas, Bolton and Chelsea fairly soon i think.

this is certainly the key period in Liverpools season.

[odykas]

I am glad for their President Moratti ; he's a very nice person and the best President of Serie A :up:

I thought that Don Luciano was the best! :devil:

[donKey jote]

went to watch a game of footy with my donkito in Madrid yesterday... first time in the Vicente Calderon since what I thought would the the last live Stones' concert in the early 80's :p :
A friendly Real vs Atletico in honour of the late Cappo of Marbella and ex-Generalisimo of Ateletico Jesus GiliGil :s
Lousy game, the best part was the Ola, but still, got to see Raul, Guti, Fernando Torres, Real no 24 wotsisname and oh yes: the footballer of the year inaction, pun intended :D
Got some piccies of Cannavaro for pino :)

{donkey gif unavailable on my dad's computer{

[stevie_gerrard]

Goals Fest in the premiership tonight, Man Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal all grabbing wins, along with Portsmouth and vital win for Boro.

I love the Christmas Period! :D

[stevie_gerrard]

Boxing Day update, once again Man Utd seize the advantage, the gap now 4 points over Chelsea after the blues drew 2-2 with Reading :eek: and Man Utd won again. Liverpool lost, and Arsenal got another flukey 3 points :p :

Bad news all around for Chelsea, Jon Terry could be out for 3 months as he has surgery on his back. With him and Cech out, i think they're really gonna miss them, take advantage FC Porto and the Premiership, their defence is vunerable!! :p :

[stevie_gerrard]

Another update for those following the premier league, and the gap is now 6 points for Man Utd over Chelsea as we head into 2007

Chelsea 2-2 Fulham :eek:
Man Utd 3-2 Reading

There are people saying how Ronaldo is taking the premiership by storm at the moment, but my congrats go out to Phil Jagielka (Defender) who spent half hour keeping out the Arsenal in goal for Sheffield United as they won 1-0! :) now theres a hero if i saw one

Some really interesting contests recently and i just feel that its not over yet! :)

[Iain]

Arsenal were awful tonight. Weren't up for the fight at all. I was wondering why Baptista hadn't been getting a game and now I know why. :s

[veeten]

never open christmas presents sent from Palermo, especially if your the owner of the football team. :p :

http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/6318670?FSO1&ATT=HMA

[stevie_gerrard]

Another Prem update:

Newcastle 2-2 Man Utd at the moment, fantastic match, just what Chelsea need is for Man Utd to drop points

Liverpool 3-0 Bolton (Apparently Liverpool were awesome in the second half, really need this form away from home)

Chelsea and Arsenal play tomorrow.

Wolves win!!! Wolves 2-0 Barnsley :D one point off 5th place, and the play-offs, hope we can keep ourselves up there. The scum lost to Southend :laugh:

[BeansBeansBeans]

Liverpool 3-0 Bolton (Apparently Liverpool were awesome in the second half, really need this form away from home)

Indeed we were :up:

I wish we hadn't dropped so many points away from home.

Good result for Newcastle today, getting a draw against Man Utd despite fielding a vastly depleted side.

[pino]

Henry's back : Arsenal-Charlton 4-0
Chelsea's not : Aston Villa-Chelsea 0-0

Mourinho at his best again :p :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/6226679.stm

Since when money are a problem for Chelski ? :confused:

[odykas]

Happy Barca year :p :

[viper_man]

Chekski have thrown it away, cant see Manyoo losing it now. At the other end one more defeat for West Ham and its goodbye Premiership.

Has anyone seen Nakamuras goal for Celtic against Dundee the other week, I heard in was insane but not seen it yet.

[oily oaf]

Chekski have thrown it away, cant see Manyoo losing it now. At the other end one more defeat for West Ham and its goodbye Premiership.

Has anyone seen Nakamuras goal for Celtic against Dundee the other week, I heard in was insane but not seen it yet.

That's cobblers VM and you know it :mad:
I've just checked the league table and West Ham are very nicely placed in 5th position and pressing for a champions League spot.....................Oh 'old up a minute, that's West Brom.
Hang on while I just check the correct league table............................(single gunshot followed by heavy thud then silence)

[CarlMetro]

Mourinho at his best again :p :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/6226679.stm

Since when money are a problem for Chelski ? :confused:

I must admit to laughing out loud when I read that story. This from a guy who has gone after players and said to their team "name your price" and now he's saying because he's paid over the odds for many players in the past so teams are expecting him to pay top dollar now. What does he expect? :laugh:

[stevie_gerrard]

Hang on while I just check the correct league table............................(single gunshot followed by heavy thud then silence)

I think he just shot the Hammers Mascot :p :

You need to stay positive Oily, things will get better, if everyone had a bit more faith. I personally think West Ham will survive as long as they sort out their squad, and with SWP coming in then there might still be hope yet.

[oily oaf]

I think he just shot the Hammers Mascot :p :

You need to stay positive Oily, things will get better, if everyone had a bit more faith. I personally think West Ham will survive as long as they sort out their squad, and with SWP coming in then there might still be hope yet.

I wish I shared your sunny outlook on life Stevie old pal :)

I've definitely got that sinking feeling at the moment mate :(

Anyway I'm keeping a loaded revolver in me bedside cabinet just in case ;)

[CarlMetro]

I wish I shared your sunny outlook on life Stevie old pal :)

I've definitely got that sinking feeling at the moment mate :(

Anyway I'm keeping a loaded revolver in me bedside cabinet just in case ;)

Not trying to kick a man when he's down already but ..............

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/6230031.stm

[stevie_gerrard]

FA Cup 3rd round weekend is here! :D Time for thrilling football with a couple of shocks! :) Yup, this is my shock predictions:

Macclesfield to Beat Chelsea :eek:
Tamworth to draw with Norwich
Birmingham to Beat Newcastle
Bristol City to beat Coventry
Forest to draw with Charlton
Cardiff to Draw with Spurs

and not forgetting:

West Ham to beat Brighton ;) :p :

[stevie_gerrard]

For those following the FA Cup, here are a few of the headline scores:

Birmingham 2-2 Newcastle :D
Bristol City 3-3 Coventry
Chelsea 6-1 Macclesfield
Chester 0-0 Ipswich :)
Hull 1-1 Middlesbrough
Leicester 2-2 Fulham
Liverpool 1-3 Arsenal :(
Nottm Forest 2-0 Charlton
Sheff Utd 0-3 Swansea :D
Tamworth 1-4 Norwich
West Ham 3-0 Brighton
Wolverhampton 2-2 Oldham :(

[Storm]

Status quo remains in La Liga...Sevilla lost to Zaragoza but Barca and Madrid both couldn't catch up.

Barcelona 1-1 Getafe
Deportivo La Coruña 2-0 Real Madrid -> :D

[viper_man]

Absolutely furious we got beat in such a way by Arsenal. We were far better for the first half an hour and the last half an hour, but were seriously let down by not creating enough clear cut chances, poor defending, and absolutely shocking goalkeeping by Dudek.

Dudek, Crouch and Garcia should not have been on the pitch.

Went the the Manyoo Villa game yesterday at Old Trafford, was a great day out, even if I was sick half way there due to a bad hangover and two hours sleep, but was a fairly good game. Was massively impressed with the stadium, but very very let down by the atmosphere.

[btracer]

Good result for Forrest, charlton are shocking! As soon as they let Curbishley go they have had nothing but problems. I reckon its down 4 teams now to beat the drop, West Ham, Charlton, Sheff Utd and Watford.

[pino]

Arsenal v Bolton
West Ham v Watford
Bristol City or Coventry City v Hull City or Middlesbrough
Chelsea v Nottingham Forest
Chester City or Ipswich Town v Swansea
Cardiff City or Tottenham v Southend Utd or Barnsley
Barnet or Colchester v Peterborough or Plymouth Argyle
Birmingham City or Newcastle United v Reading or Burnley
Derby County v Bristol Rovers
Sheffield Wednesday or Manchester City v Southampton
Crystal Palace v Preston North End
Manchester United v Portsmouth
Blackpool v Norwich City
Queens Park Rangers or Luton Town v Blackburn Rovers
Wolverhampton Wanderers or Oldham v WBA
Leicester City or Fulham v Stoke City


Go Forest :p :

[stevie_gerrard]

Yay, Wolves v WBA for the 4th round! :D :p :

Oh and the Carling Cup Quarter Final Score:

Liverpool 3-6 Arsenal Reserves :p : :( (Dudek was absolutely shocking)

[jso1985]

is it the same Dudek who did a double save on the 2005 Champions League final? :s

[viper_man]

Damn, I was hoping that game went un-noticed.

[Storm]

No it didn't viper! :s
I watched Liverpool play well in the FA cup but still lose and didn't watch this shocker luckily....would have hated to see Arsenal clobber them like this.

[pino]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2002390000-2007010706,00.html

[viper_man]

Dont believe everything The Sun says pino! A few weeks ago they said he was going to Madrid

[odykas]

I hope he stays :D

[btracer]

No it didn't viper! :s
I watched Liverpool play well in the FA cup but still lose and didn't watch this shocker luckily....would have hated to see Arsenal clobber them like this.

It was Arsenal kids playing aswell!!! Apart from Fabregas and Toure there were no first 11 players in the team but you could probably include Baptista after scoring 4 goals at anfield!!

[stevie_gerrard]

So who else thinks David Beckham is the greediest footballer in the world, and has gone to America just to enhance his popularity?? :p :

[stevie_gerrard]

Sorry, didnt see the LA thread :p :

[viper_man]

Awesome, 3-0 vs Watford today and a little bit of pride restored. Could have been 4 or 5 and Crouchy could have bagged himself a hat trick.

On another note, Beckham related but this time also something to do with football, it seems Capello is laying down the law on one of his players signing such a deal while still under his control: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6259063.stm

Looks like hes not going to leave on such good terms after all.

[pino]

12th consecutive win for Inter (3-1 at Torino) both Adriano and Materazzi (again) in the scoring list...who's going to stop them ? So far 12 wins, 3 draws, 0 defeat :up:

In Spain Español crashed Barca 3-1 :eek:

[pino]

Ups, I was going to forget...1st defeat for Juve in Serie B (0-1 in Mantova) :s we'll back in Serie A anyway :p :

[Bezza]

Obafemi Martins scored an absolute peach in the Tottenham v Newcastle match just then. Final score 3-2 to Newcastle, somehow!

I've not been here enough to laugh but here goes...

Liverpool 3 Arsenal 6! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[viper_man]

...

[stevie_gerrard]

Yeh, that was so like the news 5 days ago :rolleyes: :p :

Spurs v Newcastle was quite good for the neutral, really exciting stuff.

Barca losing :s hock: that is quite shocking, i knew it was 2-1 with 20 minutes to go, Espanyol did really well from what i saw.

[Storm]

Ups, I was going to forget...1st defeat for Juve in Serie B (0-1 in Mantova) :s we'll back in Serie A anyway :p :

:laugh: Go Bologna & Napoli

Barcelona lost to Espanyol of all teams :s

[pino]

...his aficionados :

:rotflmao: :p :

[CarlMetro]

Spurs v Newcastle was quite good for the neutral, really exciting stuff.

.........and not so good for the Spurs fan ;(

[stevie_gerrard]

Yeh, i did feel a little sorry for you spurs fans Carl, but it was your own fault for putting Lennon on the left in the second half, he would have done a lot better on the right, oh and for leaving Keane out of the squad as well.

Anyway, the less said about that, the better.....

FA Cup Replays tonight, come on Wolves! :D Lets have them all, we not scared of some boing boing baggies....... :p :

[pino]

Spanish media confirmed that Milan and Ronaldo have reached a deal, up to Real now...What I don't understand is, why Milan is signing him :crazy: Brazilian Emerson is also on his way back to Italy, he had enough of Real, or viceversa :p :

[Brown, Jon Brow]

I thought Ronaldo wanted to play in the Premiership one day!?!?!?!?!?!?

Looks like Real Madrid might be planning for the arrival of Jose Morinho. As they are removing the glactico's and maybe let Jose add his own players. ;)

[pino]

I really hope Real signs Mourinho, I would have another reason for dislike both :p :

[viper_man]

Oh my god Newcastle are getting a beating. Its almost painful to watch. Almost ;)

[Storm]

Milan are offering 4 million for Big Ron and might go up to 8, but Real wants 10 million, or so says http://www.marca.com

[donKey jote]

I really hope Real signs Mourinho, I would have another reason for dislike both :p :

:laugh: :up:

[Donney]

Yep me too.

[stevie_gerrard]

For all Newcastle fans, i have a piece of advice:

I'd be seriously worried :p :

Maybe they should tempt Shearer out of retirement to partner Martins up front.... ;)

[Iain]

Never mind partner him, replace him. He's useless. All he has is pace and that's it. Reminds me of Darius Vassell.

[jso1985]

Capello reminds me of that The Simpson episode where Homer was the coach of Bart's American Football team.
"Beckham out, Ronaldo out, Cassano I really like your style so it was hard to cut you out" :p :

[stevie_gerrard]

Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea :eek: :D

what a result this was, Chelsea were shocking for most of the game, and Liverpool were amazing, should have won by 4 or 5.

Jamie Carragher- Liverpool's Jon Terry, and his best performance in Liverpool Colours in the league :up:

[viper_man]

Come onnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasudfgh og msa,SJF PHB \

[pino]

Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea :eek: :D



:up: :bounce:

[pino]

500th match for Del Piero with Juve jersey and 1 goal in today's win against Bari (4-2) :D

[stevie_gerrard]

Everybody set, its part 2 of the grand slam weekend:

Arsenal v Man Utd :D 4pm KO

[viper_man]

Just got back from the pub watching Manyoo V Arse. Pretty good game, the first half was a bit fiery and looked as though someone was going to end up getting sent off. Didnt happen though. Both sides played some decent attacking football, Man United had more of an end product to begin with and Arsenal looked quiet up front, especially Henry. The game came to life though in the second half and it finished 2-1 to Arsenal, the winning goal almost 4 minutes into injury time.

Rooney scored for Manyoo, whilst Van Persie and Henry scored for Arse.

[Storm]

Chelsea still in it now despite losing to Liverpool......

In La Liga
Sevilla drew against Villarreal but Barcelona back to winning ways 3-0 over Gimnastic :)

[pino]

13th consecutive win for Inter (Adriano scored again) :eek:
Great win for Arsenal :up: but I still prefere ManU rather than Chelsea to win the title :p :

[CarlMetro]

13th consecutive win for Inter

Hasn't that become a little predictable and boring yet? A bit like Chelski or Man Utd winning all the time :rolleyes:

It's got to the point now in the Premiership that whenever Man Utd or Chelsea lose it becomes big news :\

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Man Utd,at 1-0 we were 8 minutes away from the title :bigcry: :bigcry:

[pino]

Hasn't that become a little predictable and boring yet? A bit like Chelski or Man Utd winning all the time :rolleyes:



Carl, Serie A has never been as bored as now, but there's a positive note : many small Club like Palermo, Catania, Empoli, Atalanta have emerged and that's good for italian football. It will be different next year when Juve's back :p :

[GeorginaH]

juve for the WIN!!

[pino]

juve for the WIN!!

:kiss: No matter you'r a man or woman :p :

[stevie_gerrard]

good result for the Arsenal, despite the fact i wanted Man Utd to win

Next big game for Mourinho, hes got a tough game to sort out, with a frail defence (supposedly) and misfiring strikers, its time to come against foes for the second time in the past 3 weeks, as they take on the might of Jermaine Easter and co. in:

Chelsea v Wycombe: The Rematch (CMON WYCOMBE :D )

[viper_man]

What day is that game? Got to remember to stick a couple of quid on Wycombe

[pino]

By tomorrow Ronaldo will join Milan...I think the milanese Club signs him in order to convince Dida to stay in Milan, nice strategy I must say :crazy:

[stevie_gerrard]

London Derby tonight in the other Carling Cup Semi Final:

Tottenham v Arsenal :up:

[pino]

Platini elected as new Uefa President :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/6284365.stm

[stevie_gerrard]

I'd like to say this a good decision to elect Platini, but im not sure about cutting the CL spots from 4 to 3 now for each country, we might not see the brilliant action we get from the 4th spot team (i.e I do believe Liverpool came 4th in the Premiership the season before they won the CL, am i right?? )

On the topic of Liverpool, i want to hear from Liverpool fans of their views on the current takeover talk. After a long time looking like the Dubai bid will come through, there is a new bid from an American Tycoon, story here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/6304467.stm

so what just is happening with Liverpool, are they the latest team to be taken over by americans? and will we see the success come with the cash like we have at Chelsea, and maybe the chance to finally win the trophy thats slipped away from them so often, the premiership??

[Donney]

By tomorrow Ronaldo will join Milan...I think the milanese Club signs him in order to convince Dida to stay in Milan, nice strategy I must say :crazy:

And they spared themselves a few millions considering they offered 20 in the summertime.

:up:

[stevie_gerrard]

one football result to mention from the weekend:

Bristol City 2-2 Middlesborough :D So proud of everyone at Bristol City F.C a wonderful tie that depicts the story of the FA Cup.

I dont want to talk too much about another result from this weekends FA Cup :p :

Wolves 0-3 West Brom :(

[Bezza]

Anyone see Dave Nugent's goal this weekend? :cool: Class act.

[Rollo]

Blackpool 1 - Norwich 1

I just don't understand what's going on. Blackpool is still in the 4th round of the FA Cup and heading for promotion in the league. Something just smacks of not quite being right.

Hark, I think I hear four horses outside! :D

[pino]

Poor Materazzi :p :

Anyway 14th consecutive win for Inter (2-0 away vs Sampdoria)

[stevie_gerrard]

a win for the Liverpool, 2-1 over West Ham, 0-0 at half time, first goal came 9.9 SECONDS after the second half started, quite a stunning goal from Kuyt as well. so was Crouchs. For the West Ham crew, the only thing you have to be happy about at the moment is the prospect of Kepa Blanco from Sevilla, scoring with his first touch from coming on.

Having seen West Ham's performance last night, it was better, and if they can continue getting better, i tip them to escape relegation.... just :p :

[Storm]

Liverpool got Mascherano from WHU as well. And the Ronaldo saga seems to continue with money matters I guess.

[pino]

Ronaldo has signed and started to train with Milan...good luck both :p :

[harsha]

good luck to AC MILAN,they are gonna need it..... :p :

[oily oaf]

a win for the Liverpool, 2-1 over West Ham, 0-0 at half time, first goal came 9.9 SECONDS after the second half started, quite a stunning goal from Kuyt as well. so was Crouchs. For the West Ham crew, the only thing you have to be happy about at the moment is the prospect of Kepa Blanco from Sevilla, scoring with his first touch from coming on.

Having seen West Ham's performance last night, it was better, and if they can continue getting better, i tip them to escape relegation.... just :p :

Don't be so bloody defeatist Stevie boy :mad:

I've just worked out that if we win all our remaining games including a handful of nailed on certs like Man U, Chelsea, A***ole and Liverpool and all the teams above us are relegated due to match fixing allegations we'll be on the march to Championship glory :)

Hang on I'll be back in a minute, a couple of geezers in white coats are banging on the door :(

[pino]

oily, I love your optimism :up: :p :

[Brown, Jon Brow]

What odd's would I get on West Ham winning the Championship play-offs next year?

Or Leeds winning Leugue 1's

[Iain]

Well that's another transfer window shut. Maybe it's just me, but it doesn't seem to be as exciting as the old March 31st one did before the two windows came in. Not many big signings made and loads of undisclosed fees and loans.

[oily oaf]

oily, I love your optimism :up: :p :

Why thankyou my friend :)

And I love the way that Italian lady's bottoms wiggle when they walk through St Peters Square. But that's our little secret OK? ;)

[stevie_gerrard]

Don't be so bloody defeatist Stevie boy :mad:


If im defeatist, for all the optimism i do show, what are you oily my friend??
:p :


Hang on I'll be back in a minute, a couple of geezers in white coats are banging on the door :(

Yeh that sounds about right :p :

[oily oaf]

Rumours are rife that Intenazionale boss Roberto Mancini is to take the Chelsea job for 2007/8 following the much predicted departure of "The Special One"

I have already started a fund to buy Pino a blue shirt for next season.
Please give generously :D

[pino]

Thanks oily, but I only would wear that shirt if the leggendary Luca Vialli would take over...still maybe though as I don't like Abramovich at all ;) Anyway for what I know Lippi is the new candidate to take over if Mourinho leaves...

[oily oaf]

Thanks oily, but I only would wear that shirt if the leggendary Luca Vialli would take over...still maybe though as I don't like Abramovich at all ;) Anyway for what I know Lippi is the new candidate to take over if Mourinho leaves...

Ah Gianlucca :) Surely the nicest man in the world.
And he's got a haircut just like mine too ;)

[pino]

oily, I've love Vialli, ever since he started at Cremonese, then Sampdoria where he made the best italian duo ever with Mancini, and finally I've ammired him with Juventus jersey :up: I would love to see him take over at Juve one day :D



Are you looking like this ? :p :


http://www.juvepoland.com/images/historia/kapitanowie/vialli.jpg

[oily oaf]

oily, I've love Vialli, ever since he started at Cremonese, then Sampdoria where he made the best italian duo ever with Mancini, and finally I've ammired him with Juventus jersey :up: I would love to see him take over at Juve one day :D



Are you looking like this ? :p :


http://www.juvepoland.com/images/historia/kapitanowie/vialli.jpg

We could be twins Pino ;)
Mind you I don't know where you got hold of that picture of Luca on the toilet mate :eek:

Seriously though I remember the great man not only as one of the most clinical finishers that ever graced the Azzuri and Juventus shirts but also as one of the finest gentleman I have ever had the pleasure to hear speak. His great dignity combined with a warm and friendly personality and self deprecating humour made him a credit to himself and the Italian nation.

Personally I hope he remains at Sky Italia where I believe he is a pundit and stays well clear of the cuthroat world of football management.
A man like him deserves much better.

[Hotbikerchic33]

Do we really need to talk about footie?? :(

its one of the most boring sports there is sorry guys but its true!! :D

[CarlMetro]

Do we really need to talk about footie?? :(

Well considering this is a FOOTBALL discussion thread I guess the answer would be yes ;)

[agwiii]

Well considering this is a FOOTBALL discussion thread I guess the answer would be yes ;)

I thought this was a soccer thread. I just started a football thread elsewhere.

http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114343

[CarlMetro]

I thought this was a soccer thread. I just started a football thread elsewhere.

:rolleyes:

[oily oaf]

Do we really need to talk about footie?? :(

its one of the most boring sports there is sorry guys but its true!! :D

Well we do tend to touch on the subject now and again.
You see this is the football thread.

However if you feel an overpowering desire to rail against this bastion of masculine chest beating and would like to start a thread about knitting, needlepoint, Robbie William's arse or the age old debate of Panty girdle versus control top tights then by all means knock yerself out love :D

Andreaaaaaaaa! Where are ya darlin'
Come back all is forgiven :D

[agwiii]

:rolleyes:

:rotflmao:

The United States and England; two countries separated by a common language.

:rotflmao:

[race aficionado]

What's this about the italian football mess with the street fights and cancellations of games?
Violence in Sicily.

Do I know what is happening here? I see this in the Fox soccer channel but nothing in this thread.

I'm like in the twighlight zone . . . . and most of you guys are asleep.
I'm seeing Catania Vs Palermo and see two non goals for Palermo and I wonder if that's why they had the street revolts

:s mokin:

ah, wait, I'm seeing the news and I am right. Pissed off fans do it again + some bad refereeing to boot.

[pino]

race amigo, here's what happened last night :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6326513.stm

I really hope the Ital autorities this time will punish those idiots the way they deserves, and won't allow any more games until a solution to this stupid violence has been found :blackeye: :mad:

[oily oaf]

race amigo, here's what happened last night :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6326513.stm

I really hope the Ital autorities this time will punish those idiots the way they deserves, and won't allow any more games until a solution to this stupid violence has been found :blackeye: :mad:

A terrible business.
It would appear that here is still no cure for the cancer that is "The English Disease"

[stevie_gerrard]

Did shock me the other night when i saw the situation on Sky News, any chance that Italian football will be back soon pino? Despite the violence and rioting, Italian football is generally very exciting to watch.

[BTCC2]

Tottenham 0-4 Manchester United

Ronaldo, Vidic, Scholes and Rooney score. Man U down to 10 men for las 5 mins when Van Der Sar broke his nose.

Great game. But Ronaldo was up to his old tricks again, winning a penalty with a blatant dive.

[Georgeboi999]

A bad week for my teams. Everton drew 0-0 which is good. Barnsley was on skysports and lost 2-0 and Inter Milan didn't play cause of the riot.

[BTCC2]

Real Madrid 0-1 Levante

Madrid down to 4th, Valencia 3rd, 2nd Sevilla, 1st Barcelona

Osasuna 0-0 Barcelona

Sevilla drew 0-0 aswell

Samuel Eto returned for Barcelona but did no actually get a touch of the ball. When do Ronaldinho and Messi come back from injury???

[stevie_gerrard]

International friendlies this midweek for some countries, the mighty England ( :p : ) face their next test against Spain. Stevie Gerrard to be England captain as well :D JT not starting the game, but may play a part later on.

Got a good tip as well: Joey Barton to start and score on his debut ;)

[harsha]

i started watching football in 97 onwards and the reason why i supported Chelsea initially was that they had imo the most under-rated footballer in gainfranco zola and gianluca vialli(although vialli was past his prime)...he was a decent manager with chelsea though

[Bezza]

Seems a lot more interesting in La Liga than in the Premiership at the moment. At least some credit though to Boro and Everton for holding the "bigger" teams Arsenal and Liverpool respectively.

Benitez has shown himself to be a complete plank though with his comments about Everton, only fuelling my dislike for Liverpool even further. In the 1980's Everton and Liverpool were level, and they could be again if it wasn't for Liverpool having more money to play with. He needs to look at his own team before bemoaning others, when actually they played well and had the best chance of the match!

[stevie_gerrard]

Prediction for England-Spain tonight:

England 1-6 Spain :p :

Saying that, it will be interesting to see how a half-unexperienced side, in an unexperienced formation can handle the pressure. Saying that though, i think the last time we tried that was against Croatia....... :(

[tony_yeboah]

rubbish game so far, david villa is the best player on the park so far

has anyone else noticed how bad the pitch looks? it seems so bobbly, not good for international matches!

[Ian McC]

God I hate Motson and Lawrenson, so bloody depressing :mad:

[tony_yeboah]

goal of the month goes:

1st henry
2nd nugent
3rd rooney

[Rollo]

Benitez has shown himself to be a complete plank though with his comments about Everton, only fuelling my dislike for Liverpool even further. In the 1980's Everton and Liverpool were level, and they could be again if it wasn't for Liverpool having more money to play with. He needs to look at his own team before bemoaning others, when actually they played well and had the best chance of the match!

Everton actually ARE a smaller club compared to Liverpool. Since the days of Kendall as manager they've won no trophies; aren't playing in Europe. Last season they only narrowly avoided relegation last year.

It's akin to Sir Alex calling Man City a small club, or Preston North End calling Blackpool a small club.


Somehow we just expect more of a Liverpool manager.

Well why? Huh? The same sorts of comments have been made for the past 50 years. Bill Shankly is well known for his anti-Everton comments. It's just one of those things that is.

Compare Shankly's comment of 1968

What can you do, playing against eleven goalposts?

With Rafa's comment of 2007

Playing against a small team, it is not easy when they have nine men behind the ball. One team wanted to win while one team came not to lose.

Yes, Rafa's remarks upset the Blues. Wyness had a tantrum in the directors box while Bill Kenwright threw his toys out of his pram, very literally. The Echo reported that he had to be exported out of the ground for fear of throwing things at the officials.

Is someone having a cry? :waah:

[Bezza]

It was a pretty derogatory way of saying things from Benitez though - typical foreign manager whinging. A team goes to Anfield and gets a draw and almost nicks it - he just says they stuck 9 men behind the ball and are a small club. To me, thats pathetic and shows a lack of respect. It also incites violence, so he'd better be careful. The so called "friendly derby" - what a load of rubbish. I know many Evertonians and they all hate Liverpool! Whereas most Liverpool "fans" I meet are actually from London or Ireland and have never been to a match.

England = pathetic as well. Steve McClaren:

"I'm not making excuses...but were half a team short"

Thats a bloody big excuse McClaren, quit with the cliches and sort them out. Lampard and Gerrard can not play together - HOW MANY TIMES!!!

[BeansBeansBeans]

Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho are famous for making these sorts of inflammatory comments, which often help to create something of a seige mentality within their respective squads. It's nothing new, and has nothing to do with Benitez being foreign.

[jso1985]

If England can't beat a team that can't beat other teams also, then something is wrong :s
Anyway both played horribly IMO, ok Iniesta's goal was impressive but in general lines the game was boring.
I can't see both teams beating France or Germany

[Storm]

It was a pretty derogatory way of saying things from Benitez though - typical foreign manager whinging.


Hell no...that would be Mr Arsene Whinger.

[gadjo_dilo]

I'm so sad. Last night we had to have a friendly match against Italy and I waited for it for months. But it was postponed because the events in Sicily.

[Storm]

Thats bad gadjo, but looks like Serie A will be back this week-end.
Maybe you will get your match soon as well!

[gadjo_dilo]

I'm afraid it wouldn't be posible. And who knows when we'll have the posibility to play against a famous team as long as we keep missing all qualifications to world or european competitions.

[veeten]

Yesterday it was Man-U, today its Liverpool... tomorrow, the whole Premiership!!

MuuHahhahahahaaa!!! :devil: :p :

[BeansBeansBeans]

Yesterday it was Man-U, today its Liverpool... tomorrow, the whole Premiership!!

MuuHahhahahahaaa!!! :devil: :p :

As a Liverpool fan, all I have to say is....

Yo! Liverpool Soccer Group are gonna kick some limey ass in the 2nd trimester of the latest Walmart Premier Championship Soccer League Tournament buddy!!

[stevie_gerrard]

If only Gerrard had stayed on for the whole game, England would have won :p :

Quite poor is really understatement of the century, ive never seen so much lack of passion in an england squad, but i was impressed by Dyer and Woodgate on their returns.

[CarlMetro]

Well it was a good game for the first ten minutes, just a shame England didn't bother playing for the other 80 :rolleyes:

I heard an interview with Gary Neville on the radio today saying how disappointed he and the rest of the team were that the England team were booed off the pitch. Well Gary, if you give the fans something to cheer, you know like producing more than two sodding shots on target in a whole match, then you might find the fans' reaction a little different.

Good to see that McLaren learnt so much from Sven. Took by far the best player on the pitch in the first half, Steve Gerrard, off at half time and then followed up by taking the 2nd best off, Wright-Phillips, off shortly after the restart :rolleyes:

Just one more thing, Motty made a remark about the ticket prices being reasonable at Old Trafford last night, with £40 being the top price for the best seat in the house. Well if I'd been there last night I'd be asking for a refund. £40? I wouldn't pay 40p to go and watch them at the moment.

[BeansBeansBeans]

A few years back, I vowed never to watch International Friendlies anymore. I'm happy with my decision.

[viper_man]

England were truly shocking. They just didnt have a clue. Yet another poor performance under McLaren.

Great news about Liverpool being taken over, personally Id rather there was none of this foreign ownership megabucks business going on to the extent it is now, but whilst every other team is I think we have to just to keep up.

Shocked by whats happened in Italy, but its been coming for a long time. The Italian hooligans are amongst the worst in the world.

[BeansBeansBeans]

Went to St James's Park for the Newcastle v Liverpool match today. We should have had the game wrapped up by half time, but many of our players (Kuyt in particular), were guilty of missing gilt-edged chances. In the second half, Newcastle looked a better side and took the victory, and we were left to rue our first half profligacy in front of goal.

[Bezza]

Cue Benitez:

"This is what happens when small teams have 11 men and pass the ball around and score goals"

I await his excuses on MOTD with glee.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Cue Benitez:

"This is what happens when small teams have 11 men and pass the ball around and score goals"

I await his excuses on MOTD with glee.

Preston didn't do to well did they Bezzy. :laugh:


Meanwhile in the big league Man Utd took another step towards their inevitable 2nd postion :rolleyes:

[BeansBeansBeans]

Cue Benitez:

"This is what happens when small teams have 11 men and pass the ball around and score goals"

I await his excuses on MOTD with glee.

Just one of those matches. The best team lost. I was drinking with all my Geordie mates after the game and they admitted they were lucky to get anything out of the game.

No hard feelings from me though. If you score more goals than the opposition, you win. Simple as.

[viper_man]

Should have won really, controlled most of the game from start to finish and had chance after chance after chance.

Like BBB said, if you dont score more goals than the other team, you arent going to win.

[oily oaf]

Well fellas I have finally come to terms with the unpalletable truth that The Irons are doomed to finish the season in the relegation pit of despair :bigcry:
A combination of injuries to key players, diabolical boardroom blunders and a lack of good old fashioned bottle on the park have conspired to see my famous old club out of the top flight yet again.
Oh well it could be worse I suppose, we could have Arsene Wenger as the gaffer ;)

[stevie_gerrard]

Preston didn't do to well did they Bezzy. :laugh:

You're Damn right there jon, absolutely rubbish, you cant even beat wolves, It's a disgrace i tell you!! ;) :laugh:

I do feel sorry for you and West Ham oily, you do put it on yourself though mate :p :

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Oh well it could be worse I suppose, we could have Arsene Wenger as the gaffer ;)

Yeah, and West Ham might actually win a game if that happened. If West Ham are relegated before the end of the season and then beat Man Utd in the last game of the season, handing the title to Chelski, I will throttle every West Ham supporter in the land with a counterfeit Arsenal shirt. :cheese:

[Iain]

Erm.....I think Oily might have something to say about that. ;)

[jso1985]

I have nothing against West Ham, in fact in previous seasons didn't much care much if they perform good or bad, but all sports channels I get on cable TV are from Argentina(and all of them in love with Tevez and Riquelme), and when Tevez went there, they suddenly started to care about West Ham and even showed their games instead of Chelsea, Manchester U or Arsenal ones, and went all day with "Tevez is gonna make West Ham a big team in Europe" "West Ham this... West Ham that...", so basically I'm fed up with West Ham thanks to the Argentine press, so sorry Oily but I'm a bit happy they're going down

[Iain]

Having seen the Arsenal - Wigan game today, I was very surprised at Terry Henry's unprofessional behaviour towards Chris Kirkland when they equalised. If Wigan were timewasting, then it wasn't anything Jens Lehman hadn't done before was it? The ref had a shocker as well, clearcut penalty for Wigan when Heskey was fouled by Flamini (I think it was him?) and nothing given. Think the ref and Arsene "I didn't see it" Wenger need a visit to SpecSavers ASAP. :p :

[oily oaf]

Yeah, and West Ham might actually win a game if that happened. If West Ham are relegated before the end of the season and then beat Man Utd in the last game of the season, handing the title to Chelski, I will throttle every West Ham supporter in the land with a counterfeit Arsenal shirt. :cheese:

I have taken on board your strangulation related threats Mr Brown and have duly informed my Uncle Dave of your intentions.

To say he is looking forward to your attempt on his life with eager anticipation is not even the half of it :D

[Brown, Jon Brow]

I have taken on board your strangulation related threats Mr Brown and have duly informed my Uncle Dave of your intentions.

To say he is looking forward to your attempt on his life with eager anticipation is not even the half of it :D

You didn't tell me you were related to Bobby George!! :confused:

http://redactie01.wm.kennisnet.nl/MediaProvider/img/43824.jpeg

[stevie_gerrard]

Watch Out, Bristol City are out to get you :D :up:

Current scoreline: Middlesborough 0-1 Bristol City :eek:

[pino]

After 14 years Brazil lose 1st place...guess to who ? :p :



http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/index/0,2548,All-Feb-2007,00.html

[Bezza]

Not much pride in that, pino, considering the recent events in Italy.

If that happened in England we'd be chucked out of European Competition for 5 years.

[jso1985]

14 years?? didn't France had it after the 98 World cup?

[pino]

Not much pride in that, pino, considering the recent events in Italy.

If that happened in England we'd be chucked out of European Competition for 5 years.

My dear Bezza, being italian I am the first one to be ashamed and sorry for what happened in Catania, however FIFA ranking has nothing to do with that. And before you bring England to this discussion, go and tell how many english fans unfortunatelly have died in your football arenas, or try to remember why english Club were excluded from competitions for 5 years, and compare to what happened in Catania...

[stevie_gerrard]

Arsenal-Bolton game tonight :up: brilliant stuff, a proper FA Cup Classic, shame the wrong team won :p :

Poor bristol last night as well, losing on penalties, a fine effort :up:

[Rollo]

14 years?? didn't France had it after the 98 World cup?

Indeedy yes. They had it after 98 and held it right through the 2000 Euro tourney when they won that too.

In news from the Antipodes, the 2nd A-League final was held tonight. Melbourne ripped apart Adelaide with a 6-0 victory. Archie Thompson scored 5 of those by himself.

I guess that this means that they'll be in the 2008 Asian Champions League now.

[stevie_gerrard]

what is going on in the FA Cup??? Plymouth and Watford are in the quarter finals!! :laugh:

[tony_yeboah]

i hate preston of course cos they hate leeds, but for some reason, prob cos i only live a stones throw from the ground, i really want them to win today. in the league however, they can get stuffed :)

[tony_yeboah]

wahey nugent has just won me a few quid!

[Storm]

Barcelona had a horror show last night...1-2 loss to Valencia :s

[pino]

Ronaldo scored twice for Milan, now in Madrid they are saying Capello is "working" for Milan :p : btw 3 goals for del Piero too :D and tomorrow is Champions League again :bounce:

[CarlMetro]

FA Cup Quater Final Draw

Middlesbrough or West Brom v Manchester United or Reading

Arsenal or Blackburn v Manchester City

Chelsea v Tottenham ;(

Plymouth v Watford

[pino]

Tottenham will destroy Chelsea :up: :p :

[stevie_gerrard]

i dont think you will be too far off the truth there pino. im being serious as well, spurs have beaten them once, they can do it again. they arent all there cracked up to be, but i think spurs will need to score first to win the tie.

GO PLYMOUTH :p :

[Storm]

CL is tonight but as usual I have problems with my cable TV....the channel which is showing CL this year is practically unwatchable (so bad is the picture quality) so I have done something abt it and got myself a DTH connection with my own small satellite dish :)

Its not yet activated hopefully it will be soon so no more cable issues while watching football plus great quality audio/video ! :up:

[pino]

Great move Storm, hopefully you can watch Barca vs Liverpool tomorrow :D I will watch Real-Bayern tonight...last game for Capello ? :p :

[stevie_gerrard]

am i right in saying that Celtic-Ac Milan is tonight as well? that will be a cracker of a game in my opinion.

As for me, i will be watching Man Utd on my normal rubbish terrestial TV :p : might be good though, great to have CL football back :up:

[Storm]

Man Utd 1-0 Lille (apparently quite controversial as Giggs took a free-kick while the keeper was putting his wall together)
Celtic 0-0 Milan :\
PSV 1-0 Arsenal ...haha whinger..more complaining abt fixture congestion now?
Real 3-2 Bayern....Capello safe for a week but Bayern got 2 away goals!

[pino]

Go Porto :p :

[jso1985]

Go Liverpool :D

[odykas]

PSV http://www.thelab.gr/images/smilies/hehe.gif

[pino]

Poor Barca...it is time for big changes for them. Maybe they should sell Dinho and buy a couple of offensive players ;)

[Ian McC]

Very good win for Liverpool, well done boys!

[fandango]

I didn't get to see the match because I had to work, but I was near Camp Nou and didn't hear any celebrations. Well, my allegiances were divided with this match, I wanted the winners to be the ones who played better. Was that the case? (On the olus side, my score prediction in work was spot on)

[CarlMetro]

Very good win for Liverpool, well done boys!

Better win for Spurs though :D

[Ian McC]

Better win for Spurs though :D

Yep, certainly made my evening! :beer: :D

[stevie_gerrard]

Come on Liverpool!! They did have a bit of a scare in the first half, Barca played well and took advantage of them sitting back, but in the second half, Liverpool were brilliant, and took advantage of Barca sitting back by scoring a winner. :D i think thats the tie in the bag for the pool, i cant see them losing at Anfield! :up:

More annoyance for England, JT gonna be out for a while probably with another injury, ankle ligaments apparently. Meanwhile, Valencia on top after a 2-2 draw with Inter, and no idea who is gonna win out of Roma and Lyon, quite a dull affair by the sounds of it tonight in Italy.

On Last nights results, Man Utd werent at their best, and were probably lucky to win the game, Lille's Odemwingie scored a perfectly legitimate goal, only to have it disallowed for pushing vidic. The goal by Giggs however was fair, referee asked if he wanted it quick, and giggs said yes, so ref walked away to allow it to be taken. BUT Lille have put in a official complaint about the goal to UEFA, very surprised about it considering they nearly walked off!!

and finally....... Beckham for england!! i have to say i was one of them writing him off and thinking Mclaren had made the right decision, but he has been brilliant at Madrid recently, especially last night against bayern, he deserves another chance to prove his worth. He may be going to play football in America, but hes no mug, he can still play! :up:

[Josti]

Come on Liverpool!! They did have a bit of a scare in the first half, Barca played well and took advantage of them sitting back, but in the second half, Liverpool were brilliant, and took advantage of Barca sitting back by scoring a winner. :D i think thats the tie in the bag for the pool, i cant see them losing at Anfield! :up:

More annoyance for England, JT gonna be out for a while probably with another injury, ankle ligaments apparently. Meanwhile, Valencia on top after a 2-2 draw with Inter, and no idea who is gonna win out of Roma and Lyon, quite a dull affair by the sounds of it tonight in Italy.

On Last nights results, Man Utd werent at their best, and were probably lucky to win the game, Lille's Odemwingie scored a perfectly legitimate goal, only to have it disallowed for pushing vidic. The goal by Giggs however was fair, referee asked if he wanted it quick, and giggs said yes, so ref walked away to allow it to be taken. BUT Lille have put in a official complaint about the goal to UEFA, very surprised about it considering they nearly walked off!!

and finally....... Beckham for england!! i have to say i was one of them writing him off and thinking Mclaren had made the right decision, but he has been brilliant at Madrid recently, especially last night against bayern, he deserves another chance to prove his worth. He may be going to play football in America, but hes no mug, he can still play! :up:


Oh yeah...and Arsenal lost :hmph:

[Storm]

Great goal from Mendez for PSV ..watched all the goals last night :)

Well my Dish is working now...and its all nice but I don't think there are many more games left for Barcelona in this campaign :(
Even el mundo deportivo says "casi un adios"

[BTCC2]

UEFA Cup tonight. How do you think the British teams will do???

Newcastle United v Zulte Waregem (3-1)
Blackburn Rovers v Bayer Leverkusen (2-3)
Rangers v Hapoel Tel Aviv (1-2)

My prediction is for a 2-0 win for Newcastle, a 1-1 draw for Blackburn and a 1-0 win for Rangers.

[Iain]

My prediction is for 1-0 win for Rangers.

4-0 :D Good performance, Tel-Aviv were very poor. Cheats as well. The Rangers goalkeeper was sent off for something which only the referee knows, as the TV, media, Rangers management and Alan McGregor the keeper himself didn't understand. :confused:

Osasuna next, first leg at home. :)

[stevie_gerrard]

good luck to all teams in the UEFA Cup, but none of them stand a chance to Tottenham this year :p : They are a side made for Europe, they have the best chance out of the british teams of winning it. :) Bet you thought i wouldnt say that, Carl? :p :

I did say it at the start of the season, its gonna be a footballing season to be proud of being british! :D

[CarlMetro]

good luck to all teams in the UEFA Cup, but none of them stand a chance to Tottenham this year :p : They are a side made for Europe, they have the best chance out of the british teams of winning it. :) Bet you thought i wouldnt say that, Carl? :p :

You're not wrong there, even I'm not saying that yet :laugh:

[stevie_gerrard]

Carling Cup Final:

Arsenal 1 (Walcott) Chelsea 2 (Drogba 2)

A quite unbelieveable game, full of incident, including 3 sendings off. Walcott finally made his impression on the world in this game, had a fine game, and socred a fine goal :up: but it was drogba who came out on tops, scoring two, and looking dangerous all the time. Chelsea probably deserved to win it in the end, after Shevchenko and Lampard hit the woodwork, but credit has to go to Arsenal kids, yes, he played his reserve team for this cup final, and they stood up comfortably to the challenge, and almost won it as well on the basis of the first half.

Bit of a scuffle at the end, and JT injured yet again, spoiled the game really, but it was still a cup classic :up:

[Ian McC]

Yep, certainly made my evening! :beer: :D

Even happier today, brilliant game :D

[BeansBeansBeans]

Pleased to see that John Terry was swiftly discharged from hospital following his blow to the head :up:

[janneppi]

Saw the second half of Barcelona vs Bilbao last night, altough they didn't make any goals on that half, some young promising brasilian showed some good moves, with two hits to the crossbar. ;)
Bilbao had one(ish) shot towards Barca goal. :p :

[Storm]

3-0 and top of La Liga again and Samuel Eto'o back to scoring goals :up: