i thought it would be a great idea to have this topic for this season. people can talk about or view the results as they happen. and also to talk about the season ahead and hopefully will always have something to talk about when there are posts you would rather not take part in so here goes...... to start things off where do you people think owen will go? my bets on united..newcastle or machester i just dont know!
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I got a feeling Owen will go back to Liverpool. Dunno what makes me say it but thats what I think :D
Ah, a decent thread from Henry :) As for the season, I think Chelsea will win the title by a point from United. Arsenal will struggle without Vieira and possibly be challenging Liverpool and Spurs for 3rd. Everton will be top half but not really challenging for Europe as much as last season. Bolton and Middlesbrough will be around the European places come May. Now for the main event of the season (in my opinion anyway :p) - the relegation battle! There are many clubs that could find themselves struggling. The obvious ones are the 3 promoted clubs, Sunderland, Wigan and West Ham. As a Sunderland fan, I'll comment on my own club in a separate post. Wigan are complete newbies to the top flight and aren't really under much pressure to stay up. They are financially secure and wouldn't suffer too much from relegation compared to team's like Sunderland would who are heavily in debt. They have brought in a few signings and have a good manager in Paul Jewell. I think they will go down but not without a fight. West Ham. Lots of pundits are saying they have the best chance of staying up from the teams that were promoted - utter b*****cks in my opinion. They came 6th last season and rightly so. They scraped their way through the play-offs and now they think they are the best team in the Premiership. Their manager Alan Pardew said himself he "thought his squad were on par with the top 3". He needs to see a doctor. They have signed Roy Caroll, a dodgy keeper at best from what I saw of him at United. Add to this the signings of players such as Gabbidon and Konchesky and I don't really see a team capable of winning the Championship, never mind staying up in the Premiership. They are linked with big players but the signings never come off. For example the fans all thought they were getting Baros - he wouldn't join Lyon cos he thought they weren't good enough and they're in the Champions League! I have plenty more to say about Wet Sham but I'll save it for a rainy day. (Rant over) West Brom are bound to be in the mix again after their escape last season and I think they could go down. They haven't really strengthened the squad much and don't look like doing so. Pompey are going to struggle as they've lost key players such as Berger and Yakubu. Fulham have never looked like a solid Premiership package and will always have relegation on their minds. The surprise team for me this season will be Newcastle. They are a rapidly sinking ship and will be playing Arsenal on Saturday with only one availible striker, Michael Chopra! And they think they'll make top 6! Newcastle's problem is they have an awful manager and players who are not dedicated to the club. A long post but hope it doesn't bore everyone!
Owen I think will move to United, be it this summer or in January. Newcastle are not in Europe and have yet to realise they're not one of the top 4 teams in England anymore. As I said above (for those that bothered to read :p) I would do a separate post on my beloved Sunderland and here it is. :) We won the Championship by 7 points last year and that should mean we're better than 2 clubs this season already (18 points ahead of West Ham!). We have strengthened a lot over the summer, bringing in a new keeper Kelvin Davis who I think could stake a serious claim for a place in next year's World Cup squad (Robert Green did after all). We have signed Jon Stead who made a big impact when he first arrived in the Premiership but was poor last season. I think Mick McCarthy is the man to get him firing again alongside Stephen Elliot, who is one for the future. Andy Gray from Sheff Utd looks set to arrive this week who could come in handy. We signed Tommy Miller who was important for Ipswich last season and deserved to be promoted with them. Our defence was a worry but the signing of Alan Stubbs who played most games last season for Everton has eased that. Anthony Le Tallec has come in on loan and he is sure to want to impress Rafa Benitez back in Liverpool. I can see us finishing anywhere from a pleasing 17th to an amazing 11th. Bring on the new season :)
u better than 2 teams, west ham nd wigan so tht makes u gona finish, 18th? or are u goin for a new record low points nd number of games lost in a row nd least number of games won in a season, the list is just endless ;)
man united will finish as champions and will go far in the cl i say this because chelsea will not have the form they had last season just because of the way they played against arsenal over the weekend. had it not been for two lucky moments in the match arsenal would have outplayed, outclassed and beat em. i mean where was robben all match? people now take chelsea as the superpower of the permiership. But are they really? not in my opinion theyre not. this is how the top half of the table will look in my opinion 1. Man Utd 2. Liverpool 3. Chelsea 4. Arsenal 5. Spurs 6. Newcastle Utd 7. Portsmouth 8. Middlesborogh 9. Blackburn 10. Sunderland :p
Well, to be honest, i reckon that this season is too hard to predict by any means! Liverpool suprised everyone winning the Champions League and that will put them on a high! United are always keen and very competitive title rivals, Chelsea, well, enough said, if the moneys there, so are the players, Arsenal have sold Viera, very, very big mistake in my book but your all ruling out Everton, dont, lol, theyre gonna be chasing the 3rd spot and title. This season is going to be fantastic, United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Everton and Spurs all have decent squads, always expect the unexpected! :p
Henry do you actually know anything about football ? your top table is a complete joke lol. Im a man u fan im not a hardcore fan who goes to all games, but man u are my team and i think this season we'll win get the title back, i think this seasons gonna be one of closest prems so far. Chelsea wont do as good as last season but still will do good and so will Arsenal, i think its gonna be a 3 horse race down till last couple of weeks (maybe even last day) watched game last night and this season ronaldo's steppin up a gear ! He needs to sort his stupid diving out and get on with the game because hes so class, definately gonna be a key element in this season, cant wait to see him again...watched him last night and he played v well as did rooney and nistelrooy, nistelrooy looked back like he used to be and i think hes gonna get strikin again this season, ji sung looks good not seen him play proper yet but have heard hes v good midfielder. I dont think roy keans got long left in him, maybe this season. not so sure about owen coming to united, we'll have to wait and see. he wont go back to liverpool-no chance-. For the relegation battle, being from Wigan i do hope they stay up but am not so sure about it, they signed De zeuw back from portsmouth today i hear, and also signed another defender from Tranmere i think and Henri Camara from Wolves and couple of others but its gonna be a tough season for them (and my mates lol) Bullard, Roberts and Ellington were v good in championship but can they prove themselves in the prem ? Back to relegation i think West Ham, Portsmouth and Sunderland or West Brom will go down.
My Top 7
1. Man u 2. Chelsea 3. Arsenal 4. Liverpool 5. Bolton 6. Middlesboro 7. Everton This is longest post ive ever done lol hope someone reads it, i read yours smacka so you better read my 2 cents ;)
This saturday predictions... Everton 1-3 Man Utd Aston Villa 1-2 Bolton Fulham 1-1 Birmingham Man City 2-0 West Brom Portsmouth 1-3 Tottenham Sunderland 1-1 Charlton West Ham 2-2 Blackburn Middlesbro 2-3 Liverpool Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle Chelsea 4-0 Wigan Does anyone here do football coupon on saturdays ? i love doin em nothin better than checkin it see how you've done, if you aint and you like football you should do em there class, i aint won yet always 1 or 2 go wrong lol but my mates won a coupe of times. P.s i love this topic (H)
Henry your top table post, is that a serious view of it ? weres boro and bolton, bolton are an up and coming team, they'll have a good season this season. portsmouth?blackburn?SUNDERLAND!!!?(no offence smacka:p), your probably gonna reply saying you was joking, right? ;)
I agree 10th is possibly a bit too ambitious lol. Then again, last time we came up the pundits all wrote us off saying we had no chance of staying up. And we finished 7th 2 seasons in a row! Trouble was that meant Peter Reid got some money to spend and bought awful players for huge amounts of money, we finished with the lowest ever points total and ended up over £20 million in debt. That time though we had a main goalscorer, Kevin Phillips who got the European Golden Boot first season (I think). This time we lack firepower, letting our top scorer go last season. Still, always got to think positive :)
Everton 1 v Man Utd 3 Aston Villa 2 v Bolton 2 Fulham 0 v Birmingham 0 Man City 3 v West Brom 1 Portsmouth 0v Tottenham 2 Sunderland 2 v Charlton 1 West Ham 1 v Blackburn 1 Middlesbro 1v Liverpool 2 Arsenal 4 v Newcastle 0 Chelsea 4 v Wigan 0 Who do you think all think will finish top scorer? I can see Rooney coming into his own this season and getting 30+ goals.
ok semi toe lets have a bet on a single match this saturday and play it as a competition sort of. lets pick a match between the mid league teams as it were and choose opposite teams so seeing as youve picked bolton this week i say aston villa we have 1 game every week and see who tops it :D so round 1 is (henry 14)Aston Villa v Bolton(semi-toe) by the end of the season we'll see who has more :D
Everton 2-3 Man Utd Aston Villa 0-2 Bolton Fulham 0-1 Birmingham Man City 2-0 West Brom Portsmouth 0-2 Tottenham Sunderland 1-1 Charlton West Ham 0-1 Blackburn Middlesbro 0-2 Liverpool Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle Chelsea 3-1 Wigan
since it was a draw its 1 point each semi so the table looks like this henry 14 - 1 semi - 1 only coz its alphabetical order ty
right henry closest game this week id say is middlesboro v totenham but how do we choose who chooses which team ? how about play a game in 8ball, who wins gets to choose outof em ? we got till saturday to play.
Ok as for last weeks results we'll do the points system like this: If you get a correct score e.g you put arsenal 2-0newcastle then you get 5 points, if you get the results e.g u put arsenal to win 2-0 but they win 1-0 then you get 2 points. Last weeks results... semi-toe-bakflip: Everton 1-3 Man Utd 2 points Aston Villa 1-2 Bolton 0 points Fulham 1-1 Birmingham 2 points Man City 2-0 West Brom 0 points Portsmouth 1-3 Tottenham 2 points Sunderland 1-1 Charlton 0 points West Ham 2-2 Blackburn 0 points Middlesbro 2-3 Liverpool 0 points Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle 5 points Chelsea 4-0 Wigan 2 points
TOTAL
13 points
smackamcracka: Everton 1 v Man Utd 3 2 points Aston Villa 2 v Bolton 2 5 points Fulham 0 v Birmingham 0 5 points Man City 3 v West Brom 1 0 points Portsmouth 0v Tottenham 2 5 points Sunderland 2 v Charlton 1 0 points West Ham 1 v Blackburn 1 0 points Middlesbro 1v Liverpool 2 0 points Arsenal 4 v Newcastle 0 2 points Chelsea 4 v Wigan 0 2 points
TOTAL
21 points
Killer Kebab: Everton 2-3 Man Utd 2 points Aston Villa 0-2 Bolton 0 points Fulham 0-1 Birmingham 0 points Man City 2-0 West Brom 0 points Portsmouth 0-2 Tottenham 5 points Sunderland 1-1 Charlton 0 points West Ham 0-1 Blackburn 0 points Middlesbro 0-2 Liverpool 0 points Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle 5 points Chelsea 3-1 Wigan 2 points
TOTAL
14 points
so this weeks winner is smacka with an amazing 21 points :p well done. you should try football coupon i put 12 teams on last week and only preston let me down ! i think we should change who does this post every week if any of you's up to it :p
Predictions for Sat-Sun 14-15th August. Birmingham 1-2 Man city Blackburn 0-1 Fulham Bolton 1-1 Everton Charlton 2-1 Wigan Liverpool 3-0 Sunderland Man utd 3-1 Aston villa Newcastle 2-0 West ham Tottenham 2-2 Middlesboro West brom 1-0 Portsmouth Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal
Birmingham 2-1 Man city Blackburn 1-0 Fulham Bolton 2-1 Everton Charlton 1-1 Wigan Liverpool 2-1 Sunderland Man utd 4-1 Aston villa Newcastle 0-1 West ham Tottenham 2-0 Middlesboro West brom 0-1 Portsmouth Chelsea 2-3 Arsenal
1 game per week league: standings henry 14 - 1 semi - 1 predictions league: standings smackam - 1 semi - 0 killer - 0 henry - 0
firstly owen will stay at real till january and dean ashton will no way leave norwich after all hes been through with them thats the last thing he would want to do. he may leave if they dont get promoted but he aint leavin any time soon mark my word ty
all hes been through with them? rooney went from everton to united, anything can happen !
I've just heard Denmark think their gonna win the world cup now.Seeing as they just beat the team who thought
they
were gonna win it. LOL.......... :D:D:D
hes from scotland, that team who never gets past qualifyin rounds, that team who dont know what win means lol :p so i cant see him being good in predictions. ;)
Birmingham 2-1 Man city Blackburn 1-0 Fulham Bolton 1-2 Everton Charlton 1-1 Wigan Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland Man utd 3-0 Aston villa Newcastle 1-0 West ham Tottenham 1-2 Middlesboro West brom 1-3 Portsmouth Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal
ooo we got another 1 so its us 3 in for this week eh? unless someone else posts a prediction mon the gers for today and come on uniteddddd!!!!!!! smash villa in ty
CMON THE GERS.. EASY EASY EASY !!!!!! CELTIC R NOTHING :( RANGERS EASY LGE WINNERS ! PRSO'S GOAL - KLAS :)
OK OK IM THE BEST I KNOW LOOK AT MY PREDICTION IF I PUT A BET ON I WUDDA GOT HUNDREDS :( DAM 3-1 AND I DIDNT BET NOOOOOOOO
3 - 1 for the RANGERS , that was the Final Score , and you couldnt here the whistle blow , for the "sash my father wore" :D:D:D. LMAO. Well done Saha .......
Newcastle really need a striker we couldnt beat 10 man
WEST HAM
,lol,at least we got our defence sorted;)
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ne1 c the rovers goals against fulham both abosolute screamers gota b contnders 4 goal of season already
Well, I've been away for 2 weeks so have seen little football (USA isn't the best place to watch it) :(. I did see half of Liverpool Sunderland and was pleased with our performance though angry at the ridiculous sending off of Welsh. We've started dreadfully and really need to sort ourselves out. On another note, is anyone here a lower league fan? I am a Woking season ticket holder and unfortunately missed what looked a cracking derby game with Stevenage last week (3-2 to the Cardinals!) but will attend my first game tomorrow against Gravesend and Northfleet. I'm going for a 3-1 win. I can't wait to get back to watching footie.
I dont know about owen, hes awesome and they got him in the freacking bench! owen deserves to play! not get full of brazilians(nothing against them but we should aim at european players, like spaniards or british ones) this is not the real madrid that was 3 seasons ago, lets just hope for the best and stay away at a 3rd year without titles
Smack I've been in the US for the best part of 2 weeks too... just got back today :O Whereabouts did you go? I went West Coast.
Hey, I'm on the West Coast (Canada though). We get the Saturday lunch game live, one of the 3pm KOs and the early evening game if there is one (but not the Sunday games). I was able to watch the first two Man Utd games, but it meant getting up at 4:45 am to see them :O - the best thing is that my wife bet I wouldn't get up for them, so in effect I was PAID to watch my team on TV :p
should wake up at 4.45 to blackburn more entertainin we batter ppl on the pitch lolas for this season if we carryon playin like we r we gunna b battlin against relegation again i hate it like tht and charlton n darren bent doin surprisely well
i jus read throu this topic class talkin about footy not much on ere as for relegation candidates miself think fulham after selling van der sar to united they avent bought back up good enough ricardo batista n tony warner r not good enough for the premiership newcastle will also b down there come end of season with there current manager souness needs to go in my opinion despite havin 2 class n proven goalscorers in shearer n luque the management situation is terrible he brought all blackburn back room staff with him 2 st james's aswell big mistake sellin bellamy bcoz souness wont b there much longer n bellamy was a key player 4 them wigan have got a chance of stayin up i think despite no ellington roberts has been in prem before n will score goals and after grabbing there 1st win of season against sunderland i think tht will boost confidence n will gain more points in my opinion sunderland will go down aswell despite putting in a good performance against liverpool i dont think they have the premiership experience to stay in this league jonathan stead had a bit with blackburn but never proved himself las season with the rovers scoring onli 2 goals i think my top 10 chelsea arsenal man u liverpool spurs charlton man city everton blackburn bolton bottom 3 newcastle fulham sunderland
Beppe, I was actually in Canada when I saw the Liverpool Sunderland game and the schedule was as you said, unfortunately I couldn't stay to watch Birmingham v Man City (think those were the teams) as we had to travel to Vancouver, being in Kelowna (sp?) at the time. Killer, I was also on the west coast :). We flew to Seattle, went touring going north to Annacortes, Winthrop, Kelowna, Vancouver and Victoria before returning to Seattle and getting the train south overnight to Oakland. From Oakland we drove to Yosemite national park with the absolutely huge trees before having a couple of nights in San Francisco, coming home yesterday. :) Fun parts of the trip were cheap shopping (2 pairs of £50 trainers for $45 :o), whale watching despite only seeing 3 and seeing all the sights of San Francisco. Where did you go Killer? As for the football side of things, I'm off very shortly to the Woking game! :)
Well smack sounds like you were a bit further north than me :p but we ended up in the same place :p We were both touring too :O 1 Night in LA - didn't do much, too tired after flight :| 1 Night in Palm Springs - nice place, bit quiet though, very hot too 1 Night in Scottsdale, Phoenix - boring place :p 41C lol 1 Night in Flagstaff - good views on drive to here but again quite a boring town 1 Night in Grand Canyon - amazing views. so much bigger than I thought, it's like a sunken mountain range, really odd 1 Night in Las Vegas - stayed in the Luxor, the black pyramid B-) is amazing, I got 9th top score on Time Crisis 2 there :p check it out if you go it says NIK :p 1 Night in Death Valley - stupidly hot, like 50C. so hot that if you stay outside for 10 mins you eyes hurt cos theyve dried out :| 1 Night in Yosemite National Park - huge trees yeah, pretty cool, but a bit big, and full of fat americans :p 2 Nights in San Francisco - great place, saw all the sights like golden gate bridge, alcatraz, union square, chinatown, fisherman's wharf, n muni railway All in all class hols B-) but too many ignorant rude loud obnoxious Frogs :O
owen make his debut against fulham:D this is how i think the top ten will finish: 1=Chelsea 2=Arsenal 3=Liverpool 4=Manchester United 5=Tottenham 6=Newcastle 7=Portsmouth 8=Middlesbrough 9=Aston Villa 10=Bolton
ne1 see the score with Swansea vs Bristol City yesterday:D wat a reasult in thier new stadium things are looking up for them
NUFC just need a confidence boost ,like a goal,which we got;),i also saw the swansea game it was great 7-1:O
Henry, what's up with Man Utd these days? I have seen three of there games on TV over here, and in all three one thing was missing - the attack. In previous years where we've dominated the premiership we have scared the pants off other teams by peppering their goals with shots. Having to get up at 7am to watch the Man City game, it was hard to stay awake! I can see that they are trying to play a tighter game, but for as long as we lack the creativity in the final third we are not going to come close to winning anything this season. What's the gossip about them in the UK?
beppe we defended strongly and up until that lucky flash of luck where joey barton of all people got the slighest of touches to put it throught rio's legs we had dominated but i still think rooney for all hes worth needs to be up front with van playin the cantona role where he stays just in front of the midfield and work his way up i dont agree with rooney out on the wing theres just no point! but i think after fergusons words today saying he wants the team of 1997 where teams were frightened to death to come to the theatre of dreams i feel happy and i know with the way chelsea are playing theyll slip up too. i say this because i havent seen them this season score a goal without luck bar the sensational header drogba scored yesterday. chelsea will lose one of these days the champions league game to be more precise to anderlect and that will like liverpool did last season bring them back down to earth where they belong! any man united fan will know that we hadnt conceded yet until yesterday and with van der sar we will be successful this season mark my word!
Top 2 Peter, who else is there with the quality to challenge them this season other than Chelski?
omg i didnt kno that soccer was such a big thing for u guys. must be a europaen thing. i just go for american footballl.
It's the biggest sport in England and many European countries - possibly the same in Latin America, and some areas of Africa.
well i like soccer too but im not obsessed with it. i like the german soccer teams. sry but im just into football and swimming.
Again - Man Utd, no chances being created. Do they really expect to challenge Chelsea when they can't even make shots on goal?
Peter-27, you have previously said that you think they will finish 4th. 5th or 4th, you'll be wrong either way ;)
they'll finish either 2st or second but it depends on how alex ferguson chooses to play. if they attack with venom like they did in the treble winning season then they will no doubt be successful however if they play like they did today, conservative and lifeless they will not win anything like last season. They must buy at least 1 player in the transfer window in january and i think it will be a holding midfielder. Maybe Ballack but who knows it might be someone better. We are lacking leadership in the form of roy keane.
The fact that you both got your position wrong sums up Geordies. Newcastle are 14th, not on alphabetical order but on goals scored. You've also paid on average around £8 million a point.
8mill a poitin,who cares???! and so what we 14TH,just on goal difference,we still got same amount of ptsas the team in 12Th place
A team won't win the league for just finishing level on points with another team. Then again, Newcastle fans won't need to worry about that.
Prediction..reds to beat fulham..liverpool to beat chelsea(not often i want liverpool to win lol),,united to win our game in hand(sorry wigan lol) ..united to beat chelsea at old trafford..( thats only 1 point behind now)..united go on on to to win the premiership..european cup ..fa cup ... well why not..we've done it before :-P..by the way..who the heck have chelsea played this season? ..no one yet ..COME ON YOU REDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
>>by the way..who the heck have chelsea played this season? Arsenal? I hope you're right though.
i think chelsea has won the league already i dont see any1 beating them look how they beat liverpool today? lol
The thing is that Sven will not leave - if he is sacked the FA have to pay his rather large contract off, and I wonder if they would do that.
Hmmm yeh i did lol :| Maybe its a sign? :) anyway been a long time since ive seen you about.Let me rephrase that been a long time since ive been about :p How you been beps?? everything ok? As for Sven, he happens to think his formation and tactics are working a treat but in reality he is in his own world where he is dancing and prowling around like a little girl and butterflies are flying around his head with birds tweeting in the treetops and snails out in the hot sunshine. Anyyyyyway I hope he does get sacked so they can employ a decent manager who doesn't like ds iamonds! As for the hefty fine Beppe think about how much each player that gets out of line gets fined. about 30,000 a go? i dont think the Fa would mind paying him off for his contract because they want to be successful in the next world cup campaign but i doubt they will be if that diamond loving daisy is still the manager because he will make a huge tactical flaw again just like he did in the last world cup where he changed the formation against Brazil. I admit that they had to change their style of football when it came to Brazil but i would never have decided to change the formation like Sven did that day. You may think the Fa takes lightly whats going on with the English National team at the moment but believe me behind the scenes they are raging at the defeat by Denmark and the humiliation caused by the defeat at Northen Ireland. They will not take it lighty if England fall into any kind of situation where there is slight doubt of qualification and losing today will arouse that doubt and no doubt arouse doubt into the already doubtful England board.
It's not a fine, it's paying off his contract. This would cost around £4 million. It's not a viable option to sack him. Anyway, I trust in Sven. I still believe he is the man to take us to the World Cup final. A couple of bad results and the nation's on his back. People need to get behind him and the team. All of you that have Sky, Woking V Grays 12.15pm! :) I'll be there in the stands cheering on the mighty Cards. Grays are unbeaten and top of the league whereas we're top of the form table and have taken 14 points from 18, including last weeks 4-0 thrashing of Scarborough. Ought to be a cracker!
SVEN'S HOME VANDALISED Sven-Goran Eriksson's London home has been vandalised for the third time since he took charge of the national team, he has revealed. Police are carrying out inquiries after a brick was thrown through the window at Eriksson's house near Regent's Park in north west London. The England coach has refused to point the finger for Monday's incident at disgruntled football fans. He told reporters: "It's correct that I had some damage to my house. That's the third time it has happened, although the other two times were some time ago." Speaking ahead of the World Cup qualifier match against Austria, he added: "I don't think it has anything to do with England fans, absolutely not. "The reaction of the England fans when I travel around the country to see games is, 'Come on' and 'Don't listen to the (critics)'." His comments come after a series of lacklustre performances by the England team, including a defeat by Northern Ireland last month. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: "We can confirm we were called at 12.30pm on October 3 to reports of criminal damage at an address in Park Village East, NW1. "It would appear an item was thrown through the front window." The spokesman said inquiries into the incident are continuing but no arrests have been made.
Bah, stupid cheating biased know nothing disgraceful ref. X-( Cheated out of 3 points against Grays.
I no i am going to make a lot of you unhappy about saying this but here it goes anyways,,,,, England have no chance of winning the world cup and i mean
NO CHANCE
/b. Yes you have to be optimistic about your team being able to do well and go far but England do not have a good enough team to be world champions.
DO any of u watch football? just curios. i t just seems that this whole web site is mostyl soccer fans.
To say england wont win the world cup is nothing but nonsense. I think their recent form shows their superiority. They have won a group which is what only some other top class sides have acheived. Look at Greece euro 2004 champions, people were tipping them to win it next year but where are they now? they havent even qualified for the world cup! Denmark also out and spain only in the playoffs. Cameroon out Senegal out and the likes of newly seen teams such as Ghana in the world cup would have seemed like too much to ask 4 months ago but thats what football has become, unpredictable. To say you are sure that England have no chance is silly you cant judge a team on 2 performances alone. I think its England's best chance to win it since they last won it in 1966!! Just wait and see!!
football is so cool!!!! did you see the Brett Favre throw that touchdown in Cincinnati last week it was awesome
I amen't basing the won't win the world cup on 2 preformences i am basing it on how good they are. England have some world class players but they do not have a world class team only a class team. They don't preform aswell as a team as you would think they would from there players but that's the way it goes. And about your comment about Greece winning Euro 2004 that was the biggest piece of luck in sporting history. They had never won a game in world cup or euro competion before and probably never will again. It was a one off which could also have been fixed but i wont go into that.
Man Utd are crap now i have suported them my hole life they need to bring in more quality players like chelsea we cant compete with there funds but sumet needs to be done. ENGLAND will win world cup ty. and peter shutr your noise. And for you yanks its Football not soccer .;\:p
DId anyof u catch the mchigan and Penn state game? OMG i was so happy when the best team in college football in MICHIGAN!!! Im such a BIG fan of UofM
well excuse me then. at least sumthin other than soccer shuld be intorduced to u brits and ohter people.
Rain
agreed. besides football is SO MUCH more interesting.. instead of just kicking an old ball around
>agreed. besides football is SO MUCH more interesting.. instead of just kicking an old ball around What, like throwing it? Why do you call it football?
Rain
Football is more than throwing it. You kick it too you know, for extra points and punts and stuff like that.
I know what American football is, I live in North America. I just wonder why some of you care about soccer being called football, and why others are bothered about the fact that it is a bigger game than the one played in the US. The football played around the world is a game about a ball being kicked, whereas the main emphasis in the US game is about throwing and running with the ball in your hands. So why do you call it football?
I will be in a great mood this weekend,because of the Newcastle vs Sunderland game-NOTHING CAN POSSIBLY GO WRONG FOR NEWCASTLE,If we win,we beat our main rivals,If we lose,souness gets the sack:d
he draws we get to laugh at newcastle and pray souness still gets the sack :D rovers fan ere i h8 souness (:@)
we laugh at newcastle n pray souey gets the sack coz i h8 for leavin rovers best thing he cudda done now we got hughsie (:D) doin fantastic job down at ewood tyvmna great result against brum robbie savage is the man (Y)
Correct. Great goal to win it but I feel a draw would've been a fairer result. Think we showed some of those cocky Newcastle fans that our team is not as crap as they say. Saw Woking beat Thurrock 3-0 at the weekend in the FA Cup 4th qualifying round. Please vote for Steve Ferguson as player of the round on
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in the bottom right! :)
is this like the most talked about topic on flyordie r wot i think henry shud getvan awardfor makin it :p like a free month sub r summat lol n btw rovers win again 3 excellent goals all worked throu the man imself craig bellamy ty rovers 3 leeds 0 we rule!!!
manchester united reserves outclassed barnet and chelseas superstars lose to charlton hehe man utd for da carlin cup :D come on u reds. hopefully we'll get arsenal in the next round in the draw on saturday :) robert huth for prime minister LMAO!!!
Well the rangers draw yet again and hearts lose 2-0 to the hibs great day for everyone:D. leave's the celts to go in and take the league back to paradise where it belongs
newcastle showed their briliance today with an emphatic win over west brom :) *** NEWS FLASH *** SOUNESS TO GET PAYRISE AND NOT THE SACK :p
By the way scotty lol wigan are doing super bu5t the are lucky lol ant talked to you for ages u never on msn by the way its jason lol sup mate ?
we got beat of chelsea :| was close 1st team 2 score 2 at stamford bridge since bolton las november tho :) craig bellamy is awesome n finally comin 2 form after a injury plagued start rovers top finsih ty :D
alright m8 not been on much been alot of things to do so not had time for this and ive had enough of being rouged but wont get into that. dont usually sign in msn much either, i agree wigans gettin v lucky lol try tellin my mates that though...
oh yes and wat a result for the toon man 3-0, 3 wins in 8 days, we on the up, only lque who is a major layer injured, were gona get top 6 guarnteed :D
i agree i think he is class jus the press critiscisn him constantly he aint lost many games n i believe he will win this the world cup n i dnt think there is another manger who could atthe moment :)
i said at the moment he dosent ave enuf time to sort out the team ty :D mayb future english boss but at moment i believe u need 2 stick with ur current boss
u must be jokin he has no passion he isnt even bothered we need stuart pearce atleast hes english ffs
Forget the referee tonight, the questions you can ask of him are irrelevant. The big question must be asked of Lille, only 1-0? When will Ferguson realise that the likes of Silvestre, Fletcher, Richardson and maybe even some others are NOT players of the quality a team like Man Utd should have, and that players like Brown, Smith, O'Shea are not yet ready to be relied on without quality players to help them. I could understand if he plays one or two of them, but more than half the team are poor. It's hard for the team to get going with these players on the field, espeically when Ferdinand is failing to reward United for standing behind him after his drug ban. Tonight effectively showed that they don't have a defense or midfield, and without the backbone the attack have little chance to shine. Five years ago Man Utd where exciting crowds with attacking football, scoring so many goals that it didn't matter if they let a couple in. Today the key players have either gone, retired or lost form. It's time Ferguson recognised that some of the big names need to go, and quality players brought in to replace them instead of average kids.
I agree with your points Beppe. Of the "big 3" in the Premiership, I always have wanted United to succeed because I used to love watching their awesome midfield. Now however, there are no longer any top class players coming into the club. When was the last time United payed big money for a player bar Rooney? Players like Kleberson, Miller have all come and failed. I honestly hope United sign Michael Ballack. He's the sort of player they've lacked. Rooney and Ronaldo are both superb players but aren't the final product yet. From the youth academy a lot of talk is occuring about Rossi, but do they need more strikers? If they can secure Ballack on a free, United really need to get some quality in at the back.
it was terrible to watch the game tonight, the midfield was an absolute disgrace, lille were jus ripping threw em i agree with what you say beppe plus alan smith should be in there to, we need to get new talent in coz these guys tonight jus aint good enough, if fergie dont sort his head out and get the flamin players sorted by sunday afternoon i dread to see what chelsea will do.
my beloved club were a pethetic shadow of their former selves..i think fergies fightin a losin battle,keanoes right..we will never get the likes of him again,giggs,scholes,beckem..in their prime.(fighters and winners) hopefully one day we will ...but if that legend fergie leaves..i back keane to take it from there..and take the mantle..3 seasons without success is to hard to bear
hm,i donno,beepe,BTW do u post in every forum:p,you always reply to my posts,ty for helpin me aswell(thats a compliment);)
big game today man united v chelsea predictions? ill say 2-1 united with ruud getting both :D
You know that when Newcastle actually win a trophy Fat Freddie will leave? And you won't be able to pay such stupidly high wages? Do you know that Kieron Dyer gets 90k a week? Newcastle are the next Leeds, put tonnes of money in but nothing comes of it. We're bottom of the league cos we have sweet f*** all money. As for today, United to win 4-3 with Rooney, RvN, Ronaldo and Rossi the scorers.
so,it dont matter to us,we are one of the richest clubs in the world,not many ppl no that,we can afford it,unlike sunderland
AT FREAKING LAST! Man Utd play well (for part of a game). We were lucky not to concede in the second half, but that was Chelsea's fault for not making their chances count. Still, despite him scoring a goal I have to question whether Fletcher should be playing for Utd. Ronaldo, Rooney, Ruud, Scholes, Silvestre, Fedinand and especially Smith stood up to be counted today, and that made the difference.
great performance from the lads today even though i hated fletcher before the game im starting to like him (if only for a while) i think oshea has no right of playing left back which where richardson who is much better and steams up the wing every chance he gets dominates. as for van nistelrooy, hes going through a rusty patch a goal should help him out of it. last season he would have buried the chance he got today. chelsea were average today to say the least with glimpses of pressure throught the 90. chelsea with all the money they have should go home and reflect and rub a few notes on gallas' head and think why are we so rubbish! A very happy manc henry14 :D
but rovers still won and scored 4 goals do u know how long it has been since rovers scored 4 goals :\ it was bk a while against birmingham and how about goal of the season contenders rovers have had 3 already with pedersen against fulham tugay against fulham and emerton against charlton but still matt taylors goal was class lol :| people sayin wigan lucky but they have conceded the least goals in the prem at th moment by 2 goals so i believe there defence of de zeeuw and henchoz seems to be payin off this season n chimbonda wot a buy 2 goals in 2 games for a unknown defender relegated 3 different times in french league but i guess wigan aint come up aginst the likes of Mr bellamy yet New Years Eve lancashire derby cannot wait will b class
i have got a question for all you footy fans,whos better lampard or gerrard???,i personally say lampard. P.S. is just posted thyis because this is a popular forum post and it wasnt on first page;)
i have got a question for all you footy fans,whos better lampard or gerrard???,i personally say lampard. P.S. i just posted this because this is a popular forum post and it wasnt on first page;)
i personally think gerrards much better than lampard both in attack and defensively. its probably because i dont like chelsea but i think lampards never has been on form without scoring a flukey goal. gerrars cross field balls and great accurate powerful shots combined with exquisite tracking back and tackling with great commitment is just a recipe for world cup success but i still dont see whats so special about lampard.
thats coz you know nothing lol lampards class, you musnt of seen him play otherwise you wouldn't be saying that, trust me. you not see some of goals he scores? top scorer in prem so far and midfielder. lampards class no doubt about it.
pmsl you think scoring a few goals makes you class? think about the players he has in the chelsea team who help him get into the positions he gets into. did you even watch the england match yesterday? class ball by gerrard headerd in by by owen. but hey if you missed that you probably missed the sitter that lampard missed. i didnt say he was a bad player i just said hes no way better than gerrard henry14
i think lampards never has been on form without scoring a flukey goal.
i still dont see whats so special about lampard.
just a couple of things you said. lampards class end of if you say he isnt then you need to learn more about football.
where did i say hes a bad player? you need educating on football because you obviously think lampards better than gerrard and you're most probably a chelski fan anyway. in which case you obviously will start denying it with the current form theyre in.
ok explain class if you know so much about football. you need to buy a tv and preferably sky to watch matches on saturday and then you will see that lampard is never going to be better than gerrard and should be left out of the england squad and someone likes scholesy should be brought back though it is highly unlikely henry 14
lmfao henry please just stfu, you chat most rubbish ever seen. chelsea fan lol and if i was why would i hide it? man your dumb go back to school. i never said lampard was better than gerrard i said there both class u dimwit. scholesy over lampard? im a man u fan and i wouldnt choose scholesy over lampard and 90% of england wouldnt muppet.
i see how the little kid had to resort to verbal abuse. i wont steep to your level but what i will say is that you dont know nothing about football because as everyone knows gerrard and lampard clash in terms of their football style. you can try and call out your silly names all you like but when it comes down to it you're on your computer more more hours than you are off it so please try and watch some football before you TRY to post a reply and resort to abuse. and if you cannot post a reply without TRYING to offend someone just dont reply in this topic and go back to the topics where you and other computer obsessed people have little bickerings and think you're smarter than one another.
lol henry i remember you put your predictions of season and you had stupid teams in top 10, portsmouth etc, u know nothing about football you just think you do. i dont spend all day everyday on here henry unlike some.
some of them are some are class but hes never on form without scoring a flukey one be honest peter the freekicks he takes usually deflect off 10 people before going in.
Jeez Henry, whilst I think that both Lampard and Gerrard are class, surely Lampard edges it as the better player?
Don't get me wrong.. I think England performed much better than in previous games, and against one of the strongest teams in the world.. - but I still think they should have done better (with the talent in the squad). Our defense is weak and the midfield is also not strong -defensively.. i cannot see why you might think lampard is better because he's not very defensively minded. He's an out and out midfielder who wants goals. IMHO Lampard is quite like Cristiano Ronaldo - Very positive attacking wise but not too keen on tracking back their midfield counterparts. Maybe all my hatred of Lampard is because im a Manc and he plays for Chelsea but nonetheless i think gerrard is more of a complete player. This brings me nicely onto the England centre-mid crisis as it were : heres my rant to Erikkson! Don't play Lampard and Gerrard at the same time - get a proper defensive midfielder instead and the one who plays will get much more support.. - then sub Lampard for Gerrard (or vice versa) if you need to shake things up.. They cannot play together and no matter how much you try they will always clash because even though Gerrard is quite defensively minded, he does attack with some venom and seems to be trapped in his holding role whenever Lampard is there playing in the Attacking role. henry 14
>This brings me nicely onto the England centre-mid crisis as it were : heres my rant to Erikkson! Don't play Lampard and Gerrard at the same time - get a proper defensive midfielder instead and the one who plays will get much more support.. - then sub Lampard for Gerrard (or vice versa) if you need to shake things up.. That I agree with, for Gerrard to be effective he needs someone to fill the hole when he brings the ball forward. Looking at the effectiveness of him and Lamps in their respective teams, I would prefer to see the latter in the midfield role though.
Explain your choice Beps. Tell me why Lamps is so special because i still don't have that gift!
ok,next vote,should crouch be in the england squad,in no who would you replace him with. I say no and put neil mellor in
Polack here, just had a look on these forums and had to respond to this one, Mainly due to the fact that this numpty ( henry 14 ) is babbling on about something he clearly has no clue about. You, mes amis, are a numpty. Lampard way better, but I liked that little explanation, really showed your idiocy. Also Pompey in top 10 ? Behave yourself. Now hush ! Super Polack
did i not say in terms of tracking back? i didnt mean he is exactly like him and neither did i imply that now sit down and wait until the world cup and you'll see both of them will not play together. Have you got any idea of what you are talking about? next time read the passage thoroughly instead of what you've obviously done which is skim read it! as for Crouch no you're not better than him because he offers England a new option something you will never do. peter as for your question; i think they should keep him in the role he played against Argentina where he came on to offer England a bigger outlet in terms of attacking. Crouch is the reason Gerrard and Cole crossed the ball and seeing that Crouch was the only person the South Americans we're concerned about, Owen found some space and got his two headers in!
alright polack long time ;) henry i know this is your post n'all but you clearly know nothing so i suggest you leave this topic for people who know stuff. if you look at this years World XI (thats the top 11 fifa ranked players of last year) lampard is included, stop trying to talk sense coz your talking pure rubbish!
lmfao @ portsmouth in top 10, thats worse than you saying lampard aint good enough for england. LMFAO.N portsmouth have alot more chance of gettin relegated than finishing top 10.
na,pompey can get top ten,they have quite an ok squad...and you neaver can predict with football...anyway i say instead of crouch for england,why not chris sutton of celtic???
lmao you and "zeolo" seem to have the same style of posting/flooding. its a shame how people think they are smart and can't talk like grown people just because they think they are smarter! as for "polack"/zeolo/the power obviously all the same person i think its sad how you think using 2 different names to try and make your point stronger. you have expressed the fact you dont like my views but everyones entitled to an opinion unless you live in an opressed country but lets not get into that because you may be from such a country and i don't have the time to go into that. as for leaving my own topic; you must be on something son. it will be better if you leave the topic as it is clearly not in your intrest to talk about football but to cause a stir. so my request is try and post something that isn't downright rubbish next time you post and seriously if you think i dont know what im talking about just dont read my topic or my views ...Simple!!! and please get a life because posting as 2 people will not make any more stronger the point you are trying to put across.
yeah,but play sutton instead of crouch,crouch is rubbish,im better than crouch:p,england strikers should be:owen rooney defoe sutton
sutton wy past it :| wot the hell defoe everyday of week n gerrard n lamps r awesome in midfield together wont get a better one thn tht also played well with ledley king jus behind against argentina worked well
england team should be:
Green
Ferdinand Woodgate Terry ASH.Cole
Wright-Phillips Gerrard Bowyer
Lampard
Owen Rooney
BTW,yes i have put ferdinand at right back,not a mistake:p,NUFC vs chelsea this weekend,comon the TOON!!!lol henry who needs keano? lmfao keano is top class, cant believe hes left proper gutted keano is a class player and everyone who knows something about football (unlike yourself) will agree. im gutted hes gone even though hes only got 1 or 2 seasons left hes still class. 3 words, u know nothing. :)?
Right when did i say he wasn't a class player? do you like being a pest? a little birdy told me you have a hard life at school, so you take out your anger on the keys you smash whilst typing absolute gibberish. I will not say i know more than you about football because you might batter those poor keys again and because your life is so stressful as it is what with the bullying you recieve in school i won't offend you so you can use the insults thrown at you all day long. take a chill pill and relax before typing your next message. All i said was who needs keano ( a positive ) but what would you know about positives with your bruised psyche. all those negative thoughts of your bullies! try and post a sensible reply or dont reply at all. oh and get some counselling or stand up to them son or you will continue to get bullied. oh and for the record i know more than you about football use ur brain and stop talkin wack in my topic
I know it looked like it, but Henry was not saying Keano was anything other than a legend - just showing a sense of relief that MU
can
play well without him. We all know - even Henry - that there will be days when we miss his qualities and leadership. While I am here - Henry, stop running your mouth and take a chill pill yourself. It's kinda dumb to dis someone for their behaviour when you are acting the same (or worse). No offense, you know I have nothing against you, but you can over-react sometimes.
> I will not say i know more than you about football >>oh and for the record i know more than you about football lol henry you say you wont say something then go and say it, stop trying to be clever cause your making a fool of yourself.
Beppe whilst i admit that i am over reacting, dont you think it's silly that he has to post replies like "henry you dont know anything" when he can reply with something like "i disagree with your views and here are mine" but no he has to try and "dis" other people's views. As for keano i think you are spot on with the opinion that there will be days when we miss his qualities and leadership but if we find a replacement for him which is very hard might i add we can become the once dominant side we were in the champions league and in the premiership. A player like Ballack will bring leadership to united's midfield and i think he is the best replacement they will ever buy. The like of Véron, Kleberson and Djemba Djemba have failed in trying to replace Keano which is what i think Ballack will excel in.
what gets me the most henry is how you and peter think portsmouth will finish in top 10 and then think you know stuff.
it was my prediction at the start of the season and still think with the team they have they can turn it around.
lol @ the power sayin he knew nothing...i do believe he predicted 3-1 and i do belive the score was 3-1 and i do belive alan smith played better than keano could have played yesterday a few words for you.... do u know anything?
"whilst i admit that i am over reacting, dont you think it's silly that he has to... Does that make it right? Ballack apparently wants to go to Madrid, and according to the MU website he has turned down the move to the EPL already. Duscher (or whatever his name is) is being chased by MU and Newcastle, and although the press claim that he is going to follow the biggest pay-cheque he has stated a preference for MU. I think they might pull out the stops to get him, unless an unlikely bigger name comes up. Although Ballack would be better in the short term, Duscher is only 26 and built more in the Keane mould. Either player would be a useful replacement for Keane.
Ballack is more like Keane than Duscher. Having seen both of them play i do not prefer the latter. This is because in my opinion he will turn out like those i mentioned in the previous post and we cannot afford to take a risk like that again whereas with Ballack it is not a risk because he is an established individual and i think most if not all Manchester United fans would love to see Ballack putting on the shirt on a saturday afternoon and coming out to dominate the midfield as he does in the Bundesliga.
lmfao @ player 3-1 wow ! well done henry. that means he knows what player? you agree with everything he says player ? why dont you input something into this topic see what you know instead of coming in going totally offtopic. i predict portsmouth will finish 3 places above relegation zone.
I didn't predict 3-1 player. I just stated the score "after" the match. as for pompey finishing 3 places above relegation places. i bet you they will finish in the upper half of the bottom table so i predict they will finish .
lol, my bad. ok u want a predicition... well firstly i dont think pompie will struggle..maybe jus below mid table but my main predication is that wigans bubble is gunna bust pretty soon...theyll struggle to maintain a top 10 pos TP
my mates will be chuffed bits if wigan finish in top 10 even though there sittin nice in second now, they've done ALOT better than ANYONE would of thought of at beginning of season, they were favourites to go down and at beginning of this topic i remember alot of predictions as wigan will go down as well as punters on tele. they gave arsenal a crackin game yesterday and mcullough should have scored right at end to make it 3-3 but he didnt and i dont think wigan fans will be disappointed with yesterdays game even though they lost. they scored two goals against one of best sides in europe in 45 mins altho they conceded 3 :p but thats what type of half it was. just watched first half of man u game n they played brill. alan smith stood out and scored a cracker, i think wes brown needs to improve a bit.
wigan should have got a point at least against chelsea who are supposedly the best team in the world according to some people. Even though the premiership has become a monopoly i think this shows chelsea can be beaten even by the team everyone thought were going down ...dead cert. In my opinion Wigan will not finish in the top half. after christmas they will fail in maintaining their form so i have to agree with player here and say wigan to drop whilst portsmouth rise :p
Forget Ballack,we dont want or need a player(gettin on a bit eh?) seekin a last big money contract at united..we are too big for that..plenty of players around the world that match up to him..except kliberson..or miller er..jemba whats his name lol..ok go for ballack lol
ok congrats everyone this is the biggest
active
post on flyordie :p now lets do an update of the bottom 3 and top 5 heres mine: bottom: west brom - wont be saved in the last minute birmingham - matter of time for brucie sunderland - LOL top: manchester united - would i say anyone else? chelsea - have to be up here somewhere arsenal - still up there but henrys goin spurs - great squad great future wigan - maybe jus maybe
Keane agent expects Celtic offer
Roy Keane's agent expects a firm offer from Celtic but says the 34-year-old may not be willing to accept a pay-cut.
what do you guys think tonights cl scores are gonna be: Ajax v Sparta Prague - 2-0 Barcelona v Werder Bremen - 3-1 Bayern Munich v Rapid Vienna - 1-0 FC Thun v Arsenal - 1-2 Juventus v Club Brugge - 2-2 Lille v Benfica - 0-0 Man Utd v Villarreal - 3-1 Panathinaikos v Udinese - 0-2
>the 34-year-old may not be willing to accept a pay-cut. He should have stayed with Man U then X-(
Ajax v Sparta Prague - 2-1 Barcelona v Werder Bremen - 3-1 Bayern Munich v Rapid Vienna - 3-0 FC Thun v Arsenal -0-2 Juventus v Club Brugge - 3-0 Lille v Benfica - 1-1 Man Utd v Villarreal - 2-0 Panathinaikos v Udinese - 1-2
Yet again I find myself watching Man Utd thinking "Why are they still using Fletcher?" I now think it's not because people believe in him, but because the Glazier family probably want a return on him. Disguard him now because he's rubbish (let's face it, he doesn't deserve to play for ManU), and no one wants to pay big money for him - so they'll keep him until and offer comes in X-(
Man U cannot create chances - With a midfield of Scholes, Fletcher and Smith there is no one to create a diversion so that Ronaldo can get free. We end up being marked and pegged back. Ferguson, it's time to drop Fletcher and bring in Park who can actually scare defences - with 2 dangerous wingers, it's hard for the opposition to mark the midfield out of the game. People often say not to question the man after all he's achieved, but when you look at the low standards his team has now then questions have to be asked. The commentator with the verbal diarrhea over here keeps saying how well Utd are playing - they are not creating chances against another average team, I think they are playing like wannabes.
someone mind tellin me why on EARTH they let nistelrooy take that free kick at end !!!!!!!! ronaldo already plonked one miles over, i remember last time nistelrooy took one like that, guess what happened? nearly exact same as what happened then. why rooney not hit it !
Might aswell reckon scores up henry, looks like we aint done too bad... Henrys: Ajax v Sparta Prague - 2-0 2 Barcelona v Werder Bremen - 3-1 5 Bayern Munich v Rapid Vienna - 1-0 2 FC Thun v Arsenal - 1-2 2 Juventus v Club Brugge - 2-2 0 Lille v Benfica - 0-0 5 Man Utd v Villarreal - 3-1 0 Panathinaikos v Udinese - 0-2 2 TOTAL: 18 POINTS Powers: Ajax v Sparta Prague - 2-1 5 Barcelona v Werder Bremen - 3-1 5 Bayern Munich v Rapid Vienna - 3-0 2 (just:p) FC Thun v Arsenal -0-2 2 Juventus v Club Brugge - 3-0 2 Lille v Benfica - 1-1 2 Man Utd v Villarreal - 2-0 0 Panathinaikos v Udinese - 1-2 5 TOTAL: 23 POINTS good results henry.
Just got back from Kingfield - Woking V Cheltenham abandoned shortly into second half. :( We were losing after they scored when the keeper couldn't see the ball. PS. Sunderland aren't down yet.
unlikely but true smacka, anything can happen- evertons proved it and west brom last seaosn...
anybody see ronaldinho last night? hes so class his chip pass on first goal was amazing! then he went on and scored then did another great pass for 3rd !!
lol legend well dont power u really shud try the pools :) lol @ van nistelrooys free kick lolllllllllll beppe u hit the nail on the head bout fletcher. The only reason that horse is in the team is because he scored that goal against chelsea which will keep him in the side until alex ferguson leaves and simply because he was scottish. Come on now im not implying he is racist towards others but he does give the fans this viewpoint. ok scores tonight power :p? ill get my predictions up soon :p
lol didnt think about tonights game till you just said :| heres mine... Anderlecht v Chelsea, 0-3 FC Porto v Rangers, 2-0 Fenerbahce v AC Milan, 0-3 Inter Milan v Artmedia Bratislava, 3-0 Liverpool v Real Betis, 2-1 Real Madrid v Lyon, 2-1 Rosenborg v Olympiacos, 1-1 Schalke 04 v PSV 1-2 not so confident on tonights games :|
Anderlecht v Chelsea, 1-2 FC Porto v Rangers, 1-1 Fenerbahce v AC Milan, 0-2 Inter Milan v Artmedia Bratislava, 4-0 Liverpool v Real Betis, 2-0 Real Madrid v Lyon, 0-1 Rosenborg v Olympiacos, 1-2 Schalke 04 v PSV 0-1 :D
Now for tonights results :D: Powers: Anderlecht v Chelsea, 0-3 2 FC Porto v Rangers, 2-0 0 Fenerbahce v AC Milan, 0-3 2 Inter Milan v Artmedia Bratislava, 3-0 2 Liverpool v Real Betis, 2-1 0 Real Madrid v Lyon, 2-1 0 Rosenborg v Olympiacos, 1-1 5 Schalke 04 v PSV 1-2 0 TOTAL: 11 POINTS Henrys: Anderlecht v Chelsea, 1-2 2 FC Porto v Rangers, 1-1 5 Fenerbahce v AC Milan, 0-2 2 Inter Milan v Artmedia Bratislava, 4-0 5 ;) Liverpool v Real Betis, 2-0 0 Real Madrid v Lyon, 0-1 0 Rosenborg v Olympiacos, 1-2 0 Schalke 04 v PSV 0-1 0 TOTAL: 14 POINTS P.S were crap... :p
Anderlecht v Chelsea, 1-2 - 2 FC Porto v Rangers, 1-1 - 5 Fenerbahce v AC Milan, 0-2 - 2 Inter Milan v Artmedia Bratislava, 4-0 - 5 (wot a prediction eh?) Liverpool v Real Betis, 2-0 - 0 Real Madrid v Lyon, 0-1 - 0 Rosenborg v Olympiacos, 1-2 - 0 Schalke 04 v PSV 0-1 - 0 HENRY SCORE : 14 Anderlecht v Chelsea, 0-3 - 2 FC Porto v Rangers, 2-0 - 0 Fenerbahce v AC Milan, 0-3 - 2 Inter Milan v Artmedia Bratislava, 3-0 - 2 Liverpool v Real Betis, 2-1 - 0 Real Madrid v Lyon, 2-1 - 0 Rosenborg v Olympiacos, 1-1 - 5 Schalke 04 v PSV 1-2 - 0 Powers score : 11 unlucky m8 :p
Cant predict anything power but,like any reds supporter we get impatient when we dont win anything..but we have to have patience when we are rebuilding..a good side in the making..and..we might just sneak in this season but i doubt it..for relegation though ..sunderland..certs..i think keano put in a word about that english irish manager they have lol..
Oh lol..was u talking about the champions league ...oh well f liverpool can win that with a crappy side..no point in predicting lol..
right,most of us agree crouch dosent deserve to be in the england squad,but who,i was thinking chris sutton or alan smith,what do you lot think???
id play defoe over crouch anyday, every week i see defoe playing class and scoring class goals.
no i mean the four england strikers are Owen Rooney Defoe and who?,not crouch,smith or sutton???
george best will not die? henry his doctor came on the news today and said he has no chance of survival.
So i hear man united aren't getting BALLACK after all this is the worst news ive heard transfer wise for a long time. i guess good old duscher will do he may have to break ronaldonho's foot like he done beckham if we are to win the champions league but thats only IF we get into the knockout stages - wait if he came in january he wouldn't be elgible to play in the champions league? correct me if i'm wrong.
Just one question people..why is crouch called crouch..i doubt even if he crouched down..he wouldnt look small lol..
did anyone read the paper yesterday when rafa benitez claimed crouc is the key to unlock europes defence lol i dont know where hes coming from but no way is crouch the key to unlocking defences like barcelona and milan. if i was to choose a striker for the england squad crouch was be at the bottom of the list because he is nothing but a running skinny giant who needs to bulken up because everytime someone takes a small swipe/nudge at him he goes tumbling over like a statue.
owen is a different case altogether. duscher would never want to play for newcastle what have they got to play for? f.a cup which they will get knocked out in possibly the 4th or 5th round. and the carling cup which is worthless in the eyes of big time players even though it has been seen to be worth a little more in the past couple of years. but other than that newcastle aren't even in the uefa cup lol
Everton beat us,what can i say. Yeah i know what you mean henry,but you can not deny that we do have a great squad at the moment and should be in europe,but just really unlucky.
Hello, Read my previous abuse of me and you conclude myself and Power are same person ? Nice one brains, I'm far more intelligent and better looking. As for what you said regarding football, you seem to say alot of "buzz words" that mean nought. You know you get those idiots at football matches that say silly things to impress, your like one of them. Speak sense child not all this rubbish. Also, if you want to see Rooney and Ronaldo together coz they both "track back" like you said in the World Cup 06, I will, coz I'm there. Ho Ho Ho. Don P.S - I bet you don't even play football, hence your poor knowledge. I, on the other hand, captained my team to the final of the University League today. Bookah ! P.P.S - I'm gonna get re - good at this at Christmas and batter you at this too.
Also, the geezer who said they want Aldo Duscher at Newcastle. A ) He's a scumbag, he broke Beckhams foot bone which stopped him getting in World Cup or Euro's I can't remember with a filthy tackle. B ) To that numpty Henry, course we can get him, that rubbish you said about Owen was, well rubbish. We can pay £ 80 K a week, we could get way better.
can tell dons back :( gonna get re-good? lol you never were good ! maybe a little talented but im sure i remember 10-0'ing you last time we played :(
no offence just havin a lafff don cant be bothered with your long posts which r full of c*** :D Disclaimer: im not trying to start an argument here just having a bit of harmless fun :)
Off to see the Woking v Cheltenham replay soon after last week's abandoned game. Bit peeved that I have to pay admission again. COME ON YOU CARDS!
well done on your achievement. just coz u play for a uni team makes you automatically know about football? thats a new one! as for Ronaldo not tracking back have you never seen when he switches wings and leaves the right back vulnearable it makes you want to pull your hair out. if you haven't however any person in this forum who watches football will tell you ronaldo switches wings and goes awol. zeolo your'e one of those people who can't pass a 6 ball in (9) to save your life so dont give all the lip about you'll batter me in this too i mean come on use your brain you have never passed a 6 ball. even peter-27 would thrash you.
To Henry...>`even peter-27 could thrash you`,oh well ty,lol. To Zeolo...thats why i like ducher,he broke beckhams foot,i really really hate david beckham,thw worst footballer,well maybe not,lol,but i still hate and and would even hate him if he moved to Newcastle! lol,becoming a Individual forum post:p
Well, despite being a league below we fielded a reserve side against Cheltenham ,making 10 changes from the win against Dagenham on Saturday. We took the lead through Lloyd Blackman's first goal for the club but after half time were pegged back by a superb long range effort from some Cheltenham player. :p Clint Davies made a wonderful penalty save as it went to extra time. We then let in 4 goals as the reserves lack of match practice/fitness showed. I went home at 3-1 so God knows what the last two were like. Overall, a result that did not reflect the true course of the game. Oh well, just eases up our fixture list a little with such a pointless competition out of the way. Bring on the FA Cup on Saturday!
Let's be fair, I used to probably be the top five best here, both before and during your time Scotty. I have best league stats ever to this day as well. Boooookah !
We're sitting comfortably at 8th/9th in the league. :) Was worried about relegation early in the season but I feel we're more likely to go up than down now.
lol? scotty is class and zeolo if your don you used to be ok but too big headed, no where near top 5.
so,lol,i still havent had my question awnsered,who should be in england squad instead of crouch?
Im just glad i was born a Man Utd supporter who dosnt have to rely on England for sucess(abeit we havent won anything of note for a year or two..maybe the F.A cup but thats not good enough..the league cup is a mickey mouse cup so im not bothered about that even if our reserves win it or not lol) ..Chelsea have had fleeting success ,it wont last long when the oil runs out ....i just wonder about none utd supporters who think England will be their salvation and win em a trophy,cause ur club sides never win a thing lol..dont get me wrong i hope England will win the world cup(ive been hoping that since 1966..i dont rememember that by the way ,i was too young..infact i dont even think i was born but..i digress..all ur supporters of teams that never win a trophy..i hope England do the buisness for u..
just watched wigan v newcastle lol wigan absolutely hammered em with a 2nd squad out !!! dodgy penalty but well deserved win...im sure peter27 will agree:).
bump, sry but this muppets posted about 10 topics off total nonsense so im bringin this back up ;\
yea,we played absoulte ****,lol,but well deserved win by wigan,just hope we can get europe this year,and win a cup,it doesnt matter for us Newcastle Fans what cup we win...the carling cup or the champions lge,doesnt really matter,just want one to end our 38 year no win cup streak:(,we would like to win the F.A. Cup for shearer in his last season,and you can`t say he is rubbish,as he has been one of the best players in the world ever!.
Newcastle have about 157 players injured right now, I am sure that they would be doing better if they had more of their key players available.
Just watched Woking draw 0-0 with Northwich in the FA Cup. We fully deserved to win but just couldn't get the ball in the net (at least not while onside). Least we're in the hat tomorrow though.
Meh, the results will come. We may go down and come back up against first but they'll come. :p
WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY BLOOMING FANTASTIC DRAW IN THE THIRD ROUND :d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d
Who cares the smileys didn't work I'm just so happy. If we lose the replay, I'll kill someone.
We have to win the replay so I can have a trip up to the Stadium of Light. I'll be in the Woking end if we get through :) PS. Peter, Newcastle have Mansfield, not Macclesfield ;)
Portugal are playing well, and Brazil always have a chance even when they are not. Like everyone else, I am still waiting for England to string 7 good performances together...
Trouble with European qualifying is that you don't really get a good look at the other continents. You also don't really get much coverage of the other European big nations, with England always being seeded. I saw Germany play China in a friendly while I was on a German exchange and wasn't overly impressed, if it wasn't for Kahn they might well have lost. As it was, they won 1-0 via a penalty. Argentina are good but we showed we can beat them. I think it's between England and Brazil. People talk of Brazil's amazing attack but can you name a better defence than England's (with Neville)? I think our defence is as good as their attack while our attack is better than their defence. I think this is our year to finally win it again.
Burton have secured a tie with United in the cup. Decent side, drew 2-2 with us early in the season but we were lucky with 86th minute and stoppage time goals. With home advantage, I fancy their chances of a draw.
man united played so crap today with a few exceptions such as smith rooney park n scholes and with them missing four big players we shud have eaten em apart but noooooo alex ferguson decides to start with that fat horse oshea. we deserve to be in the last 16 but because of the silly decisons by alex this season we got nothin in europe not even a uefa cup place. time for the third great of uniteds past to leave us this season. it is a disgrace that in the season one of our greatest players passing away we don't even play with enough passion to get through to at least the uefa cup. if george was here today he would have said a very poor display by both the team and management i still dont see why park dosent start and why that fat horse plays left back when we have richardson. f.a cup n league cup n premiership :| left so we better win one or else
Yeah, in the past Ferguson has instilled fighting spirit into his teams. This year that has not been present, and our lack of chances in most games has been the obvious result. Against Benfica absolutely no desire to win. Ronaldo had an attitude problem from the start and did nothing - should have been taken off after 30 minutes when it was obvious he wasn't playing football. O'Shea, Ferdinand, absolutely no desire to keep Benfica out or get the ball into attack when in possession. Van N just fouled away, often in the wrong position whilst a sharp Saha sat on the bench. And to top it off Park has been playing well, so why bring in an unfit Giggs when he could have been used against a tired defense in the later stages? That's it, time for Ferguson to realise he has lost the fighting spirit and for Utd to bring in a manager with the hunger to succeed. It's also time for a change of personel in the team. Ferdinand don't care about Utd, Silvestre, O'shea and Fletcher are crap, Ronaldo is too inconsistent and a liability - all on long contracts, should make a few quid to spend on a decent defence and midfield. We have one of the most dangerous strike forces in the world, but they are never going to score goals without service. With the crap and lack of bottle behind them, Utd are nothing more than also-rans. Keane did well to leave, now may end up at a better club like Bolton, Celtic or even Scunthorpe Utd U13 Girls.
X-( I have wasted almost 2 hours of my life watching that pile of pants tonight X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-( Not to mention the other hours watching my team play bad this season X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-( In case I forgot to mention it, this is how you have made me feel Ferguson and all of your players who don't give a monkeys about the Utd Shirt: X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-(X-( Beppe X-(X-(
give it 3 or 4 years united will be gone down to the chamionship!! But by then Swansea will be in the prem COME ON TRUNDLE:D
If England play decent football then that group shouldn't be a problem. Like always, if they keep their bottle they have a chance of winning it. Unfortunately under SGE they try to play too defensively, whilst I think our best chance is to attack more. When we just defend we put ourselves under so much pressure, because we are not as good at it as teams like Italy.
I think we'll draw with Sweden, Ibrahimovich rounding Luke Young twice before lobbing Robinson from 30 yards to cancel out Peter Crouch's 25 yard bicycle kick.
Today Al Ittihad(Saudi Arabia) defeated Al Ahly(Egypt) during the quarter final event of the Fifa Club World Cup, held in Japan... Al Ittihad won in a dramatic 1-0 Al Ittihad will now take on the 14th,
Sao Paulo Futebol Clube
( my team ), a two time Winner of this event.. UnidosRevolution FlyOrDie Moderator
Just out of interest, how are the Mexican team 2 time winners of the event? I can only remember one previous competition in 2000. Or is this the wierd cup that gets played in Japan every year but usually has only two teams in?
The one played in 2000 was 'practice', as Joseph Bladder even said it... There is a difference between the Intercontinental cup, the one that the Libertadores Winner and the Champions League winner play every year... This one is a little more organized, having a team from each and every continent, so every corner of the earth is represented. The ones from before, The Toyota Intercontinental cup are also considered World Champs, but this one a bit different. The main difference from this one and the 2000 version is that, this one has champions of their respective continents playing, while the other one had 'guests' from corners of the earth...
SPFC- Sao Paulo Futebol Clube ( Brazil )
UnidosRevolution (FlyOrDie Moderator)
Why on earth did I say Mexico? :| The Toyota Cup thing is what I was thinking of, thanks for clearing that up.
think about this... harry was at pompey,left went to thier main rivals southampton,got them relageted and then went back to pompey.Do you think it was a setup?I think it might be.
yo has any of you seen or heard about this movie???
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808725274/info
looks good to me.. plus the guy Kuno Becker.. he's mexican like me... so i gues it gotta be good :p tell me wat you all think....
lol beppe have ever heard of ODC or DC++ :) things there are out for months before on cinemas :))))
Depends - in the UK and other areas where release is after the US, pirated versions from the US get their first. I have also seen pre-release VCDs for sale, often before editing has finished on the film - I think they are sent out to critics. I have never heard of a film being released 3 months before it's first release date, but that is not to say it's impossible.
Is that the sequel film because I'm pretty sure a film called Goal! was released quite recently?
yeah... i think the movie was released some time ago in europe... and i heard that the same actor is doing a second movie.. and David Beckham is gonna be on the movie aswell..
Not gonna talk about the rest of this season lol..lets start this post next year when man utd come back..(hopefully lol)
lol,goal! came out ,the first one i mean when he was at newcastle beepe:p My Champions League Predictions Chelsea v Barcelona- h Real Madrid v Arsenal- h Werder Bremen v Juventus- a Bayern Munich v A.C. Milan- h PSV Eindhoven v Lyon- h Ajax v Internazionale(Inter Milan)- a Benfica v Liverpool- a Rangers v Villarreal- a
BTW i have heard of DC++ ,and i have downloaded it ,but i don`t know how to use it:|,i would be grateful if someone could tell me how to...
My Champions League Predictions: Chelsea v
Barcelona
Real Madrid v
Arsenal
Werder Bremen v
Juventus
Bayern Munich v
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PSV Eindhoven v
Lyon
Ajax v
Internazionale
Benfica v
Liverpool
Rangers
v Villarreal It's hard to predict Chelsea v Barcelona as anything can happen, but as Barca are my pick to win the whole thing I have to choose them.
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What can I say? We are the champions
Unidos, you'd have to admit though that Liverpool controlled the majority of the game. On another day you could have lost that same game by many goals...
lol,this is the first time i have ever heard of the World Club Championship,is it new,or what?What format does it take,just draw like the champions lge? BTW i watched the game WTG Sao Paulo
na its been round a while just not very popular across europe i think its the main 4 cup winners in the world play each other in 2 rounds. i remember man u being in it a few year back...
They've given it a new format this year though to be honest no one in Europe really cares. Apparently it's the biggest trophy in other continents though.
OK, Liverpool was a better team, but we stood on our own with out defense, and we won, basically... Heres why football ( soccer )is a beautiful game, not all the times the better team wins... Sao Paulo did his own job... Liverpool did not do theirs And by the way, before anyone says anything about it, All their goals were rightfully cancelled... I've seen the game live, twice, and seen the replays about 29 times already... Where was
Gerrard
, the English prodigy? Where was
Reina
? 11 games unbeaten? That is, unbeaten till face off with Libertadores Winner, Sao Paulo They said, and quote "We feel unbeatable" Oh, yeah, we have
Rogerio Ceni
, simply the best goalkeeper in the world... BTW, did anyone see the perfect ( almost ) freekick by Gerrard? Who was there to save it perfectly? Yeah,
Rogerio Ceni
... This proves one and only one thing, soccer can be full of surprises... But, in this case, Liverpool's confident way of dealing with SPFC, made them lose the game... All I can say is, Liverpool has never been a World Champion, losing 3 times... While
Sao Paulo Futebol Clube
is a 3 time winner, Till this day, right? And until somebody asks me more of this game, that is my final answer, SPFC,3 World Cup Winner, Liverpool, 3 time Runner Up...
You can simplify it even better than that: Liverpool were the better team, but SPFC scored more goals and therefore became champions. End of story.
What goes around comes around, Brazil will dominate the World Cup Final against England, but Rooney will win the game with the only goal. ;)
unidos do you think your the best team in the world? and also do you think your keeper is better than chelsea keeper peter cech?
also you think that save was good? check peter schmeichel's save (H) best save ever i say i think it was penalty corret me if im wrong :p [img=
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sorry about ANOTHER post :p jus checking his records im not going on about top post just posting schmeichels stats for Man u as there class... Schmeichel's United Record 1991-1999 Appearances Clean sheets League 292 130 FA Cup 41 20 League Cup 17 9 Europe 42 19 Total 392 178
They won by luck unidos and you are no way the best team in the world right now even though you have some lame trophy which might try to make you look good. ok you beat liverpool but who in the world hasn't? they got lucky against olympiakos in the group stage last year or they would have been out. They also got lucky in the final. 3-0 down to 3-3 does not happen without some luck on the part of liverpool. finally the other teams you played, frankly nobody has heard of them; al khitari or something was the saudi arabian champions or iranian or whatever and another unknown team who nobody knows about. put sao paula against united or barca and you'll see what a joke your team really is. they'll get mullerd left right n center pmsl. if you seriously think beating liverpool makes you one of the best teams in the world think again.
Yes, as a matter of fact, I do think he is the best goalkeeper in the planet... Too bad he has problems with Parreira, and prob won't be called up for World Cup, and we have to deal with dida..unfortenately... Rogerio may not be the best by other people...but he is to me and to all SPFC supporters... He has been in SPFC for over 14 years, he got there when he was 16... Yup, 16... His loyalty makes him the best goalkeeper to me... And here are some links for you guys... [img=
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http://www.tricolormania.com.br/gols/rogeriocenispfc.wmv
And there are other videos of him, I just gotta find them And two things before I finish... You do know, that he also scores goals? Right? He's a couple of goals away from Chilavert... Most of his goals are from Freekicks, not PKs.. And, in every game that RC scored, Sao Paulo did not lose... And secondly, Brazil is going strong in the World Cup... Don't underestimate Ronaldinho, Robinho, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Kaka, Edmilson, Juninho Pernambucano, Fred, and many, many others...
BTW, that was a very good pic of the save by the previous goalkeeper Oh, and yes, forgot to tell u guys something... To the person who told us to go against Barca anyday, and see how well we'd do... Well, we did, 1992 Sao Paulo 2-1 Barcelona São Paulo: Zetti; Vitor, Adilson, Ronaldão e Ronaldo Luiz; Pintado, Cerezo, Palhinha e Raí; Muller e Cafu. Coach: Telê Santana Barcelona: Zubizarreta; Ferrer, Koeman e Euzébio; Amor, Guardiola, Witschge e Bakero; Laudrup, Stoichkov e Beguiristian. Coach: Johan Kruyff Goals: Stoichkov (BAR) 12' and Raí (SPO) 27' and at 79'. And yes, the following year, we beat Milan 3-2, to become 2 time World Winner Now, its 3
Sao Paulo are not a bad side Henry, Man U would struggle on current form. However, the lacklustre performance against Liverpool shows that they have a way to go before Unidos can call them the best team in the world.
So, If a team that won the World Club Cup (3 times), isnt the best club team. Does that mean the winner's of the World Cup (countries) will not be the best team either ? :p
If the World Club Cup was played by a number of teams over a period of time, rather than by four teams who may have fluked their way to a cup - I'd be more inclined to say that it was a better measure of quality. The problem Mr01 is that there isn't a "best team", but a bunch of good ones. Man U have played some poor games this year, but have recorded Chelsea's only EPL loss - it doesn't mean that they are the better team though.
Here is my only and best reason to say why my team is the world champion: This tournament, had a team from every corner of the earth.. But not just a team, each team was their continent's winner, winning them a spot at Fifa World Club Cup edition of 05.. Al Aly, Al Ittihad, Deportivo Saprissa, Liverpool, Sydney FC, and Sao Paulo, are all winners of their continents... Liverpool Champions League Winners, Sao Paulo Libertadores Cup Winners, and so on...
Lots of " interesting " points in your post Mr B , but I wont take the bait :p. Your only as good as your last result. So far , Doncaster are beating Arsenal 1 - 0 . :D.
Doncaster played much better than arsenal for well over half the game but as luck would have it arsenal prevailed. i was pulling my hair out when gilberto scored in added time in extra time and bit chunks of nail out when the penalties were being taken just to see doncaster get ripped off by almunia :@ Man United Are Gonna Win It Anyway :D
to sum up today Man United - Class Chelsea - lucky again arsenal - Past their prime liverpool - who needs owen wigan v man city - WOT A GOAL BY JOEY BARTON YOU HAVE TO SEE IT ON MATCH OF THE DAY DEFINATELY GOAL OF THE SEASON!!!!!!!!! aston villa - WOAH!!! Sunderland - finally a point!! blackburn - carling cup all ova again.
Ur not kiddin Henry about Chelsea being lucky,wont last long..the reds are on the march now and IN march of 2006 we will be neck and neck with em..and ..just ripe to wave goodbye to em on the final straight:-)
I'm starting to get bored with this season, it appears that Chelsea are just running away with it again. But fair play to them they are a class team, but roman bought himself the title.
i thought sunderlands got cancled,OWEN IS INJURED:@
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Newcastle coming down with us ;) Given and Owen your two best players and Steve Harper, though a decent keeper, won't be able to rescue Titus Bramble all the time. Co-incidentally, find out where Given won his only ever professional winners medal :)
You never know, this "curse" your players talk about could strike once again. Personally, I'd love a curse that saw a chairman pump millions of pounds into a club without any hint of reward.
no,not mad,just ..erm...a bit crazy,always think the unlikely things are gonna happen:p,i did predict greece to win EURO 2004 from the first game...and what happend?
My mate asked his dad to put a tenner on Greece but he forgot - odds were 50/1. World Cup Prediction - African team (Ivory Coast probably) to reach the third fourth play off
germany will win the world cup with brazil second,italy 3rd,england 4th,togo will get past the group stages:d
I reckon that Burton and Utd played for the draw so that they could get a money spinner at Old Trafford ;)
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Come on u REDS,nough said ..im a poet and i didnt know it..thats the last of my spamming for a couple of weeks ..bye lol..
wigan deserved win tonight played v well,especially when they went 1-0, hopefully they can do well at highbury :D
I think theres plenty of people in here henry with their lights not switched on..how can people support wigan? ..but yeahhhhhhhh well done lads ..:)...man u.love wigan to beat asrenal..but..im afraid got to take a greater pleasure united beatin em..after last years f.a cup final..REVENGEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Blackburn dont come into my thinkin by the way by the way lol..better not do either..had nightmares the last time they came to old trafford..
1-1 half the job done the reds played ok at times but still to much players in the team not worthy of the shirt . what was dicov thinkin at the end he was like a man possessed . has anyone heard if the gravesen rumors are true
Eh?? Is it just me or is the forth round like only 2 weeks after the third round this year,aint that a bit unusal,i thought it was like a month
doug i dont know if they are true but his agent is doing some very suspicious things - turning up to a real game for no apparent reason, something he has never done before so i dunno i hope he is coming because fletcher as a holding midfielder with oshea in a supporting role is possibly the worst combination of players in that or any position in the premiership!
Yeah it counts as an away goal Henry..and oi i dont u dont get to excited if barton scores today lol..i certainly wont..lookin forward to a united win..
not lookin good at moment okey 2-0 city half time but the game doesnt reflect the score, man u played alot better city get 2 goals from nowere and 1st one shudda been offside wen ball played in. im gettin sick of watchin ronaldo recently with some of stuff he does, is annoying:|
whats with oshea and fletcher in the middle:@ its the engine room of a team and you got those two in their pphhhh
man u played better than city today even with 10 men, i said at half time tht ronaldo is annoying me and second half he annoys me more lol, i kno it shudnt of been a red card but no need for lungin in like he did.
to be honest i like o'shea but fletcher is just NOT good enough to play for man u, only reason he plays is coz hes scottish like fergie. evra doesnt look 2 good either.
Why should they sack Souness? Without the injuries he has to deal with they might be playing to their full potential - who knows, they might even be in 11th by now!
Okay, I am being harsh - NUFC are a team that should be challenging for a Uefa Cup spot, but seriously what can Souness do when his team has so many key players out? He's done well considering, and I think a change of manager without an end to the injuries could end up with Newcastle dropping out of the EPL altogether. Souness is one of the better managers in tight conditions - I would wait until he has had a proper go at the job before passing judgement on his worth to the club.
Newcastle don't stand a chance without Owen, I read the other day they've only picked up 7 points without him.
yea,i know we dont have a full squad,but we still have a pretty decent squad with all our injurys,and hes still not making the grade.SACK SOUNESS!
>but we still have a pretty decent squad As do many teams in the 1st Division. To compete at in the top half of the EPL you need more than just a decent squad. Emre, Luque, Parker, Dyer and of course Owen make up half a of top quality outfield. Who do you have of that kind of standard to fill their positions? If you had those five in all season, then you have the makings of a team that could play well with Kate Moss as the manager.
lol decent squad blackpool has more money to spend then newcastle he has to go beg to the chairman just to get enough for a half decent player. and he needs more then a half decent player
we gotta stop meeting liket his liam:p,and we have the money,just chairman doesnt want to spend it.Souness has already spent 50M
newcastle have big names but they dont really do much at the club n ther defence is terrible it has to be said.
ok henry ill hand him that, i hope he improves, he should do we'll see on sunday wen they got liverpool :p i think its sunday BLOODY SHOULD BE ! :p
lol thats a good pic and im a man u fan but to be honest i think were playing rubbish not to how we can play so i think we will lose :( hope we win though :)
i predict a borin 0-0 draw . its exactly what liverpool will b playin for as thats what they always seem to do in big away games . unfortunatly man utd havnt got any one in midfield at the moment capable of opening them up . hope im wrong tho
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I think liverpool have a better chance of winning than united.. But both have good sides and it should be a interesting game. Hopefully another ac milan/luton on our hands.
Birmingham 0-0 Torquay Chester 0-0 Cheltenham Leeds 1-1 Wigan Tamworth 1-0 Stoke Walsall 0-0 Barnsley Middlesbrough 0-0 Nuneaton Reading 0-1 West Brom Come on Tamworth:p
Birmingham 1-0 Torquay Chester 0-1 Cheltenham Leeds 2-2 Wigan Tamworth 1-0 Stoke Walsall 1-0 Barnsley Middlesbrough 3-0 Nuneaton Reading 1-2 West Brom :( what are wigan doing :(
van der sar neville,brown,ferdinand,heinze ronaldo,oshea,scholes,park rooney,van only way oshea is in is i cant think of ne1 else to play anchor role in midfield,giggs is out cause the last 5/6games he aint been with it and hes lost that xtra yard of pace needed to play on the wing
Schemeichel
Neville Bruce Ferdinand Irwin
Best Cantona Keane Giggs
Charlton Law...if only lol
suppose we have to make do with today though :-)
Van der sar
Neville still,hes a fighter ..vidic if he's any good..Ferdinand still,hes not lazy like sven suggests lol..er id put O'Shea in there..
not much mid field to pick from right now we need back bone
Rooney..only gonna get better,hes no poor boy..van the man is frustrated,not suprised with Ronaldo...Ronaldo can only get better too,hopefully ..CROSS THE BALLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Watchout 4 Theo Walcott hes a young player at southampton :P he will soon be playing for a premiershop team
If there was one person who would keep Heinze on the bench playing for Man U, it would be Irwin. He may not be as good at attacking, but his defensive capabilities were second to none.
I'd play heinze if he wasnt injured,lets hope he gets back to his brilliant best..and thanks Beppe..u know ur stuff about the reds :-)
...i said heinze was good,i just dont like him. Liverpool 2-1 Man U Charlton 0-1 Chelsea,yes only 1:p
Course he bloody didn't, it was an own goal. :p Though McCarthy said to give it to Stead despite him being miles away as the lad needs a confidence boost. :)
Im sayin nowt Henry till the match is over..i bragged lastweek about utd were gonna beat city..not gonna tempt fate this time..be nice though 4-1..be better though if it was 4-0 :-)
>>im a united fan but i want liverpool to win cos i got 200 big one riding on the game lol not a very good man u fan then are ya.
what a goal!!!! well deserved and giggs,rooney,rio ,and i cant believe im sayin this but, fletcher were all immense . liam 200 big 1s well spent eh:D
lol might have been a bit different still think the 4 1 mentioned were class especially giggs after what i said earlier in this post about him bein past it, he sure rammed that down ma throat .
Yey we won :D:D so wot a bet against them i dont care its not gonna stop rooney or rio getting paid millions a week ;\ its only a game
lol i like your humour OkeyPokeyDokey yes i am stupid for betting against my team especially since i didnt know that we were playing at home. ive got my bet 4 united to win the double though ;) placed it this morning :D
ok,my predictions: arsenal 2 - 1 wigan (2-1 agg) man utd 1 - 1 blackburn (2-2 agg) (Man U to score in extra time)
sorry beppe dint kno my bets were unlucky :( ill give half the winning to ya if we do tho cos i put £100 on it :p
At last Sven is to leave England! I reckon he should go now, but obviously that's a tough call with the World Cup coming. Who is
realistically
going to replace him? I would like to see Big Sam, as he has the best combination of experience, desire, ability to make stars play and a general rounded knowledge of the game.
So Sven's leaving after the World Cup. News of the World can go **** themselves, the lying @rseholes.
Lol, a difference of opinion Smackam... Sven is just after the money and the birds. The NotW articles probably gave the FA the ammunition they needed to sack him without a big pay-off. You may miss him, I won't.
Big Sam would be a shocking appointment considering his style of play and the quality in the team. No one really strikes me as an obvious choice, Paul Jewell would be my man but he doesn't want the job I don't think.
That would've been my obvious choice before his comments last week about how pathetic he thinks linking himself with the England job is. Latest Odds SVEN'S SUCCESSOR Sam Allardyce 5/2 Steve McClaren 7/2 Ottmar Hitzfeld 8/1 Martin O'Neill 10/1 Steve Bruce 12/1 Sir Trevor Brooking 20/1 Kevin Keegan 100/1 Don't think I'd like any of those to be perfectly honest.
Big Sam For England :D:D cheers smackamcracka i dont have to go to the bookies now to get the odds :D or even go to a website :D ill have to send ma dad to get me a betting slip tommorow
on a serious note, what good has this done to englands chances of lifting the world cup. knowing the manager will leave right after the tournament is nothing but bad news for the boys that will be in the dressing room in germany this summer. sack him now i say and bring in keegan so i get my 10 000 nuggets :D
No one mentioned Scolari who has been linked with the post. He has indicated that should the position be available he might be interested. If another foreign manager is brought in then someone with a decent resume (unlike Sven) such as Scolari might be acceptable. Henry, the fact is that the manager might want to prove himself before signing off, or that the players might want to serve him well before he leaves. At the end of the day Ericson wasn't exactly propelling us into a position as favourites, so losing him can't have that bad an effect.
Lets just go for Mike Basset ..oh well,i know hes a scouser but im sure he'd do a bitter job than the last few England managers weve had lol...
And i'd say to u Beppe in answer to your question "what it means to be British"on ur thread..believe it or not i l love the city of Liverpool(their a funny breed lol) ..i Love my home city of Manchester too of course:p..but it dosnt stop me takin the mick out of Liverpool f.c or Man City( ive gor relatives that are City fans, u should see our front room after a derby match lol)..its just banter .all tongue in cheek..we can all take a joke..most of us can hopefully ...thats what i love about the british..the humour mostly..I suspect people of other parts of the world dont get our humour lol..seems like we are allways at loggerheads with each other ...any way im wandering off the point..i appoint Alf Ramsey as England manager..
You never heard of night shift workers Beppe? the U.K dosnt stand still you know..unless we want a game of pool on here that is..
Tbh Beppe the morale of the team could well be the way you say it could be but think of it like this; If you play or have played for a football team or any team whatsoever and the leader/manager of that team says he is going to leave just after one of the biggest events that the team will ever face, it doesn't exactly cheer everyone up does it? i take your point but don't you think you're being a bit too optimistic about the manager wanting to prove his point after all he is a manager who led England to a bitter defeat against Northen Ireland and also a manager who never seems to show any passion if and when his team scores. Good riddance i say and out with the old and in with the new :)
I don't think we had a chance before the announcement, and that's why I don't believe anything changes. My viewpoint is quite clearly to sack him now and bring in a replacement for the World Cup. The team quite clearly looks after itself, and to have someone who can actually increase their determination would only increase their chances. I am hoping that Sven becomes more determined to prove himself now, because that can only be good for England. These are just my views, I could be far off the mark Henry.
Just watch first half of wigan v arsenal, decent half wigan shud of had 2 penalties n reyes missed one :p arsenal playin good tho but wigan had there chances !
I must say I wouldn't be disappointed if Scolari got the job, he's a World Cup winner with Brazil so has good history. There is one concerning thing about him though - I'm not sure that he can speak English! Pretty sure I've seen him use translators for interviews before and if that's the case, then it's a definite no I'm afraid. Hiddink has been linked and I think he would be a great appointment, his record speaks for itself. S. Korea WC quarters, Aussies in for first time and PSV just minutes away from beating AC Milan to get into the Champions League final. Of course there would be a lot of sceptics, considering all the debate about foreign coaches. Also, I think we should consider Neil Warnock for manager - passion and experience. He's also a no-nonsense manager so there'd be no "player power" in the camp, anyone who'd try would be on the next plane home in Roy Keane v Mick McCarthyesque style!
well! what a game :D roberts deserved a goal chances he missed lol mike pollit is class goalie he made loadza crackin saves if it wrnt for him arsenal wudda scored more. wp jason roberts :D van persies free kick was unstoppable...
tonights game arsenal v wigan... despite arsenals recent performance i'd say they will beat wigan 2-0 :p. whats are your views on tonights game ps sven leavin england managment after next world cup?:o?
single line, try reading the posts before yours. The subject of Sven has already been raised and discussed and I'll leave the obvious for last - Arsenal played Wigan last night, winning 2-1 but away goals sent Wigan through.
congrats to wigan on place in europe:D i got a question tho does any1 else think it was slightly unfair that wigan had 120mins in which to score their away goals while arsenal only had the normal 90 . surely away goals shouldnt count in xtra time u would think . also as a scot could i recommend berti vogts for the england job:p
>as a scot could i recommend berti vogts for the england job LMAO :D:D Why do Man Utd not consider loaning a top midfielder from a European club? Surely there is a bench-warmer somewhere whom someone who like to get off their wage list for 6 months? Wigan are not guaranteed a place in Europe yet.
if united beat blackburn tonight wigan automaticly qualify for europe , regardless of where they finish in the league
1-1 at half time savage is a dirty mother ... the dirtiest player the game has seen ... van missed a penalty and something happened in the tunnel i guess we'll find out after the breaks over hopefully savage punched van and the ref uses video evidence and sends him off so united get the win they deserve very easily :D p.s smith is a brawler !!
United had a 12th man yet again tonight, but now they have no chance against the mighty Wigan.:) Э6 ©®Až¥ƒΐ§†§™
I think the ball boys just outside the tunnel at half time Henry demonstrated perfectly well what went on..best laugh ive had for ages lol..
Anyway i digress on my nightshift..,didnt give the mickey mouse cup a thought at the start of the season..but we might aswell win it.but any new side in the makin has to start somewhere ..COME ON U REDSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
someone clarify this for me, i think if united win wigan in final and finish in a champs league spot, because they are already in champsleague then they dont need to go in uefa so wigan will be put in there as 2nd spot, is that right?
i have a question. im not much of a soccer person but for german class and thousands of other german classes in the state, we have this thing called german day at the major university. the topic this year is the (correct me if im wrong) the world soccer championship game and germany is in it. could u give me some info and maybe a couple sites to visit. my group and i have to make a web page for the university and i want some more information. plz help.
Is Giggs injured or not? I need to know whether to take him out of my fantasy team or not. None of the websites I use have any definitive info, and I can't get Sky Sports on TV :( I see Ferguson is listening to my advice on looking for a loanee ;) BWG - Google "World Cup 2006". The first listing is
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/
which is the official site, and I am sure you'll find others with lots of stuff on them.
Erm, possibly you mean the World Cup, the biggest sporting event on the planet which is being hosted by Germany this summer? If that's what you are referring to,
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
would be the obvious place to start. www.fifa.com itself should have some useful info as will
http://wm2006.deutschland.de/EN/Navigation/Home/home.html.
If you are referring to something else I'm sorry but I've never heard of the "world soccer championship game". Some info off the top of my head - The World Cup is played every 4 years and it has become something of a FIFA Policy to now try and rotate the host continent. 32 teams compete with Europe having the most entrants and they compete in 8 groups of 4, the winners and runners up progressing through to the knock out rounds. The current holders are Brazil who have won the World Cup a record 5 times and are favourites to lift the trophy once more in July. Other nations in with a chance are England, Argentina, Germany, France, Italy and Spain though there are several others. And to The Power, I'm pretty sure Wigan will be in Europe, as that rule certainly applies in the FA Cup but can't be certain about the League Cup. Will try and look it up for you.
beppe giggs aint injured just rested . good to see fergie lookin for another midfielder leavin it late tho as transfer window closes couple o days . face it we need someone in their now scholes is out for the rest of the season euro championships draw tomorrow as well anyone in the hat to avoid?????? as a scot we've got it tough in pot 4 but progress is bein made so im pretty optimistic whoever we get :D
I though Giggs was pulled off with a hamstring problem midweek? He was subbed in the 13th minute.
thanx smack and beppe. ill check those sites out. btw i hope germany wins. thnx again.
Woking v York today. :) Need a win after 6 (I think) league matches without win though we've only lost 1 of those. Also Brentford v Sunderland - ironically I've seen both of Sunderland's FA Cup opponents this season though not Sunderland themselves! Woking beat Brentford 1-0 in pre-season so I hope Sunderland can do the same.
Come On You Orient!!! Predictions for this weekends fa cup ties : Stoke City v Walsall - 1-0 Cheltenham Town v Newcastle United 0-3 Coventry v Middlesbrough 1-2 Reading v Birmingham 1-0 Portsmouth v Liverpool 2-1 Leicester v Southampton 2-1 Bolton v Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa v Port Vale 3-0 Brentford v Sunderland 1-0 Manchester City v Wigan 2-2 Everton v Chelsea 2-1 :p Preston v Crystal Palace 0-3 West Ham v Blackburn 0-2 Colchester v Derby 1-1 Charlton v Leyton Orient 0-2 :D:D Wolves v Manchester United 0-8 :D:D:D
What a contrast of emotions. A superb Woking display sees us emerge 2-0 victors and as I make my way towards the exit, the Sunderland result is announced, causing me to shout a rather loud expletive. To make matters worse, DJ Campbell is ex-Scum (Stevenage). X-(
yea...Newcastle may be doing **** with a ****** manager,but i honestly think we can win this,with or without Souness.
bought carling cup final ticket this mornin well startin quein up this mornin an 6 hours later finally got one lol bring on cardiff :D
>hope it aint a one way game I was at the Man Utd v Newcastle FA Cup Final in 1999 which was Man Utd dominated, and enjoyed every second of it. As long as it is your team dominating it's a great feeling! Wigan are a far better team than Newcastle could ever hope to be though, so it may be a closer game.
lol at least u got a ticket i sent my dad to get 1 and he sed he got half way then came back because he couldnt be bothered ;\
Gary Neville here,got to remember which shirt i wear next time and find the badge when we beat Liverpool(they change it that many times ,got to buy a new one next year i suppose)wanna celebrate properly ..money money money..lol
hey guys thnx for the web sites on the world cup. i checked those out and they were alotta help. thnx again.
Lets hope theres no spikes thrown on the pitch Henry..i mean..our own liverpudlian Rooney was attacked by a mobile phone not so long ago at anfield..lol
We'll see who is right - my prediction is that NUFC are performing bad becasue of injuries, and that Souness was doing okay. I reckon they'll risk going down now having got rid of Souness. They are 6 points off the drop now, let's check back at the end of the season...
:D:D!!souness got the sack:D,btw beepe,i was at the 1999 FA Cup Final,when Man Utd played Newcastle ,was a good game,even though they dominated,i always go to NUFC vs MUFC,always a good game....dont think i saw you though,lol
>dont think i saw you though I was sat just by the Royal Box amongst the NUFC supporters (true, I was given the tickets it wasn't a choice) - I think I remember you, the Indian guy amongst the NUFC fans?
i agree with u beppe on the injuries part i think hes been hard done by and the NUFC fans are all muppets
I was sat IN the royal box,beat that mr beppe..mind u i was thrown out at half time lol..
Agreed. no talent LOL do u watch the prem we got rooney,henry,gerrard,lampard(+most of chelsea team) thts just a few and ALOT of young talent e.g theo walcott, one for the future !
>I was sat IN the royal box,beat that mr beppe..mind u i was thrown out at half time lol.. lmao! :p
lol,and about the souness thing,yea,we had injurys,but,even with our reserves,we should still have been winning games.
Woking v Welling today in the FA Trophy 3rd round - I've been to every original tie for Woking in this year's replay, only missing the Northwich replay, as we look to win a record-breaking fourth FA Trophy. Welling are a league below us but apparently play nice football, so it will be interesting to see how they do against our wonderful long ball game! And Sunderland will most likely lose to Wet Sham. :(
my prediction= NUFC 2-0 Portsmouth same as you POWER:p,shearer to break record and dyer to get the other!
Well, what a game that was. A full blooded encounter with massive challenges all over the place and the most incompetent set of officials I've ever seen, even at this level. We started off poorly but a good save from the Welling keeper kept Justin Richards from opening the scoring. Then Ian Selley somehow stayed on the pitch despite about three reckless lunges in 5 minutes, one sparking a mass brawl. The referee showed his awful ability when he allowed a Welling goal to stand. It looked from the other end of the pitch (where I was) that our goalkeeper Jalal, who has been amazing all season, made a dreadful error and dropped it into his net.
http://cardswebsphotos.fotopic.net/p25601047.html
- this gave the true story. We began to wake up slightly and put some pressure on the Welling goal but a quick Welling counter attack made it 2-0 to the side a league below us - ****. We were handed a lifeline just 2 minutes later, when Chris Sharpling, who's had incredibly bad luck with injury over his career, got some good fortune for once as his shot deflected underneath the keeper. Half time came and I moved down the other end, to a place right by the touchline. The second half started off just as dull as the first but the linesman in front of us was truly dire. Call after call wrong and the substitutes, who warm up along this touchline, were letting him know. There was a funny moment as Gary MacDonald, a Woking fan's favourite who is nearly recovered after a serious knee injury, let the linesman know what he thought of him. This was followed by a corner to us, which was never a corner, and a Welling player coming across and giving his views for the first time - he was booked for his troubles! And to add insult to injury, we equalised from this "corner", Hutchinson heading across goal for McAllister to deservedly equalize. The belief was there now and soon we were celebrating as a Welling handball outside of the area was deemed inside by the referee and the ever-reliable Ian Selley had a chance to put us in front. Which he promptly buggered up, causing us to hang our heads once more. The save seemed to boost Welling and there a few close shaves up our end and we looked more likely to lose than win. Luckily enough, a long ball from the back found Steve Ferguson's head, bouncing down for Tom Hutchinson (God knows what he was doing there!) to toe-poke his first for the club and take us through to the quarter finals!
ok,who you think will be th next Newcastle manager? I personally think Paul Jewell,but i hope either Shearer or Allerdyce(i know shearer already said no)
i hope not he doin well with wigan :S hes in europe next year if united win the carling cup:D
>hes in europe next year if united win the carling cup He's in Europe if
WIGAN
win the Carling. I don't don't whether the place goes to the runner up or for league position should Man Utd win and qualify for Champions League. I haven't read anywhere that Wigan are there.
That's what I was thinking Beppe - definitely happens in the FA Cup but unsure about the League Cup. If I'm honest, I don't think they will because in 2001, when Liverpool beat Birmingham in the final, I don't think the Brummies got in.
but...middlesbrough did after they beat bolton in the inal a couple of years ago...i think th FA/Uefa decide if it goes to the league or to the carling.
The WINNERS will qualify, so Middlesborough winning meant they had a UEFA Cup place. If the winner happens to qualify for the Champions Leagues, then who gets the place in the UEFA Cup? In the FA Cup it would be the runner up, but we don't know if that is true for the League Cup. It looks as if we'll never know if Souness was the reason for Newcastle's poor run. Most of the injured players are back, so if they stay up it could be argued that the problems were because of the injury list.
It wasnt that long ago when the winners of the league cup did'nt qualify for the eufa cup,like i said its a mickey mouse cup,so i doubt the losers would get a chance of playin in the eufa cup..so wigan,better concentrate on the league lol(by the way the eufa cups a micky mouse cup too)
I can spell champions league but not eufa,must be a habit lol..so far from mind that silly cup lol
Souness was to blame,even our reserves should be winning a couple of games.Anyway i found out about the English Qualyfiers for Europe. Champions League=1ST,2ND,3RD,4TH from the Premiership Uefa Cup=5TH in Premiership,FA Cup Winners(If FA cup winner already qualifyied for Champions League,2ND placed team in the FA Cup gets it,and so on),Carling Cup Winners(If Carling Cup Winners already qualifyied for Champions League,the team who finished 6TH in the Premiership gets it)and any team who wins one of the Intertoto Cup Finals.
hey scotty ive started doing the weekly win draw or loss at william hill now and would like you to give me 5 away game winners every week if your'e up for it. i know you always been good at predicting results so i jus want ur help. for example. this saturday u just name however many teams you think will win away from home i.e chelsea man united psv. but the number has to be a multiple of 5 ie 10 15 etc. hope ull take up my challenge :p
i can have a go i guess, i do coupons every week aswell, always one or two let me down :( last week blackburn let me down to west brom, thought it was a cert :| well 5 aways over weekend even i might try this :p... Chelsea away to middlesbrough] Gretna away to peterhead Sheff utd away to plymouth Crystal palace away to sheff wednesday Cowdenbeath away to Albion i go with them :|
If you can get odds place a bet on Woking to beat Tamworth on Saturday. ;) Tamworth have no fit keepers and have asked Paul Merson (sacked by Walsall in midweek) to play for them! Sad news on their keeper front, I don't know if any of you saw Scott Bevan play for them on their cup run, was superb against Stoke (tall bald chap). Unfortunately a collision with a striker a couple of weeks ago left him on life support and having his kidney amputated. He's lucky to be alive and as he was once at Woking on loan, I wish him all the best for the future. Sadly, I won't be at the game due to an unwanted holiday in Belgium. :(
well...lets rewview another weeks footy. Chelsea conceaded 3 and lost(ul with bet henry) Newcastle defense back to normal Arsenal scored in last minute to get a draw Fulham scored 6! I think the Premiership is this best league in the world...lol
liverpool jus beat arsenal, arsenal goin so poor now, i wonder why they sold viera. i didnt see the game but i heard it was pretty poor, im lookin forward to carlin cup final next week now, what a day its gonna be :p
I'll probably be missing all Saturday's FA Cup action because (if all goes well) I'll be making the 12 hour round trip up to Scarborough to see Woking play. Will be the furthest I've travelled to support my team so am looking forward to it. :)
5-0 indeed but it was to be expected considering Tamworth's injury problems. As for promotion, with our squad we should really be challenging for the play-offs. The problem is we've never really recovered from a poor start which was due to our manager being unable to replace the centre back pairing that left us in the summer in time. When these were replaced we went on a 11 match unbeaten run until injuries cropped up once more and an inability to score left us a long way adrift. Our next 2 games are vital, with Scarborough down near the bottom and Exeter a fellow play-off challenger. However, some fans don't want us to get promoted until we sort out off the field problems first. We lose £500k a year, which is a hell of a lot at this level, and only stay afloat due to (thankfully) having a rich chairman who is a lifelong fan, who regularly clears the debt. Unfortunately, he is going to be reducing his funding before stopping altogether to try and secure the long term stability of the club. We're looking at building a new 3000 seat stand along one side of the pitch with corporate facilities to increase non-football revenue. Hopefully all goes well though planning permission will be a problem with the stand backing onto lots of bungalows full of old ladies! :( Personally I don't think we'll get promoted which means we'll lose top scorer Justin Richards in the summer as well as some other players I expect.
my bets for today
Main bet
Charlton Newcastle Watford Crystal Palace Sheff Utd Bournemouth Bradford Huddersfield Hearts Rangers Partick Gretna Nice list eh :p
more chance of win bet :p
Chelsea Bournemouth Peterborough Grimsby Leeds :D
MAN UNITED LOST FFS THEY SHUDDA WON :| WHY DOES SIR ALEX START WITH FLETCHER AND RICHARDSON JESUS CHRIST. WHEN YOUVE GOT PARK ON THE BENCH WHY WOULD YOU START WITH THOSE TWO CIRCUS FREAKS. THE ONLY REASON FLETCHER PLAYS IS COZ HES SCOTTISH AND SIR ALEX WOULD GET BOMBED BY SCOTTISH PEOPLE IF HE NEVER STARTED HIM. I HATE THAT GUYS SELECTIONS WHY CANT HE SEE THAT FLETCHER AND RICHARDSON WOULD NOT MAKE IT INTO A TEAM IN THE CONFERENCE. ARRGHHHHHHH THE WORST THING IS CROUCH SCORED. HE COULDNT SCORE IN A BROTHEL FOR GOD SAKES. P.S GET WELL SOON SMITHY AND PARK JI SUNG WAS JUST TAKEN THE MICK OUT OF WHEN HE CAME ON IN EXTRA TIME :@
hey it kinda random but who do you lot think are gonna go up to the prem this year and who do u think are gonna go down from the prem i think reading and sheff united are gonna get automatic, but sheff utd arent certain, preston will win the play offs. pompey n sunderland are def down but i dnt no the 3rd team. what u lot think? ;)
>hey it kinda random but who do you lot think are gonna go up to the prem this year i wonder :p
>MAN UNITED LOST FFS THEY SHUDDA WON Whilst I agree 100% with remarks about Fletcher and Richardson, you are kinda dumb for presuming that Utd are always going to beat Liverpool. That goes for any season, especially one like this where we are struggling. Learn from your mistakes, NEVER pick Man Utd as a dead cert ;)
Go Palace for playoffs! Probably unlikely, but as the closest team to where I grew up they are who I am shouting for :)
henry as a scot i certainly wouldnt complain if fletch got the boot the guys a liability and gives away possession far too much,if it were up to me he wouldnt even get a game for his country but it aint so looks like we stuck with him:(
Well a long journey for a poor performance, only a last minute equalizer from Steve Ferguson making it worthwhile. A draw isn't really good enough though we have been fortunate in that most of the teams above us have failed to win.
United shouldnt have won henry,they were garbage and will be till we sort the midfield..
Well I dunno if sheff.utd will make it or not, they are a very good team dont get me wrong but they are very in consistent lately, they win 2 then draw 2, then win 3, and lose 2, and if they carry on going how they are and watford carry on winning watford may take there place.. or even Leeds match :)
chelsea/Newcastle in FA cup. I honestly deep down in my heart,think we can beat them,for Shearer in his last year,and we are overdue a trophy,lol.Plus Shearer and the rest of the squad will be more determind than ever,and were playing well with roeder:d
Bayern Munich 1-2 AC Milan Benfica 1-1 Liverpool PSV Eindhoven 1-1 Lyon Real Madrid 2-0 Arsenal Ajax 0-2 Internazionale Chelsea 1-2 Barcelona Rangers 1-1 Villarreal Werder Bremen 0-2 Juventus
Newcastle are not a team who are
owed
any trophies. They might manage the odd one, but it's not something you can guarantee regularly Peter. Bayern Munich 2-1 AC Milan Benfica 0-2 Liverpool PSV Eindhoven 0-1 Lyon Real Madrid 1-0 Arsenal Ajax 1-3 Internazionale Chelsea 0-1 Barcelona Rangers 0-1 Villarreal Werder Bremen 0-2 Juventus
I DIDNT SAY WERE OWED ONE I SAID WERE OVERDUE ONE,DIFFERENT MEANINGS,I THINK:s. I JUST WATCHED THE REAL/ARSENAL GAME:WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO RONALDO,HIS HEART JUST DIDNT LOOK LIKE IT WAS IN THE GAME,NOT AS PASSIONATE AS HE USED TO BE:s
Just seen Woking record a narrow win over Exeter City, thanks to a 81st minute Justin Richards penalty. Rico's penalty was his 17th of the season but his game was cut short as he was sent off for a dangerous lunge on ex-Aldershot player Jon Challinor. Personally, I think it was a yellow, only the loud crack noise as contact was made getting him sent off. Challinor was playacting all night and as soon as the card was shown he was back on his feet. Still, a vital win and hopefully will get our play-off chase back on track. To peter 27, if you want to know about being overdue a trophy talk to some Rochdale fans.
They've never won one, their only success coming from getting promotion in 1969 through third placed. They were soon down again and are League Two's longest serving club, being there for around 30 seasons. Their closest hint of success was a League Cup final in 1962, only to be beaten by Norwich.
Get in, Barca are my favourite non-English team (first football shirt I ever bought, first foreign ground I went to) and I'm delighted to see them ahead going into the leg at the Nou Camp.
yep it was a good game for the neutral,although del horno didnt deserve a red card i thought . the young guy messi looks a player but he overdid it a bit on the theatrics . i wouldnt count chelsea out yet either nor would i real madrid against arsenal
all ur favourite teams suck LIVERPOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All our favourite teams are stupid when Liverpool is widely known to be full of idiots who attack ambulances.
indeed henry it was reckless but as i said a red card was harsh . you see a lot worse go unpunished , just lookin for a bit of consistency ,thats all
they were just a bunch of no win no fee compensation ambulance chasers smackem..they dont have any proper jobs in liverpool lol
Any sort of win will do for the reds..god never thought id see the day when us utd fans were desperate to win the mickey mouse cup,not gonna predict the result, people can say silly things when talkin about football..
There's no way Ryan Giggs is another George Best. He's another Ryan
Giggs."
- DENIS LAW.
"The only thing I have in common with George Best is that we come from
the same place, play for the same club, and were discovered by the
same man."
- NORMAN WHITESIDE.
"I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a
lifetime for that prat."
- RON ATKINSON, 1979.
"For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-
yellow strip."
- JOHN MOTSON, BBC TV.
"I don't think there is anybody bigger or smaller than Maradona."
- KEVIN KEEGAN.
Jimmy Hill: "Don't sit on the fence Terry, what chance do you
think Germany has got of getting through?"
Terry Venables: "I think it's fifty-fifty."
Last two not football related:
"And he's got the icepack on his groin there, so possibly not the old
shoulder injury."
- RAY FRENCH, SKY TV RUGBY.
"Ah... isn't that nice? The wife of the Cambridge president is kissing
the cox of the Oxford crew."
- HARRY CARPENTER, BBC TV BOAT RACE, 1977.
Yassssssssssssssssss :D Woking have just scored 2 in stoppage time to win their FA Trophy quarter final replay 4-2 against Stafford Rangers! With Boreham Wood, who are 3/4 leagues below us, over 2 legs in the semis, we have a great chance of making the final! We want our Trophy back!
henry SHUT UP EN IDIOT! SAD EN PLAYUER LOLOLOOL belguimgo winworld cuep fc genk4 legeuer champs I HAV NEW NIKE VAPOURS I WIN HATRICKS N SCORE WITH MY FOOT BY KIKING BALL U KNO HENRY U DO SIPALE INDUSTRY I KNO EN LOSER PLAYUOEAR GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGO DAM FC GENK BEST IN INDUSTRY U KNO HENRY 14 PETER 27 KNOS EVERYIOO KNOS i score headers 2 many u kno henry u kno peter 27 SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NOW ITS NOT FAIR FC GENK WIN
I HAV NOW BEEN HAV NOW GOT NEW SHIN PADS PATRICK 1'S THEY ARE PRO AND HENRY WOT SHIN PADS U HAVE AND EN IDIOT PETER 27 THEY HAV VELCROW STRAPPING IM HAPPY NOW ENN SAYUST PLAYS LIKE FC GENK I SUPPORT IN LEAGUWER BELGUM I LIVE IN BALGUM ITS RAINY TODAY MAKES ME SAD
lmao velcro strappings eh? lucky you. oh and couscous try this it may help you,
http://www.digg.com/links/English_for_Dummies
cant handle truth henry HAHAHA i will not stop till u i get wot i need n desire HAHAHAHHAH IM FC GENK TILL I DIE!!!! FC GENK TILL I DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>henry SHUT UP EN IDIOT! SAD EN PLAYUER LOLOLOOL belguimgo winworld cuep fc genk4 legeuer champs I HAV NEW NIKE VAPOURS I WIN HATRICKS N SCORE WITH MY FOOT BY KIKING BALL U KNO HENRY U DO SIPALE INDUSTRY I KNO EN LOSER PLAYUOEAR GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGO DAM FC GENK BEST IN INDUSTRY U KNO HENRY 14 PETER 27 KNOS EVERYIOO KNOS i score headers 2 many u kno henry u kno peter 27 SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NOW ITS NOT FAIR FC GENK WIN >henry SHUT UP EN IDIOT! SAD EN PLAYUER LOLOLOOL belguimgo winworld cuep fc genk4 legeuer champs I HAV NEW NIKE VAPOURS I WIN HATRICKS N SCORE WITH MY FOOT BY KIKING BALL U KNO HENRY U DO SIPALE INDUSTRY I KNO EN LOSER PLAYUOEAR GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGO DAM FC GENK BEST IN INDUSTRY U KNO HENRY 14 PETER 27 KNOS EVERYIOO KNOS i score headers 2 many u kno henry u kno peter 27 SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH NOW ITS NOT FAIR FC GENK WIN ...i was in them messages,but had trouble understanding any of that:s
Are u awake cοuscοus16 ? or are u talking in ur sleep? and ..i know ur a guy peter 27..its Uruquay..come on we all need to go back to school for spuuling lussons lol..
oh shutup will you. you keep crying on about wanting people banned. hypocirte you spam the boards im only giving you a taste of ur medicine. mayb the mods should think of getting you banned..always on about ahving other banned stupid old tard
eveyrne notices ur idiot posts and then when someone comes along and gives you taste of ur own medicine you start crying and whining for the mods to help you out and get others banned. hypocrite
>To tired to argue with u my friend..hopeu come back better after ur ban .. get over urself.... if anyone deserves to get banned its you and ur idiotic spam i told u i was joking earlier but u keep on responind like ur offended. STFU and get over urself. if anyone deserves to get banned its you you been at this spam routine for ages....
i thought you were tired? you need to get banned. if i get banned you should to. fod would be better off without hipocrites like you stupid troll
come on child..im waitin for the swearwords..give usall an easier option to ban u..come on get angry..
>come on child..im waitin for the swearwords..give usall an easier option to ban u..come on get angry.. No offense Okey but it seems that you're looking to provoke the fight. You're clearly trying to get him banned by tempting him to have a go at you. If anything the mods should have you banned for wanting things to erupt. He said he was joking earlier but you again were too sensitive to take a joke.
if ur looking for swearwords pokeyoldman you wont get any. you go keep crying to the mods whenever things dont go your way. im done ranting with you
> howdo u knowI aint a mod?.. You might be. If you were a mod you would be guilty of abusing your powers by purposely trying to provoke a fight. If you were a mod then you give a bad name to the moderation staff. Being a mod doesnt mean you are free to provoke fights. It gives a bad name to the moderation style in flyordie.
oh geez i hope the mods dont actually go around baiting people. that would stink. if that was true fod would lose many customers.
sometimes when im in a game my opponent starts insulting me for no reason. as soon as i enter a game this happens. i heard this happens to many other people to not just me. hope this isnt a case mods trying to bait people....
Woking face relegated Cambridge today with a severely depleted squad. Top scorer Richards completes his suspension, while other strikers/wingers Ferguson and Sharpling are extremely doubtful. With injuries all over the squad, a result of any kind would be welcome.
Woking lost i think late goal??? Anyway i went carling cup final n had a good day, loadza wigan fans in cardiff never seen anything like it and the stadium is amazing they closed roof so twas all good :D had a great day until stopped off at service station on way home, some muppet singing away then started with us' who the f'nell r wigan etc' nxt thing i know in a brawl about 20-30 ppl fightin in service station :| one of em picked a big pole up like the little muppet they are n nearly killd me ;\ anyway they put our coach window through with it and ran off to there coach...Pure Simple Muppets. good day tho :) P.s i aint wrote in this topic for a while coz my monitor broke (:() but now is ok expect i come back to find kids ruining it, if ya want to argue, go to german topics or something this is a good topic and dont want it removed...
I think Gretna will be playin scottish prem football soon, they beat division 1 leaders last week in cup 1-0, i hope they do well even though there only a small club, they help me on my coupon every week :p
Hey dawg.. ur comment> how do u know I aint a mod?.. You might be. If you were a mod you would be guilty of abusing your powers by purposely trying to provoke a fight. If you were a mod then you give a bad name to the moderation staff. Being a mod doesnt mean you are free to provoke fights. It gives a bad name to the moderation style in flyordie.My reply.. I WOULDNT DO THAT JOB FOR LOVE NOR MONEY..THE MODS THAT DO DO THAT JOB >DESERVE THE CBE..the Lord of the rings and the n.Nighthood of fod( i havent the patience of a mod,id boot the lot of u lol)..now lets get back to the subject shall we?..COME ON U REDSSSSSSSSSSS...
lol power i thought i was the only one who had em:p united scored with a late goal last night i was so relieved all my bets had united on them so it was a close call to say the least. power we really have to start givin each other tips for the games lol. mine for this week. first bet: returns 2361.95 (tenfold) man utd barca juventus villareal acc stanley ac milan real madrid benfica hamilton roma second bet: 4 aways at 13/2 man utd carlisle real madrid roma scotty u wanna do this every week? oh and have you ever won :|
Yea henry i won twice :p its hard to win even though it doesnt seem to hard, i go a bit mental on my coupons to be honest lol usually a couple of dodgy scores do me, well i aint got no money till next week so no coupon for me this week so i think ill leave it :p i dont really know what will happen tonight in barca v chelsea there games are too unpredictable seein there probably best 2 teams at moment... But ill take 2-1 barca :p crespo for chelsea giuly and ronaldinho for barca :D
Ah forgot to say my 2 wins are both from single liverpool games, i took them to beat sunderland 0-2 which was 13/2 odds and crouch to get first goal in another game with was nearly same odds 6-1. :D p.s i hate liverpool but they won me money :(
McCarthy gone, Murray still in - we're half way there. I reckon Kevin Ball will work wonders, can see him doing like Pearce with City last season. At least get us up above 19 points. Woking indeed lost, goal wasn't particularly late but we didn't exactly have ages to try and level. The injuries and suspensions cost us dear and we had a centre back up front at the end. Dire game though a draw would've been a fairer result. Play-off chances virtually gone now but I've got my Boreham Wood ticket for the first FA Trophy semi leg. :)
Predictions for this weekends Premiership games... Birmingham 1-1 West Brom Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham Everton 1-0 Fulham Portsmouth 0-2 Man City Sunderland 1-3 Wigan Blackburn 2-1 Aston Villa Bolton 2-2 West Ham (hopefully:p) Charlton 0-1 Middlebro Arsenal 1 -0 Liverpool Man Utd 3-0 Newcastle Thats all wish me luck :)
My predictions: Birmingham 2-1 West Brom Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham Everton 1-2 Fulham Portsmouth 0-2 Man City Sunderland 0-1 Wigan Blackburn 1-1 Aston Villa Bolton 3-2 West Ham (yes,3-2,not a typing mistake) Charlton 0-1 Middlebro Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool Man Utd 1-2 Newcastle
peter, i cant see newcastle beatin man, but your a newcastle fan so i see where ya comin from :p fulham aint won away from home all season n everton are in form, thats why i took everton, ill check scores tomorrow and see who gets most points in me and you. ;)
Birmingham v West Brom, 12:00 0-1 Blackburn v Aston Villa, 17:15 2-0 Bolton v West Ham, 15:00 1-3 Chelsea v Tottenham, 12:45 1-2 Everton v Fulham, 15:00 1-0 Portsmouth v Man City, 15:00 1-2 Sunderland v Wigan, 15:00 3-1 Arsenal v Liverpool, 16:00 1-1 Charlton v Middlesbrough, 15:00 3-0 Man Utd v Newcastle, 13:30 4-0
As for myself, I'll be making the trip to Essex to see Grays v Woking. This game basically makes or breaks our play-off chances so a win is vital. It may also end up being the FA Trophy final, so would be nice to have a look at this lot. Last time we met we were live on Sky and were robbed by an awful referee, drawing 1-1.
Hello :p, right i think it was smackmacracka who said a couple of weeks back premierships got losing its talent, i think he said talent or something like that and i disagreed,after seeing yesterdays bunch of goals it surely aint lost no talent :p i couldnt pick my best out of the bunch there were that many screamers, but ill go with james beatties chip for technique n henri camara's scorcher for style.
may not of been you smacka i said i think it was, ill check when ive got more time but i definately seen it in this thread... sorry m8 :p
Unfortunately I only heard of it Henry. :( Woking v Grays was an enjoyable trip, a cracking match making up for the dire ground and it's surroundings. The ground was a tip, with nice paintwork failing to cover up its flaws. For a start, there wasn't enough room for all the Woking fans, leading to a few dozen of us standing on a patio area which was meant to be for people to move between stands. It was nice though to be so close to the pitch and we made a fair bit of noise in that area.
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Basically that's how close we were, I'm standing behind Karl Murray (coloured fella furthest right). The game itself started off with a midfield battle before out of nothing we took the lead, a long goal kick flicked on for Justin Richards to score a wonderful 25 yard lob. Unfortunately, we sat back and Grays piled on the pressure. Poor defending saw two goals in two minutes and we were behind at the break. Second half, they had one off the line which they claimed was in, we had one off the line when the bloke used his hand. In the end though Justin Richards broke though once more and just put the ball in the net, trickling over the line, sparking rampant celebrations.
Made a pleasant change from my last 4 away trips, which have all been dire to say the least. :p Got another one next week but have changed my travel plans. Boreham Wood are notorious thugs and there's going to be lots of police around, so have decided to play safe and get the coach, rather than risk a confrontation at the train station.
Bit of advice, dont stop at service stations on yer way home :| So it finished 2-2 ag grays, grays were good at beginning of season i think they dropped some now though, am i right smcka?
Indeed, they equalled the best start in the Conference if I remember correctly. Have wavered a lot though but are still up there and with a very good chance of the play-offs. Considering they only got promoted last season, they've taken the league by storm effectively. They will struggle to survive though I feel, because the crowd for yesterday's game was only 1200 odd, of which at least 200 were Woking fans. For a club in their position they should be getting over 2000 really, and only their chairman is keeping them afloat I believe. Luckily, I don't think Boreham Wood is far enough away to warrant a service station stop - going to Scarborough we only had one after 3 hours, so considering the coach leaves 2 1/2 hours before kick off, they probably aren't planning to have one. Apparently 3 coachloads are going, so will be a nice healthy attendance. :)
Premiership player to watch out for: Pedro Mendes-truly awseome,not just saying that because he scored two this weekend either,I used to like him when he was a tottenham to!
>> hm...i donno...but quite young,under 20 i think Pedro Mendes is 27 years of age:) And yeah, I also liked him when he was at Tottenham, because that's who I support. SPURS 4 CHAMPS LEAGUE:) Э6 ©®Až¥ƒΐ§†§™
He supports ManU, not City. Like myself, he appreciates the whole of the game, not just one team.
Well Beppee,A REAL united supporter in my eyes is a mancunian like myself(i do appreciate outside support though),but us real united supporters,dont praise that lot across the city..
Okey are you trying to deny samaras is a talent? because if you are you really need to get yourself a check up at your local gp which is probably in mongolia if you think he isn't a rising talent. 6 goals in 3 games is better than most strikers in the premiership especially those down at anfield where they can't even buy a goal. Okey just for the record where do you live?
A real fan,is a person who has supported the club for all there life and a person who will DIE for there club
Boreham Wood away leg tomorrow :) Coach leaves at 12.30, on coach 3 of 4. Should be a solid away following of 500+ so hoping for a good game with a great atmosphere in our quest to get to the final at Upton Park.
So you would jump off the Gateshead Millenium Bridge with concrete shoes in order for your club to survive? Went to Boreham Wood today, huge police presence as expected and they did their job very well. Won 1-0 in a scrappy game, Tommy Hutchinson slotting the ball into an empty net after pressuring the keeper into fumbling the ball. Woking fans near enough equalled the Boreham Wood fans so any scuffle wouldn't have been one sided! Good result to take back to Kingfield for the 2nd leg, eyes now turn to our local derby on Tuesday night with Aldershot in the league - never beaten them since they were reformed in the league so we will be looking to end that record!
Local derby with Aldershot tonight. Ought to be a good game though I reckon we'll lose, due to the large distraction of the FA Trophy. Come on you Cards!
>So you would jump off the Gateshead Millenium Bridge with concrete shoes in order for your club to survive? YES,i would!
SO HENRY,YOU MEAN IF MANCHESTER UNITED(WHO I THINK YOYU SUPPORT)WHERE GOING TO BE BLOWN UP AND YOU WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT COULD SAVE THEM,BY KILLING YOURSELF.YOU WOULDN'T!
Peter that situation would never occur. I know you've been having wild dreams about saving the Newcastle team and how you saved them from a man-eating penguin sized chipmunk but dreams stay in the bed and so should you, a mental hospital bed would be the best for you if you think that situation will ever occur in your lifetime.
Well we lost to Aldershot, good 2nd half couldn't recover from the awful first. Played a weakened team due to today's game so was to be expected. Boreham Wood in an hour or so :) COME ON YOU CARDS!
>Peter, would you kill yourself to bring Owen back earlier from injury? No ,just to save the club though. To henry...i know that would neaver happen,it was just an example.
Peter... I heard that Newcastle are going to go bankrupt and be disbanded... unless you drown yourself in the Tyne. Please have someone record it and post evidence in here on your behalf.
Does anyone play Yahoo fantasy football? What are your scores? I think I'm on about 2600, a way off the top but leading my mates. Post your scores, maybe we'll set a group up for the end of the season if there are a few of us who are close.
peter if ye tht desperate reet, jus gan top yasel, ya sound like a propa gimp sayin tht ye wud die 4 ya club, a support newcastle but ave neva sed a wud die 4 the club, wats point? if ye deed ya neva gana see wat ye died 4, so ya topped ursel 4 nowt
son?! You u like farmer? :D U live in mountain? If u live in mountain and u have sheeps not my problem :D its urs u woman. I m champion how dare for u to call me soN? Lol Noob.
which ever person wont die for there club is not a real fan! To henry...ok,that was a bit of a farfected example:p
Just for the record,i was born and bred in Manchester..i now live in the land where they breed sheep lol..oh well,wales aint such a bad place,but dont put roast lamb in front of me lol
Yeah they do Beppee..but most football fans fantasise about there clubs winning something..but as u know..we as man united supporters,dont have io fantasise to often...
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It's impossible to catch up at this point of the season, but use the time left to get used to the game. Next season we'll get others in at the start and get some rivalry going ;)
Here are some links to help you chose players:
Injury List
(not 100% accurate, but a good guide)
http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/epl_injury_table.php
Suspensions
http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/Disciplinary/SuspensionLists
Fixtures
http://www.premierleague.com/
Other Stats
http://www.football365.com/
http://msn.skysports.com/skysports/home/
(useful for weekend reviews and other news) Get used to the transfer system - if a value goes up it doesn't affect your salary cap, but you only get your purchase price when you sell. No one knows what changes they will make next season, but get used to the game and we'll set up a league for FoD players again in summer.
Indeed, the same Woking FC that drew 1-1 with 2nd placed Hereford today. A depleted line up took the lead in first half stoppage time only for Hereford to equalize in 2nd half injury time. :(
They usually update the scores the same evening or the next day. Peter, you probably missed the deadline for the week, and sometimes the opportunity to buy is locked for a short while. Henry, you need to pick 11 players to score at all... good job this is just a learning experience, we'll take it more seriously next season ;)
No Martin, just join up. Use it to get used to the way the game works, then we'll have a proper go at it next season. It's good fun :D
ok lads here are the tables that were predicted at the start of the season by everyone:
henry:
1. Man Utd
2. Liverpool
3. Chelsea
4. Arsenal
5. Spurs
6. Newcastle Utd
7. Portsmouth
Semi:
1. Man u
2. Chelsea
3. Arsenal
4. Liverpool
5. Bolton
6. Middlesboro
7. Everton
Killer Kebab:
1. Chelsea
2. Liverpool
3. Man United
4. Arsenal
5. Tottenham
6. Everton
7. Boro
Knoc:
1.Chelsea
2.Man Utd
3.Arsenal
4.Newcastle
5.Liverpool
theboss:
chelsea
arsenal
man u
liverpool
spurs
charlton
man city
everton
blackburn
bolton
peter-27
1=Chelsea
2=Arsenal
3=Liverpool
4=Manchester United
5=Tottenham
6=Newcastle
7=Portsmouth
8=Middlesbrough
9=Aston Villa
10=Bolton
CURRENT PREMIERSHIP TABLE:
Chelsea
Man Utd
Liverpool
Tottenham
Arsenal
Blackburn
Bolton
Wigan
West Ham
Everton
So it looks as if everone apart from semi and knoc got the top 5 currently in the top 5 of their predictions table but no1 in the right order but its still a great prediction well done everyone :D
so now the 3 tough questions for the end of the season:
1. Will Manchester United Catch Chelsea?
2. Who Will Get Fourth Spot?
3. Which 2 out of the following 3 will get relegated this season, will It Be Portsmouth, West Brom or Birmingam?
Heres my answers:
1. Yes and will be crowned champions on final day of the premieship
2. Tottenham - they deserve it the way they've played this season
3. Birmingham and WBA
>1. Will Manchester United Catch Chelsea? No >2. Who Will Get Fourth Spot? Tottenham >3. Which 2 out of the following 3 will get relegated this season, will It Be Portsmouth, West Brom or Birmingam? West Brom and Birmingham
UL with the Ayrton. 1 - NO. Chelsea are too strong, they'll step up a gear when they need to. Man Utd have to win every game to stand a chance, and I don't think they are gonna do that. 2 - Arsenal. It is likely that Henry will stay with Arsenal if the team show winning potential AND do well in the CL - they are not playing for 4th, they are playing to keep the best player in the world. You don't need more motivation than that! I would like to see Henry stay in the EPL, but Blackburn get fourth. 3 - Portsmouth are playing well and maybe have a better run in, so you guys may be right about the other two going down. HOWEVER... my gut feeling is Portsmouth and Birmingham, so that's what I'll call.
Here's a list of remaining fixtures for the teams aiming for fourth spot: Arsenal: Sun, 9th A Man Utd (PREM.) 16:00 Sat, 15th H West Brom (PREM.) 15:00 - Mon, 17th A Man City (PREM.) 15:00 - Sat, 22nd H Tottenham (PREM.) 12:45 May Mon, 1st A Sunderland (PREM.) 17:15 Sun, 7th H Wigan (PREM.) 15:00 - Blackburn: Mon, 3rd H Wigan (PREM.) 20:00 Sat, 8th A Portsmouth (PREM.) 15:00 - Sun, 16th H Liverpool (PREM.) 14:30 - Wed, 19th A Birmingham (PREM.) 19:45 - Sat, 29th A Charlton (PREM.) 17:15 May Tue, 2nd H Chelsea (PREM.) 20:00 Sun, 7th H Man City (PREM.) 15:00 - Liverpool: Sun, 9th H Bolton (PREM.) 14:00 Sun, 16th A Blackburn (PREM.) 14:30 - Sat, 22nd A Chelsea (F.A.) 17:15 - Wed, 26th A West Ham (PREM.) 19:45 - Sat, 29th H Aston Villa (PREM.) 15:00 - May Sun, 7th A Portsmouth (PREM.) 15:00 - surely the hardest of all fixtures schedules is that of Blackburn's
how is it ambitous we out played many of the top teams this season eg man u/arsenal/tottenham we beat man u both home games beat arsenal and was unlucky against spurs we outplayed them all over the pitch n was cheated out of two goals if its anybody who deserves the fourth place it is rovers after the transformation in jus under 18 month mark hughes has done a tremendous job n the likes of nelsen reid bellamy pedersen bentley there form has been tremendous and cant forget friedal who is arguably one of the best in the country 2nd prob behind cech n if u ask me rovers have got it easier than spurs who ave yet to play united and arsenal rovers got chelsea n liverpool wudnt likee to predict the chelsea score coz there capable of anything but we certinaly have a chance of beating liverpool at home and when we beat wigan tonight we go level on points with spurs n go above arsenal if we didnt ave the awful start we had i suggest that we would ave already wrapped up the fourth spot and be challenging liverpool for third only the awful results against west ham and aston villa so i predict rovers get the fourth ty :)
I like Blackburn - they've moved on from kicking the crap out of the opposition to have some of the most exciting attacking players in the Premiership. I firmly believe Pedersen is the best midfielder outside of the "big 4", Bellamy in form is a joy to watch and Steven Reid ain't bad either,
Hi all :p scotty here, aint been able to post for a while due to reasons i aint explainin coz theres no point lol. Ill join that yahoo thing for next season sure beppe :p guess my predictions for table at beginnin of season werent too bad eh henry? (semi btw:p) and i Still cant believe you thought Portsmouth would be so far up table, THO! i do think they will be the team who stays up as there having the best run of for recently... In all honesty i dont think Man u can win premiership but ill go crazy if we do catch em and i have big hope ! Wd to Gretna, if hearts stay 2nd in SPL they get a place in uefa cup next season...whatta dream there living at moment lol Wont be postin here for a while unfortunately but ill try drop in when the times right :| Also i think Arsenal will snatch 4th place from totenham, if they win there next game they go 1 point in front of Totenham on same games and form there on at moment i cant see em slippin up against anyone OTHER! than Man u next weekend :p...
Any of you a few years back watch Canvey Island's FA Cup games that were live on TV due to their "giantkilling" reputation and remember what a dump the ground was? I'm going there tomorrow! :D
Saha's goal was excellent as was Henry's, though I have to ask questions of the keeper for that one. Brilliant assist for it as well by Adebayor.
LMAO, I'm a Hearts fan myself but somehow can't see us beating the Tatty Munchers 5-1:(:p!! Martin.
Champions League Predictions:- Tonight:- Milan 1-2 Lyon Villareal 0 - 2 Inter Wednesday:- Barcelona 4-2 Benfica Juventus 0-2 Arsenal I think personally barcelona will go all the way, and it will be a Barcelona vs Lyon final :).
yeah 5-1 a bit generous but celtic can more or less wrap the league up if they win and with the home advantage i cant see a hearts win,but as u say 5-1 cant b ignored so mab a little wager but dont bet your mortgage lol
Nah i cant see hearts winning, never mind 5-1, rangers fan myself. I just cant see hearts doing it.. celtic 3-1, and the leagues theres. this season anyway ;-)
A hink Milan will win but al be happy as long as Arsnal somehow manage tae get beat. :D
if those predictions are right arsenal are due to play inter as semi-finals have already been drawn, reckon villareal will go through tho
aw well goodbye to Lyon, i thought they would scrape a result as in my eyes werre a better team 1st leg, and Shevencheko has just proved hes the better striker the champions league without a doubt, above raul, henry, eto. And i thought Villareal would win tonight as they had to go for it tonight being behind with the 1st leg, now after Lyon out i think Barcelona vs Ac Milan will be a great final if barcelona get throught and dont get ac in the semi's
And just in, IF arsenal win it will be a Arsenal Vs Villareal Semi final, therefor is barca win Barcelona Vs Ac Milan, which i think barcelona will win but we'll cum to that wen it happens.. But Now the final every1 must be waiting oan is Barcelona Vs Arsenal.
>And i thought Villareal would win tonight as they had to go for it tonight being behind with the 1st leg >Champions League Predictions:- Tonight:- Milan 1-2 Lyon Villareal 0 - 2 Inter you said they'll lose 2-0 :p and so did i but now i think arsenal have a bigger chance to go through. villareal are not better than inter on paper. barca - arsenal final would be a classic! p.s shevchenko is no way better than henry!!!!!!
did you not hear it on the television, when he scored the 3rd for ac, i thought they would win but same time thought inter would win if you get me lol. tommorows games:- i think barcelona will run riot :)
Lol il b watchin the barca won, ive got £10 on them :P and henry wot is a Gippo ;\ u called me that on msn pmsl
and so did i but now i think arsenal have a bigger chance to go through. villareal are not better than inter on paper.
on paper, not on the field;) i would have never though villareal would make it this far, great props to them for that now go get arsenal:D
wb egghead been a long time since i've seen you about! you play on a different name? yeh but if you said before the game villareal would win 1-0 with a defender who wasn't 100% fit getting the winning goal people would have thought you were nuts. However as good as it was that villa got through i really want arsenal to win the champions league not only because they are an english club but the fact they beat real madrid and juventus ( if they get through tomorrow ) arsenal's youngsters have shown great character and domination against the so called big name players of the world in the past couple of matches and if they can carry on doing that it would be a great final no matter who they get barca, benfica or milan!
Why is everyone presuming that Milan are going to lose to Barca? Barca have been my prediction for the cup since the start, but I doubt that Milan are going to be a walk-over. Far from it, if anyone is capable of beating Barca it's Milan. As a Man Utd fan who has hated Arsenal for years, and a Londoner who likes verbal exchanges over that fact with my mates who support them - I find it really difficult to back them for any competition. I also still like Forlan because he loves Man Utd, so even though I don't care for Spanish or Italian sides I find myself backing Villareal.
no ive always been on the same name, but just getting a life:p, too much homework, and girlfriend and stuff, and ive been playing other online games as well, hows it goin? and well, thats why i want Arsenal to go down, cuz they took out Real Madrid :X but yeah it'll be a great match, and i prefer Arsenal winning the cup before Milan or Barca Inter is not playing 100% lately i do gotto admit, but it's still an amazing feat, to take out Inter in the quaterfinals of the champions league, specially when it's Villareal's first time in the champions, and they only been 7 seasons on La Liga :O i do wish them bests of luck
No matter how good Ac Milan play i think barcelona will still win, as henry pointed out there an ageing team, and barcelona's team are full of 5-star players such as - Ronaldinho, Larson, Eto, Deco etc, I also have had the feeling that barcelona would do it this year ;)
JUVENTUS v ARSENAL Venue: Stadio Delle Alpi Kick off: 1945 BST, Wed 5 April Champions League quarter-final, 2nd leg Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is confident Cesc Fabregas and Emanuel Eboue will recover from injury to face Juventus in the Champions League clash in Turin. Defender Eboue is rated by Wenger as having an 80% chance of starting.
Looks like Arsenal have the stronger line-up with del piero also ruled out but nedved will surely prove to be the best juventus player tonight
Juventus will be without Alessandro del Piero but playmaker Pavel Nedved returns from suspension. Striker Del Piero failed to shake off a thigh injury and joins banned trio Jonathan Zebina, Patrick Vieira and Mauro Camoranesi on the sidelines.
Clearly brains are not a requirement for international soccer players. Here are a few quotes: 'My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.' - David Beckham 'I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.' - Mark Viduka 'We lost because we didn't win.' - Ronaldo 'If you don't believe you can win, there is no point in getting out of bed at the end of the day.' - Neville Southall 'He's put on weight and I've lost it, and vice versa.' - Ronnie Whelan 'I was watching the Blackburn game on TV on Sunday when it flashed on the screen that George (Ndah) had scored in the first minute at Birmingham. My first reaction was to ring him up. Then I remembered he was out there playing.' - Ade Akinbiyi 'I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.' - Stuart Pearce 'Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had.' - David Beckham 'I've had 14 bookings this season - 8 of which were my fault, but 7 of which were disputable.' - Paul Gascoigne 'I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.' - Alan Shearer 'I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona.' - Mark Draper 'You've got to believe that you're going to win, and I believe we'll win the World Cup until the final whistle blows and we're knocked out.' - Peter Shilton 'I faxed a transfer request to the club at the beginning of the week, but let me state that I don't want to leave Leicester.' - Stan Collymore 'Without being too harsh on David Beckham, he cost us the match.' - Ian Wright 'I'm as happy as I can be - but I have been happier.' - Ugo Ehiogu 'Leeds is a great club and it's been my home for years, even though I live in Middlesborough.' - Jonathan Woodgate 'I took a whack on my left ankle, but something told me it was my right.' - Lee Hendrie 'I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.' - Ian Rush 'Germany are a very difficult team to play...they had 11 internationals out there today.' - Steve Lomas 'I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock.' - Barry Venison 'I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don't know into what religion yet.' - David Beckham 'The Brazilians were South American, and the Ukranians will be more European.' - Phil Neville 'All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed.' - Mitchell Thomas 'The opening ceremony was good, although I missed it.' - Graeme Le Saux 'One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.' - Alan Shearer 'I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd.' - - Johnny Giles 'I was surprised, but I always say nothing surprises me in football.' - Les Ferdinand 'It was like the ref had a brand new yellow card and wanted to see if it worked.' - Richard Rufus ' There's no in between - you're either good or bad. We were in between.' - Gary Lineker 'Sometimes in football you have to score goals.' - Thierry Henry
"I've told the players we need to win so that I can have the cash to buy some new ones" Chris Turner, Peterborough manager, before LC QF, 1992. "Tell the Kraut to get his *** up front. We don't pay a million for a guy to hang around in defence." NY Cosmos executive, on Beckenbauer's positioning. "I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest just squandered" George Best. "If we played like that every week we wouldn't be so inconsistent" Bryan Robson, Man U, 1990. "That's great, tell him he's Pele and get him back on." John Lambie, Partick Thistle manager, when told a concussed striker did not know who he was. "I was saying the other day, how often the most vulnerable area, for goalies is between their legs" ANDY GRAY, SkySport Richard Keys : Well Roy, do you think that you'll have to finish above Manchester United to win the league? Roy Evans : You have to finish above everyone to win the league, Richard. "If you can't stand the heat in the dressing-room, get out of the kitchen." TERRY VENABLES, Capital Gold "It's now 1-1, an exact reversal of the score on Saturday." (Radio 5 Live) "Football today, it's like a game of chess. It's all about money." (NEWCASTLE UNITED FAN, Radio 5 Live) "I don't believe in luck... but I do believe you need it." ALAN BALL "Merseyside derbies usually last 90 minutes and I'm sure today's won't be any different." TREVOR BROOKING "Dumbarton player Steve McCahill has limped off with a badly cut forehead." TOM FERRIE "And I honestly believe we can go all the way to Wembley...unless somebody knocks us out." DAVE BASSETT "And Arsenal now have plenty of time to dictate the last few seconds." PETER JONES "What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their opponents goal." JIMMY HILL "Newcastle, of course, unbeaten in their last five wins." BRIAN MOORE "Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer." DAVID ACFIELD "What I said to them at half time would be unprintable on the radio" GERRY FRANCIS "John Harkes going to Sheffield, Wednesday" New York Post (1993) "If there weren't such a thing as football, we'd all be frustrated footballers." Mick Lyons "He's one of those footballers whose brains are in his head" Derek Johnstone - BBC TV Scotland (1994) "The crowd think that Todd handled the ball.... they must have seen something that nobody else did" Barry Davies (1975) "I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel" Stuart Pearce (1992) Jimmy Hill: Don't sit on the fence Terry, what chance do you think Germany has got of getting through? Terry Venables: I think it's fifty - fifty
>Beppe i take your point but do you not think that they have out performed in the CL considering the team they have? Who are you talking about?
Sure, but you could also say the same for Villareal. I know what you mean though, it's hard not to support an English team and at the same time hard to back them. I don't know if I could out up with the gloating from my mates! :p
Villereal 3 - 1 Arseneal Forlan Henry Riquelmex2 (Villereal garanteed final npB-)) Barcelona 2 - 0 Milan Van bommel Deco 2nd leg villereal 1-1 Arseneal sorrin fabregas Barca 0-0 Milan :D
iv got a bet for u henry semi final barcelona v ac milan,what you reckon the odds would be for gattuso to get booked,could be worth a punt??
rovers have got the best chance ever to go fourth this weekend :D we got pompy arsenal got man u and spurs got man city we got the easiest of games despite them being in form we got more pace than any of the pompy defenders can cope with in pedersen bellamy reid and bentley so hopefully man u n man city can do a bloody good job
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My prediction for final 10 places in Premiership... 1) Chelsea (i dont want to but im being honest :| ) 2) Man u 3) Arsenal 4) Totenham 4) Blackburn 5) Bolton 6) Wigan 7) Everton 8) West Ham 9) Newcastle 10) Charlton Henry, i also dont like the new kit i think the AIG looks ugly lol :p/*
Phew, glad I got the Vodaphone top recently. That is bad :p Yeah Rodders, that's a huge drop for Liverpool!
This is My Top 10 1) Chelsea 2) Man Utd. 3) Liverpool 4) Arsenal (Win Champions League aswell) (CMON!) 5) Blackburn 6) Spurs 7) Bolton 8) Wigan 9) Newcastle 10) Either West Ham or Charlton Cheers Stun B-)
u lot r doubtin rovers chances of gettin tht fourth spot aint ya :p i really think we could do it but we jus gunna b like a everton lol drop striaght out then have a terrible start to season :p
comon united beat the arsenal scum today
Agreed :D Come On United :D Hope chelsea lose/draw today, so we can get even closer, but i kinda doubt Chelsea are gonan throw the lead away :p Hoping doesn't hurt :)
Should be a Great day of football today lads :p I got this feelin all 3 are gona slip up :(
omg the first 20 mins of chelsea west ham were so sweet and when maniche got sent off it had the whole house jumpin but west ham being the crap team they are let in 2 goals that were just sloppy. after half time they let in another 2 simple goals which were so easy to avoid. chelsea - lucky 3 goals but terry's shot was class when it came off the bar. looks like if united don't win against arsenal today we surely have kissed goodbye to the league to a team who have spent more money in one season than the previous 5 and got past many teams 1-0 usually by luck and sometimes even by fluke *cough* arsenal drogba shin *cough* ALL THATS LEFT TO SAY IS COMONNN UNITED!!!!
NOT
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gonny happen. I mean,,its been forty bluddy years since "you lot"
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it last time,an yer still harping on about it. Whoever wins,I hope it's by playing
GOOD
honest,football. ;)
>Whoever wins,I hope it's by playing
GOOD
honest,football. It usually is. Unless of course Italy (boring defensive football) or Argentina (hand of spod diving cheaters) win that is.
Lucky portsmouth but gd cross easy header Adebayor is crap! (thats coming from an arsenal fan!) 1-1 CMON ARSENAL!!
Man Utd 0 Sunderland 0 B-) That's how you get relegated! Off to Woking v Accy Stanley in a minute, Stanley need a win to lift the title - God help us :(
That lot(Sunderland)played out of their skins,,they wrecked my dreams for the title this year..but i forgive em..i hope they bounce back to the top flight straight away..not the same without em..
And not the same Henry'snot here..whoever banned him..reconcider..its well out of order,this guy posted a very popular post..
I don't think I've ever been quite so angry at a ref in all my life. Accrington went up today, much to the delight of the media, who have taken the opportunity to cream over the story and exagerrate every fact. Firstly, it's not the same club that was one of the 12 founding members of the Football League - they went bust. Secondly, the news companies have been telling stories of "over a thousand Stanley fans" making the trip to Woking to see their team win the title. Official figure - 430 for their biggest game in decades, absolutely pathetic. And thirdly, they are not the best team in the Conference and never in the world did they deserve to win today. Their goal: going wide till a cruel deflection saw it in after we'd been camped in their half. Second half, a full length dive by a defender to punch the ball to safety in the area is missed by the ref. Just a minute later, a handball to guide the ball back to the keeper is missed. Soon after, a cross is deliberately blocked by a defender's hands - oh my God, the ref saw it! Richards steps up and the penalty is saved but he scores the rebound...or does he? No, the ref decides a retake is necessary - why? Because a STANLEY player encroached? Why in all that is holy should an offence by a player benefit his team? The retake is also saved and the rebound somehow saved as well...the ball goes out wide to be crossed in by Steve Ferguson and Karl Murray heads it in. Hang on, not according to the ref. An Accrington player blocked it with his
hand
behind the line? Surely a penalty if he's deemed it on the pitch? Oh, of course not but he lets a Stanley player go in knee high on a Woking player straight afterwards and books a Woking player for trying to play advantage, though a free kick isn't given for the original offence. Absolute farce. Stanley use every trick in the book, diving, timewasting (they had a player booked for hiding the ball after they scored so we couldn't restart), 2 footed challenges, knee high challenges, elbows - anything they can think of. What an absolute disgrace they are to the league to be champions.
Looks like chelsea won the league but for the life of me i do not understand how sheffield utd got into the premiership. I think they'll do another sunderland what you guys think?
>I don't think I've ever been quite so angry at a ref in all my life. >Accrington went up today, much to the delight of the media, who have taken the opportunity to cream over the story and exagerrate every fact. Firstly, it's not the same club that was one of the 12 founding members of the Football League - they went bust. Secondly, the news companies have been telling stories of "over a thousand Stanley fans" making the trip to Woking to see their team win the title. Official figure - 430 for their biggest game in decades, absolutely pathetic. And thirdly, they are not the best team in the Conference and never in the world did they deserve to win today. >Their goal: going wide till a cruel deflection saw it in after we'd been camped in their half. Second half, a full length dive by a defender to punch the ball to safety in the area is missed by the ref. Just a minute later, a handball to guide the ball back to the keeper is missed. Soon after, a cross is deliberately blocked by a defender's hands - oh my God, the ref saw it! Richards steps up and the penalty is saved but he scores the rebound...or does he? No, the ref decides a retake is necessary - why? Because a STANLEY player encroached? Why in all that is holy should an offence by a player benefit his team? The retake is also saved and the rebound somehow saved as well...the ball goes out wide to be crossed in by Steve Ferguson and Karl Murray heads it in. Hang on, not according to the ref. An Accrington player blocked it with his hand behind the line? Surely a penalty if he's deemed it on the pitch? Oh, of course not but he lets a Stanley player go in knee high on a Woking player straight afterwards and books a Woking player for trying to play advantage, though a free kick isn't given for the original offence. Absolute farce. >Stanley use every trick in the book, diving, timewasting (they had a player booked for hiding the ball after they scored so we couldn't restart), 2 footed challenges, knee high challenges, elbows - anything they can think of. What an absolute disgrace they are to the league to be champions. Seems like a great day out eh smackam :)
Proper day out tomorrow away at Gravesend - going to all three of our remaining home games and both of our home games. Midtable mediocrity awaits B-)
okey its me henry m8 lol. United thrashed tottenham :D now all thats left to say is...... COMONNNNN EVERTON :D:D beat the chelsea scum today :)
Here are a few commentary slip ups :D MICHAEL Buerk watching Phillipa Forrester cuddle up to a male astronomer for warmth during BBC1's UK eclipse coverage remarked: "They seem cold out there, they're rubbing each other and he's only come in his shorts." KEN Brown commentating on golfer Nick Faldo and his caddie F@nny Sunneson lining-up shots at the Scottish Open: "Some weeks Nick likes to use F@nny, other weeks he prefers to do it by himself." MIKE Hallett discussing missed snooker shots on Sky Sports: "Stephen Hendry jumps on Steve Davis's misses every chance he gets." JACK Burnicle was talking about Colin Edwards' tyre choice on World Superbike racing: "Colin had a hard on in practice earlier, and I bet he wished he had a hard on now." Chris Tarrant discussing the first Millionaire winner Judith Keppel on This Morning: "She was practising fastest finger first by herself in bed last night." WINNING Post's Stewart Machin commentating on jockey Tony McCoy's formidable lead: "Tony has a quick look between his legs and likes what he sees." ROSS King discussing relays with champion runner Phil Redmond: "Well Phil, tell us about your amazing third leg." CRICKETER Neil Fairbrother hit a single during a Durham v Lancashire match, inspiring Bobby Simpson to observe: "With his lovely soft hands he just tossed it off." CLAIR Frisby talking about a jumbo hot dog on Look North said: "There's nothing like a big hot sausage inside you on a cold night like this." JAMES Allen interviewing Ralf Schumacher at a Grand Prix, asked: "What does it feel like being rammed up the backside by Barrichello?" WILLIE Carson was telling Claire Balding how jockeys prepare for a big race when he said: "They usually have four or five dreams a night about coming from different positions." A US FEMALE news anchor who, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't, turned to the weatherman and asked, "So Bob, where's that eight inches you promised me last night?" Not only did HE have to leave the set, but half the crew did too, because they were laughing so hard! US PGA Commentator - "One of the reasons Arnie (Arnold Palmer) is playing so well is that, before each tee shot, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them ... Oh my god!!!!! What have I just said?!!!!" METRO Radio - "Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field." HARRY Carpenter at the Oxford-Cambridge boat race 1977 - "Ah, isn't that nice. The wife of the Cambridge President is kissing the Cox of the Oxford crew." TED Walsh- Horse Racing Commentator - "This is really a lovely horse. I once rode her mother." NEW Zealand Rugby Commentator - "Andrew Mehrtens loves it when Daryl Gibson comes inside of him." PAT Glenn- Weightlifting commentator - "And this is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning and it was amazing!
hehe accy stanley stezz used to work for them :P he was on tv wen they beat huddersfield in cup and brentford :pr+o vers still gunna win the cup
Off to Aldershot today for the local derby. Both sides on awful form and with nothing to play for - at least the weather's nice. :)
ok UEFA CUP Steaua bucharest gona beat midlesborough tonight :P match gona end 1-1 and steaua gona go further beacause of the 1 st leg win :P lol , what a nice dream i have :D
Posted: 23-Jan-2006 8:01 PM
No one mentioned Scolari
Well, the papers are now backing me up in saying that he is the prime candidate :p Scolari has so much experience and success in getting top teams to play, and I think that England could only benefit from his appointment. He's probably the best chance we have of winning in 2010.
:) il dream again beppe :) anyway very good year for romanian teams next year we have 2 in champions league :p
lol vlad, good year for romanians, GREAT for the english :p got 2 finalists in biggest national competitions in the world, lets hope we can carry on our english pride for the world cup, sure we got em Rocked ;) Last nights game was great, i only caught the last 20 minutes as i was workin but that was great ill watch the whole game when i get a chance, you wouldn't expected middlesbro to come back like they did but they played awesome you gotta admit...lets hope they can win it and arsenal too ! Champs league final's lookin like another classic, i dont think ill see one like last years again but lets hope ronaldinho n henry are on top of there game ;). I think ronaldinho will tear arsenal's defence apart but there doing great in europe so it'll be tough ! Yours truly, Scotty :p
"Oh it's all gone quiet over there,Oh it's all gone quiet over there" To the man-u supporters. :D:D:D
its all gone loud over ere its all gone loud over ere rovers virtually guarenteed european football oh yes and look to be signing raul tamudo in the summer :D rovers rule!!
So, the league season is over. A 3-1 win over Altrincham was a joy to watch then going on the pitch and getting my shirt signed by 7/8 players was great. Altrincham fans were a good laugh, joined in songs with Woking as we sang against John Knowles, the chairman of the Conference, who last week deducted 18 (yes, eighteen) points from Altrincham meaning a whole season's work and relegating them. Trophy in 2 weeks and 3 hours B-)
hi, sorry i havent replyed in a while,i've been on holiday:). I dont think anyone has mentioned this but wtg chelsea on winning the league. Im suprised Birmingham went down,but Portsmouth do deserve to stay up. I got one question,i know 5TH and 6TH get into the UEFA,but what about 7TH sometimes the team in 7TH does sometimes they go into the intertoto cup and sometimes they just miss out on a place alltogether,please can someone explain this?
I think 7th placed depends on the cup wins - I think this season they will cos United won the League Cup
i think united qualifying for the champions league would cancel that out wudnt it as it was sayin on sky sports .com that if rovers didnt beat chelsea r man city and dropped to 7th we wundt qualify and season of hardwork wud be over thanks to disastrous endingBUT ........... WE BEAT CHESLEA :d:d:d AND IM GOIN TO BULGARIA R WERE EVER WERE PLAYING :d
Oh good, I used to be mates with his sun. Back in the day when he was coach for DERBY COUNTY:p.
has any1 made any predictions for the world cup/uefa cup / and champions leahue who does every1 think will win ?? of course blackburn will win next season coz we r jus damm brilliant
Okay then...this year...World Cup-Germany
Uefa Cup-Middlesbrough
Champions League-Barcelona
next year...Uefa Cup-Newcastle:)
Champions League-AC MilanWatch out for Portugal, they could do well (unless they meet England). Brazil are my guess. England were going to win it without any problem, but with Rooney injured and Owen not 100% it's going to be difficult.
Peter...
http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=384664&CPID=8
It looks as if the Uefa Cup has eluded Newcastle. I thought we had 4 spots, but maybe it's only three. The article could be wrong though.
Brazil as good as they are Beppe, arnt gonne win a world cup played in Europe..i just hope this time even without Rooney,England are gonna put 1966 behind us and win it again,we are sick of talking about 1966 for the last 40 years..
hm...
well that article is wrong ,im not sure about the uefa cup but, >Glenn Roeder will be demanding a bold show as victory would keep them ahead of Bolton and secure a spot in the Intertoto Cup.
That is defenatly wrong because you dont qualify for the intertoto cup,teams who didnt qualify for europe apply to be in the intertoto cup,and UEFA decide who to give the places to,they normally give it to the best teams,but Exeter could apply if they want.
Peter, you contradict yourself. If Roeder is talking about fighting for an Intertoto spot, then the article is right in suggesting that you do not have a spot in Europe for 7th. There is no need to play the intertoto cup if you already have a place, as that competition is just a last-chance back-door entry into European competition for the winners.
every premiership team gets invited to play in the intertoto but most teams refuse as it is shorter rest period for the team as they have to ave 2 weeks less and it is the highest placed team tht the group of officials who works out who is the highest placed team tht has accepted the invitation to the intertoto but the oficials could also refuse a team if they have a bad disaplinary record which is why bradford got in it a couple of season ago despite finishin in the 2nd half of the table :| And you dont get as much money qualifying throught the inter toto as u do qualifyin through the leagues and cups i think u get like 70% less or summat thanks aaron
Ok Lads Predictions for the cup finals. FA CUP - West Ham CL - Arsenal Uefa - Middlesborough
Tottenham appear to have been poisoned. FA Cup - Liverpool CL - Barca UEFA - Boro World Cup - Ukraine
fa cup - liverpool uefa - boro cl- barcelona world cup - argentina :p 4th place - arsenal tottenham seen 2 ave died :|
ok,i have found out about this european thing,the confusion was because they changed the intertoto cup this year.Top four get Champions League.5TH,6TH,League Cup Winner,F.A Cup Winner gets UEFA CUP,if there not already in the Champions League.7TH(Newcastle) gets into the Intertoto Cup.But it has been shortened this year there will be 3 games played over 2 legs the winner of all 3 get into the UEFA CUP.So we only need to win 1 game.
So we have an England squad - lots of surprises. Firstly, what is Eriksson thinking? Lots of people thought he was going to take 5 strikers but instead he's technically taken 3. One is a world class striker on form but hasn't played properly in months, one is a unique option and one has never played at the top level and is 17, yet has somehow made the squad, ahead of Bent who has had a blinding first season and Defoe who is a proven Premiership and established England player. The fourth striker is Rooney, who God only knows if he will be fit to play any part this summer. Eriksson's answer to this? "But Joe Cole is a striker as well so in reality we have seven defenders, nine midfielders and five strikers - it is depending on how you use Joe Cole." So, has anyone ever seen Joe Cole play as a striker? I certainly haven't. So the midfield - no SWP. Yes, he hasn't played much this season - but I'd still take him over Walcott. On the other hand Lennon's been on cracking form and is a similar sort of player. Hargreaves in there which I'm not bothered about, he's very versatile. Jenas hasn't really had an amazing season but I can't really think of anyone bar Phil Neville who I would put in instead. Defence no real surprises and same with keepers. Despite what I've said, I think Walcott will make heads turn at the World Cup. I think it's up to him to be that unpredictable factor in our attack, especially with his pace. Bring on the tournament!
Is eriksson takin the mick?..so all our hopes rest with...noooooooooooooooo CROUCH? and a kid he hasnt even see play.....noooooooo wake me up,its a nightmare..and as a man u supporter,dont want Rooney playin any part of the world cup..club before country guys..
Back to topic, I think erikkson's made a few silly decisions (maybe he's done it knowing hes goin after the world cup) To be totally honest i think sven's chose Theo becuase he wants to see how good he actually is as he's never gonna play with him again and maybe he wants to do that... Our hopes are most definately not with crouch, i dont like him id have bent or defoe over crouch Anyday ! In all honesty i dont think we stand a chance with this world cup anymore, too many kids in the squad. This is the youngest world cup squad we've Ever had. -Scotty
I am certain that this squad wouldn't have looked so strange if Eriksson hadn't announced his resignation. Possibly giving Walcott a chance in case McClaren doesn't have the nerve?
Like i said,Erikssons takin the mick..just because hes going,dosnt mean he has to experiment with a nations hopes..its ok for him if it dosnt come off,hes away..us English have to live with it ..
If it DOES come off by the way,i'll be the first one to kiss his shoes...nah on second thoughts,i'll leave that to ullrika whatever shes called and the rest of em ..lol
Look, can you at least spell my name right? You think you deserve more respect and less arogance, then you take the proverbial snow-yellowing agent. Even Kobe doesn't do that!
Just wouldnt feel safe with a football fan like u in the crowd beppe..id be runnin for the exit..
>Can i spell yes i can,spot the deliberate mistake lol.. I know as per my previous reply, but can you read as well?
I have just had a thought,when Maclaren takes over as manager of England,Stewart Downing will defenatly get in the squad.
scotland 5 bulgaria 1 world cup just a mickey mouse trophy:D kirin cup's the 1 for the big boys:p
You can? Then when I noted that you were taking the ...., why did you bother saying "spot the deliberate mistake"?
ok cup final day on both sides of the border tomorrow
my predictions are
liverpool 2 west ham 0
hearts 3 gretna 1My Predictions: liverpool 2 west ham 0 hearts 3 gretna 1 yes,the same as the last guy who posted(sry,forgot the name:p)
Mourinho: "But I have no intention to leave tomorrow. I am under contract with Chelsea until June 2010." As a Man Utd supporter hearing that he pretty much has Ballack, may get Eto'o and/or Shevchenko AND will stay for another 4 years... well that's a kick in the Ballacks if you ask me :(
I mean look at chelsea - They buy the league 2 seasons in a row but can't get to the final or the CL. 40% of their games have seen them score in the last 10 mins! They've got Makelele and Lampard in Centa Mid so why do they wan't Ballack? Whos gonna make way for him? He is a silly fool for turning down United and if he does join chelsea i hope he breaks his knee and can never play again !! sorry thats a bit harsh but im feeling harsh right now
Indeed - truly gutted. :( Don't know if you watched the game but we didn't deserve to win. Grays are much better than us and completely outplayed us, though their goals were quite scrappy. We were denied 3 times by superb saves by keeper Ashley Bayes - guess who he used to play for? :( Great crowd for a non-league game and a nice ground. The day was enjoyable enough.
We Dont need grory hunters and people solely after money at united..ballack sand chelsea suit each other..who would play for em if it wasnt for money..its pains me to praise a liverpool player,but Gerrard could have took the money and run with the oil baron..but he was loyal,and my god the enermy have got some player there ..
Soooooooo are we keepin This thread goin henry why its soooo big or you making new one for next season? :p
Man chelsea gonna be unstoppable next season if Man u dont buy some world class players, i mean they just got Ballack :| and no doubt there getting shevshenko so there gonna be flying me thinks. UNLESS We buy some World Class players. :)
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/url] Good game to watch but glad the Gooners didn't come home with anything - this made me laugh :D :p Roll on the World Cup so we can support a truely English team. If only Spurs had held on to fourth place. :| KmS
this post actually went onto the second page of the forum,so id thought id just reply,to get it back up to the first;)
Is this thread still active though? After all the season has finished - should the World Cup warrant its own thread?
yep wot a goal by ferdinand - back to his old best :) zola should sign for liverpool :D they need a good striker :)
Kobe Ban? Pmsl !!! Uve been banned more times than youve had hot dinners son! Anyway man of the match should have gone to schemichel :D
Terry Venables has turned down the chance to return to the Riverside as Middlesbrough boss due to the demands of managing in the Premiership. He told the News of the World: "It had not entered my mind to work full-time again, but chairman Steve Gibson was very persuasive. "At 63 I couldn't have committed to full-time management the way I would five or 10 years ago. "I think I have had my years as a full-time manager now." Boro are looking to replace Steve McClaren, who will succeed Sven-Goran Eriksson as England coach after the World Cup finals.
We'll see Peter ;) You seem to like posting odds for the World Cups - O'Neill's been the bookies favourite for a couple of months. Talk of him coming with Roy Keane as assistant in the Irish revolution led by Quinn. :)
pmsl @ man utd there rubbish ;\ we all know chelsea are goin to win the league even know im not a chelsea supporter ;\ :)?
"we all know i know nothin bout football" scotty u must know nothin bout football then cz u think man utd will win league chelsea will win it once again ul man utd are munichs ul :(?