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Backing the Boro all the way, as is often the case, but they haven't got muchQuote:
Originally Posted by César Victor
hope away from the Riverside. Have to want Chelsea to go through in the other
game, simply because they're the only ones who can stop your lot now.
Okay, so if you're a wannabe gooner like me, are you supposed to hate Spurs or Chelsea more?Quote:
So what's everyone's thoughts on tonight? I'm hoping Spurs knock out Chelsea.
I have a natural disdain for 'Chelski', but is the north London rivalry between Arsenal and Tottenham supposed to overide that?
Yes, I would imagine so. Personally, my own disdain for Ferguson overrides all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat
Me, I always entertain myself by watching which shades of purple he'll turn into today. :beam:Quote:
Originally Posted by rdeče.jabolko
Aye, he can put on a good show, sure... when attempting celebrating, too. I
think the drunken interviews and mastery of slurred weegie-speak are amusing
at times as well. There must be some good clips floating around, but I'm lazy
just now.
See my post. We leave the serious Chelsea rivalry to Fulham.Quote:
Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat
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Now, the question is, did he mean it?
I think he did. It's way too fast to have been meant as an assist on Drogba.Quote:
Originally Posted by rdeče.jabolko
His spell at Chelsea has been dismal, but we should not forget that Shevshenko is one of the game's greatest. Until this season he was right up there with Henry and Ronaldinho. :yes:
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Mourinho is one of the most arrogant man I've ever seen. I can't stand him.
Well he can afford to be a bit arrogant, he has won the league twice in succession.
Personally, I think he's great. The more personalities we have in football, the better. And he's certainly a personality.
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I'd go along with that result, although I think we could see a 2 - 1 in Israel's
favour. If nothing else, I think Israel will 'want' it more, and sometimes a good bit
of determination and desperation gets you half way there anyway.
You'd think it's plain for all to see, wouldn't you? Maybe he thinks if he were toQuote:
Originally Posted by Rythmic
make a choice he would be seen to be bowing to external pressure. Regardless
it's clear he has to make that choice, because they just can't go together.
Me, I'll be expecting a home loss to Georgia, which would be typical of how this
nation does things. Maybe I'll be wrong though, and the fans will actually be able
to sing "Are ye Eeeeengland in disguise?"* for once. ~;)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...eorgia.svg.png
*Poor disguise, really.
Am I too late to demand McClaren out? :wall:
no InsaneApache your not.
Seriously, i hate mclaren with a vengeaunce. He is not a even an average manager he is a poor one. Stuart pearce for the main job when mcalren fails to qualify for euro 2008
i'm hopeful for a 1-1 draw... it wouldn't be a distaster really, anything but a loss and i think we have a fair chance of qualifyingQuote:
Originally Posted by Rythmic
with a bit of luck one of them will pick up a minor injury in the next few days and have to miss the game...Quote:
Also, Lampard or Gerrard choose one or the other Steve not both.
i think thats a bit unfair, the team are doing very little to help, but he isnt exactly convincing, they made a mistake choosing him really, but i have sympathy... Pearce would be an okay replacement, especially as his time at Man City looks to be coming to an end...Quote:
Originally Posted by GBB
:2thumbsup:
Pearce? You mean the chap in charge of the City team who are currently 15th in the Premiership, and playing extremely dull football? Er, no thanks.
Get someone foreign and competent in, for God's sake.
I agree that he isn't doign so good, and we could probably find someone better, but whats wrong with dull football? --> noone cares how dull it is if we win :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
I never got over the FA not appointing Cloughie....by far the best manager England never had. :yes:
I agree Pearce is not good enough. A great player for England......but then so was Lofthouse, Robson, Armfield et al but all of 'em rubbish at management.
Oh, and while we're on managers......keep your bloody mits off Big Sam. :whip: :laugh4:
Holland will kick Romanian backsides on Saturday. We have a stupid coach, who selects idiotic players, and we lost 2-2 last year with Bulgaria at home... I mean, look at George Ogararu. Starter at Ajax, and you don't select him?
Damn, we're going to get kicked hard.
Qualifying Fixtures [Times GMT/UTC]
Two fixtures in particular stand out, one not only for obvious non-sporting
reasons, but also due to the teams being at the top of their group. Both
teams are as yet unbeaten, with 9 points, and have not conceded a single
goal.
The other one also involves group leaders and should provide a good
spectacle as well.
Watched some of u21 game, nice of italy to score after 30 seconds! Then again what do you expect with reo coker and ferdinand playing? The new stadium looks amazing. I would like to have seen the classic Wemberly nets though, that would have been nice
Prediction for today: Lampard to have another crap game for england, like he always does
There was never anything but the most composed of posts here. :yes:
Bring it on, Italy. Already beaten the real world champions.
89th minute winner, and I had just gone out of the room and missed
it. The best almost always happens when I leave the room.
Late edit: Just listened to the Israel - England game, and they said England
were pretty dire. Any thoughts on this from you lot? Sounds like BKB was spot
on, too. Lampard seemed to do nothing but give the ball away.
Good job England. 0-0 with Israel.
GOOD JOB ROMANIA. 0-0 with Netherlands. WohoooO!!!!! ~D
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McClaren is an onanist of the first magnitude. Clueless, talentless, lacking in any imagination and vision. A hostage to the glittiari that currently runs through the national side. When he said that the team picked itself, he wasn't kidding. They do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rythmic
These pampered and filthy rich poseurs that bedevil the side need a swift kick up the bum. The team must be picked on merit, not on reputations. It wasn't enough to drop Becks as a token gesture to the fans. The whole team needs pruning from top to bottom.
No one should be an automatic shoo-in for the team. Sven has a lot to answer for and McClaren is tainted by association.
Start with a blank sheet and no exceptions.
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Blimey Quaresmas' goal, what a belter.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRE2kpPlkeI
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Very nice. Can't say I'm pleased though. Portugal were painfully close to being
out of this already, and then Serbia decides to go and throw it away against
Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan. [Second Kazakh goal was a backward header Borat would've
been proud of, though.]
Anyway, that one's going to be a tight group.
Group A standings:
While I'm on the subject of standings, do allow me to post the following:
It's only valid till Wednesday night, so you don't have
to worry about seeing it again.
Wow. Well, I'll be honest, I'm not a huge football fan, I'm more of a baseball, basketball, and American football fan(I suppose growing up in America has something to do with it). However, I think it is truly incredible the amount of devotion that so many football fans have. For example, I went on a Germany/Austria/Switzerland/France trip during last summer, during the world cup. I was simply amazed at the fanfare of the event.
In Salzburg, Austria, the city square was simply, in a word, alive. I had never in my life before seen a city put up a massive screen in the square so that everyone could see the world cup. The screen was at least twenty feet by twenty feet. In Luzerne(sp?), Switzerland, my group just happened to be staying the night the exact night that Switzerland won a game in the cup. I thought the city was going to tear apart at the seams, people were absolutely going nuts. Also indicitive, I think, was that whenever I turned on a tv in the hotel, I would end up finding World Cup action on about 1/3 of the channels on a routine basis, even if there were no games actually going on at the time. Overall, it seemed like the Super Bowl type of fanfare, except multiplied by about ten.
Welcome to the world of association football. :2thumbsup:
And then imagine your personal demi-god participating in it too, with you knowing it will be his last acts this side of paradise, before the Gods will call upon him to shuffle off this mortal coil and join them. :smitten:Quote:
Originally Posted by greaterkhaan
Speaking of which, he visited me in my dreams last night with a message for the sons of the Auld Alliance:
(edit: it's Italy - Scotland tonight, to be clear)
Sons of Scotland, I am Zinedine Zidane. You've heard of me, I kill men by the hundreds. And yes, I've consumed the English with fireballs from my eyes and bolts of lightning from my arse.
I am Zizou! And I see a whole Tartan Army of my Scotmen here in defiance of tyranny. You have come to fight as free men, and free men you are. What would you do without freedom? Will you fight?
Aye, fight and you may die. Run and you'll live -- at least a while. And dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take your lives, but they'll never take... your freedom!
May they fight like warrior-poets! May they fight like Scotsmen! :knight:
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Apparently Lampard has broken his wrist and won't be playing. You might get to see what the team plays like with Gerrard in his rightful place. Except that McClaren will probably put Stevie at right back or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rythmic
What's happened to Hargreaves? Not that it matters, it seems a bit stupid to be using a hard-tackling DM against Andorra. I'd play Carrick and Gerrard in the centre. Or maybe even Dyer and Gerrard. We need to attack and get some goals.
Ha. Almost inspiring. ~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat
Mon lads, show them how it's done! If we take an absolute shafting, which I think we very well might, just offer some spirited resistance and I'll be pleased enough. Now, when they come to Glasgow [which is the very last game of this, our glorious campaign] I believe we can bring them down - and we may have to. Tonight is not about that, though.
Gordon, play a blinder. You know you can.
Edit: I think the game's actually on BBC2 down in England, guys. Just incase the prospect of Andorra doesn't excite you. Oh and even the BBC website. There you go. Sorted. ~;)
I might watch the haggis munchers tonight. :2thumbsup:
Do I qualify as a semi-Scotsman as I lived in Ardrossan for 2 years and worked in Largs for just under a year in the 70's.?
Now if Andorra get a draw or, god forbid, a win, I'm switching to rugby league for the next two years. :wall:
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Originally Posted by InsaneApache
Aye, go on then. As I see England haven't scored against Andorra no-one
would blame you.
Italy are 1 - 0. Extremely poor defending on a free kick, letting Toni get a free
header. Apart from that I have to say we had a couple of great chances just
before half-time and just didn't take them. Kenny Miller just doesn't take
chances all too often. He had a crucial chance against the Ukraine and he just
didn't do it. We need Boyd. Even Gary O'Connor, but Big Eck just left him out.
Have England on the radio and they seem to be woeful.
Northern Ireland have come from behind to lead against Sweden.
Just lost another very, very poor goal.
Oh, add to that that Materazzi is a melodramatic wee ****. So nothing new,
really.
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He is pretty bad, but do we have any other left-sided midfielders? The only one I can think of is Gareth Barry, and he's not exactly Ryan Giggs.
Serbia – Portugal 1 – 1
After blow up in Kazakhstan last Saturday :dizzy2:, our team played draw with favorite Portugal. Tiago scored superb goal in 5th minute, and in the first 20 minute Portugal was clearly better. Later our team went in great offensive and scored from corner. In second half Portugal dominated with several chances, but our goalkeeper saved net.
Good news is that Azerbaijan defeated Finland.:beam: Match with Kazakhstan is not for commenting. :thumbsdown: Most of players acted like manikins. They just did nothing. This was historical victory for Kazakhstan since they play in EURO qualification zone. And this was our first defeat in qualifications since 2003 when our team lost from Azerbaijan (who also had first historical win than).
Well, let them make history. Their history will be irrelevant come the finalQuote:
Originally Posted by DukeofSerbia
tournament. :yes:
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Well, I suppose we deserved that. Still 3-1 to us overall this season, though.
Didn't Crouch have a good game?
Good news is that our public service didn't broadcast Liverpool - Arsenal (because our stupid Super League is in the same time), as I would lost nerves in this holy day. :furious3: In 9p.m. will be replay, but after that blow up, I won't watch it. :thumbsdown:
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Never mind. We won 1-0. :2thumbsup:
It's starting to look interesting at the foot of the EPL.
:yes:
4-1, to be precise..
:turkey: :turkey: :turkey:
Here's boring you all with an update of leagues you don't follow:
A two minute video of the French coupe de la ligue, Lyon versus Bordeaux. It's the League Cup, not the national cup. The winner qualifies for an UEFA Cup ticket.
Beating Lyon is always satisfying, especially with the winning goal scored in stoppage time by the Girondins.
:balloon2: :jumping: :balloon2: :jumping: :balloon2:
https://img515.imageshack.us/img515/...33d3cb7iv9.gif
:balloon2: :jumping: :balloon2: :jumping: :balloon2:
And here's this weekend's Barthez video. Y'all know what to expect...~;)
And LEN! Good to see you again!
Barthez, ooh la la. :laugh4:
[Well done with Lyon. Always follow Ligue 1, but don't get any coverage of the
cups.]
Well, Manchester United experienced some Roma ultras and police tonight, which
was no great surprise considering the build-up to their game. Fans were warned
to expect 'primitive' conditions, and so the Romans were especially chuffed. I
would point out that our fans have been in Italy twice recently and everything's
been fine - in fact, one Celtic fan spoke of a genuinely warm reception from
Italian authorities. [possibly just glad that they didn't get a tougher team, eh.]
They just wait for the English to come over before they get their batons out?
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...1_fans203b.jpg
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I pray to every god possible so that AJAX can win the championship.
Sunday vs RKC Waalwijk.
Well with PSV in it's current form, it has most certainly come into reach. Let's hope they manage to lose even more points, one loss is enough really.
:balloon2:
Indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rythmic
Spurs fans charged into police lines tonight. Cue chair-flinging and throwing
one police officer down several tiers. Love spreads across Europe.
On a more positive note: How to beat one of the best goalkeepers in the
world.
They need to lose once and make an equal. Then Ajax needs to win every match. If that's the case, we are champions.
West Ham. I despise West Ham.
Well, I should be pleased anyway; Boro have all but removed the awful Watford from the Premiership.
Now, where's IA? Andranik?
Hehe...I'm here....:smash:
What a fantastic lad. Picks up the ball and bish bash boom straight into the back of the onion bag. The boy done good. Tremendous! :clown:
Seriously though, another gem unearthed by Big Sam.
Now to catch the Arse for the final CL spot. :2thumbsup:
BTW how did the Gunners fare at home to Wet Spam today? :inquisitive: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :whip:
Hard cheese lads. :yes:
Man U lose, deservedly so, and that includes a crucial own goal from Ferdinand.
Every cloud.
And they lost !Quote:
Originally Posted by edyzmedieval
2 - 1 against NEC, of all teams...:2thumbsup:
:balloon2:
I celebrated the NEC victory with a VAK 410 member, on the internet. :grin:
LONG LIVE NEC!!! GO AJAX!!!!
God Damned Waalwijk!!! We Lost The Championship!!!
Go RKC! :yes:
[I just want them to survive. What happens to Ajax and PSV matters not to me.]
Argh, I hate RKC. Damn Vertonghen!!! He's an Ajax player!!! He shouldn't have scored against us!!!
We need a better board of directors. Greedy pigs.
I must congratulate you on your prospect, Andranik (Teymourian). His goals were on the news...because very few Armenians have every done that well in the EPL. Excellent shot and his heading was perfect. Yes, I am incredibly biased.Quote:
Originally Posted by InsaneApache
7 - 1. That's all I will say on the subject.
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And not once have I seen it mentioned that Andranik is anything other thanQuote:
Originally Posted by IrishArmenian
Iranian. Who would've thought.
They'll be crying soon enough, no worries. :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rythmic
Anyway, I would congratulate Chelsea, and Mourinho. No matter how you feel
about him [and I tend to view him as a lesser evil] he gets the job done, even
when under extreme pressure. To beat Valencia at the Mestalla is not easy at
all, and they played excellent football in the second half. No, not excellent
flowing attacking football that destroyed Roma's shocking defence, but good
possession, fighting for every ball, and pushing them just enough right until
the last minute.
As for managerial comings-and-goings, Chris Coleman is gone from Fulham.
He's been replaced by Lawrie Sanchez [Norn Iron] up until the end of the season.
Poor, panic-induced decision, I'd say - and I certainly hope for the Northern
Irish national team's sake that it goes badly for Sanchez, so's he doesn't abandon
them as our national team coach did.
Valencia - Chelsea highlights [Not including the Morientes post shot, but do
watch for the Cañizares save ~3:15.]
Spurs are being katanked out of existence, Roma stylée.
Heh, I won't pretend I didn't smile a little watching that. Spurs were a little unlucky, though.
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Spurs should be doing a lot better with the players they have, yet they seem to
enjoy letting in goals like nobody's business. I mean, look at Malbranque - how
poor was that?
I really do hope Werder win it, too.For some unknown reason I find myself
unable to stand any Spanish teams. The thought of an all Spanish final in any
competition is nauseating.
No, I lie. I'm still bitter about last season. And that includes the Sevilla final.
True. I watched match, and without blitz goals by Seville who knows what would happen. Anyway, I am glad that Seville advanced. So,Quote:
Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
3 Spanish teams in UEFA Cup and
3 English teams in Champions League. :beam:
I find it kind of weird. England and Spain are the top teams in the UEFA rankings.
You mean leagues or clubs, I take it. What's weird about that, edyz?
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Both of you are right.
I'm reffering that neither Spain or England are in a good position to qualify, and also, the country rankings, based by points gathered up by clubs, indicated Spain and England on top.