Football Talk 2004/2005 (Soccer)

[LK]

Cheers Jerzy. Great player that Jerzy.

[Danny Electric]

I just woke up, what did the Polish bastard do?

[The Mask]

We also hate Leeds scum, but Alan Smith is the man.

[Cactus Sid]

I just woke up, what did the Polish bastard do?

Rooney had a decent shot from about 25 yards, but it was easy for Dudek. He watched it all the way and then decided not to put his arms out to save it, and it went under him.

[Cactus Sid]

Scholes, Heinze and Keane were fu</>cking awesome today, United deserved to win, even though I think we dominated.

[The Mask]

4 bookings for us :$

I love heinze.

[Wengerland]

Liverpool were poor, sorry but to have about 2 efforts on target and against 10 men for a quater of the game isn't good enough for a side like that.

Sky had better get Martin Tyler back in too.

[Rob]

Darke is miles better than Tyler.

And it's hard enough playing with one man down but 10 men against 12? Ref was a joke but what's new?

[toxic rooster]

What is it the new thing for fans to throw phones now? :wtf:

[toxic rooster]

Darke is miles better than Tyler.

And it's hard enough playing with one man down but 10 men against 12? Ref was a joke but what's new?

Liverpool were a joke too, quit your complaining.

Also, :lol: @ Heinze trying to pull the card out of Bennett's pocket

[Cactus Sid]

Darke is miles better than Tyler.

And it's hard enough playing with one man down but 10 men against 12? Ref was a joke but what's new?

I don't know how you can say the ref was a joke. In my opinion that was one of the best refereeing performances I've seen in a long time. My only complaint with him was that he didn't let the game flow at times. Aside from that, I can't remember him making many mistakes, considering Baros and Ronaldo were trying to con him for most of the game.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

4-2 come onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn have it West Ham, esp. Alan Pardew you arrogant cunt. Ince scored :love: bet he loved that one :o

Fuck's sake this is what's such a bastard, we're capable of playing like that every week but we don't and it's a fucking mystery why. Oh well, 2 on the bounce now :cool:

[Ogen]

Mon the Villa 3-0 win things may start looking up again now

[Wengerland]

1-1 draw at Preston, i'll take that given their home record.

[Rob]

I don't know how you can say the ref was a joke. In my opinion that was one of the best refereeing performances I've seen in a long time. My only complaint with him was that he didn't let the game flow at times. Aside from that, I can't remember him making many mistakes, considering Baros and Ronaldo were trying to con him for most of the game.

He was throwing out yellow cards for nothing. Brown's second wasn't even a yellow since the play had stopped but he is too stupid to even know. The guy never gave us a decision and you can tell he was doing everything he could to help you lot. Check that last minute free kick for example. My old man is a mad Chelsea fan and absolutely hates Man U with a vengeance and even he was screaming at the TV at the decisions the ref was making.

[Danny Electric]

I'm happy now that i didn't go to the pub to watch the game. I don't think he should have changed things around at the back, he should have kept Carragher and Hyppia at the back.

[toxic rooster]

Shit second half, didn't respond to going behind at all well. Don't deserve to win the title.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">I don't know how bad the ref was in the Liverpool match but I GUARENTEE you he was 1,000,000 times better than Andy D'Urso was today. What a joke.

Blackburn have to be the most cynical, cheap team ive seen in ages. Last season their players (Dino Baggio is the only name I remember off the top of my head) spent the entire game rolling around faking injuries to time waste and today they did the exact same thing. Constant cheap fouls and baiting our players (LuaLua was apparently stupid enough to react).

We had 3 on 1 with Kamara running on with support from O'Neil and Yakubu and some defender they just signed deliberatly chopped him down from behind. Now there was another defender between him and goal but it was as cynical and cheap and dirty as you can get.

LuaLua was having a field day constantly skinning Johansson but everytime he got past him he got wrestled to the ground, again cynically. After about the 6th time D'Urso took action.

We were poor and we deserved nothing from the game but its an absolute travisty that cheap tactics like that "earned" them points.

On the bright side some guy in a wheelchair chucked something at Paul Dickov and got chucked out...lol</font>

[Dazz]

He was throwing out yellow cards for nothing. Brown's second wasn't even a yellow since the play had stopped but he is too stupid to even know. The guy never gave us a decision and you can tell he was doing everything he could to help you lot. Check that last minute free kick for example. My old man is a mad Chelsea fan and absolutely hates Man U with a vengeance and even he was screaming at the TV at the decisions the ref was making.

This is why your opinions count for so little, Robert. Brown's second was a disgraceful lunge, where is completley missed the ball and could have broken the guys ankle, if his feet were a few inches higher it should have been a straight red, how anyone can say it wasn't worth a booking is beyond me.

Your dad may have been shouting at the T.V over bad decisions, but it only shows that that's where you get being a clueless cretin from.

(But I still love you)

[PSIcological]

How you can even comprehend that it wasnt a bookable offence is beyond me. And that excuse about play having been stopped just before, does that really change anything? People get booked without even being on the pitch (e.g Van Nistlerooy last season) so that is no answer. It was really a completely inexcusable tackle with only a broken ankle on Brown's mind.

On the plus side a good win for the gills today, 1-0 at home to Plymouth :y:

[Rob]

This is why your opinions count for so little, Robert. Brown's second was a disgraceful lunge, where is completley missed the ball and could have broken the guys ankle, if his feet were a few inches higher it should have been a straight red, how anyone can say it wasn't worth a booking is beyond me.

Your dad may have been shouting at the T.V over bad decisions, but it only shows that that's where you get being a clueless cretin from.

(But I still love you)

My God you are a fool. And if my opinion counts for so little, why do you feel the need to keep responding to it?

[Dazz]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">I don't know how bad the ref was in the Liverpool match but I GUARENTEE you he was 1,000,000 times better than Andy D'Urso was today. What a joke.

Constant cheap fouls and baiting our players (LuaLua was apparently stupid enough to react).

LuaLua was having a field day constantly skinning Johansson but everytime he got past him he got wrestled to the ground, again cynically. After about the 6th time D'Urso took action.
</font>

If you blame the ref for either sending off you are a moron, the highlights may not have shown how cynacal Blackburn were, but honestly, Lua Lua Lua Lua and Faye were fucking out of order, both complete twats and quite frankly you cannot critisize the way Blackburn players acted.

[Rob]

How you can even comprehend that it wasnt a bookable offence is beyond me. And that excuse about play having been stopped just before, does that really change anything? People get booked without even being on the pitch (e.g Van Nistlerooy last season) so that is no answer. It was really a completely inexcusable tackle with only a broken ankle on Brown's mind.

On the plus side a good win for the gills today, 1-0 at home to Plymouth :y:

Here's why - The ref blow for a free kick so play stopped so you can't book people for fouls after the game has stopped. Violent conduct, abusive language, etc Yes, but not this. I'll accept it because it was a bookable challenge but the game was stopped so it shouldn't count.

As for people getting booked while being on the subs bench, it's a joke whether it's Van Nistelrooy, Claudio Caniggia or anyone else who it's happened to. Nobody will be able to convince me why it makes sense to book people who aren't on the field.

[Rob]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">
On the bright side some guy in a wheelchair chucked something at Paul Dickov and got chucked out...lol</font>

Suprised Dickov didn't try to tackle him. He does everyone else :p

[Dazz]

My God you are a fool. And if my opinion counts for so little, why do you feel the need to keep responding to it?

Anyone who doesn't think it was a booking needs there head examined, seriously, I guess I respond to it because when it comes to football, you seem like an easy target :D .

Did you see tonights highlights? I guess they cleverley edited out the parts where Liverpool were getting decisions, if the ref was as bad as you say they would have had a penalty when Rooney pushed over Hyypia in the box (not saying it was a penalty but the angle certainly made it look like it may have been) and after Rooney got booked (lucky to get away with the handball) he then said "fuck off ref" clear as you like.

I had alot more examples that they show in the highlights of Liverpool not getting decisions, as it happens, my memory isn't the best and I have now forgotten alot of them. But to say that they got everything is a joke, as is your dad, you say he is a die hard Chelsea fan yet he "goes mad" at the TV when the team most likely to catch us apparently don't get decisions there way.

[Rob Ban Fan]

If you blame the ref for either sending off you are a moron, the highlights may not have shown how cynacal Blackburn were, but honestly, Lua Lua Lua Lua and Faye were fucking out of order, both complete twats and quite frankly you cannot critisize the way Blackburn players acted.

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">errrrrr...could you quote where I blamed the ref for the sending offs?

Infact I CLEARLY said LuaLua was stupid to react to them and he was rightly sent off for doing that.

My post was complaining about how the referee let them get away with 90 minutes of constant cynical fouling and dirty tactics, which 2 minutes of highlights doesn't show you and which lead to our players reacting and getting sent off.

Thats what they wanted you see Darren...thats what players like Robbie Savage do, they spend the game trying to wind up players with their annoying niggling tactics in the hope that they'll react and get themselves sent off. Robbie Savage will fit right in there. Players don't headbutt other players for no reason...It was stupid and he deserved the sending off, im not denying that at all.

As far as Faye goes I will defend him because I think both incidents were 50/50 balls that he had a right to play for, there was no intent at all, for the first one both of them went to ground to go for the ball and for the second one the keeper had dropped the ball, it was loose and he went for it...then for some reason their defender hit the deck after no contact at all.</font>

[Dazz]

I didn't say you did blame the red, I said if you do THEN you are a moron Rob.

Friedel had the ball, Faye should have pulled out for the most obvious reason of it was dangerous play from him, and Stefanovic trying to stop him getting out the red card was as stupid as the rest of the retardish things your players did today.

We have played Blackburn and they were fine, you are crazy.

All I am syaing is that your players were disgraceful and you have no room to critisize Blackburn.

[The Mackem]

Pompey players went a bit extreme in that game from what I saw.

[Dazz]

Two against One, Owen, you lose.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">I can, have and will continue to critisize Blackburn, Dazz. You weren't there. I could happily link you to about 4 or 5 other sites where the common word used to desribe Blackburn was "cynical" but I wont because a) I can't be bothered to go find them again b) you wouldn't read them c) you'll just dismiss them because they're opinions of more Pompey fans.

I have condemed LuaLua had said he was rightly sent off. Headbutt= straight red, im fine with that. It was stupid and he shouldn't have done it.

With Faye its a bit different because I think he had a right to go for both of the balls since they were 50/50's...Friedel didn't have control of the ball. There was certainly no intent.

And as for your comments about Stefanovic...erm, if you watch a match, anytime the ref sends someone off, atleast one player goes and tries to stop him and talk him out of it, him putting his hand up to the referee is hardly worse than any of the things that normally happen in that situation.

All im saying is you didn't see the constant 90 minutes of niggling play Blackburn went through. Our players were stupid for reacting, we had a poor game and Lua Lua was stupid for what he did but that doesn't mean I can't critisize Blackburn's brand of football.</font>

[Dazz]

It does, Blackburn > Portsmouth.

You are biased towards your team, and I don't care how cynacle they were, there is no excuse for what three of your players did. unless it was a bad camera angle amd and the person I was watching Match of the Day with both thought he tried to stop the ref showing Faye the red card.

[Rob Ban Fan]

Two against One, Owen, you lose.

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">yes but to be fair you're both basing your comments on 2 minutes of highlights that showed the goal, one foul from them, Faye's 1st booking, Lua Lua's sending off, Faye's 2nd booking and then Lawrenson taking about 5 minutes to try and make a witty comment...and failing badly.

Thats doesn't reflect the whole 90 minutes.</font>

[Dazz]

Me and the Mackem have made our points clear.

2 against 1. You lose.

[Rob Ban Fan]

It does, Blackburn > Portsmouth.

You are biased towards your team, and I don't care how cynacle they were, there is no excuse for what three of your players did. unless it was a bad camera angle amd and the person I was watching Match of the Day with both thought he tried to stop the ref showing Faye the red card.

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">yes, of course im biased towards my team. And the league table says otherwise about Blackburn > Portsmouth.

"No excuses for what three of your players did" I haven't given any excuses for Lua Lua, ive condemed that all along, Faye I still think was two 50/50 balls that he had a right to go for, maybe they were two yellow card offences, i never said they weren't, i just said there was no malicious intent, like you were implying. And the Stefanovic incident is just you being gay.

He half heartedly walked over to the referee and put his hand up to block the view of the card...Whenever the ref gives a decision against a team people do stuff like that. The entire United team chased the ref around the pitch screaming at him when he gave that penalty against Middlesbrough, the entire Arsenal team went and made the referee change his decision when he awarded that penalty against Fulham, in the West Brom vs Newcastle match last week Andy Johnson was on a yellow card, comitted a foul and the ref got his book out to send him off, the team surrounded the ref and talked him into putting it away, even though im pretty sure the rules say once you get your book out you have you book the player. The bottom line is refs sometimes change their minds so players try it on...thats all Stefanovic was doing.</font>

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">I was just talking to Wengerland on MSN and it sounds like maybe I didn't explain too well, so this is my final post on it, just clarifying my points:
* LuaLua deserved to be sent off
* Faye deserved to be sent off
* However I didn't think there was any malicious intent in Faye's tackles as he had every right to play for two 50/50 balls
* The referee was very lienient to their constant cynical fouls, considering he sent 2 of our players off
* They were terrible and dirty for the entire match, which is why Lua Lua reacted
* Lua Lua was stupid to react
* Dazz's point about Stefanovic is just gay

that is all</font>

[Dazz]

And when other teams do what they do people critisize them for it, like the Arsenal and ManYoo examples. If it wasn't West fucking Brom people would have dissed that too, Stefanovic should have been booked for acting like a twat. He always lets Pompey down, like when he tripped up Pires for the penalty at Highbury last season. Useless fucking moron.

Teams like Bolton are much more annoying I am willing to bet, you are just upset that Yakubu is going, Faye is staying, and you will have to endure more or Lua Lua Lua Lua when the Yak is outtie.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">Yeah, thats pretty much the size of it to be honest. ;)

Although im aware you were joking, I still feel its necissary to point out that despite his performances earlier in the season and the fact he was sent off...Faye was immense today.</font>

[Ogen]

Nah Portsmouthg are better than Blackburn allthough depeding on who they replace Yakubu with if they loss him that could all cahnge

[Dazz]

Your pissed again..aren't you :mad:

[toxic rooster]

Well, he is Irish Darren

[The Mackem]

Did you see Tebily's attempt at own goal of the seaon?

[Rob Ban Fan]

Two against One, Owen, you lose.

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">Chris Kamara on Goals on Sunday said exactly what I said. Faye was right to go for the ball, he just mistimed it.
So thats two against two and Kammy is better than you. So I win. Go home Mantle.</font>

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Did you see Tebily's attempt at own goal of the seaon?

Yes :cool:

In fact that whole match was hilarious to watch from the point of view of someone who can't stand Birmingham :love:

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">Yeah, i pretty much hate Birmingham too and the whole thing was great. Just like El Karkouri's goal to start the whole thing off too.</font>

[Ogen]

Well I was pissed but I still feel the same now as long as Yakubu is replaced if he leaves then there better than Blackburn

[packt up]

HMMM just a few points:

- Both pompey players should have gone
- Dudek :nono:
- Seriously Wes Brown - can't be much more of a certain red card all season
- lol at Carroll fighting anyone
- Dazz is the man
- Someone make this season exciting and beat Chelsea
- Newcastle are still shit

[The Mackem]

Sunderland won at Derby WOOP!

[packt up]

My girlfriend is from Derby therefore I hate you even more Mackem.

[packt up]

By hate I mean love.

[The Mackem]

Yeah, it must be hard the two of you supporting teams inferior to Sunderland :'(

[The Mackem]

By hate I mean love.
:love:

[Wengerland]

Christ, how did West Brom manage to lose that one? :o

[LK]

lol, WBA work so hard all game and then Diop bullets one in at the end.

[Ogen]

Fuck sake we're being linked with a move for Diao and not only that but we're going to pay 1.5 million for him. If this happens I'll cry hes shit ffs.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">poor West Brom :( I was gutted for them</font>

[Dazz]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">Chris Kamara on Goals on Sunday said exactly what I said. Faye was right to go for the ball, he just mistimed it.
So thats two against two and Kammy is better than you. So I win. Go home Mantle.</font>

But me and Mackem are great then you, so the real loser here is you.

[Rob]

Having a different opinion from Mental Mantle makes you a loser by the way.

[Dazz]

No, having an opinion that everyone knows is wrong is retardish. Like your reasons for Wes Brown not deserving the sending off.

I find it hard to believe anyone agrees with about 90% of your opinions. Stick posting about Scottish football, that way if it isn't about Celtic or Rangers no one will be able to argue against you.

[Ogen]

Owen's right ffs you clowns

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Fulham :D

[Rob]

No, having an opinion that everyone knows is wrong is retardish. Like your reasons for Wes Brown not deserving the sending off.

I find it hard to believe anyone agrees with about 90% of your opinions. Stick posting about Scottish football, that way if it isn't about Celtic or Rangers no one will be able to argue against you.


Er.. there are some toys next to your pram dude. Might want to pick 'em up.

[Ogen]

So the mighty Burnley claim another Premiership scalp first us in the Leauge Cup now the 'Pool in the FA cup. Liverpool deserved to lose you don't play a team like that in a compettetion if your serious about gettting anywhere in it.

[Dazz]

Er.. there are some toys next to your pram dude. Might want to pick 'em up.

Think of anothe response, you've used it before when you couldn't defend yourself.

[Wengerland]

Super Joey Gudjonsson :love:

[Rob]

Think of anothe response, you've used it before when you couldn't defend yourself.

LOL Don't know how I defend myself from baffling comments from a madman but whatever dude.

[Dazz]

Madman eh? I guess they don't call me Mental Mantle for nothing :cool:

[Ogen]

Oh behave you two

[toxic rooster]

http://media.big-boys.com/files02/asoccertornado.wmv

[Mr. Monday Morning]

http://media.big-boys.com/files02/asoccertornado.wmv



LOL holy shit

[Cactus Sid]

LOL that was pretty funny when the kid hid under the bench, and then it blew away

[The Mask]

http://media.big-boys.com/files02/asoccertornado.wmv

stupid gooner. just doing this so i can save the bastard thing :mad:

[toxic rooster]

oh calm it, dunno why the fuck it came out like that.

PS holy shit.

[Rob Ban Fan]

http://saintschat.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=45925

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">(8) If theres any justice in the world...</font>

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">Jesus Christ Liverpool.

Id like to say they've been unlucky but they've just been shit. Pellegrino is terrible.</font>

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Matt Murray's re-broken his foot and is out for 6 months :'(

Boro supposedly (according to the local paper anyway) want Lescott :'( :mad::foc:

Fuck's sake :rant:

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Ron Atkinson was at the centre of new allegations of racism today after being accused of insulting Chinese women.

Atkinson was speaking to more than 250 people at a fund-raising event at Sheffield Wednesday, one of his former clubs.

It is claimed he sparked outrage at the event on Thursday after telling the
audience: ``The Chinese people have the best contraception in the world - but I can't understand why there's so many of them because their women are so ugly.''

However Atkinson defended himself today, telling the Sheffield Star: ``I cannot believe anyone has complained about anything I said. I went there to help them out and to raise money. I stayed for ages and did photographs.

``I can't believe this - I just can't believe this.

``I can't say anything now. I've been ultra-careful about everything. It was an easy evening and everyone enjoyed themselves.''

Atkinson was forced to resign from his role as ITV's football analyst in April last year after calling Chelsea defender Marcel Desailly a ``f****** lazy n****r``.

Atkinson, 65, also lost his job as a pundit for the Guardian in the storm which followed his off-air comments after Chelsea lost 3-1 to Monaco in a Champions League semi-final.

A spokesman for football's anti-racism campaign Kick It Out said: ``This stuff is poisonous really. Essentially he really doesn't understand what he is doing in making these comments. They are deeply offensive.

``He seems to be consistently insulting about people because of their race. In this day and age you cannot make jokes about race.''

LOL jesus christ

[Ogen]

FFS Villa :( giving me hope then ripping it away. Terrible defending all match. Liam Ridgewell shouldn't be anywhere near the team ever again.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Seol :love:

[Wengerland]

Get in there, Connolly is the man. Rest of the team didn't play too great to be honest so hopefully that's a good sign. First time i'd seen De Vries as he came on for the last 20 and showed some good touches, had a header go just wide.

Watched the 2nd half of the Southampton game at the ground cause it was on near the bars and things, Liverpool were pretty poor but Southampton did nothing, must have been a different game first half.

[Wengerland]

Oh yeah, well played Norwich :cool:

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">3-0 away to Chelsea...haha could've been worse.</font>

[Dazz]

I'll tell you what couldn't have been worse mate, your fans.

Fucking hell, anyone care to disagree that Portsmouth fans have been aweful this season? Seriously, maybe it has been since Arry left that they have realised they will go into a downhill slump, but they were the worst fans we have had here this season, mind you, Arsenal are yet to visit.

We always take the piss out of the away fans and hope they do it back for some banter, but the Pompey fans wouldn't respond so we had to take the piss out of the security gaurds that look like Harry Potter and Robbie Svage.

Cheers Palmerot, I honestly think that Robben would have gone down when the Pompey defender made the slide challenge in the box for the first goal, and possibly when Ashdown clipped his leg too. Palmerot seems to have motivated him to prove that he doesn't always dived, mind you, from where I was it looked like a dive for the free kick.

Pompey should have had a penalty and how the ref didn't see it is understandable as he was in a bad position, but for MOTD not to show it is abit odd. the ball was falling for Yakubu and Gallas knocked it out the way with his hand and then cleared it.

Still, Robben and Drogba :love:

[Rob Ban Fan]

I'll tell you what couldn't have been worse mate, your fans.

Fucking hell, anyone care to disagree that Portsmouth fans have been aweful this season? Seriously, maybe it has been since Arry left that they have realised they will go into a downhill slump, but they were the worst fans we have had here this season, mind you, Arsenal are yet to visit.

Dizzee Mantle says:
hey owen, read my tpww post
Dizzee Mantle says:
you fat mess.
Gianluigi Buffon says:
should i really bother?
Gianluigi Buffon says:
Are you gonna be trying to wind me up and start an argument?

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">yeeeeah, not biting :p I already gave you my thoughts about that on MSN and it sounds like your Nazi stewards didn't help. On the radio the whole ground sounded dead, apart from briefly after you went 3-0 up.

Anyway, I wasn't expecting anything from this game, we didn't get anything. So im not disapointed. The first 2 goals were just down to Robben's sheer class and it looked like Ashdown was unsighted for the freekick. We had a couple of chances and didn't take them, so fair play. From what I saw on Match of the Day, most of the stuff you created in the 2nd half came when you hit us on the break with Duff after we had commited men forward, but luckily you didn't score again.</font>

[Dazz]

Check Rajah's, I am not trying to cause you to bite, it's my honest opinion. and if your fans can't sing because Westwood isn't there then you are a joke.

After about 70 minutes we started singing 'we forgot that you were here' to your fans, wanna know why? Because they are the quietest fans we have had all season, they all sat their in silence. The stand that Westwood sits in at your home ground is the only one with atmosphere, the rest of your fans have turned to shit.

Sing up Pompey.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">I can't be bothered checking Rajah's. In the time it takes me to read one page of posts, theres already like 3 more pages for me to read and that Keano's Magic Hat or whatever guy was a twat.

And i've already told you on MSN, it was quiet because we were losing 3-0 and you were knocking it around like it was a practice match, your stewards were nazis and the general mood in the Pompey camp right now is pretty low due to the constant rumours that all our players are about to be sold, its bollocks but its getting everyone down. As soon as the transfer window closes and we all know whats happening, it'll be back.

And yes, the Fratton End generates most of the atmosphere but the North Stand isn't that bad either. The South Stand and Milton End are dead though. :p</font>

[Dazz]

No, it wasn't even just at 3-0, even at 2-0, and I have alrad told you Leeds fans are better then yours, and its true, they sing when they are 6-1 down to a shit team like Pompey, if thats what your support is always like this year then it must be twice as bad as it is for most teams, at least arsenal fans get to see a good team play every week, despite the shit atmosphere.

Maybe you need Arry and Jim back, well, of course you do, they had a clue.

And don't name stands at me, as if I know any of them.

The stewards chucking our Mr PFC shouldnt reduce the noise. What a joke.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">made it too obvious that time ;)

night Darren.</font>

[Cactus Sid]

Gerrard needs to get the hell out of Liverpool NOW.

We are an absolute shambles, and to be honest, there is no excuse for it. We just seem to be completely incapable of anything. For ages in the past 2 seasons, all we did was hoof the ball forward for the midgets to get nowhere, now that we have someone who can win the ball in the air (and Morientes was doing a bloody good job of it when he got the chance) we're playing it on the ground. Every single one of our players wasted a pass today. Pellegrino and Hyppia were a shambles, Carragher is fantastic, but he needs to be in the centre. Riise needs to play at Left Back, because he at least has some pace. If we're so low on players, we should try and convert Pongolle into a winger, because whenever he got given the ball, he looked like he could do something. Our biggest problem seems to be that none of our players look up. Baros is fu</>cking awesome, but because he doesn't look up, he doesn't pass the ball.

Time for Rafa to seriously look at a number of positions. We need another Left Back, We need another Right Back, We need another Central Defender. We need someone to play alongside Gerrard, we need 2 wingers. I don't care if he just brings a couple of players on loan until the end of the season, we need to do something. Cover in defence and someone to play alongside Carragher next season, someone with a bit of pace who can win it in the air, I see no harm in at least taking a serious look at Michael Dawson, because he must be better Pellegrino. We could probably put a bid in for Andy Reid as well. Just some grit....some British players, cos right now, we're gonna lose Gerrard, we aren't gonna get into Europe and worst of all, we'll finish behind both Man U and Everton.

[diothoir]

Leeds :heart:

Own goal or whatever, we're 6 points away from the playoffs now :love:

[Dazz]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">made it too obvious that time ;)

night Darren.</font>

Made what too obvious, I'm not joking, without Arry and Jim everyone wants to leave and you're going down the Gary Glitter.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">yes, you're right. Of course we are.

Keep trying eh? :p</font>

[Danny Electric]

Gerrard needs to get the hell out of Liverpool NOW.

We are an absolute shambles, and to be honest, there is no excuse for it. We just seem to be completely incapable of anything. For ages in the past 2 seasons, all we did was hoof the ball forward for the midgets to get nowhere, now that we have someone who can win the ball in the air (and Morientes was doing a bloody good job of it when he got the chance) we're playing it on the ground. Every single one of our players wasted a pass today. Pellegrino and Hyppia were a shambles, Carragher is fantastic, but he needs to be in the centre. Riise needs to play at Left Back, because he at least has some pace. If we're so low on players, we should try and convert Pongolle into a winger, because whenever he got given the ball, he looked like he could do something. Our biggest problem seems to be that none of our players look up. Baros is fu</>cking awesome, but because he doesn't look up, he doesn't pass the ball.

Time for Rafa to seriously look at a number of positions. We need another Left Back, We need another Right Back, We need another Central Defender. We need someone to play alongside Gerrard, we need 2 wingers. I don't care if he just brings a couple of players on loan until the end of the season, we need to do something. Cover in defence and someone to play alongside Carragher next season, someone with a bit of pace who can win it in the air, I see no harm in at least taking a serious look at Michael Dawson, because he must be better Pellegrino. We could probably put a bid in for Andy Reid as well. Just some grit....some British players, cos right now, we're gonna lose Gerrard, we aren't gonna get into Europe and worst of all, we'll finish behind both Man U and Everton.


We do need someone alonmgside Gerrard, we need Xabi Alonso back. I agree that Pongolle looked good on the wing. Baros is fucking awesome and he does need to look up more. I think his partnership with Morientes could be awesome. Get old man Pellegrino out the team and put Crragher back in the centre.

[toxic rooster]

oh dear, Henry narrowly missed the corner flag with that shot.

[Dazz]

Fucking hell, Souness should be kissing Given's arse right now, if Newcastle do not qualify for Europe (Which they won't) then Given must be off to a big club, absolutley amazing today.

[Rob]

Fucking hell, Souness should be kissing Given's arse right now, if Newcastle do not qualify for Europe (Which they won't) then Given must be off to a big club, absolutley amazing today.

When he is on form like today, he is wicked. I can't see any club bigger than Newcastle wanting him though. He is a tad unreliable. Actually, he would walk into Arsenal's team and maybe wouldn't have as many off days if he had a better defense in front of him.

[Ogen]

He'd walk into Uniteds team as well Rob.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">yeah, Given is immense, he'd get in the United team easily. He's always done well at Newcastle, even with a piss poor excuse for a defence infront of him.

Top bloke.</font>

[Dazz]

Saying Andy O'Brien is shit are you :shifty:

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">He'd walk into the Chelsea team. GALLAS WHO?

:shifty:!!</font>

[Dazz]

Still, O'Brien is better then De Zeuuw.

Note the non existant shifty, Owen, NOTE IT.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">Noted. However your opinions on defenders lost all credibility when you claimed Matthew Taylor was our best defender.</font>

[toxic rooster]

Jermaine Pennant crashed Ashley Cole's merc.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">Jermaine Pennant is done at Arsenal.

He'll never play for them again.

Half the premiership will still be queing up to sign him though.</font>

[El Capitano Gatisto]

When he is on form like today, he is wicked. I can't see any club bigger than Newcastle wanting him though. He is a tad unreliable. Actually, he would walk into Arsenal's team and maybe wouldn't have as many off days if he had a better defense in front of him.
ahahaha

A tad unreliable. Wise you up. If it wasn't for Given, Newcastle would have a relegation-strength defence.

£8 million for Boumsong? ahahaha

Graeme Souness is one of the worst managers in the Premiership. He has never done anything of worth in the English game as a manager, and never will.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">Amdy Faye has been undergoing a medical at Newcastle for the past 6 hours. Poor bloke must be bloody knackered by now.</font>

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Probably seeing how long he can last before he gives in to the temptation to kick the crap out of Bellamy

[Wengerland]

Pennant has gone on loan to Birmingham for the rest of the season, according to sky sports' site.

[Rob]

ahahaha

A tad unreliable. Wise you up. If it wasn't for Given, Newcastle would have a relegation-strength defence.

£8 million for Boumsong? ahahaha

Graeme Souness is one of the worst managers in the Premiership. He has never done anything of worth in the English game as a manager, and never will.

Oh I don't dispute that at all. However, I still think Given isn't as good as people think.

I thought Souness could be the man to motivate the Newcastle team but he isn't. Bellemy and Dyer are crybaby bitches. Laurent Robert isn't much better. By the time they are gone, people will be calling for Souness to leave anyway.

[Rob]

Probably seeing how long he can last before he gives in to the temptation to kick the crap out of Bellamy

I've never liked that girlie looking cunt. He runs his mouth to anyone just because he is mates with Joe Calzaghe. Calzaghe couldn't do anything to anyone because of his hands being classed as weapons by law so I'd love to see him turn away while 17 people kicked fuck out of Craigie.

[Cactus Sid]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">Jermaine Pennant is done at Arsenal.

He'll never play for them again.

Half the premiership will still be queing up to sign him though.</font>

I'd love to have the guy at Liverpool, for a start he's a Liverpool fan which means he might actually have a bit of passion, not to mention the fact we are desperately in need of a Right Winger.

Shame he went to Birmingham

[Cactus Sid]

Also, I would rate Shay Given in the top 3 keepers in the league, behind Cech and probably on a par with Cudicini.

[Dazz]

come on the Chelsea boys, best two keepers in the league, Shay given is nowt compared to our 23 from Italy, or Petr Cech.

We have the best keepers, Castrel De Sangro should have got more for Carlo.

Man I love our keepers :love:

[PSIcological]

So sky finally realised what a complete twat rodney marsh really is. Anybody know these "comments" that he made which got him sacked?

[Cactus Sid]

"Marsh, appearing on phone-in programme You're On Sky Sports, joked that David Beckham had turned down a move to Newcastle after hearing of the trouble with the "Toon Army in Asia".

[Cactus Sid]

Actually, thats pretty funny.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Aston Villa fans' chief Jonathan Fear believes Craig Bellamy ``is the kind of player we are missing'' amid speculation that the Midlands club may bid for the controversial Newcastle striker.

Bellamy's future at St James' Park appears to be hanging by a thread after his massive public fall-out with Magpies manager Graeme Souness, although he has not been put up for sale.

Villa are reported to be monitoring the situation and their manager David O'Leary has £6million to spend after failing to land James Beattie who opted instead to move from Southampton to Everton.

There have been no signals or comment coming out of Villa Park but Fear, the official spokesman for Villa Fans' Combined, has no doubt that Bellamy would enhance the current squad.

He told the Press Association: ``Everyone seems to be saying that we are not going to get any players in January but a nasty, snarling, aggressive type of player like Craig Bellamy is what Villa have been missing.

``Amongst the current players, we don't seem to have anyone who gets angry if things are not going well. The players are all very nice and too polite.

``Like against Manchester United at the weekend, we seem to stand back and admire quality opposition.

``Villa also lack pace with Darius Vassell out injured for so long and there is no doubt that Craig Bellamy would offer that kind of pace.

``Whether his arrival, if that were to happen, would be universal amongst supporters, I am not sure. I think it depends on which version of the stories coming out of Newcastle that you listen to.

``But we are desperate to get a new striker in and, before the current fall-out he has had, I thought that Craig Bellamy would be a good shout.''

LOL talk about a marriage made in hell, Bellamy and Lee Hendrie in the same team, holy shit chav alert :eek:

[PSIcological]

Maybe so but theres no mistaking that marsh is a first class twat

[Y2Ant]

We need to get rid of Bellamy right now

Please buy him Villa :'(

[Cactus Sid]

Thank fu</>ck we won.

Decent performance, more efficient than brilliant, but Finnan and Morientes were awesome.

[Dazz]

If we get to the final, I am glad not to be playing Watford, what a waste of a journey that would be.

[Ogen]

we better not buy that Welsh twat

[Mike the Metal Ed]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/01/25/ufnmarsh.xml

TV pundit Marsh sacked over tsunami joke
(Filed: 25/01/2005)

Rodney Marsh, the football pundit, has been sacked by broadcaster Sky Sports after making an "inexcusable" joke about the Asian tsunami disaster.

Marsh, appearing on phone-in programme You're On Sky Sports, is believed to have joked that David Beckham had turned down a move to Newcastle after hearing of the trouble with the "Toon Army in Asia".

The former Queens Park Rangers, Manchester City and Fulham striker was sacked after bosses reviewed his comments this morning.

A Sky Sports spokesman said: "During the live night-time phone-in, Rodney made comments that were offensive and inexcusable. An apology was made within the programme and Rodney's comments were edited and removed from later transmissions."

The frequently outspoken 60-year-old was quick to apologise today for his remarks.

He said: "I apologise unreservedly for any offence I caused by my thoughtless and inappropriate comment I made last night. My intention was to make a light-hearted football joke.

"I would like to take this opportunity to thank my colleagues and senior executives who have been brilliant to me and always supported me during my time at Sky. I am hugely disappointed in myself for letting them down."

:'(

[Y2Ant]

we better not buy that Welsh twat
Ah, go on.

Go on.

Go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on [/Mrs. Doyle]

p.s. LOL @ Rodney Marsh

[Cactus Sid]

I can't believe he got sacked for that, who in their right mind would be offended by it?

On another note, LOL @ Craig Bellamy. A load of big clubs get linked with him, but all say they aren't interested, the only offer so far......STOKE.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Portsmouth will ask Newcastle today if they can take bad boy Craig Bellamy on loan as they start listening to offers of around £8m for striker Yakubu. Toon chairman Freddy Shepherd says he could sell Bellamy - but only Stoke have called so far...

:$:$:$

[Y2Ant]

hahahahhahah

[Y2Ant]

Swap Yakubu for Bellamy :cool:

[Cactus Sid]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4208135.stm

Talk about overreacting by some people

LOL @ the person called something gorillasomething

[Cactus Sid]

Gertrude Gorillatella, Barrow, Cumbria :cool:

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Fuck him. Rodney Marsh is an old shithead with no more skill at football punditry than any of us do. He made a stupid comment, he can take the consequences.

I'm glad to see old dickheads like Ron Atkinson and Rodney Marsh get marginalised for being old idiots.

[Rob]

Portsmouth will ask Newcastle today if they can take bad boy Craig Bellamy on loan as they start listening to offers of around £8m for striker Yakubu. Toon chairman Freddy Shepherd says he could sell Bellamy - but only Stoke have called so far...

:$:$:$

He belongs at a club like Stoke.

[Cactus Sid]

Ah well, at least we get to be beaten by the best team in the country.

So much for the Mickey Mouse cup.

[Danny Electric]

Have faith Sid, they'll only put 5 past us.

[Y2Ant]

LOL you could tell Howard was gonna fuck up on that free kick from the way Andy Gray was going on about it

[El Capitano Gatisto]

I don't really see what else Howard could have done. It was just a perfectly hit free kick, really. Those free kicks, swung in between defence and goalkeeper, are unstoppable when done properly. Sometimes they go wide, this one went in.

Decent game, with not much between the sides. Silvestre is a shit defender. He is a good footballer, but he is clearly not a natural defender, has no sense of awareness in his own penalty area and relies on his pace, strength and instinct rather than any footballing intelligence.

Petr Cech is incredible, though.

[Dazz]

I thought Silvestre was their best player, definitley in the first half. Cech has been great all season, he hardly did anything outstanding today.

On a Chesea forum I said it would be 2-1 with Lampard and Duff scoring, why the fuck didn't I put a bet on it, I'm such a twat.

[Rob]

I wouldn't say Howard was at fault. Defence let a ball bounce in their own box and that is just asking for trouble. I didn't think Chelsea were that good but Cech was pretty damn good. I thought we deserved the win but we didn't get it. No point crying over it now.

[Dazz]

I am still amused that you were denied a blatent penalty tonight, and two weeks ago, :love:.

[Rob]

I am still amused that you were denied a blatent penalty tonight, and two weeks ago, :love:.

At least you admit it. Couldn't get you to admit the last one :p

[Dazz]

If it's a penalty I'll admit it, if it's not I wont. You won't even admit when Brown deserves to be sent off but I won't bring that up again

[Y2Ant]

The game was pretty damn good from well not a neutral perspective, since I detest Man United with a passion, but the game was pretty even sided, I thought it was in when Silvestre I think headed that corner and Bridge cleared it off the line, Cech had no chance on that one, could have easily led to extra time.

The rule where the away goals only count after extra time is stupid, just like having two legs on only one round, they need to change that shit IMO

[Wengerland]

The rule where the away goals only count after extra time is stupid, just like having two legs on only one round, they need to change that shit IMO

I think they've had that away goals thing for a while, back in 97 when City won it we had to get a score draw at Wimbledon in the semi's and managed it in the 90 minutes but had to play out extra time. Good times :'(

It was a decent game, Chelsea's defence was pretty tight though so apart from the goal and the header off the line i think Cech only had to make that save from Ronaldo. Cudicini will be back in for the final though, as long as he's fit.

Should be a decent final going on the game at Anfield between the sides, when Liverpool were very unlucky to lose, Chelsea dominated the other game though.

[Wengerland]

Bellamy latest is that he could be going to Pompey on loan with Newcastle getting first option on Yakubu in the summer.

Also, do you know if Burton O'Brien is any good, Rob? :-\

Keown looks like he'll be leaving to get some money in, Forest, Southampton and today Wolves and Pompey are said to be interested :$

[Dazz]

Y2Ant, if there was two legs in each round then there would be even more fixture congestion, and bigger teams would be more likely to showcase their younger players, and it's unfair to have the semi final at one of the teams pitches as they have an unfair advantage. I like the way they do it, even the away goals rule is good IMO. Shut up and let it be :mad:

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Celtic's on-loan striker Henri Camara could spend the rest of the season at Southampton.

Saints boss Harry Redknapp has confirmed he wants to borrow the Senegal international, who is on loan at Parkhead from Wolves for the season.

He told the Daily Record: "We have made an enquiry about Camara and we are trying to take him on loan for the rest of the season.

"I don't know how close to a deal but (chairman) Rupert Lowe has been in touch with Celtic."

Celtic paid Wolves £1.5million to borrow the player, who has contributed eight goals this season.

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WTF that is bullshit, how can Celtic loan out a player that they're loaning themselves :| To say nothing of Camara bitching about wanting to play for a bigger club than Celtic - don't think Southampton fit the bill somehow :lol:

Actually I hope they do sign him and he proves as useless as he was for us when we needed him to actually score instead of running around and being shit.

[Rob]

If it's a penalty I'll admit it, if it's not I wont. You won't even admit when Brown deserves to be sent off but I won't bring that up again

You just did. :roll: Anyway... :D

[Rob]

Definately agree with the away goal arguement. It should be over 90 mins. It's an unfair advantage if it's over 120mins.

[Rob]

Also, do you know if Burton O'Brien is any good, Rob? :-\


I don't rate him that highly. Far better midfielders in the SPL than him. Mark Fotheringham (Dundee), Mark Kerr (Dundee Utd) and Chris Burke (Rangers) are three better players who you lot could probably get. O'Brian is a Scotland U21 who is about to be capped by South Africa so people are thinking he is better than he really is.

Anyway, your manager is shite. He can't see outside the bloody SPL.

[Rob]

Y2Ant, if there was two legs in each round then there would be even more fixture congestion, and bigger teams would be more likely to showcase their younger players, and it's unfair to have the semi final at one of the teams pitches as they have an unfair advantage. I like the way they do it, even the away goals rule is good IMO. Shut up and let it be :mad:

If it stayed 1-1 at 90mins, you lot should have won on away goals. Instead, we would have another 30mins to get a goal. I don't see how that's fair to you.

[Wengerland]

Keown's had his contract terminated, with Pressman to follow as we've signed this apparantely crap keeper, Hirschfeld or something, as back up for Walker. Looks like Stuart Taylor won't be coming back :(

Levein isn't particularly shite, he's got us passing it around (first goal on saturday was a great example) and is signing younger players than Adams generally bought in, plus they're players who want to succeed in England, rather than the usual players who get bought in on big wages who don't see the need to try and perform for Leicester City because they've already had a great career.

[Y2Ant]

Y2Ant, if there was two legs in each round then there would be even more fixture congestion, and bigger teams would be more likely to showcase their younger players, and it's unfair to have the semi final at one of the teams pitches as they have an unfair advantage. I like the way they do it, even the away goals rule is good IMO. Shut up and let it be :mad:
You misunderstand me my son, I didn't say anything about having two legs in every round, I said we need to fix that shit, i.e. just have one leg in the semi final.

Plus being at home can't be that much of an advantage, if you win away at Old Trafford. Infact they should just do what they do in the FA cup and have it at a neutral ground, that works.

[Y2Ant]

If it stayed 1-1 at 90mins, you lot should have won on away goals. Instead, we would have another 30mins to get a goal. I don't see how that's fair to you.
Yeah, it's almost as gay as that silver goal rule they brought in at Euro 2004 :mad: :mad: :mad:

Also, Norwich are interested in Bellamy :love:

[Wengerland]

Poor RBF, last minute debatable penalty knocked them out, even worse that it was against Southampton :(

[Ogen]

I don't know whats worse losing to your old manager who fukced off to your biggest rivals or losing to a Peter Crouch goal.

[LK]

Wouldn't say it was debatable. Taylor stuck his arm out which is asking for trouble.

[toxic rooster]

oh shit, mike riley

[Wengerland]

YEAH

Came back from a goal down AND scored in the last minute, would have been the other way round under Adams.

Can't say i'm Scowcroft's biggest fan but fair play to him for getting the goal.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

2-0 at the Library, in the game for 80+ minutes, losing to a penalty and a counter-attack goal after Hoddle had thrown forwards on to go for the game (and fair play to him for that). Absolutely no shame in that at all.

[LK]

Hey, Rob just wondering who's your Scottish team?

[toxic rooster]

2-0 at the Library, in the game for 80+ minutes, losing to a penalty and a counter-attack goal after Hoddle had thrown forwards on to go for the game (and fair play to him for that). Absolutely no shame in that at all.

Oakes had an absolute blinder, I'm hearing.

[Wengerland]

Bolton and Chelsea through today.

Not a great day for the Bruce family, with Steve losing and making a bad decision to take Heskey off :mad: and Alex missing Oldham's best chance.

Ah well, draw's tomorrow at 1:30 :cool:

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Oakes had an absolute blinder, I'm hearing.

Yes. Yes he did :love:

[Wengerland]

FA Cup 5th round draw:

Bolton v Derby or Fulham
West Bromwich Albion or Tottenham v Nottingham Forest
Everton v Manchester United
Charlton Athletic v Leicester City
Burnley v Blackburn
Southampton v Brentford or Hartlepool
Newcastle v Chelsea
Arsenal v West Ham or Sheffield United

Charlton should be a good test, going by our recent away form i think we could maybe surprise them, not the easily winnable or money spinning nothing to lose tie i was hoping for though.

Anelka to Fenerbache, Djemba-Djemba to Villa and Bellamy on loan to Celtic are probably the main moves so far, looks like Dawson and Reid will be leaving the Trees to go to Spurs for £8m though, no way are they worth that much.

Leicester are meant to be getting Stephen Hughes from Rangers (any info please Rob ;)) for £100,000, money freed up after Tricky Trev, Keown, Pressman and Matty Elliott, who's retirement means the end of the O'Neill era but best of luck to him, his goals to win us the Worthington Cup make him a legend.

[Ogen]

Spurs have got a allright deal on them two I think. Reid will have made up about 5 million of that and Dawson looks like he'll be great good signings by Spurs.

Gutted we've bought the Djemba twins. As if buying a shit player wasn't bad enough which maybe it might not have been had it been in another position given the size of our squad but its in the only position we've real cover in. We had McCann, Hendrie, Hitzelberger, Berson and Davies already and now we add the Djemba twins to it. Even though Hitz looks like hes off to Germany in the summer theres no need to sign him. All the best to the lad and I hope he proves me wrong but I don't think any Villa fans are happy about this one. Allthough hes making himself more liked by saying he turned down the blues for us.

[Rob]

Hey, Rob just wondering who's your Scottish team?

Dundee. Now unbeaten in 9 staight derbies against the filthy arab scum :D (not racial - Dundee United are known as the arabs)

[Rob]

Leicester are meant to be getting Stephen Hughes from Rangers (any info please Rob ;)) for £100,000, money freed up after Tricky Trev, Keown, Pressman and Matty Elliott, who's retirement means the end of the O'Neill era but best of luck to him, his goals to win us the Worthington Cup make him a legend.

Steal for 100k. Hughes is a good young player who never caught a break with Alex McLeish for some reason. Probably because he is obsessed with buying shit players. He'd walk into any other SPL team other than Celtic obviously. Personally, I'd have put in him the Rangers starting XI everyweek.

[Rob]

Barry Ferguson went back to Rangers (what a lack of ambition), Oliver Bernard to Southampton, Geremi refused to go back to Boro and Henri Camara was released by Celtic and Wolves sent him to Southampton. Mikel Arteta went to Everton. I'm interested to see how this turns out. I never saw what everyone in Scotland thought was so great with this lad.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Steal for 100k. Hughes is a good young player who never caught a break with Alex McLeish for some reason. Probably because he is obsessed with buying shit players. He'd walk into any other SPL team other than Celtic obviously. Personally, I'd have put in him the Rangers starting XI everyweek.

Is this the same Stephen Hughes who was an Arsenal youth player, or am I getting my wires crossed somewhere?

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Birmingham have signed Pandiani on loan :|:|:|

Also

"According to the Coca-Cola Championship club, Southampton have agreed to pay a six-figure sum to Wolves to take the player until the end of the current campaign."

lol excellent, Celtic pay us £1.5m to take him on loan for 6 months, now we're charging Southampton til the end of the season, when he will still be our player :cool:

[Wengerland]

Is this the same Stephen Hughes who was an Arsenal youth player, or am I getting my wires crossed somewhere?

Nah, that Hughes is with Coventry now. This one's came through the Rangers youth system i believe, only 22 years old.

[LK]

Dundee. Now unbeaten in 9 staight derbies against the filthy arab scum :D (not racial - Dundee United are known as the arabs)
Alright my team is Aberdeen. Well done on Saturday. Anything to cause that cunt McCall to fail even more is alright in my book.

[LK]

Steal for 100k. Hughes is a good young player who never caught a break with Alex McLeish for some reason. Probably because he is obsessed with buying shit players. He'd walk into any other SPL team other than Celtic obviously. Personally, I'd have put in him the Rangers starting XI everyweek.
His main problem was his lack of a physical presence which is pretty much required in Scottish football. He hasn't had the best of times with injuries as well. An alright player with the ball at his feet.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Spurs have finalises an agreement with Derby to sign Tom Huddlestone in the summer :|!

Dawson, Reid, now Huddlestone...pretty much the best 3 young players in the Championship atm, pretty hot business for Spurs

[toxic rooster]

Christ sake...Almunia. :nono:

One day after the transfer window closed, too.

[Wengerland]

Just play Stuart Taylor.

Credit to Man Utd though, a good performance especially second half, Arsenal didn't look like scoring even after the sending off.

[LK]

Great performance from United tonight. Heimze, Giggs and Keane were quality.

[Wengerland]

Spurs have finalises an agreement with Derby to sign Tom Huddlestone in the summer :|!

Dawson, Reid, now Huddlestone...pretty much the best 3 young players in the Championship atm, pretty hot business for Spurs

Dawson's not the player he was 2 years ago, glandular fever affected him quite badly. I'd say Wes Morgan and Lescott are better prospects.

Can't argue about Reid and it would depend where they play Huddlestone, good passer but he's not too great defensively.

They're developing a good, young squad though.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

John O'Nistelrooy

[The Mask]

fucking come on. beautiful game. passion there, and we have the talent and strength to take anyone on. everything seems to be coming together quite nicely, should be an interesting run in if we can continue our form.

[The Mask]

also, roy keane is a fucking legend. beautiful to see ronaldo giving it some to the arse fans after his goals too.

i'd condemn silvestre, but we won and it was pretty funny. also gives me the chance to laugh at wee gooner more cause we trounced them with ten men.

speaking of tenmen, how about that vieira.

:love:

[LK]

That interview with Keane at the end of the game - pure class.

Also Giggs has to get that contract extension he wants.

[Ogen]

Game of the season fantastic it was best fun I've had watching a game all year. Think I was the only neutral in the pub.

[packt up]

Credit to Man U seemed like they deserved it. Fucking hate Ronaldo's little gawpy face though he deserves a punch.

Otherwise Newcastle are getting well fucked up these days - fucking Souness.

[El Capitano Gatisto]

Keane should have called Liam Miller in to the tunnel and gave Vieira a kicking, then Cygan too for being terrible.

Watched Blackburn-Chelsea tonight. Don't know why, it was shite. Chelsea had basically one or two shitty half chances all night, created nothing really. Speculative shot from Robben, well struck, but Friedal should have kept it out easily.

Blackburn didn't create anything either, though. They had plenty of possession, and it looked like they might be able to do something, but their passing was shite and they lept lumping it up to Dickov, even though he's half the size of Terry. I thought Hughes would throw on Stead for the last 20-30 mins, since Chelsea were doing nothing going forward and Blackburn weren't getting enough men forward, but no.

Just a nothing game, apart from some wonderful fouls and a bit of fighting. Also, Robben bust his ankle.

[Ogen]

Angel ffs whats happened to you :mad:. First goal in months then he goes and misses two penos and Fulham get a 90th minute equaliser

[Ricky]

Referee sends himself off:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/4222543.stm

LOL

[Dazz]

Watched Blackburn-Chelsea tonight. Don't know why, it was shite. Chelsea had basically one or two shitty half chances all night, created nothing really. Speculative shot from Robben, well struck, but Friedal should have kept it out easily.

Blackburn didn't create anything either, though. They had plenty of possession, and it looked like they might be able to do something, but their passing was shite and they lept lumping it up to Dickov, even though he's half the size of Terry. I thought Hughes would throw on Stead for the last 20-30 mins, since Chelsea were doing nothing going forward and Blackburn weren't getting enough men forward, but no.

Just a nothing game, apart from some wonderful fouls and a bit of fighting. Also, Robben bust his ankle.
Yeah it was pretty piss poor, we didn't ever look like killing the game off. Dickov needs to realise that Terry would kick the fuck out of him, it was great when Pederson tried to head the ball out of Cech's hands so Maka just pushed him over, then Terry grabbed Dickov and had his forearm round his throat from behind him, Dickov is a little shit. Met him on holiday in like '98 when he played for Arsenal, didn't even recognise the Scottish wanker he is not a big name and never will be.

When Jarosik came on I thought Hughes would go more attacking, as we also brought on Kezman who seemed to be told to hold back and not attack much.

Robben's foot might only be bruised, it will be revealed later.

[Dazz]

Referee sends himself off:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/4222543.stm

LOL
LOL, I think that this deserves the :wtf: emoticon

[The Mask]

http://b1.putfile.com/footie.wmv

[toxic rooster]

http://images.thisislondon.co.uk/v2/galleries/sport/manuvarsenal/2arsenalR_350x230.jpg

wait a minute......that's not Reyes :mad:

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Dawson's not the player he was 2 years ago, glandular fever affected him quite badly. I'd say Wes Morgan and Lescott are better prospects.

Can't argue about Reid and it would depend where they play Huddlestone, good passer but he's not too great defensively.

They're developing a good, young squad though.

Nah Lescott's not that good :shifty:

I'd imagine they'd put Dawson and King at the back with Huddlestone in the midfield...maybe have 5 at the back and Huddlestone, Brown and Carrick in the middle? :eek: Hot young English midfield right thurrrr

[Rob]

Yeah it was pretty piss poor, we didn't ever look like killing the game off. Dickov needs to realise that Terry would kick the fuck out of him, it was great when Pederson tried to head the ball out of Cech's hands so Maka just pushed him over, then Terry grabbed Dickov and had his forearm round his throat from behind him, Dickov is a little shit. Met him on holiday in like '98 when he played for Arsenal, didn't even recognise the Scottish wanker he is not a big name and never will be.

Just when you think you hear the end of "X Chelsea player is so tough", here it goes again.

Lampard and Terry both had oppotunities to act like the big shots they think they are but just like every other player who Dickov winds up, they didn't.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font face=verdana size=3 color="#ff6600">whooooo TPWW not being gay so I can actually post now :'(

Didn't see the game yesterday but after reading Mourinho's comments it sounds like Blackburn played exactly the way they played against us. Nasty, cynical football. I hate them so much :'(</font>

[Cactus Sid]

Just when you think you hear the end of "X Chelsea player is so tough", here it goes again.

Lampard and Terry both had oppotunities to act like the big shots they think they are but just like every other player who Dickov winds up, they didn't.

I'd just like to know where this obsession with how hard footballers are came from. Everyone seems to act like it really matters.

[Rob]

I think I started it actually by mocking Kezman. He is still shite though.

[Ogen]

So Cech breaks the record for longest time without conceeding in the Premiership in his first season :D bloody rediculous :D

[Dazz]

He is great, people can say what they like about how much money we have spent, but when you save a penalty and other saves he has made, added to the afct that Cech's own record for longest time without concededing includes under 21 internationals, champions league and domestic games, was 1150 minutes in the Czech Republic, not fucking bad!

[yianni]

http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=Un-edited%20Tunnel

Love it.

[Ogen]

Hes buy of the season for the Premiership Dazz. With Robben second. Bastards having money :(.

[The Mask]

he's no djemba djemba.

[Y2Ant]

I was right behind the goal, a few rows back from the front when Shearer bagged his 250th premiership goal, I had the perfect view of it :love:

He just belted it so hard, it looked like James saved it but it bounced off his hand into the top corner :cool:

For a split second I was like YES WHOOOOOOOO then I realised I was sat with about 40,000 Manchester City fans, so I just looked at my mate and smiled.

The penalty sucked though. :(

[Y2Ant]

Gonna try and get tickets for the Manchester derby, I have my old broken mobile phone ready for Rooney's head :shifty:

[Rob]

http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=Un-edited%20Tunnel

Love it.

:lol:

Keane is the man.

Vieira is a two bob cunt.

[The Mask]

ashley cole's dive in the third minute is hilarious. ball hits keane and falls out to cole is the box, keane comes steaming in as if to go for the tackle, and stops short aout a foot away as cole hits the ground. masterstroke by keane there too :'(

[Y2Ant]

LOL yeah that dive was pretty pathetic :nono:

[toxic rooster]

At least the ref wasn't enough of an absolute cunt to fall for it.

[yianni]

ashley cole's dive in the third minute is hilarious. ball hits keane and falls out to cole is the box, keane comes steaming in as if to go for the tackle, and stops short aout a foot away as cole hits the ground. masterstroke by keane there too :'(
LOL at that. Fucking diving whinging cunt that Cole is. Keane is the fucking man.

[Ogen]

WHAT ARE YA DOIN PICKING ON GAY NEVILLE BOY. PATRICK VIERAS 6'4 BOY

[toxic rooster]

Arsenal 2-0 up in the 18th.

Freddie with the first :love:

[Cactus Sid]

Close game at Villa Park.

[Wengerland]

Pretty dissappointed from today's game, given Crewe's form after Ashton left and our recent good run i was expecting a win. Jordan Stewart was poor, and Joey was quite bad too. De Vries has to start soon because we're much better with him playing instead of Scowcroft, and Hughes looked good after coming on. Nalis came on at half time but was taken off with about 15 minutes left, so i don't know whether he'll be here next season.

West Brom are probably down.

[yianni]

Birmingham :nono:

[Y2Ant]

Norwich's goal song is so awesome :heart:

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Bloody Mackems making us play shite on TV :rant:

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Also, even though he plays for Birmingham, Pandiani :love:

[Wengerland]

Everton got a point which wasn't really deserved, good finish by Bent though.

Southampton played very well but it counts for nothing unless you get the wins, as City found last year :(

[Cactus Sid]

Beautiful result really.

Everton get a point, which doesn't do them a whole hell of a lot of good, and Harry gets fu</>cked over in the last minute, I love it.

[The Answer]

Chelsea tied 0-0 with Man City which means Man U gained 2 points on Chelsea :y:

[packt up]

WOW GLAD IM NOT A NEWCASTLE SUPPORTER THEY R SHIT

[packt up]

I bet Mackem would agree with me.

[Wengerland]

David James and Richard Dunne were immense today.

Be interesting to see how long Robben's out for because they seem to struggle for goals, or as many as usual, without him.

[Rob]

Robbie Fowler wants to take a page from Richard Dunne's book.

Does anyone remember why Boston were deducted points this season?

[Cactus Sid]

I thought they were deducted points last season, and not this. Anyway, it was for financial irregularities.....not for tapping up players as I think you wanted to suggest.

[Cactus Sid]

Yeah, just checked, it was last season. They didn't tap up players, but they got done for illegal payments to agents, back handers and such and such.

[Y2Ant]

Fucking quality save by James in the 94th minute, I thought he got lucky with a few of the earlier rebounds that he almost gave away though.

Also LOL @ Southampton, I just knew Bent was gonna score there

[Ogen]

James's save was fucking quality. Such a fantastic shot stopper if only he wasn't so prone to rediculous fuck ups.

[Dazz]

Robbie Fowler wants to take a page from Richard Dunne's book.



FAT FUCKING SCOUSER
YOUR JUST A FAT FUCKING SCOUSER

(Not you, Rob, I meant Robbie, aye?)

And yeah they love Dunne at Citeh, they were singing about him quite a bit.

Pleased that us or Citeh didn't sing the Matt Busby song, what with it being the aniversary of the crash on the day we played them, added to the fact we sung about Hitler gassing the jews the other week, I really thought one of us would :$.

[Wengerland]

Crewe's fans were the first (to my knowledge) to taunt us about the ground share, singing "YOU'RE NOT LEICESTER ANYMORE". Other than that they were shit though.

[Fabien Barthez]

Crewe are rediculous, they are 8 points from playoffs, and they sell the top striker in the league, who was winning games for them for the whole season, they have no replacement whatsoever and now they are shit again. You cant tell me Dario couldnt keep Ashton for another 4 months?

Not just that, Why did he go Norwich, who are going down anyway, when he could have gone tottenham where he would have got just as much first team action?

rant over, I just dont like seeing my local team fuck up.

[toxic rooster]

How's the Matt Busby song go?

[Dazz]

Find it on a website, i'm not going to type either of them.

[yianni]

Come on Dazz, don't be a cunt.

[Dazz]

Who'se that lying on the runway
who'se that dying in snow
it's sir matt busby and his boys
and their not making any noise
coz they can't get their aeroplane to go

:|

There's another one about having ice on the wing of the plane, but it is complete rubbish.

[Rob Ban Fan]

http://www.farette.com/Pics/judas%20boohoo.jpg

:lol:

[Rob]

Yeah, just checked, it was last season. They didn't tap up players, but they got done for illegal payments to agents, back handers and such and such.

I just caught the tail end of a conversation on Talk Sport. Thought they said it was for tapping players.

I don't think they should deduct Chelsea points anyway. I don't want any excuses when we win the championship :D

[Dazz]

I am still thinking you will win it.

[Cactus Sid]

http://www.farette.com/Pics/judas%20boohoo.jpg

:lol:

Hands down the (2nd) best moment of the season.

[Cactus Sid]

I just caught the tail end of a conversation on Talk Sport. Thought they said it was for tapping players.

I don't think they should deduct Chelsea points anyway. I don't want any excuses when we win the championship :D

They wont get deducted points, we didn't over the whole Ziege thing.

[Danny Electric]

Hands down the (2nd) best moment of the season.

Number one - Neil Mellor against Arsenal :)

[The Mackem]

LOL @ RBF

[toxic rooster]

Number one - Neil Mellor against Arsenal :)

:mad:!

[Cactus Sid]

Number one - Neil Mellor against Arsenal :)

You knows it :cool:

[toxic rooster]

You knows it :cool:

Note: :mad:.

[Cactus Sid]

Note: :mad:.

:D

[Wengerland]

Looks like England will be playing that 4-5-1/4-3-3 formation tonight, Wright-Phillips on the right, Rooney down the left and Owen up front. Becks, Lampard and Gerrard in midfield and then the rest pretty much picks itself, Gary Neville and Ashley Cole at the back with Carragher and Brown, as they're the only one's who are fit. Probably Robinson in goal.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Owen
Rooney

Downing Gerrard Lampard Wright-Phillips

^
|
:rant:

[yianni]

Greece must win their World Cup qualifier in Athens against Denmark tonight. COME ON HELLAS.

[yianni]

<TABLE cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=0 width=355 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=NewsTitleBig>Greece think only of victory
Wednesday, 9 February 2005</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=0 width=355 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Tickets are on sale for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals, but as European qualifying resumes tonight, continental champions Greece face a tough task if their fans are to have a team to watch in Germany.

Denmark visit Greece
Barely months after their UEFA EURO 2004™ triumph in June, Greece began their Group 2 campaign with defeat in Albania and draws with Turkey and Ukraine. In November they beat Kazakhstan 3-1, but still only lie fifth ahead of their meeting with second-placed Denmark in Piraeus.

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=135 align=right border=0 valign="top"><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE class=BorderBgQuotes cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 border=0 valign="top"><TBODY><TR><TD width=103><TABLE cellSpacing=5 cellPadding=0 width=133 bgColor=white border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=NewsQuotes>http://www.uefa.com/images/all/quotes_start.gifhttp://www.uefa.com/images/all/spacer.gifWe are only thinking about victory - there is no other result in our mind http://www.uefa.com/images/all/spacer.gifhttp://www.uefa.com/images/all/quotes_end.gif</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle><TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width=133 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=FixturesTitleQuotes align=middle>Otto Rehhagel</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>'Difficult match'
Denmark are unbeaten, and if they win will be four points ahead of Greece with a game in hand. Home coach Otto Rehhagel, whose side overcame a similarly slow start to EURO 2004™ qualifying, is well aware of the importance of the encounter, saying: "We have a very difficult match ahead and we must lift our performance considerably in order to achieve the win. We are only thinking about victory - there is no other result in our mind."

Duo out
However, centre-back Michalis Kapsis has a back problem and striker Dimitrios Papadopoulos a thigh strain, leaving both sidelined. Sotirios Kyrgiakos and Konstantinos Katsouranis are vying for Kapsis's regular starting berth.

Olsen bullish
Denmark themselves are without injured defenders Martin Laursen, Thomas Helveg and Claus Jensen while winger Jesper Grønkjær is suspended. Despite those absences, coach Morten Olsen, who has lured Per Nielsen out of international retirement for the match, said: "I think you have a better chance of a result when you have an experienced team - where all players have been there before and know the way you play - and that is what we have."

</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

[Cactus Sid]

Owen
Rooney

Downing Gerrard Lampard Wright-Phillips

^
|
:rant:

I'm fairly sure Sven has some serious thing going on with Beckham behind the scenes, thats the only reason I can see for him still being there. That midfield is something else.

[Dazz]

Who watched the England u21's last night?

LEROY
LEROY
LEROY

You're lucky we released him as a schoolboy. I was impressed when he scored for you the other week on a televised game and he looked pretty good last ngiht too