Football Talk 2005-2006 (Soccer)

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Oh yeah, my b.

The way Matty and Gario have been playing the past few weeks they'll rack up 4 between them. Plus Priske is probably due 1. Plus Stefanovic hasn't scored for 2 seasons, so he'll curl in a freekick. Aaaaand Deano will probably get in on the act with 1.

Oh and Mendes with a 40 yard rocket from the outside of his boot.

So thaaaaats...Pompey 16-1 Liverpool (dodgy Gerrard penalty)

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO </font>

[Flair Wooo]

Someones been on the sauce tonight it seems :rofl :D

[Boondock Saint]

K I'm watching Sky Sports News. There is this smoking hot anchor chick on. Blonde hair...anyone know her name? It doesn't say. Unless there's more than one hottie then I dunno how else to describe her.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">That dickhead David Sullivan has been on Sky Sports News today crying about how we got all the luck, cos we got 2 penalties in our last 2 games (our only penalties we've had this season and both for absolute blatent, undeniable handballs)

He then also complained that we had played against weakened teams and Arsenal didn't play Henry against us...

Portsmouth: Kiely, Priske, Primus, Stefanovic, Taylor, O'Neil, Davis (Routledge 57), Pedro Mendes, D'Alessandro, LuaLua (Hughes 69), Mwaruwari (Todorov 66).
Subs Not Used: Ashdown, O'Brien.

Booked: Mwaruwari.

Goals: LuaLua 66.

Arsenal: Lehmann, Djourou, Campbell (Eboue 89), Toure, Flamini, Ljungberg, Song Billong, Diaby, Reyes (Hleb 80), Henry, Adebayor (Van Persie 75).
Subs Not Used: Poom, Bergkamp.

Booked: Ljungberg.

Goals: Henry 36.

Att: 20,230

Ref: U Rennie (S Yorkshire).

BUH?!

Now please stop whinging and spouting shite on my television and fuck off you smut peddling, bitter cunt. </font>

[Rob Ban Fan]

K I'm watching Sky Sports News. There is this smoking hot anchor chick on. Blonde hair...anyone know her name? It doesn't say. Unless there's more than one hottie then I dunno how else to describe her.

<font color="#ff6600">Theres a couple of alright ones, see if shes is listed here

http://www.skysports.com/skysports/article/0,,84-1096893,00.html </font>

[Boondock Saint]

Hmm...thanks. Thought it might be Georgie Thompson, but upon closer inspection it isn't. She's pretty hot though. A FIT BIRD.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Yeah, Georgie Thompson aint bad. They normally have a graphic with the presenter's names on it at the start of the hour or when they swtich presenters over. But sitting there watching it waiting for the name graphic to come up could be pretty boring.

So i wouldn't bother.</font>

[BCWWF]

An interesting note, on the ESPN.com poll right now, 62 percent of people think the US is going to advance at least to the quarterfinals of the World Cup. 20 percent said the championship game while 19 percent said not make it past the first round. MMMMMMMbop?

[Y2Ant]

Georgie Thompson is smokin'

[Mr. Monday Morning]

USA squad: Hahnemann (Reading), Howard (Man Utd), Keller (Borussia Monchengladbach); Bocanegra (Fulham), Cherundolo (Hanover), Conrad (Kansas City), Gibbs (Den Haag), Hejduk (Columbus), Lewis (Leeds), Onyewu (Standard Liege), Pope (Salt Lake); Beasley (PSV Eindhoven), Convey (Reading), Dempsey (New England), Donovan (Los Angeles), Mastroeni (Colorado), O'Brien (Chivas USA), Olsen (DC Utd), Reyna (Man City); Ching (Houston), Johnson (Kansas City), McBride (Fulham), Wolff (Kansas City).

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Wolves have confirmed Glenn Hoddle is to remain as their manager.

The former England boss failed to guide Wanderers into the Championship play-offs this season and had subsequently been linked with Charlton following the weekend announcement by Addicks boss Alan Curbishley that he would be leaving The Valley after 15 years in charge.

But following a board meeting at Molineux on Tuesday, Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey confirmed Hoddle would continue as manager but will be forced to "operate within a reduced playing budget" after the club's parachute payments ended following relegation the Premiership two seasons ago.

Moxey, who had previously fuelled speculation that Hoddle may be on his way out of Molineux by claiming the season had been a "complete disaster", said: "It's no secret that the board and Glenn are disappointed with the team's failure to secure automatic promotion or a play-off spot, especially as everyone was well aware of the likely financial restraints for next season if we didn't achieve promotion.

"That said, Glenn is a proven manager and the board feel confident that he has the skills needed to rebuild the squad over the coming season.

"During the meeting, we clearly articulated that the loss of the Premiership parachute payment means that there will be a reduced budget for next season. Glenn accepts this and is now looking at how best to shape his squad with the money available.

"We will sit down with out-of-contract players and back-room staff shortly to discuss what this means to their futures.

"This aside, a reduced budget will necessitate a re-definition of the club's approach to player acquisition and inevitably lead to more opportunities for younger players from inside and outside the club.

"Throughout this process, the club needs the support of its fans. Most clubs go through a period of rebuilding at one time or another.

"Our time is now and we need the fans to understand the realities of working within a tighter budget while sharing our optimism about the development of a younger first-team squad that will compete as hard as possible in next year's Championship."

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:'(

[Cactus Sid]

Hmm...thanks. Thought it might be Georgie Thompson, but upon closer inspection it isn't. She's pretty hot though. A FIT BIRD.

There's a few new lasses just been brought in recently, one of them has an absolutely banging set on her, but they haven't been added to the presenter lists as I think they're on a couple of weeks trial.

Also Georgie Thompson is hot as, Di Stewart is pretty fit as well, but its Kelly Dalglish all the way :love: :love: :love:

An interesting note, on the ESPN.com poll right now, 62 percent of people think the US is going to advance at least to the quarterfinals of the World Cup. 20 percent said the championship game while 19 percent said not make it past the first round. MMMMMMMbop?

Your people are deluded, they aren't gonna make the second round with the Italians and the Czechs in their group.

Looks like Rooney has a DOUBLE FRACTURE, and is pretty much gonna miss the World Cup.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Rooney's shit anyway, he'd only be a fringe player if he was fit.

Lets hope Heskey can grab his chance with both hands and show us he can be the player we all know he can be.</font>

[Cactus Sid]

<font color="#ff6600">Rooney's shit anyway, he'd only be a fringe player if he was fit.

Lets hope Heskey can grab his chance with both hands and show us he can be the player we all know he can be.</font>

Couldn't agree more, he's been burying those chances for the Brum this season, a real talent.

[The Mackem]

Relegation looks like a certainty now :(

[toxic rooster]

That's a shame, The Mackem.

[Rob]

Kelly Dalglish all the way :love: :love: :love:


I saw her across the road from my house 2 years ago on Christmas Eve. I swear on my life, she is the most beatiful woman I have ever seen in person in my life.

I love her too.

[Cactus Sid]

She must be pretty fine in person for a Manc fan to Love her

[Karlsberg]

Couldn't agree more, he's been burying those chances for the Brum this season, a real talent.

Thanks for reminding me how poor Heskey has been in front of goal this season :'( .

Kelly is so hot, its hard to imagine she is from the same gene pool as Kenny.

[Rob]

She must be pretty fine in person for a Manc fan to Love her

She is Scottish too though :p

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">I do genuinely like Heskey :(

That being said, I hope we don't sign him.</font>

[Flair Wooo]

Anyone watching England legends v Germany legends>

Come on England!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[Cactus Sid]

She is Scottish too though :p

Aye, that is a very fair point.

Up the mighty Hearts tonight, if only for Gretna :love:

[Mike the Metal Ed]

For anyone who doesn't know, Total Network Solutions F.C. have put the naming rights to the club up for sale on ebay. Unfortunately, I think I've noticed a flaw in their plan, as ANYONE can now buy the naming rights...

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[Cactus Sid]

Text Chicks FC

[Boondock Saint]

USA squad: Hahnemann (Reading), Howard (Man Utd), Keller (Borussia Monchengladbach); Bocanegra (Fulham), Cherundolo (Hanover), Conrad (Kansas City), Gibbs (Den Haag), Hejduk (Columbus), Lewis (Leeds), Onyewu (Standard Liege), Pope (Salt Lake); Beasley (PSV Eindhoven), Convey (Reading), Dempsey (New England), Donovan (Los Angeles), Mastroeni (Colorado), O'Brien (Chivas USA), Olsen (DC Utd), Reyna (Man City); Ching (Houston), Johnson (Kansas City), McBride (Fulham), Wolff (Kansas City).

WTF is with not having Friedel on there? He's nasty.

[toxic rooster]

Friedel retired from internationals last year.

[Boondock Saint]

Ah I see. Too bad.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Notice how there are two Reading players in there? Hmmmmm? :mad:

[Rob Ban Fan]

Andres D'Alessandro wants Portsmouth to smash their transfer record to convert his loan from Wolfsburg into a permanent move. (Daily Mirror)

<font color="#ff6600">sdafasdf

SIGN HIM UP</font>

[Mr. Monday Morning]

I was about to ask what Pompey's transfer record is and then remembered it's for Benjani :$

[Rob]

McClaren is officially in as England manager now.

[CSL]

<font color=red>ALEX FERGUSON will launch a £10million bid for Michael Carrick — and Tottenham fear their midfield star wants to leave.


Manchester United boss Fergie has targeted the Geordie playmaker as the man he wants to anchor his midfield.

And anxious Spurs are already in the market for replacements, with Carrick, 24, reluctant to open talks about a new contract at White Hart Lane.

Fergie hopes to recruit two top central midfielders this summer and wants AC Milan’s Rino Gattuso to replace Roy Keane as a ball-winner.

Mahamadou Diarra was a target, but Lyon priced him out of the market with a £28m tag.

Carrick earns £15,000 a week at Spurs and is halfway through a four-year deal. Boss Martin Jol is keen to tie him down with an improved contract but knows the player is aware of United’s interest.

If Spurs are denied a Champions League place by bitter rivals Arsenal, the odds on the England star leaving will shorten even further.

<font color=white>That could be interesting...</font>

[treen007]

why hasnt he retired yet??? go manage scotland you freak of nature! I'm a leeds fan, can u tell?

[Rob]

<font color=red>ALEX FERGUSON will launch a £10million bid for Michael Carrick — and Tottenham fear their midfield star wants to leave.
</font>

He isn't good enough for United.

<font color=red>Fergie hopes to recruit two top central midfielders this summer and wants AC Milan’s Rino Gattuso to replace Roy Keane as a ball-winner.</font>

Now he is good enough for any midfield on the planet.

[McDoogle]

No way Milan will let Gattuso go. That and I doubt he'll wanna leave. He's a hero in the city and the country loves him.

[Flair Wooo]

Steven gerrard owns all midfielders tis true.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Well Stevie Mac was probably the lesser of the two evils. </font>

[Rob]

No way Milan will let Gattuso go. That and I doubt he'll wanna leave. He's a hero in the city and the country loves him.

He is always over here. His wife is Scottish and he said before he would love to play for us.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Gattuso is mental.</font>

[Flair Wooo]

Why would he leave a great club like ac for...utd?? from ac milan to scum :D WOOOOOOOOOOO!! :D

[Boondock Saint]

Notice how there are two Reading players in there? Hmmmmm? :mad:

LOL

[Mr. Monday Morning]

why hasnt he retired yet??? go manage scotland you freak of nature! I'm a leeds fan, can u tell?

In many, many ways.

[toxic rooster]

burn

[Boondock Saint]

Go easy on Treen, he's a good bloke. The one who got me watching football. Show him the same respect you show me...none. :p

[CSL]

He isn't good enough for United.

<font color=white>Not yet but a bit of maturity under Fergie and he could be rather good</font>

Now he is good enough for any midfield on the planet.

<font color=white>True say. I read Fergie would be looking to pay around £5m which, if you ask me, is a really low price.

Fuck, I had to pay over £15m on Football Manager for him :shifty: (but he was worth every penny)</font>

[Cactus Sid]

If Carrick starts in the reserves for Spurs on Football Manager he's not good enough for United

:shifty:

[Rob Ban Fan]

Darren Anderton has been released from his contract at Wolves.

<font color="#ff6600">Bad news Kirky. I don't fancy your chances next season now you've released your best player and talisman.</font>

[Mr. Monday Morning]

You can always sign him up to replace D'Alessandro when he joins a big team :p

[treen007]

Go easy on Treen, he's a good bloke. The one who got me watching football. Show him the same respect you show me...none. :p

rofl

[Rob]

<font color=white> Fuck, I had to pay over £15m on Football Manager for him :shifty: (but he was worth every penny)</font>

Honestly, I'd spend most of our transfer budget to get him. Javier Mascherano would be nice too.

[The Mackem]

Oh boy, first home win of the season now this is where things will get interesting. Europe?

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Europe?

IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

[Mr. Monday Morning]

BSkyB's monopoly on screening live Premier League football has been broken with Setanta winning two of the six packages available.

The Irish pay TV operator had been expected to win one package of 23 matches but has pulled off a shock by winning two.

It means from 2007 to 2010, BSkyB will show 92 of the live matches and Setanta 46 live games.

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Bravo. Because Setanta is SO much more accessable than Sky :roll:

[toxic rooster]

DADA DAAA DAAAAAAA
DADA DADA DAAAAAA

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">I was just about to post exactly what Kirky posted. So far from giving the consumer better value and choice, we all have to go out and subscribe to Setanta to get the same amount of matches we had on Sky.

Fantastic.</font>

[Rob]

I'd rather just not have them. Too much football on TV anyway.

[toxic rooster]

This means I'll probably have to find one of the like 4 pubs in this state that has Setanta now.

God.

[Danny Electric]

We need football back on ITV.

[Boondock Saint]

Di Stewart is pretty fit as well,

That's who it is. I quickly went through that website and none of those thumbnails seemed to fit her. But she's on again now, and I missed the name coming up, so I checked again but actually clicked on the profiles. Damn she's hot.

[diothoir]

Fucking Leeds, we had that match in the first half. Lucky to score in the second though. We are probably out tbh, I can't see us scoring at Deepdale :'(. Maybe another year in the championship is what we need. :(

[Cactus Sid]

That's who it is. I quickly went through that website and none of those thumbnails seemed to fit her. But she's on again now, and I missed the name coming up, so I checked again but actually clicked on the profiles. Damn she's hot.

She used to go out with Jonny Wilkinson and she's on right now

Mighty Torquay need a draw to stay up today, it will be an absolute nightmare if we do go down.

Apparently the Liverpool fans are making Ring of Fire our Cup Final song :D

[Rob Ban Fan]

Emile Heskey is in line for a shock England recall and will be named as Wayne Rooney's replacement. (Mirror)

[Cactus Sid]

:y: I endorse any move for Heskey to be in the England squad

I was watching Dream Team the other day, and some of the coverage was about a player who lost all his form and they thought he was taking bribes.....most of the missed shots they showed were Heskey :D

[Rob]

Mighty Torquay need a draw to stay up today, it will be an absolute nightmare if we do go down.

Just for Helen Chamberlain, I would love them too.

[Boondock Saint]

She used to go out with Jonny Wilkinson and she's on right now


No idea who Wilkinson was, had to look him up. :$ I'd like to get into Rugby too but it's hard enough finding socc...football coverage here, let alone rugby.

[yianni]

This means I'll probably have to find one of the like 4 pubs in this state that has Setanta now.

God.

The cunts slap a cover charge on venues showing it too. South Melbourne has access to Setanta for World Cup/European qualifying games involving Greece and the cunts force Hellas to charge $20 per person for entry. So what Hellas does is charge $25 per person (to make a tiny bit of cash) and say Setanta are forcing them to charge $25 per cunt :lol:

[toxic rooster]

There would be no coverage here without the internet.

[yianni]

God bless the net and Wikipidia

[toxic rooster]

Typical fucken wogs :D

[yianni]

:D

Patty Kisnorbo back in Melbourne, may be signing for another club perhaps. Hellas better make some cash for the transfer, we're still waiting on your decision for money from Hearts, FIFA you fucking slack cunts! :mad: :mad:

Hellas played away this afternoon at Frankston...let me just say wild scenes. Train 50 minutes down to Franga, flares in the streets on the way there, STORMED into the ground and took over the grandstand. I was hanging a slash when we went 0-1 up and was getting a drink when the cunts equalised. But wild scenes in the shitty tin shed grandstand, and a great day out.

Photos to come soon.

[Flair Wooo]

There is nop way in hell sven should take hesky! Geez! Robbie fowler would be a better choice :D

[Mike the Metal Ed]

I hope Kisnorbo stays at City, he's done well ever since Rob Kelly put him at centre back. Wouldn't be too broken hearted if he went though.

[Wengerland]

As much as i love the guy, there's no way big Emile should get into the England squad on the back of this season.

Paddy's being linked with Birmingham, yianni. £750,000 is being mentioned, which would be a decent profit i guess, especially as i would have given him away for nowt a few months ago. I'd like him to stay but i can't blame him for going, he got booed at times from a section of our fans during his bad spell, and now the song about him mentions how he used to be shite, so that can't be good for the old self-esteem.

Carrick may not be worth £15m or whatever's being quoted but he'd walk into the United team at present.

[Flair Wooo]

Anyone would walk into the current utd team :D

[treen007]

heskey blows chunks. he better not get a call up. I'd go with fowler between the two. c'mon leeds...

[Rob]

Fowler ain't even getting a sniff.

[Flair Wooo]

Fowler > all of the current fit strikers bar owen.

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Fuck you all, Ivanhoe is a legend. :mad:

[Rob]

Fowler > all of the current fit strikers bar owen.

Off the smack please.

[Cactus Sid]

Pretty amazing afternoon of football

The Arse have claimed the last Champions League place

[toxic rooster]

I bought Benayoun for my Teesside team on PES5.

[toxic rooster]

Bergkamp was brought on right at Benayoun hit his winner. He was getting his ovation, then it cuts to a bunch of Arsenal fans jumping around and hugging each other.

Then I changed to the other game and missed the replay :(

[packt up]

HAHAHA 7th get in. FUCK YOU BIG SAM. Man we even had shitty Souness in charge for half the season, we gave you such a head start. You get considered for the England job and we fucking beat you and you're shit team.

Roeder you legend. Shearer goodbye you'll always be rememebered.

Wow at Michael Owen not even making the bench England are pretty fucked.

And lol at Arsenal beating Spurs to fourth. Makes all that desperate pleading by Martin Jol all the funnier. Don't get me wrong I quite like Spurs and Jol and think they will be a good side soon enough. But all that pleading was just so laughable in that it had no grounds for appeal whatsoever and just sounded like a whiney little bitch who knew that Arsenal were gonna hunt him down.

[toxic rooster]

Ruud's United career appears to be over.

[packt up]

Yeah I hate the horseface but he's a great player. I feel kinda sorry for him. Getting shunned for Rossi must have hurt big style. They'l have no problem selling him.

[Rob]

He has let us down. Alex Ferguson picks the team and Saha has been doing a great job. We stuck by him when his first transfer fell through when he snapped his knee and he can't even come out for the fans? Fuck him. Pick up your toys and push your own pram to the reserves.

[Rob]

Yeah I hate the horseface but he's a great player. I feel kinda sorry for him. Getting shunned for Rossi must have hurt big style. They'l have no problem selling him.

Rossi needs games though. When we did the treble, we have 4 top class strikers rotating and none of them complained. Infact, we accepted an offer of £5 million for Ole at the start of the year and he refused to go and was happy with the rotation and it worked well for him. Bit of loyality goes a long way.

[toxic rooster]

What was Jol's pleading about?

[Rob]

7 or 8 of his first team had food poisoning today and he didn't want to play. If I were him, I would have had the rest of the team fake it and said everyone couldn't play and force the FA into a corner.

[packt up]

Rossi needs games though. When we did the treble, we have 4 top class strikers rotating and none of them complained. Infact, we accepted an offer of £5 million for Ole at the start of the year and he refused to go and was happy with the rotation and it worked well for him. Bit of loyality goes a long way.

Yeah true. Just feel like he hasn't done a whole lot wrong this season and hasn't been playing too much. I take what you mean about the not seeing the fans though that is kind of low. Wtf at flair saying you're team is rubbish you'll be closest to Chelsea again next season.

[packt up]

What was Jol's pleading about?

I was more referring to the pleading that if Arsenal won the Champions League then Spurs should still get in. EVEN THOUGH the rules were specifically changed last season so that that wouldn't happen again. His appeals had no grounds whatsoever. Turns out they didn't finish 4th anyway but theyve still had a great season whatever.

[packt up]

uber double posted *edit*

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">I love end of season games. Not for the football, cos the game was absolute shite, Liverpool at times were playing like they did under Houllier with that wonderful Hyypia to Carragher to Dudek to Hyypia to Carragher to Dudek until someone could be bothered to close them down.

But the party atmosphere was quality.

The Liverpool fans were absolute shite for some reason, I have no idea why, they didn't even rise to the bait that most fans rise to (shall we sing a song for you, can you hear the scousers sing, do you ever sing at all?) just sat there in silence. So the Pompey fans start belting out a chrous of "You'll Never Walk Alone" for them :D

The other good chants included:
Quashie's gone down again, Quashie's gone down again.
We don't want Quashie back, we don't want Quashie back
We don't want Heskey, we don't want Heskey
We want Gerrard, we want Gerrard
We want D'Alessandro, we want D'Alessandro
We don't care, we don't care, we don't care (after Liverpool had scored)
Off the pitch, off the pitch, off the pitch (when the Liverpool team decided to do a warm down, delaying our lap of honour)
Plus a load of shite Crouch got every time he ran infront of the home end doing his warm down.
and "who nicked your laces, who nicked your laces?" when Graham Poll kept stopping to piss about with his boots, he responded by giving us a thumbs up which was quite funny too.

Typical end of season game, boring as fuck mostly, but well done lads on a good finish to the season.</font>

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Hahaha Chimbonda handed in a transfer request. Clueless twat.

Final table

1 Chelsea 38 50 91
2 Man Utd 38 38 83
3 Liverpool 38 32 82
4 Arsenal 38 37 67
5 Tottenham 38 15 65
6 Blackburn 38 9 63
7 Newcastle 38 5 58
8 Bolton 38 8 56
9 West Ham 38 -3 55
10 Wigan 38 -7 51
11 Everton 38 -15 50
12 Fulham 38 -10 48
13 Charlton 38 -14 47
14 Middlesbrough 38 -10 45
15 Man City 38 -5 43
16 Aston Villa 38 -13 42
17 Portsmouth 38 -25 38
18 Birmingham 38 -22 34
19 West Brom 38 -27 30
20 Sunderland 38 -43 15

And here's what I predicted at the start (back on page 11 if you don't believe me :mad: ) :

1) Chelsea
2) Man Utd
3) Arsenal
4) Liverpool
5) Bolton
6) Spurs
7) Boro
8) Everton
9) Newcastle
10) Charlton
11) Citeh
12) Birmingham
13) Villa
14) Pompey
15) Blackburn
16) Fulham
17) Sunderland
18) West Brom
19) West Ham
20) Wigan

Hmmm :$

Gonna have to go back through this thread and pull out some prime quotes :cool:

[The Mask]

2 Man Utd 38 38 83
3 Liverpool 38 32 82

:cool:

[Cactus Sid]

I think that is our highest total in the Premiership since it went to 20 teams..... going from where we were behind Chelsea to 9 points behind in one season, a point behind United, and 2 periods in the season where we've won 10 games in a row, this has been a fantastic season, even if we have finished behind United. To take it to the last day of the season is a great achievement, and with a few signings, I really do believe we'll be up there next season.

[Flair Wooo]

2 Man Utd 38 38 83
3 Liverpool 38 32 82

:cool:

Will you do that next season? will you fuck! I can't wait till next year with the players who we have already signed and who we will sign! utd are wank on the other hand.

[Nervous Ferret]

howd port vale do

[Cactus Sid]

13th in League One (which is the third division) average season

Theo Walcott in the England squad?? Thats what they seem to be saying.

[The Mask]

Will you do that next season? will you fuck! I can't wait till next year with the players who we have already signed and who we will sign! utd are wank on the other hand.

i'd be glad to bet you a tenner that you dont

[The Mackem]

Well it's fair to say we were absoultely shit even if we did seem to finish this season better than the last time we were in the Premiership. Next time we come up they have to invest and have a few experience heads (like Teddy Sheringham for West Ham) who have actually played in the Premiership. Stubbs and Stead failed, big style.

[Flair Wooo]

i'd be glad to bet you a tenner that you dont

I will gladly have that bet with you sir :)

[Cactus Sid]

PROVISIONAL ENGLAND 23 FOR THE WORLD CUP

PAUL ROBINSON
DAVID JAMES
ROBERT GREEN

GARY NEVILLE
RIO FERDINAND
JOHN TERRY
ASHLEY COLE
JAMIE CARRAGHER
SOL CAMPBELL
WAYNE BRIDGE

DAVID BECKHAM
MICHAEL CARRICK
FRANK LAMPARD
STEVEN GERRARD
OWEN HARGREAVES
JOE COLE
STEWART DOWNING
AARON LENNON
JERMAINE JENAS

MICHAEL OWEN
WAYNE ROONEY
PETER CROUCH
THEO WALCOTT

[Cactus Sid]

Stand-By players have now been announced

Scott Carson, Luke Young, NIGEL REO-COKER, Jermain Defoe and Andy Johnson

King, Bent and Wright-Phillips not going

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">So we're going with 4 strikers, 1 of whom will almost certainly not be fit, 1 of whom will be at about 25-50% fitness and not played 90 minutes of football for months, 1 of whom is a 17 year old who has never played in the premiership let alone internationally and hasn't played a first team game since january and 1 of whom is Peter Crouch.

Fantastic.</font>

[toxic rooster]

Stewart Downing :cool:

Tell him not to come back without a right foot :o

[LK]

Sorry guys but I can't stop laughing at the England squad. :lol: :lol: :lol:

This could very well break Walcott before he even plays.

[Flair Wooo]

Or it could make him..I'm all for walcot to be included tbh.

[Rob]

:lol: Erikkson is such a gimp. How the fuck can he justify not taking Defoe and/or Bent. Plus you have a kid who hasn't even played 15 professional games and ZERO Premiership games in the squad for the first time. This is gonna be a good World Cup.

[Flair Wooo]

When we win it it will be yep :D WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

[Rob]

Dude, you ain't winning shit.

[Cactus Sid]

When we win it it will be yep :D WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

England will be lucky to get through to the quarter finals

They'll scrape through the group thanks to the Defence and the Midfield, but they have NOTHING going forward.

Rooney isn't gonna go, Owen isn't gonna be 100%, and Walcott is gonna get pounded into the ground by the other teams. Crouch up front on his own for England? I love Crouchy for Liverpool, but he's out of his depth at that level.

[toxic rooster]

I think it's time Sven accepted what the rest of the world had accepted one and a half weeks ago: Rooney isn't playing.

Time for plan B.

[Flair Wooo]

Dude, you ain't winning shit.

Maybe so ..but at least we are going to be there :D WOOOOOOOOOO!

[Flair Wooo]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

England will be lucky to get through to the quarter finals

They'll scrape through the group thanks to the Defence and the Midfield, but they have NOTHING going forward.

Rooney isn't gonna go, Owen isn't gonna be 100%, and Walcott is gonna get pounded into the ground by the other teams. Crouch up front on his own for England? I love Crouchy for Liverpool, but he's out of his depth at that level.

Yeah we have one of the best teams in the world but we will only "scrape" threw the the group because rooneys out..yeah rooney is our only good player!!11oneone!!111

[toxic rooster]

So's Togo.

[Flair Wooo]

OMG WITHOUGHT ROONEY WE ARE NOTHING!!11111

[Flair Wooo]

Who the fuck are gerrard,F lampard, J terry , J cole , D beckham, wright-phillips rio ferdinand carragher A cole P Robbinson

I'll tell yoU NOBODYS!!

Dam gonna put all my hopes on that little fat scouser rooney coz we got NO ONE ELSE!

[toxic rooster]

I never thought I'd see the day I'd be agreeing with Harvey.

You pick Crouch, a rookie and 2 injured players but no Defoe?

Wow.

[Flair Wooo]

Think the obvious thing that's gonna happen is gerrard playing behind crouch or owen.

[toxic rooster]

Who the fuck are gerrard,F lampard., J cole , D beckham, wright-phillips

Irrelevant, when every ball gets pumped over their heads, straight to Crouch.

[Flair Wooo]

Not when he knocks it down for one of them too run onto.

[Cactus Sid]

Rooney is England's best player, the other strikers are not on his level (Owen isn't going to be fit, its a fact)

The ability of the other players is irrelevant if they have no outlet

[The Mackem]

Defoe should have went over Walcott. Really weird decision, I'd be pretty sick if I'd been busting a gut for the last 4 years only for some Arsenal big money signing to take your place at the last minute having doing basically nothing but shine for a few games in the Championship.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Kinda feel bad for Bent, he at least deserved to be on standby. How the fuck Andy Johnson gets picked ahead of him I'll never know. His time will come though.

BTW Flair Wooo kindly shut the fuck up, you're an embarrassment.

[Cactus Sid]

Not when he knocks it down for one of them too run onto.

I think you over estimate how good Crouch is at being a target man.....

[Rob]

I never thought I'd see the day I'd be agreeing with Harvey.

You pick Crouch, a rookie and 2 injured players but no Defoe?

Wow.

Secretly, you always agree with me.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Also if Sol Campbell gets anywhere near the pitch we've lost anyway

[Flair Wooo]

Seriously you guy's suck on rooneys cock too much, yeah he's good but so are gerrard lampard and co just because rooneys out doesnt mean we have no chance in the world cup.

[Rob]

No, Rooney is great and your other options are shit. That's why you have no chance.

[Cactus Sid]

I would argue England have very little chance with Rooney anyway, they just have even less if he doesn't go

[toxic rooster]

Not when he knocks it down for one of them too run onto.

My reply was going to be something along the lines of 'relying on Crouch as a target man is bad news', but Cactus Sid beat me to it :(

[Cactus Sid]

:cool:

Scottish hatred for the English is always quick to come flooding out

[Flair Wooo]

Lol bitter scots we will win it just you wait and see!

[Cactus Sid]

We will wait and we will see you fail

It is hyped every time, the optimism of a entire nation rises because of one good result....and then BANG, it all fucks up.

2006 isn't going to be any different

[Rob]

:cool:

Scottish hatred for the English is always quick to come flooding out

Not hatred. Just banter.

[Wengerland]

Well as someone who has stuck up for Sven a lot in the past i can only say this:

why the fuck is Walcott going ahead of the likes of Bent? :| He may have bags of potential but christ, at least wait until he's played a premiership game. I saw him for Southampton here in November and Gerrbrand had him in his pocket pretty much the whole time, and that's a defender who's been quite poor since December. Walcott had no concept of timing his runs either.

Quite pleased Aaron Lennon is in ahead of SWP though. Carson or Kirkland should be going ahead of Green too, but i suppose that's not vital.

[LK]

lol @ Flair Wooo

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">I wouldn't quite agree that we will have "nothing going forward" since in Frank Lampard we have aruguably one of the best goalscoring midfielders in the world, who scores more than a lot of strikers. Plus Gerrard, Joe Cole and Beckham who can all chip in with goals.

Their stats for this season:
Lampard: 20 goals (Chelsea's top scorer)
Gerrard: 21 goals (Liverpool's top scorer)
Joe Cole: 10 goals

Rooney got 19 goals this season.</font>

[Rob]

Lampard won't be scoring 25 yarders in Germany I'll tell you that much.

[Flair Wooo]

you mystic meg?

[Rob]

Fiver says he doesn't even score at the World Cup.

[Flair Wooo]

50 quid says scotland don't score at all during world cup :D

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">I don't have paypal or anything but i'd take that bet :p since he's on penalties for a start plus he was second top scorer behind Rooney for us at Euro 2004.</font>

[Cactus Sid]

I reckon he'll score, but any good manager will just tell the defence and midfielders to step up and press the England midfield, they aren't gonna be able to hit 25 yarders under constant pressure, and they wont have a quick striker with good positional sense to break the offside trap (at least not 100% fit, on the ball strikers)

[packt up]

Wow just wow. Baffling doesn't even cover it.

[Astley316]

i reckon we should get through the opening rounds pretty easlily with or without owen and rooney

first decent team we come up against we will be exposed for what we are and go out

[Boondock Saint]

Is the FA Cup gonna be a PPV thing? It's not on FSC on Saturday and I highly doubt it'd be on ESPN.

[Boondock Saint]

Oh, and I'm planning on watching the UEFA final thing on Wednesday. Will it be worth it?

[treen007]

<font color="#ff6600">So we're going with 4 strikers, 1 of whom will almost certainly not be fit, 1 of whom will be at about 25-50% fitness and not played 90 minutes of football for months, 1 of whom is a 17 year old who has never played in the premiership let alone internationally and hasn't played a first team game since january and 1 of whom is Peter Crouch.

Fantastic.</font>

my sentiments exactly... So Sven is mailing it in? Lame duck manager? :roll:

[toxic rooster]

FA Cup is usually on ESPN here. Worth a look.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

UEFA Final should be fun, Sevilla are decent and will probably go 2-3 up before McClaren decides to throw everything forward for the last 20 minutes.

At least, that's going on the last couple rounds.

[toxic rooster]

Yeah, probably. UEFA Cup finals are generally pretty entertaining. More so IMO than the last few Champions League finals (exception being last year, of course)

This year's Champions League final is salivating though, but it will probably be 0-0 till the 114th minute :(.

[Dazz]

<font color="#ff6600">I love end of season games. Not for the football, cos the game was absolute shite, Liverpool at times were playing like they did under Houllier with that wonderful Hyypia to Carragher to Dudek to Hyypia to Carragher to Dudek until someone could be bothered to close them down.

But the party atmosphere was quality.

The Liverpool fans were absolute shite for some reason, I have no idea why, they didn't even rise to the bait that most fans rise to (shall we sing a song for you, can you hear the scousers sing, do you ever sing at all?) just sat there in silence. So the Pompey fans start belting out a chrous of "You'll Never Walk Alone" for them :D

The other good chants included:
Quashie's gone down again, Quashie's gone down again.
We don't want Quashie back, we don't want Quashie back
We don't want Heskey, we don't want Heskey
We want Gerrard, we want Gerrard
We want D'Alessandro, we want D'Alessandro
We don't care, we don't care, we don't care (after Liverpool had scored)
Off the pitch, off the pitch, off the pitch (when the Liverpool team decided to do a warm down, delaying our lap of honour)
Plus a load of shite Crouch got every time he ran infront of the home end doing his warm down.
and "who nicked your laces, who nicked your laces?" when Graham Poll kept stopping to piss about with his boots, he responded by giving us a thumbs up which was quite funny too.

Typical end of season game, boring as fuck mostly, but well done lads on a good finish to the season.</font>


I bet you didn't have a better Crouch song then ours, 'He's tall, he's shit, he doesn't fit his kit.' and does the circus know your here.

Did Dale see your Argie top?

Also Gerrard scoring 21 is a shit arguement and you know it, TNS for fuck sake. Lampard shoots way too much, anything less then 20 goals would be a dissapointment, at one point he'd had over FOUR times as many shots as Crespo and scored two more. Think he'd had 58 shots at the time, it's about learning when to shoot, and Lampard hasn't grasped that yet, he literally shoots as often as he can, even when he knows it's got no chance of going anywhere

Fiver says he doesn't even score at the World Cup.

Make it a tenner and I won't even count penalties mate.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<Font color="#ff6600">The BBC site only had goals in all competitions, I am not that arsed to go looking for his league goals tally. Plus he didn't score all 21 goals against TNS did he?

And I know Lampard shoots too much and I know anyone with sense would pressure him to stop him but the thing is, he still scores and teams don't do that to him.

I'm not denying that losing Rooney is a blow but it is ridiculous to claim that we're nothing without him, England are far from being a one man team. The keeper is decent, the defence contain some of the best players in Europe, as does the midfield which as i've already said is more than capable of scoring the odd goal.

I don't think we'll win the world cup but some of you are going proper over the top.

Would any of you be saying "oooh Brazil are fucked, they'll be lucky to get out of their group." if Ronaldinho got crocked, or "Argentina will get found out as soon as they come up against anyone decent" if Messi got injured? No, because they have more than enough decent squad players to fill in.</font>

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">someone beat Wayne Bridge up :cool:</font>

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I don't get to watch a lot of the Premier League so excuse me for waiting til there's one game left in the season but good lord Arsenal's yellow jerseys are hideous. I really hope they don't have to wear those against Barcelona because the red ones are so much better.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Not sure who the 'home' team is, might be Arsenal since they're closer to Paris. Which would mean Barca's neon yellow vs Arsenal's redcurrent. Yikes.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Chimbonda's agent is Willie Mackay. Quelle surprise :roll:

Also, lol :$ at what van Nistelrooy supposedly said to Ronaldo. Harsh :$

[Flair Wooo]

What has he supposed to of said? I can guess your a diving cheating little girl lol

[Wengerland]

16/1 on Walcott becoming England's youngest ever player is probably easy money too, especially if Sven is in charge after the World Cup.

Yep. Posted on January 23rd.

[LK]

What has he supposed to of said? I can guess your a diving cheating little girl lol
Assuming I know what he's talking about, Ronaldo and RvN (who apparently can't stand each other and have gotten into a fight before) had a fight on the training ground. It all resulted in RvN telling CR to run to his Daddy (referring to Carlos Querioz). Ronaldo's Dad died this season and he apparently burst into tears and yelled "I haven't got a Dad, he's dead".

I've also heard that this might not be the end of RvN but apparently Ronaldo is desperate to leave.

[Rob]

From what I heard, there were no tears and they had to be pulled apart.

[Dazz]

<Font color="#ff6600">The BBC site only had goals in all competitions, I am not that arsed to go looking for his league goals tally. Plus he didn't score all 21 goals against TNS did he?

And I know Lampard shoots too much and I know anyone with sense would pressure him to stop him but the thing is, he still scores and teams don't do that to him.

I'm not denying that losing Rooney is a blow but it is ridiculous to claim that we're nothing without him, England are far from being a one man team. The keeper is decent, the defence contain some of the best players in Europe, as does the midfield which as i've already said is more than capable of scoring the odd goal.

I don't think we'll win the world cup but some of you are going proper over the top.

Would any of you be saying "oooh Brazil are fucked, they'll be lucky to get out of their group." if Ronaldinho got crocked, or "Argentina will get found out as soon as they come up against anyone decent" if Messi got injured? No, because they have more than enough decent squad players to fill in.</font>

I read that whole thing just to see if Dale saw your top, and you didn't even give me an answer :(.

[Flair Wooo]

Assuming I know what he's talking about, Ronaldo and RvN (who apparently can't stand each other and have gotten into a fight before) had a fight on the training ground. It all resulted in RvN telling CR to run to his Daddy (referring to Carlos Querioz). Ronaldo's Dad died this season and he apparently burst into tears and yelled "I haven't got a Dad, he's dead".

I've also heard that this might not be the end of RvN but apparently Ronaldo is desperate to leave.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">No, Dale didn't see my shirt. I told you before, everyone ignores the corner i am sat in and everyone did, apart from Toddy.

But some guys had a big Argentina flag and everyone started singing his name, so I think he gets the point that we want to keep him.</font>

[Cactus Sid]

From what I heard, there were no tears and they had to be pulled apart.

Spin

:p

[CSL]

Not sure who the 'home' team is, might be Arsenal since they're closer to Paris. Which would mean Barca's neon yellow vs Arsenal's redcurrent. Yikes.

<font color=white>It'll be a coin toss</font>

[toxic rooster]

Either way, hideous yellow is a given.

[CSL]

<font color=white>Apparently, United have signed a pair of twins from Brazil, 1 who plays left back, the other right back. Could be sweet. If these pair ever turned out to be good enough, surely it would be a first (twins in 1st class professional football)

Check it out here (http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=385848&CPID=8&clid=1&lid=2&title=United+snap+up+Brazilians)</font>

[Boondock Saint]

Showing highlights of Middlesbrough before the UEFA starts. That Macaroni guy is pretty good.

[toxic rooster]

Maccarone :D used to get some real laughs out of that name.

Dooks and JFH starting up front, looks to be a traditional 4-4-2. Loving the Schwarzer Batman mask, too.

[Cactus Sid]

James Morrison has looked utter shit

[Rob]

<font color=white>Apparently, United have signed a pair of twins from Brazil, 1 who plays left back, the other right back. Could be sweet. If these pair ever turned out to be good enough, surely it would be a first (twins in 1st class professional football)

Check it out here (http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=385848&CPID=8&clid=1&lid=2&title=United+snap+up+Brazilians)</font>

Ronald and Frank De Boer?

[Mr. Monday Morning]

MON THE SEVILLE

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Frank played midfield :roll:

[toxic rooster]

Yeah, Sevilla has been somewhat "taking the piss" so far, game being played in Boro's half.

Morrison could probably do better if he stayed on his fucking feet.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

GOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[toxic rooster]

Down 2-0, and that's the worst lead to defend.

Looks like we have it won then.

[Boondock Saint]

ROFL @ the guy in the crowd crying.

[toxic rooster]

It wasn't that prick with the phone again, was it?

[Mr. Monday Morning]

GOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[Boondock Saint]

I dunno. What'd he do?

[Rob]

3-0. Boro don't deserve this.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

GOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

AUSTRALIA'S NUMBER ONE-AH

[Mr. Monday Morning]

GOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

£20 @ 13/10 WINNAH

[toxic rooster]

When Sevilla scored their first, they kept showing this one guy with sunglasses who was jumping and crying and talking on the phone.

[Boondock Saint]

Hot damn, what a slaughter.

[Boondock Saint]

When Sevilla scored their first, they kept showing this one guy with sunglasses who was jumping and crying and talking on the phone.

lol prolly was the same guy.

[Rob]

Mark Schwarzer is shit. Total bottle job.

[LK]

Mark Schwarzer - what a legend!!!

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Future England manager, woooo :'(

[LK]

Genius tactics from Mr McClaren

[toxic rooster]

Schwarzer is prone to balancing his world class performances (ie the Uruguay shootout) with performances like that.

[Cactus Sid]

Mark Schwarzer is shit. Total bottle job.

I was thinking exactly that, don't fucking play with a broken cheekbone if its gonna keep you from doing your job properly.

They didn't deserve to lose like that.

Of course, people were praising McLaren for going all out in the other games, and for being willing to attack when time called for it.....and now its suddenly a dreadful decision..... ah well, c'est la vie..... There's your England manager.

[toxic rooster]

It's sad that he still probably did better than Jones would have.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Of course, people were praising McLaren for going all out in the other games, and for being willing to attack when time called for it.....and now its suddenly a dreadful decision..... ah well, c'est la vie..... There's your England manager.

There's a difference from being 3-0 down with an hour to play and 1-0 down with 45 to play. He should've shuffled it no doubt but IMHO he threw too many forward too soon.

That said, the players let him down badly since half of them didn't show up. If England get in trouble someday soon (and no doubt we will) at least the guy isn't afraid to go all out for it.

[Rob]

If they get that stone wall penalty then it's a different match.

However, Southgate played an absolute shitter. Schwarzer was a complete bottle job (and I'll keep on saying that until I'm bored now) and they don't know how the pass a fucking football. I wouldn't really blame the tactics. It was all over once the second goal went in.

[Rob]

Okay I'll agree with Adam. They did throw players forward too soon.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Maybe I wouldn't be so harsh if he hadn't stuck Maccarone on the right wing in a 4-4-2. I mean come on. That's like playing Kenny Miller on the left side of a 4-3-3 :shifty:

[toxic rooster]

Now Spurs are asking for the rules to be changed :lol:

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Unlucky Yak, you fat lazy cunt.

Still, atleast you have your mighty 14th place finish and UEFA Cup LOSER's medal now you're at a big club.</font>

[Cactus Sid]

Kris Boyd :love:

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Back in Wigan, Paul Jewell knows that he is likely to lose £3m striker Henri Camara, a target for Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp, and has told Pascal Chimbonda to stay away from a final training day.

:| SORT IT OUT PRICEY

[Cactus Sid]

Scotland 4-1 up against Bulgaria....some of the football Scotland are playing is sublime

[LK]

Russell, Russell Anderson! Russell, Russell Anderson!

[toxic rooster]

So then, how's their group looking for the World Cup?

[LK]

5 fucking 1!!! GET IN THERE!!!

[packt up]

<font color="#ff6600">Unlucky Yak, you fat lazy cunt.

Still, atleast you have your mighty 14th place finish and UEFA Cup LOSER's medal now you're at a big club.</font>

LOL

[Cactus Sid]

So then, how's their group looking for the World Cup?

Buh-Dum-Tsk

A prize for the most original response.....

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">I turned on at half time to BBC One Scotland and listened to them waxing lyrical about Toddy and how technically immense he was and how they wished the Scottish players were more like him, even though they were playing better.

Toddy, I salute you, your defence clearly let you down.</font>

[Rob]

<font color="#ff6600">I turned on at half time to BBC One Scotland and listened to them waxing lyrical about Toddy and how technically immense he was and how they wished the Scottish players were more like him, even though they were playing better.

Toddy, I salute you, your defence clearly let you down.</font>

Seriously, that was a load of shite. The commentators were on about them being "technically better players". What the fuck does that mean? You are 5-1 down so how can you be technically better at anything.


So then, how's their group looking for the World Cup?

We won't be crying after the world cup though

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Nah, I think you can have technically very good players, as opposed to less good players who are more well organised or more up for it.

I have no idea if that was the case cos I didn't watch the game, apart from the bit at half time when I turned over from the cricket.

But they showed a few clips, including Toddy backheeling it a couple of times and flicking it on for the goal, and going on about how technically good the whole Bulgarian team is.

I dunno if thats true, but Toddy probably has the best technique out of all our strikers, where as LuaLua relies more on flashy tricks and pace.

So I know what they mean about "technically good" players.</font>

[toxic rooster]

Neither will we.

[Boondock Saint]

Ok yeah so fuck ESPN. Showing friggin college baseball and WEIGHTLIFTING instead of the FA cup. Bastards.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Another channel has to be showing it. Or do you not have the channel that will be showing it instead?</font>

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Harry Redknapp has pleaded with son Jamie to join his coaching staff at Portsmouth.

:| SORT IT OUT PRICEY (again)

[LK]

http://www.ave-it.net/fdunn.gif

[Cactus Sid]

Beautiful..... I remember the reaction to it on Soccer Saturday, Jeff Stelling was crying

Apparently Gallas wants to leave the Ski and Shevchenko wants to come to England..... interesting.

[CSL]

Ronald and Frank De Boer?

<font color=white>How fuckin' dumb am I?</font>

[Boondock Saint]

<font color="#ff6600">Another channel has to be showing it. Or do you not have the channel that will be showing it instead?</font>

Yeah whatever channel is showing it I do not have. :(

[toxic rooster]

Fuck a duck, Kewell's limped off injured.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Best cup final I can remember

[toxic rooster]

Shit a brick, I'm actually entertained by this.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Also this is reminding me why everyone was all over Crouch earlier this season. Waste of fucking space. FUCKING GET FIT OWEN/ROONEY

[toxic rooster]

I wonder if Konchesky will have the nerve to claim that was a shot.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Oh and I'm sorry but Harewood is bollocks. He's like a big black Darren Huckerby.

[toxic rooster]

Where is Benayoun from?

I'm falling in love.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Israel

[toxic rooster]

I C

[Mr. Monday Morning]

FUCK'S SAKE STEVIE DON'T BE INJURED :rant:

[toxic rooster]

In all that, Gretna equalised in Scotland at some stage.

1-1, nearly extra time.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

That might be the greatest goal I have ever seen

[toxic rooster]

I don't believe it.

Are you sure this is a cup final? Another Gerrard screamer.

[toxic rooster]

My cup final and Gerrard screamer comments are separate thoughts, btw.

[toxic rooster]

Gretna and Hearts are at penalties.

Not far off penalties in England either. Harewood missed a certain winner.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Oh and I'm sorry but Harewood is bollocks. He's like a big black Darren Huckerby.

Yup

[toxic rooster]

Reina pulls out the save.

1-0 Liverpool, Hyypia up

[toxic rooster]

Hislop saves.

[toxic rooster]

Sheringham up

1-1 after 2 each

[toxic rooster]

Gerrard makes Hislop look silly.

[toxic rooster]

Konchesky...saved again.

2-1 Liverpool after 3

[toxic rooster]

Ferdinand must score....and it's saved.

Liverpool win

[Mr. Monday Morning]

Both teams have done more for the Cup with this game than the FA has done in about 30 years

[toxic rooster]

Poo.

I wanted West Ham to win, so I could say that we lost to the team that won the thing.

[Mr. Monday Morning]

You lost to the team that won the UEFA Cup :y:

[toxic rooster]

Yeah, I guess in a way we could have done a "double".

[Wengerland]

What a cup final that was.

[Rob Ban Fan]

<font color="#ff6600">Ah well, atleast we went out to the eventual winners, no shame in that :cool:</font>