Yes indeedy, maybe in training, Becks could keep whipping the ball in, it would be good practice for the defence to try and clear some crosses, and it would be good practice for the attack to attack some crosses.

Also, someone has to teach Eidur Gudjohnsen to jump, and to not be a fat lazy cun</>t, the sooner he leaves, the better.

Dunno who i want to win the last game today,Arsenal could win the league and maybe put out a crap side for the last day,seeing as we have to get something there,but if Tottenham win then their unbeaten record has gone and could put a crap side out for the last game,seeing as they'd have won the title by then.

I want Arsenal to win, since they have already won the league now, I want Spurs to go down. But of course, with Wolves Leicester, Leeds and Man City being shit I'm sure thats not going to happen.

2 1/2 minutes, fu</>ck me, Arsenal really don't play around.

Having said that, we went 1-0 up within the first five minutes at an away ground, and look what happened. I fancy Spurs to win this. :shifty:

2-0 at half time.

:love:

More excuses for your dirty tactics then eh? :p

haha Lehmann you tit.

Finished 2-2,Arsenal are still champions though.:y:

Lehmann got what he has had coming all season from Keane. Hopefully someone will still knock him out and send him back to Germany before the season is out.

Congrats to Arsenal.

But more importantly - WELL DONE NEWCASTLE SSSSSSSSSSSS :D

True, Lehmann is a dirty tit.

But when your team lets in 24 goals in 34 games, the response is generally along the lines of "who gives a fu</>ck"

AHHHHHHHHHHH

HAVE IT UNITED

HAVE IT CHELSEA

:foc:

AHHHHHH

HAVE IT Y2ANT'S AVATAR

:foc:

It's on loan pal. Remember that.

WE GOT OUR TROPHY BACK
WE GOT OUR TROPHY BACK
WE'RE STEALING MANYOO'S SONG
WE GOT OUR TROPHY BACK

:love:

Hey, did you hear it, for a while the Gooners were actually SINGING :eek:

Makes a change. Your usual crowd is chairs dressed up as people.

Yeah, well at least they're not JAPANESE TOURISTS

so.. where are you from again?

Still ,they should haveb been singing for whole match and especially after going 2 up.

It was pretty funny when they started singing "CHAMPIONS,CHAMPIONS" and then the Spurs fans started shouting "WANKERS,WANKERS"

I'd be embarrassed if Japanese tourists made more noise than my home crowd.

Oh yeah and Bye Leeds :wave:

Small steps :mad:

Oh, and how good were the Pompey fans

I only saw the first half of the Pompey game but their fans owned again.

I am actually looking forward to division 1.:)

Yeah :$

Beckham dived tonight, some matey stuck him legs out as Becks was walking to get the ball, and it made contact with Becks, and he jumped up in the air, landed on the ground holding his foot, got up, still holding his foot, at first I thought it was a foul, and the other player should have been booked, but replies suggest otherwise. Dumb thing is it was right in front of the lino.

Ronaldinho's chip for their first goal was hot. He did the right thing turning down Man U, he is loved at Barca and fits in well with their play.

Yeah, I suppose belting 5 goals every week is better than getting 28 points in a season :)

Yes it is, also, playing in shit grounds with decent fans is better then good grounds with shit fans. Unfortunatly, Arsenal fall into neither catogory, you have shit fans and a faily shit ground at the moment.

flair players are loved wherever they go, look at ronaldo for us, or zola for you back in the day, or okocha for bolton, etc etc.

Puyol's goal line clearance.:drool:

Ronaldinho is just the man,he hardly ever gave the ball away and considering they were at Real Madrid,that is some hot shit.

Wright-Phillips would definetly go i should think.

We should be fine to come back up.Hopefully Izzet's leaving lets us keep another decent player like Nalis,i could even predict the team we'd have right now.:)

goddamnit, stop talking about ronaldinho :'(

What makes it worse is that if United had just got Ronaldinho then they'd be champs.:'(

Thanks for asking.:shifty:

GK:Walker
RB:Canero(preferably right mid,but unless we get a right back then he'll do)
LB:Thatcher
CB:Heath
CB:Priet(young French lad,or buy one)
RM:Scowcroft
CM:Nalis(if kept)
CM:Scimeca
LM:Stewart
CF:Dickov
CF:Morris

With Tomi Petrescu being in every so often.:cool:

You'll think I'm dead, but I sail away says:
it kind of dawned on me afterwards that maybe i should've put them in the toilet first and then pissed on them

diothoir - sans ducks says:
LMAO

You'll think I'm dead, but I sail away says:
would've saved some soap i imagine

What a schoolboy.

I'm not into footy as much as I used to be, but with Norwich as my local team, I'll cheer them on even now. Lets hope they they find their footing again next season.

I reckon Norwich will stay up. Just my pick.

*Crosses fingers* Hope so. At least I only have to drive 20 miles (if I feel like it) to see Premiership players. Or my bro, who's a big fan will take me instead :cool:

Yeah, I only have to fly about 20 hours around the world :mad:

Pah, fair weather supporter.

Oh, I hear it's been raining in Manchester since about January :o

I'm only supporting my local team...


:p

On which Road is their stadium located?

Carrow Road. Remember it well ;)

Nuts.

I bet you had footballgroundguide.co.uk open in the background :mad:

so anyway, aRsenal

:cool:

I only know cos the road behind is full of prozzies...


:shifty:

Besides the fact everyone in England knows its Carrow Road.

:shifty:

Well, what a joke the PFA awards are.

John Terry not even third in young player of the year? Anyone with half a clue about football knows that he should have won that award.

And Shawn Wright Phillips coming second? Not being funny, he isn't bad or anything, and nor is Rooney, but Mikkael Forssell is better, if his name was Michael Foreman or some shit he would have been up the award, but because he isn't English he gets overlooked. I know Toure was in there, but seriously, Glenn Johnson wouldn't be there if he wasn't English.

You seem bitter

Well I'm sorry, its just the way I feel :mad:!

Everyone knows that that was Terry's award. and Forssell has been the man this season. Also, someone explain how RvN was in team of the year and not Shearer.

I have to agree with Dazz in that Terry has been immense and I thought he would have walked it personally :$. Henry on the other hand was a no brainer.

I don't think RVN has had a particularly good season at all and I think Shearer has been better but then I guess I'm biased.

Seriosuly, Terry not being in the top three takes the piss, I thought it was obvious who would in the award. The guy was England captain (albeit for 10 minutes) and has been the reason why we have the second best defence in the league. Campbell has been the reason Arsenal have the best defence, not Toure, Terry has been the reason why we have the second best defence, as Gallas has been injured and played right back a fair bit, leaving Desially ( :nono: ) in the middle.

On a side note, Shearer's balls are black and blue from Huth stamping on them :cool:. But huth will get a three game

Forsell is staying at Birmingham for another season on loan. Rumour has it that Arsenal are looking to sign Terry and Gerrard :eek:

God I hope not :(

Can't see Gerrard or Terry going but that's good news for Birmingham,if they get Kezman too then that would some front line.

If Arsenal sign Gerrard I will stop supporting Liverpool, because they cannot honestly be THAT stupid

Liverpool probably aren't, but I doubt gerrard will want to go too long without CL football.

Gerrard is a Liverpool fan, he's the captain, he wont leave unless things go REALLY down hill.

If in 2 season we are no higher than we are now, then yeah, Gerrard might go.

Gerrard has nothing to lose really.I mean unless he desperately wants to win the league and champions league then Liverpool are fine for him.

As Sid has said,he supports them,is captain and has no problems getting into the England side,infact at times when he plays the rest of the side make him look even better (no offence,it's just players like Biscan e.t.c)

Any player has a chance of leaving their current club. I hate it when people say this dude won't leave X club because all it takes is for the business people ruining it to accept an offer and EVERYONE has a price in football.

Maybe, but it'll take something pretty mammoth for the board to sell him.

In theory.

Even then if the offer is accepeted then he doesn't have to move or anything.Depends on his choice.

Yeah, I always pictured Beckham being around forever :o

Yeah I never thought Becks would leave.

I still picture John Terry being round forever.

Gerrard has already said that if Houllier goes he'll have to "consider his position at the club" and its fairly likely Houllier's finished at the club.

And Owen still hasnt signed his contract and barcalona are looking at signing him...

He'll probably stay but if Houllier and Owen go and they dont get Champions League again then Arsenal is going to look incredibly tempting.

There are all sorts of rumours about Chelsea in the summer so who knows about Terry.

And where, pray tell, would we PUT Gerrard?

In place of Gilberto most likely, since he'll probably be on his way.

The rumours now are that Arsenal and Man U might get into a bidding war over Gerrard, something like £20m each, and 'Pool will sign Joey Barton as a replacement.

I really dunno about that plan :$

Gerrard wont leave, it really is that simple

ALSO, if he did, he certainly wouldn't join the Manc Scum

I notice how nobody mentioned Cameron's superb goal at the weekend :mad:

Good thing I'm here to keep quality discussion going :shifty:

Hey, so how about Cameron's superb goal at the weekend?

AND WTF IS GILBERTO DOING HOLDING DOWN EDU :mad:

Maybe it's just the fact he's a better all round player

lol,if Liverpool think Barton can replace Gerrard then they really are screwed up.Maybe in about 4 years or so but if they sell Gerrard then they need someone world class.

Arsenal sign Van Persie for 3m.

Oh yeah,almost forgot about that.Don't know where they'll fit him in,unless they do what they did with Reyes.

Its all paper talk anyway

Also forgot to mention earlier about Nottm Forest's 'gentleman agreement' to sell Andy Reid to Tottenham for £5 million.

I'd argue that

so would I

Me three.

The Arsenal Manager obviosly doesn't just like the Brazil manager

:wtf:

So *that's* why Edu played the majority of the 2nd half of the season.

You make it sound like they're identical types of players, when they're not. Gilberto is a purely defensive midfielder, and let's face it, Brazil don't have too many of those. Edu is a far better all round player, he's not as good on the defensive side of things but he ain't bad, and he's a far better passer of the ball and attacking midfielder.

Yeah Edu played something like 11 consecutive games but thats hardly the second half of the season. Gilberto has played with an injury since around october and will be having surgery in the summer. Hes practically been first choice for 1 and a half seasons just that this injury obviously slowed him down and then when EDU came in he proved himself worthy of staying in the side. I think it's no coincidence that gilberto has been playing after giving his injury some rest

Walter Samuel is apparently in talks with Chelsea

If they sign him, they've got a quality partner for Terry, maybe move Gallas out to Right Back. He's Left footed as well.

Edu can do most of the things Gilberto does, and do them nearly as well.

Gilberto can't do some of the things Edu does, and what he can do, some of it isn't as good (i.e. forward runs, finishing)

IMO

Defensive midfielder?

Mummy, what's that? :?:

They could probably go 5-3-2 with Makalele/Parker, Lampard and Duff as the 3, Bridge on the left, Johnson on the right. Would more than compensate for the full-backs' defensive shortcomings and allow them to get forward more, which they both do pretty well. You'd lose some width but Duff is good enough to wreak havoc in a free role

Makalele, Davids, et al

Have Bolton signed Rivaldo yet?!?!

Not yet

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...rs/3651125.stm

Bolton are growing impatient in the wait to hear whether Brazilian star Rivaldo will move to the club.

Frustrated manager Sam Allardyce will give the 32-year-old midfielder a "few days" to make up his mind.

"I'm disappointed that we haven't got a decision one way or the other, but that also means there's still hope.

"We'll have a cut-off time that will be considered as more than enough time for him to make a decision. That will the be it, we'll move on," Allardyce said.

Allardyce fears Rivaldo's representatives are stalling while they look to secure a better deal elsewhere.

"If there's not a positive move in a few days then we'd have to call time on it," he added.

"It might suggest that our offer is being touted about to see if it could be bettered elsewhere. We don't want to work like that."

The former world and European player of the year accepted Bolton's financial terms in talks with the club before returning to Brazil to consult family members.

The player's UK-based agent Peter Harrison said everything looked positive after the talks and rejected rumours that rival clubs' attempts to hijack the deal were the reason for the delay in its completion.

Harrison said: "I've heard stories about other clubs but as far as I'm concerned that's not true.

"He just wants to discuss it at home. There is no hurry because he cannot play for Bolton this season."

He added: "Things are okay. I am still very, very positive.

"Rivaldo's agent has acted very professionally throughout and I am hopeful there will be some news over the weekend."

The former AC Milan and Barcelona playmaker is a free agent having left Brazilian club Cruzeiro in March after just 11 games.

He would become the latest international star to join Bolton after French World Cup winner Youri Djorkaeff, Nigerian star Jay-Jay Okocha and former Real Madrid man Ivan Campo.

However, he quit the Brazilian club two months later in solidarity with coach Wanderley Luxemburgo, who resigned then withdrew his threat to quit and was then sacked.

Rivaldo had gone back to Brazil having had his contract at AC Milan terminated in November, after a brief spell at the San Siro.

Before that he enjoyed better spells in Spanish football, with Deportivo La Coruna and then Barcelona, who signed him from Deportivo for £16m in 1997.

In 1999 he was named world and European footballer of the year after helping Barca win the Spanish league.

Mr. Monday Morning you are a legend. Too bad about Wolves though.

Looks like Leicester and Wolves will be confirmed as relegated tomorrow.

You know, I agree with you there, our full backs can't defend for shit and three at the back sounds like a good option. Shame we have like ten top midfielders, if we limit the space in midfield, then Lampard and Makelele would always have two of them, and Parker, Cole, Veron, Duff, Geremi, Gronkjaer will all have to compete for one space, so I can't see it happening.

And Wengerland, keep the faith. Wolves might aswell give up though.

Yeah 5-3-2 would sound good for Chelsea,especially if Veron and Cole leave.

Wolves are level on points with us Dazz.:$! Anyway,it relies on Newcastle winning away (at Man City) and that seems to have rarely happened this season.:(