Bunch of champions league stuff over last two days but the most important of all the results Liverpool go to Besiktas in Istanbul and lose 2-1 which means they have to win the last 3 group stage games or they wont be advancing. Watched the game and crowd was easily the most organized loudest I've ever heard.
Oh yea Arsenal put 7 past Slavia Prague. http://arsenalist.com/2007/10/23/arsenal-vs-slavia-prague-highlights-champions-league/
thats why its called the beautiful game.
Your drunkenness is always amusing, but why are you so black?
Yeah, I think the whole situation was unfair. If the board was going to man-up and get rid of him, they should have done it before now and had a clean break. Spurs have suffered for ten games now because of their indecision.
I don't necessarily think Ramos is the answer. Just because a man has beaten you twice and gone on to win the UEFA Cup doesn't necessarily say something about his team management; it says something more about yours. Particularly in those four games.
Whatever. The start to this season has just been painful. All the best to MJ, but let's start to pick up the pieces.
So, on comes the weekend, on comes the next "Big Game" (TM). It's days like this that i'm actually kind of glad Soccer isn't big here, because i'm sure ESPN would've near ruined this game with an interminable amount of hype, which i'm sure SkySports is doing enough on their side of the pond anyway.
Of course, it's not on TV here. Arse.
Do you want to trade spots? Can you get over here in the next three hours? You do that, and I'll fly over tonight to your place to watch the Cots-Pats tomorrow, because there doesn't seem to be a way for me to get to watch it. I even looked into setting up Sky just so I could watch that game, but its a five day installation time and I had left it to Thursday.
EDIT: And how much sense does it make to black out just this game on NFL.com's Field Pass in the UK?
Game of the season so far. 2-2 is fair for Arsenal considering they were trailing twice. Its just nice to watch a game where the two teams are actually pushing for a win and playing attacking football unlike the Liverpool debacles of games, which seem to just get overly chippy with the ref forced to start making big calls.
Speaking of the new most boring team to watch in the EPL Liverpool... They are cooked and if Rafa doesn't start getting results he will be the new media favorite for sacking articles. 0-0 to Blackburn has sunk them even lower in the race and on their current form you really cant expect them to stay in it much longer. The other 3 teams look like they can win at will against the lower clubs right now so another 1-2 months of this and Liverpool will be out of the race come 2008. Which isn't really a bad thing. Were left with 3 teams that are playing attacking football (Chelsea recently adopted it) all chasing the title. Could lead to same very high scoring games and open exciting head to head games if were lucky.
Some fun stuff from the weekend that make football the best!
http://arseblog.com/1pics/fingerwomanbig.jpg
TAKE THAT GIGGS!
http://i2.tinypic.com/680cbpg.gif
Cesc isn't afraid to tell people what he thinks.
ear to ear grin! Maybe that will put a dent in their egos. Not only do they fail to tie they pretty much ask Croatia to beat them the way they played. Austria and Switzerland are going to miss the money the English fans were going to spend but then again they surely wont miss the kind of trouble they always stir up small or big.
It was a huge mistake to take Robbo out. Carson blew what should have been a fairly straight forward collect in that first goal, and his best save of the night simply hit him in the chest.
All in all, you're right. They got what they deserved for what has been some utterly abysmal play in the run up.
Seriously, England, what's with you and your goalies? I could have sworn you guys traditionally used to have some skilled people for that position. When I got into football, it was still Peter Shilton, who always seemed to be solid. It's amazing that such a grand football nation doesn't seem to be able to come up with better goalies. Hell, if Germany's first three keepers all of a sudden got injured, there'd still be two or three good ones left to fill that gap easily.
Big ":/ :/ :/" for England not making it to the Euro 2008 - going to miss out on the chance to see our team kicking your butts in the semi-finals again.
Its turning into a two horse race in the prem.
Manu beat Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield.
Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0 at the Emirates.
Terry out 6 weeks from Eboues studs.
Kaka wins the Fifa player of the year. Kinda confused on this one thought Ronaldo had a real shot but o well.
and now for some comedy.
Hitler is a spurs fan parody. NSFW text and maybe language if angry German yelling is NSFW where you work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FVeMcgJs-U
The Special one Setanta interview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLW-VfER9CE
The Special One Setanta show!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYLDdEE7PBc
oh yea some guy named Capello is the England coach now...
I thought this was pretty humorous, and figured I would share it.
If you played for Brazil, what would your name be?
Oh, and in the spirit of full-disclosure, I got named "Da Crisco" and "Victildo." Now if you'll excuse me I need to go get drunk, and forget I ever came across that site.
I thought this was pretty humorous, and figured I would share it.
If you played for Brazil, what would your name be?
Oh, and in the spirit of full-disclosure, I got named "Da Crisco" and "Victildo." Now if you'll excuse me I need to go get drunk, and forget I ever came across that site.
Your Brazilname is "Alv�o".
didn't work for me :/ seems to work with every other name I think I broke it considering my last name is already Alves.
I am happy to announce that I am no longer an EPL virgin. I attended my first EPL match -- Tottenham vs. Reading last week (6-4! Defense? Bah!) Berbatov and his four goals. Pretty amazing, just sitting there having a grand ol' time.
As a side note, I sure wish I could've gotten tickets to the West Ham ManU game, but Upton Park was all kinds of sold out (and more expensive), especially since my yo-yo Hammers won their 3rd straight against ManU. That makes me giggle everytime I think about it. The fact that Anton Ferdinand scored in his debut from injury over his brother only made it sweeter.
For all the knocks on Bramble we make in this thread alone he scored the equalizer against Liverpool which pretty much sunk their chances at the title for good. 12 points back but with a game in hand... Technically still in it but far from mentally still in it.
http://www.goalvideoz.com/watch/1892-liverpool-fc-wigan-athletic-titus-bramble-goal/
really not a bad strike for such a fat bastard
FA cup this weekend with a couple of key match ups. Man U at Aston Villa... Pretty rough game for both teams right off the bat. Man City at West Ham and Reading at Sp*rs. Its the FA cup anything can happen in one and out tournies so lets GOOOO ASTON VILLA
grats black on getting over there and seeing a game, something I'm still dying to do. I wouldn't be caught at a Sp*rs game though thats for sure
For all the knocks on Bramble we make in this thread alone he scored the equalizer against Liverpool which pretty much sunk their chances at the title for good. 12 points back but with a game in hand... Technically still in it but far from mentally still in it.
http://www.goalvideoz.com/watch/1892-liverpool-fc-wigan-athletic-titus-bramble-goal/
really not a bad strike for such a fat bastard
FA cup this weekend with a couple of key match ups. Man U at Aston Villa... Pretty rough game for both teams right off the bat. Man City at West Ham and Reading at Sp*rs. Its the FA cup anything can happen in one and out tournies so lets GOOOO ASTON VILLA
grats black on getting over there and seeing a game, something I'm still dying to do. I wouldn't be caught at a Sp*rs game though thats for sure
Bah, White Hart Lane wasn't bad, and while I'm neither a Spurs or Reading fan (Go Convey! Go Haneman!) it was something you just have to do if you love the sport when you're over there.
I don't care what Steve Bruce says. Titus Bramble is still awful. I remember seeing Milan Baros score a goal once, and he was supposed to be a striker.
FA Cup 3rd round today, with some fun upsets.
Aston Villa 0-2 Manchester United: United win thanks to late goals from Ronaldo and Rooney.
Everton 0-1 Oldham: I'm as stunned as anyone else on this one.
Blackburn 1-4 Coventry: Wait, what? Weren't Blackburn going to be one of those "next big thing" sides?
Bolton 0-1 Sheffield United: It would've been more fun if it was Sheffield v. West Ham.
My god, Sheffield and West Ham would have been great. Move over Milwall!
I think I'm more shocked that Coventry scored 4! goals against Blackburn than the 1-0 result by Oldham. Those are two shocking wins, to say the least. Certainly makes all of this fun to watch. I wish that this sort of thing would go on in the US, outside of soccer (where they do have the pro-am tournament every year)
The closest thing to the F.A cup American sports has is the NCAA Basketball tournament. I usually try and pay attention every year but the gap between top professionals and collegiate athletes is significant which makes for better quality in the F.A cup but that first week of March Madness is so intense and theres so many games it does create an exciting tournament. Just gotta get over the fact sometimes the only reason the games are close and exciting is the 3 point line is that much closer and some players cant seem to hit clinching free throws if their life depended on it.
I wish the NHL had any ingenuity in trying to hype up the league as I'm 100% confident if they could somehow slash the amount of meaningless regular season games that are pretty much unwatchable for the T.V audiences and replace the lost games with some kind of hyped up one and done tournament with a significant reward to keep the players interested it would sell. Or they could just move as many teams as they could back to Canada where we will watch anything hockey related to the point TSN air's celebrity poker featuring hockey players.... I rather punch myself in the face then see what cards Luongo goes all in with.
./tangent
Arsenal v Stoke City / Newcastle United
Coventry City v Walsall / Millwall
Oldham Athletic v Huddersfield Town
Swindon Town / Barnet v Fulham / Bristol Rovers
Wigan Athletic v Chelsea
Luton Town / Liverpool v Swansea / Havant & Waterlooville
Southend United v Barnsley
Southampton v Norwich City/ Bury
Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur / Reading
Portsmouth v Plymouth Argyle
Derby County / Sheffield Wednesday v Preston North End
Watford v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Peterborough United v Charlton Athletic / West Bromwich Albion
Sheffield United v West Ham United / Manchester City
Mansfield Town v Middlesbrough
Tranmere Rovers / Hereford United v Cardiff City
some notable potential match ups: Arsenal vs Newcastle, ManU vs Spurs or Reading and maybe the biggest potential grudge tie from last season Sheffield United vs West Ham or Man City.
Neither Tevez or Mascherano are still at West Ham but I'm pretty sure if these two teams met especially at Sheffield the crowd would be near riotous.
Neither Tevez or Mascherano are still at West Ham but I'm pretty sure if these two teams met especially at Sheffield the crowd would be near riotous.
I would love to be at that game. Please god, make it happen...
Was at the pub for the Arsenal Birmingham game watching it with some other Arsenal supporters and it was down right excruciating painful to watch valuable points be shat away at home. To be blunt anymore outings like that and ManU will for sure slowly pull away with the title. I'm starting to have flashbacks of last season where Arsenal were still in 4 competitions (albeit still in the EPL hunt only by the math not in reality) and within 2 weeks they had crashed out of the F.A cup, Champs League lost the final of the Carling Cup and were realistically out of the EPL hunt. The end of February and the first week of March can be a horrible crunch time for fixtures.
Here some humor to lighten my mood.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bRz2SC92ze4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jVFN70uhALY
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_z_CEDfuQ88
pure comedy gold for any EPL fans.
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