Tom Halsey
International Coach
**** sake, ****s.
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*Official* English Football Season 2007-08
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Matteh
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Considering it was 0-0 at that point, it wasn't all that boring i felt. Second half was all Liverpool who finally scored a couple in the last 5. Sending off was harsh, but there should've been a penalty for Liverpool anyway.
Biggest point of the match for mine was just how much of a joke Liverpool are. Can't beat Barnsley, can beat Inter Milan, that amount of consistency is why they won't win the League for at least another couple of years.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Reckon Rafa's got to take some of the blame there. Players like stability & I doubt even he knows what his best 11 is. Ferguson & Wenger may shuffle the deck occasionally, but I reckon everyone knows who their first-choice starting team is, all things being equal.
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The Baconator
International Vice-Captain
Majorly out of touch with continental football, but was really surprised to see Stankovic and Zanetti still playing. Then I looked at their ages, and they're 29 and 34 respectively.
Tom Halsey
International Coach
I thought Zanetti was older than he is I must admit.
Jungle Jumbo
International Vice-Captain
And how many teams would have done exactly the same in their position? Inter didn't keep the ball at all though.
More ridiculous commentary line (among Tyldsley's many poetical mishaps) was the "Liverpool's persistance has paid off" quote rolled out again and again. What else do you expect? A team to give up when 0-0 against 10 men?
The fans will be as deluded tomorrow as ever. Nothing special out there tonight.
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah...it's something called priorities.
Tom Halsey
International Coach
Don't diss Red Clive!
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Hmm, not a massive fan of Liverpool, in fact they make watching paint dry seem an invigoratingly effervescent option a lot of the time, but you have to give them some credit for their performances in Europe*. This Inter side were being hyped as being the best club side around atm, and the scouse gits have come away with a 2-0 win. Can't say I know how they did it myself, as I was watching CSI for much of the second half
*Unless your an Everton or manure fan of course
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
thought liverpool vs inter was quite exciting actually, that said I only watched the second half, but quite an enjoyable watch. No doubt such a win will ease the pressure on benitez, despite the terrible performance in the league, perhaps stupidly.
More interesting games on tonight though one feels, for both Man Utd and Arsenal. Apparently AC Milan are missing their 1st and 2nd choice keeper, so the main thing for them is keeping Kaka quiet, if they can do taht then they may have a chance.
More interesting games on tonight though one feels, for both Man Utd and Arsenal. Apparently AC Milan are missing their 1st and 2nd choice keeper, so the main thing for them is keeping Kaka quiet, if they can do taht then they may have a chance.
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
Credit where it’s due – Liverpool’s remarkable ability to step up in Europe and beat teams better than them never ceases to amaze me. So on that note, well played the scousers.
But – and you’ll perhaps excuse me for being a bitter United fan here – it would be dead set the worst possible thing for football if they were to go all the way again this year. To me it would just be further validation of what is wrong with the format – essentially the way to European dominance is to have your League challenge evaporate by November and get embarrassed in domestic cup comps, so that all you need to worry about is saving yourself for a few knock-out ties late in the season while your main opposition are killing themselves actually challenging on multiple fronts and at least trying to be the best team in their own country. You could see it in the CL semis last year, when Liverpool and Milan – both way out of the running for their own League titles – rested their key players purely for the CL, while United and Chelsea had to play full strength teams match after match as they were still trying to win the Premiership and the FA Cup as well. It’s just not the way it should be, IMO.
Jealous I-wish-our-European-record-was-as-good-as-Liverpool’s rant over.
But – and you’ll perhaps excuse me for being a bitter United fan here – it would be dead set the worst possible thing for football if they were to go all the way again this year. To me it would just be further validation of what is wrong with the format – essentially the way to European dominance is to have your League challenge evaporate by November and get embarrassed in domestic cup comps, so that all you need to worry about is saving yourself for a few knock-out ties late in the season while your main opposition are killing themselves actually challenging on multiple fronts and at least trying to be the best team in their own country. You could see it in the CL semis last year, when Liverpool and Milan – both way out of the running for their own League titles – rested their key players purely for the CL, while United and Chelsea had to play full strength teams match after match as they were still trying to win the Premiership and the FA Cup as well. It’s just not the way it should be, IMO.
Jealous I-wish-our-European-record-was-as-good-as-Liverpool’s rant over.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Meh. Football left the "way it should be" by the wayside sometime in the 1970s.
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
Ha ha - fair point mate.
Dark Hunter
State Vice-Captain
Nervous...I doubt we'll come out with an overall tie win against Barca, but i like our chances of maybe pulling a 2-1 win at home tonight.
Tom Halsey
International Coach
I agree, but I don't think the format is the problem. Teams have always done well in Europe despite doing **** domestically, under the old format as well as the new. IIRC Forest won the second of their European Cups despite coming mid-table or something. I just think that whatever format you use it'll always be a problem, hence why Europe is not the best measure of a side's quality.