*Official* English Football Season 2009-2010

[sledger]

Spurs deserved to win, we were disappointing. Not much imagination and plenty of passengers in that game. When Benayoun got on we started really pushing on. Spurs defended intelligently while creating chances. Playing like that they'll have a great season.

Until all their decent players get sold in January then.

 

[GIMH]

I'm not so sure to be honest. Not a huge fan of Redknapp, but feel Andy Gray has got noticeably worse over the last few years. I really hate the way he has to put the boot in every time the referee makes a slightly dubious decision. I mean, it's lovely for all the pundits etc.. to harp on about how the player should respect the referee and all that, but when all the kids watching hear all these camel coat wearing, cigar chewing, fat ****s saying things like "absolutely disgraceful decision, the ref has ruined the match" every week it's no wonder that there are so many issues with respecting the referees at so many levels of the game.

But on Redknapp, yes he's as insipid as a wet blanket, and most of the rest of the Sky Team are horribly smug as well you say, I don't mind Alan Parry though, I think he is their top man, Rob Hawthorn not bad either, the rest are mediocre/gash.

Well of course he is, he's from Wirral.

It's a rare Monday where I get to go to work and say to everyone else in the office, "so how did your team get on this weekend?" but tomorrow shall be one. Showed those Premier League jokers that supposedly overshadow us how to win a ****ing match

I don't care that Tottenham and Arsenal are better sides than Gillingham, so **** off yeah?

 

[GIMH]

Anyone see the challenge that beckham got sent off for btw?

 

[chalky]

I'm not so sure to be honest. Not a huge fan of Redknapp, but feel Andy Gray has got noticeably worse over the last few years. I really hate the way he has to put the boot in every time the referee makes a slightly dubious decision. I mean, it's lovely for all the pundits etc.. to harp on about how the player should respect the referee and all that, but when all the kids watching hear all these camel coat wearing, cigar chewing, fat ****s saying things like "absolutely disgraceful decision, the ref has ruined the match" every week it's no wonder that there are so many issues with respecting the referees at so many levels of the game.

But on Redknapp, yes he's as insipid as a wet blanket, and most of the rest of the Sky Team are horribly smug as well you say, I don't mind Alan Parry though, I think he is their top man, Rob Hawthorn not bad either, the rest are mediocre/gash.

Lost all respect for him a few years ago when having a go at linesman giving a tight offside even though the striker was just offside. His arguement was that the linesman should have given the benefit of the doubt to the striker, even though he ws offside, as it was very close and there was no way the lino could have been sure and he was preventing goal scoring chances. So he tore this lino a new one even though he got the decision correct.

Gray also never ever criticises his mates (Fat Sam, Peter Reid & Souness) teams or tactics no matter how bad they are.

 

[chalky]

Liverpool where gash today got outplayed in all departments, was it me or did Torres not look fully fit a couple of times he seemed get ahead of the last defender but just pull away like he normally does.

 

[GIMH]

I never saw the game but my Dad said they were complete turd. Denied a blatant pen, I saw that, but I'm sure that will more than balance out by the end of the season. From speaking with the old man and reading a few posts in here, sounds like they missed Alonso.

 

[chalky]

I never saw the game but my Dad said they were complete turd. Denied a blatant pen, I saw that, but I'm sure that will more than balance out by the end of the season. From speaking with the old man and reading a few posts in here, sounds like they missed Alonso.

But for Keane having a mare and Reina a stormer could have been 4 down at half time. A friend of mine who is a big scouse fan reckons there have been rumblings about Carragher for this season and he could be on the downhill slide.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Good old Scousers, give it all the "this is our year" bollocks as usual and then play like a bunch of incompetent wankers in their first game.

 

[roseboy64]

But for Keane having a mare and Reina a stormer could have been 4 down at half time. A friend of mine who is a big scouse fan reckons there have been rumblings about Carragher for this season and he could be on the downhill slide.

Carragher's been going downhill for a while now.

 

[Craig]

Much prefer a minute's applause to a minute's silence, nice

AWTA.

I thought he was really good considering he's not a tall man and when Blackburn did play through the feet our midfield (bar Barry) just didn't work hard enough to help the defense. It's easy to just blame Richard Dunne for everything but really, it's a team problem and it needs to be addressed. Some of the situations he is being put in just aren't good enough from the rest of the guys.

I really thought we were going to pay for not playing De Jong over SWP and on another day we could've lost by a decent margin for that very reason.

I thought Ireland had a good game.

Sven calls on Nedved and Figo

ITSTL.

 

[GIMH]

FFS, why couldn't this Notts County guy have bought us? Would have had to climb one division less

 

[sledger]

AWTA.



I thought Ireland had a good game.

Sven calls on Nedved and Figo

ITSTL.

Hahaha, if that happens, it would be one of the funniest things ever. Could turn out a complete train wreck though. Not sure what the appeal would be for a couple of happily retired players living in the mediteranean to drag their carcasses over to Nottingham mind you.

 

[chalky]

Carragher's been going downhill for a while now.

Most peaople regard him as 1 of the top defenders in the Premiership over the last 5 years and didn't notice it last season as Liverpool had a very good defensive record

 

[sledger]

Lost all respect for him a few years ago when having a go at linesman giving a tight offside even though the striker was just offside. His arguement was that the linesman should have given the benefit of the doubt to the striker, even though he ws offside, as it was very close and there was no way the lino could have been sure and he was preventing goal scoring chances. So he tore this lino a new one even though he got the decision correct.

Gray also never ever criticises his mates (Fat Sam, Peter Reid & Souness) teams or tactics no matter how bad they are.

Yeah this is the exact kind of thing I mean, the guy is just a tool, I used to find him very knowledgeable and impartial, but over time he has just become increasingly annoying and just insists on perpetuating his own ******ry onto anyone listening every time he gets the opportunity to open his mouth.

 

[roseboy64]

Most peaople regard him as 1 of the top defenders in the Premiership over the last 5 years and didn't notice it last season as Liverpool had a very good defensive record

Well I don't mean that he's crap but definitely not in the top 10 defenders or so.

 

[TT Boy]

Well I don't mean that he's crap but definitely not in the top 10 defenders or so.

Roseboy, top ten defenders in the Premier League?

 

[sledger]

Roseboy, top ten defenders in the Premier League?

This ought to be good.

 

[marc71178]

Vidic
Ferdinand
Evra
Neville
Rafael
O'Shea
Fabio
Brown
Evans
De Laet

 

[Neil Pickup]

Feel sorry for that ball boy in the Portsmouth - Fulham game...

 

[Scaly piscine]

Carragher - another big beneficiary of the Liverpool hype brigade.

If you narrow it down purely to defensive merits then he might scrape in a top 10, but his ball distribution is substandard as well as contributing very little to attacks.