BoyBrumby
Englishman
Good as. 8 points clear now. Even if your boys & the Scousers beat us we're still on easy street. Could probably afford a home draw with the Chavs as our GD is vastly superior too.
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*Official* English Football Season 2008-2009
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Ausage
Cricketer Of The Year
roseboy64
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Looking for a reason why Arsenal will be focused on beating Liverpool to prove Corrin wrong TBH.
duffer
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Great performance today, Theo's goal was a pearl and from there on Villarreal were never in it. Was worried about the pressure our defence would be on but Song was superb in midfield and didn't let them anywhere near our goal for large parts of the game. Easily his best performance in our shirt and the guy is really growing on me.
Going to be an epic semi though, Fergie v Arsene for the first time in Europe is going to be huge, just hop Clichy is back and playing well otherwise Gibbs v Ronaldo frightens me a tad. Can't afford to lose another defender really although Eboue on the right and Sagna on the left has been done before and worked out okay.
Don't think we'll be rolling over for Liverpool in any way shape or form but can see the hectic schedule hurting us for their game especially with them having a week of to stew about their loss. Both teams will be up for it but Liverpool will have more in the tank. Looking forward to the next two matches despite all this, Arshavin's first games against the big teams is going to be really interesting and how they cope with him and Cesc could well be the deciding factors. Would kill for another shot at Barca though.
Going to be an epic semi though, Fergie v Arsene for the first time in Europe is going to be huge, just hop Clichy is back and playing well otherwise Gibbs v Ronaldo frightens me a tad. Can't afford to lose another defender really although Eboue on the right and Sagna on the left has been done before and worked out okay.
Don't think we'll be rolling over for Liverpool in any way shape or form but can see the hectic schedule hurting us for their game especially with them having a week of to stew about their loss. Both teams will be up for it but Liverpool will have more in the tank. Looking forward to the next two matches despite all this, Arshavin's first games against the big teams is going to be really interesting and how they cope with him and Cesc could well be the deciding factors. Would kill for another shot at Barca though.
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The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
Well job done by the lads. I thought United were good in the first half - almost unrecognisable from the rabble of last week - and well worth the lead but I was bricking it in the second half as the worrying inability to keep possession crept into our game yet again. Still, Ronnie's strike was something pretty special.
So a mouth-watering tie with the Arse coming up. Arsenal have all the signs of following Liverpool's pattern of recent years, not enough to win the League over a full season but peaking at the right time for a big run at one or both cups. With players fresh, form exceptional and no pesky trying-to-win-the-Premiership issues (and safe in 4th now too) they'll be going all out for this.
So a mouth-watering tie with the Arse coming up. Arsenal have all the signs of following Liverpool's pattern of recent years, not enough to win the League over a full season but peaking at the right time for a big run at one or both cups. With players fresh, form exceptional and no pesky trying-to-win-the-Premiership issues (and safe in 4th now too) they'll be going all out for this.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
The fact that they are professionals and nobody likes to lose is probably your best bet
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Unless Wenger puts out a drastically weakened team (similar to what Benitez did to keep Fulham in the premiership not so long ago) the fact that they have little to play for is unlikely to have much impact. There's precedent, teams slip up against those with nothing to play for all the time. Some teams react very well to not being under any pressure to perform.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
"Hughes is sacked, Hughes is sacked, Hughes is saaaaackkkkeddddd."
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
Is that breaking news or wishful thinking?
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Common knowledge IMO. Unless there's a minor miracle and we snatch seventh.
Big coach won't make a difference as no big player is going to come to a club with no European football next season, may as well let Hughes work with youth. Sheikh's will be gone within 12 months anyway.
EDIT: Though there's the possibility of picking up players from the likely Chelsea exodus. I'd take my man Anelka back any day.
Big coach won't make a difference as no big player is going to come to a club with no European football next season, may as well let Hughes work with youth. Sheikh's will be gone within 12 months anyway.
EDIT: Though there's the possibility of picking up players from the likely Chelsea exodus. I'd take my man Anelka back any day.
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duffer
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Anyone read Allardyce's quotes today?
Poor baby, sends his teams out for years to kick the **** out of Arsenal and then goes bragging every time they squeak a jammy result out about how he's figured Wenger out. Now look at him crying at Benitez doing a little "game over" gesture at the end of the game. Go down screaming dickhead.
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Poor baby, sends his teams out for years to kick the **** out of Arsenal and then goes bragging every time they squeak a jammy result out about how he's figured Wenger out. Now look at him crying at Benitez doing a little "game over" gesture at the end of the game. Go down screaming dickhead.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Yeah, as soon as he was appointed manager I was praying they'd go down. A gigantic ****.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Anyone read Allardyce's quotes today?
Poor baby, sends his teams out for years to kick the **** out of Arsenal and then goes bragging every time they squeak a jammy result out about how he's figured Wenger out. Now look at him crying at Benitez doing a little "game over" gesture at the end of the game. Go down screaming dickhead.
Allardyce is the biggest **** ever. And it's not just because he was manager of the filth. Well, it kind of is, but he made it so easy to hate him. With someone like David Moyes, there are times when I have to try my best to hate him, it was always easy with Allardyce
That being said, the gesture wasn't at the end of the game, it was after 33 minutes or something when Liverpool scored a second goal. That being said, I've watched it a couple of times and I'm not completely convinced it was 'game over' - need to see it again though.
Again though, Allardyce moaning about that is rich. Most teams have a gripe about him, i could post all day about it but the thing that boiled my blood most was when my beloved whites (mid-table Second Division (League One)) knocked them (filth, having a good Premiership season) out of the FA Cup at their breezeblock circus top. In his post-match interview, the **** said "I'm glad we're out actually, because it gives us a free weekend before the League Cup semi-final, we could have done without the trip to Luton anyway." You know, even a complete prick like Ferguson would have given credit, something like "all credit to Tranmere, they've really dug in tonight and they were a credit to their division, and that was quite a goal by young Iain Hume" (yeah, maybe I'm getting carried away
)He's the ****ing biggest tool in sport, when Middlesbrough beat the filth in the League Cup final in 04 he said "we were unsettled because we didn't take our usual kick-off"
WAC
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Tranmere away to Elland Road today. Should be interesting.
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yes This Allardyce-Ferguson contrived nonsense is fairly poor and typical of the men, IMHO. Yet I can't help but think they come second to Warnock in the twattishness stakes.
Colin has spent all week defending this, in a typical the "worlds biased against me" self-pitying whining nonsense
He'll probably sue if it goes against him
In other news, I'm nervous to ****
Colin has spent all week defending this, in a typical the "worlds biased against me" self-pitying whining nonsense
He'll probably sue if it goes against him
In other news, I'm nervous to ****
BoyBrumby
Englishman
TBH I think, if one ignores the dogplop football and all round ****suckerishness of the man, BFS would've made a better fist of the England gig than Dutch Schteve did. It wouldn't have been pretty to watch and Nolan & Davies would probably be regulars, but couldn't have seen an Allardyce team failing to get a draw with a disinterested Croatia.