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Originally Posted by Stavros
they should all stick to having a bevyy and wanking over various pairs of giggs used shorts. (rumour)
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Originally Posted by Stavros
they should all stick to having a bevyy and wanking over various pairs of giggs used shorts. (rumour)
I had to go to a pub to watch this evening's game, and although the result was satisfactory there were some hairy moments, with Olympiakos allowed to run at the defence unchallenged, and it isn't as if Olympiakos are a world class team. That said there was some passion, some momentum which has been lacking, but now I suppose they will lose RVP for a while if it is as bad as it looked on the night. Martinez...yes, one of those under-rated managers...who knows....
Sounded like an exciting match on radio 5 - even Alan Greene said so. But I take back what I said after the first match.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stavros
That said, the last eight in the Champions League look about the strongest ever. Both Chelsea and Utd will have their work cut out. And as the fixtures pile up even Mourinho will find it difficult to balance the needs of his team and his never-satisfied owner in both competitions.
Most bookies are offering Manchester United at 16/1 as the rank outsiders with Bayern Munich favourites, closely followed by Real Madrid and Barcelona. But you can get 20/1 for United with some (Coral, apparently). Perhaps now is the time for Moyes to use Chicharito and Januzaj...? Worth a punt?
No better putting your money on something else, I would say Utd winning the Champions League is as likely to happen as them finishing in the top 4 of the Prem this season. This Utd team is lacking in world class players & the weakest for many a year. Nobody is affraid to visit Old Trafford these days apart from Mr.Moyes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stavros
If I was going to put money on an English team it would be Chelsea, but I don't see either them or Man U winning it this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stavros
Don't put your pennies on Man.Utd they've got Bayern M in the next round.
Chelsea may go thru',they drew Paris SG.
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Originally Posted by stavros
lol !!!!
Arsene's 1000th turned into a nightmare, Man City strolled against Fulham, and Liverpool continued with their we'll score more than you approach against Cardiff.Quote:
Originally Posted by SammiValentine
So it's as you were at the top, except that Arsenal are losing touch with others.
And with Chelsea and City still to visit Anfield, the dream is still very much alive.
By the way Sammi, are you going to find yourself in the weird position of shouting for United in the Manchester derby on Tuesday?
Weird? Who doesnt want Mr Moyes to have a nice long career at old trafford. ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by robertlouis
:banana:
You're priceless. :Bowdown:Quote:
Originally Posted by SammiValentine
United humbled at Old Trafford by City, Arsenal only draw at home to Swansea.
If Liverpool beat Sunderland at home tomorrow night, as they should, we may be talking about the top three consolidating, with Arsenal looking over their shoulder primarily at Martinez' strong Everton side rather than the very inconsistent Spurs.
Squeaky bum time, as someone once said. Anyone remember him? :whistle:
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Originally Posted by robertlouis
Isn't he the bloke who recomended Man Utd took on David Moyes?
Best days work he's ever done for Everton,that's for sure.
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Originally Posted by The Piper
2 - 1. Bit tight and nervy, but the main thing is to keep on winning. Phew.
I'd have settled for that before kickoff.
Sunderland are fighting for their lives,it was one of those banana skin games.
One point from catching Chelsea.
Every time i look at the table those two games in hand City have,depress me.
They look the favorites at the moment.
Sunderland actually came up with a smart, if blunt, game plan - Poyet is a good tactician. The way Liverpool are playing just now, especially going forward, you simply have to park the bus and focus on the main threats. The 5-3-2 formation nearly paid off. Putting two men on Suarez almost worked, except that it gave Sturridge the room to hit the vital second goal.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Piper
But I'm just as happy with winning ugly as winning spectacularly. Now let's see which Tottenham team turns up at the weekend.....
Yes, City's two games in hand are a concern, but if we can beat both City and Chelsea at Anfield then anything is possible.
Yes, I said "we". :whistle:
Almost worked as in they should of had ten men half way through the 1st half ???:-D One of those games where things like that can cost you........but it didnt fortunately.Quote:
Originally Posted by robertlouis
onwards and upwards, now lets bum spurs head in and hope arsenal are worried enough about 4th spot to do something against city.
Ah, I love your tactical insight Sammi - "let's bum spurs head in" lol. :Bowdown:Quote:
Originally Posted by SammiValentine
But let's. Exciting, isn't it?
:banana:
LOOKING GOOD.
Sick of Mourinho trying to play mind games all the time - now saying Chelsea will not win the title & wish some of the other managers would call him out on it.
Personally as an outside interest I would like Liverpool to win it this year, great to watch & scoring plenty of goals. And also anything that put's a smile on Sammi's face has to be worthwhile :dancing:
John Terry scores own goal to bury Chelski's title chances. Couldn't happen to a nicer bloke.
And the Mersey Reds march relentlessly on. No slips between now and the end of the season please chaps.
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He is right though, My Liverpool FC is going to win the league!
Don't say that - you'll jinx them! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by JenniferParisHusband
True, and we almost got a scare today. Message rescinded... but still....
Yes indeed. One definite penalty, one iffy penalty and Carroll's manhandling of Mignolet would have been penalised in a rugby lineout, so justice done.Quote:
Originally Posted by JenniferParisHusband
But it's another win. Now for Man C next weekend. Ooer.
Simple,win next four games = Champions....
Man City, check.
Bring on Chelski!
YNWA!!!!
Terrific game to watch. Both sides should have had a penalty. However, Henderson will be a loss, probably for three games. He's been a revelation in the more forward role this season. Sturridge's injury is just as worrying. There's simply no-one to replace him. The thinness of the squad could still see them lose it.
But come on, Liverpool. Win it for the 96.
2014 keeps on getting better! JFT96, YNWA!!!
Liverpool win tomorrow & the title has to be theirs for me, even if Chelsea manage to beat them next week. Sunderland have pulled a couple of great results out of the bag this week which help their fight against relegation & helps Liverpool's cause.
Don't go overboard yet fellas. Remember that there's no Henderson and no Sturridge. Start with Coutinho, or put him in the hole behind Suarez, but it won't be easy, as Norwich will simply park the bus. 1 - 0 on an iffy penalty will do nicely.Quote:
Originally Posted by robertlouis
Meanwhile, let's see if Man C are actually imploding by watching what happens when they play West Brom on Monday. Stumbles by the other contenders could still be enough to bring the title back to its spiritual home.
Fingers crossed.
Football has a 'spiritual home'?? I have read some pious rubbish online over the years, and that is equal to much of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by robertlouis
Come on Stavvy, let us enjoy it, now we're back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stavros
Well it's looking good at the top,i'd say if we beat Chelsea next week,it's as good as ours.
See our blue cousins from across the park wiped Mr Moyes eye this afternoon,love it.
Take that pompous finger out of your arse just the once, Stavros, and enjoy the ride.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stavros
There's a romance about Liverpool's race for the title and you'd have to be pretty stony to be wholly impervious to it.
Romance there may be, but to call Anfield football's 'spiritual home' is something you ought to think about. Football does not have a 'spiritual home'. When I was growing up Liverpool were an average team and there was nothing special about them or their ground. If Liverpool win the title, and this is not guaranteed, then we can hand out congratulations.
News reports today say Moyes will be gone within 24Hrs.
We''ll see on that one,probably end up at somewhere like Torquay,and that will only be if he's lucky.Moyes moved because he wrongly thought he was guaranteed success.
Sorry mate you've got to work for it.
But thanks for doing such a shit job.
The reports were true, and he is gone. I wonder if they could not wait for the end of the season in order to send a message to the 'financial community'?
The Telegraph has covered this quite well, pointing out that Moyes cleared out Ferguson's back-room staff losing the dressing room in the process, coupled with his lack of charisma as a manager; that he made a mess of the summer transfer options, and tactically got it wrong:
A group of players accustomed to sharp sessions with the ball under Ferguson were now being asked to improve their fitness in much more physically demanding training routines, where lengthy, and often tedious, sessions practising shape and defensive drills replaced the possession work favoured by Ferguson.
Yet rather than produce a fitter team, one which mirrored the one Moyes produced at Everton, United appeared lethargic and increasingly incapable of passing the ball, as borne out by their abject performance at Goodison Park on Sunday.
Tactically, Moyes also left players bewildered.
Midfielders were told not to get ahead of the ball, a move which reduced their goal output and left the forwards isolated and starved of possession up front.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-Ferguson.html
As an aside Arsene Wenger has been criticised for training techniques that set intense fitness and 'hard work' as soon as the players return from their summer holidays -this has been alleged to be the cause of injuries early on in the season (Walcott, Ramsay and Wilshere being obvious casualties), and tiredness. I think I read somewhere Brendan Rodgers takes a difference approach which is more relaxed and maintains a regular regime throughout the season.
I don't know if Giggs or anyone else can turn United around in the next year, Ferguson left an ageing squad and one in need of a creative midfielder, and so on. Ferguson's links with the Moyes family go back to the 'legendary' Drumchapel Amateur Football Club, and I think that Scottish connection and Ferguson's loyalty to the Moyes family might have played a strong part in his decision, plus the absence of other managers willing to take on the job, though how far United went in offering the job to other people is not clear.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...-The-Drum.html
United may break its connections to Scotland now -even though it has provided the club with its most successful managers; but let's not go there right now...
Not quite sure why you chose to put quotes around "legendary", Stavros.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stavros
Drumchapel is notoriously one of the most deprived parts of the city, yet another misbegotten attempt by Glasgow to provide a better environment for its citizens following the slum clearance programmes of the 50s and 60s. Essentially a wasteland of flats without services and amenities, it duly fell prey to the usual problems of violence, crime and drugs.
What the club provided was an escape, with discipline and fun. I should know. Although I came from an altogether more prosperous part of the city, I was proud to be chosen to play for them in my youth for a couple of seasons until I ultimately chose rugby instead. And the impressive roll call of players for the big two in the city, for major clubs south of the border and of course for Scotland was, and remains, very impressive.
Just for once the term "legendary" is not hyperbole.
Oh, and, useless fact, Moyes and I went to the same school, as did Katherine Grainger the Olympic rower and Alex Kapranos, leader of the band Franz Ferdinand.
I never know how far to trust the Mail, and I wasn't sure how well known the place might be, so I accept your criticism. You have had an interesting life and passed through some nodal points of modern Scottish life, perhaps that is one reason you have become a troubador. It also seems to confirm a belief that Scots often achieve more for themselves when they leave the country of their birth, just as I wonder if the long-established connection between Scotland and Manchester United -indeed, English football has now come to an end.