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D2Kvirus
08-09-2008, 09:48 AM
As the season is (unoficially) starting on Sunday with the Community Shield match between Portsmouth and Manchester United - which looks like being a fair match, as Mark Clattenberg isn't reffing it - we may as well get the show on the road.
So all commentary, opinions, results and flames at that purple Scottish tap-up king can be posted here. Just don't act surprised when Liverpool don't finish top at the end of the season, Newcastle implode into a new level of mediocrity, Chelsea and MUPLC players crowd the ref at regular intervals, at least two promoted teams make a good go at competing, or you forget Middlesbrough are actually in the Premiership until you play them.
D2Kvirus
08-16-2008, 04:13 PM
Hmm, the Spurs message boards are filled with obnoxious Arsenal and Newcastle fans who can't think of anything to say about their own teams. I guess we lost, then...
Well, first bet of he season was a losing effort. On that note i would like to say a big "go fuck yourselves" to:
Juande Ramos
Dave Jones
Gary MacAllister.
Garry Mac? I thougt we was something of a LFC hero for his 2001 exploits? And yes D2K, many fans take great delight in watching the latest 'it' team fall to defeat. See Chelsea, Inter etc...
D2Kvirus
08-16-2008, 06:11 PM
Newcastle fans keep saying Spurs fans are deluded and the most obnoxious set of fans in the country. In other news, Mr. Pot has been charged for inciting racism after saying "You black bastard" to Mr. Kettle...
Besides, you should never bet on Spurs on the first day of the season, as they always seem to bugger up their first game no matter what - just like we always start our season away, either in Birmingham or the North East.
Gunnar Brian
08-17-2008, 12:34 AM
I don't know about anyone else, but as the FT results of the 3 o clock kick off's came in, I was rather enjoying the top four of Bolton, Blackburn, Hull and Boro... now thats a CL 4 to dominate :P
On a semi related note... Championship team Burnley were left red faced after the parachute stunt to drop the match ball went slightly wrong with one of the guys becoming standed on the staduim. Match was delayed for an hour while fire services tried to get close and failed. Ah good fun on the opening day
When do 'Newcastle fans' ever say that? Please don't base your whole opinion on two or three posts by NUFC fans from one of the Spurs forums you visit. In actual fact alot of Geordies actually like Spurs, I know they are alot of people's 'second team' up here.
D2Kvirus
08-17-2008, 12:23 PM
It's certainly more than one or two - and it's a pretty routine thing, too. It's expected from Arsenal fans who spend mopre time on our boards than their own, or West Ham fans who need to find a way to distill their bitterness and see if they can power their homes with it, but when Leeds and Newcastle fans regularly come on and kick off it gets beyond ridiculous.
Then again, I got a good reminder why I hate Chelsea fans on the way to work this morning: because they don't sell alcohol at train stations until miday, one of them was kicking off - at 11am. Christ, it was like some kid who couldn't have sweets at the supermarket, albeit kids usually don't start shoving people who are trying to get served because they can't get their way.
Naturally, today is the day the Premiership really starts if you belive Sky, as Chelsea and MUPLC are playing. I'm trying to work out if that means the 16 clubs that aren't in the axis of evil don't count, or everyone apart from MUPLC and Chelsea are irrelevant these days.
...and now Inter don't forget, who surely now according to Sky are the greatest team in Italian football history.
Well! That was a suprise eh? UTD aren't a one man team my arse ;) Any fan whose team goes to OT and leaves with a point is entitled to be happy, and I am no different! I'll not get carried away, I expect a struggle this season, but that was a solid performance for our lads, and I was really impressed with Jonas Gutisomethingorother.
D2Kvirus
08-17-2008, 07:01 PM
Prediction for tomorrows' sports pages: Apparently that result has alerted Alex Ferguson to the need for a Bulgarian striker who happens to play for a team that's threatening to break into the top four this season.
(Can't he try and shore up his defence by offering us Vidic plus £5m for Michael Dawson instead?)
:::EDIT:::
Somebody has pointed out the bias Andry Gray has towards the axis of evil.
During the MUPLC/Newcastle game, when Scholes was in on goal and Given blocked it with his face, Gray said it was a fluke (despite Given coming out and making himself big, which is in every goalkeeping manual going). Later, when Rooney is played in, fucks it up, but it bounces off his face and he's through, apparently it's good reflexes.
Talk about getting the two mixed up...
Andy Gray does not have a bias towards the top 4, he has a bias towards last season's top three. The Bitter Blue in him can't quite let him praise anything Liverpool do. Of course, i'll probably get hit with that "GERRRRRRRRRRRARD" comment, but one swallow does not a summer make.
D2Kvirus
08-21-2008, 03:22 PM
Three out of four is still pretty bleedin' obnoxious.
Of course, that the bias seems these days to be Axis of Evil, and then within that MUPLC and Chelsea in a lot of TV and newspapers, I wonder if Sky still have the option just to hear the crowd noise just to be able to tolerate their coverage.
D2Kvirus
08-25-2008, 11:45 AM
Fucking hell, you'd think that with Arsenal losing to Fulham we'd have a quiet week on the boards after managing to lose to Sunderland (a serious lapse at left back led to Cisse's goal, so Assou-Ekotto needs to go).
But, no, instead they were full of "Sack Ramos " posts, alongside "Levy Out", "Blame Comolli", "Sell Berbatov Now" and claims we hadn't signed any quality players. So, I've spent a weekend trying to talk sense into the kneejerk reactionaries who're doing my head in because they display all the loogic of a contributor to Talksport.
Apologies to the word "logic" for using it in conjunction with mentioning Talksport
A real low point was me dismantling one boneheaded topic creator's argument piece by piece and demonstrating his lack of knowledge and how he was contradicting himself every answer, and he just deleted it rather than be faced with his inherant ignorance in minute detail.
Way to prove Spurs fans aren't fickle, guys!
The thing is, Arsenal also had a game with plenty of posession, but couldn't get the ball to the forwards and got suckerpunched. So, are Arsenal Spurs in disguise, or is it vice versa?
Well, look on the brtight side. The press are going on about our terrible start to the season, despite being one of two teams to win our opening two games. Admittedly we haven't exactly won with style, or played anywhere near what we can do, but if that was Man Std or Chelsea we'd be reading about how that is a sign of champions and a great team. Add that to the fact that the press, specifically the Murdoch group of papers, seem determined to try and undermine our season again by reporting board room unrest that clearly isn't there, or isn't as bad as it is being made out to be. I dread to see the headlines when we lose, or even draw, our first game of the season.
Anyway, let's all pause for a moment to laught at Arsenal and Spurs. Oh, and might as well throw the Scum in there too. I'm aware that it's very early in the season, but this could be the only chance i get to revel in our superiority.
I was thinking yesterday how different the PL would be if we didn't have Gerrard, the Scum didnt have Fake Ronaldo, Arsenal didn't have Cesc and Chelsea didn't have Terry/Cech. Wouldn't that make for an altogether different league?
Anyway, it's good to see Stoke and Hull getting spome pointson the board early, and i think they'll put up a hell of a fight, but will still go down. Nice to see we seemingly don't have a Derby in the league this season.
I really think Boro will surprise a lot of people this season and could push for the UEFA Cup spot and maybe put a little cup run together. Another season with none of the big 4 being in the FA Cup final would work wonders for me (mainly cos i stuck a few pound on it @ 150/1 on the offchance it could happen)
Sunderland look set to push on this season and make it to mid-table. Fulham, who i have spent the last several seasons praying for their relegation, look a lot stronger too. If the opening two weeks are anything to go by, this could be one of the best PLs in years with a real compact table once the top 2 are taken out of it.
Anyway, UCL Qualifiers today and tomorrow. This time last year was when i had my biggest win of the season (£1 on came in at 150/1). This year i'm looking to surpass that with two bets. I've picked winners for 15 of the 16 games. If, by some miracle that comes in, it'll pay just over 2000/1. I've done a smaller bet too, which will come in at around 100/1.
Here's the two bets
100/1
Liverpool to beat Standard Liege
Arsenal to beat FC Twente
Barcelona to beat Wisla Krakow
Juventus to beat Artmedia
Fiorentina to beat Slavia Prague
Marseille to beat SK Brann
Olympiakos to beat Anorthosis
Basle to beat Guimares
Dynamo Kiev to beat Spartak Moscow
AAB to beat FC Kaunas
adding Atletico to beat Schalke takes it to 165/1
2000/1
Juventus
Panathanaikos
Arsenal
Atletico
Levski Sofia
Basle
Dynamo Kiev
AAB
Fenerbache
Liverpool
Olypmiakos
Merseille
Fiorentina
Galatasaray
Barcelona
Lump on everyone, it's bound to come in, lol.
D2Kvirus
08-27-2008, 02:12 PM
The thing is, although Spurs have had a pretty dismal start thus far (thank you very much Emil Danchev, the lynch mob will be around to visit you shortly, before looking for Alex Ferguson just to be sure), we have at least managed to get a couple of goals, and of those we've conceeded they can be put down to individual errors instead of mass ineptitude - both at Boro because the midfield were too high up and got caught out, and Cisse because there was a lapse on the left allowing the cross in. Compared to Pompey, who got murdered by Chelsea and easily beaten by MUPLC, it could be worse - but, of course, you won't be reading that one in The Sun.
And, I repeat, if we're given a week off from Gooners polluting our board the second the final whistle goes (shame the Geordies didn't oblige, eh?), we don't want Spurs fans flaming Spurs.
Now all we need to do is sell Berbatov for £25m + Tiago to Juve, thus giving him his agent the specified Champion's League football whilst sorting out DMF (and annoying the piss out of Ferguson whilst fucking up half their season), sign Pavlyuchenko and A.N. Other striker (NOT HESKEY!!!), and Corlucka could be the final piece in the jigsaw.
Then we just hyave to score more than the opponents. And our next opponents happen to be that trumped-up bunch of Wetherspoons dropouts off Kings Road...
And on that subject, I think I said it in the John Terry topic: he looks good because he had Makalele/Essien tidying up in midfield, so he operates as the last line of defence (apologies to Petr Cech), but for England he is forced to operate as the only line of defence due to the insistance of partnering Gerrard and Lampard in midfield, and every goalkeeper ever having a meltdown in goal. So, Modric probably prefers England John Terry to Chelsea John Terry - or at least we'll be finding out on Sunday afternoon.
Been a busy day. Milner has gone to Villa, Riera is just about confirmed as a Red, Saha is on his way to Everton and Scum are still no closer to signing Berbatov which makes me positively gleeful. Come on Spurs, don't be bullied and just hold out for a few more days. Oh, and keegan has said Owee could be on his way. I wouldn't be surprised to see Man STD go in for him if they get nowhere with Spurs.
D2Kvirus
08-30-2008, 09:50 AM
It appears that Hull are bullying MUPLC with a "sizeable" bid for Frazier Campbell, and with Saha off that leaves them with no out-and-out striker. Come on, Levy, hold on (or sell Berbatov to someone else at the last minute), and fuck up their season. Zenit St. Petersberg already have.
God knows what's going on with Pavlyuchenko, although the party line (from Spurs or the press, it gets hard to differentiate sometimes) is that we're after two strikers, and the second is likely to be Huntelaar, as his name is the other buzzword in European football it seems. Still, it looks like we're not signing Arshavin. Again. Thanks Christ, even if we were in for him his agent was too much of a pain in several intimate bodily regions.
I did get a chuckle from Milner - we've had a smattering of Geordies making something of winning two games and "loving it" that they're above us (marathon, not a sprint), so when one of their key assets hands in a transfer request and is soon off to Villa it did tickle the ribcage.
Almost as much as Gooners saying they've won three games this season - cannon fodder in CL qualifiers apparently count when you're suddenly not so smug, then.
And darnit, Citeh squeaked past Mitjelland on penalties, so I guess Corlucka is off the list.
Interesting day. Transfers first... Pavlyuchenko has finally signed for Spurs for a rumoured £14M, but i can't see it as a good deal. Isn't he now going to have played 15 months of solid football without a break by the time the season ends? Same with Arshavin should he sign.
Ok, results. Hull came crashing back down to earth with a massive bump today. getting slapped 5-0 at home by felow relegation fodder is not a good result by any stretch of the imagination. That Zaki could save Wigan this season.
West Brom got a point, but would have had 3 if they had a striker that can score. The impression seems to be that West Brom had by far the better chances, but couldn't convert them. Still, a point at the Reebok is definitely not to be sniffed at.
Pompey finally got up and running and smashed the blue noses. Crouch and Defoe had a nice little partnership from what i've heard, and Defoe gfetting on the score sheet is good for my fantasy football team. 3 good points for Portsmouth, and now that their nightmare starting fixtures are over with, i think we'll start to see the best of them.
Boro continued their fine start to the season. Apparently Alves scored a stunner, and he looks like a great signing with a decent record since he joined. Looked like Stoke might steal a point today but it appears Boro were good value for their win.
West Ham had a very flattering win over Blackburn. Soccer Saturday reliably informed me that Blackburn were totally dominating the game at 2-1 down but couldn't find the goal they needed, even from the spot. With Bellamy back and a more filled out squad once everyone is fit, West Ham should do reasonably well this season. I think they may need to sign another centre half though having let Ferdinand go.
Arsenal are currently 2-0 up, and look like Arsenal. So, if that's Arsenal playing Newcastle, then who the hell was that playing Fulham last week, because it is two very different teams. Newcastle have had their moments, both falling to Owen, with Ameobi getting in his way once and Almunia pulling off a decent save from the other. Almunia could be the solution to England's goalkeeping crisis this time next year.
The league, as it stands is a bit fucked up looking. Spurs are bottom, which is similar to last season, yet there is no sign of Spurs offering Ramos' job to anyone else yet. Just emphasises how fucking shit they were in their treatment of Martin Jol. Tomorrow is top vs bottom when Chelsea host Spurs, and i cant see it being any different come 4pm tomorrow. There are two 100% records still intact in England and Scotland, and come tomorrow i believe that will be reduced to 1 as we won't beat Villa.
Anyway, onto the important stuff because i know you've all been waiting for this bit. You're all sitting there asking yourselves how Duff's bets did, aren't you? Well, i can tell you that, as per every other week, i lost. Leeds were the only team that prevented me from getting a £300 return on my £2 stake, so i can at least say i'm getting closer. Picking 8 winners out of 9 isn't too bad, but it isn't quite good enough. Anyway, onwards and upwards. Next week is the week where it all turns round, i can just feel it.
On a much more important note, i really really miss Sky because not having Footy on the telly and having to watch it online just isn't the same.
D2Kvirus
08-31-2008, 12:11 PM
I sometimes get the feeling that Levy doesn't understand the DoF position much. Let's look at it for a second:
The DoF is brought in, and chooses the manager that they work with (NOT chucked in alongside the manager who's there), and the manager gives them a list detailing the players they want to sign, be it by name (as with Berbatov and Bale) or requirements (Hutton and Woodgate).
When the DoF was first applied at WHL, it was David Pleat who was in a role more like a glorified scout, as his brief was to scout and sign young British talent from lower leagues to be brought into the team - Tom Huddlestone, Simon Davies, Matthew Etherington, Gary Doherty and Anthony Garner were all signed under this remit. However, neither Graham or Hoddle were picked by Pleat as manager, nor did they ever ask Pleat to look for player to sign.
When Pleat was gone, Levy brought in Frank Arnesen, who said Martin Jol would be the man to work with. Levy agreed, then got cold feet, and buckled to pressure/expectations to get a "name" manager in Jacques Santini. Santini left, and Jol took over - and couldn't build the team until the January transfer window, so was working with Santini's players (along with those of Graham, Hoddle and Pleat).
That summer, Arnesen was tapped up by Chelsea, and Damian Comolli was brought in to the position. Yet he didn't choose to work with Jol - in fact, he recommended Juande Ramos on two seperate occasions before he was brought in, one when Spurs started badly in the 2006/7 season (albeit they rallied to finish fifth), and again at the close of the season. This may or may not be related to Comolli ignoring Jol's instructions (a striker to cover the expected loss of Mido and Defoe, an experienced centre back, a defensive midfielder and a left winger - we sold Mido and spent big on Bent, signed a 20-year old attacking midfielder, a 21-year old defender, and made Taarabt's loan permanent, and bear in mind Ramos has sent Taarabt and Boateng to the reserves this season), which reeks of sabotage. It's also notable that Comolli is on his best behaviour working with Ramos.
It's also assumed that the real reason there's a DoF is to add a buffer zone between the crowd's ire and Levy, with Comolli being a great scapegoat due to his Arsenal connections - long before royally shafting Jol.
But, then again, at the start of last season we were bottom for a reason - the team could only play for 75 minutes, and got knackered: when Ramos took over he was shocked at the level of fitness, and the likes of Huddlestone and Robinson were carrying a lot of weight that they should've lost (Mido also had weight problems, and was hiring a personal trainer to get in shape), so there was obviously an issue with the fitness and stamina training under Jol, especially considering how many games we dropped points due to late goals.
And in the biggest transfer of the day so far...
MANCHESTER CITY has been sold!?!?!?!?!
I didn't know the transfer deadline window was gonna mean that clubs could only be sold by tonight too?!?! Oh well.
Gunnar Brian
09-01-2008, 11:48 AM
I love deadline day if not for the idiotic rumors that people try and push out lik
Just seen Kaka on the number 52 bus in Salford, which goes to Old Trafford. Is it more than just a coincidence?"
and my favorite so far...
"I work in the shirt sales at Stamford Bridge. I was told this morning to prepare Robinho shirts with number eight. Shaun Wright-Phillips had the old one." (number 8 belonging to one fat Frank, not SWP who had 24)
SWP wears 8 at Man City lol.
And the 52 bus is actually in west london from what I know. Since ya know...I've been on it!
Gunnar Brian
09-01-2008, 12:05 PM
And theres a 52 up in the North West, runs through Salford center, why Kaka would be on a bus I have no idea, but a bus going through Salford centre is even worse :P
Anyways... full prem update for today
PREMIER LEAGUE TRANSFER TRACKER:
In: Liverpool (Flora), Newcastle (Gonzalez), Portsmouth (Belhadj), Tottenham (Pavlyuchenko, Corluka)
Out: Man City (Corluka)
So far, undoubtedly more to follow at like 10pm
Dimitar Berbatov was abducted by Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester Airport today. Where he was driven to Manchester United's Carrington training ground, and force to watch a training session and have a medical. He later escaped from the training ground, and the grasp of the firy Scotsman, and has now found his way to the Middle East...lands where he will now talk to Manchester City.
in all seriousness though. If Man Utd haven't been given permission to talk to Berbatov. Why in the fuck was he at their training ground? Surely that goes against some rules, doesn't it?
EDIT: Apparently a "Top 10" premier league side have come in for Joey Barton. I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess its West Ham. Because they're just classless enough to sign a disgusting thug like Joey Barton. Bet the Newcastle fans are licking their lips and praying to god this move goes through. I personally, hope he gets life in prison :)
Well, it's all finished now. Biggest shock of the day is obviously Robinho to City,a dn the fact that city are now owned by a guy richer than Abromavich.
Right now, i'm unbelievably pissed off with Spurs. Not for the fact that they agreed to sell, they didn't really have much choice in the matter, but because they have Scum to get away with the most flagrant breaking of the rules that i can recall in PL history. The FA should be allowed to act without an official complaint from Spurs. City agreed a deal with Spurs for Berba, but didnt even get the cahnce to speak to him because he was at Carrington and Old Trafford with permission. I'd love to see City turn round and sue the cunts. Once again Man STD run roughsod over the system and get away with it, proving that there is indeed one rule for them and another for everyone else.
Gunnar Brian
09-02-2008, 05:41 PM
Manager Kevin Keegan has left Newcastle United after only eight months in charge, BBC Sport understands.
Keegan held talks with the club's board on Tuesday amid reports he was unhappy with a lack of control over transfer activity, notably James Milner's sale
The club has yet to confirm Keegan's exit, or the reasons for his departure.
Well.... 8 months in a job, I really hope he walked out on Newcastle
Not quite. Newcastle have just released a statement saying he hasn't been sacked.
Gunnar Brian
09-02-2008, 07:36 PM
I've been following the story on bbcsports.com, who have since changed from sacke to unclear, still believing that he has let while also staing what you've said Duff.
Quoting from BBC again,
BBC Radio 5 Live commentator Ian Dennis said: "My understanding is that Kevin Keegan has fallen foul of the board over the future of Joey Barton. Obviously he remains loyal to Barton.
End quoting
Now funilly enough this goes to the rumor of a top 10 club wanting Barton, which in the end never happened. Mind, it will be interesting to see how this plays out
Now, looking at the possible future of Keegan leaving today, I would laugh at the irony of the only Newcastle fan at my uni wearing a 'King Kev' Newcastle t-shirt today.
D2Kvirus
09-03-2008, 02:09 PM
How does this work - Spurs agreed a £30m fee with Man Citeh, so Berbatov goes up to Manchester...and has talks with Alex Cunterson? Is the Manchester ring road that hard to navigate and, more importantly, this is yetanother example of a player "happening" to pass the Theatre of Schemes whilst under contract elsewhere, and they just so happened to have "accidentally" drawn upa contract for them and have it signed (see also: Cantona, Beckham). He was in the full glare of the media,and yet not one said anything about how clearly dodgy this was.
On the flip side, Berbatov has now said he's MUPLC for life. Sort of like what Robbie Keane said after the CC Final, only for him to do a 180 as soonas Liverpool started tapping him up - so, first offer from Barca or Real and he's off, then.
Of course, the real betting is what excuse he'll come upwith on December 13th so he doesn't cause WHL major structural damage with the reception he'll get (and deserve): hamstring injury, food poisoning, or just some vague one?
And let me get the last 24 hours or so in Geordieland sorted: Keegan and Ashley have talks, Keegan is supposedly fired, Newcastle say he wasn't fired but quit, the LMA say he didn't quit, Keegan and Ashley have talks. Maybe they should've thought of this before Keeganspent eight figures on players this summer, eh? Thenagain, it's always the Newcastle way - sack the manager after the transfer window shuts.
Meanwhile, Scolari is throwing a tantrum as he didn't get Robinho. Methinks the combination of Peter Kenyonpissing off every member of the Real board, and the website advertising Robinho shirts last week, mayhave had something to do with it...
Not gonna make a long drawn out post just now.
But Alex Curbishly (sp?) has resigned as West Ham boss. More managerial casualities!!
D2Kvirus
09-03-2008, 02:47 PM
Curbishley was expected to go anyway - but, again, two days after the transfer window closes?
Although, in his case it's more likely because he wasn't involved inthe transfers, or to be more accurate the players leaving: George McCartney was the final straw, and he was on record after that saying he would accept a severance package.
Then again, Man City bid for Berbatov without Hughes' knowledge and/or approval - they really are turning into Hearts: English Division if that's the case.
Gunnar Brian
09-04-2008, 08:59 PM
And so is Keegan, it's now offical and Newcastle fans don't sound too happy.
Also congrats to Mr Robinho for making a fantastic start at City.
However, it appeared the 24-year-old's deadline day move had still to sink in when he said: "On the last day, Chelsea made a great proposal and I accepted."
To this a reporter replied: "You mean Manchester, right?". "Yeah, Manchester, sorry!" answered Robinho.
Silly, sily boy
D2Kvirus
09-05-2008, 01:30 PM
On a wholly selfish level, it's great that the Spurs boards won't be spammed by Geordies or West Ham fans for a couple of weeks.
On a realistic level, people saying Keegan quitting will be a big loss for the game don't seem to realise that a manager with no tactical nouse at all is not contributing anything to the game, so therefore you can't subtract nada from zero.
And, if Dennis Wise does take over at Newcastle, hopefully we'll be rid of them in a short space of time. If ever a set of fans needed a relegation battle they ultimatly lose to knock some sense into them, it'd be them. Or Liverpool, obviously.
Chelsea missing out on Robinho is easilly the funniest thing in football. Especially the whole printing his name on the shirt business. Keegan? We still love him.
D2Kvirus
09-06-2008, 09:22 AM
I'm stuck on which is funnier: Chelsea selling Robinho shirts on the front page of their website with "Number TBC" on it, or the bloke who was selling his MUPLC shirt with "Ronaldinho 7" on it (because they were linked to him for half a second that summer) for about £1.50.
Actually, #2 takes it because the bloke gave £50+ to the Glaziers, and couldn't recoup 10% of it. Or, to put it another way, demonstrated why FCUM are a waste of time, as there were glory seekers queuing up to take their place in the stands at the Theatre of Schemes, and shell out on merchandise hand over fist.
Also, anyone notice that Berbatov looked sulky at his unveiling? Going by the shite SSN were giving for the last season, that clearly means he's unhappy there and wants his dream move. Barca or Real, then...
The Great One
09-13-2008, 09:12 AM
Liverpool have had a shaky start, but manage to get the job done. It'd be great for us to kick our season off by beating the Mancs today. It's a shame that i can't watch the game as i have to be in work at 11:00. I just have to laugh at the Manc fans on the other football forum that i'm registered at as they are saying they are going to beat us, because they have a better record. It can go anyway.
Keane, has to hit it right today because i don't think we will/should risk Torres today, we need him, but is it worth risking to lose him for longer and going some of the season without him as he is the only target man we will have on form? Keane has yet to score a goal, and i can't see when he will finally get off the mark, where Torres we all know is a threat. I think we will play 4-5-1 if Torres and Gerrard don't make the game, so it's definatly going to be a boring game, two managers trying to out play each other on tactics, and it's going to be either a draw or a 1 nil win to either side.
Reina
Dossena carragher skrtel Aberloa
Benayoun Mascherano Alonso Plessi Kuyt
Keane
Javier i hope doesn't get sent off this time, that's what cost us at Old Trafford last season.
D2Kvirus
09-13-2008, 09:48 AM
So, Kuyt up front with Keane and Babel as wingers it is, then. Sounds like Rafa to me, anyway.
Am I right to believe there will be a protest against Hick and Gillet outside the ground before the game? I hate to be pedantic, but shouldn't they do it after the game - heck, if they beat MUPLC and still stage the protest it will be more effective as it will show the fans are still pissed off with them, but maybe that's just me.
And, let's face it, it'll be an obnoxious game because of the managers involved. Expect mind games, excuses, and general assholery.
Zola in at West Ham, with no managerial experience and their sponsor going bust. I'm sort of split on this (not Zola, the other part) - I don't mind West Ham the club as they always punch above their weight and play good football with graduates from their academy, but their fans are a lot harder to tolerate. The thing is, they're running the risk of being broke - remember they had to pay for their own flights to their US tour because their travel prvider went bust, now their sponsor - and I am still baffled at their paying Freddie Ljungberg £6m to leave when they could've just put him up for transfer or even a free transfer.
It looks like Pavlyuchenko (can we come up with an official nickname for him, please?) will be on the bench on Monday (thanks, Setanta) - then again, he probably should be given he's already played half a season and may or may not have an ankle injury. Conserve and unleash, I say!!!
:::EDIT:::
Much as I hate to gloat, but every Spurs fan in this universe and the next one are all smirking that Berbatov's first game after his "dream" move was an anonymous performance in a defeat. And, at the other end, Judas Keane has another display of being unable to hit a cow's ass with a banjo, which he's had quite a few of recently...
Gunnar Brian
09-14-2008, 10:40 AM
Police have praised the behaviour of thousands of Newcastle United fans who staged protests in the city against club owner Mike Ashley.
Now this is the funniest thing I have read all season :P
D2Kvirus
09-14-2008, 11:17 AM
Have to laugh at Liverpool fans - their protest didn't get any coverage, but Newcastle's got plenty. So, does this mean Newcastle are more important than Liverpool?
(And why are Scousers spamming the Spurs boards, they beat MUPLC for fuck's sake!)
Paul Robinson appears to have maintained his form from last season - so, it's not all doom and gloom at WHL, especially as it appears that Keane and Berbatov are the dampest squibs since a midnight snack on the Titanic, with Mankers saying Berbatov should've been subbed within an hour of his debut for his "dream" club. Of course, as soon as Darren Bent plays his next game, we'll sort of mumble for a bit and shuffle away.
Gunnar Brian
09-16-2008, 10:17 PM
So.... anyone fancy buying Newcastle?
D2Kvirus
09-17-2008, 01:38 PM
So.... anyone fancy buying Newcastle?
No, you'll inherit the self-appointed "Best Fans in the World" - you know, the ones that turn on any manager and owner the second results go against them, who threaten the family of their current owner (and a fan who looks like Mike Ashley got beaten up in the St. James' Pit toilets at the weekend), and believe their saviours are Kevin Keegan and Alan Shearer.
Frankly, I'd almost rather buy Leeds...
Gunnar Brian
09-17-2008, 04:24 PM
Yep I read about that fan aswell, mind I suppose I'm put off by the £500mill price tag slapped on a sinkig ship. That was £500 million over my offer :)
The Great One
09-18-2008, 10:22 AM
I don't think anybody would want to buy Newcastle. £500 Million to buy the club, and about £100 million to buy a lot of new players because the players that you have aren't good enough to take you to the level you expect to play at in the Premiership. I can't only name probaly one player who is good enough for the Premiership and that's Given. Theirs probaly a few others but the majority of the team aren't good enough.
If Newcastle don't get all of this sorted, i can safely say you would be fighting relegation again because all of this is going to have an affect on player morale and you won't be able to get the confidence back into the side.
D2Kvirus
09-18-2008, 02:30 PM
Apparently Newcastle are thinking of drafting in David O'Leary as an interim boss, before Dennis Wise takes over anyway. Y'think Ashley is now sabotaging his own product out of spite? No, wait, that was when he brought in Keegan, wasn't it?
Alex Ferguson is saying the FA gives preferential treatment to Chelsea. Bollocks. They got fined for tapping up Ashley Cole, they haven't for any number of players they've tapped up over the years. If there's any reason Terry's red card got rescinded, it's more likely because he's England captain.
Ferguson also says he isn't worried about MUPLC's poor start to the season. Is that because they got away with numerous illegal activities during the Berbatov transfer, and for some reason whenever Spurs start badly the knives are out for them, yet any other club that isn't the case (i.e. Newcastle or West Ham).
Also, Spurs fans may be getting their wish, as Damien Comolli is carrying the can for not replacing Keane and Berbatov (well, let's ignore that Dos Santos and Pav are, essentially, their replacements). If anything, Comolli should be nailed for not signing a left winger and a DMF, before we get into the botched approach for Milito...
D2Kvirus
09-22-2008, 02:58 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHFUCKSAKE!!!
Why is it Spurs fans always seem to wander into a self-fulfilling prophecy? Whilst the vultures of the tabloids and Sky Sports News are circling because they seem to enjoy watching us fuck up (compared to the likes of Everton, Newcastle or West Ham), certain sections of the support loudly play along? We got a point against Wigan, not the result we wanted by any means, but our defence was solid and, most importantly, Wigan didn't snatch a late winner like we experienced so often last season it became comical.
The fact is the only thing Spurs need is goals, not a miracle. Parts of the team are turning up to every game, which is a vasty improvment on Pompey given the maulings they've received from Chelsea and Man City already this season.
Also, the habit a lot of fans have in finding something to criticise Jenas about no matter what is now spreading to both Luka Modric and Juande Ramos, which is just tiresome now.
The Great One
09-23-2008, 08:46 AM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHFUCKSAKE!!!
Why is it Spurs fans always seem to wander into a self-fulfilling prophecy? Whilst the vultures of the tabloids and Sky Sports News are circling because they seem to enjoy watching us fuck up (compared to the likes of Everton, Newcastle or West Ham), certain sections of the support loudly play along? We got a point against Wigan, not the result we wanted by any means, but our defence was solid and, most importantly, Wigan didn't snatch a late winner like we experienced so often last season it became comical.
The fact is the only thing Spurs need is goals, not a miracle. Parts of the team are turning up to every game, which is a vasty improvment on Pompey given the maulings they've received from Chelsea and Man City already this season.
Also, the habit a lot of fans have in finding something to criticise Jenas about no matter what is now spreading to both Luka Modric and Juande Ramos, which is just tiresome now.
I think it's down to Spurs having so much expectations. Your team was expecting to be in the top half of the table, and your screwing up and not getting the results. You have the team to do it, but luck is not on your side.
D2Kvirus
09-23-2008, 02:25 PM
The thing is that it's a regular occurance, almost weekly in some cases. It's as if the loudest minority seems to have too much influence on the support - if we're 0-0 in the last five minutes they'll say we're going to conceed a late equaliser. When we conceed a fluke goal in the first five minutes, they say we'll lose. It's hard to be positive when you have people expecting the team to fuck up, and waiting for Jenas to do one thing they can berate him about for the rest of the game/weekend/season. Of course, at the moment the only players you can say that are performing are Gomes, Woodgate and Bale, albeit Bent is at least doing what he's paid for as well. At this point last season, it was Bale and Keane alone - progress, eh?
Tottenahm are, quite possibly, the first team to need to have club-branded Prozac.
In other news, West Ham may have to pay Sheffield United £30m. Now, considering their finances, and their sponsor going bust, this may well se them comparing notes with Leeds and Luton fans in a hurry. Or, at the very least, get them off our f'n boards!
And slightly OT, are they going to scrap the Respect the Ref campaign after the farcical events in the Reading/Watford match, which has seen the FA quickly duck behind "the referee's decision is final"?
D2Kvirus
09-25-2008, 04:06 PM
I see that Alex Ferguson is being his mature self after Man City went out of the Carling Cup to Brighton - saying it takes more than money to guarantee success.
Funny, a decade of success at MUPLC mainly came because they had more money than anyone else, Blackburn spent bigger to win the title instead of them one year, Chelsea spent bigger than they did to win back-to-back titles, and MUPLC still have far more money than the majority of Premier League clubs.
Unless, of course, he nearly said "You also have to tap up players at clubs threatening your position at regular intervals", but was reminded not to say that as numerous clubs would be onto their lawyers like a shot.
Also, the CC has seen the Sky Sports News vultures stop circling above White Hart Lane, and fly off to St James' Park or, if they can't be bothered to go that far, Upton Park.
Mickey Mouse trophy my ass - it's got a lot of the heat off Ramos and the players after a single game!
Also, the CC has seen the Sky Sports News vultures stop circling above White Hart Lane, and fly off to St James' Park or, if they can't be bothered to go that far, Upton Park.
Fly fucking off? They've fucking been here since Sept. 3rd.
D2Kvirus
09-26-2008, 03:30 PM
Fly fucking off? They've fucking been here since Sept. 3rd.
Before Wednesday night, we were getting some true bullshit written about us in the papers: Ramos can't speak English (he can - watch him on the touchline and he's speaking it far more clearly than he does to SSN), various memebrs of the squad can't (Pav, Modric, GDS...frankly I'm surprised they didn't make out Bale and Gunter only speak Welsh), and any number of vulturesque articles that missed one key point: vultures wait until after the fact before picking the meat off the bones, not do it when the thing is still alive and well.
Thing is, ten years ago all this "club in turmoil" stuff would be covered in the Sunday and Monday papers (unless the club played on Sunday or Monday, when there was a slight reprieve) and the Saturday previews. Now with SSN, it's 24/7 and they make shit up to have content, and it's beyond fucking tiresome. Especially when you've had them camped outside Spurs Lodge all summer as our strike force are tapped up, and stay there once we start the season badly (as per usual).
In other news, since Roy Keane threw a tantrum because Sunderland fans were on his back as they needed penalties to beat Northampton and he threatened to walk if they do it again, I ask all Mackems to jeer louder in each and every home game until he does. Uppity little shit that he is.
Gunnar Brian
09-26-2008, 03:34 PM
I'm glad I am a Bolton fan when I've read some of the crap I've read. Glad that the papers don't need to focus on us and everything we do.
Anyways Joe Kinear to take charge as caretaker for Newcastle
D2Kvirus
09-27-2008, 09:51 AM
Another thing I've noticed about SSN's coverage: if you're going to get relegated, it's best to finish 19th: if you finish 20th you're a laughing stock, and if you finish 18th you have the event dragged out long into the night.
I'm sure there's several jokes about Newcastle having a manager who's name sounds like the phrase "Joke in Here"...
So, expect a week or two of reading that Coloccini, Gutierriez, Gonzales, Xisco et al can't speak English, ignoring the fact that players on the continent are usually bi-lingual at the very least (heck, I've seen Paolo Maldini speak perfect English), whilst English players never bother learning another language abroad (I'm looking at you, Senor Beckham), so it's not like they'd do it at home to help players fit in.
I am amazed the knives haven't been out for West Ham as much as I'd have expected, considering their sponsor going bust, getting dumped out of the Carling Cup, having to clear a massive wage bill (so paying Ljungberg £6m looks stupid from two angles) and now owing Sheff Utd £30m is more than enough fuel for most fires, yet they've been quite restrained in their coverage. Unless, of course, Spurs win a couple of games whilst Ashley sells up/buries the hatchet ad then, of course, they're in for it.
Suffice to say I hate any form of news that try to make news to make up for the lack of it, or if they want a story to go their way (see also ITV's coverage of this week's Finnish school shooting, but that's for another board). Be journalists or admit you're lying vultures trying to make a deadline without a story.
Yeah so er...
I don't like Hull anymore...
D2Kvirus
09-27-2008, 07:00 PM
First Fulham, now Hull - the wheels are coming off the Gooner bus earlier than expected. But, then again, they are in a similar boat to Spurs: no defensive midfielder (between the two clubs, Zokora is the closest in all of North London), and half a dozen attacking midfielders - you can't just pass it around your opponents if they won't let you do it.
Of course, I could mention that Hull featured former Tottenham player, and graduate of the Spurs Academy, Dean Marney...but instead I'll just say, once again, we quite probably signed the wrong Dawson brother.
Bl;oody hell, Pompey's recent ability to ship goals and remind us why David James was a joke in the goalkeeping community better keep up tomorrow, we might even manage to nick it 1-0 with a rebound off Bent's left testicle!
I swear to god, I've never been so disgusted, and so embaressed to be an Arsenal fan as I did last night after that match with Hull. Don't think I've ever been ashamed to support Arsenal after a game before, and thats including after a 6-1 loss to Man Utd.
Just totally shocked, and not wanting to talk to people because I really don't wanna hear about it. Know I know how you Spurs fans must feel...
D2Kvirus
09-28-2008, 11:34 AM
Of course, Sky Sports News won't be decamping to the Emirates any time soon, although there's an off chance of them going to Goodison as a few reactionary Toffees are starting a "Moyes Out" campaign. Of course, it isn't helped by the Grauniad having a Premiership sack race in every Monday's paper - Ramos and Moyes have been on it every week.
That and some Scouser was spotted talking about Spurs, Newcastle and Everton making up the bottom three this season...
I did get a giggle on one website this morning: they asked which manager in the Axis of Evil is more likeable - Cunterson, Benitez, Wenger of Scoalari. A "None of the above" option is mandatory for that kind of poll.
Cunterson, of course, couldn't keep his mouth shut after yesterday's dodgy penalty (the first of many) against Bolton - apparently Rob Styles didn't give them for or five penalties last season, so it's OK for him to randomly give one for a supposed foul on Showpony (again, the first of many). As that is bordering on slander, the Respect campaign should nail the bastard, but of course they just won't. See also: Carragher constantly mouthing off at the ref yesterday.
I swear to god, I've never been so disgusted, and so embaressed to be an Arsenal fan as I did last night after that match with Hull. Don't think I've ever been ashamed to support Arsenal after a game before, and thats including after a 6-1 loss to Man Utd.
Just totally shocked, and not wanting to talk to people because I really don't wanna hear about it. Know I know how you Spurs fans must feel...
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..........TEE HEE HEE.
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..........TEE HEE HEE.
Surely the above idiocy is worth a warning?
Anyway, moving forward. A bad day yesterday, but I don't think anyone in the bottom three has any room to criticise a team so much better than them, and in much better shape in every area. But hey, don't worry JDK, you can keep laughing your way to the Championship. When absolutely noone wants to manage your club, and it seems noone wants to buy it either, surely that tells you something? Soon the few good players you have left will be allowed to leave, and you and your fellow moronic Newcastle fans can complain about having to play 46 games instead of 38, as well as all the crap you're complaining about now.
Portsmouth Vs. Tottenham today - Both teams in desperate need of a win. Portsmouth after shipping 10 goals in the last week, and Tottenham...well because they haven't won in the league yet this season. Obviously I'd like to see a Pompey win, but I can see Tottenham taking it, with their usual 2-1.
Not really sure what other games are on today, but thankfully, I don't care too much either :).
D2Kvirus
09-28-2008, 01:50 PM
Typical fucking Tottenham (fans): 1-0 down to Pompey due to a penalty due to a Jenas handball in the area, and the usual Ramos Out garbage is flooding the boards whilst Defoe is still celebrating (oh, and I'll add the "Why did we sell a player with 18 months on his contract, who wasn't signing an extension, with an offer worth more than what we paid for him?" handwiringing).
Anyway, it appears that in order to be in charge at Newcastle you have to be a former Spurs full back, with Hughton and Joking Here being the most recent incumbants of the most irritating job in club football - Justin Edinburgh has managerial experience and is looking for work, and could bring Dean Austin in from Southend to be his #2.
It took 18 minutes for the Lusitania to go down, so that's what they should be aiming for...
2-0 Now, and a "You don't know what you're doing" chant could clearly be heard there for a few minutes. I have to admit, this has made me feel a lot better about yesterday.
Also, it seems that I've got two tickets for Arsenal/Tottenham at the end of Oct...should be interesting to say the least.
EDIT: Hmmm, Diarra just got himself sent off (Are we sure he doesn't still play for Arsenal? Cos that was incredibly stupid...) Bit late to change anything now, but ya never know.
D2Kvirus
09-28-2008, 03:11 PM
Of course we didn't know what we were doing - Jenas deliberatly played basketball in the area, we deliberatly didn't get a penalty when Lennon's cross hit Diarra's arm, and Gomes deliberatly tipped a save into Crouch's path (and I don't see anyone saying we should've kept hold of Crouch).
In other words, the result was down to an individual piece of ineptitude, crap officiating and crap luck. Will you hear that from our most vocal/assholish support? No, you'll just hear more ranting about Ramos being fired and his "stupid" decisions on the pitch, like leaving out Bale (if he didn't make the bench, perhaps it's because he's injured), playing Dawson instead of King (as before), and any number of poor excuses for an argument.
I keep saying it - Spurs fans make supporting the club more of an effort than having various Arsenal, West Ham, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle or Villa fans sticking their oar in at regular intervals. They can be turned away by stating facts (Liverpool fans are especially bad when it comes to being lying hypocrites on the surface of a deep, dark pool of spoite this season), but spurs fans naturally use the boards so keep coming back, keep up with the same rants, and it can get infectious.
And that's just those that think Adel Taarabt should've got a squad number this season, so therefore Ramos is incompetent...
Dan you spend all year long winding other football fans up, yet when one does it to you, you spit your dummy out and call for a warning? How was that a warning? Because I laughed at you? You should be thankful, that was probably the first post in a long while you didn't have to squint at.
It's should be a warning because it was blatent spam and added absolutely NOTHING to the conversation. But then again, I don't see how that differs from any of your other posts.
D2Kvirus
09-29-2008, 02:26 PM
Don't make me get my mod stick out.
Anyway, who's up for a little Reactionary Spurs Fan Post Creation?
Step One
Pick one of the following names: Levy, Ramos, Comolli, Jol, Jenas
Step Two
Pick one of the following adjectives: Out, Out, Piss Off, Please Come Back, Useless
Step Three
Pick one of the following statements: dragged our club backwards, can't manage in the Premiership, can't sign a player, is top of the Bundesliga, is the worst midfielder we've ever had
Step Four
Pad out your three choices for seven paragraphs, including a lot of point-missing and capital letters. And then have me getting irritated in your general direction as that's all I've read all f'n weekend...
Hey atleast you haven't lost at home to HULL!!
...yet
D2Kvirus
09-30-2008, 02:39 PM
We're now into reports that Ramos has four games to save his job, which would be:
Wisla Krakow (A)
Hull (H)
Stoke (A)
Bolton (H)
What're the odds we win those foutr, then lose to Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City afterwards and end up back where we started?
On the subject of Man City, I notice a sense of glee in the reporting of their loss to Wigan. Why? If ever a club from Manchester deserved widespread schadenfreude whenever they lose a game, it's the international brand imprint from Stretford that tap up or kidnap other teams' players, managed by a bloke who sets back Anglo-Scottish relations 262 years.
On the subject of cunts, Sol Campbell is whinging that he got a bit of stick on Sunday (whith Sky picking up chants of "Campbell, Campbell, you're a cunt" a bit too clearly). Well, if he pays us the £8-12m he dicked us out of, maybe we'd be a bit more forgiving.
And Mike Ashley has dropped the asking price for Newcastle quite a bit. Let's be honest: if Dubyuh can't bully a one-sided "rescue" package for the US economy through Congress, what chance did Ashley have of getting £480m for that rabble?
The Great One
10-02-2008, 08:53 AM
We're now into reports that Ramos has four games to save his job, which would be:
Wisla Krakow (A)
Hull (H)
Stoke (A)
Bolton (H)
What're the odds we win those foutr, then lose to Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City afterwards and end up back where we started?
And Mike Ashley has dropped the asking price for Newcastle quite a bit. Let's be honest: if Dubyuh can't bully a one-sided "rescue" package for the US economy through Congress, what chance did Ashley have of getting £480m for that rabble?
Spurs will lose to Hull, Stoke is a dodgy one, and Bolton is a banana skin game. It's going to be a very dodgy four games for Ramos, but Hull will be on a flyer after beating Arsenal, Stoke have some experienced players and played well to hold out Liverpool at Anfield, and Bolton is the one i think you will lose.
How did Mike Ashley think he was going to get £480 for a club in crisis? I mean if you look at the other side, you have to fork out £480 to buy the club, £110 million at least on new players who probaly won't do anything, because Joe Kinnear isn't the way forward, so it's going to cost the buyer far to much and he won't get anything to show from it, and when he wants to sell it, he won't recoup as much as he spent on getting the club.
D2Kvirus
10-02-2008, 03:13 PM
Stoke could well come down to whether or not Michael Dawson is on the pitch. If he is, we'd be best to look away when Rory Delap goes for a long throw, as Dawson seems contractually obliged to make one massive howler that costs us a goal per game. Hull could go either way, because they have had some vetry good results and some pretty bad ones (siort of like us, just with very good results as well), whilst Bolton should be put away because they aren't as robust as they used to, and crack under pressure.
Thing is, in each of the games we need to have a midfield that supports the sole striker, which we haven't had thus far, other than in flashes vs. Chelsea and Newcastle. Talking about gelling is all well and good, but there needs to be the impression they're playing in the same match.
:::EDIT:::
Well, we got a result against Wisla, therefore dispelling the doomsayers (for about a day, anyway), although I don't think Ramos should try shutting up shop at 1-0 with 20 minutes to go just yet, considering the players are still jittery.
Gunnar Brian
10-02-2008, 04:05 PM
I disagree with the cracking under pressure. Naturally as a Bolton fan and actual Boltonian (shock) I blame it on the crack down of physicality of the game. Looking back, Premiership teams are getting softer and softer meaning Boltons physical game doesn't work because every rough challeneg now aday seems to merit a freekick, mind the occasional good challenege merits a freekick or worse for the BIG 4. Say what you want about us, but we are simply a case of a rough team remaining rough and getting booked for it while 10 years ago we'd get a play on. All I am going to say is Bolton will pick up 3 or more bookings against Spurs for being 'rough' although Arsenal is our worst game, and thats because of Wenger.
Gunnar Brian
10-03-2008, 12:34 PM
Anyways, moving back to Newcastle and Joe 'I can handle the press' Kinnear.
Just going to say, that is a fantastic way to start a job, 4 days in and a lovely tirade about journalists.
D2Kvirus
10-03-2008, 03:05 PM
So, with the vultures lining up awaiting Spurs to fuck up in the UEFA Cup, instead it's another team that have to share breathing space with an insufferable brand name, Everton (and Pompey came pretty damned close, too). At least in the Carling Cup it was win/win, y'know?
Joe Kinnear did something as stupid as inviting Peter Mandleson back into Cabinet life with his rant - the image of a lamb flinging itself on the slab is the one I have.
Biolton used to be 90 minutes of being kicked and harried, but lately they seem to do it for 60 minutes and ease off - that's whjy they crack under pressure, because they're on the receiving end of it for a change. That's what happens when Sammy Lee decided to make Bolton better to watch when, in effect, he just made them easier to beat - the latter a speciality of Gary Megson (along with bust ups with the board, the players, the fans, the individual blades of grass...)
Hey atleast you haven't lost at home to HULL!!
...yet
Let me try.
At least Newcastle won't win a trophy this year
...maybe
D2Kvirus
10-07-2008, 03:01 PM
That's a new one - manage 28 shots in a game, and somehow manage not to score a single goal. Naturally, the anti Jenas & Modric brigade knew who was responsible.
Ramos needs seven points in the next three games at least to stay in his job, since Levcy has waited too long to buy him some time by appeasing fans' wishes and sacking Comolli. I'll take six if Arsenal win 1-0 after a blatant dive in the penalty area that the ref says was a penalty when even the Arsenal players say it isn't...
The Great One
10-08-2008, 09:17 AM
Spurs will lose to Hull
Now onto lose to Stoke City. Indefinatly will put Ramos out of a job, losing to two of the newly promoted sides, will not make his chances of getting himself out of this mess any better. Looking at the bigger picture, if Spurs keep this up, the only thing they will win, is Sunderlands lowest points ever award, which Sunderland will be happy to no longer have that prestigious award.
Other news is West Ham is now up for sale, the irish owner is desperate to sell as his bank has been siezed as the credit crunch takes its toll. And with the Sheff UTD saga, the money they had to pay out, would definatly finish them off and more than likely cost them their place in the Premiership, onto the Championship we bubbles go.
Derby won the lowest points award last season, btw...
Oh, and isn't West Ham's Owner from Iceland? Not Ireland!
Pffft, whoever said Iceland make it easy were talking a load of shit!
The Great One
10-08-2008, 11:26 AM
Derby won the lowest points award last season, btw...
Oh, and isn't West Ham's Owner from Iceland? Not Ireland!
Pffft, whoever said Iceland make it easy were talking a load of shit!
Sorry, take it off Derby then.
And yes, it's Iceland, got mixed up.
D2Kvirus
10-08-2008, 01:19 PM
Have to laugh at West Ham - first their sponsor goes bust, then their chairman's bank goes into receivership and he's sacked, so Zola has no money to spend on players in January (which goes against one of the conditions of his contract).
At this rate, West Ham and Newcastle will make up the bottom two by virture of going out of existence.
Drunkacho
10-08-2008, 09:08 PM
if Spurs keep this up, the only thing they will win, is Sunderlands lowest points ever award, which Sunderland will be happy to no longer have that prestigious award.
Derby took that off our hands last season, thankfully.
Meh, didn't notice the it was mentioned already. I doubt Spurs will break that record though, seriously.
D2Kvirus
10-09-2008, 03:20 PM
Actually, Watford took it off Sunderland's hands, and Derby topped that. So, therefore, Sunderland are officially third-rate at being a third-rate Premiership team.
Logically, it's clear we can eventually pull clear, but the horrible part is trying to work out when (that's why I said we needed five-seven points from Hull-Stoke-Bolton to spark a revival, and I think seven in Stoke-Bolton-Arsenal is about all that can save Ramos from Levy's itchy trigger finger). Of course, it doesn't help matters that Spurs fans are now aware that Dick Advocaat is a free agent at the end of the (Russian) season, and with a proven record with PSV, Rangers and Zenit...
D2Kvirus
10-10-2008, 04:06 PM
Actually Watford didn't.
Could've sworn Watford had the lowest points total at some point. Oh well, that makes Sunderland second-rate at being third-rate, then.
Could it have been...ya know...before Sunderland?
D2Kvirus
10-11-2008, 09:54 AM
Could it have been...ya know...before Sunderland?
That I had already presumed.
Anyway, I bet Mike Ashley is annoyed, as any potential investors now have a choice: pay £300m for a floundering car crash at the foot of the table, or £100m for a club that's doing OK and has the added bonus of being in London?
D2Kvirus
10-26-2008, 12:19 PM
Bloody hell, Night of the Long Knives at White Hart Lane last night. The victims:
Juande Ramos
Gus Poyet
Marcos Alvarez
Damien Comolli
Now, Comolli was a long time coming anyway, so wasn't a surprise. And I was half expecting Ramos to be axed by the end of the week if the Bolton and Arsenal matches yielded nothing but embarassment and irritation, but the whole coaching set-up? OK, Alvarez was Ramos' inside man so understandable, but I would've thought Poyet would've escaped the chop - I also hear somebody walking past WHL was sacked because he was within the radius at that moment in time.
So, £5m later, in comes Harry Redknapp. Hmm...anyone see Defoe and Diarra joining in January (since the Spurs boards are already assuming they'll arrive)? And to think, mid-week the assumption was Upson and Scott Parker would be snapped up too.
The Great One
10-27-2008, 09:14 AM
Good result for Liverpool yesterday. We have had the best start to the season for a long time. I'm not getting my hopes up, but i can safely say if we keep this up we will be up their abouts by the end of the season.
D2Kvirus
10-27-2008, 03:58 PM
A league win for Spurs yesterday. Only took nine attempts!
Good to see the spite merchants vomiting bile all over our boards yesterday. It's like they have nothing to say about their own teams, and nothing welcome about Spurs. Yeesh, must suck to be a Gooner/Geordie/Villain...
A good weekend for aggro, too: Rooney thinking it was really clever to kiss the MUPLC registered trademark whilst being subbed, and Joey Barton being told to stay in the technical area whilst warming up and deciding to jog down the touchline and kiss the badge on his tracksuit - to be met by about £2.60 in change...
Good to see the spite merchants vomiting bile all over our boards yesterday. It's like they have nothing to say about their own teams, and nothing welcome about Spurs. Yeesh, must suck to be a Gooner/Geordie/Villain...
You really do think that other clubs fans hold your club in high regard don't you? Wake up, I ain't no liverpool fan but I post on a Liverpool forum. It happens.
D2Kvirus
10-28-2008, 04:04 PM
You really do think that other clubs fans hold your club in high regard don't you? Wake up, I ain't no liverpool fan but I post on a Liverpool forum. It happens.
Arsenal, Chelsea and Wet Ham fans have an excuse. Villa, Newcastle, Forest and Leeds fans do not. Suffice to say it gets remarkably tiresome.
The fact that they came flowing out of the woodwork after we brought in Harry and secured our first league win is also a sign that there's something wrong with their mentality.
What a truly fucking great match.
D2Kvirus
10-30-2008, 03:34 PM
The question now is: would the Arsenal Ladies drop a 4-2 lead at home?
I can see the "Almunia for England" brigade have turned him into Paul Robinson: one 40-yard screamer, a shot spileld into Bent's path and Jenas curled one around him from nowhere. He'll fit in perfectly, then.
Of course, why MOTD didn't note Arsenal's defensive frailties would boggle the mind if not for the fact it's bleedin' obvious. But, then again, if the closest to a defensive midfielder between both teams is Dider Zokora, both are going to have Swiss cheese in midfield.
D2Kvirus
11-01-2008, 06:45 PM
How to have a very enjoyable Saturday, footballily speaking:
1.) Point out to mouthy Gooners that, if the likes of Gomes, Zokora, Modric, Jenas and Bale wouldn't get into their team, ask why Wenger tried to sign them (as well as Woodgate, and GDS).
2.) Point out Spurs fans aren't deluded as Spurs are selling the 4-4 on DVD on their site (and why don't more clubs without TV channels do this?)
3.) Watch Arsenal go down 2-1 at Stoke.
4.) Beat Liverpool 2-1.
A day of Gooner ownage followed by derailing the Scouser Hyperbole Machine and leaping off the bottom is remarkably satisfying. Anyway...PUB!
The Great One
11-01-2008, 07:28 PM
A day of Gooner ownage followed by derailing the Scouser Hyperbole Machine and leaping off the bottom is remarkably satisfying. Anyway...PUB!
Yeah, well done to you guys, Harry is definatly inputting some life into a team that looked desperate for a result. Good luck.
Today was just another one of those games for Liverpool, that definatly happens almost everytime we either lose or draw, we can have 20 good chances, hit the post three times, but still end up dropping points. We need this game to kick us up the arse and tell us again we need to convert those chances that are costing us.
Now onto Athletico, need a good performance and a win, to put confidence back into the team for WBA, can't afford any more dropped points, because if Chelsea win, we have to win by 10 goals before we go back to the top of the league.
D2Kvirus
11-02-2008, 11:24 AM
Realistically, all 'Arry did was what Ramos should've done: have Modric playing in a free role behind Bent/Pav, play Huddlestone in midfield, and have Bentley on the right. But even with such simple things Ramos never did (albeit playing Lennon on the left has given him a kick up the ass this season, that's for sure), the fact the team are playing as they should've been means 'Arry deserves a lot of credit. Seven points in three games is the sort of form to drag us into the top half of the table, and we'll see where it leads (preferably the FA Cup and a Top6 finish).
Arsenal, meanwhile, are turning into us from three weeks ago: no tackle in midfield, incapable of dealing with direct balls into the box, and they fall to pieces too easily when they can't pass it around the opposition: first their collapse on Wednesday, then getting picked off easily by Stoke (after losses to Hull and Fulham). Half a dozen games from now it could be neck-and-neck.
Everton are starting to pull their way up the table, too - Bolton and West Brom, on the other hand, are starting to look like they'll be having a long, hard winter.
The Great One
11-02-2008, 08:22 PM
Realistically, all 'Arry did was what Ramos should've done: have Modric playing in a free role behind Bent/Pav, play Huddlestone in midfield, and have Bentley on the right. But even with such simple things Ramos never did (albeit playing Lennon on the left has given him a kick up the ass this season, that's for sure), the fact the team are playing as they should've been means 'Arry deserves a lot of credit. Seven points in three games is the sort of form to drag us into the top half of the table, and we'll see where it leads (preferably the FA Cup and a Top6 finish).
Ramos just got it all wrong and got himself into a hole which he couldn't get out of. Harry has injected some life into Spurs, but it'll not last IMO. The bubble will burst and they will once again look an average side, no disrespect, but their is a lot of players that just don't look the part. I can see you finishing round about midtable, but you say preferably top 6, but it's not going to happen, you require at least two or three teams in the top ten to go on a really bad run for you to get their, and i can't see that happening. Mid table, or round about 8th (pushing the boat out) is where i can personally see you finishing.
God I fucking HATE the majority of Spurs fans, and strangely (yet nicely) I'm not referring to a single one of them from this board. You have a good run in 3 games, and suddenly you're the best team in the world, Arsenal are shite because they're on a bad run themselves, all Arsenal fans are stupid sheep followers for hating spurs and blah blah blah, seriously I'm strongly considering running for London Mayor for the next election and abolishing Spurs supports from London!! They make me SICK!
The Great One
11-03-2008, 07:57 AM
God I fucking HATE the majority of Spurs fans, and strangely (yet nicely) I'm not referring to a single one of them from this board. You have a good run in 3 games, and suddenly you're the best team in the world, Arsenal are shite because they're on a bad run themselves, all Arsenal fans are stupid sheep followers for hating spurs and blah blah blah, seriously I'm strongly considering running for London Mayor for the next election and abolishing Spurs supports from London!! They make me SICK!
Their is a lot of Tottenham fans on a football forum that i am on, and none of them think they are the best team in the world, so i'd say it's only a majority that give the team a bad name. Most of them know that they are starting to get some form back, but most of them are keeping their feet on the ground. Thats what i hate about most fans of every club, you will always get at least a quater that just don't have a clue. I'd say the Chelsea fans are by far the worst.
D2Kvirus
11-03-2008, 03:29 PM
It's funny how Arsenal fans keep going on about how Spurs fans are arrogant for thinking they're team are the best in the world/will finish top four/think Darren Bent is worth £16.5m - no Spurs fan thinks that, but Gooners tell themselves that a lot. Strangely in the weeks around derby day, or when Arsenal start their usual capitulations - now, as Arsenal have timed them to coincide this season, I try and feign surprise...
Anyway, what was the ref doing at the Theatre of Schemes on Saturday? Giving a goal that was marginally over the line, then a penalty - I assume he'll be dropped from the Premier League list after such a shambolic performance like that, and lose the usual bribes that refs get there.
D2Kvirus
11-13-2008, 03:15 PM
Bloody hell, after years of hearing about Chelsea's unbeaten home record, they've now lost at home twice in the space of a month - first to Liverpool in the league, now to Burnley in the Carling Cup.
Gotta laugh...
You do.
And Great One, are you a member over at RAWK?
The Great One
11-15-2008, 08:04 AM
You do.
And Great One, are you a member over at RAWK?
Nope. I'm not.
The result against Tottenham was shocking, but the thought of Chelsea losing to Burnley and Chelsea had a decent team out, well cheered me up. Let them lose in the Premiership this weekend and i'll definatly be partying while i'm doing my night shift tonight.
D2Kvirus
11-15-2008, 10:22 AM
The sad/irritating/typical thing about the Burley/Chelsea match was the result being overshadowed by two things:
1.) A Burnley fan throwing a coin at Drogba
2.) Drogba throwing said coin into the crowd, without knowing who threw it
No, it's not as if Chelsea players aren't used to money being thrown at them by members of the Stamford Bridge hierarchy (although it's the first time Drogba was brushed by anything and didn't hit the deck like he'd been shot halfway through a cardiac arrest), but it seems to be fitting into the current tabloid agenda of making out hooligans are returning to the terraces, like the "World Wor III" headlines after the Tyne & Wear derby a few weeks back.
I did giggle at the cries of "inexperienced reserves" from some Liverpool fans: Degen has three years at Dortmund and 30 Swiss caps (including a World Cup and European Championship), Dossena has a couple of years at Udinese in the upper reaches of Serie A, Babel has several years at Ajax at the top of the Dutch league and in Europe, and Hypia isn't some 16 year old out of the youth team. And, of course, the amount of first-team players we rested (King, Woodgate, Modric, Bent, Jenas, Bentley - and GDS is out injured) means we weren't exactly full strength either. Heck, Boateng got a short run out!
Anyway, the plans for the new Spurs stadium are enough to make the average fan paranoid, considering it needs to be done with military precision...involving the people responsible for the new Wembley fiasco. There's also the mental image that, at one point, the new stadium will appear to be eating WHL...
The Great One
11-15-2008, 10:56 AM
I did giggle at the cries of "inexperienced reserves" from some Liverpool fans: Degen has three years at Dortmund and 30 Swiss caps (including a World Cup and European Championship), Dossena has a couple of years at Udinese in the upper reaches of Serie A, Babel has several years at Ajax at the top of the Dutch league and in Europe, and Hypia isn't some 16 year old out of the youth team. And, of course, the amount of first-team players we rested (King, Woodgate, Modric, Bent, Jenas, Bentley - and GDS is out injured) means we weren't exactly full strength either. Heck, Boateng got a short run out!
It's funny how the three players you mentioned happened to be defenders, and Babel isn't going to carry the midfield and front line all by himself. The rest of the team were reserves and did not show anything that proves them as up comers. But the experience they got will hopefully make them learn.
D2Kvirus
11-15-2008, 01:56 PM
It's funny how the three players you mentioned happened to be defenders, and Babel isn't going to carry the midfield and front line all by himself. The rest of the team were reserves and did not show anything that proves them as up comers. But the experience they got will hopefully make them learn.
Dossena is the player who's getting the most stick (the usual "Worst Liverpool player ever" comments and so forth), and it's the team's defending that undid them more than anything else.
Still, we're thankful Taarabt wasn't in the squad - he's still the only player in Spurs history to dribble a ball the width of the pitch, and still not make a pass despite having the entire team available at one point or other.
I remember Taarabt was hailed as 'the new Zidane'. I'm sure that monicker applies to about half a dozen young French prospects every year though.
So what's the deal with Gomes? Was it PSV he played for before? I heard he was a magician of a goalkeeper but he can't handle crosses... well, he can 'handle' them into the back of the net prapps...
D2Kvirus
11-19-2008, 02:09 PM
Gomes seems to have recurring nightmares of the Stoke game - he was playing well before that match (a couple of exceptions aside), but since then he's been getting worse.
Of course, you could look at it this way: with Hans Segers as our goalkeeping coach, Paul Robinson was doing fine and was England's #1. But when Ramos came in, Segers was out and we drafted in some bloke named Perry Spruckling as temp, and Robbo's game went to hell. In comes Hans Leitert in the summer, and after early promise suddenly Gomes' game goes to hell.
Should we just promote Pat Jennings from Head of Youth Goalkeeping Development? He was our goalkeeping coach before...shame he was having to coach Ian Walker.
What I'm more baffled about is why Spurs and Arsenal seem to be copying each other in the results:
Stoke: 1-2 Spurs, 1-2 Arsenal
Fulham: 1-2 Spurs, 0-1 Arsenal
Hull: 0-1 Spurs, 1-2 Arsenal
Villa: 1-2 Spurs, 0-2 Arsenal
Bolton: 2-0 Spurs, 3-1 Arsenal
Heck, we've both got "next Zidanes" in our squads, Nasri and Taarabt (something tells me Arsenal have a better shout). Does this mean Berbatov's return to WHL (if he isn't dumb enough to fake the flu, food poisoning and at least one hamstring injury) is going to go our way?
Wasn't Perry Suckling the former Palace keeper who let in 9 to Liverpool back in '89? That doesn't bode well does it!
D2Kvirus
11-20-2008, 02:17 PM
Wasn't Perry Suckling the former Palace keeper who let in 9 to Liverpool back in '89? That doesn't bode well does it!
You mean it was an nefarious scheme to make Robbo look shite so we could sell him to Blackburn to facilitate signing David Bentley?
Hmmm...
D2Kvirus
11-23-2008, 06:50 PM
Schadenfreude Time: It has been amusing to watch Arsenal self-destruct this past week (and let's face it, we all know Gallas was talking about serial asshole Adebayor), capped by their 3-0 loss to Man City yesterday. Heck, it's kept most of their fans off our boards.
(Most of 'em...)
And why is it that every weekend seems to have Spurs climbing out of the relegation zone? We've done it three out of the past four weeks, haven't we? Heck, we could overtake Arsenal if the next four of five games follow the current script(s), as there's now eight points difference.
A mate of mine mused at the beginning of the season that Spurs and the Arse would meet in middle table around May...
D2Kvirus
11-27-2008, 03:39 PM
A mate of mine mused at the beginning of the season that Spurs and the Arse would meet in middle table around May...
I've been taking the opportunity to turn the tables on a few Gooner WUMS: after a couple of seasons of TOP 4 (followed by a bunch of laughing smilies) I've responded in kind...
D2Kvirus
11-28-2008, 02:34 PM
Gunnar Brian
11-28-2008, 05:04 PM
Sheer quality D2K, nice bit of chuckling
D2Kvirus
12-02-2008, 02:11 PM
Remember a few weeks ago when Roy Keane said if he was booed by the home crowd at the Stadium of Light once more he'd quit? I notice he hasn't handed in his resignation after being jeered off after their capitulation and humiliation against Bolton on Saturday. It's as if he's all mouth or something.
And having a good idea where this came from, let's discuss the Manchester Derby. Ferguson, he of "Ronaldo needs protection" must be furious his players must've forgotten this is a two-way thing as they spent the match kicking lumps out of SWP, and then there's Ronaldo's sending off...
First he says a ball was coming towards his face so he put his hands up to catch it, instead of say...heading it? With this excuse being pulled apart, then there was a whistle only audible to Ronaldo, Ferguson, Rio Ferdinand and all MUPLC fans. For fuck's sake, grow up.
Gunnar Brian
12-02-2008, 03:54 PM
The Ronaldo incident was simply poor (no excuses needed) whatever Ronny was thinking there I have no idea, he simply couldn't have though he wouldn't get caught with doing it. Given thats prob the only bit of the match I saw.
As for Mr Keane, stand upand take a boy sir, you get the join the elite club of prem managers who had let Bolton score 4 goals or more, and I personally salute you for letting us take pssibly the easiest three points we'll get all season. Lovely November for Bolton, 4/5 wins, only loss at Liverpool, kinof form that will drag us up and away from relegation, now to see us only pick up 3 points in December to drop us back into the bottom 3
D2Kvirus
12-03-2008, 02:23 PM
I can't believe in a recent poll 34% of Chelsea fans think that Avram Granbt did a better job than Scolari is doing at the moment. True, Chelsea just lost their third home match of the season at the weekend, but Grant was a caretaker manager who's job was to bore the opponents to defeat.
I should laugh at Arsenal coming undone in the Carling Cup against Burnley, but as we have Watford tonight I'll save it for 24 hours - especially if Blackburn make the semi-finals Spurs/Blackburn/Burnley/Derby, once again demonstrating the Carling Cup is what the FA Cup used to be: capable of throwing up surprises and giving both the unfashionable and the lower league teams a shot at glory (well, other than last season's FA Cup that deviated from the Big Four-dominated script, of course).
D2Kvirus
12-05-2008, 02:52 PM
I should laugh at Arsenal coming undone in the Carling Cup against Burnley, but as we have Watford tonight I'll save it for 24 hours...
Alright, we beat Watford, so...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The thing is that for all this talk of Arsenal's great youth policy in the Carling Cup over the years, how many of them ever graduate to the first team? And, no, neither Fabregas or Walcott count, considering the transfer fees paid (so I'm applying that rule to Ramsey).
And, not to toot my own horn or anything, but...
Remember a few weeks ago when Roy Keane said if he was booed by the home crowd at the Stadium of Light once more he'd quit?
Bye!
As per usual, things get a bit tough and the supposed hard man of British football flounces off (see also: Ireland before the 2002 World Cup, his departure from MUPLC). Cue people saying once again he learned from the best...which is a lie as he doesn't appear to have learned a damn thing from Brian Clough, but plenty from Alex Ferguson.
Cue people saying once again he learned from the best...which is a lie as he doesn't appear to have learned a damn thing from Brian Clough, but plenty from Alex Ferguson.
That was just AWESOME!!!
The Arsenal stuff though? Not cool man, not cool at all!
D2Kvirus
12-11-2008, 03:42 PM
So, 16 Spurs fans are to be banned from matches for homophobic chanting. Hold on, wasn't Sol Campbell banging on about receiving racist chanting? So, all this has done is proven Sol Campbell to be a liar who is happy to play the race card, and the authorities have to act as a result. At the same time, a Newcastle fan hasn't been banned from games for racist chants towards Mido, which he has been proven to have made. One rule for one and another for another, eh?
Juande Ramos' CV looks odd - fired by Spurs, but given the Real Madrid job. Isn't that like being fired as a shop assistent and given a duty manager's job?
Meanwhile, somebody at goal.com made a bit of a blunder in reporting one of last night's "Champion's" League fixtures...
Batista619
12-15-2008, 08:42 AM
I saw him get the job but hes only temporary or soemthing till they get someone permanent a report said. And that picture is funny lmao!
D2Kvirus
12-15-2008, 02:56 PM
Here's something I found on Spurs' 606 board on Saturday morning (with any links to a certain red top pile of cum-ridden shit removed):
Apparently Spurs' 606 forum users are national news, as we've made the back page of everybody's favourite dispenser of truth, The Sun.
Berbatov has supposedly, "already been the subject of sick messages on the BBC 606 website and other forums, particularly over his father being a convicted rapist".
I must have missed those, as most of the articles on here over the past couple of days have been about the Judas arrests.
I can't think of where anyone would have found out about Berbatov's dad being a rapist, though...
I'd hate to think that any of our fans would hurl any random insults at him based on the self-serving claims of a publicity hungry slapper, too.
Seriously, do these people have nothing better to report?
Onto the Spurs/Cunts game, what the hell happened to Gomes? He was a one-man Battle of Thermopylae out there, and Michael Dawson put behind a few bad gamjes (otherwise known as the 2007/08 season) behind him and was also suitably epic. Showpony, meanwhile, should've been sent off - his kick at Dawson was blatant and as mature as could be expected. And another handball, it's as if he has a habit (or is it a manager who says "win at all costs if it's 0-0 after 60 minutes? And why is it "win at all costs" for MUPLC, but "cheating" for everyone else?)
West Brom look to be distancing themselves from the pack, so the table may start to arrange itself after the Christmas break.
Gunnar Brian
12-16-2008, 12:34 PM
The Ronaldo kick was simply disgusting, there was no need and well congrats to Dawson for not reacting. I can only wonder had Ronaldo been kicked like that, just how badly he'd react
D2Kvirus
12-16-2008, 03:07 PM
Typical FA, they say no action should be taken on Showpony as the ref didn't see it because, if he did, he would've booked him at the very least.
What absolute bollocks from beginning to end - they have a panel for incidents just like this, yet they shy away from the ones involving MUPLC players (or at least one ones instigated by MUPLC players).
Paul Ince has gone. Not surprising - especially since he was second choice, with Blackburn even trying to land Michael Laudrup (their initial choice) after Ince made a verbal agreement. I feel sorry for him, really - he was working his way up and learning his trade, but his name value meant he was thrown into the deep end too soon.
Images of WHL2 are up:
Contrary to Gooner bleating, it doesn't look like the Emirates (ironic, considering the Emirates is just Wembley without the arch). One one hand, the planners have paid attention and got one key detail right, as the fans will be close to the pitch, so form and function are both taken into account (as opposed to the Delli Alpi or Olympiastadion). However, I don't like the club badge being flanked by NAMING RIGHTS in that pic...
D2Kvirus
12-22-2008, 02:08 PM
Since yesterday's annual mugging at St. James' Pit, the Spurs boards have been filled with Geordies being as factually challenged as you can expect from the most deluded bunch of human beings on the planet.
For instance:
"Tottenham have been a midtable lower half of the table premier meague since 2006."
A look at recent league finishes reads thus:
2005-06: 5th
2006-07: 5th
"Despite it all, playing against the big boys in the big league is somethung the Spuds have never"
Results against the Sky 4 this season:
Chelsea 1-1
Arsenal 4-4
Liverpool 2-1 & 4-2
MUPLC 0-0
"why on earth would Owen or Martins want to move to a lesser club ?????"
Michael Owen's previous club: Real Madrid
Obafami Martins' previous club: Inter
Are you telling me that Newcastle isn't a step down? Hell, at least Tottenham can offer European football, Newcastle can't.
"[Luka Modric] IS HOPELESS I WOULDN'T PAY MORE THAN 5 MILL...Thank christ yes. we bought jonas instead and he is miles better."
I can't begin to tell you how wrong these statements are. At least the moronic fucker turned off the caps lock for the second one...
The Great One
12-30-2008, 12:49 PM
So 2008 is over, the festive period has gone, and the table looks like:
1 Liverpool points 45
2 Chelsea points 42
3 Man Utd points 38
4 Arsenal points 35
5 Aston Villa points 35
6 Everton points 32
7 Wigan points 28
8 Hull points 27
9 Fulham points 26
10 West Ham points 25
11 Bolton points 23
12 Portsmouth points 23
13 Man City points 22
14 Newcastle points 22
15 Sunderland points 22
16 Tottenham points 20
17 Middlesborough points 20
18 Stoke points 20
19 Blackburn points 18
20 West Brom points 18
Is that how the table you would of ended up halfway through? Or is their a few susprises?
Got to give credit to Aston Villa, Hull, Wigan and Fulham for getting into the top 10. Fulham and Hull i thought would of been at least around the 14th posistion mark by this time, but Aston Villa has been the susprising one, breaking into the top 5 can't see them finishing fourth but are looking to be a good shout on causing an upset. Arsenal haven't exactly been on fire at the moment.
Liverpool still top of the league, and not to playing to the usual standards, still going to hit top form, and we usually have a good second half to the season so confidence is high, but still taking it one game at a time.
Gunnar Brian
12-30-2008, 01:56 PM
Top 3 surprises for me
Hull, honesty I along with the majority expected them to be cannon fodder this season, so be up where they are position wise is a pretty good achievement.
Villa, fighting currently with Arsenal and along with Everton, the main threats now to break the big 4. Doing very well and I expect them to cement European fottball next season.
Liverpool, leading the leage and looking fairly solid in doing so. Provided they don't do anything silly they can go win it this season.
Top 3 disasters
Blackburn, How many losses did Ince rack up in a row? 17 I hears, no idea but well simply put Blackburn need to kick start now if they want to save this season.
Arsenal, or more specifically Wengers comment about Villa not being title challengers when they are, despite them being lower. Yeah ok, signs of panic I think.. won't win the league but need to fight to try and grab 2nd to avoid a CL qualifier
City, so January anyone? How many names? yep not the impact people expected
The Great One
12-30-2008, 03:03 PM
Top 3 disasters
Blackburn, How many losses did Ince rack up in a row? 17 I hears, no idea but well simply put Blackburn need to kick start now if they want to save this season.
Arsenal, or more specifically Wengers comment about Villa not being title challengers when they are, despite them being lower. Yeah ok, signs of panic I think.. won't win the league but need to fight to try and grab 2nd to avoid a CL qualifier
City, so January anyone? How many names? yep not the impact people expected
Blackburn i somehow thought they would struggle, ever since Mark Hughes left, the stability in the squad has went and confidence went down. Paul Ince should of never accepted the posistion, yeah he was doing well with his old job, and a chance of big time i see why he took it, but he didn't look at the larger picture when he took it, inexperience, high pressure and expectations were a lot higher. Now that he has failed, it's going to be a long long time before gets back into big time, just like Roy Keane.
Man City, all that money expecting big. Not a chance, got to look how long it took Chelsea before they finally ticked, as much as a like Mark Hughes i don't think he will take City that far than whats been talked about. I've always said it and i'll say it again, you can go and buy every world class player in the world, but how you play the team tactics wise is what counts, and whether the team is adaptable to play to each others strength. The only place i can see City is getting into the top 6 and i'm being generous.
Arsenal, i always sensed they would struggle. Arsene is refusing to buy quality to improve the squad, and is trying to get his kids to do the job. Yeah his kids are quality and talented, but it seems they have been thrown into the deepend and his depth isn't what you expect of a title contender. You got to take one look at Chelsea, Man Utd and Liverpool, all have quality in depth, if any of them got a serious injury to a top player, they have another top player to step in, however Arsenal don't have that privelage.
D2Kvirus
12-31-2008, 02:45 PM
I wanted Blackburn to stay up when Ince was there, yet as soon as Allardyce comes in I want them to go down. Take from that what you will.
I actually feel sorry for Paul Ince, because he was learning his trade rather than jumping into a bigger job based solely on his name (i.e. Keane, Roy), but the need for a name meant Blackburn jumped for him and he wasn't anywhere near ready for the jump from League Two to Premier League.
Arsenal, have to laugh - their midfield is more lightweight than ours, and their WUMs have been strangely quiet of late...
Man City serve on purpose at present - they're more laughable than Spurs which, given the last couple of weeks, is blessed relief.
Of course, we all know the biggest laugh in English football right now is Steven Gerrard - not least because he didn't go flying when somebody looked to punch him, and was constantly having "a quiet word" with the arresting officers at regular intervals. It's as if having Joey Barton marking him corrupted him to become the sort of person who hospitalises somebody and commits ABH.
Slightly more funny is that the previous press release with his name on it that day was Gerrard saying Liverpool would win the title. Not if he's in court on the day of a crucial game or two they won't. Hopefully he's made to wear a high-visibility vest whilst playing - as if Evertonians needed any more ammunition or anything.
Lastly, there's talk the DJ he bottled was a MUPLC fan, as was the boy he ran over a while back. Coincidence, malice, of proof that God Hates Mancs? Discuss.
Oh, and Droylesden must be sick. After four attempts to play their FA Cup tie with Chesterfield, they win 2-0...and get thrown out of the competition for fielding an ineligible player.
D2Kvirus
01-04-2009, 02:46 PM
Double Standards Alert: Pompey fans were quick to condemn Spurs fans for abusive chanting (albeit chanting that was not, at any point, racist - so they're liars, too), yet are now phoning Jermaine Defoe and giving him death threats. Are they trying to have him rejoin us or something? If so, stop - Lukas Podolski must be the first choice!!!
And congratulations to Man City for being truly shambolic, losing 3-0 at home to Forest in the FA Cup. If only they showed Wayne Bridge's face at any point in the game.
Funnily, Chelsea offloaded Bridge for £10m, and have signed Yuri Zhirkov for £10m. I presume this is to give Ashley Cole more time to cheat on his wife?
D2Kvirus
01-10-2009, 12:45 PM
If anyone missed the one occasion Rafa Benitez wasn't ducking questions or talking crap, here's a full transcript (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/7820798.stm).
Naturally, MUPLC fans are jumping up and down presuming they've won the title because Rafa's cracked earlier than even Keegan, rather than acknowledge he's onto something with his comments.
On the subject of favouritism, when the news broke that Cristiano Ronaldo wrote off his Ferrari and didn't get a scratch, an injustice in itself, I made a comment on the 606 boards along the lines of him cheating death as well as on the pitch, and the moderators removed it - indeed, every mention of MUPLC cheating gets taken off, no matter how much evidence there is of diving players and illegal approaches for players.
Jermaine Defoe's return to Spurs is an odd deal: we paid Pompey £15m by paying them £3m. Yes, you did read that correctly - the fee we paid for Defoe includes unpaid monies from their purchases of Defoe, Younes Kaboul and Pedro Mendes. Mendes? We sold him to Pompey three years ago!
D2Kvirus
01-15-2009, 02:54 PM
A brief recap of the last few days:
* Man City say they'll try and sign Kaka
* Milan won't sell
* Man City insist they'll sign JKaka
* Kaka isn't interested
* The press keep banging on about Man City and Kaka
* Kaka and Milan have long since moved on
Miss anything?
In comparison, one paper is saying Man City will launch a bid for John Terry, and I bet they'll quickly be slapped down by Chelsea, Scolari, Terry, Terry's agent and probably Roman as well, and the story will die. Why? Because Chelsea are in contact with Sky Sports News so a story can be killed quickly. As Milan aren't, when the deal is long dead, the story can be repeated as nobody seems to be able top read La Gazetta dello Sport - even though any good London branch of WH Smith (and quite a few West London newsagents) carry it, and tell the truth.
And here it is in plain f'n English:
Kakà closes the door to City
"I’ll grow old at Milan", Gazetta dello Sport, 14/1/09 (http://english.gazzetta.it/Football/Primo_Piano/2009/01/14/kaka.shtml)
Gunnar Brian
01-15-2009, 04:32 PM
Want to throw in the 100 mil fee and 500k wages in there somewhere ;)
D2Kvirus
01-16-2009, 02:40 PM
One thing I've read is that City's owner isn't quite as rich as he was when he bought them, due to fluctuations in oil prices and so forth. Also, if they're signing Kaka, why are they in a bidding war with Spurs for Craig Bellamy?
The Great One
01-16-2009, 08:10 PM
One thing I've read is that City's owner isn't quite as rich as he was when he bought them, due to fluctuations in oil prices and so forth. Also, if they're signing Kaka, why are they in a bidding war with Spurs for Craig Bellamy?
It makes you wonder about it. I mean you're signing the worlds best midfielder, and you're in a bidding war over a striker who isn't the best.
Now Mourinho is wanting to sign Jermaine Jenas for Inter. First Pennant to Real Madrid, now Jenas to Inter, next it's going to be Darren Fletcher to AC Milan to replace Kaka.
Gunnar Brian
01-16-2009, 08:37 PM
De Jong's contract contains a clause that would allow him to leave in the summer for £1.8m, but City have reportedly bid £13.3m to buy him now.
How about this gem :P
D2Kvirus
01-17-2009, 09:05 AM
De Jong's contract contains a clause that would allow him to leave in the summer for £1.8m, but City have reportedly bid £13.3m to buy him now.
*pages 'Arry about the £1.8m clause*
At this rate, putting that I have more chance of playing for Juve than Man City have of signing Kaka will come to pass. Of course, the fact is a good chunk of Spurs fans would be happy to see Jenas leave, as there's an irrational need to criticise him no matter what.
Meanwhile, will the Metropolitan Police be having words with David James for incitement, given he's called for Pompey fans to give Spurs players and fans "stick" on Sunday? Or should we just make up stories of Sol Campbell making anti-Semetic remarks to our supporters, with no proof (as he never did), but he still gets charged because of the nature of the allegations? Let's see how he likes it - if he's dumb enough to be within three postal districts, that is.
D2Kvirus
01-31-2009, 09:42 AM
From the "How Do You Fucking Like it?!?" Files: Rafa Benitez is accusing Tottenham of tapping up Robbie Keane. He's missing the fact that 'Arry has stated he doubts Keane'd leave Liverpool, rather than saying how much he wants to sign him and leave it at that. Which is what Rafa was doing EIGHT FUCKING MONTHS AGO.
In other news, Bolton seem to want to get relegated, selling Kevin Nolan (aka Their Only Decent Player) and el-Hadji Diouf in the space of two hours on Friday. So, hopefully that translates to three hard-earned points for Spurs this afternoon.
In other news, Bolton seem to want to get relegated, selling Kevin Nolan (aka Their Only Decent Player) and el-Hadji Diouf in the space of two hours on Friday. So, hopefully that translates to three hard-earned points for Spurs this afternoon.
Diouf was sold to Sunderland in the summer...
So I'd love to know how the heck Bolton sold him the same day as Nolan...
Gunnar Brian
01-31-2009, 10:35 AM
Aside from the Diouf point, I think Megson is actually trying to get to a point where we turn up with 10 men in total to a match. Seriously, I actually concerned now
D2Kvirus
01-31-2009, 12:18 PM
I read one report that neglected to mention Diouf was signed from Sunderland, and merely said he played for Allashyte at Bolton. My bad. Actually, Teletext's bad...
Considering that Bolton have been reliant on Kevin Nolan and Jussi Jaaskeleinen for so long, selling one of them is madness - if he sells Kevin Davies, either they have a shit hot youth team to unleash in the last few months of the season, or Middlesbrough and Newcastle might see a chance of escaping yet. So if Newcastle are let off the relegation hook yet again, thanks for that...
Gunnar Brian
01-31-2009, 07:27 PM
I can promise you we don't have a shit hot youth team to unleash, but then again all we need to do is pick up 3 points from teams around us to survive, and that was a job done today for us no matter how good/bad we or Spurs was ;) Megson has also promised he expects to sign a prem player and a championship player before the deadline on Monday, that I don't mind aslong as they are 'good' and not just Joe Jones from Fulham reserves and Jon Bloggs from Wolves reserves
D2Kvirus
02-01-2009, 11:20 AM
A demonstration of the pendulum-like attitudes of Spurs fans:
Tuesday night - "We're staying up with a result, and performance, like that."
Saturday evening - "We're going down with a result, and performance, like that."
On the plus side it means our fans are at least acknowledging the situation, on the minus side it makes being a Spurs fan - never the easiest thing to be - that much harder. Or should I say annoying?
Everyone and their dog knows Bolton will try and sting you from set pieces, so what do we do? Fall asleep at three set pieces - made that much worse by the late suckerpunch after we'd played ourselves back into the game.
Naturally, it's all Jenas' fault...
D2Kvirus
02-05-2009, 01:49 PM
Anyone remember 15 years ago, where there were plenty of jokes about how the '94 World Cup would have commercial breaks just before a goal because Americans are too stupid to understand football? Well, that wasn't true - but ITV did manage it during last night's Everton vs. Liverpool match...
Also on the subject of Liverpool and plot losing, Rafa Benitez's justification for selling Robbie Keane verged on the bizarre, when he named Dirk Kuyt, Ryan Babel, David N'Gog and a few youth/reserve players. Two of those have been playing in midfield for the last two seasons, one is about half as diabolical as Adel Taarabt, and the others...well, there's a reason they're not in the first team yet.
Manager Scolari sacked by Chelsea
Luiz Felipe Scolari has been sacked as manager of Chelsea.
A statement on the club's website revealed the move had been made "to maintain a challenge for the trophies we are still competing for".
Scolari, who led Brazil to the 2002 World Cup, was appointed last summer as the replacement for Avram Grant.
From BBC.co.uk/sport
Wow, I didn't exactly expect that. Well, I did, but, not till the summer. I guess Roman wants to shake things up.
Lol, the Chelsea cowboys once again fuck up in their playing at running a football club.
D2Kvirus
02-10-2009, 03:02 PM
That'll be four managers in two years at Chelsea - even we haven't done that!
Oh, wait, there was the Hoddle-Pleat-Santini-Jol phase, but Jol was brought in on Arnesen's recommendation, only for Levy to bottle it to bring in a "big name"...
How much can we blame this on Chelsea's head honchos for pissing off Robinho? He was part of Scolari's plans, and was going to sign until they pissed him off by presuming the signing and offering Robinho shirts for sale on their website.
Meanwhile, Tony Adams got sacked, more proof that young English managers don't get a chance - despite the fact he wasn't much cop at Wycombe, and that remained so at Pompey. Let's see how Paul Hart does - he did a decent job at Forest, then it all went to hell when they sold half the squad and didn't replace them.
By the way, has anyone else noticed how obnoxious Villa fans are getting of late? Christ, five minutes in the sun and they turn into a facsimilie of any number of gobby Sky Four fans...
D2Kvirus
02-12-2009, 02:19 PM
Guus Hiddink has taken over at Chelsea until the end of the season, splitting his time between Stamford Bridge and the Russia job.
The thing is, ever since Hiddink was named Russia coach (on Abramovich's dime), there has been the presumption that he was parked in Moscow to improve the national team's fortunes, before being slid into the Chelsea dugout when Mourinho's contract expired - which was at the same time Hiddink's with Russia ran out.
Meanwhile, last months WSC nailed it in regards to Scolari:
Team Brazil
Tournament 2002 World Cup
Position Winners
Mood Ecstatic
Press reaction "Big Phil", "Tactical genius", "Disciplined", "Tough", "Pragmatist"
Team Portugal
Tournament 2004 European Championships
Position Runners up
Mood Happy
Press reaction "Big Phil", "Tactical genius", "Disciplined", "Tough", "Pragmatist"
Team Chelsea, August 2008
Tournament Premier League
Position First
Mood Optimistic
Press reaction "Big Phil", "Tactical genius", "Disciplined", "Tough", "Pragmatist"
Team Chelsea, January 2009
Tournament Premier League
Position Second
Mood Dejected
Press reaction "Fat Brazilian", "Lost dressing room", "Looking for move"
John Terry's comments that he was behind Scolari, as well as "two or three" more of the squad also spoke volumes - their first team squad has 30 players, if you include those loaned out.
D2Kvirus
02-15-2009, 06:26 PM
So the BBC are screening the Milan derby tonight...sorry, "David Beckham's Milan versus Jose Mourinho's Inter."
Yes, 21 of the players and the Milan manager are rendered insignificant by the fact they can tenuously tie in a link to both the England team (and they aren't making his loan permanent, I wonder why...) and the Premier League.
God I hate the attitude of English football at times...
D2Kvirus
02-28-2009, 10:15 AM
Yeesh, you'd think that Harry Redknapp farted on the Queen's head with some of the comments about Spurs sending out the second string/youth team XI in both legs of the UEFA Cup against Shakhtar Donetsk. The fact is that he said he would, as Spurs' priorities read like this:
1.) Premier League survival
2.) Winning the Carling Cup
3.) Participating in the UEFA Cup
If we were 8-10 points better off, we may have made a go of it, but the fact is we aren't - would any Spurs fan be happy if we won the UEFA Cup and got relegated this season?
Also, Villa seem to get off the hook with a mild tutting, even though their game with CSKA Moscow was winnable at 1-1 on aggregate (Spurs were 0-2), and they just threw it away, to concentrate on finishing in the Top Four.
Now, MUPLC will likely be using a scratch XI on Sunday in the Carling Cup final, as they have throughout the competition (as do Arsenal, who are praised for sending out reserves and youth - not a double standard there), so is this also wrong?
The dumbest part is one moron said all teams that make more than four changes between their last league game and a cup match should be docked six points. The fact is Spurs had to change several squad members, for the following reasons:
Cup-tied: Corluka, Pavluychenko, Defoe
Not registered for UEFA Cup: Keane, Taarabt (also Ghaly, Rocha)
Injured: Cudicini, King, Woodgate (Defoe too...)
(Cudicini, Keane and Palacios were also cup-tied for the Carling Cup)
Try playing the same team with that stapled to the back of your tactics board.
D2Kvirus
03-01-2009, 06:11 PM
If anyone is feeling charitible at this time of year please, don't donate to Comic Relief (not least because it inflicts Lenny Henry on us every other year...), but to the David Bentley Removal Fund.
We have calculated that his six-year contract is worth £24,960,000, so all donations to pay this off and get the useless, smug, perfect example of what's wrong with the modern footballer out of White Hart Lane will be greatly received.
Gunnar Brian
03-01-2009, 07:44 PM
If anyone is feeling charitible at this time of year please, don't donate to Comic Relief (not least because it inflicts Lenny Henry on us every other year...), but to the David Bentley Removal Fund.
We have calculated that his six-year contract is worth £24,960,000, so all donations to pay this off and get the useless, smug, perfect example of what's wrong with the modern footballer out of White Hart Lane will be greatly received.
25 million! Oh get lost there, no way am I shelling out any money to put that muppet back into the transfer zone :P shell out 25 mill to help you lot and then get slapped when Megson snaps him up on a free :(
D2Kvirus
03-02-2009, 03:11 PM
£25m is approximatly the wages we owe him for the remaining 5 1/2 years of his contract - if Children in Need can raise that much...
Bentley's had a good week: he's been described as "the cancer in the squad" at Spurs, when he comes on in the CC final (only because Lennon was crocked) he wastes free kicks as per usual, then takes a bloody awful penalty - and shrugs it off.
Amazingly the Spurs boards weren't filled with anti-Bentley posts afterwards. I put it down to the galvanising effect of three dozen separate (sad, pathetic) Gooners, Chelscum, Pompeyites, Geordies and Scousers lining up to have a go...
And can somebody please murder Alan Green? Having to listen to that cunt ruined the final almost as much as our penalty taking did!
The Great One
03-22-2009, 04:38 PM
Liverppol are going to win the league.
D2Kvirus
03-22-2009, 05:20 PM
Because it's always so much fun...
David Mellor, John Terry, Ron "Chopper" Harris, Frank Leboeuf, John Major, Ashley Cole, Michael Ballack, Peter Bonetti, Frank Lampard, Dennis Wise, Ken Bates, Jody Morris, Roman Abramovic, Peter Kenyon, Jose Mourinho - YOUR BOYS TOOK ONE HELL OF A THRASHING!!!
A good day for West London in general - the football club in that neck of the woods beat MUPLC, and once again proved that they only look good against teams who go out onto the pitch not to lose, and are rabbits in the headlights against teams that go out to win (best example being Liverpool last weekend).
Rooney proved himself to be this generation's Roy Keane: the on-the-field embodiment of Alex Ferguson - a snarling, swaggering, petulent bully who can dish it out but can't take it.
Gunnar Brian
04-05-2009, 12:56 PM
Season looks to be shaping up now. Top4 still in with a shout (some bigger than others) and the odd team slipping off the pace at the bottom, the table seems to have shaped up somewhat.
At the moment I'd say 12th upwards are safe or will be safe sooner rather than last day unless something goes massively wrong for City, Spurs or Bolton.
Thinks looking even worse for Newcastle, if they relegate I wonder how many 1st teamers demand a transfer claiming they are too good for lower tier football
The Great One
04-13-2009, 09:01 PM
Yeesh, you'd think that Harry Redknapp farted on the Queen's head with some of the comments about Spurs sending out the second string/youth team XI in both legs of the UEFA Cup against Shakhtar Donetsk. The fact is that he said he would, as Spurs' priorities read like this:
1.) Premier League survival
2.) Winning the Carling Cup
3.) Participating in the UEFA Cup
If we were 8-10 points better off, we may have made a go of it, but the fact is we aren't - would any Spurs fan be happy if we won the UEFA Cup and got relegated this season?
It's a trophy in the cabinet. Losing it on purpose could have a deprimental affect on the team, it's confidence. I would be happy with a trophy, and you never know, it could be the start of the revival to stay in the Premiership, would be a good end to the season don't you think?
Now, MUPLC will likely be using a scratch XI on Sunday in the Carling Cup final, as they have throughout the competition (as do Arsenal, who are praised for sending out reserves and youth - not a double standard there), so is this also wrong?
The dumbest part is one moron said all teams that make more than four changes between their last league game and a cup match should be docked six points. The fact is Spurs had to change several squad members, for the following reasons:
Cup-tied: Corluka, Pavluychenko, Defoe
Not registered for UEFA Cup: Keane, Taarabt (also Ghaly, Rocha)
Injured: Cudicini, King, Woodgate (Defoe too...)
(Cudicini, Keane and Palacios were also cup-tied for the Carling Cup)
Try playing the same team with that stapled to the back of your tactics board.
They've made a comment knowing that they'll get bites, and it's working. You've took it in hook line and sinker and he's pissed you off. He'll be sitting behind his computer screen laughing his back off. Congratulations, on becoming a member of the biting squad.
Liverpool will win the league.
D2Kvirus
04-14-2009, 01:12 PM
Typical Tabloid Logic Time:
According to The Murdoch Tabloid, Roman Pavlyuchenko will be sold in the summer, because Tottenham aren't playing him, and he'll be joining Chelsea because Guus Hiddink is their manager.
And this is on how many levels the story fails:
1.) Pavlyuchenko has been playing competitive football without a break since March 15th 2008, so the reason he's had a few weeks R&R is because he can't play 90 minutes for club or country. This logic has also led to a story about spurs signing Martin Petrov, as he's slipped down ther pecking order at Citeh - actually, he's been injured, and nobody plays injured players if they don't have to.
2.) Pavlyuchenko is in 'Arry's plans for next season, after he gets a long-overdue break at the end of the season.
3.) Guus Hiddink is leaving Chelsea at the end of the season, so has little to no influence on their summer transfer policy.
4.) Just because Hiddink is Russian coach, doesn't mean he's going to sign a load of Russian players (even if he did remain at Chelsea, which he isn't).
In other news, at the weekend Pavlyuchenko scored his 14th goal for Spurs - putting him one ahead of Dimitar Berbatov this season. Just wanted to point this out next time he's branded a "flop."
And a minute's silence for Luton Town, who were relegated from the football league yesterday. That they were in with a chance of staying up, despite a 30 point deduction, until mid-April is testament to how much they wanted to stay in the league and return to some semblance of normality.
By the way, as it's Hillsbrough Week, I have a question: where was the widespread coverage of the 20th anniversary of the Bradford City disaster in May 2005? 56 fans died that day, yet it's barely mentioned or remembered these days.
D2Kvirus
04-20-2009, 03:19 PM
Congratulations Everton, for ruining MUPLC fans' weekends. Also, for this image which has given all Spurs fans quite large doses of Schadenfreude:
Even by his usual standards, Cuntex Cunterson took the biscuit: bringing up in Friday's press conference Benitez disrespecting Everton, then playing the reserves. And afte rlosing, he blamed the pitch and said he didn't want to risk his first team for 90 minutes, plus extra time and penalties. So, he's saying he sent out his first team to defend their way to victory, and nick it in extra time? Oh well, that's slightly more attack-minded than the Carling Cup Final (also, I heard the commentators saying Ben Foster should warm up his iPod as time was getting short - so, when it's MUPLC the commentators encourage BLATANT FUCKING CHEATING, do they?)
Two mor epoints and Spurs have no chance of going down. Let's hope for three at the weekend, which will burst the bubble of arrogance at the Theatre of Schemes, eh?
In other news, all Premier League clubs will be increasing ticket prices in order to afford the extra policing for when Wolves visit. Yeesh, best hope Cardiff don't get promoted via the playoffs - it was £68 for some seats for yesterday's 45 minute training session against Newcastle.
And sorry to see Charlton are going from bad, to worse, to Oh Bugger, as they drop to the third tier.
I've got nothing to say about last weekend's football results. Except; fuckity-fucking-fuck.
D2Kvirus
04-28-2009, 03:35 PM
I don't know what you mean - I thought the match finished at half time...
Still, now that Spurs are safe from relegation (we need to go into Administration now in order to be at risk - Wigan are the highest-placed team with a mathmatical chance of going down), we're being linked to Kenwyn Jones. Again. Obviously the tabloid hacks haven't noticed that, since we last made an approach, he signed a long-term contract - and we signed both Jermaine Defoe and Robbie Keane.
Drunkacho
04-28-2009, 08:40 PM
I reckon big Kenwyne is on his way at the end of the season. He's been pretty shocking at times this year. Has shown flashes of the same form he had last season, but generally looks uninterested.
Looking back on it now I'd have preferred we snapped 'Arry's hands off for the quoted 16M or Darren Bent +6M deal he apparently tabled earlier this year.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing of course...
D2Kvirus
04-29-2009, 10:56 AM
Howard Webb has apologised for giving a penalty when he shouldn't have. So, will the FA stop harranguing 'Arry and Jenas for several grand in fines for saying he made a twattish error (which is a first for a referee at the Theatre of Schemes when MUPLC aren't getting their way...)?
Another moronic story I heard is that Didier Zokora might join Ramos at Real, fearing for his place in the Ivorian team. That fails because:
1.) Ramos won't be at Real as soon as the final whistle blows on their final game this season.
2.) I don't think there's masses of competition when it comes to the defensive midfielder spot in the Ivory Coast team, somehow.
Meanwhile, Chelsea park the bus against Barca. Errm, yay? That's a good advert for English football: a Russian owner, Dutch managed team where two of the thirteen players they used were English...
D2Kvirus
05-01-2009, 03:25 PM
Alex Ferguson has a propblem with the club's coaches:
Drunkacho
05-02-2009, 06:24 PM
May as well put this one in here too...
The Great One
05-03-2009, 11:55 AM
May as well put this one in here too...
I seen that on a footballforum, still funny.
D2Kvirus
05-03-2009, 12:24 PM
Right now, Scunthorpe have to be the most supported team in England, due to the fact the rest of the League One play-offs looks like this: Millwall, Leeds, MK Dons.
legendkillerdaz
05-04-2009, 10:20 PM
Cardiff losing like that was shit. But based on the last 4 games Cardiff kinda deserved it. Id rather them go out now than going out in playoffs / finals.
D2Kvirus
05-05-2009, 01:58 PM
At one point Cardiff could've snuck automatic promotion with all their games in hand. I can presume they'll be armour plating the Liberty Stadium, given another visit from Cardiff and a 25% chance that Leeds or Millwall will be gracing it next season, then...
I think Burnley might go up via the playoffs, although I'd be happy if Reading did. Basically, any team that play football, rather than another Stoke or Bolton.
Joey Barton proves how bad things are at Newcastle: he wants to sit out their three-game execution, before moving on in the summer.
FUCK RIGHT OF CHELSEA
let me be the first to fucking LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Drunkacho
05-06-2009, 11:26 PM
Fuck me, that Ballack gif is gold!
I was pissing myself at the whole Drogba farce after the whistle had gone. I couldn't breathe for laughing
Drunkacho
05-07-2009, 01:35 AM
The whole fiasco was pathetic, at one point I actually thought Ballack was about to twat the referee!
I did have a hearty chuckle at Sky's decision to run the footage of Drogba swearing again, (as if we didn't hear it in the first place) then fail quite spectacularly at editing it out. It may have just been me but the second time they showed it I could've sworn they'd bumped up the volume somewhat. I tip my hat to the production team though, I can only imagine the collective sigh as they let that slip through...
D2Kvirus
05-07-2009, 02:16 PM
When I saw the result, I did let out a hearty gut-laugh: Chelsea thought they'd bored their way into the final. Then this happened:
And what crap they came out with! Abidal shoul;dn't have been sent off, and they said they should have had three or four penalties. Nobody should get three or four penalties in a match - the Barcelona defence don't make that many mistakes in a match. Ballack, Drogba and Cashley, meanwhile, cheat like motherfuckers that often per match. Coincidence?
Since the MUPLC plastics are saying Messi is shite after Chelsea parked Roman's yaught, the team bus, and all ten outfield players in front of the goal for 180+ minutes, let's see Messi show up Cristiano "Best Portuguese Player Named Ronaldo in the Premier League" Ronaldo up as the overhyped, overrated showpony who only performs against cannon fodder that he truly is. Besides, seeing a depressed Ferguson, Ronaldo, Rooney, Berbatov, Rio and Gary Neville will fill the heart with joy all summer - until they try tapping up Aaron Lennon...
Also, consider this: in 1999, when MUPLC were outplayed for 89 minutes, only to fluke a win with two late goals, it was presented as how great English football is because they have a never-say-die attitude and will play until the whistle. Ten years on, when Barca break through Chelsea's defence and go through to the final, apparently it's an example of how UEFA is biased against the Premier League, don't want to see another all-English final, and will conspire merry hell to make damn sure of it.
I'm all for UEFA trying to fuck the premiership over. Forza Serie A :D
I've seen the 50/50 views on SSN, and on my way home from Newcastle I picked up the daily mirror, who also condemed Chelsea, so fair play to the media in this instance.
D2Kvirus
05-08-2009, 12:07 PM
London Lite, meanwhile, said the referee got it wrong each and every time it would have benefitted Chelsea. Pfft, absolute bollocks that doesn't sound like Daily Mail claptrap by any means.
Anyway, are the people who are saying it's an injustice not seen since Nelson Mandela was locked up that Darren Fletcher will miss the Champion's League final saying the same about Eric Abidal? If not, shut the fuck up please. The same applies for any snide remarks that Arsenal should've scored four goals after their penalty against MUPLC.
As for talk of two attacking teams in the final, was anyone actually watching the FA Cup semi with Everton? They set out to defend for 90 minutes, and bring on the first teamers to nick it in extra time FFS!
This final is being billed as Messi vs. Ronaldo-every true fan knows that it is about 90% guarenteed that both will be absoloutley nullified out of the game.
D2Kvirus
05-09-2009, 10:24 AM
Every true fan knows Ronaldo and Rooney won't be in it, as they always bottle big games - or is it they're only good enough against cannon fodder?
Meanwhile, Didier Drogba was seen throwing his CD collection across the dressing room. Guus Hiddink asked what he was doing, and he said "It's a fucking disc race!" Don't suppose it's too late to say Chelsea now know how M&S felt after John Terry's mother went there, is it?
Today will be fun: Millwall vs Leeds - Ladbrooks are taking spread bets on the number of arrests before and after the game.
West Brom might be relegated this afternoon, should Wigan beat them (and secure their place in the Premier League in the process), and Hull get at least a point at Stoke. Meanwhile, the Tyne-Tees Derby is a six pointer, and I half expect Newcastle to be all bluster and no tactics, and to get beaten. Well, with Shearer in charge anything is possible - anything bad, that is...
D2Kvirus
05-09-2009, 12:23 PM
Sorry to double post, but this one deserves its own post:
Reports say that the remians of Tottenham midfielder Wilson Palacios' 16 year-old brother Edwin Palacios, who was kidnapped in October 2007, have been found in a mountainous area of Honduras. Police are yet to get confirmation, as they wait for DNA results, but two jailed gang members have admitted to killing him in that location.
D-Dogg
05-17-2009, 03:37 AM
Liverpool are going to win the league.
:D
The tears on Merseyside shall sooth me to sleep tonight.
Champions again!
Wouldn't gloat too much, Utd played for a draw, not like they did anything special to win the league.
I personally would have rathered we beat them and gave Liverpool a chance, it's a shame Utd didn't want to actually play yesterday.
D-Dogg
05-17-2009, 12:43 PM
Why wouldn't I gloat? The fact that United could afford to play for a draw just goes to show how well we've done this season. I'll admit it was far from the most entertaining performance and i would rather we won it in style but truth is we got the job done yesterday and that is all that matters. Credit to Liverpool for taking us to this late in the season, it's the first time they've put up a legit challenge since i can remember but at the end of the day we have just been too strong this year. So with that in mind i think i have every right to gloat.
Go ahead...
Just don't blame me when it blows up in your face...
My Barcelona shirt is all ready :D
The first time this Man Utd supporter contributes to this thread (unless I've missed you before) is to tell us Man Utd are champions. Typical Man Utd fan, and I use the term fan extremley loosely when talking about your clubs support.
What is it then, 11 Sky Sp errr premiership titles, or 18 league titles? I suppose you think you'll be the first team to ever retain the Champions League aswell eh? Because I could've sworn Liverpool, Forest, Ajax, Milan and Inter to name a few have all retained the exact same trophy in their history. But, if Sky says it, it must be true.
To be fair, most of the other sports sites/channels will tell you that no one has retained the title "Under the current format", but then again, thats like Sky Sports going on about how Liverpool have never won the Premiership. I do keep wondering why they keep going on about the 11 titles that Utd have won under Ferguson rather than the fact they're not level on 18 a piece-total with Liverpool, but of course, thats just to rub it in the face of Liverpool fans that they haven't won the title in so long...I'm rather sick of Utd after the last day, the way the coverage is going you'd think they had absolutely slaughtered Arsenal, rather than get dominated at home by a side they beat with ease twice in the space of the last 2 1/2 weeks.
In other news "The Great Escape II" is off.
legendkillerdaz
05-17-2009, 05:03 PM
Guys come on, Manchester united deserved the title this year. People who don't support United will always have that sour taste in their mouth. Hey Dan arsenal to finish 3rd next season :pipe:
Guys come on, Manchester united deserved the title this year. People who don't support United will always have that sour taste in their mouth. Hey Dan arsenal to finish 3rd next season :pipe:
Bollocks-Liverpool FC are this countries most succesful and prestigious side, and I've got nothing but respect for them. Man Utd on the other hand are a disgustingly unprofessional outfit that rely on intimidation of referees. Tevez and Giggs are the only players I've got any respect for from that load of shit club.
legendkillerdaz
05-17-2009, 07:01 PM
Bollocks-Liverpool FC are this countries most succesful and prestigious side, and I've got nothing but respect for them. Man Utd on the other hand are a disgustingly unprofessional outfit that rely on intimidation of referees. Tevez and Giggs are the only players I've got any respect for from that load of shit club.
Give me a fucking break dude. People who dont support man utd never admit they deserve it. Wanna know why? Jealousy or just plain idoicy. I mean if i was a liverpool fan id say they deserved it. im like that if i see someone needs recognition ill give it. Liverpool have done well this season and nearly got there but they didnt. Manchester United are one if not the best team in the world. Swallow your pride and Liverpool are as we say in wales HAS BEENS. They are yesterdays news and Man Utd are catching them up on European cups and are level in league titles. Plus we have won 11 premierships more recently than they have. Liverpool need a good big squad if they want to challenge man utd next season.
Liverpool are as we say in wales HAS BEENS.
Plus we have won 11 premierships more recently than they have
Says it all. How about supporting one of the Welsh teams?
Hasbeens or not, they are still the most succesful side this country has ever seen. FACT. I seen some idiot at Old trafford yesterday with the following slogan on his shirt
MUFC-England's biggest and most succesful side ever. FACT
Well neither are facts. The criteria for a big club is purely subjective, therefore it can't be factual, and Liverpool are the msot succesful English side ever, not Man United, now that is factual.
As I say, I'm not jealous of Man United, why would I be jealous of a team who are second best in terms of trophies? I'm jealous of Liverpools trophy haul, not Man United's.
legendkillerdaz
05-17-2009, 07:53 PM
But man untied are like 2 trophies behind Liverpool. After 2 weeks it will be one. So i don't think Liverpool in the 20 or so have done jack shit. Apart from 1 champions league title. We have won like 22. Work it out, plus i do support Cardiff city also. i started with man untied in 1988 when i didn't know Cardiff city and that year i supported man united they didn't win anything. So im no glory fan. Who do you support? Newcastle?
D2Kvirus
05-25-2009, 02:20 PM
I hear that, for the next edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary, they'll be defining "Schadenfreude" as "What everyone thought when Newcastle went down." Bonus points for it being an own goal to do it.
The thing is, of the three relegated teams, it looks like West Brom have the best chance of coming back up. Middlesbrought will have a decent crack at the playoffs, if they invest wisely from the inevitible sales of Downing and Tncay (and maybe Wheater and Hoyte) - meanwhile, Newcastle will lose Owen on a Bosman, and the likes of Duff, Milner, Martins, Barton, Nolan, Butt, Coloccini, Bassong, Jonas, Geremi and Xisco are all off. Leeds fans will probably remember how this one goes.
D2Kvirus
05-31-2009, 01:32 PM
FFS, Chelsea won the FA Cup.
Oh well, at least this time Hiddink is off on his own accord, rather than John Terry throwing a tantrum to get him fired, like two of the last three...
D2Kvirus
06-03-2009, 01:00 PM
I bet Sky Sports News are pissed off: first, Chelsea appoint a new manager within 48 hours of Hiddink's final game (which was the cue for a bunch of "WHat has Ancelotti done in English football?" gripes, or bets on when John Terry forces him out like he did with Mourinho and Scolari).
Then, whilst they were expecting a summer-long transfer saga for Gareth Barry, he jumps to Man City within about ten seconds of opening talks - meaning they'll have to either drop one of De Jong, Kompany or Ireland to the bench next season, or move Kompany into defence and drop Dunne, Richards or Onuoha. In other words, they spent £12m on a player they don't need, and will have to drop one of their key players from last season to accomodate them.
Slightly off subject, but why the hell has Capello chosen every last one of the usual suspects for England's back-to-back games with Andoora and Kazakhstan? COme on, they're cannon fodder! You can easily use a few players who are on the fringes to give them a once over!!!
legendkillerdaz
06-03-2009, 01:37 PM
I bet you england will lose against one of the next two shit teams they play. I put my house on it. It always happens, people will say capello out then i bet you.
D2Kvirus
06-03-2009, 04:24 PM
I bet you england will lose against one of the next two shit teams they play. I put my house on it. It always happens, people will say capello out then i bet you.
The real question being which supposed "world class" centre back gets dumped on their ass? My money's on Rio Ferdinand, as it's usually him.
legendkillerdaz
06-03-2009, 05:18 PM
I'm a man utd fan have been for 22 years it think Ferdinand is overrated. Vidic is so much better.
I'm a man utd fan have been for 2 years it think Ferdinand is overrated. Vidic is so much better.
Fixed for truth.
D2Kvirus
06-04-2009, 01:20 PM
Ferdinand is reliant on Vidic beside him, Van Der Sar behind him, and Carrick/Hargreaves/Fletcher in front of him - the same can be said for Terry, who's had Makalele or Essien do half his job for him for several seasons.
In other words, Ledley King is the best English centre back, simply because he hasn't had anyone protecting the defence between the time we lost Carrick and Davids, and when we signed Palacios - and Paul Robinson behind him. No wonder his knee is so buggered...
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