Todays fitba

[tom_widdows]

Tbh be honest, I was just taking the piss.

 

There's pretty much no way round the system. If some cunt goes and buys all the cheap tickets early, then we all win by getting a half decent crowd.

 

or if no-one bought those tickets from then, a shit crowd but with some cash in advance

[manc_don]

I didn't realise Odense BK were Dutch  

 

http://www.channel5.com/shows/uefa-europa-league-football-live/articles/watch-the-match-live

[tlg1903]

Clint dempsey for me is easily the most under-rated player in the epl

 

[tom_widdows]

ooo sickner for Fulham

[Tyrant]

Dempsey is a horrible cunt. Hope he shits a hedgehog.

[manc_don]

Dempsey is a horrible cunt. Hope he shits a hedgehog.

 

Really? Why? One of the most honest players in the league imo.

[Tyrant]

Really? Why? One of the most honest players in the league imo.

 

Got away with a yellow card for head butting Craig Bellamy. And for once in his life Bellamy didn't provoke it. Bellamy challenged him and he tumbled but it looked innocuous and there was nothing in it. So I came to the conclusion that contrary to popular opinion Dempsey is a cunt. We've all known for ages that Bellamy is.

[manc_don]

Got away with a yellow card for head butting Craig Bellamy. And for once in his life Bellamy didn't provoke it. Bellamy challenged him and he tumbled but it looked innocuous and there was nothing in it. So I came to the conclusion that contrary to popular opinion Dempsey is a cunt. We've all known for ages that Bellamy is.

 

I don't mind Bellamy but I was sure there were words said before the incident?

[Tyrant]

I don't mind Bellamy but I was sure there were words said before the incident?

 

Perhaps but it looked like it was prompted when they both tumbled to the ground. I'm almost certain Dempsey took exception to the challenge (of which there was fuck all in). Admittedly the fact that he got away with it pissed me off just as much if not more. If Bellamy did that the ref would've ripped his pocket trying to get his red card oot quickly enough.

[manc_don]

Some interesting ties in the European games next year. Arsenal - Milan being the pick of the lot.

 

Chumps league:

 

Lyon (Fra) v APOEL (Cyp)

 

Napoli (Ita) v Chelsea (Eng)

 

AC Milan (Ita) v Arsenal (Eng)

 

Basel (Swi) v Bayern Munich (Ger)

 

Bayer Leverkusen (Ger) v Barcelona (Spa)

 

CSKA Moscow (Rus) v Real Madrid (Spa)

 

Zenit St Petersburg (Rus) v Benfica (Por)

 

Marseille (Fra) v Inter Milan (Ita)

 

Europa League:

FC Porto v Manchester City [2nd leg now 22 Feb]

 

Ajax v Manchester United

 

Lokomotiv Moscow v Athletic Bilbao

 

SV Salzburg v Metalist Kharkiv

 

Stoke City v Valencia

 

Rubin Kazan v Olympiakos

 

AZ Alkmaar v Anderlecht

 

Lazio v Atletico Madrid

 

Steaua Bucharest v FC Twente

 

Plzen v FC Schalke

 

Wisla Krakow v Standard Liege

 

SC Braga v Besiktas [1st leg now 14 Feb]

 

Udinese v PAOK

 

Trabzonspor v PSV

 

Hannover v Club Brugge

 

Legia Warsaw v Sporting

[Tyrant]

Watching Bayern v Koln there and Bayern had a free kick. The ball was hit so hard the bladder came out. I don't think I have ever seen that in a professional game.

 

Who took it? The same player that took that one against Langfield?

[topcorner]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmBs8oBNQTw

[scotfree]

The old balls would not have burst

 

The Tango was a great ball.

 

Bought one in Spain around 90.

 

[tom_widdows]

Caption Competition?

 

[Ptayles]

Sacked in the morning?

[rocket_scientist]

Fail to Prepare, Prepare to Fail

 

Mr Keane would be well advised to take a lesson from Mr Coyle. Tonight's crucial win by Bolton may well have consigned the utterly shite manager of the utterly shite Blackburn to football management obscurity. Should the baldy fat cunt ever get a chairman mad enough to give him a gig in the future, he would be well advised to learn from the wise Owen. As we can clearly see, Coyle is dressed for the job, joining his players in the changing room before and sharing ablutions after. The ill-named fat bastard isn't so keen to get his kit off so what the fuck does he expect. Loser.

[Superstar Tradesman]

So Ian McCall's a winner for sporting a tracksuit but Fergie's a loser for wearing a shirt and tie.

 

Cuckoo.

[rocket_scientist]

The maddest thing in the world is managers getting changed into shorts for a game they won't be playing in.

 

It's only slightly retarded when one misinterprets posts.

 

[tom_widdows]

So Ian McCall's a winner for sporting a tracksuit but Fergie's a loser for wearing a shirt and tie.

 

Cuckoo.

 

Last time I recall seeing McCall as s manager he was in the 'cheap suit, white trainers & baseball cap' brigade

[TENEMENTFUNSTER]

Last time I recall seeing McCall as s manager he was in the 'cheap suit, white trainers & baseball cap' brigade

 

Indeed.

 

Rocket's starting to get frayed again.

[manc_don]

Play has been suspended in a Dutch football association KNVB cup match after a fan ran onto the pitch and attacked AZ’s goalkeeper Esteban with flying-kick. The goalie, who saw the supporter at the last minute, reacted by kicking him twice.

 

 

 

Esteban was shown a red card by referee Bas Nijhuis. AZ trainer Gertjan Verbeek was furious and walked off the field taking his team with him. The game has now been abandoned. The incident took place five minutes before half time when Ajax was 1-0 ahead.

 

 

 

Reactions were streaming in on the Netherlands most popular newspaper just minutes after the bizarre incident. Like this one by L. Veenstra from the city of Nijmegen:

 

 

 

"Shameful!!! Am a fanatic ajax supporter. Shameful that 1 supporter ruins it for the rest! Completely understandable that Verbeek called his team off, the rules might stipulate so, but how can you give him a red card for this! Goalkeeper was just defending himself."

 

Didn't something like this happen recently? Can't say I blame the goalkeeper.

[Stewart]

Now with added video:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTMFxMylAQw&

 

Any chance of a translation from Tyrant?

[manc_don]

essentially echoed the same sentiments and that he was surprised the ref had sent him off. Also said the keeper didn't need anyone elses help and could handle himself

 

He also said that he didn't blame the manager for taking the team off the pitch if the officials couldn't guarantee their safety. Didn't blame AZ or the goalkeeper one bit. Praised the keeper for having his wits about him.

[BigAl]

essentially echoed the same sentiments and that he was surprised the ref had sent him off. Also said the keeper didn't need anyone elses help and could handle himself

 

He also said that he didn't blame the manager for taking the team off the pitch if the officials couldn't guarantee their safety. Didn't blame AZ or the goalkeeper one bit. Praised the keeper for having his wits about him.

 

Seems pretty fair comments to me.

Anyone who wants to charge onto the pitch to attack a player, frankly deserves a kicking, and the boy got off lightly in my opinion given the fact the keeper didn't catch him as cleanly as he could have.

[tom_widdows]

Did some prick not run onto the pitch at pittodrie in 1993 and try to attack the ref or one of the torino players only to be decked by either Brian Irvine or Duncan shearer before being escorted from the pitch by the extremely slow plod?

 

Dont recall a red card being issued for that. It is getting stupid now. Remember that player getting sent off for rugby tackling a streaker in a non league english game earlier this year?