Talk Football Here... - Part 1

[Mike]

A topic dedicated to football - If your a fan get posting and feel free to let us know who you support.:thumbs:

[BigSister]

we already have 1 for that Mike in football Crazy

[Red Moon]

Great idea...... I'm a Southend Utd supporter.

[Siouxsie]

Sunderland haway the lads who got beat yesterday what a greAAT START AND WE HAD ABOUT 3 NEW PLAYERS

[Red Moon]

So what thread are we going to go with?

[Siouxsie]

glad the footy is back :dance::colour:

[BigSister]

I say the first 1

[Kore]

are we going to make a whole room on sport. i think we should. its gonna entertain us till bb7! please mods!

[Red Moon]

Originally posted by Kore
are we going to make a whole room on sport. i think we should. its going to entertain us till bb7! please mods!

It's up to Administrators not the Mod's Kore.... why not send the a U2U?

[Kore]

yeah i will before i go to bed. :wavey:

cheers red

[Kanye_West]

Ill post this here aswell seen as tho its new footie thing:

QPR 2-1 SHEFF UTD

QPR are going up, bouncing back from admin from last time we were in premiership, Come on You R'S!

[ThaGazBoi]

Im a arsenal fan!!

[Siouxsie]

theyre not bad :thumbs:

[Kore]

i hate arsenal. :bigsmile::mad:

[ThaGazBoi]

arsenal are the best, and there not bad, there awesome!

[CharlotteSometimes]

Originally posted by scooby
Sunderland haway the lads who got beat yesterday what a greAAT START AND WE HAD ABOUT 3 NEW PLAYERS

Oh dear, and today you're playing the CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE away, too.

[Nero]

my mate plays for southampton..who are currently winning one nil...he came on for Kenwyn Jones in the 70th min I think...

[Red Moon]

Well Southend managed another draw this time against Hudderfield. So we move up one place to 10th. Not a bad start considering we enter the division via the play offs.

[Siouxsie]

got beat today sunderland 0 liverpool 1 :rolleyes:

[ThaGazBoi]

got beat yesterday chelsea 2-arsenal 1

and we play them again for the priemership 2morrow.

[Siouxsie]

luv chelsea blues me

[CharlotteSometimes]

Originally posted by scooby

got beat today sunderland 0 liverpool 1 :rolleyes:

:bouncy:

[Siouxsie]

whats wrong with sunderland ?

[CharlotteSometimes]

Very little, when they're prepared to lie down and give us three points so effortlessly. A result in double figures would've been more than fair, but the fact that our lads left the pitch at full time injury free (bar Stevie G) against such a dirty team was okay, too.

[cc100]

My team, Birmingham have got off to a bad start.

I think we could get into a relegation scrap.

[CharlotteSometimes]

Any Aston Villa fans here? It seems we've finally accepted their £6.5 million bid for Milan Baros, and he's agreed terms on a deal with a medical due tomorrow (little git - Lyon offered £8 million). The rest of the Premiership must be petrified at the thought of Michael Owen returning to us right now, and it would be fantastic to see him home again, with one of the best midfields in the country behind him. But Benitez mentioned Feyenoord's Dirk Kuyt again today, and admitted he was interested in him. Unless we're going to offload Cisse (who's now cup-tied for Europe) to one of the interested French clubs, then we can't afford two strikers in the £10 million + bracket. We need Owen, the best striker the Premiership has ever seen (other than GOD, a.k.a. Robbie Fowler), back at Anfield where he belongs.

[jrc]

Agreed Charlotte. Imagine a strike force of Owen, Morientes and Cisse!

[CharlotteSometimes]

Judging from last night's performance, it wouldn't be very formidable. Morientes was extremely poor, and Cisse not much better. Owen said yesterday that he wants to come back to Anfield, and that if not he'd go to Newcastle, but only on a one year loan. But Newcastle want him to sign on a permanent deal. I don't know why we haven't asked for him on loan, at least.

On my way home from the match last night, I heard Benitez interviewed on local radio. They asked him straight out about Michael Owen, and said 'Will you be making a bid?' He just replied 'We have 6 good strikers here.' I don't agree with the 6 part at all, but at least he didn't say no. And there's still a week until the transfer deadline, too. :bouncy:

[skelo4eva]

AnyLeeds fans i doubt it but we got off to a flyer pity bout cardiff game!!

[Siouxsie]

Sunderland are not doing to well got beat again last night:shocked:

[Babydoll]

my team are glasgow celtic. HOOPY!!!
go on www.comeonthehoops.co.uk

[jrc]

Originally posted by CharlotteSometimes
Judging from last night's performance, it wouldn't be very formidable. Morientes was extremely poor, and Cisse not much better. Owen said yesterday that he wants to come back to Anfield, and that if not he'd go to Newcastle, but only on a one year loan. But Newcastle want him to sign on a permanent deal. I don't know why we haven't asked for him on loan, at least.

On my way home from the match last night, I heard Benitez interviewed on local radio. They asked him straight out about Michael Owen, and said 'Will you be making a bid?' He just replied 'We have 6 good strikers here.' I don't agree with the 6 part at all, but at least he didn't say no. And there's still a week until the transfer deadline, too. :bouncy: True Charlotte. Losing 1-0 at home isn't exactly the plan, but at least we got to the group stages. :spin:

[Siouxsie]

football crazy do you think owen will sign for newcastle the mags ?

[skelo4eva]

2-1 to villareal nooooooooo

[skelo4eva]

i hope he signs for them rather then back with pool

[Siouxsie]

come on sunderland

[CharlotteSometimes]

Originally posted by scooby

football crazy do you think owen will sign for newcastle the mags ?

Let's be honest - Michael Owen is (arguably) one of the top ten strikers in world. He doesn't want anything more than a one year loan deal with Newcastle, and they're his third choice ... of three. He's only even considering a loan deal with them in the first place because he wants to guarantee his England place for the World Cup next year. But I can't see him taking such a huge step down in his career. He won't be winning any silverware in a Newcastle shirt.

[Siouxsie]

he wont maybe he should wear a red and white one S.A.F.C.

[CharlotteSometimes]

You've already got Anthony Le Tallec on loan - what more do you want? :laugh:

[CharlotteSometimes]

Congratulations to Stevie Gerrard - voted UEFA's most valuable player, 2004 - 2005 earlier today! :bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy:

[jrc]

Super Cup tommorow night (Champions League Winners v UEFA Cup Winners). Come on Liverpool!

[Siouxsie]

mmm not a great fan of liverpool

[Siouxsie]

jrc do you think you will get owen back ?

[ThaGazBoi]

I think they will, i dont support liverpool, im an arsenal man

[CharlotteSometimes]

Newcastle offered £17 million, but Real Madrid were supposedly only asking for £11 million. We sold him to them for £8 million (they still owe us half of that), which I suppose is the problem. It would be strange having to buy a player that you made great in the first place back again, for at least £3 million more than you sold him for. Newcastle must surely be out of the frame now, anyway. Yesterday, they said that if there'd been no deal by midnight then it was off, but now Souness says they're still interested. But they've just bought Luque for £9.5 million, and have they really got £26.5 million available to buy two strikers?

[ThaGazBoi]

Champions Leauge Groups and Odds

Group A
Bayern Munich [Germany] 14-1
Javentus [Italy] 8-1
Club Brugge 200-1
Rapid Vienna [Austria] 500-1

[b]Group B
ARSENAL [ENGLAND] 11-1
Ajax [Netherlands] 50-1
Sparta Prague [Czech Republic] 200-1
Thun [Switzerland] 400-1

Group C
Barcelona [Spain] 6-1
Panathinakios [Greece] 100-1
Wereder Bremen [Germany] 80-1
Udinese [Italy] 80-1

Group D
MANCHESTER UNITED [ENGLAND] 10-1
Villareal [Spain] 25-1
Lille [France] 125-1
Benfica [Portugal] 100-1

Group E
Ac Milan [Italy] 7-1
PSV Eindhoven [Netherlands] 50-1
Schalake 04 [Germany] 50-1
Fennerbache [Turkey] 100-1

Group F
Real Madrid [Spain] 15-2
Olympique Lyon [France] 25-1
Olympiacos [Greece] 100-1
Rosenburg [Norway] 500-1

Group G
CHELSEA [ENGLAND] 5-1 [FAVE]
LIVERPOOL [ENGLAND] 22-1
Real Betis [Spain] 40-1
Anderlecht 250-1

[b]Group H
Inter Milan [Italy] 14-1
Porto [Portugal] 50-1
RANGERS [SCOTLAND] 80-1
Artmedia Bratislava 600-1

Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk

[CharlotteSometimes]

Strange odds. I think Barcelona are a better team than Chelski, and they don't play lump-it football, either. Bayern Munich don't deserve such short odds, and nor do Arsenal (still never been past the Quarter Finals) or man'ure nited (spent force).

[jrc]

3-1 to Liverpool in Super Cup! :elephant:

[ThaGazBoi]

3-1 to Liverfools you mean :bouncy:

[jrc]

And who do you support 'Makosi's Husband'?

[Dan_]

My team Stevenage upto 3rd in the conference after a 2-1 win today at Crawley :thumbs:

[BigSister]

Well done Dan *curses under breath*. We should have so won but a point is a point after 2 defeats

[Dan_]

12th at the moment then Rebecca, things can change unlucky today against Scarborough, you let a 2 goal lead slip there. Who was in goal?

[BigSister]

dunno i never went was away anyway and the report havent come up on the site yet

[Dan_]

Look at Aldershot, came 4th last season now bottom of the league :shocked:

[BigSister]

I know im shocked by that:puzzled:

[Dan_]

Goes to show this league is unpredictable, who would have thought Aldershot would be so low and Alty so high?

[BigSister]

Yeah I know:dance:

[CharlotteSometimes]

So, Michael Owen has agreed to join Newcastle on a 4 year deal. The writing was on the wall yesterday, I suppose, when Real Madrid said that they wouldn't let him leave 'on the cheap'. There was no way Liverpool were ever going to match Newcastle's £17 million offer. It would be madness to pay more than double what we sold him for just 12 months ago, and it would've made us the laughing stock of the football world if we had. Neither Newcastle or Real Madrid were interested in a loan deal, so Owen had no choice other than to join them, or spend another year on the bench and kiss his England place goodbye.

Good luck to him, because he will be worshipped as a god at Newcastle. But he must be kicking himself. Had greed not got the better of him just 12 months ago, he'd have a Champions' League winners' medal on his mantelpiece now. With Newcastle, he has no European football to look forward to this year, and he joins a club that hasn't lifted any silverware for 50 years. Such a shame, and such a waste of a massive talent.

[Dan_]

He really did mess up by leaving Liverpool in the first place, obviously it would have been great to have him back at Liverpool but I am pretty certain that Rafa was not interested in him. I don't like the way that Rafa has treated Cisse, he should have been straight with him and Cisse has clearly been upset by these rumours and afterall he is the best striker at the club at the present time. Morientes is not upto standard and looks a totally different player to the one that did so well at Monaco, Sinama Pongolle is still only young and the same with Mellor and how Crouch does remains to be seen. I think the chairman wanted him but we did not have the funds to buy Owen and also a centre back and right winger and as you say we could not buy back Owen for almost double as we would look foolish.

Owen will be worshipped at Newcastle and it's a really big signing for them but Owen is too big for Newcastle, he may well boost them higher up in the league but with Souness as manager they are going nowhere fast, Owen left Liverpool to further his career and to win more trophies but in the end he won nothing at Real Madrid and has come to a team near the bottom on the table and on the road to nowhere. Great call Micheael :laugh:

[CharlotteSometimes]

The jury is still out on Cisse as far as the Premiership is concerned. It's a completely different situation to when he was the top striker in the French top flight (2003 - 2004). Time will tell, of course, but when he was substituted against Sofia at Anfield last week, I remained seated and didn't stand to applaud until Pongolle trotted onto the pitch. In all honesty, I'm far more interested in Pongolle and Mellor. Mellor can be everything Alan Smith was always supposed to be, but with a better temperament and the ability to actually find the back of the net. He plays with a passion that has rarely been seen at Anfield since Fowler's departure, and I'd at least have him on the bench at every possible opportunity.

John Aldridge said recently that he could see a possible reason behind Rafa's apparent reluctance to welcome Owen back with open arms. That was to play Crouch on his own up front at away matches, and play with a more defensive midfield that would support on the counter. That's not the Liverpool way at all, but Aldridge certainly knows the game a lot better than any of us.

Still, they made it clear on the news earlier today that Owen has had a clause put in his Newcastle contract. I'd presume that it would be to allow him to leave 'on the cheap' should they fail to secure European football come the end of the season. If they make it, it will be down to nobody else but Owen. If they don't, perhaps he'll show enough at the World Cup Finals next year to secure himself a place in a team that matches his undoubted ability. But that probably won't be Liverpool - the crowd at Anfield on Boxing Day will more than likely put the final nail in the coffin.

Today we've secured the signatures of two new players. Besian Idrizaj, a 17-year-old Austrian winger, and Ramon Calliste, a 19-year-old Welsh striker, released by man'ure nited at the end of last season. Yippee. :bored:

[Dan_]

I have always been a fan of Cisse since he joined us and if they play to his strength as they did in the super cup then he should score quite a few goals this season but proably not as many as Owen would have brought. Why we persist with Morientes is beyond me, I prefer Mellor and Pongolle, at least they look like doing something in front of goal and Mellor has that goal scorer's instinct.

I go along with what Alridge said about Crouch as I can see us playing Sissoko, Gerrard, Alonso, Zenden and Garcia with Crouch alone up front away from home, just like we did against Middlesborough but it was Morientes instead of Crouch. It would not be my ideal choice but see how it works out.

I really can't see Owen staying at Newcastle if they have a similar season to the previous one. He will proably score 20 goals, have a good world cup then move soon after that. Great signing for a season for Newcastle because he will get them goals that will proably keep Souness in a job :bored:. I am not sure where he would go after Newcastle though?

I have never heard of the two players we signed, they will proably go down the same route as many other players and never play a first team game or just make the bench in the champions league. No news on a centre back or a right winger yet :shocked:, time is running out and we really do need to sign players for both posistions. Daniel Agger from Brondby would be my choice for centre back and for right wing Rafael Van Der Vaart, but he just joined SV Hamburg!

[CharlotteSometimes]

The idea behind the signing of the young players has been getting a lot of attention here of late. Apparently, Rafa wasn't at all impressed at the lack of talent progressing from the Academy to Melwood, and on to the first team. He has been signing promising youngsters from all of the place. Idrizaj has signed for 2 years, and is Austria's current young player of the year. Calliste is a Wales Under-21 International, and he's signed for a year.

When we signed 17-year-old centre-half Jack Hobbs from Lincoln City (beating off attention from Arsenal & Bolton) on August 18th, it was announced as 'Rafa's seventh summer signing'. There's also Godwin Antwi, another 17-year-old centre-half from Ghana (signed from Real Zaragoza), Antonio Barragan, the 18-year-old right-back we signed from Sevilla, and Miquel Roque, yet another 17-year-old centre-half, signed from Lleida (Spanish second division).

We've apparently made a bid for Parma centre-back Daniele Bonera, but Inter want him too, and they won't sell unless they get an offer between £4.1 and £4.78 million. A bid to take Roma's Philippe Mexes on a one year loan has been rejected. We're still being linked with bringing Woodgate home from Real, and we've rejected an £8 million bid for Cisse from Spurs. I feel like such a bloody trainspotter! :spin:

[Siouxsie]

so owens signed for the mags then ?

[skelo4eva]

yeah thats amazinnn

[ThaGazBoi]

Oh dear what a waste of a good player, Im sorry all you magpie fans but i think that Owen has made a BIG mistake.

[Siouxsie]

LIVERPOOL DIDNT WANT HIM:nono:

[Dan_]

Originally posted by CharlotteSometimes
The idea behind the signing of the young players has been getting a lot of attention here of late. Apparently, Rafa wasn't at all impressed at the lack of talent progressing from the Academy to Melwood, and on to the first team. He has been signing promising youngsters from all of the place. Idrizaj has signed for 2 years, and is Austria's current young player of the year. Calliste is a Wales Under-21 International, and he's signed for a year.

When we signed 17-year-old centre-half Jack Hobbs from Lincoln City (beating off attention from Arsenal & Bolton) on August 18th, it was announced as 'Rafa's seventh summer signing'. There's also Godwin Antwi, another 17-year-old centre-half from Ghana (signed from Real Zaragoza), Antonio Barragan, the 18-year-old right-back we signed from Sevilla, and Miquel Roque, yet another 17-year-old centre-half, signed from Lleida (Spanish second division).

We've apparently made a bid for Parma centre-back Daniele Bonera, but Inter want him too, and they won't sell unless they get an offer between £4.1 and £4.78 million. A bid to take Roma's Philippe Mexes on a one year loan has been rejected. We're still being linked with bringing Woodgate home from Real, and we've rejected an £8 million bid for Cisse from Spurs. I feel like such a bl***y trainspotter! :spin:

:laugh: you certainly do know your stuff! I like the approach that Rafa has taken to get young players in from abroad, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United have been doing it for the last few years so why not us? Now we just need for some of these lad's to make the step up.

As for the bids, I know about Mexes and all 4 bids we have made have been rejected so nice dice. I have seen Bonera play a few times and he has pace and does look a good player, Woodgate is a player I would like us to sign but with all those injuries I feel it would be a little silly to try and get him.

[CharlotteSometimes]

Originally posted by BB fernzy

:laugh: you certainly do know your stuff!

LOL! Not really. Most of that came from the official site, local radio news and the Liverpool Echo. :bigsmile:



Originally posted by scooby

LIVERPOOL DIDNT WANT HIM:nono:

We wanted him alright, but not at double the price we sold him for 12 months ago.

[Dan_]

Liverpool have made a bid for Simao the Benfica right winger.

[Dan_]

Deal fell through :mad:

[CharlotteSometimes]

From: LiverpoolFC.TV (http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N149858050831-1235.htm)

Rafael Benitez today dismissed talk that he didn't want to bring Michael Owen back home to Anfield. On the day Owen was officially unveiled as a Newcastle player, the Liverpool boss has admitted the Reds wouldn't pay £16 million for a player they sold for half that amount only a year ago and that, in the end, made any deal 'impossible'.

"We tried until the very end to sign Michael. We even made phone calls early yesterday morning. In the end, it was impossible," he said. "When we spoke to Madrid, they only ever talked about £16m. We couldn't spend that much money on a player we sold for £8m. We have to think about the club over any player in this situation. Real Madrid put a lot of pressure on Michael to go to Newcastle because they wanted the money to sign Sergio Ramos. I hoped Michael would say no and then, maybe, we could do something."

Benitez will now put his faith in the club's current crop of strikers, including Djibril Cisse who has also had to read speculation over his future in the past few days.

He added: "Whenever I was asked about Owen I had to respect the strikers we have at the club. We had offers for Cisse, some involving loan deals. We never planned to sell Cisse but when Madrid kept on telling us they wanted £16m, it was a problem and we had to look at different possibilities. We had clubs interested in Djibril, but we made it clear to them we wanted to keep the player. I like Cisse and he is the type of player we need to score a lot of goals and he showed that in the Super Cup final. We didn't want to sell him and that's why we turned down some offers. I thought we could bring Michael to the club because Neil Mellor is out injured for a few more weeks and some clubs are interested in taking him on loan. We need different sorts of strikers at the club and having Michael, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Fernando Morientes, Peter Crouch and Djibril Cisse would have given us many different options."



Today's Liverpool Echo called Owen's signing 'The most expensive loan deal in football history'. Owen has had several clauses included in his contract, but the most telling is the '£12 million bid' get-out clause. Come the end of the season, Owen can walk away if any club offers £12 million or more - coincidentally the exact figure Liverpool were prepared to pay to bring him home.

[Dan_]

3rd win in a row for Stevenage now, Elding scoring the only goal against Halifax.

[BigSister]

2-1 today against Woking:thumbs:

[Dan_]

Where are Accrington now in the league? We are 3rd!

[BigSister]

9th but 4 points off top

[Dan_]

Oh cool, we are 2 points off the top now.

[BigSister]

yay go Stevenage:thumbs:

[Dan_]

Next game should be a corker. At home to Hereford.

[skelo4eva]

england won but wales did well

[BigSister]

*prays for Stevenage to win"
I cant stand Herford (Sorry to any Herford fans)
Ours are our old friends*rolls eyes* Burton Albun

[Dan_]

I don't like Hereford either really. I think you will beat Burton.

[Siouxsie]

my teaM IS doing CRAP SAFC AND WE ARE PLAYING CHELSEA NEXt :bawling::bawling::bawling::bawling::bawling::bawl ing::bawling::bawling::bawling:what chance do we have i love the blues as well

[James]

Any comment about yesterday's events of a footballing variety? Well done to Walter's guys winning in Norway, anyway.

Still in with a chance of qualifying although it will probably be another glorious failure!

[Dan_]

Please don't get me started on the Northen Ireland-England game, I don't think I have seen us play any worse in my lifetime.

[skelo4eva]

cant believe it ireland lost 2

[CharlotteSometimes]

Originally posted by BB fernzy

Please don't get me started on the Northen Ireland-England game, I don't think I have seen us play any worse in my lifetime.

Do you think Sven should be sacked, BB f? I know it's the first qualifier we've lost under him, but it has to be said that we've got a very strong squad at the moment. That performance last night was akin to Barcelona being taught a lesson by Tranmere Rovers.

Still, congratulations to Northern Ireland.

[Dan_]

Originally posted by CharlotteSometimes
Originally posted by BB fernzy

Please don't get me started on the Northen Ireland-England game, I don't think I have seen us play any worse in my lifetime.

Do you think Sven should be sacked, BB f? I know it's the first qualifier we've lost under him, but it has to be said that we've got a very strong squad at the moment. That performance last night was akin to Barcelona being taught a lesson by Tranmere Rovers.

Still, congratulations to Northern Ireland.

Well we may not have ever lost a qualifier under him till last last night but mainly the teams in our groups are by no means great. When it comes to the Euro's and the World Cup for the money he is on he has totally underperformed and many managers would have done the same job only a heck of a lot less.

I don't see any passion in Sven or any motivation in the team, when things go wrong he has no idea how to change things. Last night taking off Wright-Phillips totally messed up the shape and then to bring Owen Hargreaves on for Lampard summed things up for me. It was embarrasing and I am sick of the dross that England play under Sven so he has to go imo.

[CharlotteSometimes]

Yeah, I think it's time for him to move on, too. But the severance pay would be massive. Another issue would be that there isn't a good candidate waiting in the wings to replace him. I'm sure that they'd go with Steve Mc.Claren, but there's nothing much to say that he'd be up to the challenge.

[Dan_]

Sven will never quit so it leaves the FA in a tricky situation because as you say the severance pay would be a large amount.

Replacement wise McClaren would be the obvious choice but I find the way his team's play incredibly dull. Some have said Sam Allardyce but he's the same as McClaren but slightly better. Stuart Pearce would be my choice but then he has not even managed Manchester City for a full season yet. Alan Curbishley is another choice.

[Siouxsie]

mmmm safc playing chelsea (one of my fave team) not a cat in hells chance score ? erm i dare not even mention it

[Siouxsie]

:bawling::bawling::bawling::bawling::bawling::bawl ing::bawling: we will lose

[Kore]

weyhey, how are you all?:xyxwave:

[Siouxsie]

fantastic kore

[guttridge]

There is only one team for me and that is villa

[CharlotteSometimes]

Originally posted by BB fernzy

Some have said Sam Allardyce but he's the same as McClaren but slightly better.

There were quotes from Allardyce on Teletext too, saying that he wants to replace Sven whenever he leaves. That's a bit of a kick in the teeth for Bolton fans though, I think.

[guttridge]

ROBIN JACK

[Dan_]

Originally posted by CharlotteSometimes
Originally posted by BB fernzy

Some have said Sam Allardyce but he's the same as McClaren but slightly better.

There were quotes from Allardyce on Teletext too, saying that he wants to replace Sven whenever he leaves. That's a bit of a kick in the teeth for Bolton fans though, I think.

It would be a real blow for Bolton if he did leave and I can't see anyone doing as well as he had but Sven looks destined to stay :rolleyes:

[James]

The problem that the England boss has, any boss, is that the hype and expectation level from the press is so great. And there's a million pundits and armchair managers that have their own idea about tactics and team selection.

The names being touted around has possible replacements for Sven-Goran Eriksson are not actually better at management than he is - if you look at their respective records.

Eriksson does get paid too much for the job he is required to do but even that is a result of the excessive press criticism of previous teams' performances and the managers' personal lives being turned into front-page news - no top-coach would take the job for less money.

[Siouxsie]

SAFC Bottom :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

[jrc]

lol, unlucky.

[BigSister]

2-0 yesterday but gutted Stevenage drew next up is Crawley who is next for you Dan?

[Dan_]

Aldershot for us, they have loads of injuries and lost 5-2 yesterday so we should win.

Well done on the win yesterday, a draw a fair result from our game because we controlled the 1st half and them the 2nd.

[BigSister]

thanks, you should beat them:colour:

[Dan_]

Crawley are improving but I think you will win 2-1.

[BigSister]

that what I think too thats my prediction

[Dan_]

LDV vans draw:

Northern Section

Rotherham v Accrington Stanley
Mansfield v Hereford
Macclesfield v Chester
Barnsley v Doncaster
Cambridge v Chester
Blackpool v Wrexham
Boston v Huddersfield
Kidderminster v Darlington
Oldham v Carlisle
Grimsby v Morecambe
Halifax v Bury
Tranmere v Lincoln
Scunthorpe v Hartlepool
Rochdale v Stockport


Southern Section

Wycombe v Dagenham
MK Dons v Exeter
Peterborough v Bristol Rovers
Shrewsbury v Cheltenham
Brentford v Oxford
Leyton Orient v Yeovil
Swindon v Stevenage
Torquay v Swansea
Bournemouth v Aldershot
Gillingham v Crawley
Northampton v Notts County
Barnet v Bristol City
Rushden v Southend
Woking v Nottm Forest

[guttridge]

villa to win 2 1 today cum on villa

[Dan_]

Stevenage 2-0 Aldershot at half time :dance:

[BigSister]

1-1 at half time* pulls face*

[Dan_]

2-1 now :nono:

[BigSister]

who Dan

[BigSister]

oh right. 2-1 to us now!:dance:

[Dan_]

2-1 to us, they scored a free-kick. Need another goal to be safe.

[BigSister]

2-2 now:rolleyes:

[BigSister]

3-2 now:laugh::elephant:

[Dan_]

2-2 :mad:, a game last 90 mins lads :bored:

[BigSister]

oh no*cries*

[BigSister]

yay we won 4-2 now.Thank goodness at 2-2 I was getting worried

[Dan_]

Finished 2-2 and I am really annoyed now. Well done on your win Rebecca, your above us now :laugh:. Exeter next for us and we will proably lose that one.

[BigSister]

i know im above now we have Aldershot at home on Tuesday but my dad is working lates so I cant go now oh well we will proably draw

[sol]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Plymouth 1 Burnley 0

We are out of the relegation zone
and push Burnley into it
he he unlucky Burnley :spin2: :hello: :xyxwave:

[BigSister]

:bouncy::bouncy: 3-2 to Stanley and 2-0 Stevenage wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee lol im as happy for Stevenage as for Accrington

[Siouxsie]

:bored::bored::blush::mad::mad::nono: Sunderland well erm what can i say but crap

[Dan_]

Originally posted by BigSister
:bouncy::bouncy: 3-2 to Stanley and 2-0 Stevenage wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee lol I'm as happy for Stevenage as for Accrington

Yay well done to both teams. Hopefully we can win the league and you can go up through the play-offs lol.

I went to the game late, was not even meant to go but I nagged my mum into going got in a taxi and got there sharpish, gave the taxi driver £2 tip and just pegged it to get in! It was well worth the effort to get there as it was the the best game I have seen in ages and we were super, top night's football and the atmosphere was great.

[BigSister]

pah how rude:laugh:. But yayyyyyyyyyy Exeter needed taking down a peg:mad:

[Dan_]

Yep, nice to be the 1st team to beat them and do it in style.

[guttridge]

i think we will put a good show on saturday watch out chelsea

[Dan_]

I think you will get beaten but at least you will try and attack.

[guttridge]

yeh we will get beated it will be like the man u match where we lost 1.0

[Dan_]

Draw for the 3rd round of the Carling Cup.

Doncaster v Gillingham
Bolton v West Ham
Crystal Palace v Liverpool
Manchester United v Barnet
Chelsea v Charlton
Reading v Sheffield United
Fulham v West Brom
Mansfield v Millwall
Sunderland v Arsenal
Everton v Middlesbrough
Wigan v Watford
Grimsby v Newcastle
Aston Villa v Burnley
Blackburn v Leeds
Cardiff v Leicester
Birmingham v Norwich

[skelo4eva]

leeds vs blackburn kmon leeds!! id say well beat them lol

[guttridge]

Manchester United v Barnet I may go to that come on villa beat for what they did to us last season

[BigSister]

2-1 Dan but sorry fot you against Morcambe we will try to beat them for you but I dont think we will

[Dan_]

Our away form is terrible, few players were rubbish yesterday, Morecambe are very good. Your 2nd though!

[BigSister]

I know!. But musnt get too over excited

[Dan_]

Stevenage chairman Phil Wallace has declined an offer for the club by a Bedfordshire-based consortium.

"It was very flattering and they had obviously done their homework, which was reflected in the price offered but I politely declined," said Wallace.

"I have no financial need to sell and I'm still enjoying building the club's infrastructure.

"We're getting the balance right between success on and off the pitch. I believe the club has a great future."

Our manager is meant to be having an interview for the Yeovil job, can't say I would be that annoyed if he went.

[Z]

My team, Aberdeen, lieing 6th in the table with the potential to overtake Rangers. I never thought I'd see the day... :dance:

[Dan_]

We are on sky sports 1 tonight :hello:

[BigSister]

good luck:hello:

[Dan_]

:dance: 2-1 with us scoring in the last minute, super Georgie Boyd

[Mike]

Good result for your lot BB fernzy, that George Boyd was pretty impressive and deserved his goal.

[Kore]

weyhey!

[BigSister]

yay pah I may not be able to go on Friday though

[Dan_]

Originally posted by Mike
Good result for your lot BB fernzy, that George Boyd was pretty impressive and deserved his goal.

Yer Boyd is a classy player, came through our youth team and he's only about 19. Did you watch the whole game?

[BigSister]

Its back on again im going Friday Dan:thumbs:

[bbslilspy]

good game last night it was funny when stevenage went 1 nil up and it was an own goal and he was claiming it

[BigSister]

im so glad you beat them though annoying team

[Dan_]

Haha yer they are pretty annoying the way they play and their manager is a clown.

That was a clear own goal, silly Elding trying to claim it.

[BigSister]

Their goalkeeper is an idiot too:mad:

[BigSister]

Dan we won 2-1:dance:

[Dan_]

Yer I saw nice one, haha Hereford United, all their fans are so arrogant and they thought they were going to win the league. At this rate they won't even make the play-offs.

We are playing Burton today at 2.

[BigSister]

ooh I bet you win the ref was such a muppet though for their goal they fouled one of our players and he waved play on the linesmen were muppets as well

[Dan_]

Bit like the clowns we had tuesday :rolleyes:.

Our game is live on the radio :thumbs:

[skelo4eva]

ireland better win today cyprus r rubbish

[BigSister]

Typical isnt it Dan:rolleyes:

[skelo4eva]

Yes we won!!! We were cr** but we just managed to scarp a 1 - 0 exactly like england game!

[Z]

Scotland 0 Belarus 1.

Kill me now...

[BigSister]

Did you win Dan?

[Dan_]

No, our away form is crap but our home form is brilliant.

[BigSister]

Seems like us is the same I couldnt beileve it when my dad told me *cries*

[Siouxsie]

whats wrong with beckham lately ???

[BigSister]

FA cup draw we got Worchester city a Conference North team who did Stevenage get Dan?

[Dan_]

Exeter away!

[BigSister]

oh no!. Might be on Sky though

[Dan_]

Yer it's proably the tie of the round, hopefully we can get a draw have a replay and win that then get someone at home.

[BigSister]

you better beat them

[Dan_]

Well our away form's rubbish so I would'nt bet on it.

[BigSister]

oh well it wouldnt be any loss if you lost against Exeter. But hopefully you will win

[Red Moon]

All I can say come on Southend.......

A happy man

[Siouxsie]

think im gtiving up on sunderland:mad::mad::mad:

[jrc]

Liverpool 1 Blackburn 0. Finally, a win! :spin2:

[BigSister]

You beat where I live jrc well i live between Blackburn and accrington

[Dan_]

Stevenage 3-1 Acrrington, sorry just had to mention that Rebecca :laugh:

[BigSister]

thats ok dan i thought we would lose just had a feeling. Hope we beat grays for you though:thumbs:

[Siouxsie]

safc crap

[jrc]

Score?

[Siouxsie]

got beat again as always

[Siouxsie]

we need a good striker

[jrc]

What was the score, though?

[Dan_]

3-1 to Manchester United. You cannot expect too much of Sunderland against Man U scooby.

[Dan_]

1st round draw:

Notts Forest vs Weymouth
Bristol City vs Notts County
Southport vs Woking
Canvey/Burnham vs Aldershot
Rochdale vs Brentford
Eastborne Borough vs Oxford United
Merthy Tydfil vs Walsall
Hartlepool United vs Dagenham and Redbridge
Bradford City vs Tranmere Rovers
Barnet vs Southend United
Peterborough United vs Burton Albion
Cheltenham Town vs Carlisle United
Histon vs Hendsford Town
York City vs Grays Athletic
Swindon Town vs Boston United
Blyth Spartans/Chasetown vs Oldham
AFC Bournemouth vs Tamworth
Chester City vs Folkstene Invicta
Kettering Town vs Stevenage Borough
Nuneaton/Tiverton vs Ramsgate
Huddersfield vs Welling United
Cambrige City vs Hereford United/Alfreton Town
Port Vale vs Wrexham
Halifax Town vs Rushden & Diamonds
Barnsley vs Darlington
Torquay United vs Harrogate Town
Doncaster Rovers vs Blackpool
Shrewsbury Town vs Braintree Town
Bury vs Scunthorpe United
Morecambe vs Northwich Victoria
Hucknall/Burscough vs Gillingham
Stockport vs Swansea
Macclesfield Town vs Yeovil Town
Chippenham Town vs Accrington Stanley/Worcester City
Wycombe vs Northampton
Grimsby vs Bristol Rovers
Rotherham United vs Mansfield Town
Colchester vs Leamington
Lincoln City vs MK Dons
Leyton Orient vs Chesterfield.

[jrc]

Liverpool suck. 2-0 against Fulham. What is it about playing in the league? :mad:

[Red Moon]

I would just like to thank Bristol City, without you we would be top of the league

A Southend Utd Supporter

[Mike]

I dont support Southend but..... Theres only one Freddy Eastwood

what a game he had against Bristol City.

[Red Moon]

And there is only one Steve Tilson and the rest of you can't have him. They were wonderful goals but it a good manager to make a good team.

WB Mike

[Siouxsie]

got beat again at the weekend safc

[BigSister]

2-1:thumbs: and we are 3rd at the moment

[Dan_]

We won 2-0, goals from Jon Nurse and George Boyd, upto 5th in the league.

[Mike]

Originally posted by BB fernzy
We won 2-0, goals from Jon Nurse and George Boyd, upto 5th in the league.

How long do you think you will hold on to George Boyd for? apparently theres quite a few teams looking at him.

[Dan_]

Originally posted by Mike
Originally posted by BB fernzy
We won 2-0, goals from Jon Nurse and George Boyd, upto 5th in the league.

How long do you think you will hold on to George Boyd for? apparently theres quite a few teams looking at him.

He's meant to be signing a new 2 year contract soon, so proably a while longer. We don't seem in any rush to sell and he's happy to stay, unlike Elding :rolleyes:

[Tanser_Man]

Well Villa Vs Man City tonight in Manchester.

We need the three points to pull us out of the crap at the bottom and then we can start to relax again and play the footie we enjoy.

I can seeing us winning, 3-1 for some reason.

[guttridge]

come on u villa get man city tonight they are bad come on villa .villa to won 2.1

[Red Moon]

Well done to the Man City fan. Your turn next time Aston Villa fan.

[BigSister]

I think they are both Villa fans Red

[Tanser_Man]

Lost 3-1, i was close.

[guttridge]

boo hoo our old player score no

[Dan_]

:hello: through to the 2nd round of the FA CUP after beating Gazza's team Kettering 3-1. Goals from Stamp, Boyd and Elding.

[Red Moon]

Same here another goal from Super Fred...... saw us beat Barnet !

:hello:

[Dan_]

:thumbs: let's hope we avoid each other in the 2nd round and both get through to the 3rd round and face a premier league team.

[Red Moon]

I hope not to BB fernzy we don't want to lose.... :)

Did you see the Colchester result:

Colchester.........9 - 1........Leamington

G Halford 38.....................R Adams 71
W Brown 43
C Iwelumo 47
J Cureton 59
K Watson 62
M Yeates 66
J Cureton 69
N Danns 88
N Danns 90

[BigSister]

Yay well done dan and BBfernzy

[Dan_]

Originally posted by Red Moon
I hope not to BB fernzy we don't want to lose.... :)

Did you see the Colchester result:

Colchester.........9 - 1........Leamington

G Halford 38.....................R Adams 71
W Brown 43
C Iwelumo 47
J Cureton 59
K Watson 62
M Yeates 66
J Cureton 69
N Danns 88
N Danns 90

Yer I did see that, sometimes it goes right for the non-leaguers but it looks like the gap in class between those 2 sides was there to see.

Looking forward to the highlights on match of the day tonight.

[Siouxsie]

sunderland i hate them can we not even draw a game!!!!!

[jrc]

Come on though, Scoobs. You were at Highbury. Even I wouldn't except anything there, and I support Liverpool!

[Z]

We drew with Rangers. At Ibrox. This calls for a celebration!!! *parades*

[Mike]

Good result there Ziola, Rangers are slipping even further behind Celtic and Hearts.

[CharlotteSometimes]

What would happen if a schoolboy managed to get hold of Gary Neville's mobile phone number, and then gave it to everyone in his school? And then it got round another school, and another? And then Gary Neville started getting lots and lots of prank calls from lots and lots of schoolboys? Somebody might record one of them, and put it online for everyone to hear, perhaps. Like this (http://blogfc.com/neville.mp3). (The recording contains lots of swearing, and a grown man rather pathetically threatening a teenage boy, by the way).

[James]

Originally posted by Mike
Good result there Ziola, Rangers are slipping even further behind Celtic and Hearts.

We can hardly buy a goal at the moment in the league. It's no good.

[jrc]

2-0 victory for us at Villa Park.

[Z]

(Lmao Charlotte.)

Yeah, but we're sitting in 7th! *shudder* I mean I was hardly expecting us to be making Europe this season, but we're really poor at the moment! No idea how good this Sven Baas character is!

[Kore]

cmon united!

like hell are they gonna win this one..lol :/

[Z]

Which United? Manchester? :conf:

[Dan_]

Stevenage player up for player of the round:

Five players who were in great form in The FA Cup over the weekend have been nominated for The FA’s Player of the Round award, run in partnership with UMBRO.

One of them - Northwich Victoria’s Paul Brayson - could make FA Cup history by becoming the first player to win The Player of the Round award twice.

Brayson, already in this season’s Team of The FA Cup, has been nominated again after scoring all three goals in Northwich’s shock 3-1 win over Conference side Morecambe.

But he faces stiff opposition from Stevenage Borough’s George Boyd, Weymouth ‘keeper Jason Matthews, Burscough’s captain Karl Bell and Colchester United’s on-loan winger Mark Yeates.

Man-of-the-match Boyd scored one and set up another in Stevenage Borough’s 3-1 win over Paul Gascoigne’s Kettering Town while Jason Matthews made a point blank save to give Weymouth a well-earned replay against twice European Cup winners Nottingham Forest.

Burscough’s Karl Bell scored the first and was the driving force in their giant-killing 3-2 win over Gillingham.

Colchester United’s Mark Yeates was superb as he went face to face with the 3Q Player of the Round, Alex Rodman. Yeates scored a tremendous 25-yard drive and had a hand in four other goals in the 9-1 win over Leamington.

Fans now have seven days to vote in our poll on the homepage before the deadline of 9.00am next Monday, 14 November.

The player with the most votes will become the fifth FA Cup ‘Player of the Round’ this season and will win £1000 worth of UMBRO football kit for a local school, club or organisation. He will also receive an engraved silver salver.

The winning player will automatically join The FA’s Team of The FA Cup, guaranteeing VIP attendance at the 125th FA Cup final at the new Wembley stadium, on 13 May 2006.

vote on www.thefa.com

[BigSister]

2-1:xyxwave:

[Z]

:thumbs: Good for you BS! :spin:

[skelo4eva]

england 3 2 good one

[Z]

Scotland 1-1 USA.


Hmm... :bored:

[Dan_]

Stevenage 3-1 Kidderminster.

Well done to Accrington on ending Grays unbeaten run.

[BigSister]

Thanks Dan:wavey:

[sol]

did England win! :shocked:

I saw it up to the 2-2 equaliser by Michael Owen, then my mum had a... lets call it a "fit" and switched the TV off, but it was like the 88th minute so i though, o it'll just end 2-2

Who scored the winner!!!!!!!!???? :conf:

[sol]

Originally posted by scooby
sunderland i hate them can we not even draw a game!!!!!


Try, supporting Plymouth, then you'll know the meaning of frustration! :mad: :laugh:

[Dan_]

Owen scored the winner, Joe Cole did a bit of skill put in a cross and Owen headed it in, it looked as though Crouch pushed him towards it lol.

[Kore]

aye good game england - argie was

[Mike]

That was a brilliant result.

Its never a friendly when we play Argentina.

[Dan_]

32 teams who have qualified for the world cup finals
Angola
Ivory Coast
Togo
Ghana
Tunisia
Japan
Iran
Korea Republic
Saudi Arabia
Germany
Ukraine
The Netherlands
Poland
England
Croatia
Italy
Portugal
Sweden
Serbia & Montenegro
France
Switzerland
Spain
Czech Republic
USA
Mexico
Costa Rica
Trinidad & Tobago
Australia
Argentina
Brazil
Ecuador
Paraguay

[CharlotteSometimes]

Not the strongest 32 really, is it? You'd expect an average Championship side to cope favourably with roughly half of that lot. Still, depending on the group draws, all the better for us, I suppose. :spin:

[Mike]

Heres the teams that dont stand a chance - Angola, Togo, Saudi Arabia, Ecuador, Iran, Australia, Ghana, Trinidad & Tobago, Serbia & Montenegro, Ivory Coast, USA, Switzerland and Tunisia.

I've probably missed a couple more teams as well.

[BigSister]

:thumbs: Turkey arent in

[Z]

Although I agree Mike, Saudi Arabia could spring a surprise, they've got quite a good team actually! :spin2:

[Dan_]

Lol Ziola.

Ivory Coast are proably not going to win it but they have a good team, they will suprise a few people.

[CharlotteSometimes]

I'm not sure about Australia, as I've never seen them play at all. But the Americans seem to have really got their act together recently, and they're not the walkover they used to be.

[Dan_]

America did make it quite far last time round.

Australia have a few decent players as well.

[BigSister]

yeah i think they got to the quarters America

[BigSister]

2-0 yay and top for 24 hours

[sol]

o god, im not looking forward to our wooping tommorow against QPR, im just gonna have to grin and bare it :devil:
anyway, nite all :thumbs:

[Z]

Oh lordy, it's Hearts tomorrow.

Still, got the chant ready:

"With a packet of sweets and a cheeky smile; Rix is a paedophiiiile"

:laugh:

[James]

Rangers through to the last 16 of the Champions League. Yeehaa! :hugesmile:

[Dan_]

Well done to Rangers. Liverpool and Chelsea also through with Liverpool winning the group :spin:

[Mike]

Rangers suprised me especially after their form in the SPL of late.

Well done to them.

[BigSister]

:bigsmile: Thank you Alty for drawing with Grays:bigsmile:

[Jay]

im surprised they got a apoint against Inter i thought they was gunna score a couple past Rangers but well done to Rangers, just man utds turn tonight to win

[Dan_]

GROUP A-Germany and Poland to go through
Germany
Costa Rica
Poland
Ecuador

GROUP B-England and Sweden
England
Paraguay
Trinidad & Tobago
Sweden

GROUP C-Argentina and Ivory Coast
Argentina
Ivory Coast
Serbia & Montenegro
Holland

GROUP D-Mexico and Portugal
Mexico
Iran
Angola
Portugal

GROUP E-Italy and Czech Rep
Italy
Ghana
USA
Czech Republic

GROUP F-Brazil and Australia
Brazil
Croatia
Australia
Japan

GROUP G-France and Korea
France
Switzerland
South Korea
Togo

GROUP H-Spain and Ukraine
Spain
Ukraine
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia

Group C is the group of death imo, 4 pretty good teams I cannot decide which two will go through, I'll say Ivory Coast and Argentina though.Group A looks pretty straight forward for Germany and Poland, we should get through group B with Sweden. Portugal and Mexico look as though they will get through group D with ease. Group E is another very close one and hard to pick which 2 will go through but I will go for the European teams. Group F is simple for Brazil but the fight for 2nd place will be close.Group G is between 3 teams and so's Group H.

[BigSister]

Yeah agree with you there Dan:dance:

[ThaGazBoi]

I absoulty agree two. There could be some surprises though

[Jay]

group E is probably the toughest

[BigSister]

woo hoo 2-0!:colour:

[Mike]

Chelsea 1 - 0 Wigan
Gillingham 3 - 0 Port Vale

good to see both my teams winning.

[Dan_]

Same for me Mike, Liverpool 2-0 Middlesborough and Stevenage 2-1 Forest Green Rovers.

[Siouxsie]

mmmm my team Sunderland still cant win:blush: