Talk Football Here... - Part 6

[30stone]

Yah that is ibrahimovic standard!

[King Gizzard]

Why hasnt he ever set the world on fire? by that i mean been one of footballs greats, he coulda been one. i guess he still has time to


is it the injuries?

[30stone]

who RVP?

and i thnk its because hes not a out and out scorer hes a play maker..

I think hes actually quite underated i think without him we fail to perform.

[King Gizzard]

http://i36.tinypic.com/2djorm.jpg

ahahah

[30stone]

van perise is quite godlike.

I think i ma get him on the back of my shirt...

[King Gizzard]

i always buy him on football manager if i can get him

[30stone]

He would fit in well at villa.

Am off to bed now.

Night Nath.

[King Gizzard]

Goodnight Big Ben

[andyman]

Reports have be leaked that Arsenal have been bought by an Nigerian Multi-Billionaire!

All Arsenal have to do is send the contract to Nigeria so swift payment can be paid through PayPal..

Great news for the club!

[andyman]

David James given a red card for diving..

[30stone]

Didier Drogba demands Chelsea outmuscle Arsenal and Spurs to snap up Patrick Vieira



Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has urged Carlo Ancelotti to sign Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira in January.

Arsenal and Tottenham both offered the Inter Milan midfielder a return to north London in the summer before the France international opted to stay at the San Siro.

But Vieira is well down the pecking order under former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho and the 33-year-old, who watched the Blues beat Liverpool on Sunday, will consider a move in order to play first-team football ahead of the World Cup.

Chelsea have been banned from signing any players during the next two transfer windows and will lose John Mikel Obi and Michael Essien from their midfield during the Africa Cup of Nations.

The club has appealed against their suspension and Drogba wants his manager to move for ex-Arsenal skipper Vieira if it is upheld.

He told The Sun: 'It would be a good move for Chelsea to bring Patrick in. Don't forget we are going to miss several players in January, particularly in midfield, because of the African Nations Cup.

'We played against Vieira last summer and he was very strong.'

[arsenalforever]

we don't need him to be honest he could come in handy for games agaisn't chelsea and liverpool and other big teams but i think are midfield is great

[30stone]

Yeah but Song leaving for Africa cup nations.
We have diaby but he strays forward a lot.

[arsenalforever]

Yeah but Song leaving for Africa cup nations.
We have diaby but he strays forward a lot.



i get him on loan wouldn't buy him

[30stone]

Take him for a year, then take him as a coach.

[arsenalforever]

Take him for a year, then take him as a coach.

maybe thats if WEnger wants him as a coach

[30stone]

Wonder who else we will get..

[setanta]

Viera is a good addition to any squad, irrespective of his age or declining powers. The only midfielder who could come close to Keane.... hee hee.

[arsenalforever]

Wonder who else we will get..


another centre back maybe

[30stone]

Better than keane due to his height :wavey:

And yeah wenger said a centre back will be a added, a young one though i think. Around 20 years old.

[setanta]

Don't go there 30stone. Keane owned him everytime they played against each other. Intimidated the f$ck outta him.

[30stone]

Yeah he intimidated him.

As he was rough as **** and fouled constantly and had a hot head.

But viera was stronger, just as fast and better in the air...

[setanta]

Oh you're so wrong my darling lol. Viera was good but Keane was in a different league.

[30stone]

No way.
Keane was good but he was a thug.

Viera was class.

[Novo]

Keane was a great player So is Viera

but keane in his prime was immense

Viera **** himself when Keane had a go at him in the Tunnel going back a few years ago now

[30stone]

Yeah i saw that, trying to intimidate him before the match.

Should have been banned after his tackle on the man city player...

[setanta]

He had a go at him once cuz they were all having a pop at Gary Neville and Keane went ape sh£t. He scared them all senseless. Really.

Midfield is all about dominance and influencing play and Keane could ruffle so many players up, including Viera.

He was in a different class and most ex players would rate him as the greatest midfielder in premiership history.

[arsenalforever]

He had a go at him once cuz they were all having a pop at Gary Neville and Keane went ape sh£t. He scared them all senseless. Really.

Midfield is all about dominance and influencing play and Keane could ruffle so many players up, including Viera.

He was in a different class and most ex players would rate him as the greatest midfielder in premiership history.

without a doubt:thumbs:

[Novo]

Paul Scholes
Ryan Giggs
Roy keane

One of those 3

:joker:

[30stone]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aW1FlvO1n8&feature=related

The best rivalry in premier league history.

[30stone]

Look at 3:10.

Is that viera on keane?

Dirty elbow in the face am not proud of that as an arsenal fan..

[30stone]

Am off to work cyah all. :wavey:

[setanta]

Look at 3:10.

Is that viera on keane?

Dirty elbow in the face am not proud of that as an arsenal fan..

Nah, he did it to the baby faced assassin, the git. Keane always targetted the big boys or somebody who he held a grudge with.

Their was a history involved with his tackle on the Man City fella. I'm not condoning it but that's just the way Keane operated.

[30stone]

The Football Thread shall be MERGED.



...soon..

[King Gizzard]

yes we need to make up the replies

[30stone]

MERGED!!!!

2656 Pages!

[30stone]

Open for business

arsenal rule.

[King Gizzard]

nah they dont

[arsenalforever]

Nice job Ben

Richard Dunne is fit for ireland for saturdays game

[30stone]

You all have to say Arsneal rock or im taking these 2 thread apart :)

[King Gizzard]

No that silly

[arsenalforever]

Nathan knows arsenal rock

Arsenal rock

[King Gizzard]

Nah, they don't

[arsenalforever]

Nah, they don't

once we whip villa you will see the light:joker:

[King Gizzard]

Whats that that i hear

2-1 at the emirates last year

ohhh.

[30stone]

Wont happen again..

And ive started my blog yay.

[arsenalforever]

Whats that that i hear

2-1 at the emirates last year

ohhh.

We didn't have Fabergas or van persie or Arshavin or rosicky

[andyman]

Epic stuff! Soon this will be number 1 in the stats.

Sh*tty England this weekend.. Roll on next Saturday :dance:

[King Gizzard]

excuses excuses arsenal fans

[arsenalforever]

Epic stuff! Soon this will be number 1 in the stats.

Sh*tty England this weekend.. Roll on next Saturday :dance:

where you from Andy man?

a welsh man or scots

[30stone]

I hope when you come to Emirates Both Carew and Gabby are injured and milner and young.

Good times.

[King Gizzard]

Harsh ben.

thats like when you got angry when i told you about the eduardo chant

[30stone]

Lol that was just a joke because of how our best players were injured when we lost to you.

The Eduardo chant was ridiculous.

[andyman]

where you from Andy man?

a welsh man or scots

I'm English, but as the game is internet only it is the sh*tty game!

But for England it's a pointless game that has to be played.. WE IN THE WORLD CUP! WOOHOO! :dance:

Plus we all love our club football :thumbs:

[Johann]

****ing hate internationals!!! grrrrr :mad:

[Novo]

Ain't seen you around here for a long time Johann

[King Gizzard]

Trotz!

[Johann]

I know I aint been without Internet for a few days, just got it back.

Im liking the new layout though!!! :cheer2:

And Nate Dogg, how do you know my last name??? :eek::eek:

[andyman]

Woohoo! Oi oi!

[King Gizzard]

Lol, through soccermanager johann

[Johann]

Oh yea lol

Hello andyman.

[30stone]

Bitesize news time. All teams today.

-Ivory Coast international striker Didier Drogba inisists he has never been tempted to leave Chelsea and sign for Manchester City.

-Udinese midfielder Gokhan Inler will consider his future at the end of the season.
Only in August, Inler's agent revealed the interest of Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger in the Switzerland international.

-USA international Eddie Johnson has hinted that he is considering leaving Fulham on loan to help his chances of playing in next summer's World Cup finals.

-Kolo Toure says moving to Manchester City is extra special because of his African roots.
City skipper Toure, a £15m signing from Arsenal, said he was motivated by memories of fellow African Marc-Vivien Foe, the former Cameroon star who collapsed and died during a Confederations Cup match in 2003.

-League One outfit Brighton have snapped up young Arsenal defender Gavin Hoyte on a one-month loan deal.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is keen for the highly-rated 19-year-old to get some first-team action under his belt and did not hesitate when the Seagulls came knocking.

-Following Real Madrid's acquisitions of Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo and the consequent unavailable tag now associated with the pair, the label of most coveted attacker in world football now falls on the shoulders of Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery. It is estimated to take up to £65m to convince Bayern to part company with their star player.

-Arsenal have been told that they will have to spend a sizeable chunk of Arsène Wenger's estimated £50 million war chest if they want to buy St Étienne captain Blaise Matuidi in January.

-Edwin van der Sar is backing Ben Foster to recover from his current problems, but warned his team-mate he also intends to take back his Manchester United place between the posts.
Foster has endured a turbulent few weeks, being blamed for two Manchester City goals in the thrilling Old Trafford derby last month before being brushed aside far too easily by Sunderland's Kenwyne Jones last weekend.

-Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger sees no connection between Patrick Vieira's sale in 2005 with the reason why the Gunners have not won a trophy since.
The Frenchman insists that it is not his absence that has led to the subsequent lack of success.

-Man Utd are lining up a 35million bid for David Villa - Rooney and Villa would be an amazing strike partnership.

-Marouane Chamakh says he'll only leave Bordeaux for a foreign move.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has already hinted at making another bid for the Morocco international in January while Juventus are reportedly also set to join the chase.

[Novo]

Rooney and villla would be the partnership to end all partnership's

[30stone]

Yeah ****ing hell man utd would be amazing.
For me though man utd need a midfielder a world class one.


And

- Real madrid want to rival barcelona for the signature of Arsenal star Fabregas after losing 2 - 1 to Sevilla, They want to make offers for Ribery and Fabregas, they are looking to offer 50million for Fabregas almost double what Barcelona are offering.

[andyman]

Villa will not move to Scum Utd, he would rather razor blade his own face as he dances to Britney songs!

Finland 1 - 1 Wales... Good goal by Wales.

[andyman]

Some great players playing for Finland.

[30stone]

Arsenal players Goals:

Fabregas scored - Spain 2 - 1 Armenia
Gallas scored - France 5 - 0 Faroe Islands
Senderos Scored twice - Switzerland 3 - 0 Luxembourg

[King Gizzard]

Ireland will get knocked out in the playoffs

England are already there! didnt care about tonight.

[30stone]

Im dissapointed with us.

And LOL their fans are mad.

[30stone]

Great header there Heskey... NAT

****ing waste of space no wonder we lost.. Crouch or Agbonlahor would have done today without Defoe there.

[30stone]

Great tackle, great run great cross by terry.

Quality player.

[30stone]

Rio is losing it!

He has done that sorta thing 3 times for England!


LOL They hit the post and they throw flares on the pitch.

[Brad.]

Ukranians are mad. We are already in South Africa next year anyway, so this result is irrelevant.

[Lauren]

Super Pedro Mendes played full 90 mins with Portugal last night and got MoM.

[30stone]

The Result was irrelevent, but it would have been good to finish without losing, and we ****ed it up and Rio Ferdinand played ****, made some mistakes terry had to cover him a few times.

[Sir_Diary_of_Roomus]

The Result was irrelevent, but it would have been good to finish without losing, and we ****ed it up and Rio Ferdinand played ****, made some mistakes terry had to cover him a few times.

Biggest mistake was taking Lennon off for James.

[30stone]

I think id of taken heskey off.

Who was playing left midfield?

[andyman]

Rooney pulls out of England squad because of a calf injury.

[andyman]

The Football Association will make a formal complaint to Fifa after flares were thrown on to the pitch during England's defeat in Ukraine.


We did let Ukraine win :thumbs:

[andyman]

Argentina kept their World Cup qualification hopes in their own hands with a dramatic 2-1 win over Peru.

Chile sealed their qualification with a 4-2 win in Colombia to take third spot.

[andyman]

European nations already in the World Cup..

England
Denmark
Germany
Spain
Serbia
Italy
Holland

[30stone]

European nations already in the World Cup..

England
Denmark
Germany
Spain
Serbia
Italy
Holland

Bendtner denmarks star player!

[King Gizzard]

Argies probably paid peru to let em win lol..peru are already long out of the competition and argies needed a win

[King Gizzard]

Emile Heskey has admitted he will consider leaving Aston Villa in January in a bid to secure his place in the England squad for next summer's World Cup.

The striker, who only joined Villa from Wigan at the start of the year, has started just one Premier League match this season.

He played for England in their defeat in Ukraine on Saturday, though, and currently appears to be Fabio Capello's favoured partner for Wayne Rooney.

But the former Liverpool forward is aware his lack of games for his club could harm his chances of getting picked in the squad for South Africa.

"I'm happy to be playing for England and, obviously, not playing at club level is difficult," he said in the Guardian. "It's something I will have to look at when I get back and try to address it."

Asked whether that meant he would seek a move in the winter transfer window, Heskey said: "That's what I mean. I will have to sit down and think about my next move. I don't know whether I can get a World Cup place if I'm not playing for Villa.

"The manager (Capello) hasn't really spoken to me about it. I just have to keep performing well in training and keep going. But you always wonder about those kind of things, whether it will affect my chances. I will just have to try to address it when the time is right."

THANK THE HEAVENS!

[30stone]

Waht will you do???
Looks like villa will be relegated..

Heskeys stats of last season:
Appearances - Goals
14 - 2

This season:
7 - 0

England stats:
57 Appearances 7 goals.


England stats other players:
Lampard 74 apps 20 goals.
Gerrard 76 apps 16 goals.
Rooney 55 apps 25 goals.
Defoe 37 apps 11 goals.
Crouch 34 apps 16 goals.

Heskey destroys them all.

[30stone]

Waht will you do???
Looks like villa will be relegated..

Heskeys stats of last season:
Appearances - Goals
14 - 2

This season:
7 - 0

England stats:
57 Appearances 7 goals.


England stats other players:
Lampard 74 apps 20 goals.
Gerrard 76 apps 16 goals.
Rooney 55 apps 25 goals.
Defoe 37 apps 11 goals.
Crouch 34 apps 16 goals.

Heskey destroys them all.

[30stone]

BELGIUM WANT FELLAINI BANNED



Belgium have asked FIFA to prevent midfielder Marouane Fellaini from playing for Everton this weekend.

After playing in Belgium's win over Turkey at the weekend, he has pulled out of their clash with Estonia because of surgery he needed on his wisdom teeth.

The Toffees were convinced that Fellaini had an agreement in place with new Belgium boss Dick Advocaat, that if he played at the weekend he would be free to miss the match with Estonia.

But the Belgian FA (KBVB) have insisted Fellaini did not have permission to miss the match on Wednesday, and as such they have asked FIFA to apply their five-day rule.

Should a player miss an international fixture after being called up, and he does not have the permission of that country to do so, then he can be banned from playing any match for the next five days.

That would mean that Fellaini could not play until next week, ruling him out of Everton's clash with Wolves.

"Fellaini is called for the match with Estonia. If he decides not to come, he knows the consequences," Belgium FA's director general Jean-Marie Phillips confirmed to De Standaard.

"Mr Advocaat has asked that the FIFA regulations strictly apply and therefore Marouane may not play this weekend with Everton.

"The coach has talked with Fellaini, but I do not know what he said - I would imagine that he tried to convince him that the operation could be done another time - but he obviously did not succeed.

"I am happy that everyone around the Red Devils are on the same wavelength, but if FIFA decides in Everton's favour we will accept that."

Everton, though, insist that Fellaini will be free to face Wolves at the weekend.

"We released Marouane for both games and have complied with all our obligations," Everton spokesman Ian Ross said.

"He had an understanding with the manager that if he played on Saturday, he'd be released from the Wednesday game. The manager appears to have changed his mind.

"But this is a personal dispute between the player and the coach. Everton's not to blame and in our view there is nothing that can prevent Marouane from playing on Saturday against Wolverhampton. "

[30stone]

BELGIUM WANT FELLAINI BANNED



Belgium have asked FIFA to prevent midfielder Marouane Fellaini from playing for Everton this weekend.

After playing in Belgium's win over Turkey at the weekend, he has pulled out of their clash with Estonia because of surgery he needed on his wisdom teeth.

The Toffees were convinced that Fellaini had an agreement in place with new Belgium boss Dick Advocaat, that if he played at the weekend he would be free to miss the match with Estonia.

But the Belgian FA (KBVB) have insisted Fellaini did not have permission to miss the match on Wednesday, and as such they have asked FIFA to apply their five-day rule.

Should a player miss an international fixture after being called up, and he does not have the permission of that country to do so, then he can be banned from playing any match for the next five days.

That would mean that Fellaini could not play until next week, ruling him out of Everton's clash with Wolves.

"Fellaini is called for the match with Estonia. If he decides not to come, he knows the consequences," Belgium FA's director general Jean-Marie Phillips confirmed to De Standaard.

"Mr Advocaat has asked that the FIFA regulations strictly apply and therefore Marouane may not play this weekend with Everton.

"The coach has talked with Fellaini, but I do not know what he said - I would imagine that he tried to convince him that the operation could be done another time - but he obviously did not succeed.

"I am happy that everyone around the Red Devils are on the same wavelength, but if FIFA decides in Everton's favour we will accept that."

Everton, though, insist that Fellaini will be free to face Wolves at the weekend.

"We released Marouane for both games and have complied with all our obligations," Everton spokesman Ian Ross said.

"He had an understanding with the manager that if he played on Saturday, he'd be released from the Wednesday game. The manager appears to have changed his mind.

"But this is a personal dispute between the player and the coach. Everton's not to blame and in our view there is nothing that can prevent Marouane from playing on Saturday against Wolverhampton. "

[King Gizzard]

Villa will be relegated? what? why?

lol

[30stone]

BEcause without heskey what will you do?

Carew and agbonlahor both stand in his shadow.

[30stone]

Bitesize News:

-Brazil defender Alex has signed a new four-year deal with Chelsea, the Premier League leaders said on Tuesday.
"I am very happy Alex has signed a new contract," Ancelotti told the club's website. "He is just returning from surgery but he is a player I know well. I am familiar with his fantastic qualities."

-Arsenal are favourites to sign Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Stephane Sessegnon when he eventually leaves the Ligue 1 outfit, according to the player's agent.
The 25-year-old has made 34 appearances for the French outfit since arriving from Le Mans in 2008, netting six goals.

-Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is determined to fight off the advances of Atletico Madrid and Seville to retain the services of 19-year-old midfielder Fran Merida.

-Liverpool are considering making a cut-price £1.5m bid for Aston Villa's Emile Heskey in January. The striker revealed at the weekend he was considering leaving the Midlands club to get first-team football, thereby boosting his chances of landing a place in England's squad for the 2010 World Cup finals.

-Arsenal are chasing Bayer Leverkusen striker Stefan Kiebling, according to the player's agent. Kiebling has been in superb form so far this season, and is the leading scorer in the Bundesliga.
His agent Ali Bulut said: 'Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Juventus, and Milan are the clubs that have shown an interest.
'He wants to move to a big club.'

-West Brom will not be signing former Arsenal defender Sol Campbell as they cannot afford his wages.

-Gokhan Inler is refusing to discuss a new contract with Udinese amid reports of a scrap between Arsenal and Inter Milan for the Switzerland midfielder.

-Manchester City are lining up a £20m swoop for Brazil and Inter Milan full-back Maicon in January and will target Benfica midfielder Ramires if they fail with a £65m bid for Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery.

-Arsene Wenger has hailed William Gallas' influence on Arsenal's new-look defence.
The veteran centre-back was on target for France in Saturday's 5-0 World Cup qualifying win over Faroe Islands, which secured a place in the play-offs, as he added to his three goals for the Gunners.
It has certainly been quite a transformation for the former Chelsea man, who this time last year was stripped of the Arsenal captaincy after publicly questioning the mentality of Wenger's young squad.

-Barcelona have shown very little respect for our great club in their dogged and annoying pursuit of their former youth team player and current Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas and with that in mind a move for one of their soon to be out of contract stars would be an intelligent signing and as well as a big ‘up yours’ to the Catalan side for good measure.
31 year old centre back Carles Puyol has of course done it all in his decade plus at the heart of the Barcelona defence but recent rumours have suggested that he may well be looking for a new challenge and that his boss Pepe Guardiola is looking to younger alternatives to the shaggy haired defender.

-Bayer Leverkusen striker Stefan Kiessling is interesting Arsenal, as well as several other high-profile European outfits, according to the player’s agent.
The 25-year-old 6ft 3in front-man has netted 33 league goals in 101 appearances since arriving from Nuremberg in 2006.
And the forward, who has won two caps for Germany to date, is currently the leading scorer in the Bundesliga this season with six goals, firing Leverkusen to top spot on goal difference.
As a result, reports have surfaced linking him with a move to pastures new during the winter transfer window.
And the player’s representitive, Ali Bulut, has confirmed that Arsenal, as well as Bayern Munich, AC Milan and Juventus are all monitoring his progress.

-Fulham, Wigan and Liverpool all in for emile heskey

All the news (=
Have fun.

[30stone]

Everton hit purple patch with record sales of kit honouring murdered schoolboy Rhys Jones

An Everton kit launched to raise money in memory of murdered schoolboy Rhys Jones is proving a massive hit with fans.

The limited edition purple design has become the club’s fastest selling pre-ordered shirt.

Everton hope to raise £100,000 for the Liverpool Unites children's charity, which was inspired by both the Reds and Blues coming together in Liverpool following the death of Jones in August 2007.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1220084/Everton-hit-purple-patch-record-sales-kit-honouring-Rhys-Jones.html?ITO=1490#ixzz0TqVJZLU0

[30stone]

Heard the funniest thing ever..

Dave Whelan - Wigan Chairman
"Emile is a great player, any club in the world would love to have him, you can give him a long ball and he will bring it down and control it, and when you have people like john terry saying he's hard to play against you know hes good"

So because john terry gave him a bit of sympathy hes great?
As for his ability to control a ball infront of goal- he cant.
As for any club would love to have him, if he came to arsneal i dont think i could support them if they actually spent money on him.

[30stone]

-Fulham boss Roy Hodgson is being linked with a January move for Spurs out of favour striker Roman Pavlyuchenko.
The 27-year-old hitman made joined Spurs in the summer of 2008 in a £14million move from Spartak Moscow. However, the Russian international now finds himself fourth in the striking pecking order at White Hart Lane and reports have suggested he could be set for a January move away from Spurs.

-Chelsea are hoping Joe Cole will become the latest player to commit his future by signing a new deal at Stamford Bridge.
Defender Alex and striker Soloman Kalou have become the latest players to sign new deals as Chelsea look to secure their top stars and they are now looking for Cole to do the same.

-Manchester City could be ready to make a sensational bid for Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas next summer, according to reports in Spain.
Barcelona and Real Madrid have also been linked with the Spanish midfielder – who has insisted he has no desire to leave the Gunners. - If Fabregas will leave he will leave for a spanish club, thats just fact.

-Arsenal are hot favourites to land midfielder Stephane Sessegnon if the player leaves Paris Saint-Germain in the future.

-Samir Nasri believes he should be back in action for the Premier League clash with West Ham on 25th October.
The Arsenal midfielder has yet to play this season after breaking his leg over the summer but Arsene Wenger recently revealed he was closing in on a comeback. - Meaning Nasri will miss Birmingham, AZ Alkmaar and West Ham but could be back for the Carling cup match against Liverpool.

[Iceman]

Watching Ireland v Montenigro...not much to play for except finishing the group without a loss...

And will find out who we might get drawn with later on tonight...

Draw is on Monday....

[Iceman]

Half Time 0-0

pretty decent football, loads of chances for Ireland.....shame they didn't take them....

Given and Kilban got there 100th caps tonight aswell....

[30stone]

England games about to start.

My dad telling me how heskey is important player..

I said i know a few villa fans that beg to differ.

[30stone]

God Save The Queen!

[Iceman]

LOL

The Ireland game is quite good, few new players on now that were through to qualifying...

just watching really to pass the time and see who we could be drawn against...

[30stone]

Lol.


And GOAL 3 minutes.

Agbonlahor little pass in the box to crouch and he gets a tap in, great run for agbonlahor, he out paced the defender easily.

[Iceman]

Crouch doing what he said he would anyway....still nil all here

[Iceman]

cyprus beating Italy 2-0....why the **** didnt we hold off for 2 minutes last week? :(:(:(:(:(

[30stone]

Agbonlahor having an alright game so far.

[Iceman]

This has turned into a very sloppy match indeed....Ireland dont deserve to win this or even draw...

[30stone]

Johnson missed a massive sitter then, lot of space in the goal and was very close..

And it ended up going out for a throw lol.

[Iceman]

Montenigro should have had a penalty......ref didnt see it properly....

This game was great in the first half now its pitiful....

[Rob]

at least they actually put this game on tv!

[30stone]

Montenigro should have had a penalty......ref didnt see it properly....

This game was great in the first half now its pitiful....


Ireland not playing well?


And im not seeing italy as a dangerous team anymore.

I see the biggest threats as..

Spain
Brazil
Germany
Holland.

[Iceman]

Not playing well at all....although theres nothing to play for we cant win the group........

I really want to see who we could possibly face......

[30stone]

So you will be playing like the others who came second in their groups?

Could end up with someone like portugal or france..

[Iceman]

Exactly they've seeded the draw (there was no word of it being seeded until about 2 weeks ago) its a joke, had we known we would have played abetter IMO....

I pray its not the hardest teams....:(

[30stone]

I thought having it seeded would be good.

As this wasy you can only draw 1 really good team since your in second seed.

[Iceman]

Italy look like they're going to lose their first ever qualifier at home...(not that they needed to win or anything)

still goal-less here...waiting for the whistle....

[Wildcat!]

I am looking forward to the Uruguay vs Argentina game tonight. Now thats gonna be a cracker, winner qualifies or the world cup.

[Iceman]

Ireland 0 - 0 Montenegro

Ireland havent lost a match in the campaign.
Any time Ireland have had an undefeated qualifying campaign they've qualified.

[30stone]

Denmark lost their first of the tournament tonight.

Russia drew dunno whats happened to them. - Arshavin Scored.
Wales are currently winning 2 - 0 and im sur eChels is happy that Ramsey has scored.

[Iceman]

Italy came back to draw in the end...my bad there....

will post who we might play when I find out...

[30stone]

Cool post all the groups :)

If i was Capello right now id take off

Bridge < A.Cole
Wright - Phillips < Milner
Possibly
Beckham for lennon or agbonlahor for c cole

[30stone]

Beckham comes on.. makes an assist within 30 seconds.

Thought wright phillips should have come off but then he scores.

[Iceman]

So 2-0 now in England match?

[30stone]

Crouch.

3 - 0

2 goals for him, heskey sweating?

[30stone]

Crouch england record is quality!!

35 appearances 18 goals.
BUT

HE HAS STARTED 17 GAMES and scored 16 goals.

So basically 1 in 1.

[Iceman]

Yeah its some record alright...

not sure where to find the qualifying play offs teams, will go have a look now...

[30stone]

Yeah looks like you could have some tough opposition..

Portugal
Greece
France
Bosnia and Herzagovina (not a tough team but with Dzecko on form.. your a tough team..)

[30stone]

Milner hit the post.

[30stone]

Beckham hit the post.

[King Gizzard]

Why the **** is Beckham man of the match!?!?!

[30stone]

3 perfect crosses into the box.
An assist.
Hit the post.
Generally done nothign at all wrong hasnt really lost the ball.

I know crouch has scored 2.. but hes played very average other than the goals.

[Sir_Diary_of_Roomus]

Once Beckham retires, the next man you want able to make those kind of passes is Huddlestone. He definitely deserves a bit of time especially in games w/o great importance, like this.

Think despite the scoreline Belarus haven't done too badly, had a great couple of opportunities.

[King Gizzard]

That is bollocks

[30stone]

Why he had a flawless half an hour.
And no one really stood out tonight. Boring until he came on.

And Walcott will take beckhams place.

[King Gizzard]

crouchy ftw

Beckham prejudice

That is real bullshit

[King Gizzard]

Even David himself is bemused

[30stone]

You have to bass it on all round performance. They showed how he made a difference once he came on.
We were the worse team until he was on. And hes surprised because hes modest and only played 30 - 35mins.

Crouch was good scoring and kept up an amazing record but his all round performance (minus the goals) was very average.

[30stone]

Agbonlahor had a great start.

[30stone]

Ben Foster will have some good confidence back after tonight.

[30stone]

Tell you what Edin Dzeko has the potential to be ONEOFTHE best strikers in the world.

23 years old 6 foot 3 and a half inches.

Scored 36 goals in 42 appearances last season.
and 13 goals in 20 for bosnia.

Crazy good player, linked to Arsneal, Utd Chelsea, Real, Bayern, Barca, Juve, Ac, City.. nothing came of it though.

[King Gizzard]

he is amazin

but so is his strike partner grafite

[Novo]

Dzeko is a good friend of david moyes

[30stone]

Thats very true nate.
Would love to see him at Arsenal.

Though i have to say i would love to see David Villa in premiership most. Amazing player.

[King Gizzard]

Capello on Becks man of the match..''its like when obama won the nobel peace prize'' lol!!

[30stone]

Wasnt it nobel peace prize?

[King Gizzard]

Thats what I said..

[30stone]

Ohh my bad thought it said nobel prize.

But didnt he deserve it anyway?

[setanta]

Is Heskey going to the World Cup or what lads? I wouldn't take him.

[King Gizzard]

Not really, bit premature, hes done nothing yet

people out there risking their lives in the sake of peace

[setanta]

Obama deserve it? No way and it puts huge pressure on him now... he should never have accepted it.

[King Gizzard]

and this so called nobel peace prize winner is sending more troops into war!

[King Gizzard]

Lol! I ll save that for the serious debates section

[30stone]

Ohh right.
Still beckham played quality

Not sure who id take the 3 definate for me would be..

Rooney
Defoe
Crouch.

Then not sure out of heskey cole and agbonlahor.

I might take cole due to him being quite like heskey... just he scores too..

[Locke.]

Liverpool could be without both Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres for this Saturday’s Premier League clash against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.

Both players picked up injuries whilst on international duty for the countries and did not train with the squad at Melwood today (Thursday).

With some important games against Lyon and Manchester Utd ahead, Reds boss Rafa Benitez may not want to risk playing Gerrard and Torres in this Saturday’s 3pm kick-off.

A statement released by the club today said, “Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres will not train with the rest of the squad today, but will continue to receive treatment and will be assessed again tomorrow.”

uh-oh :(

[King Gizzard]

oooh i thought it was the usual lie about gerrard so he could skip playing for england!

[30stone]

After i flipping changed my premiership fantasy team earlier today have torres in 2 teams and gerrard in 1..

I think Sunderland are on good form... But if Kuyt and Bennayoun are on form they can still win.

[atieah2009]

Omg hi people

[atieah2009]

Any one hear what Chelsea players said about how vile ashley cole is and stingy JT is.

[atieah2009]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qROMT_N3iw&feature=player_profilepage

omg drogba is going to leave http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qROMT_N3iw&feature=player_profilepage

[30stone]

People annoyed at how beckham got man of the match for about 38 minutes of play and crouch didnt after scoring twice.

Others have stated that we were second best in the game until Beckham came on and he was the one who made the difference.

[King Gizzard]

Still should of never got it

[King Gizzard]

Ahhh not long at all till football is back! f you international breaks!

I don't there is one til christmas now is there! good news

[Alf]

People annoyed at how beckham got man of the match for about 38 minutes of play and crouch didnt after scoring twice.

Others have stated that we were second best in the game until Beckham came on and he was the one who made the difference.
dont read to much in to it, it was the choice of one man (steve bruce)

[Alf]

just watched question of sport, owen coyle seems like a very smart, confident and witty man. i think he is going to go on to have a great carear as a manager.
i tip burnley to stay up this season.

[30stone]

dont read to much in to it, it was the choice of one man (steve bruce)



I agree'd with the desicion.

[30stone]

Birmingham today for us..

The team that screwed (accidentily) eduardo from great from, 16 months later hes still not fully fit wont be playing today i dont think.

Hopefuly we can get a win.

[Lauren]

St Johnstone V Rangers on now on ESPN.

[King Gizzard]

we should of had a fcking penalty ffs ARGH!!!1!1

[King Gizzard]

fck you anti-caps

bring back capitals

[Lauren]

St Johnstone 1 - 1 Rangers. Half time.

Gers playing ****.

[King Gizzard]

Dunne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[30stone]

Wow im kinda happy draw would be best result.

Better villa than chelsea i guess.
Took dunne out my team )=

Who scored the other 2?

[30stone]

Ohh collins. for Villa who for chelsea?

[30stone]

Chelsea are shooting it straight at Firedel, not challenging him, had 2 perfect oppurtunities where they could havegone either side more chance of a goal.

[30stone]

Carew could have put villa up 3 - 1 then.

[30stone]

Wonder if city regret selling Dunne..

Been an amazing player so far.

[Locke.]

Chelsea getting beat :dance:

Could manage to get ourselves back in the title race if we win today:

Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Agger, Skrtel, Carragher, Babel, Lucas, Aurelio, Spearing, Benayoun, Kuyt.

Subs: Cavalieri, Voronin, Riera, Mascherano, Insua, Ngog, Kelly.

Surprised Spearing has been picked instead of Macherano, but he played good against Real last year and is our best reserve/youth player so hopefully he'll have another good game today.

Sunderland: Gordon, Bardsley, Turner, Ferdinand, McCartney, Malbranque, Cana, Cattermole, Reid, Bent, Jones. Subs: Fulop, Nosworthy, Zenden, Campbell, Henderson, Da Silva, Healy.

[King Gizzard]

Ahahahahahahaahah get in there villaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaa

[30stone]

WOW Drogbas goal will be one of the goals of the month.

Arsenal Line up:
Mannone
Eboue, Gallas, Vermaelen, Gibbs
Fabregas, Song, Diaby
Walcott, Van Persie, Rosicky.

Injuries:
Almunia
Fabianski
Djourou
Denilson
Clichy
Eduardo
Bendtner
Nasri

We need to get back and win today since we drew twice and they put eduardo out for well over a year.

[Brad.]

Man United 1-0 Bolton

Sunderland 1-0 Liverpool

[Brad.]

Stoke 1-0 West Ham

Burton 1-0 Barnet :mad:

[Brad.]

Arsenal 1-0 Birmingham

Fabregas goal.

[Brad.]

Arsenal 2-0 Birmingham

Diaby 18 mins.

[Brad.]

Portsmouth 0-1 Tottenham

[Beastie]

whos going to win the world cup?

[Brad.]

England will win the World Cup next summer. :D

Man United 2-0 Bolton

[Brad.]

Stoke 1-1 West Ham

Arsenal 2-1 Birmingham

[30stone]

Arsenal 1-0 Birmingham

Fabregas goal.



It was Van Persie.

And Walcott is off Arshavin is on.

[Brad.]

Portsmouth 0-2 Tottenham

[30stone]

Apparently Arsenal are dominating the game.

Sunderland 1 - 0 liverpool

They are on a roll!!

[Brad.]

It was Van Persie.

And Walcott is off Arshavin is on.

Oh, it came up as Fabregas on Score.

[Brad.]

Apparently the ball hit a balloon from a Darren Bent shot which deflected past Reina :joker:

[Novo]

D-m3agxvwYY

[King Gizzard]

That shouldnt be allowed surely?


I am officially in love with Richard Dunne and James Collins

[Brad.]

You must be in a great mood Nate, beating Chelsea 2-1 :D

[Brad.]

Apparently there aren't any official rules which say that goal shouldn't count, so the goal has to stand.

[King Gizzard]

lol! my brothers doing an accumalator and hes got everything right except he needs liverpool and everton to win

put 1.80 or and should get 60 quid

[30stone]

Just a moving target like hitting the ref...

Liverpool balloon their own fans messed up lol

[Locke.]

That clearly shouldn't count. for **** sakes :mad::mad::mad::mad:

[30stone]

Sunderland almost scored again.

Im unsure, there notihng about it its an inadimate object not somthing living so its a moving target i dont konw any other rules?

but i would be annoyed if that was Arsenal 100%.

[Locke.]

Sunderland almost scored again.

Im unsure, there notihng about it its an inadimate object not somthing living so its a moving target i dont konw any other rules?

but i would be annoyed if that was Arsenal 100%.

Well the ball was going right at Reina before it hit the balloon, so it wasn't going to be a goal unless it hit the balloon.

Rafa and Steven Bruce fighting :joker:

[30stone]

Benitez started an argument with bruce.

typical reallly..

[King Gizzard]

that baloon is going on ebay if they ever find the remains of it lol


Anyone remember in the uefa cup when a scrunched up piece of paper made the ball go out for a corner which werder bremen scored from lol?

[30stone]

Arsenal need to score at least 1 more.

[30stone]

Bolton score

Man Utd 2 - 1 Bolton
Matt Taylor.

Stoke 2 - 1 West Ham

[Brad.]

I predicted Arsenal 3-1 Birmingham, so I would be happy if Arsenal got another goal.

[30stone]

KEVIN DOYLE
former reading player..

Everton 0 - 1 Wolves

[atieah2009]

Arsenal v Birmingham 3-1
Aston Villa v Chelsea 2-1
Everton v Wolverhampton 2-1
Man Utd v Bolton 3-0
Portsmouth v Tottenham 0-0
Stoke v West Ham 2-0
Sunderland v Liverpool 2-1

Sunday, 18 October 2009

Blackburn v Burnley 1-2
Wigan v Man City 0-2

Monday, 19 October 2009
Fulham v Hull 0-1

[atieah2009]

those were my predicitons from last week:D got av vs chelsea right and sunderland r beating liverpool

[atieah2009]

I predicted Arsenal 3-1 Birmingham, so I would be happy if Arsenal got another goal.

well said same here:D

[atieah2009]

Yey!

[Brad.]

Arshavin gets Arsenal's 3rd!

[andyman]

Rubbish weekend of football..

[King Gizzard]

brilliant weekend for football!

loads and loads of shocks!

and villa are ahead of liverpool and we have one game in hand, good times.

[30stone]

Fabregas Assist Arshavin goal, great.

Fabregas on the best form hes ever had, and last 2 weeks Arsahving has opened his scoring account.

Its funny Bolton are pressuring man utd..

[Brad.]

Villa are on great form atm, so good on them. They must be about 5th as it stands.

[30stone]

GOALLLL

Everton 1 - 1 Wolves

[Brad.]

Andy will be happy but still kinda disappointed at Everton for it only being 1-1.

[King Gizzard]

It might just be me buzzing fromt he chelsea win but i think this might be our season, well, one of our best seasons

[Brad.]

I think Villa can stay in the top 6 and finish 6th.

[30stone]

Arsenal are 4th.

1 point behind tottenham with a game in hand and 1 point behind chelsea with a game in hand, good times.

Man city are 2 points behind us but with a game in hand over us, 2 over tottenahm and chelsea.

[Brad.]

Celtic 0-0 Motherwell

That means Rangers stay top and Andy will be very happy.

[30stone]

Bolton very close to scoring against man utd. but ended

2 - 1 to utd.

[Brad.]

7 mins of stoppage time at the Stadium of Light, Liverpool have a massive lifeline here.

[King Gizzard]

Our scalps so far this season - juventus, porto (peace cup) liverpool, chelsea

[Marc]

ffs Defoe... I'm nervous for some reason...

[30stone]

Defoe is off, i think.

[30stone]

Arsenal 3 - 1 Birmingham FT

[Locke.]

Our season is over because of a stupid ****ing baloon.

[30stone]

Sunderland win !!!!

[30stone]

Sunderland were very good today though apparently.
Man utd next hope for a draw.

[Locke.]

Right. Didn't know we had Utd next.

If we beat them then we can be hopefull again.

[30stone]

If you beat them i would love liverpool for the day as we would be closer.

If we win our game in hand and man city win both their games in hand..

Then only Man utd and man city will be above us.

[Novo]

Billyaletdinov shows arshavin how it's done

[andyman]

Lets hope them Saudi's invest into Liverpool soon for the next transfer window..

Everything Houlier (spelt?) did to build up the new Liverpool force is starting to crumble without the funds to fix the foundations..

[Lauren]

http://www.thisisanfield.com/images/redballoon.gif

[Marc]

our season is over because of a stupid ****ing baloon.

pmsl

[Marc]

http://www.thisisanfield.com/images/redballoon.gif

loooooooooooooooooooooooool

[Lauren]

Haha, to be fair Sunderland played AMAZING today. Liverpool didn't get one back, we deserved to win... but I can sympathise with the balloon thing rofl.

[Novo]

It was going in anyway the balloon helped it on it's way in

[Lauren]

Rangers back top of the SPL too. :)

[Locke.]

No it wasn't it was going straight at Reina.

[Novo]

:dance:

good old Papac

[Novo]

No it wasn't it was going straight at Reina.

He's a **** keeper it would have gone through his legs

[andyman]

Plus Sunderland fans had lazer pens..

[Lauren]

No it wasn't it was going straight at Reina.

I think there was 90% chance of goalies ball there. The balloon incident was unfair but I doubt anyone can argue against Sunderland playing the better football today. No team is to blame for the balloon lol, so I can imagine how angry I'd be if it happened vice versa. BUT sunderland played better.

[Lauren]

ROFL scrap my sympathy, andyman has taken it away.

[Locke.]

Liverpool 2-0 Lyon
Liverpool 6-0 Man Utd

All will be sorted out within 8 days :)

[Lauren]

Man Utd are definitely beatable at the moment, alls not lost.

[Locke.]

If Owen scores against us he'll have to get out of the City as quick as possible :joker:

[Novo]

Liverpool fan's don't even know who owen is anyway because most of them are from Norway/Spain

[Lauren]

Tbh David, if Owen scores (against Liverpool!) everyone will be too shocked to do anything.

[andyman]

Owen will need to join the Taliban so he can get thrown out of the country... Or hide in Redcar, nobody goes to Redcar.