Soccer thread 07/08

Jimmydeicide · Post by **Jimmydeicide** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:06 am

Shut up squid were talking Liverpool here.

And Everton too on a very impressive result.

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:56 am

I only talk about Liverpool when they have fan violence. So probably in a few weeks.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:48 pm

fsquid wrote:I only talk about Liverpool when they have fan violence. So probably in a few weeks.

Indeed, Scousers don't share the German reputation for peaceful expression...

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:16 pm

We just fight the French now.

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:17 pm

fsquid wrote:I only talk about Liverpool when they have fan violence. So probably in a few weeks.

Fan violence ? They'd have to get up out of their armchairs first. Plus they have to nip out with 10 mins to go so that they can get back into the town centre for a last bit of shoplifting before the stores close.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:44 pm

Peter Crouch. That bed that his feet hang out of? Looks like it may be a pretty interesting place...

http://www.withleather.com/post.phtml?pk=5077

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:20 pm

Arsenal and Croatia suffer a huge loss with Eduardo going down with that horrible injury.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:08 pm

RobVarak wrote:Arsenal and Croatia suffer a huge loss with Eduardo going down with that horrible injury.

You know it's bad when Sky refuses to show replays. Photos apparently showed Eduardo's shin bone protruding through his sock.

Awful.

Take care,
PK

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:06 pm

pk500 wrote:
You know it's bad when Sky refuses to show replays. Photos apparently showed Eduardo's shin bone protruding through his sock.

Awful.

Take care,
PK

The look on Cesc Fabregas' face as he stood over the prone Eduardo was just chilling.

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:05 pm

I was watching on TV, and it was almost in Dave Busst territory.

For those who haven't seen the latter's injury at Old Trafford, do yourself a favour and don't youtube it.

Let's put it this way, it happened in a challenge in the MU area, and goalie Peter Schmeichel ran away and came very close to puking up. There was so much blood on the pitch they ended up putting sand on it.

On the subject of the Eduardo injury, I'm usually a fan of Wenger but thought he was very OTT. Taylor isn't known as a goon, and Arsenal have always had their share of those who are - Vieira was a prime example.

And if Arsene wants to see a challenge as bad as Taylor's that just didn't impact in the same way, then a swift rewind to Gallas's attempt to clean out Nani last week should do the trick.

GB_Simo · Post by **GB_Simo** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 7:41 pm

Just seen on Match Of The Day that Wenger's put out a statement saying his earlier comments were excessive, and that seems fair given that Taylor's tackle, while very poor, didn't appear to have any deliberate intent.

Lack of intent makes no difference to the result, of course, and Eduardo's injury is absolutely horrific. Let's hope his recovery goes well.

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:39 pm

I'm torrenting MOTD but I don't want to see the injury.

Times Online had a photo of Taylor about to make contact with Eduardo. I know the photo doesn't take into context of the tackle but geez it looked bad from the photo. A leg right at the shin of Eduardo.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:46 pm

That's very classy of Wenger, IMO. I don't blame him for his earlier comments given the emotional nature of an injury like that It is nice to see him clarify things.

It was a bad challenge, but not a malicious one. It wasn't from behind or in a situation where the ball was 10 yards up field etc. It was late and it was hard. I actually felt bad for Taylor a bit, a he was clearly very shaken up as well. It's like watching a fastball get away from a pitcher.

dougb · Post by **dougb** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:52 pm

It's all too easy at the speed the game is played to mis-time a tackle and end up cruching the player when you mean to intercept the ball. And certainly it looked a lot different from the really egregious hack downs that do occur from time to time in games.

Horrible injury - I actually find that a lot harder to watch then the play where the NHL player had his throat slashed. Yikes.

Best wishes,

Doug

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:14 am

UEFA Cup Round of 16

Anderlecht v Bayern Munich
Rangers v Werder Bremen
Bolton v Sporting Lisbon
Bayer Leverkusen v Hamburg SV
Getafe v Benfica
Fiorentina v Everton
Tottenham v PSV Eindhoven
Marseille v Zenit St Petersburg

Those are some pretty entertaining matchups although not on the level of the Champions League

Jimmydeicide · Post by **Jimmydeicide** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:00 pm

I usually like the Uefa cup games they are a lot more fun to watch compared to the too scared to make mistake Champions leagues.
Try to watch all of them tho love them both.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 3:49 pm

Fiorentina v Everton

Excellent! The bitters will feel the sting of Murgu!

dougb · Post by **dougb** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:31 pm

This has got to be the funniest goddamn thing I've ever seen in a pro game. Sid Lowe wrote about it in his Guardian on-line column on La Liga (required reading for me every week).

Real Madrid were playing Getafe and Robben scores what looks like a goal. The Madrid players start celebrating but then notice that the referees signalling for offside. While the Madrid players are standing around Getafe take a quick free kick and head down the field left completely empty by the Madrid mid-fielders.

Take a look - I guarantee you won't be disappointed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh_tmNYCIa0

Best wishes,

Doug

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:23 am

What was startling to me was that the usually dozy Guti was one of the two RM players who were making the effort to get back - which speaks volumes about the footballing nous of the rest of them.

dougb · Post by **dougb** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:22 am

davet010 wrote:What was startling to me was that the usually dozy Guti was one of the two RM players who were making the effort to get back - which speaks volumes about the footballing nous of the rest of them.

"Bunch of country bumpkins" was a pretty apt description for the Madrid players.

Really enjoy Sid Lowe's column - La Liga sounds like it can be an absolute madhouse at times.

Best wishes,

Doug

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:56 am

link to his column?

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:34 pm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/sidlowe

Not quite as amusing as Tim Stannard's 'La Liga Loca', but definitely worth a read.

LLL cheers me up on a Monday, particularly the comments of one of his regulars, Paul the Espanyol fan, whose hatred of Barca reaches seismic proportions.

dougb · Post by **dougb** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:36 pm

davet010 wrote:http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/sidlowe

Not quite as amusing as Tim Stannard's 'La Liga Loca', but definitely worth a read.

LLL cheers me up on a Monday, particularly the comments of one of his regulars, Paul the Espanyol fan, whose hatred of Barca reaches seismic proportions.

Thanks for posting the link Dave.

Best wishes,

Doug

dougb · Post by **dougb** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:50 pm

And here's the link to la Liga Loca.

http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/laligaloca/default.aspx

Thanks for that tip Dave - I was laughing so loudly my wife came down to see if I was alright.

I miss Ormondroyd - used to laugh my ass off at those little cartoons.

Best wishes,

Doug

davet010 · Post by **davet010** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:15 am

Oooo, the vultures are a-circling round St James's Park already.

Looks like I can start planning how to spend the £10 I had on KK not lasting til the end of the season

http://www.football365.com/story/0,1703 ... 80,00.html