xxp So he can concentrate on not winning the league, natch.
― James, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
Dunphy fucking loves this. I said Utd wouldn't win another major title and people called me crazy. Well they won the league but...
― Number None, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
Dutch media en masse think the game in Zagreb was rigged...
To be fair the goals Lyon made were... awful. Zagreb players just standing still.
― lebateauivre, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
was kind of a tip off that gomis got 4, no?
― mizzell, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
"If I had the money today, I'd put it on Neymar," Wenger told The Sun.
"You can't say that Neymar is Pele as he had won the World Cup by the age of 17.
"He has the potential to be one of the future great strikers but at the moment there's a big difference between the Brazilian league and a European league."
YOU HAVE THE MONEY, SO YES PLZ
― big popppa hoy, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
Would you settle for Vagner Love?
― Number None, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
Neymar to barça imo.
― jim in glasgow, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
if we cld send chamakh to russia for him then sure
― big popppa hoy, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
To correct a comment I made earlier, Chelsea can't get Barca or Real, as they came top of their group. For some reason I thought they came 2nd. P easy draws for the teams who went through top of their group, only Leverkusan and the two Spanish teams to care about and Arse/Chelsea should beat any of them. Wld love Trabzonspor or Basle.
― big popppa hoy, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
cska not trabzanspor
― mizzell, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
Wonder who's going to throw some money at Basel for Shaquiri
― Number None, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
Fuck, Ajax got majorly screwed
― Number None, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
did anyone find themselves saying "Shaquiri! Shaquiri!" under their breathe everytime he got the ball.
― kid steel, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
yes
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
his hips don't lie
― Number None, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
his breasts are humble
― big popppa hoy, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
I was confusing them with mountains
― The Artist Formerly Known As Teh HoBB, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
Him and Xhaka in one team, I approve.
I'm really looking forward to Chelsea v City now.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
Hm, Jibe moves to the land of the betting syndicate; a few weeks later, Lyon pull off a result like that. They only equalised on the stroke of half-time as well.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 22:37 (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
when is this?
― big popppa hoy, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
dunno why jibe wld put his money on marseille over lille tho
chelsea - city is on monday
― Number None, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
Oof, I forgot about Marseille xp. He's got some explaining to do.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/may/30/sir-alex-ferguson-manchester-united
LOL
― HI IT'S RONAN, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
There are no quotes in that story
― Number None, Thursday, 8 December 2011 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha, love this ! hell yeah lyon, i can't believe they made it through. i will not listen to a word said anywhere about wrongly disallowed goals in the ajax game or zagreb not even trying to play :) this just made my very very long day a whole lot better. i wanted to stay up to watch the game (which starts at 4am here) but decided against. kind of regret it. i'm gonna ask: anyone know where i could see the entire game?
― jibé, Thursday, 8 December 2011 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
also between this and marseille, i just can't believe what happened! Usually french clubs manage to fuck up when they're in good position to qualify - well ok, lille was there for that - but what lyon and marseille did is blowing my mind .
― jibé, Thursday, 8 December 2011 02:30 (twelve years ago) link
This site has full matches but you have to sign up http://www.mysoccerplace.net/
― Number None, Thursday, 8 December 2011 02:37 (twelve years ago) link
thx for that, will def watch the lyon game. now i just need to find a way to hypnotise myself so i forget the result so i can get the thrill of victory for real :)
― jibé, Thursday, 8 December 2011 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.dailyexpress.co.uk/img/covers/257x330back/2011-12-08.jpg
benighted [bɪˈnaɪtɪd]adj1. lacking cultural, moral, or intellectual enlightenment; ignorant2. Archaic overtaken by nightbenightedly advbenightedness n
― James, Thursday, 8 December 2011 08:28 (twelve years ago) link
great word.
― HI IT'S RONAN, Thursday, 8 December 2011 08:48 (twelve years ago) link
appropriate too. great headline.
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 08:55 (twelve years ago) link
Thought Basel's two strikers were superb last night btw.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 8 December 2011 09:05 (twelve years ago) link
Phil Neville is still smashing it:
"When I first came through as a full back, my main objective was that my first tackle on the winger I was coming up against had to be a hard one. I had to smash him basically. "Smash your winger early on you don't see him again -that was the rule of thumb 15 years ago. But football has progressed. We're on tackling at the moment, but maybe diving is as big an issue, maybe goal line technology is."
"Smash your winger early on you don't see him again -that was the rule of thumb 15 years ago. But football has progressed. We're on tackling at the moment, but maybe diving is as big an issue, maybe goal line technology is."
― James, Thursday, 8 December 2011 09:23 (twelve years ago) link
url is a 'smashing' punchline.
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 09:26 (twelve years ago) link
"when I first came through as a full back, my main objective was giving away penalties or getting sent off. that's why man u sold me and i got swiftly ditched from the england squad."
― SandboxGarda (HI IT'S RONAN), Thursday, 8 December 2011 09:27 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q92zTt60ijA
― James, Thursday, 8 December 2011 09:37 (twelve years ago) link
"When I first came through as a full back, my main objective was that my first tackle on the winger I was coming up against had to be a hard one. I had to smash him basically.
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv1qpll1L71qdleuuo1_400.gif
RIP the career of Jose Antonio Reyes.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 8 December 2011 09:49 (twelve years ago) link
http://static-voetbalzone.nl/images/photos/ori_280_210/11140028500808200.jpg
This wink and little thumbs up from Zagreb defender Domagoj Vida after Gomís' 1-5 is feeding speculation here that the game in Zagreb was rigged.
I don't care, I congratulate Jibé with this fantastic result! :-)
― lebateauivre, Thursday, 8 December 2011 10:05 (twelve years ago) link
Beautiful results all round last night, LOL Mancs and, lest I forget, LOL Man Utd supporters
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Thursday, 8 December 2011 10:09 (twelve years ago) link
fucking phil neville, injured bale twice last year.
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Thursday, 8 December 2011 10:27 (twelve years ago) link
Rooney ban reduced to 2 games. So he can return for the Ukraine game. If he plays like he did last night night England are screwed anyway.
― pandemic, Thursday, 8 December 2011 10:51 (twelve years ago) link
was gonna say, the assumption that current-form rooney is even good enough for the squad shows a serious paucity of either strike options or willingness to face facts
― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Thursday, 8 December 2011 10:57 (twelve years ago) link
last one
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:15 (twelve years ago) link
rooney has been shit for a season and a half now, bar little bumps in form. the young lad from city daniel sturridge should be getting all his hype.
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:17 (twelve years ago) link
http://estaticos04.marca.com/imagenes/2011/12/07/futbol/liga_campeones/1323293848_extras_portada_0.jpg
yup, ajax were screwed.
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:19 (twelve years ago) link
Bryan Ruiz: “I didn’t want to go to Fulham at all. I was happy with Tottenham’s previous interest in me. They are a dream club. Attractive financial terms, and a talk with Martin Jol, dragged me over the line.”
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:20 (twelve years ago) link
“The fact remains that in Mancini’s fifth Champions League season as a manager of a club at the very top level of financial support, with a vastly expensive array of talent at his disposal, he has failed even to make it out of the group stage.”
― big popppa hoy, Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:27 (twelve years ago) link
mancini really is the worst.
yeah, he'll never win as many Champions League titles as Wenger
― Maybe Bartering Will Help (Julie Lagger), Thursday, 8 December 2011 11:30 (twelve years ago) link