The Football Thread

[_eRon_]

argh! just a point against everton! tsk tsk tsk..

 

chelsea vs liverpool later..i hope its a draw hehehehe..

 

hull is really for real; good for the newly promoted side ..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in other news:

 

Ramos leaves Tottenham, club says

 

Written by: AFP

2008-10-26 01:05:03

 

LONDON (AFP) - Tottenham Hotspur manager Juande Ramos has left the English Premier League club, it said in a statement released late Saturday.

 

"The club can announce that Damien Comolli, sporting director, Juande Ramos, head coach and first-team coaches, Marcos Alvarez and Gus Poyet, have left the club, with immediate effect. We wish them well," the north London side said.

 

Harry Redknapp, manager of Premiership rivals Portsmouth, has been given permission to talk to Tottenham about the vacancy, both sides said.

 

Spaniard Ramos, formerly in charge at Sevilla, had been under heavy pressure after Spurs made their worst ever start to a league season with just two points from eight games, despite winning the League Cup in February.

 

Tottenham said that Clive Allen, a former club player who is now development squad coach, and youth team manager Alex Inglethorpe would be in charge for Sunday's clash with Bolton.

 

It added in the statement that a further announcement would be made on the first-team coaching staff "in due course".

 

 

 

 

 

damn, the start of the season had great expectations for ramos & spurs; with what he did with sevilla; its sad to see what happened during the start of the season..baka si harry redknapp daw papalit, hmm, ayaw na pala nya sa pompey, ganda na nga ng nagawa nya dun tpos alis pa siya, sayang din yun..

Edited October 26, 2008 by _eRon_

[damaso]

after thrashing atletico madrid 6-1 and fc basel 5-0, barcelona wallops almeria 5-0. didn't see it but the replay is in an hour.

 

looks like this is my year.

[duchessXI]

dilemna for you on a brighter note, this ensures your favorite player is still fit during the mls off season. it also helps that obviously, serie a is a lot more competitive than mls.

 

one to go for him to tie sir bobby moore in terms of england caps. probably, an improved match fitness level can earn him a lot more caps.

 

Beckham is just a one of those hollywood athlete prima donnas. hes far from his prime back when he was at man utd, his skills were fading already when he was at real. now hes facing fitness levels.

 

its disgraceful to still see him play for england just for the sake of honors. if sir bobby moore, sir bryan robson, sir boby charlton, peter shilton, and billy wight were watching, they are apparently offended. Its a spit on their faces in other words: an insult if your looking for a more politically correct term.

 

bringing in beckham just to play for 10-15 minutes just to let him surpass notable englishmen who played the game hard is a fcuking disgrace. get that transformed white trash who plays for money out of there; let him play in the pub league of MLS, i dnt think ac milan even needs this arse; theyre just doing it for the jerseys obviously. the world deserves players with pure hearts.

[duchessXI]

Chelsea VS Liverpool

 

Wins CHE LIV

7 - 7

Draws

3 - 3

 

Key Matchup: Lampard vs Gerrard

 

2 hours to go..

[duchessXI]

Ramos out, Harry in at Spurs

 

its official

[damaso]

wooohooooo!!!

 

you'll never walk alone!

[_eRon_]

Liverpool > Chelsea

 

 

hehehehehehehehehe

 

 

:cool:

[damaso]

man city has cemented their place as my second favorite premiership team. just watched them against stoke and they are very entertaining. they have top quality footballers in elano, richards, and kompany (not to mention the injured petrov) plus a world class player in robinho. also, sturridge is a great prospect.

 

with the reportedly deep deep deep pockets of their arab owners, next season the premier league will have a big five.

Edited October 26, 2008 by damaso

[duchessXI]

Liverpool end Chelsea record

 

MmMMonster k*ll!!

 

:evil:

 

YNWA

[duchessXI]

man city has cemented their place as my second favorite premiership team. just watched them against stoke and they are very entertaining. they have top quality footballers in elano, richards, and kompany (not to mention the injured petrov) plus a world class player in robinho. also, sturridge is a great prospect.

 

with the reportedly deep deep deep pockets of their arab owners, next season the premier league will have a big five.

 

they also have wright philips, ireland, and hard (GK).

 

Liverpool beat chelsea even without the injured torres, ending chelseas 82 game winning home record, and now on top of the premiership. looked like his shuffling against athletio madrid worked in gerrard, keane, and mascherano. in addition to that, goes to show we dont need to rely on the spaniard and sweeper skrtel. 2 down, arsenal left to go.

 

unbeaten? owe it to riera. its obvious weve been lacking a natural left wingman ever since the departure of kewell, zenden, and arne riise. from aurelio to traore, came riera and dossena. aside from these two, you have two tireless menaces in keane and kuyt, respectively.

 

looked like rafa has silenced his critics. im sure theyll be coming out of their ratholes again. well, cant celebrate yet, were still nearing christmas.

[redshirt]

victories like that make me think,

 

Is it this year for liverpool or do we have to wait after christmas before they go crazy on the choke button?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harry "Huddini" is now TOT's manager. He had an able squad in Pompey, thy were doing ok. I guess it's all about C.R.E.A.M like the Wu Tang Clan said.

Edited October 27, 2008 by redshirt

[howard_the_duck]

boooooooooooooooooooooo

[_eRon_]

Cristiano Ronaldo has been named FIFPro World Player of the Year

 

The United winger was presented with the award by Sir Alex Ferguson at the Reds' Carrington training headquarters on Monday.

 

The 23-year-old scored an incredible 42 goals on his way to helping United reach a Premier League and Champions League Double.

 

Reds boss Sir Alex handed Ronaldo the award and said that he hoped there were many more like it to come at OId Trafford. It’s the first of what is expected to be a string of global awards for the Portuguese attacker, who has also been nominated for the prestigious Ballon d’Or award.

 

Ronaldo was also named in the FIFPro World Team of the Year, as was his team-mate Rio Ferdinand, who collected the honours for their achievements from Professional Footballers Association chief Gordon Taylor.

 

ManUtd.com tagged along to see the trophy presentation, and we'll bring you an exclusive interview with Ronaldo later this afternoon.

 

FifPro team: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid); Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), John Terry (Chelsea), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Carles Puyol (Barcelona); Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Kaka (AC Milan), Xavi (Barcelona), Lionel Messi (Barcelona); Fernando Torres (Liverpool), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United).

 

FifPro is the world-wide umbrella organisation for the Professional Football Association around the globe, and includes more than 40 associations meaning that thousands of players registered their votes for these awards.

[duchessXI]

Liverpool Represent!

[dj_flip03]

Good win by the Merseysiders. I found Mascherano as one of the key players in that game. He defended the midfield effectively. Though the win was not that convincing for me (i'd rather enjoy seeing the reds beat Chelsea by two goals than just one) compared to how the Blues thrashes their opponents most of the times. Im no Chelsea nor Liverpool fan, but the way I see it, it's more of a "tsamba".

 

Peace!