The Football Thread

[howard_the_duck]

hindi televised :evil:

[redshirt]

redshirt, i tried your petition kaso may bayad, pano un? pag di ko nagdonate, la na kwenta pirma ko sa petition na yun?..

 

i think this game will be won or lost in the midfield for ManUtd..both teams have a great midfield, Arsenal's ace is Fabregas, swerte lang ang ManUtd, they have Hargreaves to counter him, i was really hoping Scholes could play, but i think Giggs could be up to the task..Sir Alex should go for experience and start Giggs & Hargreaves in the midfield, i think Carrick is too weak to counter Fabregas, he should bench Carrick and start Hargreaves

 

i prefer this line-up for ManUtd for the incoming Arsenal game..

 

rooney tevez

giggs

nani c.ronaldo

hargreaves

evra vidic ferdinand brown

 

van der sar (gk)

 

subs: kuszchack, carrick, o'shea, anderson, pique

 

ManUtd fans, which line-up do you suggest? i think it'll be 2-1 to ManUtd, with Rooney scoring the goal to win the game..sana magdilang-anghel ako

 

wala pong bayad yun. They are only asking for a donation. Pag umabot na kayo dun it means na sign na petition. Pls guys try nyo din sa mga iba nyong kakilala. Just e-mail the link or IM sa office ok lng. Let's do our best to get that pettiton to it's destination.

 

 

 

About the ARS vs MANU game.

 

 

 

GODDAMN IT! We should have won! Swinerte nanaman ang ARS! I knew this game has a great chance to be a draw but eventhough I knew it would be... Di nakayanan ng sikmura ko na tumaya against my beloved MANU. So what I did was bet on 0 handicap to eliminate the draw. So binalik lang ang taya ko. Buti nalang may back-up bet ako sa CHE

 

Dapat hndi goal yun IMHO kasi na clear ni van der sar yung bola. Sige alam ko may babanat dyan na basta over the line it's a goal pero kung napanood nyo yung game ng Totenham last week against Blackburn. Nasalo ni Freidel yung bola pero hindi sya na count. bakit kaya? Dumb luck lang yung panalo ng ARS! :grr:

[_eRon_]

badtrip draw lang, 2-2...sana nanalo ManUtd..badtrip, oh well dats life, sayang..go red devils!! go ManUtd!!

[ron9]

2-2....now manu and aresenal are tied with manu up one game

 

chelsea won over wigan 2-0 with golas from lampard and beletti...chelsea now have won 7 straight under grant...the team - and the london papers - have now forgotten all about mourinho

 

liverpool continues its downward slide with a 0-0 game against blackburn

Edited November 3, 2007 by ron9

[ron9]

Sign the petition boys!

 

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/premierleaguephilippines/

 

It's about time to take the matter ito our own hands! Im getting tired of bitching about us not being able to see EPL games!

 

Good job on the petition, let's hope this brings about some change.

 

Although I think ESPN Phil is depended on feeds from ESPN Taiwan, instead of getting it from Sing or HK where the EPL is big.

 

But it's good that you started this!

[jacklesch2004]

Arsenal had more chances but Man U was more accurate at the goal. Still it was a real test for the gunners to flight back for the draw. The experience of the match would certainly help the young players to play against the top teams in the league as well as in Europe. We must remenber this is just the starting year of the young Arsenal team. The free flowing play of Arsenal was cleverly stop by Man U. Arsene Wenger would have to find a way out of the clever play of Man U and the physical play of Blackburn in the midfield.

[ron9]

sevilla just beat real madrid 2-0

[ron9]

you have to give arsenal credit for passing the tests with late equalizers against liverpool and manu...and they're doing this without van persie...admittedly it's still a long way to go and chelsea is storming back with impressive victories under grant....but you are right that these draws are actually a win in terms of a confidence boost for the young players like fabregas, flamini, walcott, etc.

[mojo2NV]

wala pong bayad yun. They are only asking for a donation. Pag umabot na kayo dun it means na sign na petition. Pls guys try nyo din sa mga iba nyong kakilala. Just e-mail the link or IM sa office ok lng. Let's do our best to get that pettiton to it's destination.

About the ARS vs MANU game.

GODDAMN IT! We should have won! Swinerte nanaman ang ARS! I knew this game has a great chance to be a draw but eventhough I knew it would be... Di nakayanan ng sikmura ko na tumaya against my beloved MANU. So what I did was bet on 0 handicap to eliminate the draw. So binalik lang ang taya ko. Buti nalang may back-up bet ako sa CHE

 

Dapat hndi goal yun IMHO kasi na clear ni van der sar yung bola. Sige alam ko may babanat dyan na basta over the line it's a goal pero kung napanood nyo yung game ng Totenham last week against Blackburn. Nasalo ni Freidel yung bola pero hindi sya na count. bakit kaya? Dumb luck lang yung panalo ng ARS! :grr:

 

On whether to consider Arsenal last goal or not: if you review the game, you can clearly see that Van der Sar's back was almost touching the back of the net, ung buong katawan nya eh nasa loob na ng goal, the ball was inside (not even just crossed the line) the net, no question goal yon.

 

On the actual game: Fergusson always professed that they will play attacking football in all of the pre-match interviews, but ManU played tight and compressed the midfield all the way down to the full backs. Man U's game plan was just to stifle Arsenal's passing plays. Not attacking, but merely relying on counter attacks. They were prepared to soak up pressure from Arsenal.

Arsenal dominated the possession, had the most shots on target,most corners,least yellow cards....need I say more

 

Goals:

Looney - scuffed his shot, Gallas was on top of it. If Looney made good contact with the ball, Gallas would have deflected it outside, scored on the last minute of injury time...in short....swerte

 

Fabregas - resulted from a good passing play between Sagna and Adebayor..Van Der Sar saved Adebayor's shot.....Fabregas right place at the right time...2 minutes after start of 2nd half....good play

 

Greg Louganis (aka Cristiano Ronaldo) - resulted from a good run from Evra..clumsy Arsenal keeper made wrong decision..good positioning by Ronaldo, even better pass from Evra...goal 5 minutes from time...good play

 

Gallas - again coming from good passing plays, Clichy cross, nagkagulo sa penalty area...ball landed in front of Gallas..goal...pwede na nating sabihin na swerte rin or nag panic ang ManU and never marked Gallas...

 

I dont think it was due to "dumb luck" but the Gunners resilience...the game was on the balance and I personally think the result was fair, based on the actual merits of the game. Yun nga lang Arsenal pa rin ang nasa no 1......hehehe :thumbsupsmiley:

Edited November 4, 2007 by mojo2NV

[mojo2NV]

you have to give arsenal credit for passing the tests with late equalizers against liverpool and manu...and they're doing this without van persie...admittedly it's still a long way to go and chelsea is storming back with impressive victories under grant....but you are right that these draws are actually a win in terms of a confidence boost for the young players like fabregas, flamini, walcott, etc.

 

Chelsea winning over Wigan is not impressive...in fact it should be a given..not just for Chelsea, but for all other teams in the EPL...Wigan and Derby will definitely go back to the championship..

Edited November 4, 2007 by mojo2NV

[redshirt]

Chelsea winning over Wigan is not impressive...in fact it should be a given..not just for Chelsea, but for all other teams in the EPL...Wigan and Derby will definitely go back to the championship..

I must agree with this. CHE look like chickens with their heads cut off during the second half. I would love them to have lost if I didn't have money on the game... WIG brought it to them. Actually nice tactic, the WIG players were trying to get Drogba sent-off Good thinking by Grant to sub the hot-headed Ivorian.

 

Buti nga sa Liverpool! Hindi nakapag german suplex si Carragher kaya hndi sila nakagoal. And walang Torres and Alonzo.... Kanino sila aasa? kay Steven "Ref that should be a red card not yellow" Gerrard? O kay Jamie "red suplex machine" Carhagger?

 

Please. I thought Liverpool had already become a well balanced team pero si Torres lang pala nagdadala sa team.

[ron9]

Chelsea winning over Wigan is not impressive...in fact it should be a given..not just for Chelsea, but for all other teams in the EPL...Wigan and Derby will definitely go back to the championship..

 

7 straight victories after a tumultous and rather emotional managerial change, with injuries to terry and cole, and lingering questions on lampard and drogba's commitment to the club, plus shevchenko's sub-par performance is still impressive...wigan may have been the lightest among the bunch but chelsea still managed to grit out a 4-3 victory over leicester (a team that should be a given) in the carling cup and wins in the champions league

[mojo2NV]

7 straight victories after a tumultous and rather emotional managerial change, with injuries to terry and cole, and lingering questions on lampard and drogba's commitment to the club, plus shevchenko's sub-par performance is still impressive...wigan may have been the lightest among the bunch but chelsea still managed to grit out a 4-3 victory over leicester (a team that should be a given) in the carling cup and wins in the champions league

 

John Terry gets paid £150,000/week...that's a whopping Php 15m a week! (approx kse lumalakas ang peso)....wala syang karapatan may injure or magkasakit! hehe

[redshirt]

John Terry gets paid £150,000/week...that's a whopping Php 15m a week! (approx kse lumalakas ang peso)....wala syang karapatan may injure or magkasakit! hehe

Wala pa yang 150k quidd na sweldo ni terry. Si Beckham nga magkano sweldo pero nakaupo lang parati sa bench

[xycho_g]

amf talo real! 2 straight goals! ang sakit!

 

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