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Reply #525 on: May 25, 2009, 03:14:27 PM

Burnley looked damn good after the first 10 or so minutes of the playoff final. With them, Birmingham and my favorite Championship side Wolves in the EPL with Hull, Stoke and Sunderland, next season will see me following a lot of Premier league sides.

As for Newcastle, yep, they deserved it. I hope Allardyce is laughing his ass off in Blackburn. Fuck the Toon Army, let's see if they can get themsevles together and make a Championship winning side.
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Reply #526 on: May 26, 2009, 12:40:49 PM

Good season.  Things I'll be most interested in next year:

1) Wolves in the Premiership
2) Newcastle slumming it.  I actually like Newcastle as a franchise, but they need to get over this massive sense of entitlement.  Like they could just get the right old retreads in place and it could be 1996 forever.  Their team sucks, they need to know it sucks and stop pretending that Mark fucking Viduca is the answer.  They completely wasted great talents like Martins and N'zogbia.  Maybe a couple of seasons in the wilderness will wake them up.
3) The Tottenham keeper situation.  Cause Gomes. . . wow.  Is Alnwick any good?

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Reply #527 on: May 26, 2009, 12:46:44 PM

Spurs had a good keeper last season backing up Paul Robinson. They shipped him off to a Championship team. Then they picked up Gomes and I just cannot for the life of me think of why. They even shipped Cesar to Valencia when Rennan got hurt and he's done better at age 50 than Gomes has done with Spurs. And Valencia's back line has been HORRIBLE with lots of injuries and chopped up lineup every week.

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Reply #528 on: May 26, 2009, 12:50:09 PM

Spurs had a good keeper last season backing up Paul Robinson. They shipped him off to a Championship team. Then they picked up Gomes and I just cannot for the life of me think of why. They even shipped Cesar to Valencia when Rennan got hurt and he's done better at age 50 than Gomes has done with Spurs. And Valencia's back line has been HORRIBLE with lots of injuries and chopped up lineup every week.

Juande Ramos. Yeah he got us a cup, but Fuck all after that. Spurs need some cohesion in a bad way, which means we need to hold on to some of these guys. However, I think we could do with a new keeper.
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Reply #529 on: May 26, 2009, 12:54:35 PM

Yeah, I thought Ramos was some hot shit after Sevilla. Turns out he can't even get Real Madrid to win games. I expect him to be looking for a new job next week.

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Reply #530 on: May 26, 2009, 01:28:48 PM

Spurs had a good keeper last season backing up Paul Robinson. They shipped him off to a Championship team. Then they picked up Gomes and I just cannot for the life of me think of why. They even shipped Cesar to Valencia when Rennan got hurt and he's done better at age 50 than Gomes has done with Spurs. And Valencia's back line has been HORRIBLE with lots of injuries and chopped up lineup every week.

Juande Ramos. Yeah he got us a cup, but Fuck all after that. Spurs need some cohesion in a bad way, which means we need to hold on to some of these guys. However, I think we could do with a new keeper.

I would give Cudicini a chance, only reason he was benched for Chelsea was cause Cech was best keeper in the world til he got whacked on the head & he's deemed injury prone.

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Reply #531 on: May 27, 2009, 07:14:47 AM

So, who ya got?

I say an early Man U goal by CR gets them to close up shop and leaves us with an agonizingly dull final.

1-0 United, but I'm  desperately hoping that doesn't happen.
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Reply #532 on: May 27, 2009, 07:38:34 AM

I'd say Man Utd with a very late winner, 2-1.  But if I had any chance of being right then bookies would be poor.

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Reply #533 on: May 27, 2009, 08:06:56 AM

You have chosen your mate wisely, sir. I get to play the 'avoid hearing the score until I get home to my TiVo' game. I am usually pretty good at it, but sometimes I get tripped up by weird places like Facebook.

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Reply #534 on: May 27, 2009, 10:45:20 AM

I'm going to play the 'I'm out of the office for a while' game and hope no one notices.

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

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Reply #535 on: May 27, 2009, 10:54:53 AM

Going to slip out and catch at least the first half, will have to monitor the remainder from the confines of my office…

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Reply #536 on: May 27, 2009, 11:22:28 AM

I'm watching it in the office on a digital projector against the wall.  Take that, bitches!

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Reply #537 on: May 27, 2009, 11:29:20 AM

I'm watching it in the office on a digital projector against the wall.  Take that, bitches!

52 inch plasma in mine . In high def  DRILLING AND MANLINESS

And definitely do everything you can to not hear the result.
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Reply #538 on: May 27, 2009, 12:01:02 PM

Good fucking football from Barca, but seriously where the fuck is Scholes and what the fuck is this long ball shit.

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Reply #539 on: May 27, 2009, 12:34:02 PM

I'm watching it in the office on a digital projector against the wall.  Take that, bitches!

52 inch plasma in mine . In high def  DRILLING AND MANLINESS

I'm watching it live at 5am at home while working on a website that is covering it (I'm just the homepage editor, not the football editor). It's the full fan experience while also chatting with the commentators on my netbook :)
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Reply #540 on: May 27, 2009, 12:44:39 PM

Renaldo is such a little bitch.

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Reply #541 on: May 27, 2009, 12:44:57 PM

Good fucking football from Barca, but seriously where the fuck is Scholes and what the fuck is this long ball shit.

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Reply #542 on: May 27, 2009, 01:00:57 PM

Wow.  I've never seen such a worldclass team made to look so much like a pack of amateurs.

I will say no more.

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Reply #543 on: May 27, 2009, 01:05:58 PM

Good fucking football from Barca, but seriously where the fuck is Scholes and what the fuck is this long ball shit.


Yeh I totally agree, nobones about it the best team on the night won. But I just can't understand why you would leave Scholes on the bench in the final game of the season, I also think there was a good case for Berbatov to start. It's exactly the same team that started against Liverpool it's a weak shitty midfield without Scholes. Xavi is fucking amazing and has been for a long time, he's propably the other most underrated player in the world beside Scholes, fuck Messi and Ronaldo he's the best player in the world for me.

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Reply #544 on: May 27, 2009, 01:18:50 PM

That Xavi to Messi goal was fucking art.

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Reply #545 on: May 27, 2009, 01:24:06 PM

Shirt facts.

Manchester United: receive £14.1m/year from AIG to wear their logo.
Barcelona: donate US$1.9m/year to UNICEF to wear their logo.
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Reply #546 on: May 27, 2009, 02:39:53 PM

So I Tivoed this and avoided this thread to try and not get the score spoiled. Go to Comcast.net's page to check my email and what do they have as the first fucking headline? That's right, the goddamn result. So much for me watching this tonight. Comcast.net for fuck's sake.

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Reply #547 on: May 27, 2009, 02:43:26 PM

It is still worth watching.

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Reply #548 on: May 27, 2009, 02:47:17 PM

So I Tivoed this and avoided this thread to try and not get the score spoiled. Go to Comcast.net's page to check my email and what do they have as the first fucking headline? That's right, the goddamn result. So much for me watching this tonight. Comcast.net for fuck's sake.

Some random Mafia Wars friend dipshit mentioned who won just below a post I was actually reading. I was doing SO WELL avoiding it too. FUCK.

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Reply #549 on: May 27, 2009, 03:23:59 PM

I thought it was a pretty shitty game if you took Barcelona out of the equation. It was potentially a mouth watering clash of two of the best footballing teams in the tournament instead we got the Barcelona show, no excuses SAF great manager you are but you totally blew it tonight.

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Reply #550 on: May 27, 2009, 04:16:27 PM

you should definitely watch this. One, to see Eto'o just completely destroy Vidic. Two to see Man U look like the LA fucking Galaxy. Three to see that sweet sweet sweet goal from Messi.

Barca were so much better. Soooo much better. Beautiful to watch as well.


Messi's wonder header

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Reply #551 on: May 27, 2009, 04:21:37 PM

Yeh well I suppose if you support Spurs your last bastion of hope is to wish ill to the teams that kicks your arse sideways at least twice a year by suddenly becoming an overnight Barcelona fan, nice work there.

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Reply #552 on: May 27, 2009, 04:33:59 PM

You know dick about the teams I support. We only talk epl here.

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Houston
Tottenham
Barcelona
Celtic

Go cry more. Your boys brought out all their trophies so they could play with them on the field after they won. Oops...
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Reply #553 on: May 27, 2009, 04:40:39 PM




Kiss. of. Death.

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Reply #554 on: May 27, 2009, 04:48:19 PM

If Spurs ever get into the CL then you might understand where I'm coming from (which will probably be never), and like I could care less if you supported Boca Juniors and Grampas fucking 8 too. In other words I'm pretty partisan to the Barca cause myself but just dissapointed United didn't make a decent spectacle of it after all the hype. So enough of the United bashing it's a bit fucking puerile.

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Reply #555 on: May 27, 2009, 04:54:35 PM

I actually don't mind United, Alex Ferguson has a warm spot in my heart because he strikes me as a euro Bear Bryant.

But I did have a rooting interest in them losing, and not as an ABU.

I was drawn to Spurs because of Jurgen Klinsmann and Kasey Keller back in the day. It's been an interesting ride. Much more insightful than hitching on the glory train. I'm not saying you did that. We all have our reasons.


Besides, They don't have to go to Japan to play in that stupid tourney and can focus on the league all the more. See? There's positives in everything.
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Reply #556 on: May 27, 2009, 05:20:20 PM

Apparently this is what the Man U fans were singing for Park Ji-Sung (to the tune of Lord of the Dance).

Park! Park! Wherever you may be
You eat dogs in your home country
But it could be worse, you could be Scouse
Eating rats in your council house!
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Reply #557 on: May 27, 2009, 05:46:48 PM

Yeah, classy tune that one...

Barca deserved the win, Utd was, apart from Ronaldo early, a complete embarrassment.

Ferguson put out the wrong team and made the wrong changes. Giggs shouldn't have been on the pitch, let alone in the centre, and Tevez on for Anderson at half time? Epic fail. Looks like SAF is a stupid sentimentalist and really could have used Fletcher being available. Would have taken the Giggs option off his plate.

Barca are a three man team, Xavi, Iniesta and Messi are awesome.

Also, for those of you not Australian, thank the stars that you don't have to listen to David Basheer as commentator. I was tempted to watch it in a low quality stream rather than beautiful wide screen HD just to hear a voice that isn't a fucking idiot.

Edit: As for Ferguson going on about how his side struggled to hold possession and were outplayed. Don't play a 35 year old who can't hold the ball or tackle or run that hard in the midfield against players the quality of Iniestia and Xavi then. And don't take off the one guy with the energy and dynamism in that part of the pitch to put on a headless chicken that runs around all over the place and destroys any semblance of structure that team was meant to have.
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Reply #558 on: May 27, 2009, 05:48:45 PM

Forgot to watch, fuck, I only know how to steal it in real time.  I guess I can find a HD torrent a goal from Samuel is always worth it one of my fav strikers since 2002.

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Reply #559 on: May 27, 2009, 06:26:25 PM

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Barca are a three man team, Xavi, Iniesta and Messi are awesome.

I would disagree with this. Poyul is a hell of a defender and was all over the field today.  When Henry is healthy he is deadly and Eto'o is a very good striker.

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