quinch on 3/4/2008 at 08:57
Quote Posted by nickie
We aim to please. :)
No doubt that smile will turn to evil grin if you get those deducted 15 points back at the end of the season.
Which would currently have you going up at our expense by one point :o :mad:
nickie on 3/4/2008 at 12:35
They'll only give 5 back! And on current form - Doncaster was an abberation - will undoubtedly lose the last few matches - should think you'll be OK. :D
inselaffe on 3/4/2008 at 14:27
Quote Posted by Gray
Oh yeah!
Um, that sports team you like, they're not nearly as good as that other team, competing in the same sport, whichever that may be, of an opposing town/country/contintent/etc. Clearly, the former, I'm sure, are quite used to losing to the latter, and how! Take that, national/regional/local pride! Hah! You suck!
So there.
Yeah, I know sports, me.
Actually we beat them earlier in the season, not that that's relevant...
I just object to the fact that gera can scream louder than when youssef safri broke colin healy's leg - in fact in that case there was little scream - more the resounding crack the echoed throughout the stadium - horrible.
It belittles players that have been actually seriously injured with screaming out and pretending to be hurt when you are clearly not, in order to get opposing players sent off.
D'Juhn Keep on 4/4/2008 at 12:12
This is of course a pretty common problem in the game. The most annoying culprit at the moment, for me, is Torres. Exemplified by 2 dives against Inter in the first leg to get Materazzi sent off.
I was wondering how many americans are familiar with rugby league? It's closer to gridiron than rugby union is. The team with the ball have 5 tackles in which to score. Once tackled, the opposition have to back off and let the tackled guy put the ball through his legs to be passed away. They then have 4 tackles left. If a tackle isn't made - the guy has to be brought to the ground - he can pass it away and you still have 5 tackles left. If someone is tackled for a 6th time, the opposing team get the ball. If there's a penalty given, you get a new set of 5 tackles. It's a really impressive game to watch. (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqSUdxCtwGk) This is a video of a great game (albeit with gay music and baffling cuts to editorialisation and web pages)
ercles on 4/4/2008 at 14:35
The great part about Rugby League is once you get the hang of it you can take the trainer wheels off and progress to watching Union.
SD on 4/4/2008 at 14:52
Quote Posted by D'Juhn Keep
This is of course a pretty common problem in the game. The most annoying culprit at the moment, for me, is Torres. Exemplified by 2 dives against Inter in the first leg to get Materazzi sent off.
Are you kidding me? Wash your mouth out with soap, and then go and watch those challenges again. Materazzi takes the man on both occasions. The (
http://www.liverpoolway.co.uk/forum/1st-team-2007-2008/57290-liverpool-2-inter-milan-0-cl-last-16-1st-leg-feb-19-2008-a.html) match report from my favourite fanzine sums it up better than I could:
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Chivu went into the book for pulling back Gerrard, and then Materazzi was yellow carded for bringing down Torres. I keep reading and hearing about how he was unfortunate with the first booking, but he wasn’t at all. The TV replays didn’t do it justice, but from where I was sat you could see it was a definite yellow card. It wasn’t the actual collision that was the problem, as that looked more like an innocent tangle of legs than anything more sinister. But when the two players both set off for the ball, I was right in line with them. Torres made a direct line for the ball, and Materazzi made a direct line for Torres. He ran away from the path of the ball and tried to cut off Torres’ run. He even put his arm across his chest to try and foul him. Torres was too quick though and brushed him off, and as he got in front of him there was a coming together and Torres went down.
Had Materazzi ran towards the ball instead of the man it wouldn’t have happened (he’d have been skinned and Torres would have been away, which is why he tried to block him off), so the yellow card was correct as he knew what he was doing. That big tattoed jamook is just a red card waiting to happen, and I don’t think anyone will have been surprised when the blueshite hauled back Torres again and got his walking papers.
If you're looking for divers in the English game, look no further than Yakubu, Drogba and perennial cheat Cristiano Ronaldo. Not Torres.
Honestly, watching all that lower league football must addle your brain ;)
D'Arcy on 4/4/2008 at 14:58
I hate to see you brits swoon over Ronaldo. Dammit, I'm portuguese and I hate his guts. And I still think that he can only do what he does in the Premiership. If he played in Serie A/La Liga then italian/spanish defenders wouldn't allow him that much freedom every weekend. There's a reason why he's never capable of producing stuff of the same quality when he plays for our national team.
As for the Champions League, as much as I dislike Arsenal, seeing them knocked out by Liverpool (or by any team managed by Rafa Benítez) is a crime against football. To me, Arsenal has been one of the most enjoyable teams to watch this season.
SubJeff on 4/4/2008 at 15:03
Are you kidding? We hate him too.
Matthew on 4/4/2008 at 15:44
I refused to put him on my Fantasy Football team this year purely on personal grounds. He scores high points, but I hate him so much.
D'Arcy on 4/4/2008 at 16:05
I'm doing the same thing. Obviously, that's costing me, since more than half the team probably have him as captain, but I really don't want players that I dislike on my fantasy team.
