Syrette Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Pathetic attendance at the Riverside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Pathetic attendance at the Riverside. Really hope they go down! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 N'Zogbia. Touch of a Left back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 N'Zogbia. I was just having a gigle at that myself. Certainly don't miss that stupid looking sour face of his. "O God I have miss! No move to Real to join Lass!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Pathetic attendance at the Riverside. Really hope they go down! To be fair you can't blame some of them for not turning up when their team are doing so poorly. But then again they don't turn up when Boro are playing well either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 N'Zogbia. Touch of a Left back. He's really made it now hasn't he. What a move to further your career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Bruce almost has that whole "Cattermole didn't mean it" line perfected. He's had plenty practise at it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 For the umpteenth time, even if Pedersen had dived the channel after the foul, that shouldn't have had any bearing on the penalty decision itself. Pedersen did go down easily, probably to make a penalty decision more likely, and ended up doing the exact opposite. However, it's a split second decision. He would have burried it if Rafael wouldn't have put him off his balance by holding his shoulder for a very short time. What was he to do except fall given it was an instinctive reaction? Shoot while out of balance and miss and then try to claim a penalty? Not very likely that would have been given. The ref made the wrong decision, the sort of decision that often goes Man U's way these days (I remember a hands ball a couple vs Derby a week or so ago; Portsmouth got burned for a player not even touching the ball with his hand today).. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 N'Zogbia. Touch of a Left back. He's really made it now hasn't he. What a move to further your career. He's just the end product Arsenal are looking for, expect Arsene to be on the phone in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Just looking through the Liga results... Barca lost at home but: http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/1556/barccards.jpg fucking hell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatwax Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Just looking through the Liga results... Barca lost at home but: http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/1556/barccards.jpg f***ing hell It's a Derby match, kinda explains it a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatwax Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 A derby match with a ref on heroin imo I just realised that I didn't watch the match and it could have been just a terrible ref. This the case? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Pedersen's was never a pen, he puts his hand on his shoulder and it comes back off straight away and then Pedersen goes over like he's been shot in the knees. Dickhead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 It's a Derby match, kinda explains it a bit. Would explain it if was an isolated incident, but every week the refs seems to be on crack in Spain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Chelsea one up at Villa. Great finish from Anelka but excellent from Lampard to put him in. Villa are unbelievably average getting by on luck and late goals You win the(Booby)prize for the daftest comment of the year so far....unbelievable..! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Chelsea one up at Villa. Great finish from Anelka but excellent from Lampard to put him in. Villa are unbelievably average getting by on luck and late goals You win the(Booby)prize for the daftest comment of the year so far....unbelievable..! Really? I must have missed them consistently playing teams off the park. As far as I can see, their reputation they've supposedly built up this season has been based on a small handful games where their attacking talent has blended together. Average is a bit harsh, they're a good side, but true, they've got the rub of the green with a lot of things up to now: interesting to see how they bounce back after the past 7 days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest timmy boy Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Chelsea one up at Villa. Great finish from Anelka but excellent from Lampard to put him in. Villa are unbelievably average getting by on luck and late goals You win the(Booby)prize for the daftest comment of the year so far....unbelievable..! Really? I must have missed them consistently playing teams off the park. As far as I can see, their reputation they've supposedly built up this season has been based on a small handful games where their attacking talent has blended together. Average is a bit harsh, they're a good side, but true, they've got the rub of the green with a lot of things up to now: interesting to see how they bounce back after the past 7 days. Alan Green seems to agree with you going on this article. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/alan-green/alan-green-no-thrill-in-villa-surge-14197749.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Chelsea one up at Villa. Great finish from Anelka but excellent from Lampard to put him in. Villa are unbelievably average getting by on luck and late goals You win the(Booby)prize for the daftest comment of the year so far....unbelievable..! Really? I must have missed them consistently playing teams off the park. As far as I can see, their reputation they've supposedly built up this season has been based on a small handful games where their attacking talent has blended together. Average is a bit harsh, they're a good side, but true, they've got the rub of the green with a lot of things up to now: interesting to see how they bounce back after the past 7 days. Alan Green seems to agree with you going on this article. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/alan-green/alan-green-no-thrill-in-villa-surge-14197749.html Well you see it's hard to argue against Villa this season without inducing a response based on a "so you don't want Villa to break the top 4?" It was always going to be the case that we'd see what they were made of when things stopped going their way as much. The next 3 or 4 games will give us a decent clue. Best of luck to them but hopefully people see past the hyperbole. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Where's the hyperbole, though? I've heard people saying that they're playing some good football, which I agree with. I've heard people say that they create plenty of chances in a game; something I also agree with. And I've heard people say that they're winning games so they've got a great chance of breaking the top 4; something I also agree with. That's pretty much it. I haven't read or heard anyone say that they're passing teams off the park or playing football that would make Wenger and Fergie drool. Their style of football is different. They play it quick but don't have the incisiveness of Man Utd or Arsenal. But even though they don't make twenty delicious, sumptuous passes before taking a shot, they create a fuckload of decent to good chances per game and with a few decent strikers, they've been able to finish a number of those chances. They play to their strengths; they send balls into channels for Agbonlahor to run after because he's quicker than most players on the pitch; they stretch the game side to side so that their better players like Ashley Young have space to create chances. Each facet of their style complements another, which is why they're a good team. And if a team's able to consistently score one or two every game, they're going to win or draw most of their matches - something which Villa have done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I've heard their critics say that they've scored a shitload amount of goals late on, fluking their way to wins. This is just one amongst many unfair criticisms; scoring late goals is a skill. It requires concentration, determination, stamina, perseverence etc. If they don't score a lucky goal i.e. one that's been deflected 3 times on the way in, then that's luck. But scoring a legitimate (read: not lucky) goal late on requires as much skill as scoring a legitimate goal at any other time so this is a shit and unfair criticism of Villa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridman Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Seems Ramos is doing a good job at Real, 9 wins in a row for them (only conceded 2 goals in those 9 games too) with Raul playing brilliantly. Definitely not the best time for Liverpool to face them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 O'Neill has a knack of getting the best out of individual players, and building teams that are better than the sum of their parts. True, their football is below what you'd call Champions League standard, but you don't have to play the opposition off the park to win a game. You just have to have that edge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Seems Ramos is doing a good job at Real, 9 wins in a row for them (only conceded 2 goals in those 9 games too) with Raul playing brilliantly. Definitely not the best time for Liverpool to face them. I'd fucking love it if they did Liverpool over with Raul punching one in like he did to Leeds a while back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Chelsea one up at Villa. Great finish from Anelka but excellent from Lampard to put him in. Villa are unbelievably average getting by on luck and late goals You win the(Booby)prize for the daftest comment of the year so far....unbelievable..! Really? I must have missed them consistently playing teams off the park. As far as I can see, their reputation they've supposedly built up this season has been based on a small handful games where their attacking talent has blended together. Average is a bit harsh, they're a good side, but true, they've got the rub of the green with a lot of things up to now: interesting to see how they bounce back after the past 7 days. Alan Green seems to agree with you going on this article. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/alan-green/alan-green-no-thrill-in-villa-surge-14197749.html The day that Alan Green is right about football will be the day I give it up...I'd love him to have said that to Cloughie about one of his sides - Clough would have had him for breakfast with a few words, such as 'that's why you are a journalist, and I am a manager , Alan..' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 O'Neill has a knack of getting the best out of individual players, and building teams that are better than the sum of their parts. True, their football is below what you'd call Champions League standard, but you don't have to play the opposition off the park to win a game. You just have to have that edge. Whenever I've seen Villa this season, they've looked like a trademark O'Neill team - i.e, long ball + hard work. Just with slightly better players than he's had previously. Still, the amount of times they punt it long is pretty ridiculous for a side that supposedly plays decent football. I'm jealous of their success, but not of the way they're achieving it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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