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Yep. Quite amazing really.
60' Sunderland 0-1 Everton
Everton is the only team fighting with Liverpool for 4th place. And I think they've better fixtures until the end of EPL.
Everton is the only team fighting with Liverpool for 4th place. And I think they've better fixtures until the end of EPL.
FT Wigan - Arsenal 0:0
QUOTE (mishale @ Mar 9 2008, 05:54 PM)
FT Wigan - Arsenal 0:0
So predictable.
United to the top of the table if they win the game in hand.
No shocks in the 4th FA Cup quater final.
Bristol Rovers 1-5 West Bromwich Albion.
Bristol Rovers 1-5 West Bromwich Albion.
QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Mar 9 2008, 02:23 AM)
Ha-ha! I don't live live in the UK so I don't feel the importance it has for you people there... of course I consider it a much more prestigious title than other leagues' Cup competitions but still I can't say I really care who wins it.
United are almost officialy champions... Arsenal have to play at United and Chelsea and will host Liverpool... and two of those fixtures are to be played the weekends before their CL qf games... They should focus on the CL in my view without of course giving up on the title...
FA Cup semi final draw.
Barnsley vs Cardiff
West Brom vs Portsmouth
Barnsley or Cardiff are going to be in an FA Cup Final.
Barnsley vs Cardiff
West Brom vs Portsmouth
Barnsley or Cardiff are going to be in an FA Cup Final.
QUOTE
Tom Hicks, co-owner of Kop Football (Holdings) Limited and, through it, of Liverpool Football Club, today issued the following statement.
"Based on a meeting held earlier today in Dubai between my representatives and officials of Dubai International Capital LLC, as well as other recent contacts between us and them, I have decided to terminate any further discussions with DIC regarding their possible purchase of a minority stake in Kop and, in turn, in the Club.
"DIC made it clear that if they invested in the Club, they would want it to be managed by committee. Based on my thirteen years of successful experience as an owner of professional sports teams, and based in particular on the situation at Liverpool Football Club over the past year, it is clear to me that such a committee approach would not be in the best interest of Kop, of the Club or of the Club's loyal and passionate supporters.
"Accordingly, I have decided to exercise my right under the Kop Football (Holdings) Limited partnership agreement to veto any sale of any portion of Kop and the Club to DIC.
"I and my colleagues and representatives will continue to explore a number of other options with regard to the ownership of Kop and the Club aimed at achieving an appropriate ownership, financial and organizational structure for Kop and the Club over the long term."
Liverpool FC
"Based on a meeting held earlier today in Dubai between my representatives and officials of Dubai International Capital LLC, as well as other recent contacts between us and them, I have decided to terminate any further discussions with DIC regarding their possible purchase of a minority stake in Kop and, in turn, in the Club.
"DIC made it clear that if they invested in the Club, they would want it to be managed by committee. Based on my thirteen years of successful experience as an owner of professional sports teams, and based in particular on the situation at Liverpool Football Club over the past year, it is clear to me that such a committee approach would not be in the best interest of Kop, of the Club or of the Club's loyal and passionate supporters.
"Accordingly, I have decided to exercise my right under the Kop Football (Holdings) Limited partnership agreement to veto any sale of any portion of Kop and the Club to DIC.
"I and my colleagues and representatives will continue to explore a number of other options with regard to the ownership of Kop and the Club aimed at achieving an appropriate ownership, financial and organizational structure for Kop and the Club over the long term."
Liverpool FC
Looks like the DIC-Liverpool thing is over. I bet Liverpool must be so unhappy with the Americans, afterall they only spent £50m in the summer and are financing a huge new state of the art stadium for them. How will they survive under such ownership.
Red & White Forums - Liverpool fans' response to the news.
QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Mar 10 2008, 02:42 PM)
FA Cup semi final draw.
Barnsley vs Cardiff
West Brom vs Portsmouth
Barnsley or Cardiff are going to be in an FA Cup Final.
Barnsley vs Cardiff
West Brom vs Portsmouth
Barnsley or Cardiff are going to be in an FA Cup Final.
Hey, don't diss Cardiff! They're the only non-English side to ever win the FA Cup.
Just...be really really careful not to get between Cardiff fans and their sheep.
I was reading something earlier. If they win the FA Cup they do not qualify for Europe as they are not allowed to represent England in a European competition. But they can't represent Wales either as they wouldn't have qualified through a Welsh tournement.. So does this mean they can never get into Europe?
QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Mar 10 2008, 03:41 PM)
I was reading something earlier. If they win the FA Cup they do not qualify for Europe as they are not allowed to represent England in a European competition. But they can't represent Wales either as they wouldn't have qualified through a Welsh tournement.. So does this mean they can never get into Europe?
What a pickle!
QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Mar 10 2008, 10:41 PM)
I was reading something earlier. If they win the FA Cup they do not qualify for Europe as they are not allowed to represent England in a European competition. But they can't represent Wales either as they wouldn't have qualified through a Welsh tournement.. So does this mean they can never get into Europe?
If Welsh teams are in, how come Scottish and Irish teams aren't?
QUOTE (Locke Lamora @ Mar 11 2008, 03:14 PM)
If Welsh teams are in, how come Scottish and Irish teams aren't?
I'm not sure really. Only Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham from Wales are in our leagues as far as I know. Maybe they were formed before a Welsh league existed or something, so they played in ours instead.
Aston Villa 1 - 1 Middlesbrough
Portsmouth 4 - 2 Birmingham C.
Chelsea 6 - 1 Derby County
Portsmouth 4 - 2 Birmingham C.
Chelsea 6 - 1 Derby County
Poor game from Villa, Boro just put 10 men behind the ball and defended well, we're unlucky to conceed the penalty. But Sir GazBaz isn't going to miss two penalties in a row!
My night was made better when I got home to see our local rivals had conceeded a total of 10 goals, Lampard scoring 4 of them!
My night was made better when I got home to see our local rivals had conceeded a total of 10 goals, Lampard scoring 4 of them!
QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Mar 13 2008, 12:47 AM)
My night was made better when I got home to see our local rivals had conceeded a total of 10 goals, Lampard scoring 4 of them!
The Rams have conceded a total of 63 goals and scored 14. That's a -49 goal difference... what a shame... even in Wales they'd have a better time...
Only Newcastle somehow managed to lose to them!
^^^
Poor poor newcastle...sometimes I think being the only club in the area works against them.
Now there's a club that needs a serious revolution...
Poor poor newcastle...sometimes I think being the only club in the area works against them.
Now there's a club that needs a serious revolution...
QUOTE (Jack Sparrow @ Mar 13 2008, 06:15 AM)
Poor poor newcastle...sometimes I think being the only club in the area works against them.
Aren't Sunderland their local rivals??
Yeah, Boro are, too. But they're the only 3 clubs in the top few leagues for miles and miles. That's why Sunderland and Newcastle get so much support.
But they both consider themself 'big clubs' which is probably why they're fighting relegation.
But they both consider themself 'big clubs' which is probably why they're fighting relegation.
Well it's like Newcastle are the only club in the whole of that city. Didn't you see Goal: The Dream Begins??
Why would I want to see a film involving Newcastle!?
If either them or City go down. It will make my season.
If either them or City go down. It will make my season.
QUOTE (Jack Sparrow @ Mar 13 2008, 03:40 PM)
Well it's like Newcastle are the only club in the whole of that city. Didn't you see Goal: The Dream Begins??
The second movie was sooo awful...that CL final were they play Arsenal was so incredibly bad done, especially considering everyone knew that we owned them in the quarters almost a year ago.
QUOTE (Locke Lamora @ Mar 14 2008, 02:00 PM)
The second movie was sooo awful...that CL final were they play Arsenal was so incredibly bad done, especially considering everyone knew that we owned them in the quarters almost a year ago.
What does the fact that you owned them has to do with how bad it was made??
I think you're just bitter they chose Arsenal... PS I have not seen the movie, I'm pretty sure it suck big time...
QUOTE (dst @ Mar 14 2008, 02:40 PM)
What does the fact that you owned them has to do with how bad it was made?? I think you're just bitter they chose Arsenal...
PS I have not seen the movie, I'm pretty sure it suck big time...
I think you're just bitter they chose Arsenal... PS I have not seen the movie, I'm pretty sure it suck big time...
You could see the way they cut and pasted what fitted in from the quarter-finals, and the way Real scored 3 goals in the last minutes...it was just pathetic.
At the beginning of the match, you can see Guti wearing the captain armband, when Raul is listed as captain.
It's just a 2 hour long commercial for Real Madrid...
15:00
Derby-Man Utd
Liverpool-Reading
Sunderland-Chelsea
17:15
Arsenal Boro
Derby-Man Utd
Liverpool-Reading
Sunderland-Chelsea
17:15
Arsenal Boro
75' Derby 0 - 0 Man U
haha
haha
I jynxed it, they score immediately after I say that.
Ronaldo 76'
Ronaldo 76'
QUOTE (Darunia @ Mar 15 2008, 06:36 PM)
I jynxed it, they score immediately after I say that.
Ronaldo 76'
Ronaldo 76'
You should have waited...
I think Rooney was offside. Great finish by CR. He's definitely not a winger... watch his position throughout the whole play before the goal...
QUOTE (Darunia @ Mar 15 2008, 10:36 AM)
Ronaldo 76'
So... That's his 12109812th goal in 15 games?
LOL Roy Carroll up on the corner late in the game, has a shot on the edge of the box.. if only it went in
FT
Derby 0-1 Man United
Liverpool 2-1 Reading
Sunderland 0-1 Chelsea
Fernando Torres becomes the first Reds player since Robbie Fowler to score 20 league goals in a season.
Derby 0-1 Man United
Liverpool 2-1 Reading
Sunderland 0-1 Chelsea
Fernando Torres becomes the first Reds player since Robbie Fowler to score 20 league goals in a season.
Unlucky game from my team today, a mistake by Carson and a fluke own goal see's us lose 2-0. Should have got a point, and if anyone was going to win it should have been us, but that's the way football is. First time we haven't scored in 23 games. 
Toure has just equalised for Arsenal, 1-1.
EDIT: Mido red card for high boot. Not the right decision, yellow at the most.
Toure has just equalised for Arsenal, 1-1.
EDIT: Mido red card for high boot. Not the right decision, yellow at the most.
QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Mar 15 2008, 01:07 PM)
EDIT: Mido red card for high boot. Not the right decision, yellow at the most.
Alright.... then... I guess you have to bite someone's ear off like Mike Tyson to get sent off...
The last minutes were friggin breathtaking... 
Yeah, a great finish. FT 1-1.
I'm personally ruling Arsenal out of the title race, no wins in 4 in the league. Unless they score from a set-peice or scamble a goal in they just don't look like scoring.
I'm personally ruling Arsenal out of the title race, no wins in 4 in the league. Unless they score from a set-peice or scamble a goal in they just don't look like scoring.
QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Mar 15 2008, 09:17 PM)
I'm personally ruling Arsenal out of the title race, no wins in 4 in the league. Unless they score from a set-peice or scamble a goal in they just don't look like scoring.
They still have to play at United and Chelsea and will host Pool... it's pretty much impossible now.
Arsenal results lately are like people were expecting from them before the start of the season.
If Chelsea beat Tottenham they are level with pts at 67 with Arsenal. Then Chelsea hosts Arsenal at the weekend. Its a close race now. Arsenal, leading all season.. could finish 3rd.
Arsenal need a top forward. Adebayor is nothing special. He's good but the whole team plays for him... a top forward would have alread scored 50 in his place...
And they do not play the football I learned to love any more... they are boring. Not just now, all season long. The previous team had such unbelievable pace and so many automatisms it was ridiculous.
I miss Bergkamp and Pires.
And they do not play the football I learned to love any more... they are boring. Not just now, all season long. The previous team had such unbelievable pace and so many automatisms it was ridiculous.
I miss Bergkamp and Pires.
To be honest, it's not a top forward they lack, they don't really lack anything.
If I was to pick the reason they fail to break teams down so often? My reason would be Hleb and Fabregas. As amazing as I think these guys are, they seem fine with just passing it around small spaces and trying to walk the ball in. It's pointless, countless times I've watched them do this.
But take their last 2 home games for example. Their posession, quality of passing and everything was better than that of Villa/Boro, but Arsenal went behind both teams and carried on playing their usual way, they did this until the last 5/10 minutes. Now look at the goals they scored in the last minutes to equalise, they were both balls just lumped into the box for players to attack, no good passing or movement, just Bolton style play of dumping the ball in the box.
Until their kids learn that they need to put crosses in now and then and they need to just play route 1 football every so often, they'll find it very hard to suceed over a whole season, and will find it fairly difficult to come back from behind against teams that defend well.
If I was to pick the reason they fail to break teams down so often? My reason would be Hleb and Fabregas. As amazing as I think these guys are, they seem fine with just passing it around small spaces and trying to walk the ball in. It's pointless, countless times I've watched them do this.
But take their last 2 home games for example. Their posession, quality of passing and everything was better than that of Villa/Boro, but Arsenal went behind both teams and carried on playing their usual way, they did this until the last 5/10 minutes. Now look at the goals they scored in the last minutes to equalise, they were both balls just lumped into the box for players to attack, no good passing or movement, just Bolton style play of dumping the ball in the box.
Until their kids learn that they need to put crosses in now and then and they need to just play route 1 football every so often, they'll find it very hard to suceed over a whole season, and will find it fairly difficult to come back from behind against teams that defend well.
A top forward would help them out of such difficult situations... they lack movement and pace. Hleb and Fabregas need more space but Arsenal are "heavy". In the past they never had to do what you suggest above...
Yeah, you have a point.
Arsenal's early April fixture list now reads:
02.04.08 CL Liverpool (H)
05.04.08 PL Liverpool (H)
08.04.08 CL Liverpool (A)
13.04.08 PL Man Utd (A)
wow
02.04.08 CL Liverpool (H)
05.04.08 PL Liverpool (H)
08.04.08 CL Liverpool (A)
13.04.08 PL Man Utd (A)
wow
Arsenal squad is too short to win anything. I said it in August and I keep it.
Fulham 1-0 Everton - Brian McBride '67.
Yay for McBride! Hasn't he been out ages with injury? I'd like to see Fulham stay up.
QUOTE (Tennie @ Mar 16 2008, 03:06 PM)
Yay for McBride! Hasn't he been out ages with injury? I'd like to see Fulham stay up.
Yeah, he's been out a while. THat was his first goal since October/November I think.
Fulham are fielding about 4 North Americans today!
Brave of 'em, though the American keepers are generally pretty good. 
Rumor has it that Eddie Johnson is...just not doing well at all. Any truth to that view, Kurt?
Rumor has it that Eddie Johnson is...just not doing well at all. Any truth to that view, Kurt?
QUOTE (Tennie @ Mar 16 2008, 03:08 PM)
Brave of 'em, though the American keepers are generally pretty good.
Rumor has it that Eddie Johnson is...just not doing well at all. Any truth to that view, Kurt?
Rumor has it that Eddie Johnson is...just not doing well at all. Any truth to that view, Kurt?
Both teams have American keepers actually. Keller and Howard. Maybe Villa could do with one after Carson yesterday.
Nah, he's been very poor. He's just been so bad on the ball. Given it away at every opportunity. I've seen him play a few times for the NT and he's been impressive, I'm sure he'll be fine when he has time to adjust.
FT Fulham 1-0 Everton. Brian McBride MotM.
At the top..
-Everton are now 3 points behind Liverpool, and Liverpool have the best form in the EPL over the last 6 games. I think it's theirs for the taking (4th place, that is).
At the bottom..
-A huge win for Fulham, they're now only 3 points from safety. Any 2 of Fulham, Bolton, Wigan, Sunderland, Newcastle and Birmingham can realistically go down. I pray for Newcastle and Birmingham.
At the top..
-Everton are now 3 points behind Liverpool, and Liverpool have the best form in the EPL over the last 6 games. I think it's theirs for the taking (4th place, that is).
At the bottom..
-A huge win for Fulham, they're now only 3 points from safety. Any 2 of Fulham, Bolton, Wigan, Sunderland, Newcastle and Birmingham can realistically go down. I pray for Newcastle and Birmingham.
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