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fade2black · 17-12-2006 6:01pm

As soon as someone ejects the DVD from their recorder, rips the goal in question and then uploads it. Couple of hours I suppose.

kinaldo · 17-12-2006 6:11pm

Quicker if they were captured online. I could probably have them up in 5 minutes if they hadn't disabled my account.

kinaldo · 17-12-2006 6:36pm

Forever blowing bubbles...

This is turning into a very exciting title race

GuanYin · 17-12-2006 6:48pm

Ronaldo is so infuriating to watch. Whats the point in United pouring players forward if Ronaldo takes a speculative wild shot every time he gets the ball....

kinaldo · 17-12-2006 6:51pm

psi wrote:

Ronaldo is so infuriating to watch. Whats the point in United pouring players forward if Ronaldo takes a speculative wild shot every time he gets the ball....

please not the Ronaldo debate again!

kinaldo · 17-12-2006 6:56pm

from 9 to 2 points in only a week cracking stuff! Chelsea just won't buckle and ManYoo choked.

whiskeyman · 17-12-2006 6:58pm

SWEET!!
I'd a nice double on Spurs and West Ham to win.
That's gonna sort out my Christmas nicely

MisterAnarchy · 17-12-2006 7:05pm

With 9 mins to go in the Everton-Chelsea match it looked like the lead could be 7 or 8 points.
Instead its 2.
I've nearly torn out all my hair.
United were atrocious today.
Ferdinand ,Rooney and Giggs were rubbish,Ferdinand especially.
He was back to his old clumsy ,sloppy ways .
West Ham always seem to play their best against United.
I'd like to see them play like that against Chelsea for a change though.

PHB · 17-12-2006 7:07pm

Deserved result for West Ham, United were ****e. Ronaldo was poor and you could see we had very little going forward without him playing well. Rooney was worse, as was Giggs. Saha was ok. Scholes was poor aswell. United's lack of options killed them tonight. The fact that Fergie wasn't willing to take off Saha or Rooney shows how little fate he had in Ole, hopefully with Larrsonn there will b e that ability to make that change.

Options on the bench in attack won the game for Chelsea, while options on the bench in attack for United gave us little.

Still 2 points clear, massive game now again Villa now.

Teddy magic as always

tdv · 17-12-2006 7:10pm

Well there ya go, Rio Ferdinand costs United the tittle for the 2nd year in row.
Rooney was rubbish aswell today, lost count of how many times he lost the ball.

Kingp35 · 17-12-2006 7:13pm

I would love to see the stats on how many managers win their first game in charge of a new club. Seems to always happen.

kinaldo · 17-12-2006 7:14pm

'I think he (Johnson) is not fair,' said Mourinho, 'and I think if the ref gives him a yellow at that moment for the rest of the game he doesn't do it.'

Asked if he thought Johnson had dived, Mourinho replied: 'I think he should be embarrassed. A great player but too much of that (diving).'

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=199261&cc=5739

So he's now singled out both Gudjohnson and Johnson for diving (unfairly I'm told) yet Drogba, one of his favourite players, openly admits to diving and is possibly the worst culprit in the Premiership. Chelsea fans really wonder why so many people hate them?

MisterAnarchy · 17-12-2006 7:32pm

kinaldo wrote:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=199261&cc=5739

So he's now singled out both Gudjohnson and Johnson for diving (unfairly I'm told) yet Drogba, one of his favourite players, openly admits to diving and is possibly the worst culprit in the Premiership. Chelsea fans really wonder why so many people hate them?

No mention of Boulharouz by Mourinho.
The guy was lucky to stay on the pitch today,he was filthy.
Mourinho sees the splinter in everyone elses eye but fails to see the plank in his own.

Mr. Presentable · 17-12-2006 7:39pm

MisterAnarchy wrote:

Mourinho sees the splinter in everyone elses eye but fails to see the plank in his own.

So, the same as everyone else then.

Villain · 17-12-2006 7:45pm

Mourinho's profession before soccer was psychology, he's playing mind games lad's he knows his players have done dived far more than any Everton player, but hardly expect him to come out and slate his own players.

The funny thing is it works Moyes spend most of his interview with Sky talking about Jose's comments instead of talking about how well his team played. Jose is just more intelligent than most managers, in fact I'd more than any except Matin O'Neill maybe he might be on par.

MisterAnarchy · 17-12-2006 8:04pm

nipplenuts wrote:

So, the same as everyone else then.

Ahm No,not exactly :rolleyes:

Guy:Incognito · 17-12-2006 11:57pm

tdv wrote:

Well there ya go, Rio Ferdinand costs United the tittle for the 2nd year in row..

I dont like Ferdinand but how do you figure that? His player didnt score. Fair enough the man he was marking put the ball into the box but Reo-Coker wasnt marked by any of the defenders in the middle who were standing watching him, not Rio's fault others werent doign their jobs.

EDIT just watching it there, Reo-Coker runs in right between Carrick and Scholes who are both ball watching.

iregk · 18-12-2006 12:33am

la la la la didier drogba la la la la didier drogba... what class.

Great come back from the blues today and yes, thats why were champions. Now would someone please take that useless plank they call Khalid Boularouz out the back and shoot him please. What a waste of a good football kit.

scojones · 18-12-2006 12:36am

Chelsea were evens last week. Unreal odds tbh.

MrJoeSoap · 18-12-2006 12:43am

iregk wrote:

Great come back from the blues today and yes, thats why were champions. Now would someone please take that useless plank they call Khalid Boularouz out the back and shoot him please. What a waste of a good football kit.

Bring José with you while you're at it, how he managed to come out and say what he did after coming from behind to win I don't know. Pathetic.

Xavi6 · 18-12-2006 12:45am

F**king digraceful decision not to award City a penalty. Malbranque clearly stood on Barton's foot and he certainly didn't dive. Apparently the ref said he thought it was a penalty but the linesman said no. What's that all about? Another phone call is required to Mr. Keith Hackett.

Fratton Fred · 18-12-2006 9:46am

evilhomer wrote:

In all fairness I think Harry set out his stall just to not get hammered there and was suprised to go 2-0 up. I don't think he expected Arsenal to pick such a wierd team!

Still don't know why Adebeyor didn't start, Arsene is losing it. This current Arsenal team don't seem to have the ability to play that flowing football for a full 90 minutes.

I'm not sure what people expect, the team that just avoided relegation last season, that has a huge injury crisis (Ony one fit forward and three of the defence carrying knocks which, if we had the players, would have ruled them out) and is plain Arsenal away. people expect them not to go out and defend?

I watched the game and sure Arsenal sliced through the Portsmouth defence a lot, but that said, Arsenal didn't have that many clear cut chances.

James had to make three or four good saves, but i wouldn't say Arsenal battered them.

Despite what the incredibly biased commentary team seemed to think.

iregk · 19-12-2006 10:59am

MrJoeSoap wrote:

Bring José with you while you're at it, how he managed to come out and say what he did after coming from behind to win I don't know. Pathetic.

Why, it was true! We all know Johnson. He is strong as an ox all over the park but appears to be make of crep paper once inside the box.

redspider · 19-12-2006 11:51am

irish1 wrote:

he's playing mind games lad's he knows his players have done dived far more than any Everton player, but hardly expect him to come out and slate his own players. The funny thing is it works Moyes spend most of his interview with Sky talking about Jose's comments.

You've hit the nail on the head. He does it week in week out - Mourinho courts attention/controversy and this takes away from any potential analysis of the team and any deficiencies. He goes overboard about it on purpose.

What opponents need to do is to ignore him and forget about him. Instead, they fall for it each time, hook line and sinker. Many analysts have no time for Mourinho, Giles for example. And I agree with him.

Redspider

kinaldo · 19-12-2006 12:14pm

redspider wrote:

What opponents need to do is to ignore him and forget about him.

How can Everton ignore his comments when every week another manager is accusing their top striker of being a diver? If they take that then it's possible the refs will be swayed by it and as a result award Everton less penalties. I think Moyes has already said something to that effect and it's a good point.

Villain · 19-12-2006 1:25pm

I can see your point but if I was Moyes I would have talked about how well Everton played and then at the end of his interview just say "As for Jose' comments about Andy, well he didn't dive or look for a peno"

Instead of vice versa, I bet Jose is laughing at all this reaction, not a word about the game or how the pressure is on Chelsea to win the title.

Jose is smart and has shown it again, its funny the way people fall for it though.

MrJoeSoap · 19-12-2006 4:20pm

iregk wrote:

Why, it was true! We all know Johnson. He is strong as an ox all over the park but appears to be make of crep paper once inside the box.

Johnson didn't dive though, he was clearly pushed. Nor did he get up looking for a penalty.

Jimboo_Jones · 19-12-2006 5:30pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Cd1LONlGk

I have to say that, to me, it looks like he has no choice but to jump(dive) over the keeper.

MrJoeSoap · 19-12-2006 5:31pm

Jimboo_Jones wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Cd1LONlGk

I have to say that, to me, it looks like he has no choice but to jump(dive) over the keeper.

Or stamp on his head... :rolleyes:

iregk · 19-12-2006 5:33pm

I'm not talking about the game on Sunday I'm talking about in general. Mourinho said he was untrustworthy. He is 100% correct! We have heard this comment in various form from many people over the past couple of years. How many pens did he win for palace? 12 in one season or something? If he was foreign the Sun adn everyone else would have a hate campaign against him.

Villain · 19-12-2006 5:35pm

Of course he didn't have any choice and I'm sure Jose knows that.

It was purely mind games lads, and its funny the way everyone has fallen for it.

eirebhoy · 19-12-2006 5:51pm

Jimboo_Jones wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Cd1LONlGk

I have to say that, to me, it looks like he has no choice but to jump(dive) over the keeper.

I missed Sunday's English football but is that the incident Mourinho is complaining about? Johnson does his best to get a shot on goal. Mourinho's a bloody disgrace.

PHB · 19-12-2006 6:20pm

How many pens did he win for palace? 12 in one season or something

I don't remember any talk about him being a diver then, maybe my memory is failing me, but this seems to be a new thing

MrJoeSoap · 19-12-2006 6:28pm

PHB wrote:

I don't remember any talk about him being a diver then

There was plenty of it, the thing is that he never blatantly "dives", he's a very clever player in and around the penalty area and can lure a tackle and go to ground.

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Pix/gallery/2005/05/10/ajjonsalt2.jpg

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Pix/gallery/2005/05/10/AJNew2.jpg

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Pix/gallery/2005/05/10/ACIDANDY22.jpg

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Pix/gallery/2005/05/10/AJCordingley2.jpg

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