[Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
 

As promised :)

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*yawns*

Let's get summat going: Who do you want to win on Weds, Liverpool or Milan?

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Milan

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Liverpool all the way - I'm a firm believer in supporting all of the English teams in Europe.

If their defence have a good game, I reckon they'll nick it by the odd goal - if Cisse plays, his pace should cause Milans defence some problems, as they are all getting on a bit now.

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i want liverpool to win to **** off chelsea.

ik

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This thread is pre-mature. The 2004-2005 Scottish cup has not been played yet.;)

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So? :shrug:

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So, it's still the 2004-2005 season for some fans. :)

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About 3 such is teh tinpot nature of teh Scottish Cup. worse than the ldv vans.

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Okay, lets move on from silly arguments please. Much as it pains me to back Liverpool - I want the English team to win. :)

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Would like to see the pool fetch it back, but my head says Milan will be to strong.

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Am I the only person who wants to see Liverpool get a total hiding?

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Nope, me too and probably 90% of Forest fans.

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i'd like to see an English team win and and liverpool get to keep the trophy if they win it as well..

you have to support the British teams unless it's Arsenal ;-)

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I can honestly say I'm not all that bothered either way, although I feel slightly indebted to Liverpool for knocking Chelsea out.

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Up the 'pool, I say. They cheered us on on Saturday so I'm going for a nailbiting 120 minutes of defensive brilliance followed by penalties, with Gerrard getting the winner.

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May I say, good luck to Liverpool tonight :disturbd:

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Hope the 'Pool stuff the Italians tonight *gnashs teeth*

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I hope they do it. If only because my boss will be gutted for weeks if they don't...

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Meelan!! Meelan!! Meelan!!

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I'm hoping the Scousers do it cos my dad is a Liverpool fan, in hospital at the moment and I really don't want him getting stressed or upset.

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a-hole! a-hole! :angel: :D

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ill be watching as a neutral but liverpool deserve to win, they have played very well in europe this season.

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I have a tattoo riding on this! ;)

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Defensive brilliance, don't make me laugh. You would not recognise it if it bit you on the leg. If Wengers tactics were defensive then Arsenal failed miserably in comparison to Liverpool.
If you set out to play 4-5-1 or even 4-6-0 as Arsenal did for long periods, and your opponents get 8 clear cut chances and a corner count of 12 to 1, then you have put up an awful defensive performance. The one and only reason that the game went to penalties was down to United's inabilty to score, it had nothing at all to do with the scared, ineffective performance from Arsenal over the whole of the 120 minutes of 'real football'.

When Liverpool played Chelsea in the Semi final 2nd leg, Chelsea had only one decent chance throughout the game, and that was in the dying minutes, now that was 'defensive brilliance'


Come on Liverpool.:)

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52 seconds in maldini scores from a free kick with him volleying it home on the bounce.

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:shrug: oh well, not a boring 0-0 draw in store then

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I want he reds to win!!!!

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oh dear 2-0 well worked by ac milan, liverpools defense in tatters....

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:( not looking good now for liverpool but what a fantastic goal by milan

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make that 3-0 great play by ac milan and a good finish from crespo for his second of the night.

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It's all done and dusted now. Liverpool might as well have stopped at home.
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Not bad for a guy on loan from Chelsea is it :D :D

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Ironic really when you think what happened last round

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Very true.

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3-1! nice cross for riise with an excellent twisting towering header by steven gerrard!
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3-2! smicer with a thunderous low drive!

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:eek: :eek: flippin heck

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I know looks like being a good 2nd half

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penalty! gattuso brings gerrard down!

save by dida from xabi alonso but alonso picks up the rebound in to the roof of the net!

goaaaaaaaaaaaal 3-3 game on! :shocked:

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:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

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really? :D

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its because of the substitution made to bring DD on, i still dont know why kewell was on for him, but he is an excellent player and brings that something extra to the team.

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3-3 what a game..................phew

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No not now
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What was he doing starting with Kewel he's had it.

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just to clarify i meant hamann is an excellent play, must say gerrard being given the licence to roam helps and luis garcia has played better and xabi alonso also picked up his game.

now they need to attack ac milan in extra time, the last ten minutes were poor from liverpool.

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:( nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo a penalty shootout

i know whats bound to happen here :erm:

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Liverpool 1-0 up after first penalties
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milan miss their second...
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Liverpool score! 2-0.
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Milan's third goes in
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Liverpool miss!
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2-1 Liverpool.
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Fourth round now... Milan score
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Liverpool score! Match point. 3-2.
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And Milan miss!
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A save by Dudek, and we win the cup! :beer: :D :D :D :beer:

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Yeah - England rule europe again :D

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BLOODY HELL FIRE, WHAT A RESULT !!!!!!!!!! :tu: :tu: :tu: :D :D :D

hope my dads hooked upto the oxygen machine in the hospital :erm:

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Back in the best footballing country in the world

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And the best footballing city in the world, to boot. ;) :p:

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stop taking those drugs

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Kerwallop. What a game. Congratulations unbounded!

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Is that it?Is it over..

Then maybe one errant husband will be strolling through the door any moment..to find his dinner is in the bin. :mad:

Lads if you are going to truant on the way home from work then make sure the wife/gf/bf knows where you are...a phone call can save so much irritation.. :erm:

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COME ON!!!!!

LIVERPEWL LIVERPEWL LIVERPEWL

:D :D :D :D

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two cups in a week won on a lucky penalty shoot out. Yawn!! shouldnt be allowed to be decided that way
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excuse me?? bit sexist

Wifes watching the match not me, she usually goes awol being late ;)

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Well done Liverpool. Fantastic result from 3-0 down.:tu:

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Well, I am at home, and ne'er a drop has touched my lips, seeing as Mrs T could go into labour at any moment and I'm the designated driver ... :D
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Is it just me, or are you somewhat underwhelmed by this whole event...

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Ditto, if it were left to me I wouldn't have watched it - just caught up on the result later.

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good result from a bad situation and great that an english team has won it

but penalties again!! and now were going ot get a barrage of scallys going on and on about Liverpool being the best european football team in England again!! its only just died off since the last time they won it


will be interesting to see what UEFA do now seeings as Liverpool cant defend the title

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It's daft that the holders don't get a bye into the next tournament like they do in the World Cup. But I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for UEFA to do something as sensible as to change the rules in this case.

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they used to didnt they? in the 80's

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well done to liverpool :tu:

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congratulations to liverpool, its a shame they might not be able to defend the champions league, they should bring automatic qualification in.

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Don't know ... but Tyldsley was just saying UEFA is going to have a meeting and decide whether Liverpool will be allowed to defend the cup after all.

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it will happen.

Its not as if the FA could do anything without causing a riot on Merseyside

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i heared that too but to be honest i dont have trust in beurocracy.

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To settle major competitions on penalties is not a fair way of deciding a major game, a replay at the least.

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Bloody hell. Fantastic result. Well done Liverpool!!!!

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But its done and it does settle the game, I wouldnt have thought many scousers would want to return to Turkey in a few weeks for a replay.

And look at it another way, after 90 mins plus 30 mins stoppage time, Liverpool were the team that had enough left to concentrate. So the better team on the night won.

Its excellent to see an English team do well, and for the record I'm not particularly fond of liverpool..........or Man Utd for that matter, and its nice to dream, thats what we Boro fans do lol

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nah, im a fan of penalties because its a test of the keepers and players mentally its the thrill of not knowing which way the kicker will take his penalty and the keeper not knowing which way unless he goes the right way...so many combinations to win too :) ;)

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Kicker ;) its not american football :D

too much of a lottery for me

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penalty taker, penalty kick taker all the same :p:

some people are so picky :p: as a bunch of thorns or is that *****ly :erm:

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It is, but there is something to be said for having a decision on the night. Imagine having to have a replay for the World Cup final. Not nice :)

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I wonder how many Liverpudlians will actually make it into work tomorrow oops: :LOL:

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I'm expecting a quiet train ride tomorrow morning :)

The fireworks have started...

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if your a man utd fan here (many are) then watch the ITV news now after the break malcom glazer gets cornered and refuses to answer questions about man utd and grins like an idiot :rolleyes:

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Well, he is American...

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He looks like a complete buffoon with a idiotic smile on his chops, talk about the lights on but no-one at home. Whats up Malc, cat got your tongue ?? :knock:

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yep, i agree his sons seem jerks too to use a phrase common phrase ;)

lets not hate on countries....just the people who run them :erm:

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Well didn't take me long but I'm sick of "you'll never walk alone" already :rolleyes: :erm: :Sprint:

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im happy for them congrats (yes im a man utd fan)

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Now if the "Pool" had lost on pens, i wonder how many would have been in here having a whinge?

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As far as I am aware the hosts get a bye, the holders of the World Cup do not.

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I think the hosts and holders get a bye. :)

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To be honest I am not sure, but a few days ago I read an article in the Telegraph on the very subject of Liverpool's possible entry as holders and someone from UEFA said that he could see no reason why they should, as even the World Cup holders do not get automatic entry into the next competition.

Clarification needed I think.

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Up to and including the world cup in 2002 the host country and holders have automatically qualified. This time, it has changed, don't ask me why, to only the hosts automatically qualifying.

http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/releas...formats_en.pdf

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Liverpool!!! Liverpool!!! What a team!! and what a game!!!! and What a WIN!!!!!!!!

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Looking at that document, I just wondered if joint organisation might play a role. In 2002 Japan/Korea organised, and with France being the holder, only 29 teams actually played to qualify. Perhaps they figured having a potential 3 out of 32 qualify automatically was pushing it a little?

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Possibly.

35 hours and I fly out to Chicago to watch England in their US tour games. :) Driving from Chicago to New York for the second game v Columbia! Should be a laugh. Will still be on a high from tonight's win too. :D

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I have never in all my days of watching football seen a cup Final like that before Well done liverpool well done.

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Proberly the best game I have ever watched

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UEFA has said this morning that they will not change the rules to allow Liverpool to defend the title. They say it is up to the FA to allow them to take one of the English clubs places
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Man U's last european win was better. No penalties and losing 1-0 with 1 minute to go

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Well done Liverpool. :bigcry:

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Thanks for that, It was not my imagination then.:)

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Aye, and guess who finished fourth in the Premiership ... there would be riots on the streets ... :rofl: :D :erm:

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But would they have to take fourth place? Let's face it, on their form in the Chamions League over the last 5 years, I'm sure Arsenal or Man Utd would donate their place to have a year off :p:

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was a good game but really showed the difference between English teams and Italian one.. also applies to the national team.. when Milan had the ball they passed it on the deck.. when Liverpool had it it was hoofed up field and kept coming back..

Never a pen in my view as there was barely any contact.. maybe even none and not enogh to push someone over..

still glad they won though and great to have an English team as champs of Europe..

if you go the uefa web site and go to publications you can see in the rules it is down to the league association to see who should qualify out of holders and leage positions.. that's been the rules all season so how can they change it now. when this happened in Spain a few years back the fourth place team had to go into the UEFA cup..

I blame UEFA as ALL the champ teams be it TNS, Gorica, MTK should go into the group stages automatically and then if they want second and third place teams they should qualify.. it's just invented as a cash cow to make sure the Spanish, Italian and English teams get more money and don't get knocked out by some Eastern European team in the first round

just to say it again well done liverpool

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Ever notice how much the ginger buffoon looks like John McCrirrick?

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who ? :confused: