[Merged] Football talk

I have to say this:

I hate football

[gazzae]

Hey Bobby! Whats the French for soundly beaten?

[carlingman]

Originally Posted by Russ D

4-2!!! Woooooooooo!!!!

Who are Arsenal again??

United who , sorry when was the last time United went 49 games unbeaten.

Oh yeh they never have as Arsenal hold the longest unbeaten run in English League history.

Never mind post back in a decade or two if United ever equal that.

Originally Posted by Russ D

Notice there's not so many Arse fans on the site these days

We are still here, loyal unlike some United Fans although after Silvestres performance tonight I would be ashamed to admit being a United Fan.

Originally Posted by yesman

I was hoping we would go down to nine men and score two more goals

Ladies and Gentleman please welcome Andy Gray.

Originally Posted by iadom

That's the difference, when we lose we still voice our opinions and 'occasionally' give credit to the opposition,

Exactly nothing spectacular about United tonight, not much to be proud of either.

Seen 4 good goals from Bergkamp, Viera, Ronaldos First and Oâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢Sheas.

The other two well wicked deflection although as the United fans will say it was going in anyway and Ronaldos second was from yet another Arsenal goal keeping mistake and any player could have toe poked that home.

Originally Posted by Russ D

Still, if you're going to lose your 49 unbeaten match run, and also your unbeaten home record, may as well have United do the job on both counts

Again remind me, when United ever had an unbeaten 49 game run.

Originally Posted by Paul M

Yeah ... ok

Who was that pratt who head butted an Arsenal player about 3 feet from the ref - what a complete plonker.

And letââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s hope the FA take the appropriate action 3 points off should do the trick nicely.

Originally Posted by Russ D

No doubt we'll get someone blaming United's win on that very incident...

Na not from me as an Arsenal fan, they won fair and square but that type of conduct is not something we want to see on or off the field.

Originally Posted by Mal

He was being abusive to the linesman at the time then carried it onto with ref, so that might be a reason as well

Did anyone notice that Wenger didn't come out for the post-match interview?

Fergie & Keane came out for an interview.

Wenger probably did not trust himself on his comments and hopefully he will not comment on the incident and leave it up to the FA to address instead of running off at the mouth like usual.

I am guessing though although I never seen Fergies interview that he made a tactful no comment on Silvestres incident.

And finally letââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s bring up some of the points missed †“

Rooney behaved like a childish brat all match and deserved to walk as well, the only time in commentary his name was mentioned was when he hacked someone down or verbally abused the officials.

Pires should have had a penalty but due to his gust of wind fall over in the past he lost out big style this time for a genuine shout.

As an Arsenal fan Cole should have been booked or given as Oscar for his dive.

Heinze was class tonight.

Bergkamp the oldest player on the pitch and still pure class.

[Russ]

What was the score again??

[nffc]

Originally Posted by Scott

I have to say this:

I hate football

Derby County fan then?

[yorkiex]

ay leave derby out of it, derby aint the ones that are going down

[gazzae]

Originally Posted by carlingman

Again remind me, when United ever had an unbeaten 49 game run.

Sorry carlingman you should rephrase that. It was a unbeaten 49 LEAGUE game run

Man Utd went 45 games unbeaten in ALL competitions in 1998 - 1999.

MANCHESTER UNITED 1998-99 & 1999-00 (45 games unbeaten)

As well as winning the Treble in 1999, Manchester United also managed to go 45 games unbeaten in all competitions between December 19th 1998 and October 3rd 1999.

That took in 29 league games, 8 Champions League games and 8 FA Cup matches. Although they did lose the Charity Shield to Arsenal during that run, it is not usally counted as a competitive match.

http://www.4thegame.com/features/feature/154874/.html

[iadom]

Originally Posted by carlingman

Again remind me, when United ever had an unbeaten 49 game run.

Remind me again, how many Premiership titles to United 8
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Originally Posted by carlingman

Exactly nothing spectacular about United tonight, not much to be proud of either.

No nowt to be proud of, still I bet you felt the same after Caveman Keown and the rest's antics at Old Trafford two seasons ago,
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Originally Posted by carlingman

And finally letââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s bring up some of the points missed †“

Rooney behaved like a childish brat all match and deserved to walk as well, the only time in commentary his name was mentioned was when he hacked someone down or verbally abused the officials.

Points missed ?, see my earlier post #2568

[gazzae]

I am guessing though although I never seen Fergies interview that he made a tactful no comment on Silvestres incident.

Nope Fergie doesn't usually play the "I didn't see the incident" card...

The only sour note of the evening was the inexplicable second-half dismissal of Mikael Silvestre for headbutting Freddie Ljungberg.

†œI have seen it but I canââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t believe it,ââ‚Âà ‚¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚ÂÂ� said Ferguson.

†œMikael has such an impeccable disciplinary record, yet he has got himself sucked in. There is no doubt he deserved to be sent off.â₠¬Ã‚Â�

And finally letââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s bring up some of the points missed †“

Rooney behaved like a childish brat all match and deserved to walk as well, the only time in commentary his name was mentioned was when he hacked someone down or verbally abused the officials.

Lets just hope he can mature out of it.

Pires should have had a penalty but due to his gust of wind fall over in the past he lost out big style this time for a genuine shout.

Agreed

As an Arsenal fan Cole should have been booked or given as Oscar for his dive.

Again agreed, but I think Viera's was more oscar worthly, the look of agony on his face, the writhing on the ground. First class acting

Heinze was class tonight.

Bergkamp the oldest player on the pitch and still pure class.

And the only Arsenal player, at times, who looked like he actually cared.

[Reddevil63]

Originally Posted by carlingman

Oh yeh they never have as Arsenal hold the longest unbeaten run in English League history.

Counts for nothing this season!

Come back when the Arse actually manage to win back to back premiership titles or 3 premiership titles in a row or a treble!
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Originally Posted by gazzae

Sorry carlingman you should rephrase that. It was a unbeaten 49 LEAGUE game run

Man Utd went 45 games unbeaten in ALL competitions in 1998 - 1999.

Good comeback my man....bet that shut him up!

[nffc]

Originally Posted by yorkiex

ay leave derby out of it, derby aint the ones that are going down

Who said anything about going down?

[STONEISLAND]

I have to say i watched the game lastnight and it was one of the best games of football i have watched in ages. It have everything good goals fighting and some great skill.

all in all best game of the season?

[yorkiex]

nice pic you have there nffc had to giggle at it, And why is it all the football matches i miss always turn out ot be the classics.

[sherer]

well the match started badly with the incident in the tunnel. Once again just like the post match tunnel bust up at OT it's one that we can comment on without any problems and Wenger can't comment on and Viera barely mentioned it either.. The FA should look into this.. when two teams can't walk out of a tunnel together without shouting and pushing there is something wrong.

Cole dived in the first two mins.. Poll knew it wasn't a foul or a pen so by the laws of the game he should have been booked. Hopefully the FA will look into this and dock Arsenal 3 points.

Viera dived and again the ref missed it the FA should look into this and dock them another 3 points.

Suberp goal by Berkamp but once again Henry didn't perform ina big game.. apart from setting up Berkamp's goal he didn't do much.

As for berkamp's comments about being glad Ruud wasn't playing as he is dirty he was the one who started kicking and swinging at Silvestre that wound him up !!

Overall the match was fairly even but their keeper gifted us the lead.

As for the 49 match unbeaten run they still lost in Europe and FA Cup during that run and only one 1 league championship during it..

they just think they should be given the league cos they so arrogant.. they still can't win back to back leagues or pick up anything in Europe

[sherer]

well it looks like Cole and Veira have got away with diving and Bergkamp has got away with kicking out at Silvestre..also no action will be taken about what happened in the tunnel.. the unbiased FA is at it again

also will Sky please stop say "The Champions" 15 million times whenever Arsenal are on..